EX-4.10 11 lmi_f30112ex415.htm DEBENTURE
Exhibit 4.10
 
 
DATED 24 APRIL 2015
 
THE COMPANIES IDENTIFIED IN SCHEDULE 1 AS CHARGORS
 
 
AND
 
 
OXFORD FINANCE LLC
AS COLLATERAL AGENT
 




DEBENTURE


 
GREENBERG TRAURIG MAHER LLP
7th Floor
200 Gray's Inn Road
London WC1X 8HF



TABLE OF CONTENTS
6.      COVENANTS
7.      ENFORCEMENT
18.      INDEMNITY
20.      SET-OFF
27.      TACKING
28.      COUNTERPARTS
29.      GOVERNING LAW
30.      JURISDICTION



THIS DEBENTURE is dated 29 April and made between:
(1)
THE COMPANIES whose names, registered offices  and registered numbers are set out in Schedule 1 (the "Chargors"); and
(2)
OXFORD FINANCE LLC as security agent and collateral agent (the "Collateral Agent").
BACKGROUND
(A)
Pursuant to a loan and security agreement dated on or about the date of this Deed (the "Agreement "and made between Lombard Medical Technologies, Inc, (in its capacity as "Borrower"), the Collateral Agent and the Lenders (as defined therein), the Lenders have agreed to make certain facilities to the Borrower.
(B)
It is a condition precedent to the making of facilities under the Agreement, that each of the Chargors enters into this Deed.
(C)
This Deed is given by each of the Chargors as continuing security for the Secured Liabilities (as defined below).
(D)
Each Chargor and the Collateral Agent intend this Deed to take effect as a deed notwithstanding that a party may execute it under hand.
THIS DEED WITNESSES that:
1.
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
1.1
Definitions
In this Deed:
"Accounts" means each of the accounts listed in Schedule 2 as the same may be redesignated, substituted or replaced from time to time, and any other bank account of each Chargor from time to time together with all Related Rights.
"Acknowledgement" means a duly completed acknowledgement of assignment or acknowledgement of charge set out in Part 2 of Schedule 8 or as the case may be Part 2 of Schedule 9;
"Administrator" means any administrator appointed to manage the affairs, business and property of each Chargor under this Deed.
"Assigned Agreements" means the contracts detailed in Schedule 3 and any other contracts from time to time designated as an Assigned Agreement by the Collateral Agent together with all Related Rights, the rights under which are assigned by clause 3.2.
"Book Debts" means all present and future book and other debts, revenue and monetary claims (and the proceeds of any debt, revenue or claim) now or in the future due, owing or payable to each Chargor and the benefit of all security, guarantees indemnities and other rights of any kind enjoyed or held by such Chargor in relation to any of them together with all Related Rights.  In relation to each Chargor, "its Book Debts" means all Book Debts in which it has any rights.
"Charged Property" means all the assets, property and undertaking for the time being subject to the security created by this Deed.  Any reference to one or more of the Charged Property includes all or any part of it or each of them.
"Company" means any company whose share capital includes or comprises Investments or which has issued any Investments.
"Default Rate" has the meaning given to it in the Agreement.
"Effective Date" means the date of the Agreement.
"Enforcement Event" means the occurrence of an Event of Default (as such term is defined in the Agreement).
"Equipment" means all present and future equipment, plant, machinery, tools, vehicles, furniture, fittings, installations, apparatus and other tangible moveable property for the time being owned by each Chargor, including any part of it and all spare parts, replacements, modifications and additions and all Related Rights.  In relation to each Chargor, "its Equipment" means all Equipment in which it has any rights.
"Excluded Assets" means:
(a)
any leasehold property of the Chargors which is subject to a clause which precludes, either absolutely or conditionally, the Chargors from creating any security over its leasehold interest in that property;
(b)
any contract, instrument, lease, licenses, agreement or other document as to which the grant of a security interest would (i) constitute a violation of a restriction in favour of a third party or result in the abandonment, invalidation or unenforceability of any right of the Chargors, unless and until any required consents shall have been obtained, or (ii) result in a breach, termination (or a right of termination) or default under such contract, instrument, lease, license, agreement or other document (including pursuant to any "change of control" or similar provision);
(c)
any asset or property, the grant or perfection of a security interest in which (i) requires any governmental consent, approval, license or authorisation that has not been obtained, or (ii) is prohibited by enforceable anti-assignment provisions of applicable requirements of law except to the extent such prohibition would be rendered ineffective upon the grant or enforcement of security or under applicable law or notwithstanding such prohibition, or (iii) is prohibited by enforceable anti-assignment provisions of contracts governing such asset in existence on the Effective Date (or on the date of acquisition of the relevant asset (and in each case not entered into in anticipation of the Effective Date or such acquisition and except, in each case, to the extent that term in such contract providing for such prohibition purports to prohibit the granting of security interest over all assets of the Chargors)) except to the extent such prohibition would be rendered ineffective upon the grant or enforcement of security or under applicable law notwithstanding such prohibition;
(d)
any interest in any partnership, joint venture or non-wholly-owned subsidiary of the Chargors which cannot be pledged without (i) the consent of one or more third parties; or (ii) giving rise to a "right of first refusal", a "right of first offer" or a similar right that may be exercised by any third party; and
(e)
any cash or cash equivalents investments comprised of funds which the Chargors holds as an escrow or fiduciary for the benefit of another person.
"Financial Collateral" shall have the meaning given to that expression in the Financial Collateral Regulations.
"Financial Collateral Regulations" means the Financial Collateral Arrangements (No. 2) Regulations 2003.
"Group" means Lombard Medical, Inc. and any of its Subsidiaries.
"IA" means the Insolvency Act 1986.
"Indebtedness" has the meaning given to it in the Agreement.
"Insolvency" of a person includes the dissolution, bankruptcy, insolvency, winding-up, liquidation, administration, examination, amalgamation, reconstruction, reorganisation, arrangement, adjustment, administrative or other receivership or dissolution of that person, the official management of all of its revenues or other assets or the seeking of protection or relief of debtors and any equivalent or analogous proceeding by whatever name known and in whatever jurisdiction.
"Instrument" means any document (including any form of writing) under which any obligation is evidenced or undertaken or any Lien (or right in any Lien) is granted or perfected or purported to be granted or perfected.
"Insurance Policies" means all contracts, policies of insurance and cover notes of any kind now or in the future taken out by or on behalf of each Chargor or (to the extent of its interest) in which it now or in the future has an interest and all Related Rights.  In relation to each Chargor, "its Insurance Policies" means all Insurance Policies in which it has any rights (including as loss payee or additional insured).
"Insurance Proceeds" means any monies which may from time to time be payable to or received by each Chargor (whether as an insured party, beneficiary or as loss payee) under any Insurance Policy and the proceeds of all claims made by each Chargor under any Insurance Policy.
"Intellectual Property" means all intellectual property, including the intellectual property listed in Schedule 4, and including all present or future patents, trade marks, service marks, trade names, domain names, designs, copyrights, moral rights, inventions, topographical or similar rights, rights in databases, trade secrets, confidential information and know-how, and any interest in any of these rights, whether or not registered or registrable, including all applications and rights to apply for registration and all rights and forms of protection of a similar nature or having equivalent or similar effect to any of these anywhere in the world, and all fees, royalties and other rights derived from, or incidental to, these rights together with all Related Rights.  In relation to each Chargor, "its Intellectual Property" means all Intellectual Property in which it has any rights.
"Inventory" means all “inventory” as defined in the Code in effect on the date hereof with such additions to such term as may hereafter be made, and includes without limitation all merchandise, raw materials, parts, supplies, packing and shipping materials, work in process and finished products, including without limitation such inventory as is temporarily out of any Person’s custody or possession or in transit and including any returned goods and any documents of title representing any of the above.
"Investment" means:
(a)
any present and future stocks, shares (including the Specified Investments), disbursements, securities, certificates of deposit, commercial papers, and other securities and investments of any kind;
(b)
all interests in collective investment schemes;
(c)
all warrants, options and other rights to subscribe or acquire any of the investments described in (a) and (b); and
(d)
all Related Rights in each case whether held directly by or by any Agent, nominees, fiduciary or clearance system on its behalf and in each case now or in the future owned by it or (to the extent of its interest) in which it now or in the future has an interest.
"Lease" means any lease, tenancy, licence, sub-lease or other occupational right.
"Liability" means any present or future obligation or liability for the payment of money, whether in respect of principal, interest or otherwise, whether actual or contingent, whether owned jointly or severally and whether a principal or surety or in any other capacity and including any amount which would constitute such a liability but for any discharge, non-probability, unenforceability or non-allowability of the same in any insolvency or other proceedings.
"Lien" means a claim, mortgage, deed of trust, levy, charge, pledge, security interest, or other encumbrance of any kind, whether voluntarily incurred or arising by operation of law or otherwise against any property.
"Loan Documents" has the meaning given to it in the Agreement.
