-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, TkKyXpZ6F3fWqKK4IuBqCf2tpkYMYdoQqjTX/VKJvLLvnAi4Lms6CgixeJua13SM q0Askl/ipOhBRB9mCIBrIg== 0001104659-06-017837.txt : 20060320 0001104659-06-017837.hdr.sgml : 20060320 20060320093837 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-06-017837 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 9 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20060318 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant ITEM INFORMATION: Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20060320 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20060320 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: VYYO INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001104730 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT, NEC [3669] IRS NUMBER: 943241270 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-30189 FILM NUMBER: 06697557 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4015 MIRANDA AVENUE STREET 2: FIRST FLOOR CITY: PALO ALTO STATE: CA ZIP: 94304 BUSINESS PHONE: 6503194000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4015 MIRANDA AVENUE, FIRST FLOOR STREET 2: C/O VYYO INC CITY: PALO ALTO STATE: CA ZIP: 94304 8-K 1 a06-7290_28k.htm CURRENT REPORT OF MATERIAL EVENTS OR CORPORATE CHANGES

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 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) March 18, 2006

 

VYYO INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Delaware

 

000-30189

 

94-3241270

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

 

(Commission
File Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

 

4015 Miranda Avenue, First Floor, Palo Alto, California

 

94304

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code  (650) 319-4000

 

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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

 

o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o 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

 

On March 18, 2006, Vyyo Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), for the private placement of $25.0 million of Common Stock, a Convertible Note,  a Senior Secured Note and Warrants to Goldman, Sachs & Co. (“Goldman Sachs”).  The Purchase Agreement requires the Company to issue (a) 1,353,365 shares of Common Stock, (b) $10.0 million in aggregate principal amount of a 10% Convertible Note due March 22, 2011, (c) $7.5 million in aggregate principal amount of a 9.5% Senior Secured Note due March 22, 2011, and (d) Warrants to purchase 298,617 shares of Common Stock.  The transaction is expected to result in estimated net proceeds to the Company of approximately $23.5 million.  The closing of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement is subject to customary closing conditions.

 

In connection with the closing of the private placement, the parties will execute the Convertible Note, Senior Secured Note, Warrant, Guaranty and Security Agreement and Registration Rights Agreement.  The Convertible Note matures on March 22, 2011 and accrues interest at a rate of 10% per annum, payable in cash quarterly in arrears, and is convertible at the holder’s option into shares of Common Stock at a conversion price of $10.00 per share, subject to adjustment.  In the event of a Fundamental Transaction (as defined in the Convertible Note), the holder may, at its option, require the Company to redeem all or any portion of the Convertible Note at a price equal to 101% of the principal amount, plus all accrued and unpaid interest, if any, and subject to specified conditions, may be entitled to a “make-whole” premium calculated in accordance with the terms of the Convertible Note.  Any default in the payment of interest or principal will result in an increase in the interest rate by an additional 2% until the default is cured.  In addition, holders of more than one-third of the aggregate principal balance then outstanding may declare all outstanding amounts immediately due and payable upon the occurrence of any event of default.  The Convertible Note is unsecured and subordinate to the Company’s senior indebtedness.

 

The Senior Secured Note matures on March 22, 2011 and accrues interest at a rate of 9.5% per annum.  The entire principal amount plus all accrued interest is payable at maturity, unless earlier redeemed or repurchased.  The Company has the option to prepay the Senior Secured Note in whole or in part, beginning March 22, 2007, subject to payment of an applicable premium.  In the event of a Fundamental Transaction (as defined in the Senior Secured Note), the holder may require that the Company redeem the entire Senior Secured Notes at a price equal to 101% of the principal amount, plus all accrued and unpaid interest.  Any default in the payment of interest or principal will result in an increase in the interest rate by an additional 2% until the default is cured.  In addition, holders of more than one-third of the aggregate principal balance then outstanding may declare all outstanding amounts immediately due and payable upon the occurrence of any event of default.  In connection with the Senior Secured Note, the Company also issued a Warrant exercisable for 298,617 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.10 per share, to expire on March 22, 2006.  The Senior Secured Note is a senior secured obligation of the Company, secured by the assets of the Company and the intellectual property of certain of its subsidiaries, as set forth in the Guaranty and Security Agreement.

 

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The Company is obligated to file a registration statement on Form S-3 (or, if Form S-3 is unavailable, another appropriate form) registering the resale of the Common Stock and shares issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Notes and exercise of the Warrants, for an initial two-year period, subject to extension under specified circumstances.

 

The Company intends to pay a customary cash fee and to issue the following warrants to Katalyst Securities LLC, the Company's investment banker in the transaction, for services rendered in connection with the transaction:  (a) warrants to purchase 40,601 shares of Common Stock for $5.54 per share; (b) warrants to purchase 30,000 shares of Common Stock for $10.00 per share; and (c) warrants to purchase 8,958 shares of Common Stock for $0.10 per share.

 

On March 20, 2006, the Company issued a press release announcing the transaction with Goldman Sachs, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 

The foregoing description is a summary of the private placement and is qualified in its entirety by the Purchase Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Senior Secured Note, the Convertible Note, the Guaranty and Security Agreement and the Warrant, each of which are filed as exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

 

THE SECURITIES REFERENCED ABOVE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION.

 

Item 2.03               Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under a Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant

 

(a)

 

On March 20, 2006, the Company announced it entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement for the private placement of $25.0 million of Common Stock, a Convertible Note, a Senior Secured Note and Warrants to Goldman, Sachs & Co.  A detailed description of the private placement appears under Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 3.02                                             Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities

 

On March 20, 2006, the Company announced it entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement for the private placement of $25.0 million of Common Stock, a Convertible Note, a Senior Secured Note and Warrants to Goldman, Sachs & Co.  The issuance and sale of the securities is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the Company expects to rely upon Section 4(2) of the Securities Act, and/or the “safe harbor” provisions of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act.  A detailed description of the private placement appears under Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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Item 9.01.              Exhibits.

 

(d)

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Description of Exhibit

 

 

 

10.1

 

Securities Purchase Agreement, dated March 18, 2006

10.2

 

Form of Convertible Note

10.3

 

Form of Senior Secured Note

10.4

 

Form of Guaranty and Security Agreement

10.5

 

Form of Warrant

10.6

 

Form of Registration Rights Agreement

99.1

 

Press Release

 

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SIGNATURE

 

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.

 

 

VYYO INC.

 

 

 

 

Date: March 20, 2006

By:

/s/ Arik Levi

 

 

Arik Levi

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

 

 

Number

 

Description of Exhibit

 

 

 

10.1

 

Securities Purchase Agreement, dated March 18, 2006

10.2

 

Form of Convertible Note

10.3

 

Form of Senior Secured Note

10.4

 

Form of Guaranty and Security Agreement

10.5

 

Form of Warrant

10.6

 

Form of Registration Rights Agreement

99.1

 

Press Release

 

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EX-10.1 2 a06-7290_2ex10d1.htm MATERIAL CONTRACTS

Exhibit 10.1

 

SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

This SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), is dated as of March 18, 2006, by and among Vyyo Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the investors listed on the Schedule of Investors attached hereto as Exhibit A (individually, an “Investor” and collectively, the “Investors”).

 

WHEREAS:

 

A.            The Company and each Investor is executing and delivering this Agreement in reliance upon the exemption from securities registration afforded by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Rule 506 of Regulation D (“Regulation D”) as promulgated by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the Securities Act.

 

B.            Each Investor, severally and not jointly, wishes to purchase, and the Company wishes to sell, upon the terms and conditions stated in this Agreement: (i) that aggregate number of shares of the Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”), set forth opposite such Investor’s name in column two (2) on the Schedule of Investors in Exhibit A (the “Common Shares”); (ii) that aggregate principal amount of Convertible Notes, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Convertible Notes”), set forth opposite such Investor’s name in column three (3) on the Schedule of Investors (as converted, collectively, the “Conversion Shares”); (iii) that aggregate principal amount of 9.5% Senior Secured Notes in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (the “Senior Secured Notes”) set forth opposite such Investor’s name in column four (4) on the Schedule of Investors and (iv) that aggregate number of Warrants (the “Warrants”) in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D set forth opposite such Investor’s name in column five (5) on the Schedule of Investors which will be exercisable to purchase additional shares of Common Stock (as exercised, collectively, the “Warrant Shares”).

 

C.            The Common Shares, Convertible Notes, Conversion Shares, Senior Secured Notes, Warrants and Warrant Shares issued pursuant to this Agreement are collectively are referred to herein as the “Securities.”

 

D.            Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the parties hereto are executing and delivering a Registration Rights Agreement, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company has agreed to provide certain registration rights with respect to the Common Shares, Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares under the Securities Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and applicable state securities laws.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the mutual covenants contained in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Investors agree as follows:

 



 

ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS

 

1.1           Definitions. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings indicated:

 

Affiliate” means any Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with a Person, as such terms are used in and construed under Rule 144 under the Securities Act.

 

Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed.

 

Closing” means the closing of the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to Section 2.1.

 

Closing Date” means the date and time of the Closing and shall be 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on March 22, 2006 (or such other date and time as is mutually agreed to by the Company and each Investor).

 

Collateral” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Guaranty and Security Agreement.

 

Collateral Agent” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Guaranty and Security Agreement.

 

Company Counsel” means Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, United States special counsel to the Company.

 

Common Shares” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

Common Stock” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

Convertible Notes” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

Conversion Shares” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

Eligible Market” means any of the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ National Market or the NASDAQ SmallCap Market.

 

Guaranty and Security Agreement” by and among the Company, the Investors and the parties thereto in substantially in the form set forth as Exhibit F hereto.

 

Grantor” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Guaranty and Security Agreement.

 

Insignificant Subsidiaries” means Vyyo Asia, Inc., Vyyo Brasil Ltd., and Vyyo Hong Kong Inc.

 

Intellectual Property Rights” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(j).

 

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Investor Counsel” means Brown Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner LLP, counsel to the Investors.

 

“Knowledge,” including the phrase “to the Company’s knowledge,” and words of similar import shall mean that which Davidi Gilo, Arik Levi, Amir Hochbaum, and Tashia Rivard know or should have known using the exercise of reasonable due diligence.

 

 “Lien” means any lien, charge, claim, security interest, encumbrance, right of first refusal or other restriction.

 

Material Adverse Effect” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a).

 

Material Permits” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(z).

 

Person” means any individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, or joint stock company.

 

Proceeding” means an action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without limitation, an investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or threatened in writing.

 

Registration Rights Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

Rule 144,” “Rule 415,” and “Rule 424” means Rule 144, Rule 415 and Rule 424, respectively, promulgated by the SEC pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rules may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC having substantially the same effect as such Rule.

 

SEC” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

SEC Reports” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(h).

 

Securities” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

Senior Secured Notes” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

Shares” means shares of the Company’s Common Stock.

 

Significant Subsidiary” has the meaning assigned thereto in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X and each Subsidiary that is party to the Guaranty and Security Agreement.

 

Subsidiary” means any Person in which the Company, directly or indirectly, owns capital stock or holds an equity or similar interest.

 

Trading Day” means (a) any day on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted and traded on its primary Trading Market, (b) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted and traded on any Eligible Market, then a day on which trading occurs on the NASDAQ National Market

 

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(or any successor thereto), or (c) if trading ceases to occur on the NASDAQ National Market (or any successor thereto), any Business Day.

 

Trading Market” means the Nasdaq National Market or any other Eligible Market, or any national securities exchange, market or trading or quotation facility on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted.

 

Transaction” means the transaction contemplated by the Transaction Documents.

 

Transaction Documents” means this Agreement, the schedules and exhibits attached hereto, the Convertible Notes, the Senior Secured Notes, the Warrants and the Guaranty and Security Agreement.

 

Warrant” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

Warrant Shares” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

ARTICLE II
PURCHASE AND SALE

 

2.1           Closing.

 

(a)           Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in Sections 5.1(a) and 5.2 herein, at the Closing the Company shall issue and sell to each Investor, and each Investor shall, severally and not jointly, purchase from the Company, such number of Common Shares, Convertible Notes, Senior Secured Notes and Warrants set forth opposite such Investor’s name on Exhibit A hereto under the headings “Common Shares”, “Convertible Notes”, “Senior Secured Notes” and “Warrants”. The date and time of the Closing and shall be 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Closing Date. The Closing shall take place at the offices of Company Counsel.

 

(b)           At the Closing, each Investor shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Company the purchase price set forth opposite such Investor’s name on Exhibit A hereto under the heading “Purchase Price” in United States dollars and in immediately available funds, by wire transfer to an account designated in writing to such Investor by the Company for such purpose.

 

ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

3.1           Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company hereby represents and warrants to each Investor that, except as set forth in the SEC Reports (as hereinafter defined) or in the Schedule of Exceptions attached as Exhibit I to this Agreement, which exceptions shall be deemed to be part of the representations and warranties made hereunder, the following representations are true and complete as of the date hereof. The Schedule of Exceptions shall be arranged in sections corresponding to the numbered and lettered sections and subsections contained in this Section 3, and the disclosures in any section or subsection of the Schedule of Exceptions shall qualify other sections and subsections in this Section 2 only to the extent it is reasonably apparent

 

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from a reading of the disclosure that such disclosure is applicable to such other sections and subsections:

 

(a)           Organization and Qualification. Each of the Company and the Significant Subsidiaries is an entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization (as applicable), with the requisite legal authority to own and use its properties and assets and to carry on its business as currently conducted. Neither the Company nor any Significant Subsidiary is in violation of any of the provisions of its respective certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents. Each of the Company and the Significant Subsidiaries is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation or other entity in each jurisdiction in which the nature of the business conducted or property owned by it makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing, as the case may be, would not reasonably be expected to individually or in the aggregate, (i) materially and adversely affect the legality, validity or enforceability of any Transaction Document, (ii) have or result in a material adverse effect on the results of operations, assets, business or financial condition of the Company and the Significant Subsidiaries, taken as a whole on a consolidated basis or (iii) materially and adversely impair the Company’s ability to perform fully on a timely basis its obligations under any of the Transaction Documents (any of (i), (ii) or (iii), a “Material Adverse Effect”).

 

(b)           Subsidiaries. The Company has no direct or indirect Subsidiaries. The Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the capital stock or comparable equity interests of each Subsidiary free and clear of any Lien and all the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock or comparable equity interest of each Subsidiary are validly issued and are fully paid, non-assessable and free of preemptive and similar rights. None of the Insignificant Subsidiaries (i) carries on any substantive business operations or activities or (ii) has assets or liabilities in excess of $50,000.

 

(c)           Authorization; Enforcement. The Company has the requisite corporate authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The execution and delivery of each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party by the Company and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Company and no further consent or action is required by the Company, its Board of Directors or its stockholders. Each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party has been (or upon delivery will be) duly executed by the Company and is, or when delivered in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute, the valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other laws of general application relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally, and (ii) the effect of rules of law governing the availability of specific performance and other equitable remedies.

 

(d)           No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party by the Company and any Significant Subsidiary and the consummation by the Company and any Significant Subsidiary of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not, and will not, (i) conflict with or violate any provision of the Company’s

 

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or any Significant Subsidiary’s certificate or articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or charter documents, (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit facility, debt or other instrument (evidencing a Company or Significant Subsidiary debt or otherwise) or other understanding to which the Company or any Significant Subsidiary is a party or by which any property or asset of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary is bound, or affected, except to the extent that such conflict, default, termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation right would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (iii) result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment, injunction, decree or other restriction of any court or governmental authority to which the Company or a Significant Subsidiary is subject (including federal and state securities laws and regulations and the rules and regulations of any self-regulatory organization to which the Company or its securities are subject), or by which any property or asset of the Company or a Significant Subsidiary is bound or affected, except to the extent that such violation would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(e)           Authorization of Securities. The Securities are duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the Transaction Documents, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens and shall not be subject to preemptive or similar rights of stockholders. Upon issuance or conversion in accordance with the Convertible Notes or exercise in accordance with the Warrants, as the case may be, the Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares, respectively, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free from all preemptive or similar rights, taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof, with the holders being entitled to all rights accorded to a holder of Common Shares. As of the Closing, the Company shall have reserved from its duly authorized capital stock equal to the sum of (A) the Common Shares (B) the number of Common Shares issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Notes (without taking into account any limitations on the conversion, or redemption of the Convertible Notes set forth in the Convertible Notes) at the Closing (y) the number of Common Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants (without taking into account any limitations on the exercise of the Warrants set forth in the Warrants).

 

(f)            Capitalization. The aggregate number of shares and type of all authorized, issued and outstanding classes of capital stock, options and other securities of the Company (whether or not presently convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of the Company) is set forth in Schedule 3.1(f) hereto. All outstanding shares of capital stock are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and have been issued in compliance with Section 5 of the Securities Act. The Company has not issued any other options, warrants, script rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities, rights or obligations convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, or entered into any agreement giving any Person any right to subscribe for or acquire, any shares of Common Stock, or securities or rights convertible or exchangeable into shares of Common Stock. Except for customary adjustments as a result of stock dividends, stock splits, combinations of shares, reorganizations, recapitalizations, reclassifications or other similar events, there are no anti-dilution or price adjustment provisions contained in any security issued by the Company (or in any agreement providing rights to security holders) and the issuance and sale of the Securities will not obligate the Company to issue shares of Common Stock or other securities to any Person (other than the Investors) and will not result in a

 

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right of any holder of securities to adjust the exercise, conversion, exchange or reset price under such securities. To the knowledge of the Company, no Person or group of related Persons beneficially owns (as determined pursuant to Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), or has the right to acquire, by agreement with or by obligation binding upon the Company, beneficial ownership of in excess of 5% of the outstanding Common Stock, ignoring for such purposes any limitation on the number of shares of Common Stock that may be owned at any single time.

 

(g)           Consents. None of the Company nor any of its Significant Subsidiaries is required to obtain any consent, authorization or order of, or make any filing or registration with, any court, governmental agency or any regulatory or self-regulatory agency or any other Person in order for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its obligations under or contemplated by the Transaction Documents, in each case in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof. All consents, authorizations, orders, filings and registrations (which the Company is required to obtain pursuant to the preceding sentence) have been obtained or effected, or will have been obtained or effected, on or prior to the Closing Date, except to the extent that failure to obtain such consent would not be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries are unaware of any facts or circumstances that might prevent the Company from obtaining or effecting any of the registration, application or filings pursuant to the preceding sentence. The Company is not in violation of the listing requirements of the Trading Market.

 

(h)           SEC Reports; Financial Statements. The Company has filed all reports required to be filed by it under the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the twelve months preceding the date hereof (the foregoing materials (together with any materials filed by the Company under the Exchange Act, whether or not required) being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports” and, together with this Agreement and the Schedules to this Agreement, the “Disclosure Materials”) on a timely basis. As of the date hereof, the Company is not aware of any event occurring on or prior to the Closing Date (other than the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents) that requires the filing of a Form 8-K after the Closing. As of their respective dates, the SEC Reports complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, and none of the SEC Reports, when filed, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Reports comply in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and regulations of the Commission with respect thereto as in effect at the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (“GAAP”), except as may be otherwise specified in such financial statements or the notes thereto, and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of and for the dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended except as may be indicated in the notes thereto and except, in the case of interim statements, for the absence of footnotes and as permitted by Form 10-Q, subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal, year-end audit adjustments.

 

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(i)            No Adverse Changes. Since the date of the latest unaudited financial statements for the quarter ended September 30, 2005, (i) there has been no event, occurrence or development that, individually or in the aggregate, has had or that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) the Company has not incurred any material liabilities other than (A) trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (B) liabilities not required to be reflected in the Company’s financial statements pursuant to GAAP or required to be disclosed in filings made with the SEC, (iii) the Company has not altered its method of accounting or the identity of its auditors, (iv) the Company has not declared or made any dividend or distribution of cash or other property to its stockholders, in their capacities as such, or purchased, redeemed or made any agreements to purchase or redeem any shares of its capital stock (except for repurchases by the Company of shares of capital stock held by employees, officers, directors, or consultants pursuant to an option of the Company to repurchase such shares upon the termination of employment or services) and (v) the Company has not issued any equity securities to any officer, director or Affiliate, except pursuant to existing Company stock-based plans.

 

(j)            Intellectual Property. To the Company’s knowledge, the Company and the Subsidiaries own, possess, license or have other rights to use all foreign and domestic patents, patent applications, reexams, reissues, divisional continuations, or any patent or application claiming priority therefrom, including any patent that may be issued as a result of an interference action, trade and service marks, trade and service mark registrations, trade names, copyrights, licenses, inventions, trade secrets, technology, Internet domain names, know-how and other intellectual property (collectively, the “Intellectual Property Rights”) necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses described in the SEC Reports, except where such violations or infringements would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (a) there are no rights of third parties to any such Intellectual Property Rights; (b) to the Company’s knowledge, there is no infringement by third parties of any such Intellectual Property Rights; (c) there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the Company’s and its Significant Subsidiaries’ rights in or to any such Intellectual Property Rights, and the Company is unaware of any facts which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim; (d) there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the validity or scope of any such Intellectual Property Rights and (e) there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others that the Company and its subsidiaries infringe or otherwise violate any patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret or other proprietary rights of others, and the Company is unaware of any other fact which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim. All of the licenses and sublicenses and consent, royalty or other agreements concerning Intellectual Property Rights which are necessary for the conduct of the Company’s business as currently conducted to which the Company or the Significant Subsidiary is a party or by which any of their respective assets are bound (other than generally commercially available, non-custom, off the shelf software application programs having a retail acquisition price of less than $25,000 per license) (collectively, “License Agreements”) are valid and binding obligations of the Company or the Significant Subsidiaries, as the case may be and, to the Company’s knowledge, the other parties thereto, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, except to the extent that enforcement thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and there exists no event or condition which

 

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will result in a material violation or breach of or constitute (with or without due notice or lapse of time or both) a default by the Company under such License Agreements.

 

(k)           Tax Matters. The Company and each Significant Subsidiary (i) has timely prepared and filed all foreign, federal and state income and all other tax returns, reports and declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject, (ii) has paid all material taxes and other governmental assessments and charges that are material in amount, shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and declarations, except those being contested in good faith, with respect to which adequate reserves have been set aside on the books of the Company and (iii) has set aside on its books provision reasonably adequate for the payment of all taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports or declarations apply. To the Company’s knowledge, there are no unpaid taxes in any material amount claimed to be past due by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction, and the Company knows of no basis for such claim. The Company has not waived or extended any statute of limitations at the request of any taxing authority. There are no outstanding tax sharing agreements or other such arrangements between the Company and any other corporation or entity and the Company is not presently undergoing any audit by a taxing authority.

 

(l)            Absence of Litigation. Except as disclosed in the Company’s SEC Reports, there is no action, suit, claim, or proceeding, or, to the Company’s knowledge, inquiry or investigation, before or by any court, public board, government agency, self-regulatory organization or body pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries that would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(m)          Environmental Matters. To the Company’s knowledge, the Company and each Significant Subsidiary (i) is not in violation of any statute, rule, regulation, decision or order of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign, relating to the use, disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or relating to the protection or restoration of the environment or human exposure to hazardous or toxic substances (collectively, “Environmental Laws”), (ii) does not own or operate any real property contaminated with any substance in violation of any Environmental Laws, (iii) is not liable for any off-site disposal or contamination pursuant to any Environmental Laws and (iv) is not subject to any claim relating to any Environmental Laws; which violation, contamination, liability or claim has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, individually or in the aggregate; and there is no pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened investigation that might lead to such a claim.

 

(n)           Compliance. None of the Company nor any Significant Subsidiary, except in each case as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have or result in a Material Adverse Effect, (i) is in default under or in violation of (and no event has occurred that has not been waived that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would result in a default by the Company or any Significant Subsidiary under), nor has the Company or any Significant Subsidiary received written notice of a claim that it is in default under or that it is in violation of, any indenture, loan or credit agreement or any other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound (whether or not such default or violation has been waived), (ii) is in violation of any order of any court, arbitrator or governmental body or (iii) is or has been in violation of any statute, rule or regulation of any governmental authority.

 

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(o)           Title to Assets. The Company and the Significant Subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property owned by them that is material to the business of the Company and the Significant Subsidiaries and good and marketable title in all personal property owned by them that is material to the business of the Company and the Significant Subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all Liens, except for Liens that do not, individually or in the aggregate, have or would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Any real property and facilities held under lease by the Company and the Significant Subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases of which the Company and the Significant Subsidiaries are in material compliance.

 

(p)           No General Solicitation; Placement Agent’s Fees. Neither the Company, nor any of its Affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf, has engaged in any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D) in connection with the offer or sale of the Securities. The Company shall be responsible for the payment of any placement agent’s fees, financial advisory fees, or brokers’ commissions (other than for persons engaged by any Investor or its investment advisor) relating to or arising out of the issuance of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement. The Company shall pay, and hold each Investor harmless against, any liability, loss or expense (including, without limitation, reasonable attorney’s fees and out-of-pocket expenses) arising in connection with any such claim for fees arising out of the issuance of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement.

 

(q)           Private Placement. None of the Company, its Subsidiaries, any of their Affiliates, or any Person acting on their behalf has, directly or indirectly, at any time within the past six months, made any offer or sale of any security or solicitation of any offer to buy any security under circumstances that would (i) eliminate the availability of the exemption from registration under Regulation D under the Securities Act in connection with the offer and sale by the Company of the Securities as contemplated hereby or (ii) cause the offering of the Securities pursuant to the Transaction Documents to be integrated with prior offerings by the Company for purposes of any applicable law, regulation or stockholder approval provisions, including, without limitation, under the rules and regulations of any Trading Market. The Company is not required to be registered as, a United States real property holding corporation within the meaning of the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act of 1980.

 

(r)            Form S-3 Eligibility. The Company is eligible to register the Common Shares, Conversion Shares and Warrant Shares for resale by the Investors using Form S-3 promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

(s)           Listing and Maintenance Requirements. The Company has not, in the twelve months preceding the date hereof, received notice (written or oral) from any Trading Market on which the Common Stock is or has been listed or quoted to the effect that the Company is not in compliance with the listing or maintenance requirements of such Trading Market. The Company is in compliance with all such listing and maintenance requirements.

 

(t)            Registration Rights. The Company has not granted or agreed to grant to any Person any rights (including “piggy-back” registration rights) to have any securities of the Company registered with the SEC or any other governmental authority that have not been satisfied or waived.

 

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(u)           Application of Takeover Protections. There is no control share acquisition, business combination, poison pill (including any distribution under a rights agreement) or other similar anti-takeover provision under the Company’s charter documents or the laws of its state of incorporation that is or would become applicable to any of the Investors as a result of the Investors and the Company fulfilling their obligations or exercising their rights under the Transaction Documents, including, without limitation, as a result of the Company’s issuance of the Securities and the Investors’ ownership of the Securities.

 

(v)           Disclosure. Neither this Agreement, nor any of the Transaction Documents, certificates or other documents made or delivered at the Closing, contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements herein or therein not misleading.

 

(w)          Acknowledgment Regarding Investors’ Purchase of Securities. Based upon the assumption that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated in all material respects in conformity with the Transaction Documents, the Company acknowledges and agrees that each of the Investors is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length purchaser with respect to the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. The Company further acknowledges that no Investor is acting as a financial advisor or fiduciary of the Company (or in any similar capacity) with respect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and any advice given by any Investor or any of their respective representatives or agents in connection with the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby is merely incidental to the Investors’ purchase of the Securities. The Company further represents to each Investor that the Company’s decision to enter into this Agreement has been based solely on the independent evaluation of the transactions contemplated hereby by the Company and its representatives.

 

(x)            Insurance. The Company and the Significant Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses and location in which the Company and the Significant Subsidiaries are engaged. Neither the Company nor any Significant Subsidiary has any knowledge that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business without a significant increase in cost.

 

(y)           ERISA. As of the Closing Date, neither the Company nor any of its Significant Subsidiaries has any obligation or any liability in respect of any employee pension benefit plan subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or Section 302 of ERISA, and in respect of which the Company or any Significant Subsidiary (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA or any multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.

 

(z)            Regulatory Permits. The Company and the Significant Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses as described in the SEC

 

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Reports, except where the failure to possess such permits does not, individually or in the aggregate, have or result in a Material Adverse Effect (“Material Permits”), and neither the Company nor any Significant Subsidiary has received any written notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Material Permit.

 

(aa)         Transactions With Affiliates and Employees. Except as set forth in the SEC Reports made on or prior to the date hereof, none of the officers or directors of the Company and, to the Company’s knowledge, none of the employees of the Company is presently a party to any transaction with the Company or any Significant Subsidiary or to a presently contemplated transaction (other than for ordinary course services as employees, officers and directors) that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

(bb)         Questionable Payments. Neither the Company nor any Significant Subsidiary, nor, to the Company’s knowledge, directors, officers, employees, agents or other Persons acting on behalf of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary has, in the course of its actions for, or on behalf of, the Company:  (i) used any corporate funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to foreign or domestic political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payments to any foreign or domestic governmental officials or employees from corporate funds; (iii) violated in any respect any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended or (iv) made any other unlawful bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee which, in the aggregate of clauses (i) through (iv) would have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(cc)         Internal Accounting Controls. The Company and the Significant Subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.

 

(dd)         Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The Company is in compliance with applicable requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC thereunder, except where such noncompliance would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(ee)         Investment Company. Neither the Company nor any of its Significant Subsidiaries is (i) an “investment company” as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940 or (ii) a “holding company” as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935.

 

(ff)           Margin Stock. Neither the Company nor any of the Significant Subsidiaries is engaged principally, or as one of their important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of buying or carrying Margin Stock (as such term is defined in Regulation U). Immediately

 

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before and after giving effect to the sale of the Senior Secured Note, Margin Stock will constitute less than 25% of the Company’s assets as determined in accordance with Regulation U. No part of the proceeds of the Senior Secured Note will be used, whether directly or indirectly, and whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, to purchase, acquire or carry any Margin Stock or for any purpose that entails a violation of, or that is inconsistent with, the provisions of the regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America, including Regulation T, U or X.

 

3.2           Representations and Warranties of the Investors. Each Investor hereby, as to itself only and for no other Investor, represents and warrants to the Company as follows:

 

(a)           Organization; Authority. Such Investor is an entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization with the requisite corporate or partnership power and authority to enter into and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and otherwise to carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder. The purchase by such Investor of the Securities hereunder has been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of such Investor. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by such Investor and constitutes the valid and binding obligation of such Investor, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other laws of general application relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally and (ii) the effect of rules of law governing the availability of specific performance and other equitable remedies.

 

(b)           No Public Sale or Distribution; Investment Intent. Such Investor is acquiring the Securities in the ordinary course of business for its own account and not with a view towards, or for resale in connection with, the public sale or distribution thereof, and such Investor does not have a present arrangement to effect any distribution of the Securities to or through any person or entity.

 

(c)           Investor Status. At the time such Investor was offered the Securities, it was, and at the date hereof it is, an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act.

 

ARTICLE IV
OTHER AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES

 

4.1           Transfer Restrictions.

 

(a)           The Investors covenant that the Securities will only be disposed of pursuant to an effective registration statement under, and in compliance with the requirements of, the Securities Act or pursuant to an available exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, and in compliance with any applicable state securities laws. In connection with any transfer of Securities other than pursuant to an effective registration statement or to the Company, the Company may require the transferor to provide to the Company an opinion of counsel selected by the transferor, the form and substance of which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that such transfer does not require registration under the Securities Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company hereby consents to and agrees to register on the books of the Company and with its transfer agent, without any such legal opinion, except to the extent that the transfer agent

 

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requests such legal opinion, any transfer of Securities by an Investor to an Affiliate of such Investor, provided that the transferee makes customary representations to Company and certifies to the Company that it is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act and provided that such Affiliate does not request any removal of any existing legends on any certificate evidencing the Securities.

 

(b)           Such Investor understands that the instruments representing the Senior Secured Notes, Convertible Notes and the Warrants and the stock certificates representing the Common Shares, Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares, until such time as the resale of the Common Shares, Conversion Shares and the Warrant Shares have been registered and sold under the Securities Act, shall bear any legend as required by the “blue sky” laws of any state and a restrictive legend in substantially the following form (and a stop-transfer order may be placed against transfer of such stock certificates):

 

NEITHER THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE SECURITIES ARE [CONVERTIBLE] [EXERCISABLE] [HAVE BEEN][THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN] REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR (B) IF REASONABLY REQUESTED BY THE COMPANY, AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT.

 

The legend set forth above shall be removed and the Company shall issue a certificate without such legend to the holder of the Securities upon which it is stamped, if, unless otherwise required by state securities laws, (i) such Securities have been registered and sold pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or (ii) in connection with a sale, assignment or other transfer, the Company reasonably requests that such holder provide the Company with opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to the Company that the sale, assignment or transfer of the Securities may be made without registration under the applicable requirements of the Securities Act.

 

4.2           Furnishing of Information. So long as any Investor owns Securities, the Company covenants to use commercially reasonable efforts to timely file (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to the Exchange Act. Upon the reasonable request of any Investor, the Company shall deliver to such Investor a written certification of a duly authorized officer as to whether it has complied with the preceding sentence. The Company further covenants that it will take such further action as any holder of Securities may reasonably request to satisfy the provisions of this Section 4.2.

 

4.3           Integration. The Company shall not, and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that no Affiliate thereof shall, sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in Section 2 of the Securities Act) that would be integrated with

 

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the offer or sale of the Securities in a manner that would require the registration under the Securities Act of the sale of the Securities to the Investors or that would be integrated with the offer or sale of the Securities for purposes of the rules and regulations of any Trading Market.

 

4.4           Reservation of Securities. The Company shall maintain a reserve from its duly authorized shares of Common Stock for issuance pursuant to the Transaction Documents in such amount as may be required to fulfill its obligations in full under the Transaction Documents. In the event that at any time the then authorized shares of Common Stock are insufficient for the Company to satisfy its obligations in full under the Transaction Documents, the Company shall promptly take such actions as may be required to increase the number of authorized shares.

