REVENUE SHARING AND NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT DATED AS OF FEBRUARY 14, 2014
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REVENUE SHARING AND NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF FEBRUARY 14, 2014
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS | 1 | |
1.1. | Certain Defined Terms. | 1 |
1.2. | Other Interpretative Provisions. | 1 |
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ARTICLE II CLOSING AND TERMS OF THE REVENUE STREAM AND NOTES | 2 | |
2.1. | The Revenue Stream. | 2 |
2.2. | The Notes. | 3 |
2.3. | Purchase Price Allocation. | 4 |
2.4. | Taxes. | 5 |
2.5. | Manner and Time of Payment. | 5 |
2.6. | Patent License. | 5 |
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ARTICLE III CONDITIONS PRECEDENT | 5 | |
3.1. | Conditions to Closing. | 5 |
3.2. | Conditions to Closing. | 7 |
3.3. | Conditions to Subsequent Issuance of Notes. | 7 |
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ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY | 8 | |
4.1 | Organization and Business. | 8 |
4.2. | Qualification. | 8 |
4.3. | Operations in Conformity with Law, etc. | 8 |
4.4. | Authorization and Non-Contravention. | 8 |
4.5. | Intellectual Property. | 8 |
4.6. | Material Agreements. | 9 |
4.7. | Margin Regulations. | 9 |
4.8. | Investment Company Act. | 9 |
4.9. | USA PATRIOT Act, FCPA and OFAC. | 9 |
4.10. | No Default. | 10 |
4.11. | Binding Effect. | 10 |
4.12. | Disclosure. | 10 |
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ARTICLE V REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE PURCHASERS AND COLLATERAL AGENT | 10 | |
5.1. | Authority. | 10 |
5.2. | Binding Effect. | 10 |
5.3. | Investment Intent. | 10 |
5.4. | Experience of the Purchaser. | 11 |
5.5. | Access to Information. | 11 |
5.6 | Reliance on Exemptions. | 11 |
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ARTICLE VI COVENANTS | 11 | |
6.1. | Taxes and Other Charges. | 11 |
6.2. | Conduct of Business. | 12 |
6.3. | Maintenance of Existence. | 12 |
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6.4. | Compliance with Legal Requirements. | 12 |
6.5. | Notices; Reports. | 12 |
6.6. | Information Rights. | 13 |
6.7. | Indebtedness. | 14 |
6.8. | Liens. | 14 |
6.9. | Management of Patents and Patent Licenses. | 15 |
6.10. | Cash Collateral Account. | 16 |
6.11. | Further Assurances. | 17 |
6.12. | Confidentiality. | 17 |
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ARTICLE VII EVENTS OF DEFAULT | 17 | |
7.1. | Events of Default. | 17 |
7.2. | Remedies Following an Event of Default. | 20 |
7.3. | Remedies on Account of a Change of Control or Failure to comply with the Business Plan. | 20 |
7.4. | Annulment of Defaults. | 21 |
7.5. | Waivers. | 21 |
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ARTICLE VIII COLLATERAL AGENT | 23 | |
8.1. | Appointment of Collateral Agent. | 22 |
8.2. | Collateral. | 22 |
8.3. | Collateral Agent’s Resignation. | 22 |
8.4. | Concerning the Collateral Agent. | 22 |
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ARTICLE IX GENERAL PROVISIONS | 24 | |
9.1. | Expenses. | 24 |
9.2. | Indemnity. | 24 |
9.3. | Notices. | 25 |
9.4. | Amendments, Consents, Waivers, etc. | 25 |
9.5. | No Strict Construction. | 26 |
9.6. | Certain Acknowledgments. | 26 |
9.7. | Venue; Service of Process; Certain Waivers. | 26 |
9.8. | WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. | 27 |
9.9. | Interpretation; Governing Law; etc. | 27 |
9.10. | Successors and Assigns | 27 |
9.11. | Tax Treatment. | 31 |
APPENDICES, SCHEDULES AND EXHIBITS
Appendix I | Definitions |
Schedule 2.1 | Revenue Participants |
Schedule 2.2 | Note Purchasers |
Schedule 2.2.1 | Third Party Expenses |
Schedule 2.5 | Wire Transfer Instructions |
Schedule 4.5 | Existing Licenses |
Schedule 4.6 | Material Agreements |
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Schedule 9.3 | Notices |
Schedule I(a) | Patents |
Exhibit A | Form of Note |
Exhibit B | Form of Request for Purchase of Notes and Supporting Certificate |
Exhibit C | Form of Acknowledgement of Indebtedness |
Exhibit D | Control Agreement |
Exhibit E-1 | Form of Certificate (Direct Payments) |
Exhibit E-2 | Form of Certificate (Payments to Cash Collateral Account) |
Exhibit F-1 | Note Assignment and Acceptance Agreement |
Exhibit F-2 | Revenue Stream Assignment and Acceptance Agreement |
Exhibit G | Patent Assignment Agreement |
Exhibit H | Patent License Agreement |
Exhibit I | Patent Security Agreement |
Exhibit J | Security Agreement |
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REVENUE SHARING AND NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This REVENUE SHARING AND NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is dated as of February 14, 2014 by and among ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Electronics Corporation, a New York corporation (the “Company”), AND34 Funding LLC as collateral agent (the “Collateral Agent”), each Person listed on Schedule 2.1 hereto (the “Revenue Participants”) and each Person listed on Schedule 2.2 hereto (the “Note Purchasers” and, together with the Revenue Participants, the “Purchasers”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Revenue Participants wish to acquire, and the Company has agreed to grant, an interest in certain of the Company’s future revenues from its patent portfolio subject to payment of the purchase price and other conditions specified herein; and
WHEREAS, the Note Purchasers have agreed to purchase from the Company, and the Company has agreed to issue and sell to the Note Purchasers, up to $4,200,000 (or such greater amount as the Note Purchasers may agree in their sole discretion) in aggregate original principal amount of the Company’s senior secured notes (the “Notes”) in the form of Exhibit A hereto, subject to the terms of this Agreement;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:
1.1.
Certain Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in Appendix I.
1.2.
Other Interpretative Provisions. Unless otherwise specified, all references to “$”, “cash”, “dollars” or similar references shall mean U.S. dollars, paid in cash or other immediately available funds. The definitions set forth in this Agreement are equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. The words “hereof”, “herein”, and “hereunder” and words of like import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement. All references to time of day herein are references to New York, New York time (daylight or standard, as applicable) unless otherwise specifically provided. Where the character or amount of any asset or liability or item of income or expense is required to be determined or any consolidation or other accounting computation is required to be made for the purposes of this Agreement, it shall be done in accordance with GAAP except where such principles are inconsistent with the specific provisions of this Agreement. References in this Agreement to an Appendix, Exhibit, Schedule, Article, Section, clause or subclause refer (A) to the appropriate Appendix, Exhibit or Schedule to, or Article, Section, clause or subclause in this Agreement or (B) to the extent such references are not present in this Agreement, to the Document in which such reference appears. The term “including” is by way of example and not limitation. The word “or” is not exclusive. In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word
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“from” means “from and including”; the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding”; and the word “through” means “to and including.” The term “documents” includes any and all instruments, documents, agreements, certificates, notices, reports, financial statements and other writings, however evidenced, whether in physical or electronic form. All references to any Person shall be constructed to include such Person’s successors and assigns (subject to any restriction on assignment set forth herein). Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, references to any law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing or interpreting such law.
ARTICLE II
CLOSING AND TERMS OF THE REVENUE STREAM AND NOTES
2.1.
2.1.1.
Purchase of the Revenue Stream. On the Closing Date, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 3.1, and against the payment of an aggregate purchase price of Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000) allocated as set forth on Schedule 2.1, the Company hereby grants, and the Revenue Participants hereby acquire the Revenue Stream. The rights of the Revenue Participants to the Revenue Stream shall be secured pursuant to the Collateral Documents, junior in priority to the rights of the Note Purchasers. The purchase price for each Revenue Participant as set forth on Schedule 2.1 shall be payable in immediately available funds by wire transfer to the deposit account of the Company as identified in writing by the Company to the Revenue Participants prior to the Closing Date.
2.1.2.
Payments to Revenue Participants. Subject to the prior payment in full of the Notes, the Company shall pay to the Revenue Participants their proportionate share, in accordance with Schedule 2.1, of the Revenue Stream; provided, that the Company shall instruct any payors to deposit Monetization Pre-Adjustment Revenues, other than Monetization Pre-Adjustment Revenues attributable to Direct Pay Revenues, directly into the Cash Collateral Account. Payments by the Company to Revenue Participants shall be made monthly on the tenth Business Day of each month with respect to any Monetization Revenues received in the prior month; provided that, if the Company receives a single payment of Monetization Pre-Adjustment Revenues of $25,000 or more, the Company shall be required to determine the amount, if any, of the Revenue Share resulting from such payment and to make a payment to the Revenue Participants of any Revenue Share within 10 Business Days of receipt of such payment. Except to the extent that the Collateral Agent is enjoined or stayed from distributing any such Monetization Revenues (other than to the extent such enjoinder or stay arises solely from (x) a dispute among the Purchasers or (y) a dispute between any Purchaser and the Collateral Agent), such direct deposit in the Cash Collateral Account by payors shall constitute timely payment by the Company of the applicable Revenue Share associated with such Monetization Revenues. For the avoidance of doubt, prior to the payment in full of the Notes, the Revenue Stream shall be applied by the Company or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be, to the payment of principal and interest on the Notes when due or payments owed pursuant to Sections 9.1(ii)-(iv) or 9.2, and shall not be shared with any Revenue Participants as a payment in respect of the Revenue Stream.
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2.2.
2.2.1.
Purchase and Sale of the Notes.
2.2.1.1.
On the Closing Date and from time to time thereafter as provided herein and subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Sections 3.1 and 3.2, the Company agrees to issue and sell, and each Note Purchaser agrees to purchase, for an amount equal to the original principal amount thereof and in accordance with the percentages set forth on Schedule 2.2, Notes in an aggregate original principal amount of up to $4,200,000 (or such greater amount as the Note Purchasers may agree in their sole discretion). The purchase price of the Notes allocated in accordance with the percentages set forth Schedule 2.2 shall be payable in immediately available funds by wire transfer to the deposit account of the Company as identified in writing by the Company to the Note Purchasers prior to the Closing Date and each subsequent date of issuance of Notes thereafter. No Note Purchaser shall be responsible for any default by any other Note Purchaser in its obligation to acquire Notes hereunder. The Company may subsequently request, and the Note Purchasers may in their sole discretion agree, to the purchase and sale of additional Notes in excess of such amount.
2.2.1.2.
The Notes to be issued on the Closing Date shall be in an aggregate original principal amount of $200,000. The proceeds of the Notes issued on the Closing Date shall be used to pay the third party expenses set forth on Schedule 2.2.1 and to pay the Company’s transaction expenses.
2.2.1.3.
From time to time following the Closing Date and through the fourth anniversary of the Closing Date (or, upon mutual prior agreement of the Company and the Majority Note Purchasers, through the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date), on not less than 10 Business Days prior written notice, the Company may request that the Note Purchasers acquire, and subject to the conditions set forth in Section 3.3, the Note Purchasers shall acquire, additional Notes in an aggregate original principal amount of up to $4,000,000 (excluding any PIK Interest) (or such greater amount as the Note Purchasers may agree in their sole discretion). The proceeds of the Notes issued following the Closing Date shall be applied solely to the payment of Monetization Expenses (or to reimburse the Company for the payment of Monetization Expenses). The Company may not request additional Notes to be acquired more than one time in any calendar month, and any such requests shall be in a minimum amount of $100,000.