"Losses" means all losses (including loss of profit), claims, demands, actions, proceedings, damages and other payments, costs, charges, expenses and other liabilities of any kind.
"LPA" means the Law of Property Act 1925.
"Notice of Assignment" means a notice of assignment in or substantially in the form set out in Schedule 8.
"Notice of Charge" means a notice of charge in or substantially in the form set out in Schedule 9;
"Obligor" means the Borrower, each of the Chargors and any other member of the Group providing a guarantee or indemnity for the obligations of the Borrower or any other member of the Group under or pursuant to the Loan Documents.
"Party" means a party to this Deed.
Perfection Certificate” has the meaning given to it in the Agreement.
"Permitted Licenses" means:
(a)
licenses of over-the-counter software that is commercially available to the public, and
(b)
non exclusive and exclusive licenses for the use of the Intellectual Property of a Chargor or any of its Subsidiaries entered into in the ordinary course of business, provided, that, with respect to each such license described in clause (b), (i) no Event of Default has occurred or is continuing at the time of such license; (ii) the license constitutes an arms length transaction, the terms of which, on their face, do not provide for a sale or assignment of any Intellectual Property and do not restrict the ability of a Chargor or any of its Subsidiaries, as applicable, to pledge, grant a security interest in or lien on, or assign or otherwise Transfer any Intellectual Property; (iii) in the case of any exclusive license, (x) a Chargor delivers ten (10) days’ prior written notice and a brief summary of the terms of the proposed license to Collateral Agent and the Lenders and delivers to Collateral Agent and the Lenders copies of the final executed licensing documents in connection with the exclusive license promptly upon consummation thereof and (y) any such license could not result in a legal transfer of title of the licensed property but may be exclusive in respects other than territory and may be exclusive as to territory only as to discrete geographical areas outside of the United States; and (iv) all upfront payments, royalties, milestone payments or other proceeds arising from the licensing agreement that are payable to a Chargor or any of its Subsidiaries are paid to an Account that is subject to the Liens created by this Deed.
"Permitted Lien" means:
(a)
Liens arising under the Agreement and the other Loan Documents or disclosed on the Perfection Certificate and existing on the Effective Date;
(b)
Liens for taxes, fees, assessments or other government charges or levies, either (i) not due and payable or (ii) being contested in good faith and for which the relevant Chargor maintains adequate reserves on its financial statements, provided that no notice of any such Lien has been filed or recorded under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Treasury Regulations adopted thereunder, or any similar law or regulation in another relevant jurisdiction;
(c)
Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under clause (e) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness, provided that (i) such liens exist prior to the acquisition of, or attach substantially simultaneous with, or within twenty (20) days after the, acquisition, lease, repair, improvement or construction of, such property financed or leased by such Indebtedness and (ii) such liens do not extend to any property of the relevant Chargor other than the property (and proceeds thereof) acquired, leased or built, or the improvements or repairs, financed by such Indebtedness;
(d)
Liens of carriers, warehousemen, suppliers, or other Persons that are possessory in nature arising in the ordinary course of business so long as such Liens attach only to Inventory, securing liabilities in the aggregate amount not to exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00), and which are not delinquent or remain payable without penalty or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings which proceedings have the effect of preventing the forfeiture or sale of the property subject thereto;
(e)
Liens to secure payment of workers' compensation, employment insurance, old age pensions, social security and other like obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business (other than Liens imposed by ERISA);
(f)
Liens incurred in the extension, renewal or refinancing of the indebtedness secured by Liens described in (a) through (c), but any extension, renewal or replacement Lien must be limited to the property encumbered by the existing Lien and the principal amount of the indebtedness may not increase;
(g)
leases or subleases of real property granted in the ordinary course of the relevant Chargor's business (or, if referring to another Person, in the ordinary course of such Person's business), and leases, subleases, non exclusive licenses or sublicenses of personal property (other than Intellectual Property) granted in the ordinary course of the relevant Chargor 's business (or, if referring to another Person, in the ordinary course of such Person's business), if the leases, subleases, licenses and sublicenses do not prohibit granting Collateral Agent or any Lender a security interest therein;
(h)
banker's liens, rights of setoff and Liens in favour of financial institutions incurred in the ordinary course of business arising in connection with the relevant Chargor 's deposit accounts or securities accounts held at such institutions solely to secure payment of fees and similar costs and expenses and provided such accounts are maintained in compliance with Section 6.6(b) of the Agreement as if such Section applied to the Chargor;
(i)
Liens arising from judgments, decrees or attachments in circumstances not constituting an Event of Default under Section 8.4 or 8.7 of the Agreement as if such Events of Default referred to a Chargor; and
(j)
Liens consisting of Permitted Licenses.
"Person" means is any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, company, trust, unincorporated organization, association, corporation, institution, public benefit corporation, firm, joint stock company, estate, entity or government agency.
"Related Rights" means in relation to any asset:
(a)
the proceeds of sale of any part of that asset;
(b)
all rights under any licence, contract of insurance, agreement for sale or agreement for lease in respect of that asset;
(c)
all rights, powers, benefits, claims, contracts, warranties, remedies, security, guarantees, indemnities or covenants for title in respect of that asset;
(d)
any monies and proceeds paid or payable in respect of that asset; and
(e)
in relation to any Investment, any right against any clearance system and any rights against any institution or under any agreement.
"Receiver" means a receiver, receiver and manager or administrative receiver of any or all of the Charged Property appointed by the Collateral Agent under this Deed whether solely, jointly, severally or jointly and severally with any other person and includes any substitute for any of them appointed from time to time.
"Secured Liabilities" means all present and future Liabilities of each Chargor and any other Obligor to the Secured Parties to or any of thereof under or in relation to any one or more of the Loan Documents (including, without limitation, all Liabilities arising out of any extension, variation, modification, restatement or novation (however fundamental) but excluding any money, obligation or liability which would cause the covenant set out in clause 2 or the security which would otherwise be constituted by this Deed to be unlawful or prohibited by any applicable law or regulation.
"Secured Party" means the Collateral Agent and each Lender together with any Receiver.
"Security Period" means the period starting on the date of this Deed and ending on the date on which all the Secured Liabilities have been unconditionally and irrevocably paid and discharged in full and no further Secured Liabilities are capable of being outstanding.
"Specified Investments" means the shares identified in Schedule 6 (if any) and all other shares in the issuing companies named in Schedule 6 now or in the future legally or beneficially owned by each  Chargor and/or any nominee on its behalf.
"Subsidiary" means a "subsidiary undertaking" within the meaning of section 1162 of the Companies Act 2001.
"Tax" means any tax, levy, impost, duty or other charge or withholding of a similar nature (including any penalty or interest payable in connection with any failure to pay or any delay in paying any of the same).
"Tax Credit" means a credit against, relief or remission for, or repayment of any Tax.
"VAT" means the value added tax provided for in the Value Added Tax Act 1994 and any other tax of a similar nature in any applicable jurisdiction.
1.2
Construction
1.2.1
Unless a contrary indication appears, a term defined in the Agreement has the same meaning in this Deed.
1.2.2
In addition, in this Deed, any reference to:
(a)
"assets" includes present and future properties, undertakings, revenues, rights and benefits of every description (and any reference to a particular type or category of assets includes any present or future assets of that type or category);
(b)
an "amendment" includes a supplement, restatement, variation, novation or re-enactment (and "amended" shall be construed accordingly);
(c)
an "authorisation" includes an authorisation, consent, licence, approval, resolution, exemption, filing, registration and notarisation;
(d)
this Deed includes the schedules which form part of this Deed for all purposes;
(e)
a "disposal" includes any lease, licence, transfer, sale or other disposal of any kind (with related words being construed accordingly);
(f)
any Loan Document, other Instrument or other document is to that Loan Document, other Instrument or other document as supplemented, otherwise amended, replaced or novated from time to time (however fundamental that amendment, novation or replacement may be;
(g)
one gender shall include a reference to the other genders and words in the singular shall include the plural (and vice versa);
(h)
"including" means "including without limitation" (with related words being construed accordingly), "in particular" means "in particular but without limitation" and other general words shall not be given a restrictive interpretation by reason of their being preceded or followed by words indicating a particular class of assets, matters or things;
(i)