 

4.5           Securities Laws Disclosure; Publicity. The Company shall, on or before 8:30 a.m., New York time, on the first Trading Day following execution of this Agreement, issue a press release acceptable to the Investors disclosing all material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company shall file a Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC (the “8-K Filing”) within one (1) Business Day of execution of this Agreement describing the terms of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and including as exhibits to such Current Report on Form 8-K this Agreement in the form required by the Exchange Act. Thereafter, the Company shall timely file any filings and notices required by the SEC or applicable law with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby and provide copies thereof to the Investors promptly after filing. Except with respect to the 8-K Filing and the press release referenced above (a copy of which will be provided to the Investors for their review as early as practicable prior to its filing), the Company shall, at least two Trading Days prior to the filing or dissemination of any disclosure required by this paragraph, provide a copy thereof to the Investors for their review. The Company and the Investors shall consult with each other in issuing any press releases or otherwise making public statements or filings and other communications with the SEC or any regulatory agency or Trading Market with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby, and neither party shall issue any such press release or otherwise make any such public statement, filing or other communication without the prior consent of the other, except if such disclosure is required by law, in which case the disclosing party shall promptly provide the other party with prior notice of such public statement, filing or other communication. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not publicly disclose the name of any Investor, or include the name of any Investor in any press release without the prior written consent of such Investor. Except as required under the Transaction Documents, the Company shall not, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries and its and each of their respective officers, directors, employees and agents not to, provide any Investor with any material nonpublic information regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from and after the issuance of the above referenced press release without the express written consent of such Investor.

 

4.6           Use of Proceeds. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities for working capital and general corporate purposes and not for the (i) repayment of any of the Senior Secured Notes or (ii) redemption or repurchase of any of its equity securities. Pending these uses, the Company intends to invest the net proceeds from this offering in short-term, interest-bearing, investment-grade securities, or as otherwise pursuant to the Company’s customary investment policies.

 

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4.7.          Short Sales. The Investor represents, warrants and agrees that, since the date on which any of the Company or first contacted the Investor about the potential sale of the Securities, it has not engaged in any transactions in the securities of the Company (including, without limitation, any Short Sales involving the Company’s securities). Such Investor covenants that it will not engage in any transactions in the securities of the Company (including Short Sales) prior to the time that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are publicly disclosed. Such Investor further covenants that it will not engage in any Short Sales in the Company’s securities for a period of 180 days from the Closing Date. For purposes hereof, “Short Sales” include, without limitation, all “short sales” as defined in Rule 3b-3 of the Exchange Act and Rule 200 promulgated under Regulation SHO under the Exchange Act, whether or not against the box, and all types of direct and indirect stock pledges, forward sales contracts, options, puts, calls, short sales, swaps, “put equivalent positions” (as defined in Rule 16a-1(h) under the Exchange Act) and similar arrangements (including on a total return basis), and sales and other transactions through non-US broker dealers or foreign regulated brokers.

 

ARTICLE V
CONDITIONS

 

5.1           Conditions Precedent to each Investor’s Obligation to Purchase. The obligation of each Investor to purchase the Securities at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction or waiver by such Investor, at or before the Closing, of each of the following conditions:

 

(a)           The Company shall have duly executed and delivered to each Investor:

 

(i)    one or more stock certificates, free and clear of all restrictive and other legends (except as expressly provided in Section 4.1(b) hereof), evidencing such number of Common Shares equal to the number of Shares set forth opposite such Investor’s name in column (2) on the Schedule of Investors;

 

(ii)   one or more Convertible Notes with an aggregate principal amount as is set forth opposite such Investor’s name in column (3) on the Schedule of Investors;

 

(iii)  one or more Senior Secured Notes with an aggregate principal amount as is set forth opposite such Investor’s name in column (4) on the Schedule of Investors;

 

(iv)  that number of Warrants as is set forth opposite such Investor’s name in column (5) on the Schedule of Investors;

 

(v)   the Guaranty and Security Agreement signed on behalf of the Company, and each Subsidiary party thereto, together with the following:

 

(1)           any certificated securities representing shares of capital stock or other similar interests owned by or on behalf of any Grantor (as defined in the Guaranty and Security Agreement) constituting Collateral (as defined in the Guaranty and Security Agreement) as of the Closing Date after giving effect to the Transactions;

 

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(2)           any promissory notes and other instruments evidencing all loans, advances and other debt owed or owing to any Grantor constituting Collateral as of the Closing Date after giving effect to the Transactions;
 
(3)           stock powers and instruments of transfer, endorsed in blank, with respect to such certificated securities, promissory notes and other instruments;
 
(4)           descriptions of all intellectual property, including all patents, trademarks and copyrights, owned by the Company and its Subsidiaries in detail reasonably satisfactory to the Investors;
 
(5)           all instruments and other documents, including UCC financing statements, required by law or reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to be filed, registered or recorded to create or perfect the Liens intended to be created under the Guaranty and Security Agreement; and
 
(6)           results of a search of the UCC (or equivalent) filings made and tax and judgment lien searches with respect to the Grantors in the jurisdictions contemplated by the Guaranty and Security Agreement and copies of the financing statements (or similar documents) disclosed by such search and evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent that the Liens indicated by such financing statements (or similar documents) are acceptable to the Collateral Agent or have been released.
 

(b)           Such Investor shall have received the opinion of Company Counsel, dated as of the Closing Date, in substantially the form of Exhibit G attached hereto. Such Investor shall have received the opinion of Fischer Behar Chen Well Orion & Co., the Company’s Israeli counsel dated as of the Closing Date, in substantially the form of Exhibit H attached hereto.

 

(c)           The Company shall have delivered a certificate, executed on behalf of the Company by its Secretary, dated as of the Closing Date, certifying the resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company approving the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents and the issuance of the Securities, certifying the current versions of the Certificate and Bylaws of the Company and certifying as to the signatures and authority of persons signing this Agreement and related documents on behalf of the Company.

 

(d)           The representations and warranties of the Company shall be true and correct in all material respects (except for those representations and warranties that are qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, which shall be true and correct in all respects) as of the date when made and as of the Closing Date as though made at that time (except for representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date) and the Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material respects with the covenants, agreements and conditions required by the Transaction Documents to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Company at or prior to the Closing Date. Such Investor shall have received a certificate, executed by the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, dated as of the Closing Date, to the foregoing effect and as to such other matters as may be reasonably requested by such Investor.

 

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(e)           The Common Shares (i) shall be designated for quotation or listed on the Nasdaq National Market and (ii) shall not have been suspended, as of the Closing Date, by the SEC or the Nasdaq National Market from trading on the Nasdaq National Market nor shall suspension by the SEC or the Nasdaq National Market have been threatened, as of the Closing Date, either (A) in writing by the SEC or the Nasdaq National Market or (B) by falling below the minimum listing maintenance requirements of the Nasdaq National Market.

 

(f)            The Company shall have obtained all governmental, regulatory or third party consents and approvals, if any, necessary for the sale of the Securities, except for those consents and approvals set forth in Sections 3.1(d), 3.1(g) and 3.1(i) to the Schedule of Exceptions.

 

(g)           The Investors shall have received all fees and other amounts due and payable on or prior to the Closing Date pursuant to Section 6.2 hereof.

 

(h)           The Company shall have delivered to such Investor such other documents relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as such Investor or its counsel may reasonably request.

 

5.2           Conditions Precedent to the Obligations of the Company. The Company’s obligation to sell and issue the Securities at the Closing is, at the option of the Company, subject to the fulfillment or waiver of the following conditions:

 

(a)           Receipt of Payment. The Investors shall have delivered payment of the purchase price to the Company for the Securities.

 

(b)           Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties made by the Investors in Section 3.2 hereof qualified as to materiality shall be true and correct at all times prior to and on the Closing Date as if made on and as of the Closing Date, except to the extent any such representation or warranty expressly speaks as of an earlier date, in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct as of such earlier date; and the representations and warranties made by the Investors in Section 3.2 hereof not qualified as to materiality shall be true and correct in all material respects at all times prior to and on the Closing Date as if made on and as of the Closing Date, except to the extent any such representation or warranty expressly speaks as of an earlier date, in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date.

 

(c)           Covenants. All covenants, agreements and conditions contained in this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Investors on or prior to the Closing Date shall have been performed, satisfied or complied with in all material respects.

 

ARTICLE VI
MISCELLANEOUS

 

6.1           Termination. This Agreement may be terminated by the Company or any Investor, by written notice to the other parties, if the Closing has not been consummated by the third Business Day following the date of this Agreement; provided that no such termination will affect the right of any party to sue for any breach by the other party (or parties).

 

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6.2           Fees and Expenses. At the Closing, the Company shall pay to the Investors an aggregate of $100,000 for the Investor Counsel legal fees and expenses incurred or to be incurred in connection with its due diligence and the preparation and negotiation of the Transaction Documents and the registration of the Securities under the Registration Rights Agreement. In lieu of the foregoing payment, the Investor may retain such amount at the Closing or require the Company to pay such amount directly to Investor Counsel. Except as expressly set forth in the Transaction Documents to the contrary, each party shall pay the fees and expenses of its advisers, counsel, accountants and other experts, if any, and all other expenses incurred by such party incident to the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement. The Company shall pay all transfer agent fees, stamp taxes and other taxes and duties levied in connection with the initial sale and issuance of their applicable Securities to the Investors, including the exercise of the Warrant and conversion of the Convertible Notes.

 

6.3           Entire Agreement. The Transaction Documents, together with the Exhibits and Schedules thereto, contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written, with respect to such matters, which the parties acknowledge have been merged into such documents, exhibits and schedules. At or after the Closing, and without further consideration, the Company and the Investors will execute and deliver such further documents as may be reasonably requested in order to give practical effect to the intention of the parties under the Transaction Documents.

 

6.4           Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries required or permitted to be provided hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (a) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number specified in this Section prior to 6:30 p.m. (New York City time) on a Trading Day, (b) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number specified in this Section on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 6:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (c) the Trading Day following the date of deposit with a nationally recognized overnight courier service, or (d) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given. The addresses and facsimile numbers for such notices and communications are those set forth on the signature pages hereof, or such other address or facsimile number as may be designated in writing hereafter, in the same manner, by any such Person.

 

6.5           Amendments; Waivers. Any term of this Agreement may be amended and the observance of any term of this Agreement may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively), with the written consent of the Company and the Investors holding a majority of, as such waiver or amendment shall so effect, (i) the then outstanding Common Shares, (ii) the principal amount of the Convertible Notes, or (iii) the principal amount of the Senior Secured Notes. Subject to the preceding sentence, any amendment or waiver effected in accordance with this Section shall be binding upon all parties to this Agreement, including, without limitation, any Investors who may not have executed such amendment or waiver.

 

6.6           Construction. The headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Agreement and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof. The language

 

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used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent, and no rules of strict construction will be applied against any party.

 

6.7           Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their successors and permitted assigns. The Company may not assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Investors. Any Investor may assign its rights under this Agreement to any Person to whom such Investor assigns or transfers any Securities, provided such transferee agrees in writing to be bound, with respect to the transferred Securities, by the provisions hereof that apply to the “Investors.”

 

6.8           Governing Law; Venue; Waiver of Jury Trial. THE CORPORATE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN ALL ISSUES CONCERNING THE RELATIVE RIGHTS OF THE COMPANY AND ITS STOCKHOLDERS. ALL QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY, ENFORCEMENT AND INTERPRETATION OF THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THE COMPANY AND INVESTORS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMIT TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS SITTING IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE BROUGHT BY THE COMPANY OR ANY INVESTOR HEREUNDER, IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR WITH ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR DISCUSSED HEREIN (INCLUDING WITH RESPECT TO THE ENFORCEMENT OF ANY OF THE TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS), AND HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVE, AND AGREE NOT TO ASSERT IN ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT BY THE COMPANY OR ANY INVESTOR, ANY CLAIM THAT IT IS NOT PERSONALLY SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY SUCH COURT, OR THAT SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING IS IMPROPER. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF PROCESS AND CONSENTS TO PROCESS BEING SERVED IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BY MAILING A COPY THEREOF VIA REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL OR OVERNIGHT DELIVERY (WITH EVIDENCE OF DELIVERY) TO SUCH PARTY AT THE ADDRESS IN EFFECT FOR NOTICES TO IT UNDER THIS AGREEMENT AND AGREES THAT SUCH SERVICE SHALL CONSTITUTE GOOD AND SUFFICIENT SERVICE OF PROCESS AND NOTICE THEREOF. NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN SHALL BE DEEMED TO LIMIT IN ANY WAY ANY RIGHT TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW. THE COMPANY AND INVESTORS HEREBY WAIVE ALL RIGHTS TO A TRIAL BY JURY.

 

6.9           Survival. The representations and warranties, agreements and covenants contained herein shall survive the Closing.

 

6.10         Execution. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, all of which when taken together shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party, it being understood that both parties need not sign the same counterpart. In the event that any signature is delivered by facsimile transmission, such signature shall create a valid and binding obligation of the

 

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party executing (or on whose behalf such signature is executed) with the same force and effect as if such facsimile signature page were an original thereof.

 

6.11         Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable in any respect, the validity and enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions of this Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and the parties will attempt to agree upon a valid and enforceable provision that is a reasonable substitute therefor, and upon so agreeing, shall incorporate such substitute provision in this Agreement.

 

6.12         Rescission and Withdrawal Right. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in (and without limiting any similar provisions of) the Transaction Documents, whenever any Investor exercises a right, election, demand or option owed to such Investor by the Company under a Transaction Document and the Company does not timely perform its related obligations within the periods therein provided, then, prior to the performance by the Company of the Company’s related obligation, such Investor may rescind or withdraw, in its sole discretion from time to time upon written notice to the Company, any relevant notice, demand or election in whole or in part without prejudice to its future actions and rights.

 

6.13         Replacement of Securities. If any certificate or instrument evidencing any Securities is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation thereof, or in lieu of and substitution therefor, a new certificate or instrument, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction and the execution by the holder thereof of a customary lost certificate affidavit of that fact and an agreement to indemnify and hold harmless the Company for any losses in connection therewith. The applicants for a new certificate or instrument under such circumstances shall also pay any reasonable third-party costs associated with the issuance of such replacement Securities.

 

6.14         Other Engagements and Activities. The investment in the Company made by Goldman, Sachs & Co. (“Goldman Sachs” and, together with any other affiliate of Goldman Sachs, the “GS Entities” or the “GS Entity”) pursuant to this Agreement, and any subsequent investments in the Company by any GS Entity after the date hereof, is made notwithstanding any engagement, prior to or subsequent to the date hereof, by the Company, of any GS Entity as financial advisor, agent or underwriter to the Company. Notwithstanding anything in the Transaction Documents to the contrary, no GS Entity shall be restricted in any way from engaging in any brokerage, investment advisory, financial advisory, financing, asset management, trading, market making, arbitrage and other similar activities conducted in the ordinary course of Goldman Sachs’ business. Further, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary shall have any right, by virtue of any of the Transaction Documents to, in or to such other ventures or activities of any GS Entity, or to the income or proceeds derived therefrom, and the pursuit of such ventures, even if competitive with the business of the Company, shall not be deemed wrongful or improper. Any GS Entity shall have the right to take for its own account or to recommend to others, any investment opportunity including investment opportunities that may be competitive with or involve the same line of business as that conducted or proposed to be conducted from time to time by the Company.

 

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6.15         No Promotion. Except as otherwise required by law and as provided in Section 4.5 herein, the Company agrees that it will not, without the prior written consent of Goldman Sachs in each instance, (i) use in advertising, publicity, or otherwise the name of any GS Entity, or any partner or employee of any GS Entity, nor any trade name, trademark, trade device, service mark, symbol or any abbreviation, contraction or simulation thereof owned by any GS Entity or (ii) represent, directly or indirectly, that any product or any service provided by the Company has been approved or endorsed by any GS Entity. This provision shall survive termination of the Transaction Documents.

 

[SIGNATURE PAGES TO FOLLOW]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Securities Purchase Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized signatories as of the date first indicated above.

 

 

VYYO INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/a/ Davidi Gilo

 

Name: Davidi Gilo

 

Title: Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of
the Board

 



 

Investor Signature Page

 

By its execution and delivery of this signature page, the undersigned Investor hereby joins in and agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of the Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of March 17, 2006 (the “Purchase Agreement”) by and among Vyyo Inc. and the Investors (as defined therein), as to the number of shares of Common Stock, Convertible Notes, Senior Secured Notes and Warrants set forth below, and authorizes this signature page to be attached to the Purchase Agreement or counterparts thereof.

 

 

GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Kenneth Eberts

 

 

Name: Kenneth Eberts

 

 

Title:  Managing Director

 



 

Exhibits:

 

A             Schedule of Investors

 

B             Form of Convertible Note

 

C             Form of Senior Secured Note

 

D             Form of Warrant

 

E              Form of Registration Rights Agreement

 

F              Form of Guaranty and Security Agreement

 

G             Form of Opinion of Company Corporate Counsel (US)

 

H             Form of Company Counsel (Israel)

 

I               Schedule of Exceptions

 



 

Exhibit A

 

Schedule of Investors

 

Investor

 

Common Shares

 

Convertible Notes

 

Senior Secured
Notes

 

Warrants

 

Purchase Price

 

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

 

1,353,365

 

$

10,000,000

 

$

7,500,000

 

298,617

 

$

25,000,000

 

 


EX-10.2 3 a06-7290_2ex10d2.htm MATERIAL CONTRACTS

Exhibit 10.2

 

NEITHER THESE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE SECURITIES ARE CONVERTIBLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS.  THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (B) IF REASONABLY REQUESTED BY THE COMPANY, AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT.

 

VYYO INC.

 

CONVERTIBLE NOTE

 

Issuance Date: March 22, 2006

 

Principal: U.S. $10,000,000

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, VYYO Inc., a Delaware corporation, (the “Company”), hereby promises to pay to Goldman, Sachs & Co. or registered assigns (“Holder”) the amount set out above as the Principal (as reduced pursuant to the terms hereof pursuant to redemption, conversion or otherwise, the “Principal”) when due, whether upon the Maturity Date (each, as defined herein) unless earlier redeemed or converted (in each case in accordance with the terms hereof), and to pay interest (“Interest”) on any outstanding Principal at the rate of 10.0% per annum (the “Interest Rate”), from the date set out above as the Issuance Date (the “Issuance Date”) until the same becomes due and payable unless earlier redeemed or converted.  This Convertible Note (including all Convertible Notes issued in exchange, transfer or replacement hereof, this “Note”) is issued on the Closing Date pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Company and the Investors identified therein (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”). Certain capitalized terms used herein are defined in Section 27.  Capitalized terms that are not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given to such terms in the Securities Purchase Agreement.

 

1.  MATURITY.  On the Maturity Date, the Company shall pay to the Holder an amount in cash representing all outstanding Principal and the accrued and unpaid Interest thereon.  The Company shall make such payment on the Maturity Date, together with the amount of any accrued and unpaid interest on such Principal, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated in writing by the Holder.

 

2.  INTEREST; INTEREST RATE. Interest on this Note shall commence accruing on the Issuance Date and shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months and shall be payable in arrears for each Calendar Quarter on the first day of the succeeding Calendar Quarter during the period beginning on the Issuance Date and ending on, and including, the Maturity Date (each, an “Interest Date”) with the first Interest Date being April 1, 2006 by wire transfer of immediately

 



 

payable funds.  Interest shall be payable on each Interest Date in cash.  Prior to the payment of Interest on an Interest Date, Interest on this Note shall accrue at the Interest Rate and be payable in cash upon any conversion in accordance with Section 4.  Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any default in the payment of the Interest or Principal when due, the Interest Rate shall be increased by two percent (2.0%) per annum (the “Default Rate”).  In the event that such Interest or Principal payment default is subsequently cured, the adjustment referred to in the preceding sentence shall cease to be effective as of the date of such cure.  Interest on overdue interest shall accrue at the same rate compounded quarterly.

 

3.  SUBORDINATION.  The Principal and Interest on this Note is expressly subordinated in right of payment to (i) the Senior Secured Notes issued on the date hereof, and (ii) any borrowed money by the Company designated as senior debt by the Board of Directors (“Indebtedness”).  Upon payment or distribution of the assets of the Company to creditors upon any dissolution, winding up, liquidation, reorganization, recapitalization or readjustment of the Company or its property, payment of the Principal and Interest will be subordinate to the prior payment in full of all such Indebtedness.  No payment of Principal or Interest may be made by the Company if (i) at any time there exists (or after giving effect to the payment there would exist) an event of default under the agreement pursuant to which such Indebtedness has been issued, or (ii) full payment of amounts then due for principal and interest on the Indebtedness has not been made or duly provided for.  The Holder of this Note shall execute any further documentation reasonably requested by a lender to effect the foregoing.

 

4.  CONVERSION OF NOTES.  Subject to Section 7(a), this Note shall be convertible into common shares of the Company, $0.0001 par value (the “Common Shares”), on the terms and conditions set forth in this Section 4.

 

(a)  Conversion Right.  At any time or times on or after the Issuance Date and prior to repayment, the Holder shall be entitled to convert any portion of the outstanding and unpaid Conversion Amount (as defined below) into fully paid and nonassessable Common Shares in accordance with Section 4(c), at the Conversion Rate (as defined below); provided that, following a Fundamental Transaction, this Note shall be entitled to convert only into such consideration as the Common Shares outstanding prior thereto became entitled to receive, as appropriately adjusted to give effect to the Conversion Rate in this Note.  The Company shall not issue any fraction of a Common Share upon any conversion.  If the issuance would result in the issuance of a fraction of a Common Share, the Company shall round such fraction of a Common Share to the nearest whole share.

 

(b)  Conversion Rate.  The number of Common Shares issuable upon conversion of any Conversion Amount pursuant to Section 4(a) shall be determined by dividing (x) such Conversion Amount by (y) the Conversion Price (such number of shares, the “Conversion Rate”).

 

(i)  Conversion Amount” means the portion of the Principal to be converted or redeemed with respect to which this determination is being made.

 

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(ii)  Conversion Price” means, as of any Conversion Date (as defined below) or other date of determination a price equal to $10.00, subject to adjustment as provided herein.

 

(c)  Mechanics of Conversion.

 

(i)  Optional Conversion.  To convert any Conversion Amount greater than $500,000 into Common Shares on any date (a “Conversion Date”), the Holder shall: (A) transmit by facsimile (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 (the “Conversion Notice”) to the Company and (B) if required by Section 4(f), surrender this Note to the Company (or an indemnification undertaking with respect to this Note in the case of its loss, theft or destruction).  On or before the first (1st) Trading 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 and the Transfer Agent.  On or before the third (3rd) Trading Day following the date of receipt of a Conversion Notice (the “Share Delivery Date”), the Company shall: (1) (x) provided that the Transfer Agent is participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, credit such aggregate number of Common Shares or other consideration to which the Holder shall be entitled to the Holder’s balance account with DTC through its Deposit Withdrawal Agent Commission system or (y) if the Transfer Agent is not participating in the DTC Fast Automated Securities Transfer Program, issue and deliver to the address as specified in the Conversion Notice, a certificate, registered in the name of the Holder, for the number of Common Shares or other consideration to which the Holder shall be entitled, (2) pay to the Holder in cash an amount equal to the accrued and unpaid Interest on the Conversion Amount up to and including the Conversion Date and (3) for any conversions prior to March 22, 2010 in connection with a Fundamental Transaction, pay any applicable Make-Whole Premium in accordance with Section 4(d). The Person or Persons entitled to receive the Common Shares issuable upon a conversion of this Note shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder or holders of such Common Shares on the Conversion Date.

 

(d)  Make-Whole Premium.

 

(i)  If a Fundamental Transaction occurs on or prior to March 22, 2010, the Company also shall pay the Make-Whole Premium, if any, to the Holder who elects to convert its Note pursuant to this Section or elects to have its Note redeemed pursuant to Section 6(a) hereof pursuant to the Fundamental Transaction. The Make-Whole Premium, if any, shall be paid in cash on the Fundamental Transaction Effective Date to Holders who exercise such conversion right.

 

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(1)  The “Make-Whole Premium” shall be determined as follows:

 

(2)  If the Fundamental Transaction Effective Date is after March 22, 2010, no Make-Whole Premium shall be paid;

 

(3)  If the Stock Price equals or exceeds $17.50 (subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 8), no Make-Whole Premium shall be paid; and

 

(4)  In all other cases, the Make-Whole Premium shall be an amount equal to the interest that otherwise would accrue on the Principal of the Note had it remained outstanding from the date hereof through March 22, 2010, less the amount of interest accrued and paid prior to the date of conversion.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, the Make-Whole Premium, if any, shall be paid in cash and shall not increase or affect the Conversion Amount, Conversion Price, or the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of this Note.

 

(ii)  For purposes of Section 4(d), the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:

 

(1)  “Fundamental Transaction Effective Date” means the date that a Fundamental Transaction becomes effective.

 

(2)  “Stock Price” means the price paid per Common Share in the transaction constituting the Fundamental Transaction, determined as follows:

 

(i)  If holders of the Common Shares receive only cash in the transaction constituting the Fundamental Transaction, then the Stock Price shall equal the cash amount paid per Common Share; and

 

(ii)  In all other cases, the Stock Price shall be the average of the daily Trading Prices per Common Share for the ten consecutive Trading Day period ending on the Trading Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Transaction Effective Date.

 

(e)  Book-Entry.  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 reissuance of this Note upon physical surrender.  The Holder and the Company shall maintain records showing the Principal 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.

 

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5.  RIGHTS UPON EVENT OF DEFAULT.

 

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

 

(i)  The Company’s failure to convert a Note in accordance with Section 4 within five (5) Trading Days after the applicable Conversion Date;

 

(ii)  The Company shall fail to pay any Principal owing under this Note when due;

 

(iii)  The Company shall fail to pay any Interest owing under this Note when due, and such failure shall continue for thirty (30) days;

 

(iv)  The Company or any Significant Subsidiary shall (A) fail to make any payment when due under the terms of any bond, debenture, note or other evidence of indebtedness to be paid by the Company or such Significant Subsidiary (excluding this Note, which default is addressed by clauses (ii) and (iii) above, but including any other evidence of indebtedness of the Company or such Significant Subsidiary) and such failure shall continue beyond any period of grace provided with respect thereto, or (B) default in the observance or performance of any other agreement, term or condition contained in any such bond, debenture, note or other evidence of indebtedness; and the effect of such failure or default in clause (A) or (B) is to cause, or permit the holder thereof to cause, indebtedness in an aggregate amount of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) or more to become due prior to its stated date of maturity and such failure shall continue for thirty (30) days;

 

(v)  An involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed seeking (A) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in respect of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary or its debts, or of a substantial part of its assets, under any federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect or (B) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Company or any Significant Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets, and, in any such case, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for 30 days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;

 

(vi)  The Company or any Significant Subsidiary shall (A) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief under any federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, (B) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or petition described in clause (v) of this Section, (C) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Company or any Significant Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets, (D) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against

 

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it in any such proceeding, (E) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or (F) take any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing;

 

(vii)  One or more judgments for the payment of money in an amount in excess of Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) in the aggregate, outstanding at any one time, shall be rendered against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary and the same shall remain undischarged for a period of sixty (60) days during which execution shall not be effectively stayed, or any judgment, writ, assessment, warrant of attachment, or execution or similar process shall be issued or levied against a substantial part of the property of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary and such judgment, writ, or similar process shall not be released, stayed, vacated or otherwise dismissed within sixty (60) days after issue or levy;

 

(viii)  Failure (A) of the Company to make any required filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or (B) of the Common Stock to be listed on an eligible securities exchange, and in either case (A) or (B) such failure shall continue for sixty (60) days;

 

(ix)  The Company shall fail to observe or perform any other covenant, obligation, condition or agreement contained in this Note or the Guaranty and Security Agreement and, to the extent such failure is capable of being cured, such failure shall continue for sixty (60) days.

 

(b)  Event of Default Redemption Right.  Promptly after the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to this Note, the Company shall deliver written notice thereof via facsimile and overnight courier (an “Event of Default Notice”) to the Holder.  The Holder, upon the approval of Holders holding more than 33 1/3% of the aggregate principal balance of the Notes then outstanding, by written notice to the Company, may declare all outstanding amounts payable by the Company hereunder to be immediately due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived, anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding (“Redemption Price”).  Upon the occurrence or existence of any Event of Default described in Sections (v) or (vi) hereof, immediately and without notice, all outstanding amounts payable by the Company hereunder shall automatically become immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived, anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding.  In addition to the foregoing remedies, upon the occurrence or existence of any Event of Default, the Holder may exercise, upon the approval of Holders holding more than a majority of the aggregate principal balance of the Notes, any other right, power or remedy permitted to it by law, either by suit in equity or by action at law, or both.

 

6.  RIGHTS UPON FUNDAMENTAL TRANSACTION.

 

(a)  Fundamental Transaction Redemption Right.  No sooner than twenty (20) days nor later than ten (10) days prior to the consummation of a Fundamental Transaction, but not prior to the public announcement of such Fundamental Transaction,

 

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the Company shall deliver written notice thereof via facsimile and overnight courier to the Holder (a “Fundamental Transaction Notice”).  At any time during the period (the “Fundamental Transaction Period”) beginning after the Holder’s receipt of a Fundamental Transaction Notice and ending on the date that is one (1) Trading Day before the Fundamental Transaction Effective Date, the Holder, at its option, may require the Company to redeem all or any portion of this Note by delivering written notice thereof (“Fundamental Transaction Redemption Notice”) to the Company, which Fundamental Transaction Redemption Notice shall indicate the Conversion Amount the Holder is electing to redeem.  The portion of this Note subject to redemption pursuant to this Section 6 shall be redeemed by the Company in cash at a price equal to 101% of the Principal plus any accrued but unpaid Interest thereon up to, but not including, the Fundamental Transaction Effective Date (the “Fundamental Transaction Redemption Price”) on the Fundamental Transaction Effective Date.  In addition, for any redemption made prior to March 22, 2010, the Holder shall also be paid the Make-Whole Premium, if any, as applicable.  Redemptions required by this Section 6 shall have priority to payments to stockholders in connection with a Fundamental Transaction.  To the extent redemptions required by this Section 6 are deemed or determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be prepayments of the Note by the Company, such redemptions shall be deemed to be voluntary prepayments.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 6, until the Fundamental Transaction Redemption Price (together with interest thereon and the Make-Whole Premium, if any) is paid in full, the Conversion Amount submitted for redemption under this Section 6 may be converted, in whole or in part pursuant to Section 4.  The parties hereto agree that in the event of the Company’s redemption of any portion of the Note under this Section 6, 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 6 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.

 

7.  RIGHTS UPON CERTAIN OTHER CORPORATE EVENTS.

 

(a)  Corporate Events.  Subject to the Section 4(d) and 6 herein as applicable, prior to the consummation of any Fundamental Transaction pursuant to which holders of Common Shares are entitled to receive securities or other assets with respect to or in exchange for Common Shares (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, such securities or other assets received by the holders of Common Shares 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 Common Shares) at a conversion rate for such consideration commensurate with the Conversion Rate.  The provisions of this Section shall apply similarly and equally to successive Corporate Events unless or until the Note is redeemed or repaid.

 

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Issuance Date subdivides (by any share split, share dividend, recapitalization or otherwise) one or more classes of its outstanding Common Shares 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 combines (by combination, reverse share split or otherwise) one or more classes of its outstanding Common Shares into a smaller number of shares, the Conversion Price in effect immediately prior to such combination will be proportionately increased.

 

9.  COVENANTS.  Until all Principal and Interest and any other amounts due and payable under this Note have been paid in full in cash, the Company shall, and shall cause each Significant Subsidiary to:

 

(a)  provide prompt written notice to the Holder of the occurrence of any Event of Default, or any event which with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default, hereunder;

 

(b)  do or cause to be done all things reasonably necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence; and

 

(c)  keep proper books of record and account in which full, true and correct entries are made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities, (ii) permit any representatives designated by the Holder, upon reasonable prior notice, to visit and inspect its properties, to examine and make extracts from its books and records, and to discuss its affairs, finances and condition with its officers and independent accountants, all at such reasonable times and as often as reasonably requested, and (iii) provide to the Holder the same information rights as it provides to its stockholders.

 

10.  RESERVATION OF AUTHORIZED SHARES.

 

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

 

11.  REDEMPTION MECHANICS.  In the event that the Company does not pay the applicable Redemption Price to the Holder within five (5) Trading Days, at any time thereafter and until the Company pays such unpaid Redemption Price in full, the Holder shall have the option, in lieu of redemption, to require the Company to promptly return to the Holder all or any portion of this Note representing the Conversion Amount that was

 

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submitted for redemption and for which the applicable Redemption Price has not been paid.  Upon the Company’s receipt of such notice, (x) the Redemption Notice shall be null and void with respect to such Conversion Amount, (y) the Company shall immediately return this Note, or issue a new Note (in accordance with Section 15(d)) to the Holder representing such Conversion Amount.

 

12.  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 Common Shares, by way of return of capital or otherwise (including, without limitation, any distribution of cash, shares or other securities, property or options by way of a dividend, spin off, reclassification, corporate rearrangement, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction) (a “Distribution”), at any time after the issuance of this Note, 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 Common Shares 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 Closing Bid Price of the Common Shares on the trading 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 Common Share, and (ii) the denominator shall be the Closing Bid Price of the Common Shares on the trading day immediately preceding such record date.

 

13.  VOTE TO ISSUE, OR CHANGE THE TERMS OF, NOTES.  This Note may be amended and any provision may be waived with the consent of the Company and the Holder.  In addition, the Notes may be amended and a provision may be waived by the Company with the affirmative vote or consent of the holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes.  Any change or amendment so approved shall be binding upon all existing and future holders of this Note; provided that, no such amendment or waiver may materially and adversely affect the economic interest in the Company of the Holder of this Note in a manner disproportionate to the Holders of other Notes without the consent of the Holder hereof.

 

14.  TRANSFER.  This Note and any Common Shares issued upon conversion of this Note may be offered, sold, assigned or transferred by the Holder without the consent of the Company in aggregate principal amounts of at least $500,000, subject only to the provisions of Section 4.1 of the Securities Purchase Agreement and compliance with applicable law.

 

15.  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 15(d)), registered as the Holder may request, representing the outstanding Principal being transferred by the Holder and, if less then the entire outstanding Principal is being transferred, a new Note (in accordance with Section 15(d)) to the Holder representing the outstanding Principal

 

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not being transferred.  The Holder and any assignee, by acceptance of this Note, acknowledge and agree that, by reason of the provisions of Section 4(f) following conversion 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 15(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 15(d) and in principal amounts of at least $100,000) 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 15(a) or Section 15(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 and unpaid Interest on the Principal of this Note, from the Issuance Date.

 

16.  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 any of the other Transaction Documents at law or in equity (including a decree of specific performance and/or other injunctive relief).  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.

 

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17.  PAYMENT OF COLLECTION, ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER COSTS.  If following an Event of Default (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 reasonable costs incurred by the Holder for such collection, enforcement or action or in connection with such bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership or other proceeding, including, but not limited to, attorneys’ fees and disbursements.

 

18.  CONSTRUCTION; HEADINGS.  This Note shall be deemed to be jointly drafted by the Company and all the Holders 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.