2.2.2.
Interest on the Notes. The unpaid principal amount of the Notes (including any PIK Interest) shall bear interest at a rate equal to LIBOR plus 2% per annum; provided that upon and during the continuance of an Event of Default under Section 7.1.1, the interest rate shall increase by an additional 2% per annum. Interest on the Notes shall be paid on the last Business Day of each calendar quarter (the “Interest Payment Date”), starting with the calendar quarter ending March 31, 2014. Such interest may be paid in cash at the option of the Company (and shall be paid in cash to the extent
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of any unapplied Monetization Revenues) and otherwise shall be paid by increasing the principal amount of the Notes by the amount of such interest, effective as of the applicable Interest Payment Date (“PIK Interest”).
2.2.3.
Payment of the Notes.
2.2.3.1.
Payment at Maturity. The principal of the Notes and all unpaid interest thereon or other amounts owing hereunder shall be paid in full in cash on June 30, 2019 (the “Maturity Date”); provided that the Company may request, and at the sole discretion and option of the Note Purchasers the Note Purchasers may consent, to extend the applicable Maturity Date for up to five one year increments.
2.2.3.2.
Optional Prepayments. The Company may prepay the Notes from time to time in whole or in part, without penalty or premium. Any such prepayment shall include accrued and unpaid interest on the amount prepaid.
2.2.3.3.
Mandatory Prepayments. Upon receipt of any Monetization Revenues, the Company or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be, shall apply 100% of such Monetization Revenues to the payment of accrued and unpaid interest on, and then to repay outstanding principal of, the Notes. Any such principal prepayment shall be applied to the Notes in the order in which the Notes were issued. Except to the extent that the Collateral Agent is enjoined or stayed from distributing any such Monetization Revenues (other than to the extent such enjoinder or stay arises solely from (x) a dispute among the Purchasers or (y) a dispute between any Purchaser and the Collateral Agent), such direct deposit by payors shall constitute timely payment by the Company of such accrued and unpaid interest and the outstanding principal of the Notes in the amount of such direct deposit. Payments by the Company on the Notes pursuant to this Section 2.2.3.3 shall be made monthly on the tenth Business Day of each month with respect to Monetization Revenues received in the prior month; provided that, if the Company receives a single payment of Monetization Pre-Adjustment Revenues of $25,000 or more, the Company shall be required to determine the amount, if any, of the Monetization Revenues resulting from such payment and to make a payment to the Noteholders of such Monetization Revenues within 10 Business Days of receipt of such payment.
2.3.
Purchase Price Allocation. The Company and the Purchasers agree that, for purposes of Sections 305 and 1271 through 1275 of the Code or any other jurisdiction, the purchase price of the Revenue Stream and the purchase price of the Notes shall be as set forth on Schedules 2.1 and 2.2 hereto, and that such purchase prices shall be used by the Company and each Purchaser for all financial and income tax reporting purposes.
2.4.
Taxes. Any and all payments by the Company with respect to any Notes or the Revenue Stream shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings in any such case imposed by the United States or any political subdivision thereof, excluding taxes imposed or based on the
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recipient Purchaser’s overall net income, and franchise or capital taxes imposed on it in lieu of net income taxes (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges, withholdings and liabilities in respect of payments hereunder being hereinafter referred to as “Taxes”). If the Company shall be required by law to deduct any Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable hereunder or under any Notes to any Purchaser, (i) the sum payable shall be increased as may be reasonably necessary so that after making all required deductions for taxes (including deductions for taxes applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 2.4) such Purchaser receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) the Company shall make such deductions and (iii) the Company shall remit the full amount deducted to the relevant taxation authority or other authority in accordance with applicable law. Within 30 days after the date of any payment of such Taxes, the Company shall furnish to the Purchasers the original or certified copy of a receipt evidencing payment thereof.
2.5.
Manner and Time of Payment. All payments to the Note Purchasers or the Revenue Participants (or the Cash Collateral Account, as the case may be) shall be made by wire transfer or other same day funds, without set off, not later than 2:00 p.m. on the day such payment is due, in accordance with the payment instructions set forth on Schedule 2.5.
2.6.
Patent License. Effective as of the Closing Date, the Company shall grant to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a non-exclusive, royalty free, license (including the right to grant sublicenses) with respect to the Patents, which shall be evidenced by, and reflected in, the Patent License Agreement. The Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties agree that the Collateral Agent shall only use such license following either a Change of Control or an Event of Default arising on account of the Company’s failure to comply with Section 6.2; provided, that no sub license granted by the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Patent License Agreement shall be revocable by the Company, including on the basis that such Change of Control or Event of Default has been cured.
ARTICLE III
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
3.1.
Conditions to Closing. The obligation of each Revenue Participant to purchase its respective pro rata share of the Revenue Stream and the obligation of each Note Purchaser to purchase its respective pro rata share of the Notes on the Closing Date is subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in this Section 3.1:
3.1.1.
Deliveries. The Company shall have delivered to each Purchaser and the Collateral Agent fully executed (where applicable) copies of the following:
3.1.1.1.
this Agreement;
3.1.1.2.
the Notes;
3.1.1.3.
the Security Agreement;
3.1.1.4.
the Patent License Agreement;
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3.1.1.5.
the Patent Security Agreement;
3.1.1.6.
the Patent Assignment Agreement;
3.1.1.7.
(i) a copy of the certificate or articles of incorporation or other constitutive document, including all amendments thereto, of the Company, certified as of a recent date by the Secretary of State of the state of its organization and a certificate as to the good standing of the Company as of a recent date, from such Secretary of State (or, in each case, a comparable governmental official, if available); (ii) a certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Company dated the Closing Date and certifying (A) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of the by-laws of the Company as in effect on the Closing Date and at all times since a date prior to the date of the resolutions described in clause (B) below, (B) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of resolutions duly adopted by the board of directors of the Company authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Documents, and that such resolutions and consents have not been modified, rescinded or amended and are in full force and effect, (C) that the certificate or articles of incorporation of the Company have not been amended since the date of the last amendment thereto shown on the certificate of good standing furnished pursuant to clause (i) above, and (D) as to the incumbency and specimen signature of each officer executing this Agreement or any other Document on behalf of the Company; and (iii) a certificate of another officer as to the incumbency and specimen signature of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary executing the certificate pursuant to clause (ii) above;
3.1.1.8.
an opinion of counsel for the Company addressed to the Collateral Agent and each other party hereto in customary form and otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent;
3.1.1.9.
an officer’s certificate from an Authorized Officer of the Company certifying that the condition set forth in Section 3.1.2 has been satisfied;
3.1.1.10.
all documentation and other information about the Company requested by the Revenue Participants or the Note Purchasers or the Collateral Agent under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA PATRIOT Act; and
3.1.1.11.
the Company shall have duly approved and adopted the Business Plan (as defined in Section 6.2).
3.1.2.
Representations and Warranties; No Default. The representations and warranties contained in this Agreement and the other Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects, and there shall exist no Default or Event of Default, including after giving effect to the transactions contemplated herein.
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3.2.
Conditions to Closing. The obligation of the Company to grant the respective pro rata share of the Revenue Stream to the Revenue Participants and to issue and sell to each Note Purchaser its respective pro rata share of the Notes on the Closing Date is subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in this Section 3.2:
3.2.1.
Deliveries. The Purchasers and the Collateral Agent shall have delivered to the Company fully executed (where applicable) copies of the following:
3.2.1.1.
this Agreement;
3.2.1.2.
the Notes;
3.2.1.3.
the Patent License Agreement;
3.2.1.4.
the Security Agreement; and
3.2.1.5.
the Patent Security Agreement.
3.3.
Conditions to Subsequent Issuance of Notes. The obligation of each Note Purchaser to acquire its respective share of the Notes following the Closing Date is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions and to be confirmed by delivery of an officer’s certificate in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B or by other means acceptable to the Note Purchasers:
3.3.1.
Notice. The Company shall provide not less than 10 Business Days prior written notice pursuant to Section 2.2.1.3.
3.3.2.
Representations and Warranties; No Default. As of the date of the issuance of such Notes, the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement or any other Document shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of such date and there shall exist no Default or Event of Default;
3.3.3.
Principal Amount. The issuance of such Notes shall not cause the aggregate original principal amount of Notes, excluding any PIK Interest, (whether issued on the Closing Date or thereafter) to exceed $4,200,000 (or such greater amount as the Purchasers may agree in their sole discretion); and
3.3.4.
Use of Proceeds. Except for Pre-Approved Monetization Expenses, the Company shall have provided evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Note Purchasers that the proceeds of such Notes shall be applied to the payment of Monetization Expenses (or to reimburse the Company for the payment of Monetization Expenses).
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
In order to induce the Revenue Participants to purchase the Revenue Stream and the Note Purchasers to purchase the Notes, the Company hereby represents and warrants to the Revenue Participants as of the Closing Date, and to the Note Purchasers as of the Closing Date and as of the date of each issuance of Notes:
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4.1.
Organization and Business. The Company is (a) a duly organized and validly existing corporation or limited liability company, (b) in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, and (c) has the power and authority, corporate or otherwise, necessary (i) to enter into and perform this Agreement and the Documents to which it is a party, and (ii) to carry on the business now conducted or proposed to be conducted by it.
4.2.
Qualification. The Company is duly and legally qualified to do business as a foreign corporation or limited liability company and is in good standing in each state or jurisdiction in which such qualification is required and is duly authorized, qualified and licensed under all laws, regulations, ordinances or orders of public authorities, or otherwise, to carry on its business in the places and in the manner in which it is conducted.
4.3.
Operations in Conformity with Law, etc. The operations of the Company as now conducted or proposed to be conducted are not in violation in any material respect of, nor is the Company in default in any material respect under, any Legal Requirement.
4.4.
Authorization and Non-Contravention. The Company has taken all corporate, limited liability or other action required to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and each other Document. All necessary consents, approvals and authorizations of any governmental or administrative agency or any other Person of any of the transactions contemplated hereby shall have been obtained and shall be in full force and effect. This Agreement and each other Document does not (i) contravene the terms of any of the Company’s Organization Documents, (ii) conflict with or result in any breach or contravention of, or the creation of any Lien under, or require any payment to be made under (x) any Contractual Obligation of the Company or (y) any material order, injunction, writ or decree of any Governmental Authority or any arbitral award to which the Company is subject or (iii) violate any Legal Requirement.
4.5.
Intellectual Property. As of the Closing Date, subject solely to the licensing agreements set forth on Schedule 4.5 (the “Existing Licenses”) (true and complete copies of which have been delivered to the Purchasers), the Company is the entire, valid, sole and exclusive beneficial and record owner of all right, title and interest to all of the Patents with good and marketable title free and clear of any and all Liens, charges and encumbrances, including, without limitation, that other than the Existing Licenses, there are no pledges, assignments, licenses, springing licenses, options, non-assertion agreements, earn-outs, monetization agreements, profit and revenue sharing arrangements, derivative interests, fee and recovery splitting agreements, registered user agreements, shop rights and covenants by the Company not to ▇▇▇ third persons, and the Company has the power to bring and sustain action and recover for past, present and future infringement without having to join any other third party and that no provision of any Existing License will materially restrict the ability of the Company to pursue Monetization Activities against any [****]. The Company is listed as record owner of all of the Patents and the recordings in the United States Patent and Trademark Office do not reflect any defects in chain-of-title or unreleased liens. All of the Patents are subsisting and have not been adjudged invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, and none of the Patents are at this time the subject to any challenge to their validity or enforceability. To the knowledge of the Company, the Patents are valid and enforceable. The Company has no notice of any lawsuits, actions or opposition, cancellation, revocation, re-examination or reissue proceedings commenced or threatened with reference to any of the Patents. Schedule 4.5 further correctly
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states (rounded to the nearest ten thousand dollar) the total revenues associated with each Existing License for the 12 months ending September 30, 2013.