a "Party" or other "particular person" includes its successors in title, permitted assignees and permitted transferees in accordance with their respective interests; and this Deed shall be enforceable notwithstanding any change in the constitution of the Collateral Agent, its absorption in or amalgamation with any other person or the acquisition of all or part of its undertaking by any other person;
(j)
"person" includes any individual, firm, company or other corporation, unincorporated body of persons, government, state or any agency of a person, any association, trust or partnership (whether or not having separate legal personality) or two or more of them;
(k)
a "right" includes any title, estate, interest, claim, remedy, power, authority, discretion or other right of any kind, both present and future (and any reference to rights in a particular asset or type or category of assets includes any rights in the proceeds of any disposal of that asset or any assets within that type or category);
(l)
"regulation" includes any regulation, rule, official directive, notice, request, code of practice, guideline, demand or decision (in each case whether or not having the force of law) of any governmental, intergovernmental or supranational body, agency, department or regulatory, self-regulatory or other authority or organisation;
(m)
a "statute" or "statutory provision" includes a reference to any subordinate legislation made under that statute or statutory provision, to any modification, re-enactment or extension of that statute or statutory provision and any former statute or statutory provision which it consolidated or re-enacted before the date of this Deed;
(n)
"Tax" means any tax, levy, impost, duty or other charge or withholding of a similar nature (including any penalty or interest payable in connection with any failure to pay or any delay in paying any of the same);
(o)
"this security" means the Lien constituted by or purported to be constituted by or pursuant to this Deed; and
(p)
an Event of Default is "continuing" if it has not been remedied or waived in writing.
1.2.3
The index and clause, schedule and paragraph headings are for ease of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Deed.
1.3
Trust
The Collateral Agent holds the benefit of this Deed, including the rights granted in it, on trust for the Secured Parties on the terms set out in the Agreement.  To the extent of any inconsistency, the provisions of the Agreement shall prevail.
1.4
Perpetuity period
The perpetuity period applicable to any trusts declared or created by this Deed shall be 125 years.
1.5
Secured Liabilities not paid if avoided
If the Collateral Agent considers that an amount paid by a Chargor in respect of the Secured Liabilities is capable of being avoided, or otherwise set aside, on the liquidation or administration of such Chargor or otherwise, then that amount shall not be considered to have been irrevocably paid for the purposes of this Deed.
1.6
Third party rights
Other than a Receiver, an Indemnified Person and any delegate, save where the contrary appears, a person who is not a Party to this Deed has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce or to enjoy the benefit of any term of this Deed.  The consent of any person who is not a Party is not required to rescind or vary this Deed at any time.
1.7
Qualifying floating charge
Paragraph 14 of Schedule B1 to the Insolvency Act 1986 applies to the floating charge created by this Deed and the Collateral Agent may appoint an Administrator of any Chargor pursuant to that paragraph.
1.8
Implied Covenants
The following provisions of the Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1994 will not apply to clause 3:
1.8.1
the words "other than any charges, encumbrances or rights which that person does not and would not reasonably be expected to know about" in section 3(1);
1.8.2
the words "except to the extent that" and all the words thereafter in section 3(2); and
1.8.3
section 6(2).
2.
PAYMENT OF SECURED LIABILITIES
2.1
Covenant to pay
Each Chargor shall as primary obligor and not merely as a surety pay to the Collateral Agent and discharge the Secured Liabilities when they become due.
2.2
Interest
Any amount which is not paid under this Deed when due shall bear interest at the Default Rate (both before and after judgment and payable on demand) from its due date up to the date of a final payment, such interest to accrue at a daily basis.
3.
GRANT OF SECURITY
3.1
Fixed charges
As a continuing security for the payment and discharge of the Secured Liabilities, each Chargor with full title guarantee charges in favour of the Collateral Agent by way of first fixed charge, all its present and future right, title and interest in:
3.1.1
Licences:  all of its rights in any authorisations (statutory or otherwise) held in connection with its business or the use of any other Charged Property;
3.1.2
Goodwill:  all present and future goodwill and all uncalled capital and all of its rights to future calls in respect of capital;
3.1.3
Equipment:  any Equipment;
3.1.4
Book Debts:  all of its rights in its Book Debts;
3.1.5
Investments:  all Investments (including the Specified Investments);
3.1.6
Insurance Policies:  all Insurance Policies and any Insurance Proceeds;
3.1.7
Bank accounts:  all of its rights in all monies from time to time standing to the credit in any Account and the indebtedness represented by them; and
3.1.8
Other documents:  to the extent that any of the Assigned Agreements are not effectively assigned under clause 3.2 or such rights have been effectively assigned but have not been perfected by the service of the appropriate notice, by way of first fixed charge, those Assigned Agreements.
3.2
Assignments
3.2.1
As a continuing security for the payment and discharge of the Secured Liabilities, each Chargor with full title guarantee assigns absolutely (subject to a proviso for reassignment on redemption) to the Collateral Agent all its present and future right, title and interest in and to the benefit of all the Assigned Agreements.
3.2.2
For the avoidance of doubt, each Chargor will remain at all times liable in respect of all of its obligations under each of the Assigned Agreements to the same extent as if this security had not been created and neither the Collateral Agent or any Receiver will be under any obligation or liability to the Chargor or to any other person under or in respect of any Assigned Agreements.
3.2.3
Notwithstanding the provisions of clauses 3.2.1 and 3.2.2, unless and until an Enforcement Event occurs, each Chargor shall be entitled to exercise all of its rights in (and in relation to) the Assigned Agreements, as if such security and the assignment in respect of such security had not been created.
3.3
Floating charge
As a continuing security for the payment and discharge of the Secured Liabilities, each Chargor with full title guarantee charges to the Collateral Agent, by way of first floating charge, all of its undertaking, property, rights and assets both present and future, not effectively charged or assigned under clauses 3.1 and 3.2.
3.4
Crystallisation of the floating charge
3.4.1
The floating charge created by each Chargor in clause 3.3 shall automatically and immediately (without notice) be converted into a fixed charge over all assets subject to the floating charge if a Chargor:
(a)
creates, or attempts to create, a Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent, or any trust in favour of another person over all or any part of the Charged Property;
(b)
disposes or attempts to dispose of all or any part of the Charged Property contrary to paragraph 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 7;
(c)
a Receiver is appointed over all or any of the Charged Property that is subject to the floating charge;
(d)
any person levies, or attempts to levy, any distress, attachment, execution or other process against all or any part of the Charged Property; or
(e)
the Collateral Agent receives notice of the appointment of, or a proposal or an intention to appoint, an administrator of a Chargor or if a Chargor is wound up or has an administrator appointed.
3.4.2
The floating charge created under this Deed may not be converted into a fixed charge solely by reason of (i) the obtaining of a moratorium or (ii) anything done with a view to obtaining a moratorium in respect of a Chargor, in each case under Section 1A of Schedule A1 of the Insolvency Act 1986.
3.4.3
The Collateral Agent may, in its sole discretion, at any time by written notice to a Chargor, convert the floating charge created by such Chargor in clause 3.3 into a fixed charge as regards all or any part of the Charged Property (as specified either generally or specifically in such written notice) subject to the floating charge if:
(a)
an Enforcement Event has occurred;
(b)
the Collateral Agent reasonably considers that any Charged Property may be in danger of being seized or sold pursuant to any form of legal process or otherwise is in jeopardy; or
(c)
the Collateral Agent reasonably considers that it is necessary or desirable to protect the priority, value and enforceability of the security.
3.4.4
Nothing in this clause 3.4 shall affect the crystallisation of the floating charge created by each Chargor under applicable law and regulation.
3.4.5
Any notice given under clause 3.4.3 in relation to an asset shall not be construed as a waiver or abandonment of the Collateral Agent's right to give any other notice in respect of any other asset or of any other right of a Secured Party under this Deed or any other Loan Document.
3.5
Assets acquired after crystallisation
Any asset acquired by a Chargor after any crystallisation of the floating charge created under this Deed which, but for such crystallisation, would be subject to a floating charge shall (unless the Collateral Agent confirms in writing to the contrary) be charged to the Collateral Agent by way of first fixed charge.
3.6
Excluded Assets
3.6.1
Subject to paragraph 3.6.2 below, the security created by clauses 3.1 to 3.5 (inclusive) shall not apply to the Excluded Assets.
3.6.2
In relation to the Excluded Assets referred to in paragraphs (a) to (d) of the definition of Excluded Assets, such assets shall only be Excluded Assets for so long as any relevant consent or waiver of prohibition has not been obtained, and, for the avoidance of doubt, each Chargor is under an obligation to seek any such consent or waiver.
3.6.3
Immediately on receipt of any relevant consent or waiver, the relevant formerly Excluded Assets shall stand charged to the Collateral Agent under the applicable clause 3.1 to 3.5 relevant to such asset.  If required by the Collateral Agent at any time following receipt of that waiver or consent, the Chargors shall execute a valid fixed charge and/or assignment in such form as the Collateral Agent reasonably requires.
4.
NOTICE OF ASSIGNMENT AND FURTHER ASSURANCE
4.1
Notice of assignment