 

19.  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.

 

20.  NOTICES.  Whenever notice is required to be given under this Note, unless otherwise provided herein, such notice shall be delivered in accordance with Section 6.4 of the Securities Purchase Agreement.  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 Shares or (B) 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.

 

21.  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.

 

22.  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 and the Securities Purchase Agreement.

 

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23.  GOVERNING LAW.  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 New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of New York.  Any action brought by either party against the other concerning the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be brought only in the state courts of New York or in the federal courts located in the State of New York and waive trial by jury.  Both parties agree to submit to the jurisdiction of such courts.  The prevailing party shall be entitled to recover from the other party its reasonable attorney’s fees and costs.  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.

 

24.  INDEMNIFICATION.

 

(a)  Subject to the limitations herein, the Company shall indemnify the Holder, and each Affiliate of the Holder (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses, (excluding the legal fees of counsel for any Indemnitee), incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee by a third party arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of:  (i) the execution or delivery of this Note, the performance by the Company and its Subsidiaries hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or the consummation of or the use of the proceeds therefrom, or (ii) the material breach by the Company or any Subsidiary of (a) any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement contained herein or (b) any representation or warranty in Section 3.1 of the Securities Purchase Agreement, as they relate to this Note; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and non-appealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee.

 

(b)           To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Company and the Holder hereof shall not assert, and hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this the this Note, the Securities Purchase Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, or the use of the proceeds thereof.

 

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25.  MAXIMUM PAYMENTS.  Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to establish or require the payment of a rate of interest or other charges in excess of the maximum permitted by applicable law.  In the event that the rate of interest required to be paid or other charges hereunder exceed the maximum permitted by such law, any payments in excess of such maximum shall be credited against amounts owed by the Company to the Holder and thus refunded to the Company.

 

26.  NONCIRCUMVENTION. The Company hereby covenants and agrees that the Company will not, by amendment of its Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, 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, 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.

 

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

 

(a)  “Bloomberg” means Bloomberg Financial Markets.

 

(b)  “Calendar Quarter” 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 and including September 30; and the period beginning on and including October 1 and ending on and including December 31.

 

(c)  “Closing Date” shall have the meaning set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement, which date is the date the Company initially issued Notes pursuant to the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement.

 

(d)  “Eligible Market” means the Principal Market, The New York Stock Exchange, Inc or The Nasdaq Capital Market.

 

(e)  “Fundamental Transaction” means that 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) be subject to an offer from another Person or group of related Persons (as defined in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) other than the Holder to make a purchase, tender or exchange offer that is accepted by the holders of more than the 50% of the outstanding Voting Shares (not including any Voting Shares 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 share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with another Person or group of related Persons (as defined in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) whereby such other Person or group

 

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acquires more than the 50% of the outstanding Voting Shares (not including any Voting Shares 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 share purchase agreement or other business combination), provided however, a Fundamental Transaction shall not include (i) any reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification of the Common Shares in which holders of the Company’s voting power immediately prior to such reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification continue after such reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification to hold publicly traded securities and, 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 (ii) pursuant to a migratory merger effected solely for the purpose of changing the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Company.

 

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

 

(g)  “Maturity Date” means March 22, 2011.

 

(h)  “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.

 

(i)  “Principal Market” means The Nasdaq National Market.

 

(j)  “Redemption Notices” means, collectively, the Event of Default Redemption Notices, and the Fundamental Transaction Redemption Notices, each of the foregoing, individually, a Redemption Notice.

 

(k)  “Registration Rights Agreement” means that certain registration rights agreement dated as of the Closing Date by and among the Company and the initial holders of the Notes relating to, among other things, the registration of the resale of the Common Shares issuable upon conversion of the Notes.

 

(l)  “Required Holders” means the holders of Notes representing at least a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding.

 

(m)  “SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

(n)  “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.

 

(o)  “Tax” means any tax, levy, impost, duty or other charge or withholding of a similar nature (including any related penalty or interest).

 

(p)  “Tax Deduction” means a deduction or withholding for or on account of Tax from a payment under the Notes.

 

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(q)  “Trading Day” means (a) any day on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted and traded on its primary Trading Market, (b) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted and traded on any Eligible Market, then a day on which trading occurs on the NASDAQ National Market (or any successor thereto), or (c) if trading ceases to occur on the NASDAQ National Market (or any successor thereto), any Business Day.

 

(r)  “Voting Shares” of a Person means capital shares of such Person of the class or classes pursuant to which the holders thereof have the general voting power to elect, or the general power to appoint, at least a majority of the board of directors, managers or trustees of such Person (irrespective of whether or not at the time capital shares of any other class or classes shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency).

 

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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.

 

 

VYYO INC

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 


EX-10.3 4 a06-7290_2ex10d3.htm MATERIAL CONTRACTS

Exhibit 10.3

 

THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (B) IF REASONABLY REQUESTED BY THE COMPANY, AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT.

 

$7,500,000.00

 

VYYO INC.

 

SENIOR SECURED NOTE DUE MARCH 22, 2011

 

Section 1.                                            General.

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, VYYO, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby promises to pay to the order of Goldman, Sachs & Co., or its registered assigns (the “Investor”), the principal sum of SEVEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS ($7,500,000.00), or such lesser amount as shall then equal the outstanding principal amount hereof, together with interest (“Interest”) thereon at a rate equal to 9.50% (the “Interest Rate”) per annum, computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed and a year of 360 days comprised of twelve 30 day months. Except as set forth herein, all unpaid principal, together with any then unpaid and accrued interest and other amounts payable hereunder, unless earlier redeemed or repurchased, shall be due and payable on March 22, 2011 (the “Maturity Date”). This Note is not prepayable from March 22, 2006 through and including March 22, 2007, but shall be prepayable, in whole or in part, (i) at 104% of the principal amount from March 22, 2007 through and including March 22, 2008, (ii) at 103% of the principal amount from March 22, 2008 through and including March 22, 2009, (iii) at 102% of the principal amount from March 22, 2009 through and including March 22, 2010, and (iv) at 101% of the principal amount from March 22, 2010 through but excluding the Maturity Date. Any prepayments will be applied first to any accrued but unpaid interest and then to unpaid principal.

 

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of notes of the Company (this note being referred to as the “Note” and, collectively, all similar notes issued by the Company being referred to as the “Notes”), issued in the aggregate principal amount limited to $7,500,000.00 pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 18, 2006 (as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Securities Purchase Agreement”) by and among the Company and the Investors party thereto, and is entitled to the benefits thereof and to the exercise of the remedies provided thereby or otherwise available in respect thereof. Capitalized terms used herein without definition have the meanings assigned thereto in the Securities Purchase Agreement.

 

Interest on this Note shall accrue from and including the date of issuance through and until repayment of the principal amount of this Note and payment of all Interest in full, and shall

 



 

be payable in cash quarterly in arrears on each January 1, March 1, June 1 and September 1 that the Notes are outstanding or, if any such date shall not be a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day to occur after such date (each date upon which interest shall be so payable, an “Interest Payment Date”), beginning on June 1, 2006, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account at a bank designated in writing by the Investor on reasonable notice.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 1, upon any default in the payment of Interest or principal under this Note, until such default is cured, the Interest Rate shall increase by an additional two percent (2.0%) per annum. Subject to applicable law, any interest that shall accrue on overdue interest on this Note as provided in the preceding sentence and shall not have been paid in full in cash on or before the next Interest Payment Date to occur after the date on which the overdue interest became due and payable shall itself be deemed to be overdue interest on this Note to which the preceding sentence shall apply.

 

Section 2.                                            Repurchase Right Upon a Fundamental Transaction.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein and in addition to any other right of the Investor, upon the occurrence of a Fundamental Transaction the Investor shall have the right, by written notice to the Company, to require the Company to redeem all of this Note on the repurchase date that is five Business Days after the date of delivery of such notice to the Company at a price equal to 101% of the outstanding principal amount under this Note, plus all accrued and unpaid interest on such principal amount to, but excluding, the repurchase date, plus any other amounts due hereunder. A “Fundamental Transaction” means that 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) be subject to an offer from another Person or group of related Persons (as defined in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) other than the Holder to make a purchase, tender or exchange offer that is accepted by the holders of more than the 50% of the outstanding Voting Shares (not including any Voting Shares 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 share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with another Person or group of related Persons (as defined in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) whereby such other Person or group acquires more than the 50% of the outstanding Voting Shares (not including any Voting Shares 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 share purchase agreement or other business combination), provided however, a Fundamental Transaction shall not include (i) any reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification of the Common Shares in which holders of the Company’s voting power immediately prior to such reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification continue after such reorganization, recapitalization or reclassification to hold publicly traded securities and, 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 (ii) pursuant to a migratory merger effected solely for the purpose of changing the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Company. “Voting Shares” of a Person means capital shares of such Person of the class or classes pursuant to which the holders

 

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thereof have the general voting power to elect, or the general power to appoint, at least a majority of the board of directors, managers or trustees of such Person (irrespective of whether or not at the time capital shares of any other class or classes shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency).

 

Section 3.                                            Events of Default.

 

The occurrence of any of the following shall constitute an “Event of Default” under this Note:

 

(a)                                  The Company shall fail to pay any principal owing under this Note when due; or

 

(b)                                 The Company shall fail to pay any interest owing under this Note when due, and such failure shall continue for thirty (30) days; or

 

(c)                                  The Company or any Significant Subsidiary shall fail to observe or perform any other covenant, obligation, condition or agreement contained in this Note (other than those specified in clauses (a) or (b) above) or the Guaranty and Security Agreement, dated the date hereof, among the Company, the Subsidiaries party thereto and Goldman, Sachs & Co., as Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Investors (as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, and together with all other documents, agreements and instruments executed in connection therewith, the “Security Agreement”), and, to the extent such failure is capable of being cured, such failure shall continue for sixty (60) days; or

 

(d)                                 The Company or any Significant Subsidiary shall (i) fail to make any payment when due under the terms of any bond, debenture, note or other evidence of indebtedness to be paid by the Company or such Significant Subsidiary (excluding this Note, which default is addressed by clauses (a) and (b) above, but including any other evidence of indebtedness of the Company or such Significant Subsidiary) and such failure shall continue beyond any period of grace provided with respect thereto, or (ii) default in the observance or performance of any other agreement, term or condition contained in any such bond, debenture, note or other evidence of indebtedness; and the effect of such failure or default in clause (i) or (ii) is to cause, or permit the holder thereof to cause, indebtedness of the Company and the Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) or more to become due prior to its stated date of maturity and such failure shall continue for thirty (30) days; or

 

(e)                                  An involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in respect of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary or its debts, or of a substantial part of its assets, under any federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Company or any Significant Subsidiary or for a substantial part of the Company’s or such Significant Subsidiary’s assets, and, in any such case, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for 60 days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered; or

 

(f)                                    The Company or any Significant Subsidiary shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief under any

 

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federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or petition described in clause (e) of this Section, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Company or any Significant Subsidiary or for a substantial part of the Company’s assets, (iv) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, (v) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or (vi) take any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing; or

 

(g)                                 One or more judgments for the payment of money in an amount in excess of Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) in the aggregate, outstanding at any one time, shall be rendered against the Company and the Significant Subsidiaries and the same shall remain undischarged for a period of sixty (60) days during which execution shall not be effectively stayed, or any judgment, writ, assessment, warrant of attachment, or execution or similar process shall be issued or levied against a substantial part of the property of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary and such judgment, writ, or similar process shall not be released, stayed, vacated or otherwise dismissed within sixty (60) days after issue or levy; or

 

(h)                                 This Note or the Security Agreement shall cease, for any reason, to be in full force and effect, or the Company or any Significant Subsidiary shall so assert in writing or shall disavow any of its obligations thereunder; or

 

(i)                                     Any Lien purported to be created under the Security Agreement shall cease to be, or shall be asserted by the Company or any Significant Subsidiary not to be, a valid and perfected Lien on any Collateral, with the priority required by the Security Agreement; or

 

(j)                                     Failure (i) of the Company to make any required filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or (ii) of the Common Stock to be listed on an eligible securities exchange and, in either case (i) or (ii), such failure shall continue for sixty (60) days; or

 

(k)                                  Any Event of Default, under and as defined in the Guaranty and Security Agreement shall have occurred.

 

Section 4.                                            Rights Of Investor Upon Default.

 

Upon the occurrence or existence of any Event of Default (other than an Event of Default referred to in Sections 3(f) or 3(g) hereof) and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such Event of Default, the Investor, upon the approval of Investors holding more than 33-1/3% of the aggregate principal balance of the Notes then outstanding, by written notice to the Company, may declare all outstanding amounts payable by the Company hereunder to be immediately due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived, anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding. Upon the occurrence or existence of any Event of Default described in Sections 3(f) or 3(g) hereof, immediately and without notice, all outstanding amounts payable by the Company hereunder shall automatically become immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly

 

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waived, anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding. In addition to the foregoing remedies, upon the occurrence or existence of any Event of Default, the Investor may exercise, upon the approval of Investors holding more than a majority of the aggregate principal balance of the Notes, any other right, power or remedy permitted to it by law, either by suit in equity or by action at law, or both.

 

Section 5.                                            Affirmative Covenants.

 

Until all principal and interest and any other amounts due and payable under this Note have been paid in full in cash, the Company shall, and shall cause each Significant Subsidiary to:

 

(a)                                  provide prompt written notice to the Investor of:  (i) the occurrence of any Event of Default, or any event which with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default, hereunder; and (ii) any loss or damage to any Collateral (as defined in the Security Agreement) in excess of $100,000;

 

(b)                                 do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence and the rights, licenses, permits, privileges and franchises material to the conduct of its business;

 

(c)                                  maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, customary insurance for its insurable properties, all to such extent and against such risks, including fire, casualty, fidelity, business interruption and other risks insured against by extended coverage, as is customary with companies in the same or similar businesses operating in the same or similar locations; and

 

(d)                                 (i) keep proper books of record and account in which full, true and correct entries are made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities, (ii) permit any representatives designated by the Investor, upon reasonable prior written notice, to visit and inspect its properties, to examine and make extracts from its books and records, and to discuss its affairs, finances and condition with its officers and independent accountants, all at such reasonable times and as often as reasonably requested, and (iii) provide to the Investor the same information rights as it provides to its stockholders.

 

Section 6.                                            Negative Covenants.

 

Until all principal and interest and any other amounts due and payable under this Note have been paid in full in cash, the Company shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary to:

 

(a)                                  create, incur, assume or permit to exist any indebtedness or guarantee, directly or indirectly, except:

 

(i)                                     indebtedness with respect to equipment leases or trade accounts of the Company or any Subsidiary arising in the ordinary course of business;

 

(ii)                                  indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course arising out of any lease agreement for the premises of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary;

 

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(iii)                               indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary for employee-related obligations or commitments, including, but not limited to, obligations for the payment of salaries, accrued vacation days, severance, prior notice periods, managers’ insurance, pension funds and other approved employee benefits;

 

(iv)                              indebtedness for taxes (including municipality rates), assessments, levies to statutory bodies and government agencies, or similar charges, in all cases provided that such obligations were incurred in the ordinary course of business that are not yet due and payable;

 

(v)                                 indebtedness under the Notes and the Convertible Notes;

 

(vi)                              indebtedness, not greater than $6,500,000 in the aggregate under (A) that certain promissory note made by the Company and payable to Syntek Capital AG dated December 16, 2005 as amended as of the date hereof (the “Syntek Note”) and (B) that certain letter of credit made by the Company in favor of Syntek Capital AG in connection with the Syntek Note (the “Syntek Letter of Credit”);

 

(vii)                           up to $15,000,000 of indebtedness assumed by the Company in the acquisition of all or substantially all of the assets or capital stock of another Person; provided that, (a) such indebtedness existed at the time of such acquisition and was not created in anticipation thereof, (b) the aggregate amount of such indebtedness assumed in connection with such acquisition shall not exceed 25% of the aggregate amount of consideration paid by the Company for such acquisition and (c) any Liens securing such indebtedness do not at any time cover or encumber any assets or property other than the assets or property of the Person acquired which is financed by such indebtedness; and

 

(viii)                        up to $2,500,000 of additional indebtedness in the aggregate outstanding at any time.

 

(b)                                 create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any mortgage, pledge, security interest, assignment, lien (statutory or other), claim, encumbrance, license or sublicense or security interest (collectively, a “Lien”) in or upon any of its assets, except:

 

(i)                                     Liens for taxes, assessments or similar charges incurred in the ordinary course of business that are not yet due and payable,

 

(ii)                                  Liens created pursuant to the Security Agreement, and

 

(iii)                               Liens created to secure the Syntek Note, which such Liens shall only consist of the Syntek Letter of Credit;

 

(iv)                              Liens created in connection with Section 6(a)(ii), (vii) and (viii) above;

 

(c)                                  enter into any transaction, including, without limitation, the purchase, sale, or exchange of property or the rendering of any service with any Affiliate, except pursuant to the reasonable requirements of the Company’s or such Subsidiary’s business and upon fair and

 

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reasonable terms no less favorable to the Company or such Subsidiary, than would obtain in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person not an Affiliate as reasonably determined by the Audit Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors;

 

(d)                                 declare any cash dividends on any shares of any class of its capital stock or membership interests, or apply any of its property or assets to the purchase, redemption or other retirement of, or set apart any sum for the payment of any cash dividends on, or for the purchase, redemption or other retirement of, or make any other distribution by reduction of capital or otherwise in respect of, any shares of any class of its capital stock or membership interests, provided, however, that (i) any Subsidiary wholly owned by the Company may pay dividends directly to the Company and (ii) this restriction shall not apply to the repurchase of shares of Common Stock from employees, officers, directors, consultants or other persons performing services for the Company or any Subsidiary pursuant to agreements under which the Company has the option to repurchase such shares upon the occurrence of certain events, such as the termination of employment;

 

(e)                                  sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose (including pursuant to a merger) of any asset with a value greater than $1,000,000, except (a) sales, transfers, leases and other dispositions of inventory, used, obsolete or surplus equipment or other property and investments in each case in the ordinary course of business or (b) such sales, transfers or dispositions for cash which are reasonably approved by the Audit Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors;

 

(f)                                    create or acquire any new Significant Subsidiary, unless (i) such Significant Subsidiary promptly, and in no event later than fifteen Business Days, becomes a party to the Security Agreement in the manner provided therein and complies with all of the terms, provisions and requirements thereof, including, without limitation, taking such actions to create and perfect Liens on such Significant Subsidiary’s assets, and (ii) the Investor shall have received an opinion of counsel of such Significant Subsidiary containing such opinions that are reasonably acceptable to the Investor and that are materially identical in substance to the opinions received on the date hereof with respect to the Significant Subsidiaries entering into the Security Agreement on the date hereof;

 

(g)                                 make any capital expenditures (other than with respect to normal maintenance and replacement programs in the ordinary course of business) exceeding $1,000,000 in any fiscal year for the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries in the aggregate; or

 

(h)                                 permit the Subsidiaries that are not party to the Security Agreement to have assets in an aggregate amount greater than $500,000.

 

Section 7.                                            Defenses.

 

The obligations of the Company under this Note shall not be subject to reduction, limitation, impairment, termination, defense, set-off, counterclaim or recoupment for any reason.

 

Section 8.                                            Guaranty and Security Agreement.

 

This Note is a senior secured obligation of the Company. The Company’s obligations under this Note are (i) guarantied by certain of its Subsidiaries, and (ii) secured by a security

 

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interest in substantially all of the assets of the Company and such Subsidiaries, in each case pursuant to the terms and provisions of the Security Agreement. This Note is subject to the terms and provisions of the Security Agreement, and the Investor, by its acceptance of this Note, hereby acknowledges and agrees to such terms and provisions.

 

Section 9.                                            Transfer of Note; Lost or Stolen Note.

 

(a)                                  The Investor may sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or any part of this Note (including without limitation pursuant to a pledge) to any person or entity, so long as such sale, transfer or disposition is in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Purchase Agreement and is of at least $500,000 in principal amount. From and after the date of any such sale, transfer or disposition, the transferee hereof shall be deemed to be the holder of a Note in the principal amount acquired by such transferee, and the Company shall, as promptly as practicable, issue and deliver to such transferee a new Note identical in all respects to this Note, in the name of such transferee and, if such transferee acquires less than the entire principal amount of this Note, the Company shall contemporaneously issue to the Investor a new Note identical in all respects to this Note, representing the outstanding balance of this Note. The Company shall be entitled to treat the original Investor as the holder of this entire Note unless and until it receives written notice of the sale, transfer or disposition hereof.

 

(b)                                 Upon receipt by the Company of evidence of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Note, and (in the case of loss, theft or destruction) of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to the Company, and upon surrender and cancellation of the Note, if mutilated, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Investor a new Note identical in all respects to this Note.

 

Section 10.                                      Attorneys’ and Collection Fees.

 

Should the indebtedness evidenced by this Note or any part hereof be collected at law or in equity or in bankruptcy, receivership or other court proceedings, the Company agrees to pay, in addition to the principal and interest due and payable hereon, all costs of collection, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, incurred by the Investor or its agent in collecting or enforcing this Note.

 

Section 11.                                      Indemnification

 

(a)                                  The Company shall indemnify the Investor, and each Affiliate of the Investor (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee by a third party arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Note, the performance by the Company and its Subsidiaries hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or the consummation of or the use of the proceeds therefrom, or (ii) the material breach by the Company or any Subsidiary of (a) any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement contained herein or (b) any representation or warranty in Section 3.1 of the Securities Purchase Agreement as they relate to the Note; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by

 

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final and non-appealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee.

 

(b)                                 The Company shall pay all reasonable out of pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Investor, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for the Investor and any consultant or expert witness fees and expenses, in connection with (i) any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of any Transaction Document (whether or not the transactions contemplated thereby shall be consummated) required by the Company, and (ii) the enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with any Transaction Document, including its rights under this Section, and including all such reasonable out of pocket costs and expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of any such Transaction Document (provided that references to the Transaction Documents contained therein shall be deemed to relate only to the Notes and the Guaranty and Security Agreement).

 

(c)                                  To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Company shall not assert, and hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Note, the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Security Agreement or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, or the use of the proceeds thereof.

 

Section 12.                                      Waivers.

 

The Company hereby waives presentment, demand for payment, notice of dishonor, notice of protest and all other notices or demands in connection with the delivery, acceptance, performance or default of this Note. No delay by the Investor in exercising any power or right hereunder shall operate as a waiver of any power or right, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any power or right preclude other or further exercise thereof, or the exercise thereof, or the exercise of any other power or right hereunder or otherwise; and no waiver whatsoever or modification of the terms hereof shall be valid unless set forth in writing by the Investor and then only to the extent set forth therein.

 

Section 13.                                      Amendments.

 

This Note may be amended and any provision may be waived with the consent of the Company and the Holder. In addition, the Notes may be amended and any provision may be waived by the Company with the affirmative vote or consent of the holders of more than a majority of the principal amount outstanding under the Notes. Any change or amendment so approved shall be binding upon all existing and future holders of this Note; provided that, no such amendment or waiver may materially and adversely affect the economic interest in the Company of the Holder of this Note in a manner disproportionate to the holders of other Notes without the consent of the Holder hereof.

 

Section 14.                                      Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process; Waiver of Jury Trial.

 

(a)                                  THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OR CHOICE OF LAW.

 

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(b)                                 THE COMPANY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS, FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY AND OF THE UNITED STATES’ DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY THEREOF, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER COLLATERAL DOCUMENT, OR FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE OR, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT SHALL AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT LENDER MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT AGAINST THE COMPANY OR ITS PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION.

 

(c)                                  THE COMPANY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT IT MAY LEGALLY AND EFFECTIVELY DO SO, ANY OBJECTION WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS NOTE, THE SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT OR THE SECURITY AGREEMENT IN ANY COURT REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SECTION. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT.

 

(d)                                 EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES IN SECTION 16. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT WILL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW.

 

(d)                                 EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS NOTE, THE SECURITIES PURCHASE AGREEMENT, THE SECURITY AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN

 

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INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.

 

Section 15.                                      Successors and Assigns.

 

The terms and conditions of this Note shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the respective successors (whether by merger or otherwise) and permitted assigns of the Company and the Investor. The Company may not assign its rights or obligations under this Note.

 

Section 16.                                      Notices.

 

Whenever notice is required to be given under this Note, unless otherwise provided herein, such notice shall be delivered in accordance with Section 6.4 of the Securities Purchase Agreement. 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.

 

Section 17.                                      Entire Agreement.

 

The Securities Purchase Agreement, the Notes and the Security Agreement constitute the full and entire understanding and agreement between the parties with regard to the subjects hereto and thereof.

 

Section 18.                                      Headings.

 

The headings used in this Note are used for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Note.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Senior Secured Note to be duly executed by its duly authorized officer as of the date indicated below.

 

Date:  March 22, 2006

 

 

VYYO INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 


EX-10.4 5 a06-7290_2ex10d4.htm MATERIAL CONTRACTS

Exhibit 10.4

 

GUARANTY AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

among

VYYO INC.,

EACH OF THE SUBSIDIARIES PARTY HERETO,

THE INVESTORS PARTY HERETO,

and

GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO., as Collateral Agent




Dated as of March 22, 2006

 



 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 1.

 

DEFINITIONS; GUARANTY; GRANT OF SECURITY; CONTINUING PERFECTION AND PRIORITY

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 1.1

 

 

GENERAL DEFINITIONS

 

1

SECTION 1.2

 

 

OTHER DEFINITIONS; INTERPRETATION

 

9

SECTION 1.3

 

 

GUARANTY

 

9

SECTION 1.4

 

 

GRANT OF SECURITY

 

13

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 2.

 

SECURITY FOR OBLIGATIONS; NO ASSUMPTION OF LIABILITY

 

15

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 2.1

 

 

SECURITY FOR OBLIGATIONS

 

15

SECTION 2.2

 

 

NO ASSUMPTION OF LIABILITY

 

15

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 3.

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS

 

15

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 3.1

 

 

GENERALLY

 

15

SECTION 3.2

 

 

EQUIPMENT AND INVENTORY

 

18

SECTION 3.3

 

 

RECEIVABLES

 

19

SECTION 3.4

 

 

INVESTMENT PROPERTY

 

20

SECTION 3.5

 

 

LETTER OF CREDIT RIGHTS

 

23

SECTION 3.6

 

 

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COLLATERAL

 

23

SECTION 3.7

 

 

COMMERCIAL TORT CLAIMS

 

24

SECTION 3.8

 

 

DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS; CONTROL ACCOUNTS

 

25

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 4.

 

FURTHER ASSURANCES

 

25

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 5.

 

COLLATERAL AGENT APPOINTED ATTORNEY-IN-FACT

 

25

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 6.

 

REMEDIES UPON DEFAULT

 

26

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 6.1

 

 

REMEDIES GENERALLY

 

26

SECTION 6.2

 

 

APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS OF SALE

 

28

SECTION 6.3

 

 

INVESTMENT PROPERTY

 

29

SECTION 6.4

 

 

GRANT OF LICENSE TO USE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

 

29

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 7.

 

REIMBURSEMENT OF COLLATERAL AGENT

 

30

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 8.

 

WAIVERS; AMENDMENTS

 

30

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 9.

 

SECURITY INTEREST ABSOLUTE

 

31

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 10.

 

TERMINATION; RELEASE

 

31

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 11.

 

ADDITIONAL SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS AND GRANTORS

 

32

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 12.

 

COLLATERAL AGENT

 

32

 

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ARTICLE 13.

 

NOTICES

 

33

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 14.

 

BINDING EFFECT; SEVERAL AGREEMENT; ASSIGNMENTS

 

35

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 15.

 

SURVIVAL OF AGREEMENT; SEVERABILITY

 

35

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 16.

 

GOVERNING LAW

 

35

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 17.

 

COUNTERPARTS

 

36

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 18.

 

HEADINGS

 

36

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 19.

 

JURISDICTION; VENUE; CONSENT TO SERVICE OF PROCESS

 

36

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 20.

 

WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

 

37

 

 

SCHEDULES:

 

Schedule I

 

List of Subsidiary Guarantors and Addresses for Notices

Schedule 3.1(a)(i)

 

List of Chief Executive Offices, Jurisdictions of Organization, Federal Employer Identification Numbers and Company Organizational Numbers

Schedule 3.1(a)(ii)

 

List of Legal and Other Names

Schedule 3.1(a)(v)

 

List of Filing Offices

Schedule 3.2

 

List of Locations of Equipment and Inventory

Schedule 3.3

 

List of Other Receivables

Schedule 3.4

 

List of Pledged Collateral, Investment Property and Securities Accounts

Schedule 3.5

 

List of Letters of Credit

Schedule 3.6

 

List of Intellectual Property

Schedule 3.7

 

List of Commercial Tort Claims

Schedule 3.8

 

List of Deposit Accounts

 

EXHIBITS:

 

Exhibit A

 

Form of Supplement

Exhibit B

 

Form of Blocked Account Letter

Exhibit C

 

Form of Control Account Letter

Exhibit D

 

Form of Vyyo Ltd. Pledge Agreement

Exhibit E

 

Form of Xtend Networks Ltd. Pledge Agreement

 

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GUARANTY AND SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of March 22, 2006 (this “Guaranty and Security Agreement”), among Vyyo Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), each of the subsidiaries of the Company listed on Schedule I (each such subsidiary, individually, a “Subsidiary Guarantor” and, collectively, the “Subsidiary Guarantors”; the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Company are referred to collectively herein as the “Grantors”), the Investors from time to time party hereto (including their successors and assigns, the “Investors”) and GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO., as collateral agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties (including its successors and assigns and in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”).

 

Reference is made to the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 18, 2006, among the Company and the Investors from time to time party thereto (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Securities Purchase Agreement”).

 

The Investors have agreed to purchase Senior Secured Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $7,500,000 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the “Senior Secured Notes”) from the Company pursuant to, and upon the terms and subject to the conditions specified in, the Securities Purchase Agreement.  Each of the Subsidiary Guarantors has agreed to guarantee, among other things, all the obligations of the Company and each other Subsidiary Guarantor under the Secured Transaction Documents.  The obligations of the Investors to purchase Senior Secured Notes are conditioned upon, among other things, the execution and delivery by the Grantors of an agreement in the form hereof to guarantee and secure the Obligations.

 

Accordingly, the Grantors and the Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and each other Secured Party (and each of their respective successors or assigns), hereby agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE 1.

DEFINITIONS; GUARANTY; GRANT OF SECURITY;
CONTINUING PERFECTION AND PRIORITY

 

Section 1.1             General Definitions

 

As used in this Guaranty and Security Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings specified below:

 

Account Debtor” means each Person who is obligated in respect of any Receivable or any Supporting Obligation or Collateral Support related thereto.

 

Accounts” means all “accounts” as defined in Article 9 of the UCC.

 

Additional Subsidiary Guarantor and Grantor” has the meaning assigned to such term in Article 11.

 

Applicable Date” means (i) in the case of any Grantor (other than an Additional Subsidiary Guarantor and Grantor), the date hereof, and (ii) in the case of any Additional Subsidiary Guarantor and Grantor, the date of the Supplement executed and delivered by such Additional Subsidiary Guarantor and Grantor.

 



 

Approved Securities Intermediary” means a Securities Intermediary or commodity intermediary selected or approved by the Collateral Agent and with respect to which a U.S. Grantor has delivered to the Collateral Agent an executed Control Account Letter.

 

Authorization” means, collectively, any license, approval, permit or other authorization issued by Governmental Authority.

 

Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11, U.S. Code, or any similar foreign, federal or state law for the relief of debtors.

 

Blockage Notice” has the meaning specified in each Blocked Account Letter.

 

Blocked Account” means a Deposit Account maintained by any U.S. Grantor with a Blocked Account Bank which account is the subject of an effective Blocked Account Letter, and includes all monies on deposit therein and all certificates and instruments, if any, representing or evidencing such Blocked Account.

 

Blocked Account Bank” means a financial institution selected or approved by the Collateral Agent and with respect to which a U.S. Grantor has delivered to the Collateral Agent an executed Blocked Account Letter.

 

Blocked Account Letter” means a Blocked Account Letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit B (with such changes thereto as may be agreed to by the Collateral Agent), executed by the relevant U.S. Grantor and the Collateral Agent and acknowledged and agreed to by the relevant Blocked Account Bank.

 

Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed.

 

Cash Collateral Account” means any Deposit Account or Securities Account established by the Collateral Agent in which cash and/or Permitted Investments may from time to time be on deposit or held therein pursuant to the Secured Transaction Documents.

 

Chattel Paper” means all “chattel paper” as defined in Article 9 of the UCC.

 

Claim Proceeds” means, with respect to any Commercial Tort Claim or any Collateral Support or Supporting Obligation relating thereto, all Proceeds thereof, including all insurance proceeds and other amounts and recoveries resulting or arising from the settlement or other resolution thereof, in each case regardless of whether characterized as a “commercial tort claim” under Article 9 of the UCC or “proceeds” under the UCC.

 

Collateral” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.4(b).

 

Collateral Records” means all books, instruments, certificates, Records, ledger cards, files, correspondence, customer lists, blueprints, technical specifications, manuals and other documents, and all computer software, computer printouts, tapes, disks and related data processing software and similar items, in each case that at any time represent, cover or otherwise evidence any of the Collateral.

 

Collateral Support” means all property (real or personal) assigned, hypothecated or otherwise securing any of the Collateral, and shall include any security agreement or other agreement granting a lien or security interest in such real or personal property.

 

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Commercial Tort Claims” means (i) all “commercial tort claims” as defined in Article 9 of the UCC and (ii) all Claim Proceeds with respect to any of the foregoing; including all claims described on Schedule 3.7.

 

Company” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preliminary statement of this Guaranty and Security Agreement.

 

Concentration Account” means a Deposit Account of the U.S. Grantors with a bank or financial institution acceptable to the Collateral Agent, which shall be a Blocked Account.

 

Control Account” means a Securities Account or commodity account maintained by any U.S. Grantor with an Approved Securities Intermediary which account is the subject of an effective Control Account Letter, and includes all Financial Assets held therein and all certificates and instruments, if any, representing or evidencing the Financial Assets held therein.

 

Control Account Letter” means a Control Account Letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit C (with such changes thereto as may be agreed to by the Collateral Agent), executed by any U.S. Grantor and the Collateral Agent and acknowledged and agreed to by the relevant Approved Securities Intermediary.

 

Copyright License” means any written agreement, now or hereafter in effect, granting any right to any third party under any Copyright now or hereafter owned or held by or behalf of any Grantor or which any Grantor otherwise has the right to license, or granting any right to any Grantor under any Copyright now or hereafter owned by any third party, and all rights of any Grantor under any such agreement, including each agreement described on Schedule 3.6.