4.6.
Material Agreements. Schedule 4.6 sets forth each Existing License, each agreement relating to the purchase or other acquisition of any Patent and any other material agreement relating to any Patent. Each such agreement is in full force and effect for the benefit of the Company and to the knowledge of the Company there are no material defaults under any such agreement.
4.7.
Margin Regulations. The Company is not engaged, nor will it engage, principally or as one of its important activities, in the business of purchasing or carrying Margin Stock, or extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying Margin Stock, and the Notes will not be used for any purpose that violates Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve System.
4.8.
Investment Company Act. The Company is not, and is not required to be, registered as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
4.9.
USA PATRIOT Act, FCPA and OFAC.
4.9.1.
To the extent applicable, the Company is in compliance, in all material respects, with (i) the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, and each of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 CFR Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) and any other enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto and (ii) the USA Patriot Act.
4.9.2.
No part of the proceeds of the Notes or the purchase price for the Revenue Stream will be used, directly or indirectly, for any payments to any governmental official or employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate for political office, or anyone else acting in an official capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in violation of the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.
4.9.3.
None of the Company nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or controlled Affiliate of the Company, is currently the subject of any U.S. sanctions program administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury (“OFAC”); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the Notes or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Person, for the purpose of financing the activities of any Person currently the subject of any U.S. sanctions program administered by OFAC, except to the extent licensed or otherwise approved by OFAC.
4.10.
No Default. No Default or Event of Default exists or would result from the incurring of any Obligations by the Company or the grant or perfection of Liens on the Collateral. The Company is not in default under or with respect to any Contractual Obligation in any respect which, individually or together with all such defaults, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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4.11.
Binding Effect. This Agreement and each other Document constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability.
4.12.
Disclosure. No report, financial statement, certificate or other written information furnished by or on behalf of the Company (other than projected financial information, pro forma financial information and information of a general economic or industry nature) to any Purchaser or the Collateral Agent in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder or any other Document (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished) when taken as a whole contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein (when taken as a whole), in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not materially misleading. With respect to projected financial information and pro forma financial information, the Company represents that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time of preparation; it being understood that such projections may vary from actual results and that such variances may be material.
ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE PURCHASERS AND COLLATERAL AGENT
Each Purchaser, for itself and for no other Purchaser, and the Collateral Agent hereby represents and warrants to the Company as of the Closing Date and as of the date of each issuance of Notes:
5.1.
Authority. The Purchaser and the Collateral Agent, as the case may be, has the power and authority, corporate or otherwise, necessary to enter into and perform this Agreement and the Documents to which it is a party.
5.2.
Binding Effect. This Agreement and each other Document constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Purchaser and the Collateral Agent, enforceable against the Purchaser or the Collateral Agent as the case may be in accordance with their respective terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability.
5.3.
Investment Intent. The Purchaser understands that the Note is a “restricted security” and has not been registered under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities law and is acquiring the Note as principal for its own account and not with a view to or for distributing or reselling the Note or any part thereof in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities laws. The Purchaser does not presently have any agreement, plan or understanding, directly or indirectly, with any Person to distribute or effect any distribution of the Note (or any securities which are derivatives thereof) to or through any person or entity.
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5.4.
Experience of the Purchaser. The Purchaser has such knowledge, sophistication and experience in business and financial matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment in the Note, and has so evaluated the merits and risks of such investment. The Purchaser is able to bear the economic risk of an investment in the Note and, at the present time, is able to afford a complete loss of such investment. The Purchaser understands that its investment in the Note involves a significant degree of risk.
5.5.
Access to Information. The Purchaser acknowledges that it has been afforded (i) the opportunity to ask such questions as it has deemed necessary of, and to receive answers from, representatives of the Company concerning the terms and conditions of the offering of the Note and the merits and risks of investing in the Note; (ii) access to information about the Company and its subsidiaries and their respective financial condition, results of operations, business, properties, management and prospects sufficient to enable it to evaluate its investment; and (iii) the opportunity to obtain such additional information that the Company possesses or can acquire without unreasonable effort or expense that is necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to the investment. The Purchaser has sought such accounting, legal and tax advice as it has considered necessary to make an informed decision with respect to its acquisition of the Note.
5.6
Reliance on Exemptions. The Purchaser understands that the Notes are being offered and sold to it in reliance on specific exemptions from the registration requirements of U.S. federal and state securities laws and that the Company is relying in part upon the truth and accuracy of, and the Purchaser’s compliance with, the representations, warranties, agreements, acknowledgements and understandings of the Purchaser set forth herein in order to determine the availability of such exemptions and the eligibility of the Purchaser to acquire its Note.
Except with respect to Sections 6.5.2.1, 6.6, 6.8 and 6.10, which shall terminate on the date on which the Company has fully complied with Section 6.2 with respect to any [****] and all Monetization Revenues owed to the Company as a result of such full compliance have been paid in full, in each case established to the reasonable satisfaction of the Majority Purchasers, the covenants in this Article VI shall cease to apply on the first date following the tenth anniversary of the Closing Date provided that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
6.1.
Taxes and Other Charges. The Company shall duly pay and discharge, or cause to be paid and discharged, before the same becomes in arrears, all taxes, assessments and other governmental charges imposed upon such Person and its properties, sales or activities, or upon the income or profits therefrom; provided, however, that any such tax, assessment, charge or claim need not be paid if the validity or amount thereof shall at the time be contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and if such Person shall, in accordance with GAAP, have set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto; provided, further, that the Company shall pay or bond, or cause to be paid or bonded, all such taxes, assessments, charges or other governmental claims immediately upon the commencement of proceedings to foreclose any Lien which may have attached as security therefor (except to the extent such proceedings have been dismissed or stayed).
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6.2.
Conduct of Business. The Company shall undertake its best efforts to diligently pursue the monetization of the Patents pursuant to the business plan executed by the Company and the Purchasers dated as of February 14, 2014 (such business plan, including as such business plan is subsequently modified in writing with the consent of the Majority Purchasers, the “Business Plan”); provided that (i) no Event of Default shall arise under this Section 6.2 on account of a failure by the Company to comply with paragraph 1 of the Business Plan unless and until (x) the Collateral Agent (acting at the direction of the Majority Purchasers) has provided at least 30 days’ prior written notice to the Company specifying the action or inaction by the Company giving rise to such Event of Default and a proposed reasonable remedy to such Event of Default, and (y) the Company has failed to so remedy such Event of Default within such period; and (ii) the Company’s obligation to so use its best efforts to diligently pursue the monetization of the Patents shall be subject to and limited by the funding of Monetization Expenses using proceeds of the Notes.
6.3.
Maintenance of Existence. The Company shall do all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect and in good standing its legal existence and authority necessary to continue its business.
6.4.
Compliance with Legal Requirements. The Company shall comply in all material respects with all valid Legal Requirements applicable to it, except where compliance therewith shall at the time be contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings.
6.5.
6.5.1.
Certain Notices. The Company shall, promptly following their having notice or knowledge thereof, furnish to each of the Note Purchasers and Revenue Participants such information as they may reasonably request concerning the Company’s Monetization Activities and Monetization Revenues, including without limitation the following:
6.5.1.1.
any dispute, litigation, investigation, suspension or any administrative or arbitration proceeding by or against the Company for an amount in excess of $500,000 or affecting the Company’s ownership rights with respect to the Patents; and
6.5.1.2.
promptly upon acquiring knowledge thereof, the existence of any Default or Event of Default, specifying the nature thereof and what action the Company has taken, is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
Each notice pursuant to this Section shall be accompanied by a statement by an Authorized Officer of the Company, on behalf of the Company, setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein, and stating what action the Company or other Person proposes to take with respect thereto and at what time. Each notice under Section 6.5.1.2 shall describe with particularity any and all clauses or provisions of this Agreement or other Document that have been breached or violated.
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6.5.2.
Certain Reports. The Company shall cause to be furnished to each of the Note Purchasers and the Revenue Participants the following:
6.5.2.1. no later than the 15th day of every month, a report calculating in detail its Monetization Revenues and Monetization Expenses based on vendor invoices then received by ▇▇▇▇▇▇, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Majority Purchasers;
6.5.2.2.
no later than the date on which payments of Direct Pay Revenues are required to be paid, a certificate in the form of Exhibit E-1 accounting for such Direct Pay Revenues and the allocation thereof , in detail and with supporting documentation, reasonably satisfactory to the Majority Purchasers;
6.5.2.3.
copies of any demand, cease and desist or other similar letter and copies of any material filing in any litigation or arbitration relating to the Patents by or against the Company that is not subject to an “attorneys’ eyes only” or other protective order, as soon as reasonably practical after receipt thereof or, in the case of any material letter sent or material filing made by the Company, which is not subject to an “attorneys’ eyes only” or other protective order, as early as practical prior to the date such letter is to be sent or such filing is to be made;
6.5.2.4.
promptly (and in any event within 10 Business Days) after execution thereof, copies of all judgments, settlement agreements or licenses with respect to the Patents; and
6.5.2.5.
promptly (and in any event within 10 Business Days), such additional business, financial, corporate affairs and other information as the Majority Purchasers may from time to time reasonably request.
Subject to the preservation of any privilege, the Company shall authorize and direct any legal counsel or consultant engaged by it to discuss the status of the Company’s Monetization Activities with the Purchasers and the Collateral Agent.
6.6.
Information Rights. Upon 10 Business Days prior request of the Majority Purchasers, the Company shall permit any Purchaser and any Purchaser’s duly authorized representatives and agents to visit and inspect any of its property, corporate books, and financial records related to the Patents, to examine and make copies of its books of accounts and other financial records related to the Patents, and to discuss its affairs, finances, and accounts with, and to be advised as to the same by, its managers, officers, employees and independent public accountants (and by this provision the Company hereby authorizes such accountants to discuss with the Purchasers the finances and affairs of the Company so long as (i) an officer or manager of the Company has been afforded a reasonable opportunity to be present for such discussion and (ii) such accountants shall be bound by standard confidentiality obligations), in each case related to the Patents; provided that so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, such rights shall be exercised no more than one time per year. In addition, upon request of the Majority Purchasers from time to time, the Company shall provide the Purchasers with a status update of any material development in any litigations or any administrative or arbitration
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proceeding related to the Patents. All costs and expenses incurred by the Purchasers and their duly authorized representatives and agents in connection with the exercise of the Purchasers’ rights pursuant to this Section 6.6 shall be paid by the Purchasers, provided, however, if the inspection or examination reveals any material discrepancies with respect to the Monetization Revenues, then all costs and expenses incurred by Purchasers and their duly authorized representatives and agents in connection with the exercise of the Purchasers’ rights pursuant to this Section 6.6 shall be paid by the Company.
6.7.
Indebtedness. The Company shall not create, incur, assume or otherwise become or remain liable with respect to any Indebtedness that is secured by the Patents or any rights related thereto. The Company shall not incur any other Indebtedness prior to June 30, 2019, except for:
6.7.1.