The Chargor shall (a) upon the execution of this Deed or (b) to the extent any consent or permission of any other party is required, promptly upon obtaining such consent or permission  or (c) in respect of assets acquired hereafter, promptly upon a request from the Collateral Agent) assign the Assignment Agreements, give notice of the assignment effected pursuant to clause 3.2 by sending a Notice of Assignment (with a copy to the Collateral Agent) to each party to such Assigned Agreement.
4.2
Notice of Charge
Each Chargor shall following the occurrence of an Enforcement Event or as otherwise contemplated in clause 3.4.3, and thereafter promptly upon a request from the Collateral Agent, give notice by sending a Notice of Charge (with a copy to the Collateral Agent) to any bank specified by the Collateral Agent, being a bank with which any of its bank accounts are opened or maintained.
4.3
Acknowledgement
Each Chargor shall use all reasonable endeavours to procure that within 28 days of the date of the relevant Notice of Assignment or Notice of Charge, the recipient thereof acknowledges the same in the form of the relevant Acknowledgement (or in such other form as the Collateral Agent shall agree).
4.4
Assigned Agreements
The Collateral Agent shall not be obliged to take any steps necessary to preserve any of any Assigned Agreements, or to enforce any term of any Assigned Agreement against any person, or to make any enquiries as to the nature of sufficiency of any payments received by it under that Deed.
4.5
Further assurance
Each Chargor shall promptly (and shall ensure that its nominees shall), at the request of the Collateral Agent and at its own cost, do all acts and things and execute any Instrument or other documents (including any legal or other mortgages, charges or transfers) in favour of the Collateral Agent in such form as the Collateral Agent may require and otherwise do any acts and things, as the Collateral Agent requires from time to time:
4.5.1
for giving effect to, perfecting (including the priority of it), preserving or protecting the Collateral Agent's security over the Charged Property created (or intended to be created) by this Deed, provided that any such perfection, preservation or protection shall not require registration of any security interest over any Intellectual Property at any intellectual property office or similar registry or organisation in any jurisdiction unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and/or the floating charge has crystallised in accordance with clause 3.4; or
4.5.2
to facilitate the realisation or enforcement of, or exercise any of the rights and powers conferred on of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party or any Receiver in relation to, the security over the Charged Property created (or intended to be created) by this Deed.
The obligations of each Chargor under this clause 4.5 shall be in addition to and not in substitution for the covenants for further assurance deemed to be included in this Deed by virtue of section 2 of the Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1994 (as extended or otherwise varied by this Deed).
5.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Each Chargor represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent in the terms set out in Schedule 6.
6.
COVENANTS
Each Chargor covenants with the Collateral Agent in the terms set out in Schedule 7.
7.
ENFORCEMENT
7.1
This security shall become immediately enforceable if an Enforcement Event occurs and is continuing.
7.2
After the security has become enforceable, the Collateral Agent may in its absolute discretion enforce all or any of its rights under this Deed as it thinks fit.  In particular, it may without further notice, exercise in relation to the Charged Property:
7.2.1
the power of sale and all other powers conferred on mortgagees by the LPA (or otherwise by law) or on an administrative receiver by the IA, in either case as extended or otherwise amended by this Deed;
7.2.2
to the extent that clause 8 applies, the power to appropriate the Charged Property in or towards the payment and discharge of the Secured Liabilities in accordance with clause 8.2; and
7.2.3
(without first appointing a Receiver) any or all of the rights which are conferred by this Deed (whether expressly or by implication) on a Receiver, including those relating to Leases set out in clause 10.2.4.
7.3
LPA provisions
7.3.1
The Secured Liabilities shall be deemed for the purposes of all powers implied by statute to have become due and payable within the meaning of s101 LPA immediately on the execution of this Deed.
7.3.2
s93(1) LPA and s103 LPA shall not apply to this Deed or to any exercise by the Collateral Agent of its right to consolidate mortgages or its power of sale.
7.3.3
Any powers of leasing conferred on the Collateral Agent by law are extended so as to authorise the Collateral Agent to lease, make agreements for leases, accept surrenders of leases and grant options as the Collateral Agent may think fit and without the need to comply with any restrictions conferred by law (including under s99 or s100 of the LPA.
7.4
Protection of third parties
7.4.1
No purchaser, mortgagee or other person dealing with a Receiver or the Collateral Agent shall be bound to enquire whether its right to exercise any of its rights has arisen or become exercisable, or be concerned as to the application of any money paid, raised or borrowed or as to the propriety or regularity of any sale by or other dealing with that Receiver or the Collateral Agent.
7.4.2
All of the protection to purchasers contained in ss104 and 107 LPA and s42(3) IA shall apply to any person purchasing from or dealing with a Receiver or the Collateral Agent as if the Secured Liabilities had become due and the statutory powers of sale and the appointment of a Receiver in relation to the Charged Property had arisen on the date of this Deed.
7.5
Privileges
Each of the Collateral Agent and any Receiver is entitled to all the rights, powers privileges and immunities conferred by law (including the LPA) or mortgagees and receivers duly appointed under any law (including the LPA).
7.6
Delegation
7.6.1
The Collateral Agent and a Receiver may delegate to any person or persons all or any of the rights which are exercisable by it under this Deed.  A delegation under this clause may be made in any manner (including by power of attorney) and on any terms (including power to sub-delegate) which the Collateral Agent or Receiver may think fit.
7.6.2
A delegation under clause 7.6.1 shall not preclude the subsequent exercise of those rights by the Collateral Agent or Receiver itself nor preclude the Collateral Agent or Receiver from making a subsequent delegation of them to another person or from revoking that delegation.
7.6.3
Neither the Collateral Agent nor a Receiver shall be liable or responsible to any Chargor for any loss or damage arising from any act, default, omission or misconduct on the part of any delegate or sub-delegate except in the case of their gross negligence, fraud or wilful default.
7.7
No liability
None of the Collateral Agent, any Receiver, any delegate or any Administrator shall be liable as a mortgagee in possession or otherwise to account in relation to all or any part of the Charged Property for any loss on realisation or for any other action, default or omission for which it or he might be liable.
8.
RIGHT OF APPROPRIATION
8.1
Application of right of appropriation
This clause 8 applies to the extent the Charged Property constitute "financial collateral" and this Deed constitutes a "financial collateral arrangement" (within the meaning of the Financial Collateral Regulations).
8.2
Exercise of right of appropriation
If, and to the extent that this clause 8 applies, the Collateral Agent may appropriate the Charged Property in or towards the Secured Liabilities.  If the Collateral Agent exercises its right of appropriation then it shall for these purposes value:
8.2.1
any relevant bank account and the amount standing to the credit of that account, together with any accrued interest not credited to the account, at the time of the appropriation; and
8.2.2
any other relevant Charged Property by reference to an independent valuation or other procedure determined by the Collateral Agent at the time of the appropriation.
9.
DIVIDENDS AND VOTING RIGHTS
9.1
Before enforcement
Before the occurrence of an Enforcement Event:
9.1.1
each Chargor shall:
(a)
be entitled to all dividends, interest and other monies paid on and received by it in respect of such Chargor's Investments; and
(b)
subject to clause 9.1.2 exercise all voting and other rights attached to such Chargor's Investments.
9.1.2
No Chargor shall:
(a)
exercise any rights attached to the Investments in any manner which in the Collateral Agent's reasonable opinion is prejudicial to this security; and
(b)
without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), permit or agree to any variation of the rights attaching to the Investments, participate in any rights issue, elect to receive or vote in favour of receiving any dividend other than in the form of cash or participate in any resolution concerning a winding-up, liquidation or administration.
9.2
After enforcement
After the occurrence of an Enforcement Event:
9.2.1
the Collateral Agent and its nominee(s) may at the Collateral Agent's discretion (and in the name of the relevant Chargor or otherwise), exercise all voting and other rights and powers attached to the Investments which may be exercised by a person in whose name the Investments are registered and such Chargor shall procure that its nominees shall, comply with any directions the Collateral Agent and its nominee(s) may in its absolute discretion, give concerning the exercise of those rights and powers; and
9.2.2
all dividends, interest and other monies or distributions paid (or to be received) in respect of the Investments and received by or on behalf of the relevant Chargor shall be held on trust for the Collateral Agent and, if requested by the Collateral Agent, forthwith paid into an account designated by the Collateral Agent or, if received by the Collateral Agent, may be applied by the Collateral Agent as though they were the proceeds of sale.
10.
APPOINTMENT OF RECEIVER
10.1
Appointment of Receiver
Without prejudice to any statutory or other powers of appointment of the Collateral Agent under the LPA as extended by this Deed or otherwise, at any time after this security has become enforceable or if a Chargor so requests in writing at any time the Collateral Agent may without further notice to that  Chargor do any of the following:
10.1.1
appoint by deed or otherwise (acting through a duly authorised officer) any one or more persons qualified to act as a Receiver to be a Receiver of all or any part of the Charged Property;