 

Copyrights” means all of the following:  (i) all copyright rights in any work subject to the copyright laws of the United States or any other country, whether as author, assignee, transferee or otherwise, and (ii) all registrations and applications for registration of any such copyright in the United States or any other country, including registrations, recordings, supplemental registrations and pending applications for registration in the United States Copyright Office or any similar offices in the United States or any other country, including those described on Schedule 3.6.

 

Deposit Accounts” means all “deposit accounts” as defined in Article 9 of the UCC, including all such accounts described on Schedule 3.4.

 

Documents” means all “documents” as defined in Article 9 of the UCC.

 

Equipment” means (i) all “equipment” as defined in Article 9 of the UCC, (ii) all machinery, manufacturing equipment, data processing equipment, computers, office equipment, furnishings, furniture, appliances, fixtures and tools, in each case, regardless of whether characterized as “equipment” under the UCC, and (iii) all accessions or additions to any of the foregoing, all parts thereof, whether or not at any time of determination incorporated or installed therein or attached thereto, and all replacements therefor, wherever located, now or hereafter existing.

 

Equity Interest” means (i) shares of corporate stock, partnership interests, membership interests, and any other interest that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distribution of assets of, the issuing Person, and (ii) all warrants, options or other rights to acquire any Equity Interest set forth in clause (i) of this defined term.

 

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“Equity Related Documents” means the Securities Purchase Agreement, any Convertible Note or Warrant issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

Event of Default” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Senior Secured Notes.

 

Financial Assets” means all “financial assets” as defined in Article 8 of the UCC.

 

General Intangibles” means (i) all “general intangibles” as defined in Article 9 of the UCC and (ii) all choses in action and causes of action, all indemnification claims, all goodwill, all tax refunds, all licenses, permits, concessions, franchises and authorizations, all Intellectual Property, all Payment Intangibles and all Software, in each case, regardless of whether characterized as a “general intangible” under the UCC.

 

Goods” means (i) all “goods” as defined in Article 9 of the UCC and (ii) all Equipment and Inventory and any computer program embedded in goods and any supporting information provided in connection with such program, to the extent (a) such program is associated with such goods in such a manner that it is customarily considered part of such goods or (b) by becoming the owner of such goods, a Person acquires a right to use the program in connection with such goods, in each case, regardless of whether characterized as a “good” under the UCC.

 

Governmental Authority” means any nation or government, any state, province, city, municipal entity or other political subdivision thereof, and any governmental, executive, legislative, judicial, administrative or regulatory agency, department, authority, instrumentality, commission, board, bureau or similar body, whether federal, state, provincial, territorial, local or foreign.

 

Grantor” and “Grantors” have the meanings assigned to such terms in the preliminary statement of this Guaranty and Security Agreement.

 

Guaranteed Obligations” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.3(a)(i).

 

Instruments” means all “instruments” as defined in Article 9 of the UCC.

 

Insurance” means all insurance policies covering any or all of the Collateral (regardless of whether the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party is an additional named insured or the loss payee thereof) and all business interruption insurance policies.

 

Intellectual Property” means all intellectual and similar property of any Grantor of every kind and nature, including inventions, designs, Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, Licenses, domain names, Trade Secrets, confidential or proprietary technical and business information, know how, show how or other data or information, software and databases and all embodiments or fixations thereof and related documentation, registrations and franchises, and all additions, improvements and accessions to, and books and records describing or used in connection with, any of the foregoing.

 

Inventory” means (i) all “inventory” as defined in Article 9 of the UCC and (ii) all goods held for sale or lease or to be furnished under contracts of service or so leased or furnished, all raw materials, work in process, finished goods and materials used or consumed in the manufacture, packing, shipping, advertising, selling, leasing, furnishing or production of such inventory or otherwise used or consumed in any U.S. Grantor’s business, all goods which are returned to or repossessed by or on behalf of any U.S. Grantor, and all computer programs embedded in any goods, and all accessions thereto and products thereof, in each case, regardless of whether characterized as “inventory” under the UCC.

 

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Investor” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preliminary statements of this Guaranty and Security Agreement.

 

Investment Property” means, collectively, all “investment property” as defined in Article 9 of the UCC including all Pledged Collateral.

 

“Israeli Collateral” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.4(b).

 

Israeli Grantor” means each Subsidiary listed on Schedule I hereto under the heading “Israeli Subsidiary” and each Additional Subsidiary Guarantor and Grantor from time to time as made a party hereto (excluding any U.S. Grantor).

 

Israeli Security Interest” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.4(b).

 

Letter of Credit Rights” means all “letter-of-credit rights” as defined in Article 9 of the UCC and (ii) all rights, title and interests of each U.S. Grantor to any letter of credit, in each case regardless of whether characterized as a “letter-of-credit right” under the UCC.

 

License” means any Copyright License, Patent License, Trademark License, Trade Secret License or other license or sublicense to which any Grantor is a party.

 

Lien” means any lien, mortgage, charge, claim, security interest, encumbrance, or right of first refusal.

 

Obligations” means (i) the due and punctual payment of (a) principal of and premium, if any, and interest (including interest accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) on the Senior Secured Notes, when and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment or otherwise, and (b) all other monetary obligations, including fees, commissions, costs, expenses and indemnities, whether primary, secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including monetary obligations incurred during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), of the Grantors to the Secured Parties, or that are otherwise payable to any Investor, in each case under the Secured Transaction Documents, (ii) the due and punctual performance of all covenants, agreements, obligations and liabilities of the Grantors or any other party (other than an Investor) under or pursuant to the Secured Transaction Documents, and (iii) the Guaranteed Obligations.

 

Other Receivables” means receivables described on Schedule 3.3 hereto.

 

Patent License” means any written agreement, now or hereafter in effect, granting to any third party any right to make, use or sell any invention on which a Patent, now or hereafter owned or held by or on behalf of any Grantor or which any Grantor otherwise has the right to license, is in existence, or granting to any Grantor any right to make, use or sell any invention on which a Patent, now or hereafter owned by any third party, is in existence, and all rights of any Grantor under any such agreement, including each agreement described on Schedule 3.6.

 

Patents” means all of the following:  (i) all letters patent of the United States or any other country, all registrations and recordings thereof and all applications for letters patent of the United States or any other country, including registrations, recordings and pending applications in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or any similar offices in the United States or any other country, including those described on Schedule 3.6, and (ii) all reissues, continuations, divisions, continuations in

 

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part, renewals or extensions thereof, and the inventions disclosed or claimed therein, including the right to make, use and/or sell the inventions disclosed or claimed therein.

 

Payment Intangibles” means all “payment intangibles” as defined in Article 9 of the UCC.

 

Permitted Investments” means investments permitted to be made pursuant to Section 6(h) of the Senior Secured Notes.

 

Person” means any individual or corporation, partnership, trust, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company, or joint stock company.

 

Pledged Collateral” means, collectively, Pledged Debt and Pledged Equity Interests.

 

Pledged Debt” means all indebtedness owed or owing to any U.S. Grantor, including all indebtedness described on Schedule 3.4, all Instruments other than checks received in the ordinary course of business, Chattel Paper or other documents, if any, representing or evidencing such debt, and all interest, cash, instruments and other property or proceeds from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of such debt.

 

Pledged Equity Interests” means all Equity Interests owned or held by or on behalf of any U.S. Grantor, including all such Equity Interests described on Schedule 3.4, and all certificates, instruments and other documents, if any, representing or evidencing such Equity Interests and all interests of such U.S. Grantor on the books and records of the issuers of such Equity Interests, all of such U.S. Grantor’s right, title and interest in, to and under any partnership, limited liability company, shareholder or similar agreements to which it is a party, and all dividends, distributions, cash, warrants, rights, options, instruments, securities and other property or proceeds from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of such Equity Interests.

 

Proceeds” means (i) all “proceeds” as defined in Article 9 of the UCC, (ii) payments or distributions made with respect to any Investment Property, (iii) any payment received from any insurer or other Person or entity as a result of the destruction, loss, theft, damage or other involuntary conversion of whatever nature of any asset or property that constitutes the Collateral, and (iv) whatever is receivable or received when any of the Collateral or proceeds are sold, exchanged, collected or otherwise disposed of, whether such disposition is voluntary or involuntary, including any claim of any Grantor against any third party for (and the right to sue and recover for and the rights to damages or profits due or accrued arising out of or in connection with) (a) past, present or future infringement of any Patent now or hereafter owned or held by or on behalf of any Grantor, or licensed under a Patent License, (b) past, present or future infringement or dilution of any Trademark now or hereafter owned or held by or on behalf of any Grantor, or licensed under a Trademark License, or injury to the goodwill associated with or symbolized by any Trademark now or hereafter owned or held by or on behalf of any Grantor, (c) past, present or future infringement of any Copyright now or hereafter owned or held by or on behalf of any Grantor, or licensed under a Copyright License, (d) past, present or future infringement of any Trade Secret now or hereafter owned or held by or on behalf of any Grantor, or licensed under a Trade Secret License, and (e) past, present or future breach of any License, in each case, regardless of whether characterized as “proceeds” under the UCC.

 

Receivables” means all rights to payment, whether or not earned by performance, for goods or other property sold, leased, licensed, assigned or otherwise disposed of, or services rendered or to be rendered, including all such rights constituting or evidenced by any Account, Chattel Paper, Instrument or other document, General Intangible or Investment Property, together with all of the

 

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applicable U.S. Grantor’s rights, if any, in any goods or other property giving rise to such right to payment, and all Collateral Support and Supporting Obligations related thereto and all Receivables Records.

 

Receivables Records” means (i) all originals of all documents, instruments or other writings or electronic records or other Records evidencing any Receivable, (ii) all books, correspondence, credit or other files, Records, ledger sheets or cards, invoices, and other papers relating to such Receivable, including all tapes, cards, computer tapes, computer discs, computer runs and record keeping systems, whether in the possession or under the control of the applicable U.S. Grantor or any computer bureau or agent from time to time acting for such U.S. Grantor or otherwise, (iii) all evidences of the filing of financing statements relating to such Receivable and the registration of other instruments in connection therewith, and amendments, supplements or other modifications thereto, notices to other creditors or secured parties, and certificates, acknowledgments, or other writings, including lien search reports, from filing or other registration officers and (iv) all credit information, reports and memoranda relating to such Receivable.

 

Record” means a “record” as defined in Article 9 of the UCC.

 

“Registration Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of March 22, 2006 by and among the Company and the Investors.

 

Related Party” means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and such Person’s affiliates.

 

Secured Parties” means (i) the Collateral Agent, (ii) the Investors under the Senior Secured Notes, (iii) the beneficiaries of each indemnification obligation undertaken by or on behalf of any Grantor under any Secured Transaction Document, and (iv) the successors and assigns of each of the foregoing.

 

Secured Transaction Documents” means the Senior Secured Notes, this Guaranty and Security Agreement, any Blocked Account Letter, any Control Account Letter, and all other instruments, documents, certificates and agreements related thereto (exclusive of the Equity Related Documents).

 

Securities Accounts” means all “securities accounts” as defined in Article 8 of the UCC, including all such accounts described on Schedule 3.4.

 

Securities Intermediary” has the meaning specified in Article 8 of the UCC.

 

Securities Purchase Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preliminary statement of this Guaranty and Security Agreement.

 

Security Interest” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.4(b).

 

Senior Secured Notes” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preliminary statement of this Guaranty and Security Agreement.

 

Software” means all “software” as defined in Article 9 of the UCC.

 

Subsidiary Guarantor” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section the preliminary statement of this Guaranty and Security Agreement.

 

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Subsidiary Guaranty” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.3(a)(i).

 

Subordinated Obligations” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.3(e).

 

Supplement” means a supplement hereto, substantially in the form of Exhibit A.

 

Supporting Obligation” means (i) all “supporting obligations” as defined in Article 9 of the UCC and (ii) all Guaranties and other secondary obligations supporting any of the Collateral, in each case regardless of whether characterized as a “supporting obligation” under the UCC.

 

Trade Secret Licenses” means any written agreement, now or hereafter in effect, granting to any third party any right to use any Trade Secrets now or hereafter owned or held by or on behalf of any Grantor or which such Grantor otherwise has the right to license, or granting to any Grantor any right to use any Trade Secrets now or hereafter owned by any third party, and all rights of any Grantor under any such agreement, including each agreement described on Schedule 3.6.

 

Trade Secrets” means all trade secrets and all other confidential or proprietary information and know-how now or hereafter owned or used in, or contemplated at any time for use in, the business of any Grantor (all of the foregoing being collectively called a “Trade Secret”), whether or not such Trade Secret has been reduced to a writing or other tangible form, including all documents and things embodying, incorporating or referring in any way to such Trade Secret, the right to sue for any past, present and future infringement of any Trade Secret, and all proceeds of the foregoing, including licenses, royalties, income, payments, claims, damages and proceeds of suit.

 

Trademark License” means any written agreement, now or hereafter in effect, granting to any third party any right to use any Trademark now or hereafter owned or held by or on behalf of any Grantor or which such Grantor otherwise has the right to license, or granting to any Grantor any right to use any Trademark now or hereafter owned by any third party, and all rights of any Grantor under any such agreement, including each agreement described on Schedule 3.6.

 

Trademarks” means all of the following:  (i) all trademarks, service marks, trade names, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade styles, trade dress, logos, other source or business identifiers, designs and general intangibles of like nature, now existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all registration and recording applications filed in connection therewith, including registrations and registration applications in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or any similar offices in the United States or any other country, and all extensions or renewals thereof, including those described on Schedule 3.6, (ii) all goodwill associated therewith or symbolized by any of the foregoing and (iii) all other assets, rights and interests that uniquely reflect or embody such goodwill.

 

UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York or, when the context implies, the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in any other applicable jurisdiction.

 

U.S. Collateral” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.4(a).

 

U.S. Grantor” means the Company and each Subsidiary listed on Schedule I hereto under the heading “U.S Subsidiary” and each Additional Subsidiary Guarantor and Grantor from time to time as made a party hereto (excluding any Israeli Grantor).

 

U.S. Security Interest” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.4(a).

 

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U.S. Subsidiary Guarantor” means any U.S. Grantor other than the Company.

 

Section 1.2             Other Definitions; Interpretation

 

(a)           Other Definitions.  Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein, and the term “subsidiary” shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Securities Purchase Agreement.

 

(b)           Rules of Interpretation.  The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined.  Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms.  The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”.  The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”.  Unless the context requires otherwise, (i) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, (ii) any definition of or reference to any law shall be construed as referring to such law as from time to time amended and any successor thereto and the rules and regulations promulgated from time to time thereunder, (iii) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (iv) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Guaranty and Security Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (v) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to and any Supplement thereto, this Guaranty and Security Agreement, and (vi) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.  All references herein to provisions of the UCC shall include all successor provisions under any subsequent version or amendment to any Article of the UCC.

 

Section 1.3             Guaranty

 

(a)           Subsidiary Guaranty; Limitation of Liability.

 

(i)            Each Subsidiary Guarantor jointly and severally, hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees, as a primary obligor and not merely as surety, to the Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties the punctual payment when due (but subject to the expiration of any grace period granted by the Secured Parties in their sole discretion or the giving of any required notice provided for in any secured Transaction Document), whether at scheduled maturity or on any date of a required prepayment or by acceleration, demand or otherwise, of the Obligations of the Company and each other Grantor now or hereafter existing under or in respect of the Secured Transaction Documents (including, without limitation, any extensions, modifications, substitutions, amendments or renewals of any or all of the foregoing Obligations), whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, and whether for principal, interest, premiums, fees, indemnities, contract causes of action, costs, expenses or otherwise (such Obligations being the “Guaranteed Obligations”), and agrees to pay any and all reasonable expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of counsel) incurred by the Collateral Agent or any other Investor in enforcing any rights under this Subsidiary Guaranty (the “Subsidiary Guaranty”) or any other Secured Transaction Document.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Subsidiary Guarantor’s liability shall extend to all amounts that constitute part of the Guaranteed Obligations and would be owed by any other Grantor to the Collateral Agent or any Investor under or in respect of the Secured Transaction Documents but for the fact that they are unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence of a bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding involving such other Grantor.

 

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(ii)           Each Subsidiary Guarantor, and by its acceptance of this Subsidiary Guaranty, the Collateral Agent and each other Investor, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such Persons that this Subsidiary Guaranty and the Obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar foreign, federal or state law to the extent applicable to this Subsidiary Guaranty and the Obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder.  To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Collateral Agent, the other Investors and the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the Guaranteed Obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor under this Subsidiary Guaranty at any time shall be limited to the maximum amount as will result in the Guaranteed Obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under this Subsidiary Guaranty not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.

 

(iii)          Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably agrees that in the event any payment shall be required to be made to the Collateral Agent or any Investor under this Subsidiary Guaranty or any other guaranty, such Subsidiary Guarantor will contribute, to the maximum extent permitted by law, such amounts to each other Subsidiary Guarantor and each other guarantor so as to maximize the aggregate amount paid to the Collateral Agent and Investors under or in respect of the Secured Transaction Documents.

 

(b)           Subsidiary Guaranty Absolute.  Each U.S. Subsidiary Guarantor guarantees that the Guaranteed Obligations will be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of the Secured Transaction Documents, regardless of any law, regulation or order now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction affecting any of such terms or the rights of the Collateral Agent or any Investor with respect thereto.  The Obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor under or in respect of this Subsidiary Guaranty are independent of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other Obligations of any other Grantor under or in respect of the Secured Transaction Documents, and a separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted against each Subsidiary Guarantor to enforce this Subsidiary Guaranty, irrespective of whether any action is brought against the Company or any other Grantor or whether the Company or any other Grantor is joined in any such action or actions.  The liability of each Subsidiary Guarantor under this Subsidiary Guaranty shall be irrevocable, absolute and unconditional irrespective of, and each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives any defenses it may now have or hereafter acquire in any way relating to, any or all of the following:

 

(i)            any lack of validity or enforceability of any Secured Transaction Document or any agreement or instrument relating thereto;

 

(ii)           any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other Obligations of any other Grantor under or in respect of the Secured Transaction Documents, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to departure from any Secured Transaction Document, including, without limitation, any increase in the Guaranteed Obligations resulting from the extension of additional credit to any Grantor or any of its Subsidiaries or otherwise;

 

(iii)          any taking, release or amendment or waiver of, or consent to departure from, any other guaranty, for all or any of the Guaranteed Obligations it being understood that any such amendment, waiver or consent shall be applicable to the Guaranteed Obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors;

 

(iv)          any change, restructuring or termination of the corporate structure or existence of any Grantor or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

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(v)           any failure of any Investor to disclose to any Grantor any information relating to the business, condition (financial or otherwise), operations, performance, properties or prospects of any other Grantor now or hereafter known to such Investor (each Subsidiary Guarantor waiving any duty on the part of the Investors to disclose such information);

 

(vi)          the failure of any other Person to execute or deliver this Agreement, any Supplement or any other guaranty or agreement or the release or reduction of liability of any Subsidiary Guarantor or other guarantor or surety with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations; or

 

(vii)         any other circumstance (including, without limitation, any statute of limitations) or any existence of or reliance on any representation by any Investor that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Grantor or any other guarantor or surety, in each case other than payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations).

 

This Subsidiary Guaranty shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any payment of any of the Guaranteed Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be returned by any Investor or any other Person upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company or any other Grantor or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made.

 

(c)           Waivers and Acknowledgments.  Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives:

 

(i)            promptness, diligence, notice of acceptance, presentment, demand for performance, notice of nonperformance, default, acceleration, protest or dishonor and any other notice with respect to any of the Guaranteed Obligations and this Subsidiary Guaranty and any requirement that any Investor protect, secure, perfect or insure any Lien or any property subject thereto or exhaust any right or take any action against any Grantor or any other Person;

 

(ii)           any right to revoke this Subsidiary Guaranty and acknowledges that this Subsidiary Guaranty is continuing in nature and applies to all Guaranteed Obligations, whether existing now or in the future;

 

(iii)          (A) any defense arising by reason of any claim or defense based upon an election of remedies by any Investor that in any manner impairs, reduces, releases or otherwise adversely affects the subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution or indemnification rights of such Subsidiary Guarantor or other rights of such Subsidiary Guarantor to proceed against any of the other Grantors, any other guarantor or any other Person, and (B) any defense based on any right of set-off or counterclaim against or in respect of the Obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder;

 

(iv)          any duty on the part of any Investor to disclose to such Subsidiary Guarantor any matter, fact or thing relating to the business, condition (financial or otherwise), operations, performance, properties or prospects of any other Grantor or any of its Subsidiaries now or hereafter known by such Investor; and

 

(v)           each Subsidiary Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive substantial direct and indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by the Secured Transaction Documents and that the waivers set forth in Section 1.3(b) and this Section 1.3(c) are knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.

 

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(d)           Subrogation.  Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably agrees not to exercise any rights that it may now have or hereafter acquire against the Company, any other Grantor or any other insider guarantor that arise from the existence, payment, performance or enforcement of such Subsidiary Guarantor’s obligations under or in respect of this Subsidiary Guaranty or any other Secured Transaction Document, including, without limitation, any right of subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution or indemnification and any right to participate in any claim or remedy of any Investor against the Company, any other Grantor or any other insider guarantor, whether or not such claim, remedy or right arises in equity or under contract, statute or common law, including, without limitation, the right to take or receive from the Company, any other Grantor or any other insider guarantor, directly or indirectly, in cash or other property or by set-off or in any other manner, payment or security on account of such claim, remedy or right, unless and until all of the Guaranteed Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations) and all other amounts payable under this Subsidiary Guaranty shall have been paid in full in cash.  If any amount shall be paid to any Subsidiary Guarantor in violation of the immediately preceding sentence at any time prior to the latest of the payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations) and all other amounts payable under this Subsidiary Guaranty, such amount shall be received and held in trust for the benefit of the Investors, shall be segregated from other property and funds of such Subsidiary Guarantor and shall forthwith be paid or delivered to the Collateral Agent in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement or assignment) to be credited and applied to the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Subsidiary Guaranty, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms of the Secured Transaction Documents, or to be held as collateral for any Guaranteed Obligations or other amounts payable under this Subsidiary Guaranty thereafter arising.  If (i) any Subsidiary Guarantor shall make payment to any Investor of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations and (ii) all of the Guaranteed Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations) and all other amounts payable under this Subsidiary Guaranty shall have been paid in full in cash, the Investors will, at such Subsidiary Guarantor’s request and expense, execute and deliver to such Subsidiary Guarantor appropriate documents, without recourse and without representation or warranty, necessary to evidence the transfer by subrogation to such Subsidiary Guarantor of an interest in the Guaranteed Obligations resulting from such payment made by such Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to this Subsidiary Guaranty.

 

(e)           Subordination.  Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby subordinates any and all debts, liabilities and other Obligations owed to such Subsidiary Guarantor by each other Grantor (the “Subordinated Obligations”) to the Guaranteed Obligations to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth in this Section 1.3:

 

(i)            Prohibited Payments, Etc.  Except during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Subsidiary Guarantor may receive payments from any other Grantor on account of the Subordinated Obligations.  After the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, however, any Subsidiary Guarantor may demand, accept or take any action to collect any payment on account of the Subordinated Obligations.

 

(ii)           Prior Payment of Guaranteed Obligations.  In any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law relating to any other Grantor, each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that the Investors shall be entitled to receive payment in full in cash of all Guaranteed Obligations (including all interest and expenses accruing after the commencement of a proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law, whether or not constituting an allowed claim in such proceeding (“Post-Petition Interest”)) (other than contingent indemnification obligations) before such Subsidiary Guarantor receives payment of any Subordinated Obligations.

 

(iii)          Turn-Over.  After the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, each Subsidiary Guarantor shall, if the Collateral Agent so requests, collect, enforce and

 

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receive payments on account of the Subordinated Obligations as trustee for the Investors and deliver such payments to the Collateral Agent on account of the Guaranteed Obligations (including all Post-Petition Interest), together with any necessary endorsements or other instruments of transfer, but without reducing or affecting in any manner the liability of such Subsidiary Guarantor under the other provisions of this Subsidiary Guaranty.

 

(iv)          Collateral Agent Authorization.  After the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, the Collateral Agent is authorized and empowered (but without any obligation to so do), in its reasonable discretion, (A) in the name of each Subsidiary Guarantor, to collect and enforce, and to submit claims in respect of, the Subordinated Obligations and to apply any amounts received thereon to the Guaranteed Obligations (including any and all Post-Petition Interest), and (B) to require each Subsidiary Guarantor (1) to collect and enforce, and to submit claims in respect of, the Subordinated Obligations and (2) to pay any amounts received on such obligations to the Collateral Agent for application to the Guaranteed Obligations (including any and all Post-Petition Interest).

 

(f)            Continuing Subsidiary Guaranty; Assignments.  This Subsidiary Guaranty is a continuing guaranty and shall (i) remain in full force and effect until the payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Subsidiary Guaranty, (ii) be binding upon each Subsidiary Guarantor, its successors and assigns, and (iii) inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Investors and their successors, transferees and assigns.

 

Section 1.4             Grant of Security

 

(a)           Grant by U.S. Grantors.  As security for the payment or performance, as applicable, in full of the Obligations, each U.S. Grantor hereby pledges and grants to the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a lien on and security interest (the “U.S. Security Interest”) in and to all of the right, title and interest of such U.S. Grantor in, to and under the following property, wherever located, whether now existing or hereafter arising or acquired from time to time (all of which being hereinafter collectively referred to as the “U.S. Collateral”):

 

(i)            all Accounts,

 

(ii)           all Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts, including all Cash Collateral Accounts and Blocked Accounts,

 

(iii)          all Chattel Paper, Documents and Instruments,

 

(iv)          all Commercial Tort Claims,

 

(v)           all Equipment,

 

(vi)          all General Intangibles,

 

(vii)         all Goods,

 

(viii)        all Insurance,

 

(ix)           all Instruments,

 

(x)            all Intellectual Property,

 

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(xi)           all Inventory,

 

(xii)          all Investment Property, including all Pledged Collateral and all Control Accounts,

 

(xiii)         all Proceeds of Authorizations,

 

(xiv)        all Receivables and Receivables Records,

 

(xv)         all other goods and personal property of such U.S. Grantor, whether tangible or intangible, wherever located, including letters of credit,

 

(xvi)        to the extent not otherwise included in clauses (i) through (xv) of this Section, all Collateral Records, Collateral Support and Supporting Obligations in respect of any of the foregoing,

 

(xvii)       to the extent not otherwise included in clauses (i) through (xvi) of this Section, all other property in which a security interest may be granted under the UCC or which may be delivered to and held by the Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms hereof (including the account referred to in Section 3.4(c)(ii) and all funds and other property from time to time therein or credited thereto), and

 

(xviii)      to the extent not otherwise included in clauses (i) through (xvii) of this Section, all Proceeds, products, substitutions, accessions, rents and profits of or in respect of any of the foregoing.

 

(b)           Grant by Israeli Grantors.  As security for the payment or performance, as applicable, in full of the Obligations, each Israeli Grantor hereby pledges and grants to the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a lien on and security interest (the “Israeli Security Interest”, together with the U.S. Security Interest, the “Security Interest”) in and to all of the right, title and interest of such Israeli Grantor in, to and under the “Collateral” (as that term is defined in the Pledge Agreements each attached substantially in the form of Exhibits D and Exhibit E hereto, respectively, to be executed and delivered to the Collateral Agent concurrently with this Guaranty and Security Agreement), wherever located (all of which being hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Israeli Collateral” and together with the U.S. Collateral, the “Collateral”).

 

(c)           Revisions to UCC.  For the avoidance of doubt, it is expressly understood and agreed that, to the extent the UCC is revised after the date hereof such that the definition of any of the foregoing terms included in the description or definition of the Collateral is changed, the parties hereto desire that any property which is included in such changed definitions, but which would not otherwise be included in the Security Interest on the date hereof, nevertheless be included in the Security Interest upon the effective date of such revision.  Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, the Security Interest is intended to apply immediately on the date hereof to all of the Collateral to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, regardless of whether any particular item of the Collateral was then subject to the UCC.

 

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ARTICLE 2.

SECURITY FOR OBLIGATIONS; NO ASSUMPTION OF LIABILITY

 

Section 2.1             Security for Obligations

 

This Guaranty and Security Agreement secures, and the Collateral is collateral security for, the prompt and complete payment or performance in full when due, whether at stated maturity, by required prepayment, declaration, acceleration, demand or otherwise (including the payment of amounts that would become due but for the operation of the automatic stay under Section 362(a) of Title 11 of the United States Code, or any similar provision of any other bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar law), of all Obligations with respect to each Grantor.

 

Section 2.2             No Assumption of Liability

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Security Interest is granted as security only and shall not subject the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to, or in any way alter or modify, any obligation or liability of any Grantor with respect to or arising out of the Collateral.

 

ARTICLE 3.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS

 

Section 3.1             Generally

 

(a)           Representations and Warranties.  Each of the Grantors, jointly with the other Grantors and severally, represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties that:

 

(i)            As of the Applicable Date, (A) such Grantor’s chief executive office or its principal place of business is, and for the preceding four months has been, located at the office indicated on Schedule 3.1(a)(i), (B) such Grantor’s jurisdiction of organization is the jurisdiction indicated on Schedule 3.1(a)(i), and (C) such Grantor’s Federal Employer Identification Number and company organizational number is as set forth on Schedule 3.1(a)(i).

 

(ii)           As of the Applicable Date, (A) such Grantor’s full legal name is as set forth on Schedule 3.1(a)(ii) and (B) such Grantor has not changed its legal name in the preceding five years, except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(a)(ii).

 

(iii)          Such Grantor has not within the five years preceding the Applicable Date become bound (whether as a result of merger or otherwise) as debtor under a security agreement entered into by another Person, which has not theretofore been terminated.

 

(iv)          Such Grantor has good and valid rights in, and title to, the Collateral with respect to which it has purported to grant the Security Interest, except for minor defects in title that do not interfere with its ability to conduct its business as currently conducted or to utilize such Collateral for its intended purposes, and except for Liens expressly permitted pursuant to the Secured Transaction Documents.

 

(v)           All actions and consents, including all filings, notices, registrations and recordings, necessary or desirable to create, perfect or ensure the first priority (subject only to Liens expressly permitted by the Secured Transaction Documents) of the Security Interest in the Collateral

 

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owned or held by it or on its behalf or for the exercise by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party of any voting or other rights provided for in this Guaranty and Security Agreement or the exercise of any remedies in respect of any such Collateral have been made or obtained, (A) except for (1) the filing of UCC financing statements naming such Grantor as “debtor” and the Collateral Agent as “secured party”, or the making of other appropriate filings, registrations or recordings, containing a description of such Collateral in each applicable governmental, municipal or other office specified on Schedule 3.1(a)(v) and (2) the filing, registration or recordation of fully executed security agreements in the form hereof (or in such other form as shall be in all respects satisfactory to the Collateral Agent) and containing a description of all such Collateral consisting of Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights, together with all other necessary documents, in each applicable governmental registry or office, (B) except for any such Collateral as to which the representations and warranties in this Section 3.1(a)(v) would not be true solely by virtue of such Collateral having been used or disposed of in a manner expressly permitted hereunder or under any other Secured Transaction Document, and (C) except to the extent that such Security Interest may not be perfected by filing, registering, recording or taking any other action in the United States.  The filing, in a timely manner, of the Securities Purchase Agreement and/or the Guaranty and Security Agreement and/or the Pledge Agreements with the following governmental bodies is required in order to perfect the security interests granted thereunder:

 

                                          The United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office

 

                                          The Israeli Companies Register

 

                                          The Israeli Patents, Trademarks and Designs Office

 

                                          The Israeli Register of Pledges

 

                                          The Patents, Trademarks and Designs Office of any other jurisdiction.

 

Subsequent recording and filing with the United States or Israeli Patent and Trademark Office, and the United States Copyright Office and the Israeli Companies Register may be necessary to perfect a Lien on registered patents, trademarks, trademark applications and copyrights acquired by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries after the date hereof.

 

(vi)          It has not filed or authorized the filing of (A) any financing statement or analogous document under the UCC or any other applicable laws covering any such Collateral, (B) any assignment in which it assigns any such Collateral or any security agreement or similar instrument covering any such Collateral with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office, or (C) any assignment in which it assigns any such Collateral or any security agreement or similar instrument covering any such Collateral with any foreign governmental, municipal or other office, in each case, which financing statement, analogous document, assignment or other instrument, as applicable, is still in effect, except for Liens expressly permitted by the Secured Transaction Documents.

 

(vii)         The Security Interest in the Collateral owned or held by it or on its behalf (A) is effective to vest in the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, the rights of the Collateral Agent in such Collateral as set forth herein and (B) does not violate Regulation T, U or X as of the Applicable Date.

 

(viii)        Immediately after the Applicable Date, (i) the fair value of the assets of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors, taken as a whole, at a fair valuation, will exceed their debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, (ii) the present fair saleable value of the property of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors, taken as a whole, will be greater than the amount that will

 

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be required to pay the probable liability of their debts and other liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and other liabilities become absolute and matured, (iii) the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors, taken as a whole, will be able to pay their debts and liabilities, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as such debts and liabilities become absolute and matured, and (iv) each of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors will not have unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the business following such date.

 

(b)           Covenants and Agreements.  Each Grantor hereby covenants and agrees as follows:

 

(i)            It will promptly notify the Collateral Agent in writing of any change (A) in its legal name, (B) in the location of its chief executive office, principal place of business, any office in which it maintains books or records relating to any of the Collateral owned or held by it or on its behalf or, except to the extent permitted by Section 3.1(b)(vii) or Section 3.2, any office or facility at which any such Collateral is located (including the establishment of any such new office or facility), (C) in its identity or legal or organizational structure or its jurisdiction of formation, or (D) in its Federal Taxpayer Identification Number.  It agrees not to effect or permit any change referred to in the preceding sentence unless all filings have been made under the Uniform Commercial Code or otherwise that are required in order for the Collateral Agent to continue at all times following such change to have a valid, legal and perfected security interest in all the Collateral with the priority required hereby.

 

(ii)           It shall maintain, at its own cost and expense, such complete and accurate Records with respect to the Collateral owned or held by it or on its behalf as is consistent with its current practices and in accordance with such prudent and standard practices used in industries that are the same as or similar to those in which it is engaged, but in any event to include complete accounting Records indicating all payments and proceeds received with respect to any part of such Collateral.