Indebtedness in respect of the Obligations;
6.7.2.
unsecured trade payables that are not evidenced by a promissory note and are incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business; and
6.7.3.
additional Indebtedness, provided that the holder of such Indebtedness acknowledges in writing the rights of the Purchasers hereunder and under the Documents in the form of attached hereto as Exhibit C, and either (I) if the Indebtedness is to be incurred prior to [****] and either (x) the outstanding balance on the Notes, excluding any PIK Interest [****] or (y) the Purchasers have not received [****] of payments in respect of the Revenue Stream hereunder, the Company shall have obtained the prior written consent of [****]; or (II) if (i) the Indebtedness is to be incurred on or following [****] or (ii) the Indebtedness is to be incurred prior [****] but the outstanding balance of the Notes is [****] and the Purchasers have received [****] of repayments in respect of the Notes and Revenue Stream hereunder, the Company has first provided [****].
6.8.
Liens. The Company shall not create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any Patent other than the following (“Permitted Liens”):
6.8.1.
Liens securing the Obligations, and
6.8.2.
the Existing Licenses and other non-exclusive licenses that are entered into pursuant to the Company’s Monetization Activities and otherwise in compliance with this Agreement.
6.9.
Management of Patents and Patent Licenses.
6.9.1.
Dispositions. The Company shall not make any Disposition of any Patents other than (i) entering into settlement agreements or non-exclusive licensing arrangements with respect to the Patents in pursuit of the Business Plan, (ii) sales of the Company’s proprietary hardware and software products in the ordinary course of business provided, for the avoidance of doubt, that no such arrangements shall permit the use of any Patents other than as required for the sale of such products; and (iii) the entry into exclusive license agreements or sales of Patents with the written consent of the
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Majority Purchasers. The Company may sell or exclusively license any Patents without the consent of the Majority Purchasers if (w) the potential purchaser or licensee first initiated the discussion of the potential sale or license with the Company, (x) the Company first provides the Purchasers with at least twenty (20) days prior notice of such Disposition, which notice shall contain the material terms and conditions (including price and form of consideration) of such Disposition, the identity of the proposed purchaser or licensee of such Patents and the intended date of the Disposition, (y) the Company has offered the Purchasers the opportunity to purchase such Patents or enter into such license on the terms and conditions set forth in such notice during the fifteen (15) day period after the Purchasers’ actual receipt of such notice and (z) the Majority Purchasers have declined in writing to purchase such Patents or enter into such license on the terms and conditions set forth in such notice or the fifteen (15) days waiting period has expired. For the avoidance of doubt, proceeds of any Disposition shall constitute Monetization Revenues (after giving effect to any Permitted Adjustments). To the extent that any license, sale or other Disposition is directly, or indirectly, including through sublicense or subsequent change of control, with a [****], in whole or in part, such Disposition shall constitute an arrangement with a [****] in calculating Monetization Revenues from such Disposition. The Company shall include in any Disposition (other than outright sales of Patents) a prohibition against any sublicenses, and a provision that terminates any such arrangement upon a Change of Control.
6.9.2.
Preservation of Patents. Subject to Section 6.9.1, (a) the Company shall, at its own expense, take all reasonable steps to pursue the registration and maintenance of each Patent and shall take all reasonably necessary steps to preserve and protect each Patent and (b) the Company shall not do or permit any act or knowingly omit to do any act whereby any of the Patents may lapse, be terminated, or become invalid or unenforceable or placed in the public domain. At its option, the Collateral Agent or the Majority Purchasers may, at the Company’s expense, take all reasonable steps to pursue the registration and maintenance of each Patent and take all reasonably necessary steps to preserve and protect each Patent and the Company hereby grants the Collateral Agent a power-of-attorney to take all steps in the Company’s name in furtherance of the foregoing; provided that the foregoing shall not be interpreted as excusing the Company from the performance of, or imposing any obligation on the Collateral Agent or the Majority Purchasers to cure or perform any obligation of the Company; provided further that the Collateral Agent shall give the Company prompt written notice following any action taken by the Collateral Agent under this Section 6.9.2, and shall endeavor to the advance written notice where feasible.
6.9.3.
Entry into Agreements. Neither the Company nor any Affiliate of the Company shall enter into any contract or other agreement with respect to the Patents that contains confidentiality provisions prohibiting or otherwise restricting the Company or such Affiliate from disclosing the existence and content of such contract or other agreement to the Note Purchasers and their counsel.
6.10.
Cash Collateral Account. Within 30 days following the Closing Date, the Company shall open a depository account (the “Cash Collateral Account”) with U.S. Bank, N.A.,
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which Cash Collateral Account shall be subject to a control agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit D (and with such other changes as may be approved by the Collateral Agent and the Company), between the Company, U.S. Bank, N.A. and the Collateral Agent. The Company shall cause all Monetization Pre-Adjustment Revenues to be deposited into such Cash Collateral Account, excluding Direct Pay Revenues and including an amount equal to any required addition pursuant to clause (y) of the definition of Monetization Revenues, and the Company hereby authorizes the Majority Purchasers to inform any payor of Monetization Pre-Adjustment Revenues (other than Direct Pay Revenues) of the Company’s obligation to direct all Monetization Pre-Adjustment Revenues to the Cash Collateral Account as required hereunder. On each deposit of Monetization Pre-Adjustment Revenues to the Cash Collateral Account, the Company shall deliver an officer’s certificate in the form of Exhibit E-2 to the Majority Purchasers detailing the source and nature of such Monetization Pre-Adjustment Revenues and setting forth the Company’s calculation of any Permitted Adjustments to such Monetization Pre-Adjustment Revenues, in each case in form and substance and with supporting documentation, in each case, reasonably satisfactory to the Majority Purchasers, and the required application of the resulting Monetization Revenues after giving effect to such Permitted Adjustments. On a monthly basis on and after the Closing Date, but no later than the 15th day of each month, the Collateral Agent shall deliver to the Company a written statement (each a “Collateral Agent Statement”) with reasonable detail showing (i) the amounts applied by the Collateral Agent in the Cash Collateral Account for the prior month to the payment of the Notes or, after the payment in full of the Notes, the payments made to Revenue Participants and the Company in respect of the Monetization Pre-Adjustment Revenues, and (ii) any other withdrawals, transfers, payments from such Cash Collateral Account. The Cash Collateral Account shall be under the sole control of the Collateral Agent and the Company may not have withdrawal rights with respect to, or otherwise control of, the Cash Collateral Account; provided that the Collateral Agent shall make withdrawals from the Cash Collateral Account on no less than weekly basis and apply such amounts in the following order or priority which shall be in accordance with the relevant officer’s certificate (provided the allocations and amounts are not in dispute; provided further that if the Collateral Agent disputes any allocations or amounts in the officer’s certificate, the Collateral Agent shall so promptly notify the Company with reasonable details relative to such dispute) (x) prepay the Notes pursuant to Section 2.2.3.3, (y) pay any amounts owed to the Collateral Agent or the Purchasers pursuant to Sections 9.1(ii)-(iv) or 9.2, (z) pay the Revenue Participants their proportionate share of the Revenue Stream pursuant to Section 2.1.2; provided further that the balance in the Collateral Account following such application shall be distributed to the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if at any time any amounts that do not constitute Monetization Pre-Adjustment Revenues are deposited to the Cash Collateral Account, promptly (and in any event within ten (10) Business Days) after demand by the Company made to Collateral Agent, which demand shall be accompanied by an officer’s certificate of the Company certifying that the specified amount to be returned does not constitute Monetization Pre-Adjustment Revenues, the Collateral Agent shall remit such funds to the Company. Except to the extent that the Collateral Agent is enjoined or stayed from distributing any Monetization Revenues (other than to the extent such enjoinder or stay arises solely from (x) a dispute among the Purchasers or (y) a dispute between any Purchaser and the Collateral Agent), the Company shall not be responsible for obligations under this Agreement with respect to any payment or distribution of Monetization Revenues once deposited in the Cash Collateral Account. The
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Company shall have complete access to account statements from the depositary bank concerning the Cash Collateral Account.
6.11.
Further Assurances. Upon the reasonable request of the Majority Purchasers or the Collateral Agent, the Company shall (i) correct any material defect or error that may be discovered in the execution, acknowledgment, filing or recordation of any Document or other document or instrument relating to any Collateral, and (ii) do, execute, acknowledge, deliver, record, re-record, file, re-file, register and re-register any and all such further acts, deeds, certificates, assurances and other instruments as the Collateral Agent or Majority Purchasers may reasonably request from time to time in order to carry out the purposes of the Documents.
6.12.
Confidentiality. Each party hereto will hold, and will cause its respective Affiliates and its and their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, members, investors, auditors, attorneys, financial advisors, other consultants and advisors and assignees to hold, in strict confidence, unless disclosure to a regulatory authority is necessary in connection with any necessary regulatory approval, examination or inspection or unless disclosure is required by judicial or administrative process or, in the written opinion of its counsel, by other requirement of law or the applicable requirements of any regulatory agency or relevant stock exchange, all non-public records, books, contracts, instruments, computer data and other data and information (collectively, “Information”) concerning the other party hereto furnished to it by or on behalf of such other party or its representatives pursuant to this Agreement (except to the extent that such information can be shown to have been (1) previously known by such party on a non-confidential basis or becomes available to such party on a non-confidential basis, (2) publicly available through no fault of such party or (3) later lawfully acquired from other sources by such party), and neither party hereto shall release or disclose such Information to any other person, except on a confidential basis to its officers, directors, employees, agents, members, investors, Affiliates, auditors, attorneys, financial advisors, other consultants and advisors and except in connection with any proposed assignment or participation of the rights of a Purchaser under this Agreement made in accordance with Section 9.10.3, provided such prospective assignee or participant has agreed to be bound by the confidentiality provisions consistent with those set forth herein.
7.1.
Events of Default. Each of the following events is referred to as an “Event of Default”:
7.1.1.
Payment. The Company shall fail to make any payment due hereunder within 3 Business Days of when such payment is due and payable.
7.1.2.
Other Covenants. The Company shall (x) fail to perform or observe any of the covenants or agreements contained in Section 6.2, Section 6.6 and Section 6.10 or (y) fail to perform or observe any of the covenants or agreements in Article VI or elsewhere in this Agreement or in any other Document (other than those covenants or agreements specified in clause (x) above) such failure continues for thirty days after the earlier of (i) written notice to the Company by the Collateral Agent or any Purchaser of
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such failure or (ii) knowledge of the Company of such failure; provided, that no such cure period shall apply to breaches of any of Sections 6.7 through Section 6.9 or to Section 6.11 that either are intentional by the Company or where, in the reasonable judgment of the Majority Purchasers, a material delay in the exercise of remedies or the taking of curative action is reasonably likely to result in material harm to the value of the Patents or the success of the monetization efforts.
7.1.3.
Representations and Warranties. Any representation or warranty of or with respect to the Company, pursuant to or in connection with any Document, or in any financial statement, report, notice, mortgage, assignment or certificate delivered by the Company so representing to the other parties hereto in connection herewith or therewith, shall be false in any material respect on the date as of which it was made provided such failure continues for thirty days after the earlier of (i) written notice to the Company by the Collateral Agent or any Purchaser of such failure or (ii) knowledge of the Company of such failure.
7.1.4.
Cross Default. Prior to the Maturity Date, any event of default, after giving effect to any applicable grace or cure period, with respect to any Indebtedness in excess of [****] of the Company that is on account of a default in any payment under such Indebtedness shall occur and be continuing if such event of default continues for thirty days after the earlier of (i) written notice to the Company by the Collateral Agent or any Purchaser of such failure or (ii) knowledge of the Company of such event of default.
7.1.5.
Liquidation; etc. The Company shall initiate any action to dissolve, liquidate or otherwise terminate its existence.
7.1.6.
[Reserved].
7.1.7.