10.1.2
either at the time of appointment or any time after that appointment fix his or their remuneration (without being limited by the maximum rate specified in s109(6) LPA) provided that such rate is reasonable in accordance with market standards; and
10.1.3
(except as otherwise required by statute) remove any Receiver and appoint another or others in his or their place.
10.2
Powers of Receiver
Every Receiver shall have in relation to the Charged Property (every reference in this clause 10.2 to "Charged Property" being a reference only to all or any part of the Charged Property in respect of which that Receiver was appointed) the powers granted by the LPA to any receiver appointed under it or to any mortgagor or mortgagee in possession and (whether or not the Receiver is an administrative receiver) the powers granted by the IA to any administrative receiver, all as varied and extended by this Deed.  In addition, but without limiting the preceding sentence, every Receiver shall have power to do the following:
10.2.1
Collection:  enter on, take possession of, collect and get in the Charged Property and collect and get in all rents and other income whether accrued before or after the date of his appointment and for those purposes make any demands and take any actions or other proceedings which may seem to him expedient;
10.2.2
Compliance with Deed:  comply with and perform all or any of the acts, matters, omissions or things undertaken to be done or omitted by a Chargor under this Deed;
10.2.3
Management of business:  carry on, manage, develop, reconstruct, amalgamate or diversify the business of a Chargor or any part of it in such manner as he shall in his discretion think fit;
10.2.4
Dealing with Charged Property:  sell or otherwise dispose of the Charged Property, grant Leases, licences, easements, rights or options over or in respect of them and surrender, accept the surrender or vary any Lease, agreement or arrangement relating to them or otherwise agree to any such dealing.  This power may be exercised without the need to comply with s99 and s100 LPA.  Any disposal or other dealing under this clause 10.2.4 may be effected in the manner and on the terms which he thinks fit, for consideration consisting of cash, Deeds or other obligations, shares or other valuable consideration and this consideration may be payable in a lump sum or by instalments spread over a period as he may think fit;
10.2.5
Severance of assets:  sever from the premises to which they are annexed and sell separately (in accordance with clause 10.2.4) any plant, machinery or fixtures;
10.2.6
Upkeep of Charged Property:  repair, decorate, furnish, maintain, alter, improve, replace, renew or add to the Charged Property as he shall think fit and effect, maintain, renew or increase indemnity insurance and other insurances and obtain bonds;
10.2.7
Dealing with third parties:  appoint or dismiss officers, employees, contractors or other Agents and employ professional advisers and others on such terms (as to remuneration and otherwise) as he may think fit;
10.2.8
Agreements:  perform, repudiate, terminate, amend or enter into any arrangement or compromise any contracts or agreements which he may consider expedient;
10.2.9
Proceedings:  settle, arrange, compromise or submit to arbitration any accounts, claims, questions or disputes which may arise in connection with the business of a Chargor or the Charged Property and bring, prosecute, defend, enforce, compromise, submit to and discontinue any actions, suits, arbitrations or other proceedings;
10.2.10
Uncalled capital:  make calls on the shareholders of a Chargor in respect of any of its uncalled capital;
10.2.11
Rights in connection with Charged Property:  exercise or permit a Chargor or any nominee of such Chargor to exercise any rights incidental to the ownership of the Charged Property in such manner as he may think fit;
10.2.12
Subsidiaries:  form a subsidiary or subsidiaries of a Chargor and transfer, lease or license to it or them or any other person the Charged Property on such terms as he may think fit;
10.2.13
Assets and rights:  purchase, lease, hire or otherwise acquire any assets or rights of any description which he shall consider necessary or desirable for the carrying on, improvement or realisation of the Charged Property or the business of a Chargor or otherwise for the benefit of the Charged Property;
10.2.14
Landlord and tenant powers:  exercise any rights conferred on a landlord or a tenant by any applicable law or regulation in relation to the Charged Property;
10.2.15
Raising money:  in the exercise of any of the rights conferred on him by this Deed or for any other purpose to raise and borrow money either unsecured or secured and either in priority to, pari passu with or subsequent to this security and generally on such terms as he may think fit;
10.2.16
Receipts and discharges:  give valid receipts for all monies and execute all discharges, assurances and other documents which may be proper or desirable for realising the Charged Property and redeem, discharge or compromise any Lien whether or not having priority to the security or any part of it;
10.2.17
All other acts:  execute and do all such other acts, things and documents as he may consider necessary or desirable for the realisation or preservation of the Charged Property or incidental or conducive to any of the rights conferred on or vested in him under or by virtue of this Deed or otherwise and exercise and do in relation to the Charged Property, and at the cost of the relevant Chargor, all the rights and things which he would be capable of exercising or doing if he were the absolute beneficial owner of the same; and
10.2.18
Name of Chargor:  use the name of the relevant Chargor or his own name to exercise all or any of the rights conferred by this Deed.
10.3
Agent of a Chargor
Any Receiver appointed under this Deed whether acting solely or jointly shall be deemed to be the Agent of the relevant Chargor and to be in the same position as a receiver appointed under the LPA and such Chargor shall be solely responsible for his acts, omissions, defaults, losses and misconduct and for his remuneration and the Collateral Agent shall not be in any way liable or responsible either to that Chargor or to any other person for any Receiver.
10.4
Joint appointment
If at any time two or more persons have been appointed as Receivers of the same Charged Property, each one of those Receivers shall be entitled to exercise individually all of the rights conferred on Receivers under this Deed to the exclusion of the other or others in relation to any of the Charged Property in respect of which he has been appointed unless the Collateral Agent shall state otherwise in the document appointing him.
10.5
Relationship with Collateral Agent
To the fullest extent allowed by law, any right, power or discretion conferred by this Deed (either expressly or implicitly) or by law on a Receiver may after this security become enforceable be exercised by the Collateral Agent in relation to the Charged Property without first appointing a Receiver or notwithstanding the appointment of a Receiver.
10.6
Personnel
The Collateral Agent may by writing under its hand (and to the extent it is lawful) remove any Receiver appointed by it and may whenever it thinks fit, appoint a new Receiver in place of any Receiver whose appointment may for any reason have terminated.
11.
APPOINTMENT OF ADMINISTRATOR
11.1
Appointment of Administrator
11.1.1
The Collateral Agent may without notice appoint any one or more persons to be an administrator of any Chargor pursuant to Schedule B1, paragraph 14 IA at any time after this security has become enforceable.
11.1.2
Clause 11.1.1 shall not apply to a Chargor if Schedule B1, paragraph 14 IA does not permit an administrator of such Chargor to be appointed.
11.1.3
Any appointment under clause 11.1.1 shall be in writing signed by a duly authorised officer of the Collateral Agent.
11.2
Replacement of an Administrator
The Collateral Agent may (subject to any necessary approval from the court) end the appointment of any Administrator by notice in writing signed by a duly authorised officer and appoint under clause 11.1 a replacement for any Administrator whose appointment ends for any reason.
12.
APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS
12.1
Order of priority
Any monies received by the Collateral Agent or any Receiver under this Deed or under the rights conferred by this Deed shall, after the occurrence of an Enforcement Event.  (subject to payment of any claims having priority to this security and by way of variation of the provisions of the LPA, be applied in the following order, but without prejudice to the right of the Collateral Agent to recover any shortfall from a Chargor:
12.1.1
where applicable, in payment of all Losses of and incidental to the appointment of the Receiver and the exercise of all or any of his powers;
12.1.2
where applicable, in payment of the Receiver's remuneration at such rate as may reasonably be agreed with the Collateral Agent;
12.1.3
in or towards discharge of the Secured Liabilities; and
12.1.4
if the Chargor is not under any further actual or contingent liability under any Loan Document, in payment of the surplus (if any) to the person or persons entitled to it.
12.2
Insurance proceeds
12.2.1
All monies received by a Chargor by virtue of any Insurance Policies on the Charged Property, whether or not effected under this Deed:
(a)
shall be deemed part of the Charged Property; and
(b)
(subject to any rights of third parties arising under any applicable law and regulation relating to the application of insurance monies) shall, save with the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent, be paid to the Collateral Agent.  This shall apply whether the event pursuant to which those monies became payable occurred before, on or after the date of this Deed.
12.2.2
Any monies so paid to the Collateral Agent or otherwise received by the Collateral Agent by virtue of any insurance on the Charged Property shall be applied at the discretion of the Collateral Agent either in reduction of the Secured Liabilities or in or towards making good the loss or damage in respect of which they became payable.  Each Chargor waives any right it may have to require that those monies be applied in or towards making good the loss or damage in respect of which they became payable.
12.2.3
Any monies received by any Chargor by virtue of any Insurance Policies on the Charged Property shall be held on trust for the Collateral Agent until those monies are paid to the Collateral Agent in accordance with this clause 12.2.
13.