 

(iii)          It shall, at its own cost and expense, take any and all actions reasonably necessary to defend title to the Collateral owned or held by it or on its behalf against all Persons and to defend the Security Interest in such Collateral and the priority thereof against any Lien or other interest not expressly permitted by the Secured Transaction Documents, and in furtherance thereof, it shall not take, or permit to be taken, any action not otherwise expressly permitted by the Secured Transaction Documents that could impair the Security Interest or the priority thereof or any Secured Party’s rights in or to such Collateral.

 

(iv)          The Collateral Agent and such Persons as the Collateral Agent may designate shall have the right, at the cost and expense of such Grantor, to inspect all of its Records (and to make extracts and copies from such Records), to discuss its affairs with its officers and (to the extent consented to by such independent accountants) independent accountants and to verify under reasonable procedures the validity, amount, quality, quantity, value, condition and status of, or any other matter relating to, the Collateral owned or held by or on behalf of such Grantor, including, in the case of Receivables, Pledged Debt, General Intangibles, Commercial Tort Claims or Collateral in the possession of any third person, by contacting Account Debtors, contract parties or other obligors thereon or any third person possessing such Collateral for the purpose of making such a verification.  The Collateral Agent shall maintain the confidentiality of all such information and shall have the absolute right to share on a confidential basis any information it gains from such inspection or verification with any Secured Party.

 

(v)           At its option, the Collateral Agent may discharge past due taxes, assessments, charges, fees, Liens, security interests or other encumbrances at any time levied or placed on the Collateral owned or held by or on behalf of such Grantor, and not permitted by the Secured Transaction Documents, and may pay for the maintenance and preservation of such Collateral to the

 

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extent such Grantor fails to do so as required by the Secured Transaction Documents, and such Grantor agrees, jointly with the other Grantors and severally, to reimburse the Collateral Agent on demand for any payment made or any expense incurred by the Collateral Agent pursuant to the foregoing authorization; provided, however, that nothing in this paragraph shall be interpreted as excusing any Grantor from the performance of, or imposing any obligation on the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to cure or perform, any covenants or other promises of any Grantor with respect to taxes, assessments, charges, fees, Liens, security interests or other encumbrances and maintenance as set forth herein or in the other Secured Transaction Documents.

 

(vi)          It shall not be excused from liability as a result of granting of the security interest pursuant to this Guaranty and Security Agreement to observe and perform all the conditions and obligations to be observed and performed by it under each contract, agreement or instrument relating to the Collateral owned or held by it or on its behalf, all in accordance with the terms and conditions thereof and it agrees, jointly with the other Grantors and severally, to indemnify and hold harmless the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties from and against any and all liability for such performance.

 

(vii)         It shall not make, or permit to be made, an assignment, pledge or hypothecation of the Collateral owned or held by it or on its behalf, or grant any other Lien in respect of such Collateral, except as expressly permitted by the Secured Transaction Documents.  Except as expressly permitted by the Secured Transaction Documents, it shall not make or permit to be made any transfer of such Collateral, and it shall remain at all times in possession of such Collateral and the direct owner, beneficially and of record, of the Pledged Equity Interests included in such Collateral, except that (A) Inventory may be sold in the ordinary course of business and (B) unless and until the Collateral Agent shall notify it that an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and that, during the continuance thereof, it shall not sell, convey, lease, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any such Collateral (which notice may be given by telephone if promptly confirmed in writing), it may use and dispose of such Collateral in any lawful manner not inconsistent with the provisions of this Guaranty and Security Agreement or any other Secured Transaction Document.

 

Section 3.2             Equipment and Inventory

 

Each of the U.S. Grantors, jointly with the other U.S. Grantors and severally, represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties that, except for such Equipment and Inventory that does not exceed a book value of $50,000 in the aggregate for all U.S. Grantors as of the Applicable Date, all of the Equipment and Inventory included in the Collateral owned or held by it or on its behalf (other than mobile goods and Inventory and Equipment in transit) is kept only at the locations specified on Schedule 3.2.  In addition, each U.S. Grantor covenants and agrees that it shall not permit any Equipment or Inventory owned or held by it or on its behalf to be in the possession or control of any warehouseman, bailee, agent or processor for a period of greater than one hundred and eighty (180) consecutive days, except for such Equipment or Inventory that (i) was sent to customers for trial or evaluation in the ordinary course of the Company’s business, provided that the book value of such Equipment or Inventory does not exceed $2,000,000 in the aggregate for all U.S. Grantors, (ii) is identified on Schedule 3.2, and/or (iii) is within the possession of the Subsidiaries, unless such warehouseman, bailee, agent or processor shall have been notified of the Security Interest and shall have agreed in writing to hold such Equipment or Inventory subject to the Security Interest and the instructions of the Collateral Agent and to waive and release any Lien held by it with respect to such Equipment or Inventory, whether arising by operation of law or otherwise.

 

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Section 3.3             Receivables

 

(a)           Representations and Warranties.  Each of the U.S. Grantors, jointly with the other U.S. Grantors and severally, represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties that, except for Receivables valued at less than $10,000 individually and $50,000 in the aggregate for all U.S. Grantors, no Receivable is evidenced by an Instrument (other than checks received in the ordinary course of business) or Chattel Paper that has not been delivered to the Collateral Agent.

 

(b)           Covenants and Agreements.  Each U.S. Grantor hereby covenants and agrees that:

 

(i)            At the reasonable request of the Collateral Agent, it shall mark conspicuously, in form and manner reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, all Chattel Paper, Instruments (other than checks received in the ordinary course of business) and other evidence of any Receivables owned or held by it or on its behalf (other than any delivered to the Collateral Agent as provided herein and other than purchase orders sent to customers), as well as the related Receivables Records, with an appropriate reference to the fact that the Collateral Agent has a security interest therein.

 

(ii)           It will not, without the Collateral Agent’s prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), grant any extension of the time of payment of any such Receivable, compromise, compound or settle the same for less than the full amount thereof, release, wholly or partly, any Supporting Obligation or Collateral Support relating thereto, or allow any credit or discount whatsoever thereon, other than extensions, credits, discounts, releases, compromises or settlements granted or made in the ordinary course of business and consistent with its then current practices and in accordance with such practices reasonably believed by such U.S. Grantor to be prudent.

 

(iii)          Except as otherwise provided in this Section and unless otherwise determined by such Grantor in accordance with its good faith business judgment, it shall continue to collect all amounts due or to become due to it under all such Receivables (other than Other Receivables) and any Supporting Obligations or Collateral Support relating thereto, and diligently exercise each material right it may have thereunder, in each case at its own cost and expense, and in connection with such collections and exercise, it shall, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, take such action as it or the Collateral Agent may reasonably deem necessary.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall have the right at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default to notify, or require such U.S. Grantor to notify, any Account Debtor with respect to any such Receivable, Supporting Obligation or Collateral Support of the Collateral Agent’s security interest therein, and in addition, at any time during the continuation of an Event of Default, the Collateral Agent may:  (i) direct such Account Debtor to make payment of all amounts due or to become due to such U.S. Grantor thereunder directly to the Collateral Agent and (ii) enforce, at the cost and expense of such U.S. Grantor, collection thereof and to adjust, settle or compromise the amount or payment thereof, in the same manner and to the same extent as such U.S. Grantor would be able to have done.  If the Collateral Agent notifies such U.S. Grantor that it has elected to collect any such Receivable, Supporting Obligation or Collateral Support in accordance with the preceding sentence, any payments thereof received by such U.S. Grantor shall not be commingled with any of its other funds or property but shall be held separate and apart therefrom, shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent hereunder and shall be forthwith delivered to the Collateral Agent in the same form as so received (with any necessary indorsement), and such U.S. Grantor shall not grant any extension of the time of payment thereof, compromise, compound or settle the same for less than the full amount thereof, release the same, wholly or partly, or allow any credit or discount whatsoever thereon.

 

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(iv)          It shall use its best efforts to keep in full force and effect any Supporting Obligation or Collateral Support relating to any Receivable.

 

(v)           During the continuance of an Event of Default, at the request of the Collateral Agent, it shall direct each Account Debtor to make payment on each Receivable to a Blocked Account or the Concentration Account.

 

Section 3.4             Investment Property

 

(a)           Representations and Warranties.  Each of the U.S. Grantors, jointly with the other U.S. Grantors and severally, represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties that:

 

(i)            Schedule 3.4 sets forth, as of the Applicable Date, (i) all of the Investment Property (other than (A) Receivables not evidenced by an Instrument or Chattel Paper and (B) Equity Interests with an immaterial value) owned or held by or on behalf of such U.S. Grantor to the extent not held in a Securities Account and (ii) each Securities Account or commodities account maintained by or on behalf of such U.S. Grantor.

 

(ii)           All Pledged Equity Interests have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable, and such U.S. Grantor is the direct owner, beneficially and of record, thereof, free and clear of all Liens (other than Liens expressly permitted by the Secured Transaction Documents).

 

(iii)          All Pledged Debt other than Pledged Debt described on Schedule 3.4 hereto have been duly authorized, issued and delivered and, where necessary, authenticated, and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the obligor with respect thereto, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally, and general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

 

(iv)          All Investment Property consisting of certificated securities, Chattel Paper or Instruments other than checks received in the ordinary course of business has been delivered to the Collateral Agent.

 

(v)           All Pledged Collateral held by a Securities Intermediary in a Securities Account or a commodities account is in a Control Account.

 

(vi)          Other than the Pledged Equity Interests that constitute General Intangibles, there is no Investment Property other than that represented by certificated securities or Instruments in the possession of the Collateral Agent.

 

(vii)         No Person other than the Collateral Agent or an Approved Securities Intermediary has “control” (within the meaning of Article 8 of the UCC) over any Investment Property of such U.S. Grantor.

 

(b)           Registration in Nominee Name; Denominations.  Each U.S. Grantor hereby agrees that (i) without limiting Article 5, the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, shall have the right (in its sole and absolute discretion) to hold any Investment Property in its own name as pledgee, the name of its nominee (as pledgee or as sub agent) or the name of the applicable U.S. Grantor, endorsed or assigned, where applicable, in blank or in favor of the Collateral Agent, (ii) at the Collateral Agent’s

 

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request, such U.S. Grantor will promptly give to the Collateral Agent copies of any material notices or other communications received by it with respect to any Investment Property registered in its name, and (iii) the Collateral Agent shall at all times have the right to exchange any certificates, instruments or other documents representing or evidencing any Investment Property owned or held by or on behalf of such U.S. Grantor for certificates, instruments or other documents of smaller or larger denominations for any purpose consistent with this Guaranty and Security Agreement.

 

(c)           Voting and Distributions.

 

(i)            Unless and until an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing:

 

(A)          Each U.S. Grantor shall be entitled to exercise any and all voting and/or other consensual rights and powers inuring to an owner of the Investment Property, or any part thereof, for any purpose consistent with the terms of this Guaranty and Security Agreement and the other Secured Transaction Documents; provided, however, that such U.S. Grantor will not be entitled to exercise any such right if the result thereof could materially and adversely affect the rights inuring to a holder of the Investment Property or the rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent under this Guaranty and Security Agreement or any other Secured Transaction Document or the ability of the Collateral Agent to exercise the same.

 

(B)           The Collateral Agent shall execute and deliver to each U.S. Grantor, or cause to be executed and delivered to each U.S. Grantor, all such proxies, powers of attorney and other instruments as such U.S. Grantor may reasonably request for the purpose of enabling it to exercise the voting and/or consensual rights and powers it is entitled to exercise pursuant to subsection (c)(i)(A) and to receive the cash payments it is entitled to receive pursuant to subsection (c)(i)(C).

 

(C)           Each U.S. Grantor shall be entitled to receive, retain and use any and all cash dividends, interest and principal paid on the Investment Property owned or held by it or on its behalf to the extent and only to the extent that such cash dividends, interest and principal are not prohibited by, and otherwise paid in accordance with, the terms and conditions of the Securities Purchase Agreement, the other Secured Transaction Documents and applicable laws.  All non cash dividends, interest and principal, and all dividends, interest and principal paid or payable in cash or otherwise in connection with a partial or total liquidation or dissolution, return of capital, capital surplus or paid in surplus, and all other distributions (other than distributions referred to in the preceding sentence) made on or in respect of the Investment Property, whether paid or payable in cash or otherwise, whether resulting from a subdivision, combination or reclassification of the outstanding Pledged Equity Interests in any issuer of any Investment Property or received in exchange for any Investment Property, or any part thereof, or in redemption thereof, or as a result of any merger, consolidation, acquisition or other exchange of assets to which such issuer may be a party or otherwise, shall be and become part of the Collateral, and, if received by such U.S. Grantor, shall not be commingled with any of its other funds or property but shall be held separate and apart therefrom, shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent hereunder and shall be forthwith delivered to the Collateral Agent in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement).

 

(ii)           Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default:

 

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(A)          Upon the direction of the Collateral Agent, all rights of each U.S. Grantor to dividends, interest or principal that it is authorized to receive pursuant to subsection (c)(i)(C) shall cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Collateral Agent, which shall have the sole and exclusive right and authority to receive and retain such dividends, interest or principal, as applicable.  All dividends, interest and principal received by or on behalf of any U.S. Grantor contrary to the provisions of this Section shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent, shall be segregated from other property or funds of such U.S. Grantor and shall be forthwith delivered to the Collateral Agent upon demand in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement).  Any and all money and other property paid over to or received by the Collateral Agent pursuant to the provisions of this subsection (c)(ii)(A) shall be retained by the Collateral Agent in an account to be established in the name of the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, upon receipt of such money or other property and shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.2.  Subject to the provisions of this subsection (c)(ii)(A), such account shall at all times be under the sole dominion and control of the Collateral Agent, and the Collateral Agent shall at all times have the sole right to make withdrawals therefrom and to exercise all rights with respect to the funds and other property from time to time deposited therein or credited thereto as set forth in the Secured Transaction Documents.  After all Events of Default have been cured or waived, the Collateral Agent shall, within five Business Days after all such Events of Default have been cured or waived, repay to the applicable U.S. Grantor all cash dividends, interest and principal (without interest) that such U.S. Grantor would otherwise be permitted to retain pursuant to the terms of subsection (c)(i)(C) and which remain in such account.

 

(B)           Upon the direction of the Collateral Agent, all rights of each U.S. Grantor to exercise the voting and consensual rights and powers it is entitled to exercise pursuant to subsection (c)(i)(A), and the obligations of the Collateral Agent under subsection (c)(i)(B), shall cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Collateral Agent, which shall have the sole and exclusive right and authority to exercise such voting and consensual rights and powers, provided that, unless otherwise directed by the Required Investors, the Collateral Agent shall have the right from time to time following and during the continuance of an Event of Default to permit such U.S. Grantor to exercise such rights.  After all Events of Default have been cured or waived, the applicable U.S. Grantor will have the right to exercise the voting and consensual rights and powers that it would otherwise be entitled to exercise pursuant to the terms of subsection (c)(i)(A).

 

(d)           Covenants and Agreements.  Each U.S. Grantor hereby covenants and agrees as follows:

 

(i)            Each U.S. Grantor agrees that it will not establish or maintain, or permit any other U.S. Grantor to establish or maintain, any Securities Account or commodities account that is not a Control Account.

 

(ii)           In the event (A) any U.S. Grantor or any Approved Securities Intermediary shall, after the date hereof, terminate an agreement with respect to the maintenance of a Control Account for any reason, (B) the Collateral Agent shall demand the termination of an agreement with respect to the maintenance of a Control Account as a result of the failure of an Approved Securities Intermediary to comply with the terms of the applicable Control Account Letter, or (C) the Collateral Agent determines in its sole discretion that the financial condition of an Approved Securities Intermediary has materially deteriorated, such U.S. Grantor agrees to promptly transfer the assets held in such Control Account to another Control Account reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent.

 

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Section 3.5             Letter of Credit Rights

 

Each of the U.S. Grantors, jointly with the other U.S. Grantors and severally, represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties that Schedule 3.5 sets forth, as of the Applicable Date, each letter of credit giving rise to a Letter of Credit Right included in the Collateral owned or held by or on behalf of such U.S. Grantor.

 

Section 3.6             Intellectual Property Collateral

 

(a)           Representations and Warranties.  Each of the Grantors, jointly with the other Grantors and severally, represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties that Schedule 3.6 sets forth, as of the Applicable Date, all of the Patents, Patent Licenses, Trademarks, Trademark Licenses, Copyrights, Copyright Licenses, Trade Secret Licenses and Domain Names included in the Collateral owned or held by or on behalf of such Grantor.

 

(b)           Covenants and Agreements.  Each Grantor hereby covenants and agrees as follows:

 

(i)            It will not, nor will it permit any of its licensees (or sublicensees) to, do any act, or omit to do any act, whereby any Patent that is related to the conduct of its business may become invalidated or dedicated to the public, and it shall continue to mark any products covered by a Patent with the relevant patent number as necessary and sufficient to establish and preserve its maximum rights under applicable patent laws.

 

(ii)           It will (either directly or through its licensees or its sublicensees), for each Trademark that is necessary for the conduct of its business, (A) maintain such Trademark in full force free from any claim of abandonment or invalidity for non use, (B) maintain the quality of products and services offered under such Trademark, (C) display such Trademark with notice of Federal or other analogous registration to the extent necessary and sufficient to establish and preserve its rights under applicable law, and (D) not knowingly use or knowingly permit the use of such Trademark in violation of any third party’s valid and legal rights.

 

(iii)          It will (either directly or through its licensees or its sublicensees), for each work covered by a Copyright that is related to the conduct of its business, continue to publish, reproduce, display, adopt and distribute the work with appropriate copyright notice as necessary and sufficient to establish and preserve its maximum rights under applicable copyright laws.

 

(iv)          It will promptly notify the Collateral Agent in writing if it knows or has reason to know that any Intellectual Property material to the conduct of its business may become abandoned, lost or dedicated to the public, or of any adverse determination or development (including the institution of, or any such determination or development in, any proceeding in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office, or any similar offices or tribunals in the United States or any other country) regarding such Grantor’s ownership of any such Intellectual Property, its right to register the same, or to keep and maintain the same.

 

(v)           In no event shall it, either directly or through any agent, employee, licensee or designee, file an application for any Intellectual Property with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office or any similar offices in the United States or any other country, unless it promptly notifies the Collateral Agent in writing thereof and, upon request of the Collateral Agent, executes and delivers any and all agreements, instruments, documents and papers as the Collateral Agent may request to evidence the Collateral Agent’s security interest in such Intellectual

 

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Property, and such Grantor hereby appoints the Collateral Agent as its attorney in fact to execute and file such writings for the foregoing purposes, all acts of such attorney being hereby ratified and confirmed; such power, being coupled with an interest, is irrevocable.

 

(vi)          It will take all necessary steps that are consistent with the practice in any proceeding before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office or any similar offices or tribunals in the United States, Israel and the European Union, and except as otherwise determined in its good faith business judgment, any other country, to maintain and pursue each material application relating to the Intellectual Property owned or held by it or on its behalf (and to obtain the relevant grant or registration) and to maintain each issued Patent and each registered Trademark and Copyright that is material to the conduct of its business, including timely filings of applications for renewal, affidavits of use, affidavits of incontestability and payment of maintenance fees, and, if consistent, in good faith, with good business judgment, to initiate opposition, interference and cancellation proceedings against third parties.  In the event that it has reason to believe that any Intellectual Property material to the conduct of its business has been or is about to be infringed, misappropriated or diluted by a third party, it promptly shall notify the Collateral Agent in writing and shall, if consistent with good business judgment, promptly sue for infringement, misappropriation or dilution and to recover any and all damages for such infringement, misappropriation or dilution, and take such other actions as are appropriate under the circumstances to protect such Intellectual Property.

 

(vii)         During the continuance of an Event of Default, it shall use its best efforts to obtain all requisite consents or approvals by the licenser of each License to effect the assignment (as collateral security) of all of its right, title and interest thereunder to the Collateral Agent or its designee.

 

(viii)        It shall take all steps reasonably necessary to protect the secrecy of all Trade Secrets relating to the products and services sold or delivered under or in connection with the Intellectual Property owned or held by or on its behalf, including entering into confidentiality agreements with employees and labeling and restricting access to secret information and documents.

 

(ix)           It shall in accordance with its past practices continue to collect all amounts due or to become due to such Grantor under all Intellectual Property, and diligently exercise each material right it may have thereunder, in each case at its own cost and expense, and in connection with such collections and exercise, it shall, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, take such action as it or the Collateral Agent may reasonably deem necessary.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall have the right at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default to notify, or require such Grantor to notify, any relevant obligors with respect to such amounts of the Collateral Agent’s security interest therein.

 

Section 3.7             Commercial Tort Claims

 

(a)           Representations and Warranties.  Each of the U.S. Grantors, jointly with the other U.S. Grantors and severally, represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties that Schedule 3.7 sets forth, as of the Applicable Date, all Commercial Tort Claims made by it or on its behalf or to which it otherwise has any right, title or interest.

 

(b)           Covenants and Agreements.  Each U.S. Grantor hereby covenants and agrees that promptly after the same shall have been commenced, it shall provide to the Collateral Agent written notice of any Commercial Tort Claim and any judgment, settlement or other disposition thereof.

 

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Section 3.8             Deposit Accounts; Control Accounts

 

(a)           Representations and Warranties.  The only Deposit Accounts maintained by any U.S. Grantor on the Applicable Date are those listed on Schedule 3.8 which sets forth such information separately for each U.S. Grantor.

 

(b)           Covenants and Agreements.  Each U.S. Grantor hereby covenants and agrees as follows:

 

Upon the direction of the Collateral Agent following the occurrence or during the continuance of an Event of Default, each U.S. Grantor shall cause the financial institution where any Deposit Account is maintained to enter in to a Blocked Account Letter with respect to such Deposit Account, other than any Deposit Account where (1) the amount of cash on deposit in any such account shall not exceed $50,000 (exclusive of the amounts in accounts for unpaid payroll, payroll taxes and withholding taxes), and (2) the aggregate amount of cash on deposit in all accounts other than the Concentration Account or a Blocked Account shall not exceed $100,000 (exclusive of the amounts in accounts for unpaid payroll, payroll taxes and withholding taxes).

 

ARTICLE 4.

FURTHER ASSURANCES

 

Each Grantor hereby covenants and agrees, at its own cost and expense, to execute, acknowledge, deliver and/or cause to be duly filed all such further agreements, instruments and other documents (including favorable legal opinions in connection with any Transaction) that may be reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent, and take all such further actions, that the Collateral Agent may from time to time reasonably request to preserve, protect and perfect the Security Interest granted by it and the rights and remedies created hereby, including the payment of any fees and taxes required in connection with its execution and delivery of this Guaranty and Security Agreement, the granting by it of the Security Interest and the filing of any financing statements or other documents in connection herewith or therewith.  In addition, to the extent permitted by applicable law, each Grantor hereby irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Agent to file one or more financing or continuation statements, and amendments thereto, relative to all or any part of the Collateral owned or held by it or on its behalf without the signature of such Grantor and additionally agrees that a photographic or other reproduction of this Guaranty and Security Agreement may be filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and/or the United States Copyright Office, as applicable.  Each Grantor hereby further irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Agent to file a Record or Records, including financing statements, in all jurisdictions and with all filing offices that the Collateral Agent may determine, in its sole and absolute discretion, are necessary, advisable or prudent to perfect the Security Interest granted by it and agrees that such financing statements may describe the Collateral owned or held by it or on its behalf in the same manner as described herein or may contain an indication or description of collateral that describes such property in any other manner that the Collateral Agent may determine, in its sole and absolute discretion, is necessary, advisable or prudent to perfect the Security Interest granted by such Grantor, including describing such property as “all assets” or “all personal property.”

 

ARTICLE 5.

COLLATERAL AGENT APPOINTED ATTORNEY-IN-FACT

 

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Security Agreement and taking any action and executing any instrument that the Collateral Agent may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes hereof, which appointment is irrevocable and coupled with an interest, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall have the right, with power of substitution for such Grantor and in such Grantor’s name or otherwise, for the use and benefit of the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default and at such other time or times permitted by the Secured Transaction Documents, (i) to receive, endorse, assign and/or deliver any and all notes, acceptances, checks, drafts, money orders or other evidences of payment relating to the Collateral owned or held by it or on its behalf or any part thereof; (ii) to demand, collect, receive payment of, give receipt for, and give discharges and releases of, any of such Collateral; (iii) to sign the name of such U.S. Grantor on any invoice or bill of lading relating to any of such Collateral; (iv) to send verifications of Receivables owned or held by it or on its behalf to any Account Debtor; (v) to commence and prosecute any and all suits, actions or proceedings at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction to collect or otherwise realize on any of the Collateral owned or held by it or on its behalf or to enforce any rights in respect of any of such Collateral; (vi) to settle, compromise, compound, adjust or defend any actions, suits or proceedings relating to any of such Collateral; (vii) to notify, or to require such U.S. Grantor to notify, Account Debtors and other obligors to make payment directly to the Collateral Agent, and (viii) to use, sell, assign, transfer, pledge, make any agreement with respect to or otherwise deal with any of such Collateral, and to do all other acts and things necessary to carry out the purposes of this Guaranty and Security Agreement, as fully and completely as though the Collateral Agent were the absolute owner of such Collateral for all purposes; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be construed as requiring or obligating the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to make any commitment or to make any inquiry as to the nature or sufficiency of any payment received by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party, or to present or file any claim or notice, or to take any action with respect to any of the Collateral or the moneys due or to become due in respect thereof or any property covered thereby, and no action taken or omitted to be taken by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party with respect to any of the Collateral shall give rise to any defense, counterclaim or offset in favor of such Grantor or to any claim or action against the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party.  The provisions of this Article shall in no event relieve any Grantor of any of its obligations hereunder or under the other Secured Transaction Documents with respect to any of the Collateral or impose any obligation on the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to proceed in any particular manner with respect to any of the Collateral, or in any way limit the exercise by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party of any other or further right that it may have on the date of this Guaranty and Security Agreement or hereafter, whether hereunder, under any other Secured Transaction Document, by law or otherwise.  Any sale pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph shall be deemed to conform to the commercially reasonable standards as provided in Part 6 of Article 9 of the UCC.

 

ARTICLE 6.

REMEDIES UPON DEFAULT

 

Section 6.1             Remedies Generally

 

(a)           General Rights.  Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Grantor agrees to deliver each item of Collateral owned or held by it or on its behalf to the Collateral Agent on demand, and it is agreed that the Collateral Agent shall have the right to take any of or all the following actions at the same or different times to the extent permitted by law:  (i) with respect to any Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property or Commercial Tort Claims, on demand, to cause the Security Interest to become an assignment, transfer and conveyance of any such Collateral by the applicable Grantors to the Collateral Agent, or, in the case of Intellectual Property, to license or sublicense, whether general, special or otherwise, and whether on an exclusive or non-exclusive basis,

 

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any such Collateral throughout the world on such terms and conditions and in such manner as the Collateral Agent shall determine (other than in violation of any then-existing licensing arrangements to the extent that waivers cannot be obtained), and (ii) with or without legal process and with or without prior notice or demand for performance, to take possession of the Collateral owned or held by it or on its behalf and without liability for trespass to enter any premises where such Collateral may be located for the purpose of taking possession of or removing such Collateral and, generally, to exercise any and all rights afforded to a secured party under the UCC or other applicable law.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Grantor agrees that the Collateral Agent shall have the right, subject to the mandatory requirements of applicable law, to sell or otherwise dispose of any of the Collateral owned or held by or on behalf of such Grantor, at public or private sale or at any broker’s board or on any securities exchange, for cash, upon credit or for future delivery as the Collateral Agent shall deem appropriate.  The Collateral Agent shall be irrevocably authorized at any such sale of such Collateral constituting securities (if it deems it advisable to do so) to restrict the prospective bidders or purchasers to Persons who will represent and agree that they are purchasing such Collateral for their own account for investment and not with a view to the distribution or sale thereof, and upon consummation of any such sale, the Collateral Agent shall have the right to assign, transfer and deliver to the purchaser or purchasers thereof the Collateral so sold.  Each such purchaser at any such sale shall hold the property sold absolutely, free from any claim or right on the part of the applicable Grantor, and such Grantor hereby waives (to the extent permitted by law) all rights of redemption, stay, valuation and appraisal which such Grantor now has or may at any time in the future have under any rule of law or statute now existing or hereafter enacted.

 

(b)           Sale of Collateral.  The Collateral Agent shall give each Grantor ten days’ written notice (which such Grantor agrees is reasonable notice within the meaning of Part 6 of Article 9 of the UCC) of the Collateral Agent’s intention to make any sale of any of the Collateral owned or held by or on behalf of such Grantor.  Such notice, in the case of a public sale, shall state the time and place for such sale and, in the case of a sale at a broker’s board or on a securities exchange, shall state the board or exchange at which such sale is to be made and the day on which such Collateral will first be offered for sale at such board or exchange.  Any such public sale shall be held at such time or times within ordinary business hours and at such place or places as the Collateral Agent may fix and state in the notice (if any) of such sale.  At any such sale, the Collateral to be sold may be sold in one lot as an entirety or in separate parcels, as the Collateral Agent may (in its sole and absolute discretion) determine.  The Collateral Agent shall not be obligated to make any sale of any Collateral if it shall determine not to do so, regardless of the fact that notice of sale of such Collateral shall have been given.  The Collateral Agent may, without notice or publication, adjourn any public or private sale or cause the same to be adjourned from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed for sale, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and place to which the same was so adjourned.  In case any sale of any of the Collateral is made on credit or for future delivery, the Collateral so sold may be retained by the Collateral Agent until the sale price is paid by the purchaser or purchasers thereof, but the Collateral Agent shall not incur any liability in case any such purchaser or purchasers shall fail to take up and pay for the Collateral so sold and, in case of any such failure, such Collateral may be sold again upon like notice.  At any public (or, to the extent permitted by applicable law, private) sale made pursuant to this Section, any Secured Party may bid for or purchase, free (to the extent permitted by applicable law) from any right of redemption, stay, valuation or appraisal on the part of such Grantor (all said rights being also hereby waived and released to the extent permitted by law), any of the Collateral offered for sale and may make payment on account thereof by using any claim then due and payable to such Secured Party from such Grantor as a credit against the purchase price, and such Secured Party may, upon compliance with the terms of sale, hold, retain and dispose of such property without further accountability to such Grantor therefor.  For purposes hereof, (i) a written agreement to purchase any of the Collateral shall be treated as a sale thereof, (ii) the Collateral Agent shall be free to carry out such sale pursuant to such agreement, and (iii) no Grantor shall be entitled to the return of any of the Collateral subject thereto, notwithstanding the fact that after the Collateral Agent shall have entered into such an agreement all Events of Default shall

 

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have been remedied and the Obligations paid in full.  As an alternative to exercising the power of sale herein conferred upon it, the Collateral Agent may proceed by a suit or suits at law or in equity to foreclose upon any of the Collateral and to sell any of the Collateral pursuant to a judgment or decree of a court or courts having competent jurisdiction or pursuant to a proceeding by a court-appointed receiver.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Grantor agrees as follows:  (A) if the proceeds of any sale of the Collateral owned or held by it or on its behalf pursuant to this Article are insufficient to pay all the Obligations, it shall be liable for the resulting deficiency and the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel employed by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to collect such deficiency, (B) it hereby waives any claims against the Collateral Agent arising by reason of the fact that the price at which any such Collateral may have been sold at any private sale pursuant to this Article was less than the price that might have been obtained at a public sale, even if the Collateral Agent accepts the first offer received and does not offer such Collateral to more than one offeree, (C) there is no adequate remedy at law for failure by it to comply with the provisions of this Section and that such failure would not be adequately compensible in damages, and therefore agrees that its agreements in this Section may be specifically enforced, (D) the Collateral Agent may sell any such Collateral without giving any warranties as to such Collateral, and the Collateral Agent may specifically disclaim any warranties of title or the like, and (E) the Collateral Agent shall have no obligation to marshall any such Collateral.

 

Section 6.2             Application of Proceeds of Sale

 

The Collateral Agent shall apply the proceeds of any collection or sale of the Collateral, as well as any Collateral consisting of cash, as follows:

 

FIRST, to the payment of all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the Collateral Agent in connection with such collection or sale or otherwise in connection with this Guaranty and Security Agreement, any other Secured Transaction Document or any of the Obligations, including all out of pocket court costs and the reasonable fees and expenses of its agents and legal counsel, the repayment of all advances made by the Collateral Agent hereunder or under any other Secured Transaction Document on behalf of any Grantor and any other reasonable out-of-pocket costs or expenses incurred in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy hereunder or under any other Secured Transaction Document;

 

SECOND, to the payment in full of the Obligations (the amounts so applied to be distributed among the Secured Parties pro rata in accordance with the amounts of the Obligations owed to them on the date of any such distribution); and

 

THIRD, to the applicable Grantor, its successors or assigns, or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct.

 

The Collateral Agent shall have sole and absolute discretion as to the time of application of any such proceeds, moneys or balances in accordance with this Guaranty and Security Agreement.  Upon any sale of the Collateral by the Collateral Agent (including pursuant to a power of sale granted by statute or under a judicial proceeding), the receipt of the purchase money by the Collateral Agent or of the officer making the sale shall be a sufficient discharge to the purchaser or purchasers of the Collateral so sold and such purchaser or purchasers shall not be obligated to see to the application of any part of the purchase money paid over to the Collateral Agent or such officer or be answerable in any way for the misapplication thereof.

 

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Section 6.3             Investment Property

 

In view of the position of each Grantor in relation to the Investment Property, or because of other current or future circumstances, a question may arise under the Securities Act of 1933, as now or hereafter in effect, or any similar statute hereafter enacted analogous in purpose or effect (such Act and any such similar statute as from time to time in effect being called the “Federal securities laws”) with respect to any disposition of the Investment Property permitted hereunder.  Each U.S. Grantor understands that compliance with the Federal securities laws might very strictly limit the course of conduct of the Collateral Agent if the Collateral Agent were to attempt to dispose of all or any part of the Investment Property, and might also limit the extent to which or the manner in which any subsequent transferee of any Investment Property could dispose of the same.  Similarly, there may be other legal restrictions or limitations affecting the Collateral Agent in any attempt to dispose of all or part of the Investment Property under applicable Blue Sky or other state securities laws or similar laws analogous in purpose or effect.  Each U.S. Grantor recognizes that in light of such restrictions and limitations the Collateral Agent may, with respect to any sale of the Investment Property, limit the purchasers to those who will agree, among other things, to acquire such Investment Property for their own account, for investment, and not with a view to the distribution or resale thereof.  Each U.S. Grantor acknowledges and agrees that in light of such restrictions and limitations, the Collateral Agent, in its sole and absolute discretion, (i) may proceed to make such a sale whether or not a registration statement for the purpose of registering such Investment Property, or any part thereof, shall have been filed under the Federal securities laws and (ii) may approach and negotiate with a single potential purchaser to effect such sale.  Each U.S. Grantor acknowledges and agrees that any such sale might result in prices and other terms less favorable to the seller than if such sale were a public sale without such restrictions.  In the event of any such sale, the Collateral Agent shall incur no responsibility or liability for selling all or any part of the Investment Property at a price that the Collateral Agent, in its discretion, may in good faith deem reasonable under the circumstances, notwithstanding the possibility that a substantially higher price might have been realized if the sale were deferred until after registration as aforesaid or if more than a single purchaser were approached.  The provisions of this Section will apply notwithstanding the existence of a public or private market upon which the quotations or sales prices may exceed substantially the price at which the Collateral Agent sells any such Investment Property.