Judgments. A final judgment (a) which, with other outstanding final judgments against the Company, exceeds an aggregate of [****] shall be rendered against the Company or (b) which grants injunctive relief that results, or creates a material risk of resulting, in a Material Adverse Effect and in either case if (i) within 30 days after entry thereof (or such longer period permitted under the terms of such judgment), such judgment shall not have been discharged or execution thereof stayed pending appeal or (ii) within 30 days after the expiration of any such stay, such judgment shall not have been discharged.
7.1.8.
Bankruptcy, etc. The Company shall:
7.1.8.1.
commence a voluntary case under the Bankruptcy Code or authorize, by appropriate proceedings of its board of directors or other governing body, the commencement of such a voluntary case;
7.1.8.2.
(i) have filed against it a petition commencing an involuntary case under the Bankruptcy Code that shall not have been dismissed within 60 days after the date on which such petition is filed or (ii) file an answer or other pleading within such 60-day period admitting or failing to deny the material
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allegations of such a petition or seeking, consenting to or acquiescing in the relief therein provided or (iii) have entered against it an order for relief in any involuntary case commenced under the Bankruptcy Code;
7.1.8.3.
seek relief as a debtor under any applicable law, other than the Bankruptcy Code, of any jurisdiction relating to the liquidation or reorganization of debtors or to the modification or alteration of the rights of creditors, or consent to or acquiesce in such relief;
7.1.8.4.
have entered against it an order by a court of competent jurisdiction (i) finding it to be bankrupt or insolvent, (ii) ordering or approving its liquidation or reorganization as a debtor or any modification or alteration of the rights of its creditors or (iii) assuming custody of, or appointing a receiver or other custodian for, all or a substantial portion of its property; or
7.1.8.5.
make an assignment for the benefit of, or enter into a composition with, its creditors, or appoint, or consent to the appointment of, or suffer to exist a receiver or other custodian for, all or a substantial portion of its property.
7.1.9.
Collateral. Any material provision of any Document shall for any reason cease to be valid and binding on or enforceable against the Company or the Company shall so state in writing or bring an action to limit its obligations or liabilities thereunder; or any Collateral Document shall for any reason (other than pursuant to the terms thereof) cease to create a valid security interest in the Collateral purported to be covered thereby or such security interest shall for any reason (other than the failure of the Collateral Agent or the Note Purchasers to take any action within its control) cease to be a perfected and first priority security interest subject only to Permitted Liens and such failure shall continue for thirty days after the earlier of (i) written notice to the Company by the Collateral Agent or any Purchaser of such failure or (ii) knowledge of the Company of such failure .
7.2.
Remedies Following an Event of Default. If any one or more Events of Default shall occur and be continuing, then in each and every such case:
7.2.1.
Specific Performance; Exercise of Rights. The Majority Purchasers (or the Collateral Agent, acting at the direction of the Majority Purchasers) may proceed to protect and enforce such party’s rights by suit in equity, action at law and/or other appropriate proceeding, either for specific performance of any covenant or condition contained in any Document, or in aid of the exercise of any power granted in any Document, including directing the Company to take any action requested by the Majority Purchasers (or the Collateral Agent, acting at the direction of the Majority Purchasers) in any Monetization Activity regarding the Patents;
7.2.2.
Acceleration. The Majority Note Purchaser may, by notice in writing to the Company, declare the remaining unpaid amount of the then-outstanding Notes, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon, to be immediately due and payable;
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provided that if a Bankruptcy Event of Default pursuant to Section 7.1.8 shall have occurred, such amounts shall automatically become immediately due and payable;
7.2.3.
Standstill. Upon notice in writing from the Majority Purchasers, the Company shall not enter into any new pledges, assignments, licenses, springing licenses, options, non-assertion agreements, earn-outs, monetization agreements, profit and revenue sharing arrangements, derivative interests, fee and recovery splitting agreements, registered user agreements, shop rights and covenants by the Company not to ▇▇▇ third persons with respect to any of the Patents; and
7.2.4.
Cumulative Remedies. To the extent not prohibited by applicable law which cannot be waived, each party’s rights hereunder and under the other Documents shall be cumulative;
provided that, effective upon the Majority Purchasers (or the Collateral Agent, acting at the direction of the Majority Purchasers) enforcing any such rights or remedies under this Agreement or any other Document, or under applicable law, the Purchasers and the Collateral Agent shall (1) grant, and do hereby grant, to the Company a perpetual non-exclusive, royalty-free, world-wide license (with the right to sublicense to third parties under the Existing Licenses and the sale of proprietary products and any other licenses entered into in compliance with this Agreement) to the Patents, which license shall be non-revocable by any third party transferee or any other person or entity that acquires rights in the Patents (by foreclosure or otherwise) at any time following such exercise of rights or remedies, and (2) require as a condition to the effectiveness of any such transfer or assignment (by foreclosure or otherwise) of the Patents or rights in the Patents, that the applicable transferee or assignee acknowledge and agree to the non-revocable grant to the Company of the perpetual license of the type described in the immediately preceding clause (1), which acknowledgement and agreement by such transferee or assignee shall be made in a writing, signed by a duly authorized officer of such transferee or assignee, made to and for the express benefit of the Company, and the original of which shall be delivered by the Purchasers or the Collateral Agent to the Company promptly following any such transfer or assignment.
7.3.
Remedies on Account of a Change of Control or Failure to comply with the Business Plan. In the event of an Event of Default arising from the Company’s failure to fully comply with Section 6.2 or upon a Change of Control, (x) the Collateral Agent may exercise its rights under the Patent License Agreement and (y) the Collateral Agent (acting at the direction of the Majority Purchasers) shall have the right to date and complete the Patent Assignment Agreement that shall assign the Patents to a special purpose entity controlled solely by the Majority Purchasers which shall thereafter have the right to receive directly from any payor any and all Monetization Pre-Adjustment Revenues, subject to a perpetual, non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license back to the Company that permits the Company to use the Patents to sell its products and to comply with its existing contractual obligations under Existing Licenses and other arrangements entered into subsequent to the Closing Date in compliance with this Agreement, provided that as a condition to the effectiveness of any such assignment of the Patents or rights in the Patents, Purchasers and Collateral Agent shall cause such special purpose entity acknowledge and agree to the non-revocable grant to the Company of the perpetual license
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of the type described above in this sentence, which acknowledgement and agreement by such special purpose entity shall be made in a writing, signed by a duly authorized officer of such special purpose entity, made to and for the express benefit of the Company, and the original of which shall be delivered by the Purchasers or the Collateral Agent to the Company promptly following any such assignment. In such event, the Company’s sole right and interest in such special purpose vehicle shall be to receive distributions of any remaining portion of any Monetization Pre-Adjustment Revenues (after payment of expenses of the Collateral Agent and the Purchasers pursuant to this Agreement, and any expenses for the establishment, maintenance or operation of such vehicle, including expenses in pursuing Monetization Activities) net of the mandatory prepayment of the Notes pursuant to Section 2.2.3.3, which shall be distributed by the special purpose vehicle to the Note Purchasers, and net of the Revenue Stream, which shall be distributed by the special purpose vehicle to the Revenue Participants. For the avoidance of doubt, the Collateral Agent shall not have the right to date and complete the Patent Assignment Agreement until such time as an Event of Default arising from the Company’s failure to fully comply with Section 6.2 or a Change of Control has occurred.
7.4.
Annulment of Defaults. Once an Event of Default has occurred, such Event of Default shall be deemed to exist and be continuing for all purposes of this Agreement until the earlier of (x) Majority Purchasers shall have waived such Event of Default in writing, (y) the Company shall have cured such Event of Default to the Majority Purchasers’ reasonable satisfaction or the Company or such Event of Default otherwise ceases to exist, or (z) the Collateral Agent and the Purchasers or Majority Purchasers (as required by Section 9.4.1) have entered into an amendment to this Agreement which by its express terms cures such Event of Default, at which time such Event of Default shall no longer be deemed to exist or to have continued. No such action by the parties hereto shall prevent the occurrence of, or effect a waiver with respect to, any subsequent Event of Default or impair any rights of the parties hereto upon the occurrence thereof.
7.5.
Waivers. To the extent that such waiver is not prohibited by the provisions of applicable law that cannot be waived, the Company waives:
7.5.1.
all presentments, demands for performance, notices of nonperformance (except to the extent required by this Agreement), protests, notices of protest and notices of dishonor;
7.5.2.
any requirement of diligence or promptness on the part of the Purchasers in the enforcement of its rights under this Agreement;
7.5.3.
any and all notices of every kind and description which may be required to be given by any statute or rule of law; and
7.5.4.
any defense (other than indefeasible payment in full) which it may now or hereafter have with respect to its liability under this Agreement or with respect to the Obligations.
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8.1.
Appointment of Collateral Agent. Each of the Purchasers hereby appoints AND34 Funding LLC as Collateral Agent to act for them as collateral agent, to hold any pledged collateral and any other collateral perfected by perfection or control for the benefit of the Purchasers; provided that the rights of the Note Purchasers to direct the Collateral Agent and to receive proceeds of Collateral shall be prior to, and controlling of, any rights of the Revenue Participants. Without limiting the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall take direction from the Majority Purchasers and shall distribute any proceeds of Collateral (net of its own expenses) to the Note Purchasers to apply to the payment of the Notes prior to distributing any proceeds to the Revenue Participants.
8.2.
Collateral. The Collateral Agent shall act at the instruction of the Majority Purchasers with respect to providing any vote, consent or taking other action with respect to the Collateral.
8.3.
Collateral Agent’s Resignation. The Collateral Agent may resign at any time by giving at least 30 days’ prior written notice of its intention to do so to each of the other parties hereto and upon the appointment by the Majority Purchasers of a successor Collateral Agent. If no successor Collateral Agent shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted such appointment within 45 days after the retiring Collateral Agent’s giving of such notice of resignation, then the retiring Collateral Agent may appoint a successor Collateral Agent, with the consent of the Majority Purchasers. Upon the appointment of a new Collateral Agent hereunder, the term “Collateral Agent” shall for all purposes of this Agreement thereafter mean such successor. After any retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation hereunder as Collateral Agent, or the removal hereunder of any successor Collateral Agent, the provisions of this Agreement shall continue to inure to the benefit of such retiring or removed Collateral Agent as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Collateral Agent under this Agreement.
8.4.
Concerning the Collateral Agent.
8.4.1.
Standard of Conduct, etc. The Collateral Agent and its officers, directors, employees and agents shall be under no liability to any of the Purchasers or to any future holder of any interest in the Obligations for any action or failure to act taken or suffered in the absence of gross negligence and willful misconduct, and any action or failure to act in accordance with an opinion of its counsel shall conclusively be deemed to be in the absence of gross negligence and willful misconduct.
8.4.2.
No Implied Duties, etc. The Collateral Agent shall have and may exercise such powers as are specifically delegated to the Collateral Agent under this Agreement together with all other powers incidental thereto. The Collateral Agent shall have no implied duties to any Person or any obligation to take any action under this Agreement except for action specifically provided for in this Agreement to be taken by the Collateral Agent.
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8.4.3.
Validity, etc. The Collateral Agent shall not be responsible to any other party or any future holder of any interest in the Obligations (a) for the legality, validity, enforceability or effectiveness of any Document, (b) for any recitals, reports, representations, warranties or statements contained in or made in connection with any Document, (c) for the existence or value of any assets included in any security for the Obligations, (d) for the effectiveness of any Lien purported to be included in the security for the Obligations, or (e) for the perfection of the security interests for the Obligations.
8.4.4.
Compliance. The Collateral Agent shall not be obligated to ascertain or inquire as to the performance or observance of any of the terms of this Agreement or any other Document.
8.4.5.