EFFECTIVENESS OF SECURITY
13.1
Continuing security
This Deed and the security constituted by this Deed shall be continuing security for the Secured Liabilities, despite any settlement of account or intermediate payment or discharge in whole or in part and shall extend to the ultimate balance due at any time from the Chargors to the Secured Parties under the Loan Documents.
13.2
Additional security
This Deed and the security constituted by or pursuant to this Deed shall be cumulative in addition to, and independent of every, and shall not be prejudiced by any, other Lien, guarantee, indemnity or suretyship which the Collateral Agent may, at any time, hold for any of the Secured Liabilities.  No prior Lien held by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party over the whole or any part of the Charged Property shall, by virtue of the entry into this Deed, merge in the security created by this Deed.
13.3
Waiver of defences
The liabilities and obligations of each Chargor under this Deed in respect of any of the Secured Liabilities shall not be discharged, prejudiced or affected by any act, omission, matter or thing which, but for this clause 13.3, would reduce, release or prejudice any of its liabilities and obligations under this Deed, including (whether or not known to it or the Collateral Agent):
13.3.1
any time, waive or consent granted to, or composition with, any Obligor or other person;
13.3.2
the release of any other Obligor or any other person under the terms of any composition or arrangement with any creditor of any member of the Group;
13.3.3
the taking, variation, compromise, exchange, renewal or release of, or refusal or neglect to perfect, take up or enforce, any rights against, or security over assets of, any Obligor or other person or any non-presentation or non-observance of any formality or other requirement in respect of any instrument or any failure to realise the full value of any security;
13.3.4
any incapacity or lack of power, authority or legal personality of or dissolution or change in the members or status of an Obligor or any other person;
13.3.5
any amendment, novation, supplement, extension, restatement (however fundamental and whether or not more onerous) or replacement of any Loan Document or any other document or security including without limitation any change in the purpose of, any extension of or any increase in any facility or the addition of any new facility under any Loan Document or other document or security;
13.3.6
any unenforceability, illegality or invalidity of any obligation of any person under any Loan Document or any other document or security;
13.3.7
any act, omission or circumstance which but for this clause 13.3, might operate to discharge, release, reliance, extinguish, impair or otherwise affect any of the obligations of the Chargor under this Deed or any of the rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent or any security; or
13.3.8
any Insolvency of an Obligor.
13.4
Immediate Recourse
Each Chargor waives any right it may have of first requiring the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to enforce any Lien or other rights or claim any payment from or otherwise proceed against any other person before enforcing this Deed against the Chargor.  This waiver applies irrespective of any applicable law and regulation or any provision of any Loan Document to the contrary.
13.5
Discretion in enforcement
Until the expiry of the Security Period, the Collateral Agent or any Receiver may:
13.5.1
refrain from applying or enforcing any other monies, Security or other rights held or received by it in respect of the Secured Liabilities or apply and enforce them in such manner and order as it sees fit (whether against the Secured Liabilities or otherwise) and no Chargor shall be entitled to the benefit of the same; and
13.5.2
hold in an interest-bearing suspense account any monies received from a Chargor or on account of the Secured Liabilities.
13.6
Non-Competition
Unless:
13.6.1
all amounts which may be or become payable by the Obligors under or in connection with the Loan Documents have been irrevocably paid in full; or
13.6.2
the Collateral Agent otherwise directs, no Chargor shall, after a claim has been made or by virtue of any payment or performance by it under this Deed:
(a)
be subrogated to any rights, security or moneys held, received or receivable by any Secured Party (or any agent on its behalf);
(b)
be entitled to any right of contribution or indemnity in respect of any payment made or moneys received on account of the Chargor's liability under this clause;
(c)
claim, rank, prove or vote as a creditor of any Obligor or its estate in competition with any Secured Party (or any agent  on its behalf); or
(d)
receive, claim or have the benefit of any payment, distribution or security from or on account of any Obligor, or exercise any right of set-off as against any Obligor.
Each Chargor must hold in trust for and must immediately pay or transfer to the Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties any payment or distribution or benefit of security received by it contrary to this clause or in accordance with any directions given by the Collateral Agent under this clause.
13.7
Subsequent Security
At any time following:
13.7.1
the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party's receipt of notice (either actual or constructive) of any subsequent Lien affecting the Charged Property;
13.7.2
the Insolvency of a Chargor; or
13.7.3
any disposal of all or any of the Charged Property in breach of paragraph 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 7,
any Secured Party may open a new account or accounts in the name of a Chargor (whether or not it permits any existing account to continue).  If a Secured Party does not open such a new account, it shall nevertheless be treated as if it had done so at the time when the notice was received or was deemed to have been received or, as the case may be, the Insolvency commenced or the assignment or transfer occurred and from that time all payments made by such Chargor to, the Secured Party or received by the Secured Party for the account of the Chargor shall be credited or treated as having been credited to the new account and shall not operate to reduce the amount secured by this Deed at the time when the Secured Party received or was deemed to have received that notice or, as the case may be, the Insolvency commenced or the assignment or transfer occurred.
14.
RELEASE OF SECURITY
14.1
Release of Security
Subject to clause 14.2, following the expiry of the Security Period and at the request and cost of a Chargor, the Collateral Agent shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after receipt of that request, release and discharge this security and re-assign the assets assigned to the Collateral Agent under this Deed to such Chargor (or as it shall direct), at all times without recourse, representation or warranty and the rights of any person having prior rights over those assets.  Any release or discharge of this security or re-assignment shall not release or discharge a Chargor from any liability to the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party for the Secured Liabilities or any other monies which exists independently of this Deed.
14.2
Reinstatement
14.2.1
Any release, settlement, discharge, re-assignment or arrangement (in this clause 14, a "release") made by the Collateral Agent on the faith of any assurance, security or payment shall be conditional on that assurance, security or payment not being avoided, reduced, clawed back or ordered to be repaid under any law relating to Insolvency.
14.2.2
If any avoidance, reduction or clawback occurs or order is made as referred to in clause 14.2.1, then the release given by the Collateral Agent shall have no effect and shall not prejudice the right of the Collateral Agent to enforce this security in respect of the Secured Liabilities.  As between a Chargor and the Collateral Agent, this security shall (notwithstanding the release) be deemed to have remained at all times in effect and held by the Collateral Agent as security for the Secured Liabilities.
14.3
Redemption
The Collateral Agent may at any time:
14.3.1
redeem, or procure the transfer to itself of, any prior Lien over any Charged Property; or
14.3.2
settle and pass the accounts of the holder of any prior Lien.  Any accounts so settled and passed shall be conclusive and binding on each Chargor.
14.4
Costs of redemption
All principal monies, interest, costs, expenses and other amounts incurred in and incidental to any redemption or transfer under clause 14.3 shall be paid by a Chargor to the Collateral Agent on demand, in each case together with interest calculated in the manner referred to in clause 17.
15.
POWER OF ATTORNEY
15.1
Appointment
Each Chargor irrevocably and by way of security appoints the Collateral Agent and any Receiver and every delegate referred to in clause 7.6 and each of them jointly and also severally to be its attorney (with full powers of substitution and delegation) and in its name or otherwise and on its behalf and as its act and deed following the occurrence of an Enforcement Event to execute, deliver and perfect all Instruments and other documents and do any other acts and things which may be required or which the attorney may consider to be required or desirable:
15.1.1
to carry out any obligation imposed on it by this Deed or any other agreement binding on the Chargor to which the Collateral Agent is a Party (including the execution and delivery of any mortgages, deeds, charges, assignments or other transfers of the Charged Property;
15.1.2
to carry into effect any disposal or other dealing by the Collateral Agent or any Receiver;
15.1.3
to convey or transfer any right in land or any other asset;
15.1.4
to register or renew registration of the existence of the security or the restrictions on dealing with the Charged Property under this Deed or any other Loan Document or by law or regulation;
15.1.5
to get in the Charged Property; and
15.1.6
to enable the Collateral Agent and any Receiver to exercise the respective rights, powers and authorities conferred on them by this Deed or by applicable law and regulation,
and each Chargor undertakes to ratify and confirm all acts and things done by an attorney in the exercise or purported exercise of its powers and all monies spent by an attorney shall be deemed to be expenses incurred by the Collateral Agent under this Deed.
15.2
Irrevocable power
Each Chargor acknowledges that each power of attorney granted by clause 15.1 is granted irrevocably and for value as part of this security to secure a proprietary interest of, and the performance of obligations owed to, the donee within the meaning of s4 Powers of Attorney Act 1971.