 

Section 6.4             Grant of License to Use Intellectual Property

 

For the purpose of enabling the Collateral Agent to exercise rights and remedies under this Article, at such time as the Collateral Agent shall be lawfully entitled to exercise such rights and remedies, each Grantor hereby grants to the Collateral Agent an irrevocable, non exclusive license (exercisable without payment of royalty or other compensation to such Grantor) to use, license or sub license any of the Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property now owned or held or hereafter acquired or held by or on behalf of such Grantor, and wherever the same may be located, and including in such license reasonable access to all media in which any of the licensed items may be recorded or stored and to all computer software and programs used for the compilation or printout thereof.  The use of such license by the Collateral Agent shall be exercised, at the option of the Collateral Agent, upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default; provided that any license, sub license or other transaction entered into by the Collateral Agent in accordance herewith shall be binding upon such Grantor notwithstanding any subsequent cure of an Event of Default.  Any royalties and other payments received by the Collateral Agent shall be applied in accordance with Section 6.2.

 

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ARTICLE 7.

REIMBURSEMENT OF COLLATERAL AGENT

 

Each Grantor agrees, jointly with the other Grantors and severally, to pay to the Collateral Agent the amount of any and all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, including the fees, other charges and disbursements of counsel and of any experts or agents, that the Collateral Agent may incur in connection with (i) the administration of this Guaranty and Security Agreement relating to such Grantor or any of its property, (ii) the custody or preservation of, or the sale of, collection from, or other realization upon, any of the Collateral owned or held by or on behalf of such Grantor, (iii) the exercise, enforcement or protection of any of the rights of the Collateral Agent hereunder relating to such Grantor or any of its property, or (iv) the failure by such Grantor to perform or observe any of the provisions hereof.  Without limitation of its indemnification obligations under the other Secured Transaction Documents, each of the Grantors agrees, jointly with the other Grantors and severally, to indemnify the Collateral Agent and each Related Party thereof (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related out-of-pocket expenses, including reasonable counsel fees, other charges and disbursements, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in any way connected with, or as a result of (a) the execution or delivery by such Grantor of this Guaranty and Security Agreement or any other Secured Transaction Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, or the performance by such Grantor of its obligations under the Secured Transaction Documents and the other transactions contemplated thereby or (b) any claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether or not any Indemnitee is a party thereto, provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee.  Any amounts payable as provided hereunder shall be additional Obligations secured hereby and by the other Secured Transaction Documents.  The provisions of this Section shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of the termination of this Guaranty and Security Agreement or any other Secured Transaction Document, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, the repayment of any of the Obligations, the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision of this Guaranty and Security Agreement or any other Secured Transaction Document or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party.  All amounts due under this Section shall be payable within ten days of written demand therefor and shall bear interest at the rate of 9.50% per annum.

 

ARTICLE 8.

WAIVERS; AMENDMENTS

 

No failure or delay of the Collateral Agent in exercising any power or right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power.  The rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties hereunder and under the other Secured Transaction Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have.  No waiver of any provision of this Guaranty and Security Agreement or any other Secured Transaction Document or consent to any departure by any Grantor therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by this Section, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given.  No notice or demand on any Grantor in any case shall entitle such Grantor to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.  Neither this Guaranty and Security Agreement nor any provision hereof may be waived, amended, supplemented or otherwise

 

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modified, or any departure therefrom consented to, except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Grantors and Investors holding more than a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Senior Secured Notes then outstanding, provided that no such agreement shall waive, amend, supplement or otherwise modify, or consent to a departure to, the rights or duties of the Collateral Agent hereunder without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent.

 

ARTICLE 9.

SECURITY INTEREST ABSOLUTE

 

All rights of the Collateral Agent hereunder, the Security Interest and all obligations of each Grantor hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of the Securities Purchase Agreement, any other Secured Transaction Document, any agreement with respect to any of the Obligations, or any other agreement or instrument relating to any of the foregoing, (ii) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any of the Obligations, or any other waiver, amendment, supplement or other modification of, or any consent to any departure from, the Securities Purchase Agreement, any other Secured Transaction Document or any other agreement or instrument relating to any of the foregoing, (iii) any exchange, release or non-perfection of any Lien on any other collateral, or any release or waiver, amendment, supplement or other modification of, or consent under, or departure from, any guaranty, securing or guaranteeing all or any of the Obligations, or (iv) any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Grantor in respect of the Obligations or in respect of this Guaranty and Security Agreement or any other Secured Transaction Document.

 

ARTICLE 10.

TERMINATION; RELEASE

 

This Guaranty and Security Agreement and the Security Interest shall terminate when the Obligations shall have been finally and indefeasibly paid in full.  Upon (i) any sale, transfer or other disposition permitted by the Secured Transaction Documents (other than any sale, transfer or other disposition of any Collateral that would, immediately after giving effect thereto, continue to be Collateral but for the release of the Security Interest therein pursuant to this clause) or (ii) the effectiveness of any written consent to the release of the Security Interest in any Collateral pursuant to Article 8, the Security Interest in such Collateral shall be automatically released.  In addition, if any of the Pledged Equity Interests in any Subsidiary are sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of pursuant to a transaction permitted by the Secured Transaction Documents and, immediately after giving effect thereto, such Subsidiary or subsidiary, as applicable, would no longer be a Subsidiary or a subsidiary, as applicable, then the obligations of such Subsidiary or subsidiary, as applicable, under this Guaranty and Security Agreement and the Security Interest in the Collateral owned or held by or on behalf of such Subsidiary or such subsidiary, as applicable, shall be automatically released.  In connection with any termination or release pursuant to this Section, the Collateral Agent shall execute and deliver to the applicable Grantor, and hereby authorizes the filing of, at such Grantor’s cost and expense, all Uniform Commercial Code termination statements and similar documents that such Grantor may reasonably request to evidence such termination or release.  Any execution and delivery of documents pursuant to this Article shall be without recourse to or warranty by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party.

 

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ARTICLE 11.

ADDITIONAL SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS AND GRANTORS

 

Upon execution and delivery after the date hereof by the Collateral Agent and a Subsidiary of a Supplement, such Subsidiary shall become a Subsidiary Guarantor and an Israeli Grantor or U.S. Grantor, as applicable, hereunder with the same force and effect as of the date of such execution as if originally named as a Subsidiary Guarantor and a U.S. Grantor or Israeli Grantor, as applicable, herein (each an “Additional Subsidiary Guarantor and Grantor”).  The execution and delivery of any Supplement shall not require the consent of any other Grantor hereunder.  The rights and obligations of each Grantor hereunder and each Grantor and other party (other than an Investor) under the Secured Transaction Documents shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the addition of any Additional Subsidiary Guarantor and Grantor as a party to this Guaranty and Security Agreement.

 

ARTICLE 12.

COLLATERAL AGENT

 

Each Investor hereby irrevocably appoints the Collateral Agent as its agent and authorizes the Collateral Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Collateral Agent by the terms hereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.

 

The Person serving as the Collateral Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as an Investor as any other investor and may exercise the same as though it were not the Collateral Agent, and such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Company or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Collateral Agent hereunder.

 

The Collateral Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (i) the Collateral Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (ii) the Collateral Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by this Agreement, and (iii) except as expressly set forth herein, the Collateral Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Company or any of the Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as Collateral Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.  The Collateral Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct.  The Collateral Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Event of Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Collateral Agent by the Company or an Investor (and, promptly after its receipt of any such notice, it shall give each Investor and the Company notice thereof), and the Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (a) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with any Secured Transaction Document, (b) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered thereunder or in connection therewith, (c) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth therein, (d) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness thereof or any other agreement, instrument or other document or (e) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Collateral Agent.

 

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The Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person.  The Collateral Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon.  The Collateral Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Grantors), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.

 

The Collateral Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub agents appointed by the Collateral Agent, provided that no such delegation shall serve as a release of the Collateral Agent or waiver by the Company of any rights hereunder.  The Collateral Agent and any such sub agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective affiliates.  The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub agent and to the affiliates of the Collateral Agent and any such sub agent, and shall apply to their respective activities acting for the Collateral Agent.

 

Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Collateral Agent as provided in this paragraph, the Collateral Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Investors and the Company.  Upon any such resignation, the Investors shall have the right to appoint a successor.  If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Investors and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Collateral Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Collateral Agent may, on behalf of the Investors, appoint a successor Collateral Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an affiliate of any such bank.  Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Collateral Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Collateral Agent, and the retiring Collateral Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder.  After the Collateral Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Collateral Agent, its sub agents and their respective affiliates in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Collateral Agent.

 

Each Investor acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Collateral Agent or any other Investor and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into the Secured Transaction Documents.  Each Investor also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Collateral Agent or any other Investor and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon any Secured Transaction Document, any related agreement or any document furnished thereunder

 

ARTICLE 13.

NOTICES

 

All notices, requests, demands and other communications to any party hereunder shall be in writing (including facsimile or similar writing) and shall be given to such party at its address or facsimile number set forth below or such other address or facsimile number as such party may hereafter specify by notice to the other parties listed below:

 

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(a)           If to the Company:

 

Vyyo Inc.

4015 Miranda Avenue

First Floor

Palo Alto, CA 94304-1218

Telephone:  (650) 319-4000

Facsimile:  (650) 319-4022

Attention:  General Counsel

 

(b)           If to a Subsidiary Guarantor:  At its address for notices set forth on Schedule I.

 

(c)           If to the Collateral Agent:

 

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

One New York Plaza

New York, NY  10004

Telephone:  (212) 902-4934

Facsimile:  (212) 346-3124

Attention:  Nick Advani

 

 

with a copy to:

 

Goldman, Sachs & Co.
One New York Plaza
New York, NY  10004
Facsimile:  (212) 256-4104
Telephone:  (212) 902-7952

Attention:  Connie J. Shoemaker

 

and

 

Brown Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner LLP
900 Third Avenue
New York, NY  10022
Facsimile:  (212) 895-2900
Telephone:  (212) 895-2110
Attention:  Stuart Bressman, Esq.

 

Each such notice, request or other communication shall be effective (i) upon receipt (provided, however, that notices received on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday or after 6:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any other day will be deemed to have been received on the next Business Day), if given by facsimile transmission, (ii) the Business Day following the date of delivery with a nationally recognized overnight courier service or (iii) if given by any other means, when delivered at the address specified in this Article 13.

 

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ARTICLE 14.

BINDING EFFECT; SEVERAL AGREEMENT; ASSIGNMENTS

 

Whenever in this Guaranty and Security Agreement any of the parties hereto is referred to, such reference shall be deemed to include the successors and assigns of such party, and all covenants, promises and agreements by or on behalf of any Grantor that are contained in this Guaranty and Security Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of each party hereto and its successors and assigns.  This Guaranty and Security Agreement shall become effective as to any Grantor when a counterpart hereof executed on behalf of such Grantor shall have been delivered to the Collateral Agent and a counterpart hereof shall have been executed on behalf of the Collateral Agent, and thereafter shall be binding upon such Grantor and the Collateral Agent and their respective successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of such Grantor, the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties, and their respective successors and assigns, except that no Grantor shall have the right to assign its rights or obligations hereunder or any interest herein or in any of the Collateral (and any such attempted assignment shall be void), except as expressly contemplated by this Guaranty and Security Agreement or the other Secured Transaction Documents.  This Guaranty and Security Agreement shall be construed as a separate agreement with respect to each of the Grantors and may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified or released with respect to any Grantor without the approval of any other Grantor and without affecting the obligations of any other Grantor hereunder.

 

ARTICLE 15.

SURVIVAL OF AGREEMENT; SEVERABILITY

 

All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Grantors herein and in the certificates or other instruments prepared or delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Guaranty and Security Agreement or any other Secured Transaction Document shall be considered to have been relied upon by the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties and shall survive the execution and delivery of any Secured Transaction Document and the making of any Loan, regardless of any investigation made by the Secured Parties or on their behalf, and shall continue in full force and effect until this Guaranty and Security Agreement shall terminate.  In the event any one or more of the provisions contained in this Guaranty and Security Agreement or in any other Secured Transaction Document should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein or therein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby (it being understood that the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not in and of itself affect the validity of such provision in any other jurisdiction).  The parties shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

 

ARTICLE 16.

GOVERNING LAW

 

THIS GUARANTY AND SECURITY AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

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ARTICLE 17.

COUNTERPARTS

 

This Guaranty and Security Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which, when taken together, shall constitute but one contract (subject to Article 14), and shall become effective as provided in Article 14.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Guaranty and Security Agreement by facsimile transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Guaranty and Security Agreement.

 

ARTICLE 18.

HEADINGS

 

Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Guaranty and Security Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Guaranty and Security Agreement.

 

ARTICLE 19.

JURISDICTION; VENUE; CONSENT TO SERVICE OF PROCESS

 

(a)           EACH OF THE GRANTORS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS, FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY AND OF THE UNITED STATES’ DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY THEREOF, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER COLLATERAL DOCUMENT, OR FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE OR, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT.  EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT SHALL AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT THE SECURED PARTIES MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT AGAINST THE COMPANY OR ITS PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION.

 

(b)           EACH OF THE GRANTORS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT IT MAY LEGALLY AND EFFECTIVELY DO SO, ANY OBJECTION WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS GUARANTY AND SECURITY AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER SECURED TRANSACTION DOCUMENT IN ANY COURT REFERRED TO IN THE PRECEDING PARAGRAPH (b) OF THIS SECTION.  EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT.

 

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(c)           EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES IN ARTICLE 13.  NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT WILL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW.

 

ARTICLE 20.

 

WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

 

EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS GUARANTY AND SECURITY AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER SECURED TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY).  EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS GUARANTY AND SECURITY AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER SECURED TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.

 

[Signature Pages Follows]

 

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VYYO, INC.
GUARANTY AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Guaranty and Security Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

VYYO INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FOREIGN SUBSIDIARIES

 

 

 

 

VYYO LTD.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

XTEND NETWORKS LTD.

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DOMESTIC SUBSIDIARY

 

 

 

 

 

 

XTEND NETWORKS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 



 

GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.,
as Collateral Agent

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.,
as an Investor

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 



 

SCHEDULE I
TO GUARANTY AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

List of Subsidiary Guarantors and Addresses for Notices

 

U.S Subsidiary

 

Address

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Israeli Subsidiary

 

Address

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

SCHEDULE 3.1(a)(i)
TO GUARANTY AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

List of Chief Executive Offices, Jurisdictions of Organization, Federal Employer Identification
Numbers and Company Organizational Numbers

 



 

SCHEDULE 3.1(a)(ii)
TO GUARANTY AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

List of Legal and Other Names

 



 

SCHEDULE 3.1(a)(v)
TO GUARANTY AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

List of Filing Offices

 



 

SCHEDULE 3.2
TO GUARANTY AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

List of Locations of Equipment and Inventory

 



 

SCHEDULE 3.3
TO GUARANTY AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

List of Other Receivables

 



 

SCHEDULE 3.4
TO GUARANTY AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

List of Pledged Collateral, Investment Property and Securities Accounts

 



 

SCHEDULE 3.5
TO GUARANTY AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

List of Letters of Credit

 



 

SCHEDULE 3.6
TO GUARANTY AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

List of Intellectual Property

 



 

SCHEDULE 3.7
TO GUARANTY AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

List of Commercial Tort Claims

 



 

SCHEDULE 3.8
TO GUARANTY AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

List of Deposit Accounts

 



 

EXHIBIT A
TO GUARANTY AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

FORM OF SUPPLEMENT

 

SUPPLEMENT NO.     , dated as of                             , to the GUARANTY AND SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of March 22, 2006, among Vyyo Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the subsidiaries of the Company party thereto, and Goldman, Sachs & Co., as Collateral Agent (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Guaranty and Security Agreement”).

 

Reference is made to the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 18, 2006, among the Company and the investors from time to time party thereto (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Securities Purchase Agreement”).  Capitalized terms (and the term “subsidiary”) used herein and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Guaranty and Security Agreement.

 

The Grantors have entered into the Guaranty and Security Agreement in order to induce the Investors to enter into the Securities Purchase Agreement and purchase the Senior Secured Notes.  Article 11 of the Guaranty and Security Agreement provides that additional Subsidiaries may become Subsidiary Guarantors and Grantors under the Guaranty and Security Agreement by execution and delivery of an instrument in the form of this Supplement.  The undersigned Subsidiary (the “New Subsidiary Guarantor and Grantor”) is executing this Supplement in accordance with the requirements of the Senior Secured Notes to become a Subsidiary Guarantor and Grantor under the Guaranty and Security Agreement as consideration for the Senior Secured Notes previously made.

 

Accordingly, the Collateral Agent and the New Subsidiary Guarantor and Grantor hereby agree as follows:

 

1.             In accordance with Article 11 of the Guaranty and Security Agreement, the New Subsidiary Guarantor and Grantor by its signature below becomes a Subsidiary Guarantor and a Grantor under the Guaranty and Security Agreement with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as a Subsidiary Guarantor and a Grantor, and the New Subsidiary Guarantor and Grantor hereby agrees to all the terms and provisions of the Guaranty and Security Agreement applicable to it as a Subsidiary Guarantor and a Grantor thereunder.  In furtherance of the foregoing, the New Subsidiary Guarantor and Grantor, as security for the payment and performance in full of the Obligations, does hereby create and grant to the Collateral Agent (and its successors and assigns), for the benefit of the Secured Parties (and their successors and assigns), a security interest in and lien on all of the New Subsidiary Guarantor and Grantor’s right, title and interest in and to the Collateral (as defined in the Guaranty and Security Agreement) owned or held by or on behalf of the New Subsidiary Guarantor and Grantor.  Each reference to a “Subsidiary Guarantor” or to a “Grantor” in the Guaranty and Security Agreement shall be deemed to include the New Subsidiary Guarantor and Grantor.  The Guaranty and Security Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by reference.

 

2.             The New Subsidiary Guarantor and Grantor represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties that (i) this Supplement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (ii) set forth on the Schedules attached hereto are true and complete schedules of all of the information that would have been required to have been

 



 

delivered by or on behalf of the New Subsidiary Guarantor and Grantor pursuant to the Guaranty and Security Agreement and the Schedules thereto if the New Subsidiary Guarantor and Grantor had been originally named in the Guaranty and Security Agreement, and (iii) the representations and warranties made by it as a Grantor under the Guaranty and Security Agreement are true and correct on and as of the date hereof based upon the applicable information referred to in clause (ii) of this Section.

 

3.             This Supplement may be executed in counterparts (and by each party hereto on a different counterpart), each of which shall constitute an original, but both of which, when taken together, shall constitute but one contract.  This Supplement shall become effective when the Collateral Agent shall have received counterparts of this Supplement that, when taken together, bear the signatures of the New Subsidiary Guarantor and Grantor and the Collateral Agent.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Supplement by facsimile transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Supplement.

 

4.             Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Guaranty and Security Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

 

5.             THIS SUPPLEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

6.             In the event any one or more of the provisions contained in this Supplement should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and in the Guaranty and Security Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby (it being understood that the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not in and of itself affect the validity of such provision in any other jurisdiction).  The parties hereto shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

 

7.             All communications and notices hereunder shall be in writing and given as provided in Article 13 of the Guaranty and Security Agreement.  All communications and notices hereunder to the New Subsidiary Guarantor and Grantor shall be given to it at the address set forth in the applicable Schedule hereto, with a copy to the Company.

 

8.             The New Subsidiary Guarantor and Grantor agrees to reimburse the Collateral Agent for its out of pocket expenses in connection with this Supplement, including the fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel for the Collateral Agent.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Subsidiary Guarantor and Grantor and the Collateral Agent have duly executed this Supplement No.      to the Guaranty and Security Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

[NAME OF NEW SUBSIDIARY
GUARANTOR AND GRANTOR]

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO., as Collateral Agent

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

[ATTACH SCHEDULES CORRESPONDING TO THE
SCHEDULES TO THE GUARANTY AND SECURITY AGREEMENT]

 



 

EXHIBIT B
TO GUARANTY AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

FORM OF BLOCKED ACCOUNT LETTER

 

[DATE]

 

[Name and Address

of Blocked Account Bank]

 

Ladies/Gentlemen:

 

Reference is made to “[account name]” with account number[s] [                                  ] (collectively, the “Accounts” maintained with [Name of Bank] by [Name of Grantor(s) maintaining account(s)] (collectively, the “Companies”).  In accordance with the provisions of (i) the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of                     , 2006 (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Securities Purchase Agreement”), among Vyyo Inc. and the investors party thereto (the “Investors”), and (ii) the Senior Secured Note, dated as of March 22, 2006, among Vyyo Inc. and the Investor party thereto (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Senior Secured Note”), the Companies have entered into a Guaranty and Security Agreement, dated as of March 22, 2006 (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Guaranty and Security Agreement”), among the Companies and the Investors and Goldman, Sachs & Co., as Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties referred to therein (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”).

 

Pursuant to the Guaranty and Security Agreement and related documents, the Companies have granted to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in certain property of the Companies consisting of all cash and all Proceeds (as such term is defined in the Guaranty and Security Agreement) received by such Companies during the term of the Guaranty and Security Agreement (collectively, the “Collateral”).  Payments with respect to the Collateral shall hereafter be deposited or swept into the Accounts.

 

The Companies hereby transfer to the Collateral Agent exclusive control of the Accounts and all funds and other property on deposit therein.  By your execution of this Blocked Account Letter (the “Blocked Account Letter”), you: (a) agree that you will comply with instructions originated by the Collateral Agent directing disposition of the funds and other property on deposit in the Accounts without further consent of any of the Companies; and (b) acknowledge that all funds in the Accounts shall be transferred to the Collateral Agent as provided herein, that the Accounts are being maintained by you for the benefit of the Collateral Agent (as provided herein), and that all amounts and other property therein are held by you as custodian for the Collateral Agent (as provided herein).

 

Except as provided in paragraph (e) below, the Accounts shall not be subject to deduction, set-off, banker’s lien, counterclaim, defense, recoupment or any other right in favor of any person or entity other than the Collateral Agent.  The Accounts are “deposit accounts” (as defined in Section 9-102(a)(24) of the Uniform Commercial Code (the “UCC”)).  By your execution of this Blocked Account Letter you also acknowledge that, as of the date hereof, you have received no notice of any other pledge or assignment of the Accounts and you, the Companies and the Collateral Agent agree as follows:

 



 

(a)           Notwithstanding anything to the contrary or any other agreement relating to the Accounts, the Accounts are and will be maintained for the benefit of the Collateral Agent, will be entitled “                        Account” and will be subject to written instructions from an authorized officer of the Collateral Agent as provided herein.

 

(b)           Prior to the effectiveness of a written notice from the Collateral Agent in the form of Annex 1 hereto (a “Blockage Notice”), you are authorized to transfer to the Companies the balance in the Accounts as the Companies may from time to time designate in writing.

 

(c)           Any Blockage Notice shall be marked as “Urgent;” dispatched by Federal Express or other overnight courier for overnight delivery before noon on a Banking Day, and by facsimile transmission, addressed as follows:

 

[NAME]
[ADDRESS]
Attention:                          

Facsimile: (       )                   

 

Such notice shall be effective at such time as you determine in your sole and absolute discretion, but not later than the end of the second Banking Day following your receipt of the overnight delivery thereof.  As used herein, the term “Banking Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or other day in which banks in the State of New York are authorized or required to close.

 

The Collateral Agent agrees with the Companies that it will not deliver a Blockage Notice unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and is continuing under the Senior Secured Notes.  You shall be entitled to rely and shall be fully protected in relying on the due authorization of a Blockage Notice without inquiry.

 

(d)           From and after the effectiveness of a Blockage Notice, you will transfer (by wire transfer or other method of transfer mutually acceptable to you and the Collateral Agent) to the Collateral Agent, in same day funds, on each Banking Day, the entire balance of collected funds in the Accounts to the following account (the “Collateral Agent Concentration Account”):

 

ABA Number:                         
[Goldman, Sachs & Co.]
                                              
New York, New York               
Account Name:                         
Account Number:                     
Attn:                                         

 

or to such other account as the Collateral Agent may from time to time designate in writing.

 

(e)           All customary service charges and fees with respect to the Accounts, as well as the amount of any returned, dishonored or uncollected check, draft, instrument or other item or media of payment may be debited from the Accounts.  In the event insufficient funds remain in the Accounts to cover such customary service charges and fees or returned, dishonored or uncollected items or payments, the Companies agree, jointly and severally, to pay and indemnify you for such amounts.

 

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In the event that any check, draft, instrument, or other item or media of payment constituting part of the collections credited by you to the Accounts and transferred to the Collateral Agent is subsequently dishonored, returned, or otherwise not collected (“Returned Remittance”), the Collateral Agent will, upon demand of you pay to you in immediately available funds the amount of each such Returned Remittance.

 

This Blocked Account Letter shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of you, the Companies, the Collateral Agent and the respective successors, transferees and assigns of any of the foregoing.  This Blocked Account Letter may not be modified except upon the mutual consent of the Collateral Agent, the Companies and you.  You may terminate this Blocked Account Letter only upon 30 days’ prior written notice to the Companies and the Collateral Agent.  The Collateral Agent may terminate this Blocked Account Letter upon 10 days’ prior written notice to you and the Companies.  Upon such termination you shall close the Accounts and transfer all collected funds in the Accounts to the Collateral Agent Concentration Accounts or as otherwise directed by the Collateral Agent.  After any such termination, you shall nonetheless remain obligated promptly to transfer to the Collateral Agent Concentration Account or as the Collateral Agent may otherwise direct all funds and other property received in respect of the Account.

 

The Accounts shall remain subject to your contract rules and regulations for non-personal checking accounts (the “Rules and Regulations”); provided, however, that in the event of a conflict between the terms of this Blocked Account Letter and the terms of the Rules and Regulations, the terms of this Blocked Account Letter shall prevail.

 

You shall have no liability arising out of or relating to this Blocked Account Letter except for liability for actual damages incurred by the Companies or the Collateral Agent as a direct result of your gross negligence or willful misconduct.  Without limiting the foregoing, you shall have no liability whatsoever to any person for any indirect, consequential, incidental, special or reliance damages, regardless of the form of action in which such damages are asserted (whether in contract, tort or otherwise) even if you were aware of or have been advised of the possibility of such damages.  In no event shall you have any liability for damages or other losses caused in any way by acts of god, acts of war or terrorism, machine or computer breakdown or malfunction, interruption or malfunction of communication facilities, labor difficulties or any other similar or dissimilar cause beyond your reasonable control.

 

Under no circumstances shall you be obligated to make any independent inquiry whatsoever as to the Collateral Agent’s right or authority to give you any instruction, order or direction with respect to the Accounts or the items or payments received therein, or as to the use the Collateral Agent makes of any monies deposited to the Accounts.

 

The Companies agree that they jointly and severally indemnify and hold you harmless from and against any and all loss, claims, damages, costs, charges, counsel fees, payments, expenses and liabilities whatsoever which you shall or may sustain or incur at any time by reason of or in consequence of (i) this Blocked Account Letter or actions or omissions in connection with this Blocked Account Letter, or (ii) your having complied with any instructions furnished by the Companies or the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Blocked Account Letter or in acting on any order or direction by the Companies or the Collateral Agent respecting the Accounts or the items and other payments received therein; provided, however, that you shall not be so indemnified for your own gross negligence or willful misconduct.

 

Any action arising out of or relating to this Blocked Account Letter shall be litigated in, and only in, courts located in New York City, New York, Borough of Manhattan, and the parties hereby submit to

 

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the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts and agree that they are a convenient forum.  Each party hereby waives the right to trial by jury in any action arising out of or relating to this Blocked Account Letter.

 

This Blocked Account Letter may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which when taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Blocked Account Letter by telecopier shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Blocked Account Letter.

 

This Blocked Account Letter supersedes all prior agreements, oral or written, with respect to the subject matter hereof and may not be amended, modified or supplemented except by a writing signed by the Collateral Agent, the Companies and you.  There are no third party beneficiaries to this Blocked Account Letter, other than as specifically referred to herein.

 

This Blocked Account Letter shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the state of New York.  Regardless of any provision in any other agreement, for purposes of the UCC, your jurisdiction shall be New York for purposes of Section 9-304 of the UCC.

 

Upon acceptance of this Blocked Account Letter it will be the valid and binding obligation of the Companies, the Collateral Agent, and you, in accordance with its terms.

 

[Remainder of Page is Intentionally Blank]

 

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[NAME OF COMPANY]
BLOCKED ACCOUNT LETTER

 

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

[GRANTORS]

 

 

 

AS TO EACH OF THE FOREGOING:

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO,
as Collateral Agent

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

Acknowledged and agreed to as of the date first above written:

 

 

 

[NAME OF BLOCKED ACCOUNT BANK]

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 



 

Annex 1 to Blocked Account Letter
Form of Blockage Notice

 

 

[DATE]

 

[NAME]
[TITLE]
[ADDRESS]
[ADDRESS]

 

 

Dear [                        ]:

 

Re:          Account(s) Numbered [                        ] (collectively, the “Accounts”)

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Reference is made to the Accounts and that certain Blocked Account Letter dated                         ,          among you, the Companies (as therein defined) and Goldman, Sachs & Co., as Collateral Agent (the “Blocked Account Letter”).  Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Blocked Account Letter.

 

The Collateral Agent hereby notifies you that, from and after the date of this notice, you are hereby directed to transfer (by wire transfer or other method of transfer mutually acceptable to you and the Collateral Agent) to the Collateral Agent, in same day funds, on each Banking Day, the entire balance in the Accounts to the Collateral Agent Concentration Account specified in paragraph (d) of the Blocked Account Letter or to such other account as the Collateral Agent may from time to time designate in writing.

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO,
as Collateral Agent

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 



 

EXHIBIT C
TO GUARANTY AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

FORM OF CONTROL ACCOUNT LETTER

 

 

[DATE]

 

[Name and Address
of Approved Securities Intermediary]

 

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

The undersigned, [Name of Grantor maintaining securities account] (the “Pledgor”) has entered into a Guaranty and Security Agreement, dated as of March 22, 2006 (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Guaranty and Security Agreement”), among Vyyo Inc. (the “Company”), each of the Subsidiaries of the Company party thereto and Goldman, Sachs & Co., as Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties referred to therein (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”) as required by (i) that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 18, 2006 (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Securities Purchase Agreement”), among Vyyo, Inc. and the investors party thereto, and (ii) the Senior Secured Note, dated as of March 22, 2006, among Vyyo Inc. and the Investor party thereto (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Senior Secured Note”).

 

Pursuant to the Guaranty and Security Agreement and related documents, the Pledgor has granted to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties (as defined therein), a security interest in “[Account Name]”with [“Account Number           ]” (the “Account”) and all present and future Assets in the Account (the “Pledge”).

 

1.             Instructions of the Pledgor.  The Pledgor hereby instructs you (the “Approved Securities Intermediary”) to, and you hereby agree that you will:

 

(a)           maintain the Account, as “Account No.:                        - - Vyyo, Inc. Account”;

 

(b)           hold in the Account the assets, including all financial assets, securities, security entitlements and all other property and rights now or hereafter received in such Account (collectively the “Assets”);

 

(c)           provide to the Collateral Agent, with a duplicate copy to the Pledgor, a monthly statement of Assets and a confirmation statement of each transaction effected in the Account after such transaction is effected; and

 

(d)           honor only the instructions or entitlement orders in regard to or in connection with the Account given by the Collateral Agent, except that until such time as the Collateral Agent gives a written notice to the Approved Securities Intermediary substantially in the form of Annex 1 hereto (a “Blockage Notice”) that the Pledgor’s rights under this Control Account Letter (the “Control Account

 



 

Letter”) have been terminated , the Pledgor may: (i) exercise any voting rights that it may have with respect to any of the Assets; (ii) give instructions to enter into purchase or sale transactions in the Account; and (iii) withdraw and receive for their own use all regularly scheduled interest and dividends paid with respect to the Assets and all cash proceeds of any sale of Assets (“Permitted Withdrawals”); provided, however, that unless the Collateral Agent has consented to the specific transaction, the Pledgor shall not instruct the Approved Securities Intermediary to deliver and, except as may be required by law or by court order, the Approved Securities Intermediary shall not deliver, cash and/or securities, or proceeds from the sale of, or distributions on, such securities out of the Account to the Pledgor or to any other person or entity other than Permitted Withdrawals.  The Collateral Agent agrees with the Pledgor that it shall not give a Blockage Notice to the Approved Securities Intermediary unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under the Senior Secured Note.  The Approved Securities Intermediary shall be entitled to rely and shall be fully protected in relying on the due authorization of any such written notice without inquiry.

 

2.             Agreements of the Approved Securities Intermediary.

 

(a)           By its signature below, the Approved Securities Intermediary agrees to comply with the entitlement orders and instructions of the Collateral Agent directing transfer or redemption of the financial assets relating to the Account (including any instructions with respect to sales, trades, transfers and withdrawals of cash or other of the Assets) without the consent of the Pledgor or any other person (it being understood and agreed by the Pledgor that the Approved Securities Intermediary shall have no duty or obligation whatsoever of any kind or character to have knowledge of the terms of the Guaranty and Security Agreement or the Securities Purchase Agreement or to determine whether or not an event of default exists thereunder).  The Pledgor hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Approved Securities Intermediary, its affiliates, officers and employees from and against any and all claims, causes of action, liabilities, lawsuits, demands and/or damages, including any and all court costs and reasonable attorney’s fees, that may result by reason of the Approved Securities Intermediary complying with such instructions of the Collateral Agent.  In the event that the Approved Securities Intermediary is sued or becomes involved in litigation as a result of complying with the above stated written instructions, the Pledgor and the Collateral Agent agree that the Approved Securities Intermediary shall be entitled to charge all costs and fees it incurs in connection with such litigation to the Assets in the Account and withdraw such sums as the costs and charges accrue.

 

(b)           The Collateral Agent who shall give oral instructions hereunder shall confirm the same in writing to the Approved Securities Intermediary within five days after such oral instructions are given.