Employment of Agents and Counsel. The Collateral Agent may execute any of its duties as Collateral Agent under this Agreement or the other Documents by or through employees, agents and attorneys-in-fact and shall not be responsible to any of the parties hereto for the default or misconduct of any such employees, agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by the Collateral Agent acting in the absence of gross negligence and willful misconduct. The Collateral Agent shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to the agency hereby created and its duties hereunder.
8.4.6.
Reliance on Documents and Counsel. The Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any affidavit, certificate, cablegram, consent, instrument, letter, notice, order, document, statement, telecopy, telegram, telex or teletype message or writing reasonably believed in good faith by the Collateral Agent to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the Person in question, including any telephonic or oral statement made by such Person, and, with respect to legal matters, upon an opinion or the advice of counsel selected by the Collateral Agent.
8.4.7.
Collateral Agent’s Reimbursement. The Purchasers agree to indemnify the Collateral Agent for any losses arising from its appointment as the Collateral Agent or from the performance of its duties hereunder and to reimburse the Collateral Agent for any reasonable expenses; provided, however, that the Collateral Agent shall not be indemnified or reimbursed for liabilities or expenses to the extent resulting from its own gross negligence or willful misconduct.
8.4.8.
Assumption of Collateral Agent’s Rights. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time no Person constitutes the Collateral Agent hereunder or the Collateral Agent fails to act upon written directions from the parties hereto, the Majority Purchasers shall be entitled to exercise any power, right or privilege granted to the Collateral Agent and in so acting the Majority Purchasers shall have the same rights, privileges, indemnities and protections provided to the Collateral Agent hereunder.
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9.1.
Expenses. The Company agrees to promptly pay in full (i) subject to the availability and limited to the proceeds of the Notes, [****] incurred, by the Collateral Agent or the Purchasers in connection with [****]; provided that the aggregate reimbursable expenses under this clause (i) shall not exceed [****], (ii) [****] incurred by the Purchasers pursuant to Section 6.9.2 or otherwise expressly payable by the Company under this Agreement, which expenses shall not exceed [****] in the aggregate over and above the expenses of [****], (iii) following an Event of Default, [****] incurred by the Collateral Agent or the Purchasers in enforcing any obligations hereunder or under any other Document on account of such Default or in collecting any payments due hereunder, including [****] incurred by the Collateral Agent or the Purchasers in connection with any refinancing or restructuring of the credit arrangements provided under this Agreement in the nature of a workout, or any insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings. Any such costs and expenses invoiced prior to a Closing Date shall be paid on such Closing Date. Any other costs and expenses shall be paid within thirty (30) days of the submission of an invoice to the Company therefor, provided that the Collateral Agent’s application of the proceeds of the Monetization Revenues towards such expenses pursuant to Section 6.10 shall be deemed to be timely payment thereof if the Collateral Agent receives sufficient Monetization Revenues within such 30 day period. Any amounts not timely paid shall bear interest, [****].
9.2.
Indemnity. In addition to the payment of expenses pursuant to Section 9.1, whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby shall be consummated, the Company (as “Indemnitor”) agrees to indemnify, pay and hold the Collateral Agent and the Purchasers, and the officers, directors, partners, managers, members, employees, agents, and Affiliates of the Collateral Agent and the Purchasers (collectively, the “Indemnitees”) harmless from and against any and all other liabilities, costs, expenses, obligations, losses (other than lost profit), damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, claims and disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever (including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of one counsel for such Indemnitees) in connection with any investigative, administrative or judicial proceeding commenced or threatened (excluding claims among Indemnitees) by any person who is not a Purchaser or an Affiliate thereof or the Collateral Agent or an Affiliate thereof, whether or not such Indemnitee shall be designated a party thereto, which may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against that Indemnitee, in any manner relating to or arising out of this Agreement and the Notes (the “Indemnified Liabilities”); provided that the Indemnitor shall not have any obligation to an Indemnitee hereunder with respect to an Indemnified Liability to the extent that such Indemnified Liability arises from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of that Indemnitee or any of its officers, directors, partners, managers, members, employees, agents and/or Affiliates. Each Indemnitee shall give the Indemnitor prompt written notice of any claim that might give rise to Indemnified Liabilities setting forth a description of those elements of such claim of which such Indemnitee has knowledge; provided that any failure to give such notice shall not affect the obligations of the Indemnitor. The Indemnitor shall have the right at any time during which such claim is pending to select counsel to defend and control the defense thereof and settle any claims for which it is responsible for indemnification hereunder (provided that the Indemnitor will not settle any such claim without (i) the appropriate Indemnitee’s prior
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written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or (ii) obtaining an unconditional release of the appropriate Indemnitee from all claims arising out of or in any way relating to the circumstances involving such claim and without any admission as to culpability or fault of such Indemnitee) so long as in any such event, the Indemnitor shall have stated in a writing delivered to the Indemnitee that, as between the Indemnitor and the Indemnitee, the Indemnitor is responsible to the Indemnitee with respect to such claim to the extent and subject to the limitations set forth herein; provided that the Indemnitor shall not be entitled to control the defense of any claim in the event that in the reasonable opinion of counsel for the Indemnitee, there are one or more material defenses available to the Indemnitee which are not available to the Indemnitor; provided further, that with respect to any claim as to which the Indemnitee is controlling the defense, the Indemnitor will not be liable to any Indemnitee for any settlement of any claim pursuant to this Section 9.2 that is effected without its prior written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. To the extent that the undertaking to indemnify, pay and hold harmless set forth in this Section 9.2 may be unenforceable because it is violative of any law or public policy, the Company shall contribute the maximum portion which it is permitted to pay and satisfy under applicable law, to the payment and satisfaction of all Indemnified Liabilities incurred by the Indemnitees or any of them. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no party shall be liable to the other party or any third party for any indirect, incidental, exemplary, special, punitive or consequential damages (including with respect to lost revenue, lost profits or savings or business interruption) of any kind or nature whatsoever suffered by the other party or any third party howsoever caused and regardless of the form or cause of action, even if such damages are foreseeable or such party has been advised of the possibility of such damages. The provisions of this Section 9.2 shall survive the repayment in full of the Notes and the termination of this Agreement.
9.3.
Notices. All notices, demands or other communications to be given or delivered under or by reason of the provisions of this Agreement shall be in writing and delivered via facsimile, email (in each case, followed promptly by delivery from a nationally recognized overnight courier) or a nationally recognized overnight courier. Such notices, demands and other communications will be delivered or sent to the address indicated on Schedule 9.3 or such other address or to the attention of such other Person as the recipient party shall have specified by prior written notice to the sending party. Any such communication shall be deemed to have been received when actually delivered or refused.
9.4.
Amendments, Consents, Waivers, etc.
9.4.1.
Amendments. No amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any provision of this Agreement shall in any event be effective without the written consent of each of the Company, the Collateral Agent and the Majority Purchasers; provided that the consent of each affected Purchaser shall be required for any amendment that (i) waives or reduces any amounts owed to it under this Agreement or extends the date for payment of any amount hereunder, (ii) releases the Company or (iii) releases all or any material portion of the Collateral, except in connection with any Disposition of Patents to the extent permitted under Section 6.9.1. Any waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which it was given. No notice to or demand on the Company in any case shall entitle the Company to any
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further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances. Any amendment, modification, termination, waiver or consent effected in accordance with this Section 9.4.1 shall be binding upon the holders of the Obligations at the time outstanding and each future holder thereof.
9.4.2.
Course of Dealing; No Implied Waivers. No course of dealing between the Purchasers and the Company shall operate as a waiver of any Purchaser’s rights under this Agreement or with respect to the Obligations. In particular, no delay or omission on the part of any Purchaser in exercising any right under this Agreement or with respect to the Obligations shall operate as a waiver of such right or any other right hereunder or thereunder. A waiver on any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to or waiver of any right or remedy on any future occasion.
9.5.
No Strict Construction. The parties have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement with counsel sophisticated in financing transactions. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provisions of this Agreement.
9.6.
Certain Acknowledgments. Each of the Company and the Purchasers acknowledges that:
9.6.1.
it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement; and
9.6.2.
no joint venture is created hereby or otherwise exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby among the Company and the Purchasers.
9.7.
Venue; Service of Process; Certain Waivers. The Company and Purchaser:
9.7.1.
irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of any New York state court or federal court sitting in New York, New York, and any court having jurisdiction over appeals of matters heard in such courts, for the purpose of any suit, action or other proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the subject matter hereof or thereof;
9.7.2.
waive to the extent not prohibited by applicable law that cannot be waived, and agree not to assert, by way of motion, as a defense or otherwise, in any such proceeding brought in any of the above-named courts, any claim that they are not subject personally to the jurisdiction of such court, that their property is exempt or immune from attachment or execution, that such proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum, that the venue of such proceeding is improper, or that this Agreement, or the subject matter hereof or thereof, may not be enforced in or by such court;
9.7.3.
consent to service of process in any such proceeding in any manner at the time permitted under the applicable laws of the State of New York and agree that
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service of process by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, at the address specified in or pursuant to Section 9.3 is reasonably calculated to give actual notice; and
9.7.4.
waive to the extent not prohibited by applicable law that cannot be waived any right to claim or recover in any such proceeding any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.
9.8.
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. TO THE EXTENT NOT PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW THAT CANNOT BE WAIVED, EACH COMPANY AND EACH PURCHASER WAIVES, AND COVENANTS THAT IT WILL NOT ASSERT (WHETHER AS PLAINTIFF, DEFENDANT OR OTHERWISE), ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY FORUM IN RESPECT OF ANY ISSUE, CLAIM OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE CONDUCT OF THE PARTIES HERETO, WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING AND WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE. The Company acknowledges that it has been informed by the Purchasers that the foregoing sentence constitutes a material inducement upon which the Purchasers have relied and will rely in entering into this Agreement. Any of the Company or Purchasers may file an original counterpart or a copy of this Agreement with any court as written evidence of the consent of the Company and Purchasers to the waiver of their rights to trial by jury.
9.9.
Interpretation; Governing Law; etc. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made in this Agreement or in certificates delivered pursuant hereto or thereto shall be deemed to have been relied on by each Purchaser, notwithstanding any investigation made by such Purchaser, and shall survive the execution and delivery to the Purchasers hereof and thereof. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision hereof shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision hereof, and any invalid or unenforceable provision shall be modified so as to be enforced to the maximum extent of its validity or enforceability. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof. This Agreement and the Documents constitute the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all prior and contemporaneous understandings and agreements, whether written or oral. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts which together shall constitute one instrument. This Agreement, and any issue, claim or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the Documents or the conduct of the parties hereto, whether now existing or hereafter arising and whether in contract, tort or otherwise, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
9.10.
9.10.1.
The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted by Sections 9.10.2 and 9.10.3.
9.10.2.