16.
GROSS-UP AND PAYMENTS
16.1
Grossing Up
Each payment made by a Chargor to the Collateral Agent under this Deed shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for or on account of Tax unless such Chargor is required to make such payment subject to the deduction or withholding of Tax, in which case the sum payable by the Chargor in respect of which such deduction or withholding is required to be made shall be increased to the extent necessary to ensure that, after the making of the required deduction or withholding, the Collateral Agent receives and retains (free from any liability in respect of any such deduction or withholding) a net sum equal to the sum which it would have received and so retained had no such deduction or withholding been made or required to be made.
16.2
Tax Credit
If a Chargor makes an increased Tax payment to the Collateral Agent under Clause 16.1 and the Collateral Agent reasonably determines that:
16.2.1
a Tax Credit is attributable to that Tax payment; and
16.2.2
that Collateral Agent has obtained, utilised and retained that Tax Credit,
the Collateral Agent shall pay an amount to the Chargor which the Collateral Agent reasonably determines will leave it (after that payment) in the same after-Tax position as it would have been in had the increased Tax payment under Clause 16.1 not been made by the Chargor, provided that any costs of such determination reasonably incurred by the Collateral Agent shall be borne by the Chargor.
16.3
Payments without Set-Off
Any payment made by a Chargor under this Deed shall be made free and clear of and without any deduction for or on account of any set-off or counterclaim.
16.4
Manner of Payment
Each payment made by a Chargor under this Deed shall be paid in the manner required by the Collateral Agent.
17.
COSTS AND EXPENSES
17.1
Costs and expenses
Each Chargor shall promptly pay or reimburse to the Collateral Agent on demand, on a full indemnity basis, for all Losses incurred by the Collateral Agent in relation to:
17.1.1
the negotiation, preparation and execution of this Deed;
17.1.2
any actual or proposed amendment of or waiver or consent under or in connection with this Deed requested by the Chargor;
17.1.3
any discharge or release of this security;
17.1.4
the preservation or exercise (or attempted preservation or exercise) of any rights under or in connection with, and the enforcement (or attempted enforcement) of, this Deed and the perfection or enforcement of any other Lien for or Guarantee in respect of the Secured Liabilities;
17.1.5
the taking or holding of this security or any proceedings in relation to it or to all or any of the Charged Property; and
17.1.6
fees reasonably incurred in respect of any advice obtained in relation to any other matter or question arising out of or in connection with this Deed.
17.2
Taxes
Each Chargor shall pay all stamp, registration and other Taxes to which this Deed, this security or any judgment or order given in connection with this Deed may at any time be subject and shall on demand indemnify the Collateral Agent against any Losses resulting from any failure to pay or delay in paying the same.
17.3
Value Added Tax
The following provisions shall apply:
17.3.1
all amounts expressed to be payable under this Deed shall be exclusive of any VAT;
17.3.2
if VAT is chargeable on any supply made by either Party to the other under this Deed (whether that supply is taxable pursuant to the exercise of an option or otherwise), such Party receiving the relevant supply shall pay to that Party making the supply (in addition to and at the same time as paying that consideration) an amount equal to the amount of the VAT as further consideration; and
17.3.3
where this Deed requires a Chargor to reimburse a Secured Party for any costs or expenses, that Chargor shall also pay any amount of those costs or expenses incurred referable to VAT charged thereon.
18.
INDEMNITY
Each Chargor shall on demand indemnify and keep indemnified the Collateral Agent and every Receiver, attorney, manager, agent or other person appointed by the Collateral Agent under this Deed and their respective employees (each one "Indemnified Person") in respect of all Losses incurred or suffered by any of them directly or indirectly as a result of the exercise or purported exercise of any of the rights vested in them under this Deed and against all Losses suffered or incurred by any of them in respect of any matter or thing done or omitted relating to the Charged Property or occasioned by any breach of any of a Chargor's covenants or other obligations under this Deed or otherwise relating to all or any part of the Charged Property except where such Losses have resulted from the gross negligence, fraud or wilful misconduct by any such Indemnified Person.
19.
ASSIGNMENTS AND TRANSFERS
19.1
Collateral Agent
The Collateral Agent may assign any or all of its rights and transfer any or all of its obligations under this Deed.
19.2
Chargor
No Chargor may assign any of its rights or transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Deed save with the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent.
19.3
Disclosure of information
The Collateral Agent may disclose any information about any Chargor which it shall consider appropriate to any affiliate, any of its professional advisers, any person to whom it is proposing to assign or transfer, or has assigned or transferred, any of its rights and obligations under this Deed or to any person to whom information may be required to be disclosed by any applicable law and regulation.
20.
SET-OFF
20.1
A Secured Party may set-off any matured obligation due from a Chargor under this Deed (to the extent beneficially owned by such Secured Party) against any obligation (whether or not matured) owed by that Secured Party to such Chargor, regardless of the place of payment, booking branch or currency of either obligation.  If the obligations are in different currencies, the Secured Party may convert either obligation at a market rate of exchange in its usual course of business for the purpose of the set-off.
20.2
No Obligation
No Secured Party shall be obliged to examine any right given to it under clause 20.1.
21.
NOTICES AND COMMUNICATIONS
The provisions of clause 10 (Notices) of the Agreement shall be deemed incorporated herein, as if set out in this Deed, mutatis mutandis save that the addresses and details for each Chargor are as set out below its attestation clause, or such other address as a Chargor shall notify in writing to the Collateral Agent after the date of this Deed.
22.
CALCULATIONS AND CERTIFICATES
Any certificate or determination of the Collateral Agent as to any matter provided for in this Deed is, in the absence of manifest error, conclusive evidence of the matters to which it relates.
23.
CURRENCY CONVERSION
In order to apply any sum held or received by the Collateral Agent or a Receiver in or towards payment of the Secured Obligations, the Collateral Agent or such Receiver may purchase an amount in another currency and the rate of exchange to be used shall be that at which, at such time as it considers appropriate, the Collateral Agent or such Receiver is able to effect such purchase.
23.1
Currency Indemnity
If any sum due from the Company under this Deed or any order or judgment given or made in relation to this Deed has to be converted from the currency (the "first currency") in which the same is payable under this Deed or under such order or judgment into another currency (the "second currency") for the purpose of (a) making or filing a claim or proof against the Company, (b) obtaining an order or judgment in any court or other tribunal or (c) enforcing any order or judgment given or made in relation to this Deed, each Collateral Agent shall indemnify and hold harmless each Secured Party from and against any loss it suffers or incurs as a result of any discrepancy between (i) the rate of exchange used for such purpose to convert the sum in question from the first currency into the second currency; and (ii) the rate or rates of exchange at which such Secured Party may in the ordinary course of business purchase the first currency with the second currency upon receipt of a sum paid to it in satisfaction, in whole or in part, of any such order, judgment, claim or proof.
24.
PARTIAL INVALIDITY
If, at any time, any provision of this Deed is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect under any law of any jurisdiction, neither the legality, validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions nor the legality, validity or enforceability of that provision under the law of any other jurisdiction will in any way be affected or impaired.
25.
REMEDIES AND WAIVERS
No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of the Collateral Agent, any remedy or other right under this Deed shall operate as a waiver, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any remedy or other right prevent any further or other exercise or the exercise of any other right.  The remedies and other rights provided in this Deed are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies and other rights provided by law.
26.
AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS
Any term of this Deed may be amended or waived only with the written consent of the Collateral Agent and each Chargor and any such amendment or waiver will be binding on all Parties.
27.
TACKING
The Collateral Agent must perform its obligation under the Loan Documents including any obligations to make available further advances.
28.
COUNTERPARTS
This Deed may be executed in any number of counterparts, and this has the same effect as if the signatures (and if applicable, seals) on the counterparts were on a single copy of this Deed.
29.
GOVERNING LAW
This Deed and any non-contractual obligations arising out of it are governed by, and construed in accordance with, English law.
30.
JURISDICTION
The courts of England have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Deed (including a dispute regarding the existence, validity or termination of this Deed) (a "Dispute").
30.1
The Parties agree that the courts of England are the most appropriate and convenient courts to settle Disputes and accordingly neither Party will argue to the contrary.
30.2
This clause 30 is for the benefit of the Collateral Agent only.  As a result, the Collateral Agent shall not be prevented from taking proceedings relating to a Dispute in any other courts with jurisdiction.  To the extent allowed by law, the Collateral Agent may take concurrent proceedings in any number of jurisdictions.
EXECUTION
This Deed has been executed and delivered as a deed on the date stated at the beginning of this Deed.