 

(c)           Except with respect to the obligations and duties as set forth herein, this Control Account Letter shall not impose or create any obligations or duties upon the Approved Securities Intermediary greater than or in addition to the customary and usual obligations and duties of the Approved Securities Intermediary to the Pledgor.

 

(d)           As long as the Assets are pledged to the Collateral Agent: (i) the Approved Securities Intermediary will not invade the Assets to cover margin debits or calls in any other accounts of the Pledgor; and (ii) the Approved Securities Intermediary agrees that, except for Liens resulting from customary commissions, fees, or charges based upon transactions in the Account, it subordinates in favor of the Collateral Agent any security interest, Lien or right of setoff the Approved Securities Intermediary may have.  The Approved Securities Intermediary acknowledges that it has not received notice of any other security interest in the Account or the Assets.  In the event any such notice is received, the Approved Securities Intermediary will promptly notify the Collateral Agent.  The Pledgor herein represents that the Assets are free and clear of any Lien or encumbrances and agree that, with the

 

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exception of the security interest granted to the Collateral Agent, no Lien or encumbrance will be placed by them on the Assets without the express written consent of both the Collateral Agent and the Approved Securities Intermediary.

 

3.             Binding Agreement.  This Control Account Letter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns and it and the rights and obligations of the parties hereto shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, and the law of the Approved Securities Intermediary’s jurisdiction for the purposes of Section 8-110 of the UCC shall be, the law of the State of New York.

 

4.             Financial Assets; Control.  The Approved Securities Intermediary will treat all property at any time held by the Approved Securities Intermediary in the Account as financial assets within the meaning of the Uniform Commercial Code.  The Approved Securities Intermediary acknowledges that this Control Account Letter constitutes written notification to the Approved Securities Intermediary, pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code and any applicable federal regulations for the Federal Reserve Book Entry System, of the Collateral Agent’s security interest in the Assets.  The Pledgor, Collateral Agent and Approved Securities Intermediary are entering into this Control Account Letter to provide for the Collateral Agent’s control of the Assets and to confirm the first and exclusive priority of the Collateral Agent’s security interest in the Assets.  The Approved Securities Intermediary agrees to promptly make and thereafter maintain all necessary entries or notations in its books and records to reflect the Collateral Agent’s security interest in the Assets.

 

5.             Severability.  If any term or provision of this Control Account Letter is determined to be invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of this Control Account Letter shall be construed in all respects as if the invalid or unenforceable term or provision were omitted.  This Control Account Letter may not be altered or amended in any manner without the express written consent of the Pledgor, the Collateral Agent and the Approved Securities Intermediary.  This Control Account Letter may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which shall constitute one original agreement.

 

6.             Termination.  This Control Account Letter may be terminated by the Approved Securities Intermediary upon 30 day’s prior written notice to the Pledgor and the Collateral Agent.  Upon expiration of such 30-day period, the Approved Securities Intermediary shall be under no further obligation except to hold the Assets in accordance with the terms of this Control Account Letter, pending receipt of written instructions from the Pledgor and the Collateral Agent, jointly, regarding the further disposition of the pledged Assets.

 

7.             Miscellaneous.

 

(a)           The Pledgor acknowledges that this Control Account Letter supplements any existing agreements of the Pledgor with the Approved Securities Intermediary and, except as expressly provided herein, is in no way intended to abridge any rights that the Approved Securities Intermediary might otherwise have.

 

(b)           Any action arising out of or relating to this Control Account Letter shall be litigated in, and only in, courts located in New York City, New York, Borough of Manhattan, and the parties hereby submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts and agree that they are a convenient forum.  Each party hereby waives the right to trial by jury in any action arising out of or relating to this Control Account Letter.

 

(c)           This Control Account Letter may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be

 

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an original and all of which when taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Control Account Letter by telecopier shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Control Account Letter.

 

(d)           This Control Account Letter supersedes all prior agreements, oral or written, with respect to the subject matter hereof and may not be amended, modified or supplemented except by a writing signed by the Collateral Agent, the Companies and you.  There are no third party beneficiaries to this Control Account Letter, other than as specifically referred to herein.

 

(e)           This Control Account Letter shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the state of New York.

 

(f)            Upon acceptance of this Control Account Letter, it will be the valid and binding obligation of the Pledgor, the Collateral Agent, and you, in accordance with its terms.

 

[Remainder of Page is Intentionally Blank]

 

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Very truly yours,

 

 

 

[GRANTORS]

 

 

 

AS TO EACH OF THE FOREGOING:

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO,

 

as Collateral Agent

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

Acknowledged and agreed to as of the date first above written:

 

 

 

[NAME OF APPROVED SECURITIES INTERMEDIARY]

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 



 

Annex 1 to Control Account Letter
Form of Blockage Notice

 

[DATE]

 

[NAME]
[TITLE]
[ADDRESS]
[ADDRESS]

 

Dear [                        ]:

 

Re:          “[Acct Name]” with Account Number [                        ] (the “Account”)

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Reference is made to the Account and that certain Control Account Letter dated                         ,          among you, the Pledgor (as therein defined) and Goldman, Sachs & Co., as Collateral Agent (the “Control Account Letter”).  Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Control Account Letter.

 

The Collateral Agent hereby notifies you that, from and after the date of this notice, the Collateral Agent is exercising exclusive control over the Account.  You are directed to honor only the instructions or entitlement orders in regard to or in connection with the Account given by the Collateral Agent without the consent of the Pledgor in accordance with the Control Account Letter.

 

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO,
as Collateral Agent

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 



 

EXHIBIT D

 

VYYO LTD. PLEDGE AGREEMENT

 



 

Annex 1.4(c) – Addendum to the Guaranty and Security Agreement

 

Pledge Agreement

 

Made and executed this 22nd of March 2006

 

By and among Vyyo Ltd., a corporation duly incorporated and existing under the laws of the state of Israel (the “Subsidiary Guarantor”), the Investors (as such term is defined in the Guaranty and Security Agreement) and GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO., as collateral agent for the benefit of the Investors (including its successors and assigns and in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”).

 

Whereas                                                The Investors have agreed to purchase Senior Secured Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $7,500,000 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the “Senior Secured Notes”) from the Company pursuant to, and upon the terms and subject to the conditions specified in, the Securities Purchase Agreement among the Company and the Investor dated as of March 18, 2006; and

 

Whereas                                                The Subsidiary Guarantor has agreed to guarantee, among other things, all the obligations of the Company and each other Subsidiary Guarantor under the Guaranty and Security Agreement (among the Company, the Investors and the Collateral Agent dated as of March 22, 2006, to which this Addendum is annexed) and other Secured Transaction Documents; and

 

Whereas                                                This Pledge Agreement is additional to any obligation or undertaking of the Subsidiary Guarantor under other documents which form part of the Secured Transaction Documents including the Guaranty and Security Agreement.

 

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the Guaranty and Security Agreement.

 

1.                                       As security for the full and punctual payment of all Obligations of the Company and each Grantor existing now or hereafter under or in respect of the Secured Transaction Documents, the Subsidiary Guarantor hereby charges in favor of the Investors and the Collateral Agent, by way of first ranking fixed charge, all the patents and trademarks owned thereby and which are detailed in Schedule 3.6 attached hereto.

 

2.                                       Each of the Investors, the Collateral Agent and GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO. hereby acknowledges and understands that any and all rights of the Investors and/or the Collateral Agent in connection with the Collateral are subject to the provisions of the Encouragement of Research and Development in Industry Law, 1984, the Law for Encouragement of Capital Investments, 1959 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the “Encouragement Laws”). Any perfection or realization of the security interest granted to the Investors or the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Pledge Agreement or the other Secured Transaction Documents is subject to the rights and preferences of the Office of the Chief Scientist and Investment Center of the Israeli Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor under the Encouragement Laws or under any other applicable law.

 

3.                                       The Subsidiary Guarantor’s assets detailed in Section 1 above shall be referred to as the “Collateral”.

 

4.                                       The Subsidiary Guarantor hereby undertakes:

 

4.1.                              Not to charge or pledge in any manner the Collateral by conferring any rights ranking pari-passu, prior to or deferred to the rights of the Investors and the

 



 

Collateral Agent and not to make any assignment of any right which the Subsidiary Guarantor may have in the Collateral, without receiving the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, the Subsidiary Guarantor may, without receiving the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent, grant any license (whether exclusive or otherwise) to its Intellectual Property (as such term is defined in the Guaranty and Security Agreement), provided that, such license is granted pursuant to an arms-length transaction on commercially reasonable terms, does not (unless consistent in good faith with good business judgment) restrict the Company’s ability to use or employ its Intellectual Property in conducting its business, and is consistent, in good faith, with good business judgment.

 

4.2.                              To file and register, as soon as possible but not later than 21 days following the signature of the Secured Transaction Documents, with the Israeli Companies Registrar, and with the Israeli Patent and Trademark Offices, the charges created by this Pledge Agreement. The registration application shall specifically state that the Subsidiary Guarantor is prohibited from creating any additional charges over the Collateral, excluding a deferred and a subordinated fixed charge in favor of the Company, without receiving the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent.

 

5.                                       This fixed charge created hereby shall become crystallized upon the occurrence of any Event of Default or at any other circumstances under which a floating charge may become crystallized under Israeli law.

 

6.                                       Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in the Secured Transaction Documents, the enforcement of this Pledge Agreement shall be subject to the law of the State of Israel and the competent courts in the District of Tel-Aviv Israel shall have sole and exclusive jurisdiction over any matter concerning this Pledge Agreement.

 

7.                                       In the event of any inconsistencies or conflicting provisions between the provisions of this Pledge Agreement and the provisions of any other agreement comprising the Transaction Documents, whether explicit or implied, the provisions of this Pledge Agreement shall prevail.

 

 

 

VYYO LTD.

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

[Signature page to Addendum to the Guaranty And Security Agreement]

 

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GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.,

as Collateral Agent

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.,

as an Investor

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT E

 

XTEND NETWORKS LTD. PLEDGE AGREEMENT

 



 

Annex 1.4(c) – Addendum to the Guaranty and Security Agreement

 

Pledge Agreement

 

Made and executed this 22nd of March 2006

 

By and among Xtend Networks Ltd., a corporation duly incorporated and existing under the laws of the state of Israel (the “Subsidiary Guarantor”), the Investors (as such term is defined in the Guaranty and Security Agreement) and GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO., as collateral agent for the benefit of the Investors (including its successors and assigns and in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”).

 

Whereas                                                The Investors have agreed to purchase Senior Secured Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $7,500,000 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the “Senior Secured Notes”) from the Company pursuant to, and upon the terms and subject to the conditions specified in, the Securities Purchase Agreement among the Company and the Investor dated as of March 18, 2006; and

 

Whereas                                                The Subsidiary Guarantor has agreed to guarantee, among other things, all the obligations of the Company and each other Subsidiary Guarantor under the Guaranty and Security Agreement (among the Company, the Investors and the Collateral Agent dated as of March 22, 2006, to which this Addendum is annexed) and other Secured Transaction Documents; and

 

Whereas                                                This Pledge Agreement is additional to any obligation or undertaking of the Subsidiary Guarantor under other documents which form part of the Secured Transaction Documents including the Guaranty and Security Agreement.

 

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the Guaranty and Security Agreement.

 

1.                                       As security for the full and punctual payment of all Obligations of the Company and each Grantor existing now or hereafter under or in respect of the Secured Transaction Documents, the Subsidiary Guarantor hereby charges in favor of the Investors and the Collateral Agent, by way of first ranking fixed charge, (i) all the patents and trademarks owned thereby and which are detailed in Schedule 3.6 attached hereto, and (ii) all Equity Interests (as such term is defined in the Guaranty and Security Agreement) in Xtend Networks Inc. owned or held by or on behalf of the Subsidiary Guarantor.

 

2.                                       Each of the Investors, the Collateral Agent and GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO. hereby acknowledges and understands that any and all rights of the Investors and/or the Collateral Agent in connection with the Collateral are subject to the provisions of the Encouragement of Research and Development in Industry Law, 1984, the Law for Encouragement of Capital Investments, 1959 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the “Encouragement Laws”). Any perfection or realization of the security interest granted to the Investors or the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Pledge Agreement or the other Secured Transaction Documents is subject to the rights and preferences of the Office of the Chief Scientist and Investment Center of the Israeli Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor under the Encouragement Laws or under any other applicable law.

 

3.                                       The Subsidiary Guarantor’s assets detailed in Section 1 above shall be referred to as the “Collateral”.

 



 

4.                                       The Subsidiary Guarantor hereby undertakes:

 

4.1.                              Not to charge or pledge in any manner the Collateral by conferring any rights ranking pari-passu, prior to or deferred to the rights of the Investors and the Collateral Agent and not to make any assignment of any right which the Subsidiary Guarantor may have in the Collateral, without receiving the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, the Subsidiary Guarantor may, without receiving the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent, grant any license (whether exclusive or otherwise) to its Intellectual Property (as such term is defined in the Guaranty and Security Agreement), provided that, such license is granted pursuant to an arms-length transaction on commercially reasonable terms, does not (unless consistent in good faith with good business judgment) restrict the Company’s ability to use or employ its Intellectual Property in conducting its business, and is consistent, in good faith, with good business judgment.

 

4.2.                              To file and register, as soon as possible but not later than 21 days following the signature of the Secured Transaction Documents, with the Israeli Companies Registrar, and with the Israeli Patent and Trademark Offices, the charges created by this Pledge Agreement. The registration application shall specifically state that the Subsidiary Guarantor is prohibited from creating any additional charges over the Collateral, excluding a deferred and a subordinated fixed charge in favor of the Company, without receiving the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent.

 

5.                                       This fixed charge created hereby shall become crystallized upon the occurrence of any Event of Default or at any other circumstances under which a floating charge may become crystallized under Israeli law.

 

6.                                       Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in the Secured Transaction Documents, the enforcement of this Pledge Agreement shall be subject to the law of the State of Israel and the competent courts in the District of Tel-Aviv Israel shall have sole and exclusive jurisdiction over any matter concerning this Pledge Agreement.

 

7.                                       In the event of any inconsistencies or conflicting provisions between the provisions of this Pledge Agreement and the provisions of any other agreement comprising the Transaction Documents, whether explicit or implied, the provisions of this Pledge Agreement shall prevail.

 

 

 

XTEND NETWORKS LTD.

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

[Signature page to Addendum to the Guaranty And Security Agreement]

 

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GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.,

as Collateral Agent

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.,

as an Investor

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

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EX-10.5 6 a06-7290_2ex10d5.htm MATERIAL CONTRACTS

Exhibit 10.5

 

NEITHER THESE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE SECURITIES INTO WHICH THESE SECURITIES ARE EXERCISABLE HAVE BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE OFFERED FOR SALE, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR ASSIGNED (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF (A) AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE SECURITIES UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR (B) IF REASONABLY REQUESTED BY THE COMPANY, AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SAID ACT.

 

VYYO INC.

 

WARRANT

 

Warrant No. [   ]

 

Dated: March 22, 2006

 

Vyyo Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby certifies that, for value received, Goldman, Sachs & Co., or its registered assigns (the “Holder”), is entitled to purchase from the Company up to a total of 298,617 shares of common stock, $0.0001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), of the Company (each such share, a “Warrant Share” and all such shares, the “Warrant Shares”) at an exercise price equal to $0.10 per share (as adjusted from time to time as provided in Section 9, the “Exercise Price”), at any time and from the date hereof and through and including the date that is the earlier of five (5) years from the date of issuance hereof and the closing of the sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets or a merger or acquisition of the Company (the “Expiration Date”), and subject to the following terms and conditions. This Warrant (this “Warrant”) is one of a series of similar warrants issued pursuant to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Company and the Investors identified therein (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”) and in connection with the issuance of certain of the Company’s Senior Secured Notes. All such warrants are referred to herein, collectively, as the “Warrants.”

 

1.                                       Definitions. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere in this Warrant, capitalized terms that are not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given to such terms in the Securities Purchase Agreement.

 

2.                                       Registration of Warrant. The Company shall register this Warrant, upon records to be maintained by the Company for that purpose (the “Warrant Register”), in the name of the record Holder hereof from time to time. The Company may deem and treat the registered Holder of this Warrant as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of any exercise hereof or any distribution to the Holder, and for all other purposes, absent actual notice to the contrary.

 

3.                                       Registration of Transfers. The Company shall register the transfer of any portion of this Warrant in the Warrant Register, upon surrender of this Warrant, with the Form of Assignment attached hereto duly completed and signed, to the transfer agent or to the Company at its address specified herein. Upon any such registration or transfer, a new warrant to purchase Common Stock, in substantially the form of this Warrant (any such new warrant, a “New

 



 

Warrant”), evidencing the portion of this Warrant so transferred shall be issued to the transferee and a New Warrant evidencing the remaining portion of this Warrant not so transferred, if any, shall be issued to the transferring Holder. The acceptance of the New Warrant by the transferee thereof shall be deemed the acceptance by such transferee of all of the rights and obligations of a holder of a Warrant.

 

4.                                       Exercise and Duration of Warrants.

 

(a)                                  This Warrant shall be exercisable by the registered Holder at any time and from time to time on or after the date hereof to and including the Expiration Date. At 6:30 P.M., New York City time on the Expiration Date, the portion of this Warrant not exercised prior thereto shall be and become void and of no value; provided that, if on the Expiration Date, there is no effective Registration Statement covering the resale of the Warrant Shares, then this Warrant shall be deemed to have been exercised in full (to the extent not previously exercised) on a “cashless exercise” basis at 6:30 P.M. New York City time on the Expiration Date.

 

(b)                                 A Holder may exercise this Warrant by delivering to the Company (i) an exercise notice, in the form attached hereto (the “Exercise Notice”), appropriately completed and duly signed along with the Warrant, and (ii) payment of the Exercise Price for the number of Warrant Shares as to which this Warrant is being exercised (which may take the form of a “cashless exercise” if so indicated in the Exercise Notice only if a “cashless exercise” may occur at such time pursuant to Section 10 below), and the date such items are delivered to the Company (as determined in accordance with the notice provisions hereof) is an “Exercise Date.”  Execution and delivery of the Exercise Notice shall have the same effect as cancellation of the original Warrant and issuance of a New Warrant evidencing the right to purchase the remaining number of Warrant Shares.

 

5.                                       Delivery of Warrant Shares.

 

(a)                                  Upon exercise of this Warrant, the Company shall promptly issue or cause to be issued and cause to be delivered to or upon the written order of the Holder a certificate for the Warrant Shares issuable upon such exercise. The Company shall, upon request of the Holder, use its commercially reasonable efforts to deliver Warrant Shares hereunder electronically through the Depository Trust Corporation or another established clearing corporation performing similar functions.

 

(b)                                 This Warrant is exercisable, either in its entirety or, from time to time, for a portion of at least 10,000 Warrant Shares. Upon surrender of this Warrant following one or more partial exercises, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued, at its expense, a New Warrant evidencing the right to purchase the remaining number of Warrant Shares.

 

(c)                                  The Company’s obligations to issue and deliver Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms hereof are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or inaction by the Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect to any provision hereof, the recovery of any judgment against any Person or any action to enforce the same, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation or termination, or any breach or alleged breach by the Holder or any other Person of any obligation to the Company or any violation or alleged

 

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violation of law by the Holder or any other Person, and irrespective of any other circumstance which might otherwise limit such obligation of the Company to the Holder in connection with the issuance of Warrant Shares. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver certificates representing shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

6.                                       Charges, Taxes and Expenses. Initial issuance and delivery of certificates for shares of Common Stock upon exercise of this Warrant shall be made without charge to the Holder for any issue or transfer tax, withholding tax, transfer agent fee or other incidental tax or expense in respect of the issuance of such certificates, all of which taxes and expenses shall be paid by the Company; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the registration of any certificates for Warrant Shares or Warrants in a name other than that of the Holder. The Holder shall be responsible for all other tax liability that may arise as a result of holding or transferring this Warrant or receiving Warrant Shares upon exercise hereof.

 

7.                                       Replacement of Warrant. If this Warrant is mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Company shall issue or cause to be issued in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation hereof, or in lieu of and substitution for this Warrant, a New Warrant, but only upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of such loss, theft or destruction and customary and reasonable bond or indemnity, if requested. Applicants for a New Warrant under such circumstances shall also comply with such other reasonable regulations and procedures and pay such other reasonable third-party costs as the Company may prescribe.

 

8.                                       Reservation of Warrant Shares. The Company covenants that it will at all times reserve and keep available out of the aggregate of its authorized but unissued and otherwise unreserved Common Stock, solely for the purpose of enabling it to issue Warrant Shares upon exercise of this Warrant as herein provided, the number of Warrant Shares which are then issuable and deliverable upon the exercise of this entire Warrant, free from preemptive rights or any other contingent purchase rights of persons other than the Holder (after giving effect to the adjustments and restrictions of Section 9, if any). The Company covenants that all Warrant Shares so issuable and deliverable shall, upon issuance and the payment of the applicable Exercise Price in accordance with the terms hereof, be duly and validly authorized, issued and fully paid and nonassessable. The Company will take all such action as may be necessary to assure that such shares of Common Stock may be issued as provided herein without violation of any applicable law or regulation, or of any requirements of any securities exchange or automated quotation system upon which the Common Stock may be listed.

 

9.                                       Certain Adjustments. The Exercise Price and number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant are subject to adjustment from time to time as set forth in this Section 9.

 

(a)                                  Stock Dividends and Splits. If the Company, at any time while this Warrant is outstanding, (i) pays a stock dividend on its Common Stock or otherwise makes a distribution on any class of capital stock that is payable in shares of Common Stock

 

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(ii) subdivides outstanding shares of Common Stock into a larger number of shares or (iii) combines outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then in each such case the Exercise Price shall be multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately before such event and of which the denominator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event. Any adjustment made pursuant to clause (i) of this paragraph shall become effective immediately after the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution, and any adjustment pursuant to clause (ii) or (iii) of this paragraph shall become effective immediately after the effective date of such subdivision or combination.

 

(b)                                 Calculations. All calculations under this Section 9 shall be made to the nearest cent or the nearest 1/100th of a share, as applicable. The number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at any given time shall not include shares owned or held by or for the account of the Company, and the disposition of any such shares shall be considered an issue or sale of Common Stock.

 

(c)                                  Notice of Adjustments. Upon the occurrence of each adjustment pursuant to this Section 9, the Company at its expense will promptly compute such adjustment in accordance with the terms of this Warrant and prepare a certificate setting forth such adjustment, including a statement of the adjusted Exercise Price and adjusted number or type of Warrant Shares or other securities issuable upon exercise of this Warrant (as applicable), describing the transactions giving rise to such adjustments and showing in detail the facts upon which such adjustment is based. Upon written request, the Company will promptly deliver a copy of each such certificate to the Holder and to the Company’s transfer agent.

 

(d)                                 Notice of Corporate Events. If the Company (i) declares a dividend or any other distribution of cash, securities or other property in respect of its Common Stock, including without limitation any granting of rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any capital stock of the Company or any Subsidiary, (ii) authorizes or approves, enters into any agreement contemplating or solicits stockholder approval for  (x) any sale of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (y) any tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another Person) pursuant to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property, or (z) any reclassification of the Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property or (iii) authorizes the voluntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the affairs of the Company, then the Company shall deliver to the Holder a notice describing the material terms and conditions of such transaction, at least ten business days prior to the applicable record or effective date on which a Person would need to hold Common Stock in order to participate in or vote with respect to such transaction, and the Company will take all steps reasonably necessary in order to insure that the Holder is given the practical opportunity to exercise this Warrant prior to such time so as to participate in or vote with respect to such transaction; provided, however, that the failure to deliver such notice or any defect therein shall not affect the validity of the corporate action required to be described in such notice.

 

10.                                 Payment of Exercise Price. The Holder shall pay the Exercise Price in immediately available funds; provided, however, that if at any time after the Required Effective

 

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Date a Registration Statement covering the resale of the Warrant Shares is not effective on the Exercise Date, the Holder may satisfy its obligation to pay the Exercise Price through a “cashless exercise,” in which event the Company shall issue to the Holder the number of Warrant Shares determined as follows:

 

 

 

X = Y [(A-B)/A]

where:

 

 

 

 

X = the number of Warrant Shares to be issued to the Holder.

 

 

 

 

 

Y = the number of Warrant Shares with respect to which this Warrant is being exercised.

 

 

 

 

 

A = the average of the Closing Prices for the five Trading Days immediately prior to (but not including) the Exercise Date.

 

 

 

 

 

B = the Exercise Price.

 

For purposes of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, it is intended, understood and acknowledged that the Warrant Shares issued in a cashless exercise transaction shall be deemed to have been acquired by the Holder, and the holding period for the Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have commenced, on the date this Warrant was originally issued pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement.

 

11.                                 Fractional Shares. The Company shall not be required to issue or cause to be issued fractional Warrant Shares on the exercise of this Warrant. If any fraction of a Warrant Share would, except for the provisions of this Section, be issuable upon exercise of this Warrant, the number of Warrant Shares to be issued will be rounded up to the nearest whole share.

 

12.                                 Notices. Any and all notices or other communications or deliveries hereunder (including without limitation any Exercise Notice) shall be in writing and shall be deemed given and effective on the earliest of (i) the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number specified in the Securities Purchase Agreement prior to 6:30 p.m. (New York City time) on a Trading Day, (ii) the next Trading Day after the date of transmission, if such notice or communication is delivered via facsimile at the facsimile number specified in the Securities Purchase Agreement on a day that is not a Trading Day or later than 6:30 p.m. (New York City time) on any Trading Day, (iii) the Trading Day following the date of mailing, if sent by nationally recognized overnight courier service or (iv) upon actual receipt by the party to whom such notice is required to be given. The address for such notices or communications shall be as set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement.

 

13.                                 Registration Rights Agreement. The Common Shares for which this Warrant is exercisable are entitled to the benefits of a Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between the Company and the Holder and subject to the limitations therein.

 

14.                                 Miscellaneous.

 

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(a)                                  Subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth herein, this Warrant may be assigned by the Holder in not less than 100,000 Warrant Shares. This Warrant may not be assigned by the Company except to a successor in the event of a Fundamental Transaction. This Warrant shall be binding on and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Subject to the preceding sentences, nothing in this Warrant shall be construed to give to any Person other than the Company and the Holder any legal or equitable right, remedy or cause of action under this Warrant. This Warrant may be amended only in writing signed by the Company and the Holder and their successors and assigns.

 

(b)                                 The Company will not, by amendment of its governing documents or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, 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 Warrant, but will at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such action as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate in order to protect the rights of the Holder against impairment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company (i) will not increase the par value of any Warrant Shares above the amount payable therefor on such exercise, (ii) will take all such action as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly and legally issue fully paid and nonassessable Warrant Shares on the exercise of this Warrant, and (iii) will not close its stockholder books or records in any manner which interferes with the timely exercise of this Warrant.

 

(C)                                GOVERNING LAW; VENUE; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. ALL QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY, ENFORCEMENT AND INTERPRETATION OF THIS WARRANT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT GIVING REGARD TO ANY APPLICABLE PRINCIPALS OF CONFLICTS OF LAW. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS SITTING IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR WITH ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR DISCUSSED HEREIN (INCLUDING WITH RESPECT TO THE ENFORCEMENT OF ANY OF THE TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS), 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 IMPROPER. EACH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF PROCESS AND CONSENTS TO PROCESS BEING SERVED IN ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BY MAILING A COPY THEREOF VIA REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL OR OVERNIGHT DELIVERY (WITH EVIDENCE OF DELIVERY) TO SUCH PARTY AT THE ADDRESS IN EFFECT FOR NOTICES TO IT UNDER THIS AGREEMENT AND AGREES THAT SUCH SERVICE SHALL CONSTITUTE GOOD AND SUFFICIENT SERVICE OF PROCESS AND NOTICE THEREOF. NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN SHALL BE DEEMED TO LIMIT IN ANY WAY ANY RIGHT TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW. THE COMPANY HEREBY WAIVES ALL RIGHTS TO A TRIAL BY JURY.

 

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(d)                                 The headings herein are for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Warrant and shall not be deemed to limit or affect any of the provisions hereof.

 

(e)                                  In case any one or more of the provisions of this Warrant shall be invalid or unenforceable in any respect, the validity and enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions of this Warrant shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and the parties will attempt in good faith to agree upon a valid and enforceable provision which shall be a commercially reasonable substitute therefor, and upon so agreeing, shall incorporate such substitute provision in this Warrant.

 

[REMAINDER OF PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK,
SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Warrant to be duly executed by its authorized officer as of the date first indicated above.

 

 

VYYO INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 



 

FORM OF EXERCISE NOTICE

 

[To be executed by the Holder to exercise the right to purchase shares of Common Stock under the foregoing Warrant]

 

To:  VYYO INC.

 

The undersigned is the Holder of Warrant No.        (the “Warrant”) issued by Vyyo Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined have the respective meanings set forth in the Warrant.

 

1.                                       The Warrant is currently exercisable to purchase a total of                Warrant Shares.
 
2.                                       The undersigned Holder hereby exercises its right to purchase                   Warrant Shares pursuant to the Warrant.
 
3.                                       The Holder intends that payment of the Exercise Price shall be made as (check one):
 

o                                    “Cash Exercise” under Section 10

 

o                                    “Cashless Exercise” under Section 10

 

4.                                       If the holder has elected a Cash Exercise, the holder shall pay the sum of $             to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.
 
5.                                       Pursuant to this exercise, the Company shall deliver to the holder               Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms of the Warrant.
 
6.                                       Following this exercise, the Warrant shall be exercisable to purchase a total of               Warrant Shares.

 

Dated:            ,     

Name of Holder:

 

 

 

(Print)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

(Signature must conform in all respects to
name of holder as specified on the face of the
Warrant)

 



 

FORM OF ASSIGNMENT

 

[To be completed and signed only upon transfer of Warrant]

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto                                          the right represented by the within Warrant to purchase                 shares of Common Stock of Vyyo Inc. to which the within Warrant relates and appoints                      attorney to transfer said right on the books of Vyyo Inc. with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

 

Dated:           ,     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Signature must conform in all respects to name of holder
as specified on the face of the Warrant)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Address of Transferee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In the presence of:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


EX-10.6 7 a06-7290_2ex10d6.htm MATERIAL CONTRACTS

Exhibit 10.6

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

This REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), is dated as of March 22, 2006, by and among Vyyo Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the undersigned Investors (each, a “Investor”, and collectively, the “Investors”).

 

WHEREAS:

 

A. In connection with the Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Securities Purchase Agreement”) by and among the parties hereto of even date herewith, the Company has agreed, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement, to issue and sell to the Investors:  (i) shares of the Company’s common stock (“Common Stock”), par value $0.0001 per share, (ii) convertible notes of the Company (the “Convertible Notes”) which will, among other things, be convertible into shares of Common Stock (the “Conversion Shares”) in accordance with the terms of the Convertible Notes, (iii) Senior Secured Notes, and (iv) Warrants (the “Warrants”) which will be exercisable to purchase additional shares of Common Stock (as exercised collectively, the “Warrant Shares”).

 

B. To induce the Investors to execute and deliver the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Company has agreed to provide the registration rights under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, or any similar successor statute (collectively, the “Securities Act”), and applicable state securities laws set forth in this Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and the mutual covenants contained herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Company and each of the Investors hereby agree as follows:

 

1. Definitions.

 

Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

(a) “Business Day” means any day other than Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which commercial banks in The City of New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed.

 

(b) “Closing Date” shall have the meaning set forth in the Securities Purchase Agreement.

 

(c) “Effective Date” means the date the Registration Statement (as defined below) has been declared effective by the SEC.

 

(d) “Effectiveness Deadline” means the date which is one (1) year after the after the Closing Date.

 



 

(e) “Investor” means an Investor or any transferee or assignee thereof to whom an Investor assigns its rights under this Agreement and who agrees to become bound by the provisions of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9 and any transferee or assignee thereof to whom a transferee or assignee assigns its rights under this Agreement and who agrees to become bound by the provisions of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.

 

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

 

(g) “register,” “registered,” and “registration” refer to a registration effected by preparing and filing one or more Registration Statements in compliance with the Securities Act and pursuant to Rule 415 and the declaration or ordering of effectiveness of such Registration Statement(s) by the SEC (as defined below).

 

(h) “Registrable Securities” means (i) the Common Shares, (ii) the Conversion Shares issued or issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Notes, (iii) the Warrant Shares issued or issuable upon exercise of the Warrants and (iv) any share capital of the Company issued or issuable with respect to the Common Shares, Conversion Shares or the Warrant Shares as a result of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, exchange or similar event or otherwise, without regard to any limitations on conversions of the Convertible Notes or exercises of the Warrants; provided that, such Shares will not be deemed to be “Registrable Securities” if such Shares are sold or sellable under Rule 144 without restriction of the volume limitations of Rule 144(e).

 

(i) “Registration Statement” means a registration statement or registration statements of the Company filed under the Securities Act covering the Registrable Securities.

 

(j) “Required Holders” means the holders of at least a majority of the outstanding Registrable Securities.

 

(k) “Rule 415” means Rule 415 under the Securities Act or any successor rule providing for offering securities on a continuous or delayed basis.

 

(l) “SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

2. Registration.

 

(a) Mandatory Registration. The Company shall prepare and, as soon as reasonably practicable, file with the SEC the Registration Statement on Form S-3 covering the resale of all of the Registrable Securities. In the event that Form S-3 is unavailable for such a registration, the Company shall use such other form as is available for such a registration on another appropriate form reasonably acceptable to the Required Holders, subject to the provisions of Section 2(d). The Registration Statement shall contain (except if otherwise directed by the Required Holders) “Selling Shareholders” and “Plan of Distribution” sections to be mutually agreed upon by the Company and the Required Holders. The Company shall use reasonable commercial efforts to have the Registration Statement declared effective by the SEC as soon as practicable, but in no event later than the Effectiveness Deadline.

 

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(b) Legal Counsel. Subject to Section 5 hereof, the Required Holders shall have the right to select one legal counsel to review and oversee any registration pursuant to this Section 2 (“Legal Counsel”), which shall be Brown Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner LLP or such other counsel as thereafter designated by the Required Holders. The Company and Legal Counsel shall reasonably cooperate with each other in performing the Company’s obligations under this Agreement.