The Company may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Majority Purchasers. Subject to Section 9.10.4 below, any Note Purchaser may sell, assign, participate or
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transfer all or any part of their rights under this Agreement to an Eligible Assignee (as defined below) with the written consent of the Company (not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned); provided that (x) the consent of the Company shall not be required (a) in the case of any sale, assignment, participation or transfer to any person that is not a direct competitor of the Company (as reasonably determined by the Majority Purchasers), (b) in the case of any sale, assignment, participation or transfer to any Affiliate of a Purchaser that is an Eligible Assignee and (c) if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; (y) such Note Purchaser and the assignee of such Note Purchaser shall have delivered an executed Assignment and Acceptance Agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F-1 to the Company and each other Purchaser; and (z) other than during an Event of Default, no Note Purchaser may sell, assign, participate or transfer all or any part of their rights under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the Company if, as a result of such sale, assignment, participation or transfer, the resulting Note Purchasers constituting the Majority Note Purchasers would at any time be greater in number than one Note Purchaser except that all Affiliates of the original Note Purchaser shall be treated as if they were one entity for purposes of this clause (z) and there is a single point of contact representing the original Note Purchaser and all such Affiliates for purposes of this Agreement. In the case of any sale, assignment, transfer or negotiation of all or part of the rights of a Note Purchaser under this Agreement that is authorized under this Section 9.10.2, the assignee, transferee or recipient shall have, to the extent of such sale, assignment, transfer or negotiation, the same rights, benefits and obligations as it would if it were a Note Purchaser hereunder. The Note Purchasers agree to provide to the Company prompt written notice of any sales, assignments or transfers permitted hereunder, including the name and address of the transferee(s). “Eligible Assignee” means any commercial bank, insurance company, finance company, financial institution, fund that invests in loans or any other “accredited investor” (as defined in Regulation D of the Securities Act (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required above under this Section 9.10.2)).
9.10.3.
The Company shall maintain at its principal office, or the principal office of its counsel, a register (the “Register”) in which the Company shall keep a record of the Notes made by each Purchaser, payments to each Purchaser and any transfer of the rights of an Purchaser; provided that the Company shall have no obligation to update the register to reflect any sales, assignments or transfers made by the Purchasers in the event that the Purchasers fail to give the Company written notice as required under Section 9.10.3. The requirement that the ownership and transfer of the rights of the Purchasers under this Agreement shall be reflected in the Register is intended to ensure that the Notes qualify as an obligation issued in “registered form” as that term is used in Sections 163(f), 871(h), and 881(c) of the Code and shall be interpreted accordingly and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement.
9.10.4.
Any Revenue Participant may sell, assign, participate or transfer all or any part of their rights under this Agreement to an Eligible Assignee with the written consent of the Company (not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned); provided that (x) the consent of the Company shall not be required (a) in the case of any sale, assignment, participation or transfer to any person that is not a direct competitor of
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the Company (as reasonably determined by the Majority Revenue Participant), (b) in the case of any sale, assignment, participation or transfer to any Affiliate of a Revenue Participant that is an Eligible Assignee and (c) if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; (y) such Revenue Participant and the assignee of such Revenue Participant shall have delivered an executed Assignment and Acceptance Agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F-2 to the Company and each other Purchaser; and (z) other than during an Event of Default, no Revenue Participant may sell, assign, participate or transfer all or any part of their rights under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the Company if, as a result of such sale, assignment, participation or transfer, the resulting Revenue Participants constituting the Majority Revenue Participants would at any time be greater in number than one Revenue Participant except that all Affiliates of the original Revenue Participant shall be treated as if they were one entity for purposes of this clause (z) and there is a single point of contact representing the original Revenue Participant and all such Affiliates for purposes of this Agreement. In the case of any sale, assignment, transfer or negotiation of all or part of the rights of a Revenue Participant under this Agreement that is authorized under this Section 9.10.4, the assignee, transferee or recipient shall have, to the extent of such sale, assignment, transfer or negotiation, the same rights, benefits and obligations as it would if it were a Revenue Participant hereunder. The Revenue Participants agree to provide to the Company prompt written notice of any sales, assignments or transfers permitted hereunder, including the name and address of the transferee(s).
9.11.
9.11.1.
The Company and each Revenue Participant intend that, solely for federal, state and local income tax purposes and for no other purpose, the relationship between the Revenue Participants and the Company that is created by this Agreement with respect to the Revenue Stream shall be treated as creating a partnership with respect to the Revenue Stream (the “Tax Partnership”), with the Revenue Participants and the Company being treated as partners of such partnership; it being understood for avoidance of doubt that the relationship between the Company and the Note Purchasers by this Agreement with respect to the Notes shall be a debtor-creditor relationship for all purposes, including for all federal, state and local income tax purposes.
9.11.2.
The Company and each Revenue Participant hereby agree that for purposes of determining the Company’s and each Revenue Participant’s distributive share of income, gain, loss and deduction of the Tax Partnership:
9.11.2.1.
The Tax Partnership shall maintain capital accounts for each of the Company and the Revenue Participants consistent with the rules of Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b); it being understood that under no circumstances shall any such rule override the economic relationship between the parties as to their respective shares of the Monetization Revenues set forth in this Agreement;
9.11.2.2.
The Company shall be deemed to contribute to the Tax Partnership the right to generate revenue [****];
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9.11.2.3.
The Revenue Participants shall be deemed to contribute to the Tax Partnership the purchase price for the Revenue Stream;
9.11.2.4.
The Tax Partnership shall allocate items of income, gain, loss and deduction to the Company and the Revenue Participants in a manner that causes the capital accounts of the parties to be equal to the amounts payable pursuant to this agreement if the Tax Partnership sold the Patent Rights and any other non-cash assets for an amount equal to the book value of the Patent Rights and any other non-cash assets (as determined pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)) and distributed the proceeds and any other cash pursuant to this Agreement; it being understood that [****].
9.11.3.
The Company and each Revenue Participant shall file all tax returns and shall otherwise take all tax and financial reporting positions in a manner consistent with any treatment described in this Section 9.11. The Company shall be the tax matters partner of the Tax Partnership.
9.11.4.
The Company and each of the Revenue Participants will cooperate to provide each other with any information reasonably requested by any of them in connection with the preparation or filing of any return, declaration, report, election, information return or other statement or form filed or required to be filed with any governmental authority relating to Taxes (a “Tax Return”) for any of them or for or relating to the partnership described in the first sentence of this Section 9.11. The Company shall be responsible for preparing and filing any Tax Return for or relating to such partnership, and the out-of-pocket costs incurred in connection with the preparation and filing of any Tax Return for or relating to the Tax Partnership shall be treated as an expense of the Tax Partnership.
9.11.5.
For the avoidance of doubt, no fiduciary relationship is intended to be created by this Agreement between the Company and any Revenue Participant.
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APPENDIX I
DEFINITIONS
“Affiliate” means with respect to any specified Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such Person, and shall include (a) any officer or director or general partner of such specified Person, (b) any other Person of which such specified Person or any Affiliate (as defined in clause (a) above) of such specified Person shall, directly or indirectly, beneficially own either (i) at least 10% of the outstanding equity securities having the general power to vote or (ii) at least 10% of all equity interests, (c) any other Person directly or indirectly controlling such specified Person through a management agreement, voting agreement or other contract and (d) with respect to any individual, such individual’s child, stepchild, grandchild or more remote descendant, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, former spouse, qualified domestic partner, sibling, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law and daughter-in-law (including adoptive relationships) and any trust, partnership or other bona fide estate-planning vehicle the only beneficiaries of which are any of the foregoing individuals or any private foundation or fund that is controlled by any of the foregoing individuals or any donor-advised fund of which any such individual is the donor; provided that neither the Collateral Agent or any Purchaser (or any Affiliate thereof) shall be deemed an Affiliate of the Company on account of the amounts owed to it under the Agreement or the relationship created thereby.
“Applicable Percentage” means:
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until the Revenue Participants have received $3,000,000 in the aggregate in respect of the Revenue Stream, 100%;
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“Authorized Officer” means, with respect to any Person, the chief executive officer, chief restructuring officer, chief financial officer, president, treasurer, comptroller or executive vice president of such Person.
“Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code.
“Bankruptcy Default” means an Event of Default referred to in Section 7.1.8.
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“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which commercial banks in New York City are required or authorized to be closed.
“Capital Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights in or other equivalents (however designated) of such Person’s capital stock,
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partnership interests, membership interests or other equivalent interests and any rights (other than debt securities convertible into or exchangeable for capital stock), warrants or options exchangeable for or convertible into such capital stock or other equity interests.
“Capitalized Lease” means any lease which is required to be capitalized on the balance sheet of the lessee in accordance with GAAP, including Statement Nos. 13 and 98 of the Financial Accounting Standards Board.
“Capitalized Lease Obligations” means the amount of the liability reflecting the aggregate discounted amount of future payments under all Capitalized Leases in accordance with GAAP, including Statement Nos. 13 and 98 of the Financial Accounting Standards Board.
“Change of Control” means any Person or “group” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, but excluding any employee benefit plan of such Person and its subsidiaries, and any Person acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan), becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13(d)-3 and 13(d)-5 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), directly or indirectly, of equity interests representing more than thirty percent (30%) of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding equity interests of the Company.
“Closing Date” means February 14, 2014.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Collateral” has the meaning set forth in the Security Agreement.
“Collateral Documents” means the Security Agreement, the Patent Security Agreement, the deposit account control agreement referred to in Section 6.10, any financing statement (or amendment thereto) naming the Company as debtor and the Collateral Agent as secured party, and all other instruments, documents, agreements and certificates delivered by the Company to the Purchasers or the Collateral Agent pursuant to these agreements.
“Contractual Obligations” means, as to any Person, any provision of any security (whether in the nature of Capital Stock or otherwise) issued by such Person or of any agreement, undertaking, contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument, document or agreement (other than a Document) to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its Property is bound or to which any of its Property is subject.
“Default” means any Event of Default and any event or condition which with the passage of time or giving of notice, or both, would become an Event of Default.
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“Disposition” means the sale, transfer, license, profit and revenue sharing arrangements, derivative interests, lease or other disposition (including any sale or issuance of equity interests in the Company or any subsidiary of the Company) of any property by any Person, including any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes or accounts
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receivable or any rights and claims associated therewith, whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions. “Dispose” shall have the correlative meaning.
“Documents” means this Agreement, the Collateral Documents and all other instruments, documents, agreements and certificates delivered by the Company to the Purchasers or the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Agreement.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles as from time to time in effect, including the statements and interpretations of the United States Financial Accounting Standards Board.
“Governmental Authority” means any nation, sovereign or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof, any agency, authority or instrumentality thereof and any entity or authority exercising executive, legislative, taxing, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, including any central bank, stock exchange, regulatory body, arbitrator, public sector entity, supra-national entity (including the European Union and the European Central Bank) and any self-regulatory organization (including the National Association of Insurance Commissioners).
“Guarantee” means, with respect to any specified Person:
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any guarantee by such Person of the payment or performance of, or any contingent obligation by such Person in respect of, any Indebtedness or other obligation of any primary obligor;
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any other arrangement whereby credit is extended to a primary obligor on the basis of any promise or undertaking of such Person, including any binding “comfort letter” or “keep well agreement” written by such Person, to a creditor or prospective creditor of such primary obligor, to (i) pay the Indebtedness of such primary obligor, (ii) purchase an obligation owed by such primary obligor, (iii) pay for the purchase or lease of assets or services regardless of the actual delivery thereof or (iv) maintain the capital, working capital, solvency or general financial condition of such primary obligor;
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any liability of such Person, as a general partner of a partnership in respect of Indebtedness or other obligations of such partnership;
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any liability of such Person as a joint venturer of a joint venture in respect of Indebtedness or other obligations of such joint venture;
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any liability of such Person with respect to the tax liability of others as a member of a group (other than a group consisting solely of such Person and its Subsidiaries) that is consolidated for tax purposes; and
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reimbursement obligations, whether contingent or matured, of such Person with respect to letters of credit, bankers acceptances, surety bonds and other financial guarantees;
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in each case whether or not any of the foregoing are reflected on the balance sheet of such Person or in a footnote thereto; provided, however, that the term “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the Ordinary Course of Business.