THE CHARGORS

 
Name
 
 
Registered Office
 
 
Registered Number
 
 
Lombard Medical Technologies Limited
 
 
Lombard Medical House
4 Trident Park
Basil Hill Road Didcot
Oxfordshire
OX11 7HJ
 
 
04636949
 
 
Lombard Medical Limited
 
 
Lombard Medical House
4 Trident Park
Basil Hill Road Didcot
Oxfordshire
OX11 7HJ
 
 
02998639
 






EXECUTION OF THE DEED:
The Chargors

EXECUTED as a deed by
Director, duly authorised for and on behalf of LOMBARD MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED, in the presence of:
 
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Signature of Witness:
 
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Name of Witness:
 
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Address of Witness:
 
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Occupation of Witness:
 
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Address for notices: Lombard Medical, Technologies Inc.
15420 Laguna Canyon Road, Suite. 260 Irvine,
CA 92618 USA
Bill.Kullback@lombardmedical.com
Fax number:                                                      (+1) 949 379 3760
For the attention of:                                                      Bill Kullback



EXECUTED as a deed by
Director, duly authorised for and on behalf of LOMBARD MEDICAL LIMITED, in the presence of:
 
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Signature of Witness:
 
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Name of Witness:
 
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Address of Witness:
 
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Occupation of Witness:
 
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Address for notices: Lombard Medical, Technologies Inc.
15420 Laguna Canyon Road, Suite. 260 Irvine,
CA 92618 USA
Bill.Kullback@lombardmedical.com
Fax number:                                                      (+1) 949 379 3760
For the attention of:                                                      Bill Kullback


THE COLLATERAL AGENT

EXECUTED as a deed by
a duly authorized signatory for and on behalf of OXFORD FINANCE LLC
 
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