 

(c) Ineligibility for Form S-3. In the event that Form S-3 is not available for the registration of the resale of Registrable Securities hereunder, the Company shall (i) register the resale of the Registrable Securities on another appropriate form reasonably acceptable to the Required Holders and (ii) undertake to register the Registrable Securities on Form S-3 as soon as either such form is available, provided that the Company shall maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement then in effect until such time as a Registration Statement on Form S-3 covering the Registrable Securities has been declared effective by the SEC or the Company is no longer obligated to maintain a registration statement for the Registrable Securities pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

3. Related Obligations.

 

At such time as the Company is obligated to file a Registration Statement with the SEC pursuant to Section 2(a) or 2(c), the Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to effect the registration of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method of disposition thereof and, pursuant thereto, the Company shall have the following obligations:

 

(a) Subject to Section (c) below, the Company shall submit to the SEC, within five (5) Business Days after the Company learns that no review of a particular Registration Statement will be made by the staff of the SEC or that the staff has no further comments on a particular Registration Statement, as the case may be, a request for acceleration of effectiveness of such Registration Statement to a time and date not later than 48 hours after the submission of such request. The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Registration Statement effective pursuant to Rule 415 at all times until the earlier of (i) the date as of which the Investors may sell all of the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement without the volume limitations pursuant to Rule 144(e) (or any successor thereto) promulgated under the Securities Act, (ii) such time as the Registrable Securities have been sold pursuant to the Registration Statement, or (iii) two years from the effectiveness of the first Registration Statement filed hereunder; provided however, that after such two years if counsel to an Investor (which may be in-house counsel) advises an Investor in writing that such Investor is unable to freely sell Registrable Securities pursuant to Rule 144(k), then the Company shall maintain an effective Registration Statement for the Conversion Shares until clause (i) or (ii) is satisfied, but not to exceed a period of up to an additional two years (together, the “Registration Period”) if such Investor has continuously held such Conversion Shares (or the Notes relating thereto two years from the date hereof). The Company shall take commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that each Registration Statement (including any amendments or supplements thereto and prospectuses contained therein) shall not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein, or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of prospectuses, in the light of the circumstances in which they were made) not misleading.

 

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(b) The Company shall prepare and file with the SEC such amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to a Registration Statement and the prospectus used in connection with such Registration Statement, which prospectus is to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 promulgated under the Securities Act, as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective at all times during the Registration Period, and, during such period, comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities of the Company covered by such Registration Statement until such time as all of such Registrable Securities shall have been disposed of in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the seller or sellers thereof as set forth in such Registration Statement. In the case of amendments and supplements to a Registration Statement which are required to be filed pursuant to this Agreement (including pursuant to this Section 3(b)) by reason of the Company filing a report on Form 10-Q, Form 10-K or any analogous report under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), the Company shall have incorporated such report by reference into such Registration Statement, if applicable, or, if necessary, shall file such amendments or supplements with the SEC on the same day on which the Exchange Act report is filed which created the requirement for the Company to amend or supplement such Registration Statement.

 

(c) The Company shall (A) permit Legal Counsel to review and comment upon (i) a Registration Statement at least five (5) Business Days prior to its filing with the SEC and (ii) all amendments and supplements to all Registration Statements (except for Annual Reports on Form 10-K, and Reports on Form 10-Q and any similar or successor reports) within a reasonable number of days prior to their filing with the SEC, and (B) not file any Registration Statement or amendment or supplement thereto in a form to which Legal Counsel reasonably and timely objects. The Company shall not submit a request for acceleration of the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement thereto without the prior approval of Legal Counsel, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Company shall furnish to Legal Counsel, without charge, (i) copies of any correspondence from the SEC or the staff of the SEC to the Company or its representatives relating to any Registration Statement, (ii) promptly after the same is prepared and filed with the SEC, one copy of any Registration Statement and any amendment(s) thereto, including financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated therein by reference, if requested by an Investor, and all exhibits and (iii) upon the effectiveness of any Registration Statement, one copy of the prospectus included in such Registration Statement and all amendments and supplements thereto. The Company shall reasonably cooperate with Legal Counsel in performing the Company’s obligations pursuant to this Section.

 

(d) The Company shall furnish to each Investor whose Registrable Securities are included in any Registration Statement, without charge, (i) promptly after the same is prepared and filed with the SEC, at least one copy of such Registration Statement and any amendment(s) thereto, including financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated therein by reference, if requested by an Investor, all exhibits and each preliminary prospectus, (ii) upon the effectiveness of any Registration Statement, ten (10) copies of the prospectus included in such Registration Statement and all amendments and supplements thereto (or such other number of copies as such Investor may reasonably request) and (iii) such other documents, including copies of any preliminary or final prospectus, as such Investor may reasonably request from time to time in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Investor.

 

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(e) The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to (i) register and qualify, unless an exemption from registration and qualification applies, the resale by Investors of the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement under such other securities or “blue sky” laws of all said jurisdictions in the United States where Investors intend to sell Shares, (ii) prepare and file in those jurisdictions, such amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to such registrations and qualifications as may be necessary to maintain the effectiveness thereof during the Registration Period, (iii) take such other actions as may be necessary to maintain such registrations and qualifications in effect at all times during the Registration Period, and (iv) take all other actions reasonably necessary or advisable to qualify the Registrable Securities for sale in such jurisdictions; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required in connection therewith or as a condition thereto to (x) qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this Section 3(e) or where qualification necessitates undue time or expense, (y) subject itself to general taxation in any such jurisdiction, or (z) file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction. The Company shall promptly notify Legal Counsel and each Investor who holds Registrable Securities of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the registration or qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale under the securities or “blue sky” laws of any jurisdiction in the United States or its receipt of actual notice of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose.

 

(f) The Company shall notify Legal Counsel and each Investor in writing of the happening of any event, as promptly as practicable after becoming aware of such event, as a result of which the prospectus included in a Registration Statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (provided that in no event shall the Company deliver such notice to the Investors without the Investors’ prior consent if such notice contains any material, nonpublic information), and, subject to Section 3(r), promptly prepare a supplement or amendment to such Registration Statement to correct such untrue statement or omission, and deliver ten (10) copies of such supplement or amendment to Legal Counsel and each Investor (or such other number of copies as Legal Counsel or such Investor may reasonably request). The Company shall also promptly notify Legal Counsel and each Investor in writing (i) when a prospectus or any prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and when a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment has become effective (notification of such effectiveness shall be delivered to Legal Counsel and each Investor by facsimile or e-mail on the same day of such effectiveness and by overnight mail), (ii) of any request by the SEC for amendments or supplements to a Registration Statement or related prospectus or related information, and (iii) of the Company’s reasonable determination that a post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement would be appropriate.

 

(g) The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or other suspension of effectiveness of a Registration Statement, or the suspension of the qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction and, if such an order or suspension is issued, to obtain the withdrawal of such order or suspension at the earliest possible moment and to notify Legal Counsel and each Investor who holds Registrable Securities being sold of the issuance of such order and the resolution thereof or its receipt of actual notice of the initiation or threat of any proceeding for such purpose.

 

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(h) The Company agrees that, if Goldman, Sachs & Co. (“Goldman Sachs” and, together with any other affiliate of Goldman Sachs, the “GS Entities” or the “GS Entity”) or any GS Entity could reasonably be deemed to be an “underwriter,” as defined in Section 2(a)(11) of the Securities Act, in connection with any registration of the Company’s securities of any GS Entity pursuant to this Agreement, and any amendment or supplement thereof (any such registration statement or amendment or supplement a “GS Underwriter Registration Statement”), then the Company will cooperate with such GS Entity in allowing such GS Entity to conduct customary “underwriter’s due diligence” with respect to the Company and satisfy its obligations in respect thereof. In addition, at Goldman Sachs’ request, the Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause its auditor or counsel to furnish to Goldman Sachs, on the first date of the effectiveness of the GS Underwriter Registration Statement (i) a letter, dated such date, from the Company’s independent certified public accountants in form and substance as is customarily given by independent certified public accountants to underwriters in an underwritten public offering, addressed to Goldman Sachs, and (ii) an opinion, dated as of such date, of counsel representing the Company for purposes of such GS Underwriter Registration Statement, in form, scope and substance as is customarily given in an underwritten public offering, including, without limitation, a standard “10b-5” statement for such offering, addressed to Goldman Sachs; such comfort letter, legal opinion and/or 10b-5 statement shall be furnished to Goldman Sachs (i) at no additional cost to Goldman Sachs if they are already provided to another party in connection with a GS Underwriter Registration or (ii) at Goldman Sachs’ expense if such comfort letter, legal opinion and/or 10b-5 statement are not otherwise being provided in connection with a GS Underwriter Statement. The Company will also permit legal counsel to Goldman Sachs to review and comment upon any such GS Underwriter Registration Statement at least five business days prior to its filing with the SEC and all amendments and supplements to any such GS Underwriter Registration Statement within a reasonable number of days prior to their filing with the SEC and not file any GS Underwriter Registration Statement or amendment or supplement thereto in a form to which Goldman Sachs’ legal counsel reasonably and timely objects.

 

(i) The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts either to (i) cause all of the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement to be listed on each securities exchange on which securities of the same class or series issued by the Company are then listed, if any, if the listing of such Registrable Securities is then permitted under the rules of such exchange, or (ii) secure designation and quotation of all of the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement on the American Stock Exchange or (iii) if, despite the Company’s commercially reasonable efforts to satisfy, the preceding clauses (i) or (ii) the Company is unsuccessful in satisfying the preceding clauses (i) or (ii), to secure the inclusion for quotation on The Nasdaq SmallCap Market for such Registrable Securities and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to use its best efforts to arrange for at least two market makers to register with the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (“NASD”) as such with respect to such Registrable Securities. The Company shall pay all fees and expenses in connection with satisfying its obligation under this Section 3(i).

 

(j) The Company shall cooperate with the Investors who hold Registrable Securities being offered and, to the extent applicable, facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates (not bearing any restrictive legend) representing the Registrable Securities to be offered and resold pursuant to a Registration Statement and enable such certificates to be in

 

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such denominations or amounts, as the case may be, as the Investors may reasonably request and registered in such names as the Investors may request.

 

(k) If requested by an Investor, the Company shall (i) as soon as practicable incorporate in a prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such information as an Investor reasonably requests to be included therein relating to the sale and distribution of Registrable Securities, including, without limitation, information with respect to the number of Registrable Securities being offered or sold, the purchase price being paid therefor and any other terms of the offering of the Registrable Securities to be sold in such offering; (ii) as soon as practicable make all required filings of such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment after being notified of the matters to be incorporated in such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment; and (iii) as soon as practicable, supplement or make amendments to any Registration Statement if reasonably requested by an Investor holding any Registrable Securities.

 

(l) The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities.

 

(m) The Company shall make generally available to its security holders as soon as practical, but not later than ninety (90) days after the close of the period covered thereby, an earnings statement (in form complying with, and in the manner provided by, the provisions of Rule 158 under the Securities Act) covering a twelve-month period beginning not later than the first day of the Company’s fiscal quarter next following the effective date of a Registration Statement.

 

(n) The Company shall otherwise use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC in connection with any registration hereunder.

 

(o) Within two (2) Business Days after a Registration Statement which covers Registrable Securities is declared effective by the SEC, the Company shall deliver, and shall cause legal counsel for the Company to deliver, to the transfer agent for such Registrable Securities (with copies to the Investors whose Registrable Securities are included in such Registration Statement) confirmation that such Registration Statement has been declared effective by the SEC.

 

(p) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, at any time the Company may delay filing the Registration Statement or amendment or supplement thereto or the disclosure of material, non-public information concerning the Company, if, in the good faith opinion of the Board of Directors, the disclosure of which at the time would be seriously detrimental to the Company and its stockholders, (a “Grace Period”); provided, that the Company shall promptly (i) notify the Investors in writing of the existence of material, non-public information giving rise to a Grace Period (provided that in each notice the Company will not disclose the content of such material, non-public information to the Investors without the prior written consent of the Investors) and the date on which the Grace Period will begin, and (ii) notify the Investors in writing of the date on which the Grace Period ends; and, provided

 

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further, that the aggregate days in the Grace Periods shall not exceed ninety (90) days during any three hundred sixty five (365) day period (an “Allowable Grace Period”). For purposes of determining the length of a Grace Period above, the Grace Period shall begin on and include the date the Investors receive the notice referred to in clause (i) and shall end on and include the later of the date the Investors receive the notice referred to in clause (ii) and the date referred to in such notice. The provisions of Section 3(g) hereof shall not be applicable during the period of any Allowable Grace Period. Upon expiration of the Grace Period, the Company shall again be bound by the first sentence of Section 3(f) with respect to the information giving rise thereto unless such material, non-public information is no longer applicable. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Company shall cause its transfer agent to deliver unlegended Shares of Common Stock to a transferee of an Investor in accordance with the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement in connection with any sale of Registrable Securities with respect to which an Investor has otherwise complied with the requirements therein and entered into a contract for sale, and delivered a copy of the prospectus included as part of the applicable Registration Statement, prior to the Investor’s receipt of the notice of a Grace Period and for which the Investor has not yet settled.

 

(q) If the Company proposes to register any of its stock or other securities under the Securities Act in connection with an underwritten public offering of such securities solely for cash other than on Form S-8 or similar form, the Company shall, at such time, promptly give each Investor notice of such registration. Upon the request of each Investor given within twenty (20) days after such notice is given by the Company, the Company shall, subject to the provisions of Section 3(r), cause to be registered all of the Registrable Securities that each such Investor has requested to be included in such registration.

 

(r) In the event of an underwritten public offering, any participant in the offering shall be required to enter into an underwriting agreement under the terms and conditions reasonably negotiated between the Company and the managing underwriter. All Investors proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriter selected for such underwriting by the Company. Notwithstanding any other provision of Section 3 herein, if the managing underwriter determines in its reasonable discretion that the success of the offering will be jeopardized without a limitation on the number of shares to be underwritten, the managing underwriter may in its reasonable discretion limit the Registrable Securities or other securities to be distributed through such underwriting pro rata, and if necessary, exclude all selling stockholders, to the extent that other stockholders of the Company that have registration rights have been similarly limited. If any Investor disapproves of the terms of any such underwriting, such Investor may elect to withdraw therefrom by written notice to the Company and the managing underwriter.

 

4. Obligations of the Investors.

 

(a) At least five (5) Business Days prior to the first anticipated filing date of a Registration Statement, the Company shall notify each Investor in writing of the information the Company requires from each such Investor if such Investor elects to have any of such Investor’s Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement. It shall be a condition precedent to the obligations of the Company to complete the registration pursuant to this Agreement with

 

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respect to the Registrable Securities of a particular Investor that such Investor shall furnish to the Company such information regarding itself, the Registrable Securities held by it and the intended method of disposition of the Registrable Securities held by it as shall be reasonably required in accordance with the Securities Act to effect the effectiveness of the registration of such Registrable Securities and shall execute such documents in connection with such registration as the Company may reasonably request.

 

(b) Each Investor, by such Investor’s acceptance of the Registrable Securities, agrees to cooperate with the Company as reasonably requested by the Company in connection with the preparation and filing of any Registration Statement hereunder, unless such Investor has notified the Company in writing of such Investor’s election to exclude all of such Investor’s Registrable Securities from such Registration Statement.

 

(c) Each Investor agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3(g) or the first sentence of 3(f), such Investor will immediately discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to any Registration Statement(s) covering such Registrable Securities until such Investor’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by Section 3(g) or the first sentence of 3(f) or receipt of notice that no supplement or amendment is required. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Company shall cause its transfer agent to deliver unlegended Shares of Common Stock to a transferee of an Investor in accordance with the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement in connection with any sale of Registrable Securities with respect to which an Investor has entered into a contract for sale prior to the Investor’s receipt of a notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3(g) or the first sentence of 3(f) and for which the Investor has not yet settled.

 

(d) Unless exempt from the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act, pursuant to Rule 172 of the Securities Act, in connection with sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement, each Investor covenants and agrees that it will comply with the prospectus delivery requirements Act as applicable to it in connection with sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Registration Statement.

 

5. Expenses of Registration.

 

Except as otherwise provided herein, all reasonable expenses, other than underwriting discounts and commissions, incurred in connection with registrations, filings or qualifications pursuant to Sections 2 and 3, including, without limitation, all registration, listing and qualifications fees, printers and accounting fees, and fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company shall be paid by the Company.

 

6. Indemnification.

 

In the event any Registrable Securities are included in a Registration Statement under this Agreement:

 

(a) To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company will, and hereby does, indemnify, hold harmless and defend each Investor, the directors, officers, members, partners, employees, agents, representatives of, and each Person, if any, who controls any Investor within

 

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the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act (each, an “Indemnified Person”), against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities, judgments, fines, penalties, charges, costs, reasonable attorneys’ fees, amounts paid in settlement or expenses, joint or several, (collectively, “Damages”) incurred in investigating, preparing or defending any action, claim, suit, inquiry, proceeding, investigation or appeal taken from the foregoing by or before any court or governmental, administrative or other regulatory agency, body or the SEC, whether pending or threatened, whether or not an indemnified party is or may be a party thereto (“Indemnified Damages”), to which any of them may become subject insofar as such Damages (or actions or proceedings, whether commenced or threatened, in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon:  (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact in a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or in any filing made in connection with the qualification of the offering under the securities or other “blue sky” laws of any jurisdiction in which Registrable Securities are offered (“Blue Sky Filing”), or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any preliminary prospectus if used prior to the effective date of such Registration Statement, or contained in the final prospectus (as amended or supplemented, if the Company files any amendment thereof or supplement thereto with the SEC) or the omission or alleged omission to state therein any material fact necessary to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which the statements therein were made, not misleading, or (iii) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, any other law, including, without limitation, any state securities law, or any rule or regulation thereunder relating to the offer or sale of the Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement (the matters in the foregoing clauses (i) through (iii) being, collectively, “Violations”). Subject to Section 6(c), the Company shall reimburse the Indemnified Persons, promptly as such expenses are incurred and are due and payable, for any reasonable legal fees or other reasonable expenses incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such Damages. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the indemnification agreement contained in this Section 6(a):  (i) shall not apply to a Damages by an Indemnified Person arising out of or based upon a Violation which occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by such Indemnified Person expressly for use in connection with the preparation of the Registration Statement or any such amendment thereof or supplement thereto, if such prospectus was timely made available by the Company pursuant to Section 3(d); (ii) with respect to any preliminary prospectus, shall not inure to the benefit of any such Person from whom the Person asserting any such Damages purchased the Registrable Securities that are the subject thereof (or to the benefit of any Person controlling such Person) if the untrue statement or omission of material fact contained in the preliminary prospectus was corrected in the prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, if such prospectus was timely made available by the Company pursuant to Section 3(d), and the Indemnified Person was promptly advised in writing not to use the incorrect prospectus prior to the use giving rise to a violation and such Indemnified Person, notwithstanding such advice, used it or failed to deliver the correct prospectus as required by the Securities Act and such correct prospectus was timely made available pursuant to Section 3(d); (iii) shall not be available to the extent such Damages is based on a failure of the Investor to deliver or to cause to be delivered the prospectus made available by the Company, including a corrected prospectus, if such prospectus or corrected prospectus was timely made available by the Company pursuant to Section 3(d); and (iv) shall

 

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not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any Damages if such settlement is effected without the prior written consent of the Company, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Indemnified Person and shall survive the transfer of the Registrable Securities by the Investors pursuant to Section 9.

 

(b) In connection with any Registration Statement in which an Investor is participating, each such Investor agrees to severally and not jointly indemnify, hold harmless and defend, to the same extent and in the same manner as is set forth in Section 6(a), the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who signs the Registration Statement and each Person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act (each, an “Indemnified Party”), against any Damages or Indemnified Damages to which any of them may become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such Damages or actions or proceedings whether commenced or threatened in respect thereof or Indemnified Damages arise out of or are based upon any Violation, in each case to the extent, and only to the extent, that such Violation occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Investor expressly for use in connection with such Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereof or any prospectus contained therein; and, subject to Section 6(c), such Investor will reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by an Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending any such Damages as promptly as such expenses are incurred and are due and payable; provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 6(b) and the agreement with respect to contribution contained in Section 7 shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any Damages if such settlement is effected without the prior written consent of such Investor, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; provided, further, however, that the Investor shall be only liable under this Section 6(b), together with any amount of contribution contained in Section 7, for only that amount of a Damages or Indemnified Damages as does not exceed the net proceeds to such Investor as a result of the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of such Indemnified Party and shall survive the transfer of the Registrable Securities by the Investors pursuant to Section 9. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the indemnification agreement contained in this Section 6(b) with respect to any preliminary prospectus shall not inure to the benefit of any Indemnified Party if the untrue statement or omission of material fact contained in the preliminary prospectus was corrected on a timely basis in the prospectus, as then amended or supplemented.

 

(c) Promptly after receipt by an Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party under this Section 6 of notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding (including any governmental action or proceeding) involving a Damages, such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party shall, if a Damages in respect thereof is to be made against any indemnifying party under this Section 6, deliver to the indemnifying party a written notice of the commencement thereof, and the indemnifying party shall have the right to participate in, and, to the extent the indemnifying party so desires, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly noticed, to assume control of the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnifying party and the Indemnified Person or the Indemnified Party, as the case may be; provided, however, that an Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party shall have the right to retain

 

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its own counsel with the reasonable fees and expenses of not more than one counsel for such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party to be paid by the indemnifying party, if, in the reasonable opinion of counsel retained by the indemnifying party, the representation by such counsel of the Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party and the indemnifying party would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between such Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party and any other party represented by such counsel in such proceeding. In the case of an Indemnified Person, legal counsel referred to in the immediately preceding sentence shall be selected by the Company, subject to the reasonable consent of the Investors holding at least a majority in interest of the Registrable Securities included in the Registration Statement to which the Damages relates. The Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person shall cooperate fully with the indemnifying party in connection with any negotiation or defense of any such action or Damages by the indemnifying party and shall furnish to the indemnifying party all information reasonably available to the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person which relates to such action or Damages. The indemnifying party shall keep the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person reasonably apprised at all times as to the status of the defense or any settlement negotiations with respect thereto. No indemnifying party shall be liable for any settlement of any action, claim or proceeding effected without its prior written consent, provided, however, that the indemnifying party shall not unreasonably withhold, delay or condition its consent. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement or other compromise which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person of a release from all liability inrespect to such Damages or litigation. Following indemnification as provided for hereunder, the indemnifying party shall be subrogated to all rights of the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person with respect to all third parties, firms or corporations relating to the matter for which indemnification has been made. The failure to deliver written notice to the indemnifying party within a reasonable time of the commencement of any such action shall not relieve such indemnifying party of any liability to the Indemnified Person or Indemnified Party under this Section 6, except to the extent that the indemnifying party is prejudiced in its ability to defend such action.

 

(d) The indemnification required by this Section 6 shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof during the course of the investigation or defense, as and when bills are received or Indemnified Damages are incurred.

 

(e) The indemnity agreements contained herein shall be in addition to (i) any cause of action or similar right of the Indemnified Party or Indemnified Person against the indemnifying party or others, and (ii) any liabilities the indemnifying party may be subject to pursuant to the law.

 

7. Contribution.

 

To the extent any indemnification by an indemnifying party is prohibited or limited by law, the indemnifying party agrees to make the maximum contribution with respect to any amounts for which it would otherwise be liable under Section 6 to the fullest extent permitted by law; provided, however, that:  (i) no Person involved in the sale of Registrable Securities which Person is guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) in connection with such sale shall be entitled to contribution from any Person

 

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involved in such sale of Registrable Securities who was not guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation; and (ii) contribution by any seller of Registrable Securities, together with any amount under Section 6, shall be limited in amount to the net amount of proceeds received by such seller from the sale of such Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement.

 

8. Reports Under the Exchange Act.

 

With a view to making available to the Investors the benefits of Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act or any other similar rule or regulation of the SEC that may at any time permit the Investors to sell securities of the Company to the public without registration (“Rule 144”), the Company agrees to:

 

(a) make and keep public information available, as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144;

 

(b) use reasonable, diligent efforts to file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act so long as the Company remains subject to such requirements and the filing of such reports and other documents is required for the applicable provisions of Rule 144; and

 

(c) furnish to each Investor so long as such Investor owns Registrable Securities, promptly upon written request, (i) a written statement by the Company, if true, that it has complied with the reporting requirements of Rule 144, the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, (ii) a copy of the most recent annual report of the Company and such other reports and documents so filed by the Company, and (iii) such other information as may be reasonably requested to permit the Investors to sell such securities pursuant to Rule 144 without registration.

 

9. Assignment of Registration Rights.

 

The rights under this Agreement shall be automatically assignable by the Investors to any transferee of all or any portion of at least 100,000 shares of such Investor’s Registrable Securities if:  (i) the Investor agrees in writing with the transferee or assignee to assign such rights, and a copy of such agreement is furnished to the Company within ten (10) days after such assignment; (ii) the Company is, within ten (10)) days after such transfer or assignment, furnished with written notice of (a) the name and address of such transferee or assignee, and (b) the securities with respect to which such registration rights are being transferred or assigned; (iii) immediately following such transfer or assignment the further disposition of such securities by the transferee or assignee is restricted under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws; (iv) at or before the time the Company receives the written notice contemplated by clause (ii) of this sentence the transferee or assignee agrees in writing with the Company to be bound by all of the provisions contained herein; and (v) such transfer shall have been made in accordance with the applicable requirements of the Securities Purchase Agreement and applicable laws.

 

10. Amendment of Registration Rights.

 

Provisions of this Agreement may be amended and the observance thereof may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively), only with the written consent of the Company and the Required Holders. Any amendment or waiver

 

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effected in accordance with this Section 10 shall be binding upon each Investor and the Company. No such amendment shall be effective to the extent that it applies to less than all of the holders of the Registrable Securities. No consideration shall be offered or paid to any Person to amend or consent to a waiver or modification of any provision of any of this Agreement unless the same consideration also is offered to all of the parties to this Agreement.

 

11. Miscellaneous.

 

(a) A Person is deemed to be a holder of Registrable Securities whenever such Person owns or is deemed to own of record such Registrable Securities. If the Company receives conflicting instructions, notices or elections from two or more Persons with respect to the same Registrable Securities, the Company shall act upon the basis of instructions, notice or election received from such record owner of such Registrable Securities.

 

(b) Any notices, consents, waivers or other communications required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to have been delivered:  (i) upon receipt, when delivered personally; (ii) upon receipt, when sent by facsimile (provided confirmation of transmission is mechanically or electronically generated and kept on file by the sending party); or (iii) one Business Day after deposit with a nationally recognized overnight delivery service, in each case properly addressed to the party to receive the same. The addresses and facsimile numbers for such communications shall be:

 

If to the Company:

 

Vyyo Inc.

4015 Miranda Avenue

First Floor

Palo Alto, CA 94304-1218

Telephone:  (650) 319-4000

Facsimile:  (650) 319-4022

Attention:  General Counsel

 

With a copy to:

 

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

525 University Avenue

Palo Alto, CA 94301

Telephone:  (650) 470-4500

Facsimile:  (650) 470-4570

Attention:  Gregory Smith, Esq.

 

If to an Investor, to its address and facsimile number set forth on the Schedule of Investors attached hereto, with copies to such Investor’s representatives as set forth on the Schedule of Investors, or to such other address and/or facsimile number and/or to the attention of such other Person as the recipient party has specified by written notice given to each other party five (5) days prior to the effectiveness of such change. Written confirmation of receipt (A) given by the recipient of such notice, consent, waiver or other communication, (B) mechanically or

 

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electronically generated by the sender’s facsimile machine containing the time, date, recipient facsimile number and an image of the first page of such transmission or (C) provided by a courier or overnight courier service shall be rebuttable evidence of personal service, receipt by facsimile or receipt from a nationally recognized overnight delivery service in accordance with clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, respectively.

 

(c) Failure of any party to exercise any right or remedy under this Agreement or otherwise, or delay by a party in exercising such right or remedy, shall not operate as a waiver thereof.

 

(d) All questions concerning the construction, validity, enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of New York or any other jurisdictions) that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdictions other than the State of New York. Each party hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection herewith or with any transaction contemplated hereby or discussed herein, and hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any 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. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to such party at the address for such notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted by law. If any provision of this Agreement shall be invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remainder of this Agreement in that jurisdiction or the validity or enforceability of any provision of this Agreement in any other jurisdiction. EACH PARTY 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 HEREWITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

(e) This Agreement, the other Transaction Documents (as defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement) and the instruments referenced herein and therein constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof. There are no restrictions, promises, warranties or undertakings, other than those set forth or referred to herein and therein. This Agreement, the other Transaction Documents and the instruments referenced herein and therein supersede all prior agreements and understandings among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof.

 

(f) Subject to the requirements of Section 9, this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the permitted successors and assigns of each of the parties hereto.

 

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(g) The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

 

(h) This Agreement may be executed in identical counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which shall constitute one and the same agreement. This Agreement, once executed by a party, may be delivered to the other party hereto by facsimile transmission of a copy of this Agreement bearing the signature of the party so delivering this Agreement.

 

(i) Each party shall do and perform, or cause to be done and performed, all such further acts and things, and shall execute and deliver all such other agreements, certificates, instruments and documents, as any other party may reasonably request in order to carry out the intent and accomplish the purposes of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

(j) All consents and other determinations required to be made by the Investors pursuant to this Agreement shall be made, unless otherwise specified in this Agreement, by the Required Holders.

 

(k) The language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their mutual intent and no rules of strict construction will be applied against any party.

 

(l) This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other Person.

 

(m) The obligations of each Investor hereunder are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Investor, and no provision of this Agreement is intended to confer any obligations on any Investor vis-à-vis any other Investor. Nothing contained herein, and no action taken by any Investor pursuant hereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Investors as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Investors are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated herein.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Investor and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this Registration Rights Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

 

COMPANY:

 

 

 

VYYO INC.

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Investor and the Company have caused their respective signature page to this Registration Rights Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

 

INVESTORS:

 

 

 

GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 


EX-99.1 8 a06-7290_2ex99d1.htm EXHIBIT 99

Exhibit 99.1

 

 

VYYO ENTERS INTO A DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT FOR $25
MILLION OF FINANCING FROM GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.

 

Accelerates rollout of technology to increase cable bandwidth
to fiber-like performance

 

Accelerates rollout of technology that allows utility companies
to offer wireless internet access to rural America

 

ATLANTA, GA (March 20, 2006) — Vyyo Inc. (NASDAQ:VYYO), a global supplier of broadband access equipment for cable and private wireless broadband network solutions, announced today a definitive agreement for $25 million equity and long term debt from Goldman, Sachs & Co

 

This funding will provide Vyyo with increased resources and flexibility as it scales its business in the U.S.  Vyyo’s proprietary technologies provide three solutions to the cable and utility industries:

 

                  Vyyo’s spectrum overlay allows cable companies to substantially increase bandwidth to fiber-like performance, using existing infrastructure and at a fraction of the cost to build new fiber networks.

 

                  Vyyo’s T1 solution allows cable companies to tap into the lucrative small and medium sized business and cellular backhaul segments, again using existing infrastructure and at minimal cost.

 

                  Vyyo’s wireless technology allows utility companies to build expansive wireless networks that can be used to monitor operations and to deliver high-speed internet access to rural America.

 

“We regard Goldman Sachs’ investment as a strong endorsement of our vision, our groundbreaking technology and the market opportunities in the cable and utility industries,” said Davidi Gilo, Chairman and CEO of Vyyo.  “Vyyo’s technology is uniquely designed to allow cable system operators to meet the challenge of telco triple-play deployments head-on with dramatically increased bandwidth for new and faster residential and business services.  For utility companies, our technology greatly enhances their performance metrics and introduces new market possibilities.

 



 

“Goldman Sachs has a track record of identifying high-potential technology companies, and supporting them with strategic advice as they grow,” Mr. Gilo added.  “Its financial involvement combined with its counsel and expertise will help Vyyo achieve its strategic objectives in 2006 and beyond.”

 

Stewart Rauner and Jonathan Kalman of Katalyst LLC served as exclusive financial advisors to Vyyo with regard to the transaction.

 

About Vyyo Inc.
Vyyo provides cable and wireless broadband access solutions.  Our products are designed for use by cable television and telecommunication operators, wireless internet service providers (ISPs), utilities and enterprise.  Our cable solutions include cable system spectrum overlay solutions designed to expand cable operators’ typical HFC (hybrid-fiber coax) network capacity in the “last mile” by up to 2x in the downstream and up to 10x in the upstream, addressing bandwidth demand for T1 and other advanced services.  Our wireless broadband solutions enable utilities and other customers to operate private wireless networks for communications to their remote assets and customers.  Typical applications include high-speed internet services, SCADA (Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition), voice over internet protocol (VoIP) and telephony (T1/E1), all based on modified Data Over Cable System Interface Specification (DOCSIS®) technology.  For more information, please visit www.vyyo.com.

 

Safe Harbor Statement

Consummation of the transaction described above is subject to a number of customary closing conditions.  Statements made in this press release relating to the future, including those related to our use of the proceeds from such transaction in helping us achieve our strategic objectives  in 2006 and beyond and the opportunities created for our customers given our ability to provide spectrum overlay and wired and wireless T1 solutions and our ability to dramatically increase upstream and downstream bandwidth, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, as well as assumptions that, if they do not fully materialize or prove incorrect, could cause our business and results of operations to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.  Risks that may cause these forward-looking statements to be inaccurate include among others:  our ability to close the transaction as contemplated or at all; whether we will be able to move from development stage to deployment and establish commercial relationships with cable system operators; whether we will be able to successfully produce our wireless systems and whether such systems will be adopted and deployed by utilities and other customers; the current limited visibility available in the telecommunications and broadband access equipment markets; the willingness and ability of operators to adopt our new technology and apply it in a manner that meets customer demands; our

 



 

ability to produce and distribute our broadband wireless and spectrum overlay solutions in the quantities, and with the quality control, desired by the market; and other risks set forth in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004, our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and other reports filed by us with the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time. We assume no duty to update these statements.

 

All trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners.

CableLabs and DOCSIS are trademarks of Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.

 

THE SECURITIES TO BE ISSUED IN CONNECTION WITH THE FINANCING DESCRIBED ABOVE HAVE NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS  AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AND OFFER TO BUY ANY OF THE SECURITIES REFERENCED ABOVE. AS THE OFFERING IS FULLY SUBSCRIBED, NO ADDITIONAL OFFERS MAY BE ACCEPTED NOR WILL ADDITIONAL SECURITIES BE SOLD.

 

 

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PUBLIC RELATIONS:

INVESTOR RELATIONS

Robb Malin / Lex Suvanto

Walt Ungerer

The Abernathy MacGregor Group

VP, Corporate Communications

212.371.5999

Vyyo Inc.

ram@abmac.com / lex@abmac.com

678.488.0468

 

ir@vyyo.com

 

 

Paul Schneider

 

Paul Schneider Public Relations, Inc.

 

215.702.9784

 

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