“Indebtedness” means all obligations, contingent or otherwise, which in accordance with GAAP are required to be classified as indebtedness upon a balance sheet of the Company, but in any event including (without duplication):
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indebtedness for borrowed money;
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indebtedness evidenced by notes, debentures or similar instruments;
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Capitalized Lease Obligations and Synthetic Lease Obligations;
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the deferred purchase price of assets, services or securities, including related noncompetition, consulting and stock repurchase obligations (other than ordinary trade accounts payable on customary terms in the Ordinary Course of Business), and any long-term contractual obligations for the payment of money, but not including contingent fees payable to counsel;
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mandatory redemption, repurchase or dividend rights on Capital Stock (or other equity), including provisions that require the exchange of such Capital Stock (or other equity) for Indebtedness from the issuer;
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reimbursement obligations, whether contingent or matured, with respect to letters of credit, bankers acceptances, surety bonds and other financial guarantees (without duplication of other Indebtedness supported or guaranteed thereby);
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unfunded pension liabilities;
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liabilities secured by any Lien (other than Liens securing the Obligations) existing on property owned or acquired by the Company, whether or not the liability secured thereby shall have been assumed; and
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all Guarantees in respect of Indebtedness of others and reimbursement obligations, whether contingent or matured, under letters of credit or other financial guarantees by third parties (or become contractually committed to do so).
“Legal Requirement” means, with respect to any specified Person, any present or future requirement imposed upon such Person and its Subsidiaries by any law, statute, rule, regulation, directive, order, decree or guideline (or any interpretation thereof by courts or of administrative bodies) of the United States of America or any state or political subdivision thereof, governmental or administrative agency, central bank or monetary authority of the United States of America, any jurisdiction where the such Person or any of its Subsidiaries owns property or conducts its business, or any political subdivision of any of the foregoing.
“LIBOR” means the greater of (x) 1.00% per annum or (y) the London interbank offered rate administered by the British Bankers Association (or any other Person that takes over the
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administration of such rate for Dollars) for a twelve (12) month period as displayed on pages LIBOR01 or LIBOR02 of the Reuters screen or, in the event such rate does not appear on a Reuters page or screen, on any successor or substitute page on such screen that displays such rate, or on the appropriate page of such other information service that publishes such rate as shall be selected by the Majority Note Purchaser from time to time in its reasonable discretion (the “Eurodollar Screen Rate”), such to be annually established as of each January 2.
“Lien” means with respect to any specified Person:
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any lien, encumbrance, mortgage, pledge, charge or security interest of any kind upon any property or assets of such Person, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or upon the income or profits therefrom (excluding in any event a financing statement filed by a lessor under an operating lease not intended to be a secured financing), but shall not include: (i) liens for any tax, assessment or other governmental charge not yet due or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceeding, (ii) materialmen’s and mechanics’ liens or other like Liens, arising in the Ordinary Course of Business for amounts not yet due or that are being contested in good faith; and (iii) liens, deposits or pledges to secure statutory obligations or performance of bids, tenders, contracts or leases, incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business;
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the acquisition of, or the agreement to acquire, any property or asset upon conditional sale or subject to any other title retention agreement, device or arrangement (including a Capitalized Lease and a Synthetic Lease);
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the sale, assignment, pledge or transfer for security of any accounts, general intangibles or chattel paper of such Person, with or without recourse;
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in the case of securities, any purchase option, call or similar purchase right of a third party;
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the existence for a period of more than 120 consecutive days of any Indebtedness against such Person which if unpaid would by law or upon a Bankruptcy Default be given priority over general creditors.
“Majority Note Purchasers” means the Note Purchasers that hold more than 50% of the aggregate outstanding Notes.
“Majority Purchasers” means the Majority Revenue Participant and, if any of the Notes are outstanding, the Majority Note Purchaser.
“Majority Revenue Participant” means the Revenue Participant representing more than 50% of such participation right .
“Margin Stock” means “margin stock” within the meaning of Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
“Material Adverse Effect” means, with respect to the Company, since any specified date or from the circumstances existing immediately prior to the happening of any specified event, a
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material adverse effect on the business, assets, financial condition, income or prospects of the Company.
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“Monetization Pre-Adjustment Revenues” means Monetization Revenues prior to giving effect to the adjustments reflected in clause (z) of the definition thereof.
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“Obligations” means any and all obligations of the Company under this Agreement or any other Document.
“Ordinary Course of Business” means, in respect of any transaction involving any Person, the ordinary course of such Person’s business, as conducted by any such Person in accordance with past practice and undertaken by such Person in good faith and not for purposes of evading any covenant or restriction in any Document.
“Organization Documents” means, (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement; and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.
“Patent Assignment Agreement” means the Patent Assignment Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit G.
“Patent License Agreement” means the Patent License Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit H.
“Patent Security Agreement” means the Patent Security Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit I hereto.
“Patents” means the letters Patent set forth on Schedule I(a), whether registered in the United States or any other jurisdiction, all registrations and recordings thereof, including all re-examination certificates and all utility models, including registrations, recordings and pending applications, and all reissues, continuations, divisions, continuations-in-part, renewals, improvements or extensions thereof, and the inventions disclosed or claimed therein.
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“Person” means any entity, whether of natural or legal constitution, including any present or future individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, unlimited liability company, trust, estate, unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
“Pre-Approved Monetization Expenses” means Monetization Expenses that are set forth in the Business Plan or otherwise pre-approved in writing by the Majority Note Purchasers.
“Property” means, as to any Person, all types of real, personal, tangible, intangible or mixed property owned by such Person whether or not included in the most recent balance sheet of such Person and its Subsidiaries under GAAP.
“Revenue Stream” means the Applicable Percentage of the Monetization Revenues.
“Secured Parties” means, collectively, the Collateral Agent and the Purchasers.
“Security Agreement” means a Security Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit J hereto.
“Synthetic Lease” means a lease that is treated as an operating lease under GAAP and as a loan or other financing for federal income tax purposes.
“Synthetic Lease Obligations” means the aggregate amount of future rental payments under all Synthetic Leases, discounted as if such Synthetic Leases were Capitalized Leases.
“USA Patriot Act” means the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Public Law 107-56.
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Schedule 2.1
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Schedule 2.2
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Schedule 2.2.1
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Schedule 2.5
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Schedule 4.5
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Schedule 9.3
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Senior Note N-[_]
Original Principal Amount: [$_______]
Holder: [_________________________]
EXHIBIT A
FORM OF NOTE
THIS NOTE WAS ISSUED IN A PRIVATE PLACEMENT, WITHOUT REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, ASSIGNED, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED (I) IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE ACT COVERING THE TRANSFER OR AN EXEMPTION FROM SUCH REGISTRATION AND (II) EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 8.10 OF THAT CERTAIN REVENUE SHARING AND NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT DATED AS OF FEBRUARY 14, 2014, AMONG THE COMPANY, THE COLLATERAL AGENT AND THE PURCHASERS (EACH AS DEFINED THEREIN).
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SENIOR NOTE
DUE 2019
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Original Principal Amount: $[_________]
Issue Date: [___], 201[_]
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Electronics Corporation, a New York corporation (the “Company”) HEREBY PROMISES TO PAY [__________], or its permitted assigns (the “Holder”), the Adjusted Principal Amount (as defined below) of this Note on or before [___], 201[], or such later date as the Holder may have consented to pursuant to Section 2.2.3.1 of the Agreement (the “Maturity Date”), or such earlier date as due and payable in accordance with the Revenue Sharing and Note Purchase Agreement (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Agreement”), dated as of February 14, 2014, among the Company, AND34 Funding LLC, as Collateral Agent and the purchasers from time to time party thereto, plus interest on the Adjusted Principal Amount outstanding from time to time at the interest rate specified in the Agreement.
This Note (i) is one of a series of Senior Notes (herein called the “Notes”) of the Company issued pursuant to the Agreement, (ii) is entitled to the benefits and subject to the terms set forth in the Agreement with respect to the Notes, and (iii) constitutes an Obligation under the Agreement. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings provided in the Agreement. The issuance date of this Note is [___], 201[].
Senior Note N-[_]
Original Principal Amount: [$_______]
Holder: [_________________________]
The Adjusted Principal Amount of this Note is equal to the sum of (x) [______], plus (y) any PIK Interest, in accordance with the Agreement, minus (z) any prior principal amounts paid with respect to this Note.
Interest shall be payable on the interest payment dates specified in the Agreement, and shall further be due and payable on any partial or complete prepayment of this Note, on any portion of the Adjusted Principal Amount so prepaid, and on the Maturity Date (and after the Maturity Date, to the extent not paid, on demand) and upon any acceleration of the amounts due hereunder. All computations of interest hereunder shall be made on the actual number of days elapsed over a year of 360 days.
In case an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the entire principal of this Note may become or be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Agreement.
Interest on this Note shall accrue on the Adjusted Principal Amount of this Note in the manner and at the rate or rates per annum determined pursuant to the terms of the Agreement. Payments of principal and interest (other than payments of interest payable as PIK Interest to the extent permitted by the Agreement) on this Note are to be made in lawful money of the United States of America in immediately available funds at the times and in the manner described in the Agreement.
All payments made on account of principal hereof, and any adjustments to the Adjusted Principal Amount, shall be recorded by the Holder and, prior to any transfer hereof, endorsed on the grid attached hereto which is part of this Note, provided, however, that the failure of the Holder hereof to make such a notation or any error in such a notation shall not in any manner affect the obligations of the Company to make payments of principal, interest or any other amounts with respect to this Note and the Agreement.
The Company shall, upon surrender of a Note that is paid or prepaid in part, promptly execute and deliver to the Holder a new Note equal in principal amount to the unpaid portion of the Note surrendered.
The Company hereby acknowledges and makes this Note a registered obligation for U.S. federal tax purposes. The Company shall be the registrar for this Note.
This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws (other than the conflict of laws rules) of the State of New York.
The Company hereby waives presentment, demand, notice, protest and all other demands and notices in connection with the delivery, acceptance, performance and enforcement of this Note, except as specifically otherwise provided in the Agreement.
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Senior Subordinated Note N-[_]
Holder: [________________________]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be executed and delivered by its duly authorized officer, on the date first above mentioned.
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Exhibit B
[Form of]
REQUEST FOR PURCHASE OF NOTES AND SUPPORTING CERTIFICATE
[Date], 20[ ]
This Request for Purchase of Notes and Supporting Certificate (this "Certificate") is provided pursuant to Section 3.3 of the Revenue Sharing and Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 14, 2014, (the “Agreement”), by and among ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Electronics Corporation, a New York corporation (the “Company”) the Purchasers party thereto from time to time AND34 Funding LLC, as Collateral Agent. Capitalized terms used and not defined in this Certificate shall have the meanings provided in the Agreement.
The undersigned, [ ], being the duly elected, qualified and acting [ ] of the Company, hereby states that:
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The Company hereby requests that the Note Purchasers purchase [$_______] (the "Issue Amount") in accordance with Schedule I hereto, in an aggregate principal amount of additional Notes (the "Additional Notes") for a purchase price (the "Note Proceeds") equal to the [the Issue Amount] on [name a date that is not less than 10 Business Days after the date of the Certificate] (the "Issue Date"). Enclosed herewith are executed Notes dated the Issue Date in the respective amounts and naming the respective payees set forth on Schedule I.
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The Purchase Price should be delivered to the Company or to such other parties as the Company may direct pursuant to the wire instructions set forth on Schedule II.
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The representations and warranties of the Company contained in the Agreement are true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof and no Default or Event of Default exists on the date hereof (including after giving effect to the issuance of the Notes).
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The issuance of the Additional Notes will not cause the aggregate principal amount of Notes, excluding any PIK Interest, (whether issued on the Closing Date or thereafter) to exceed $4,200,000; and
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The Note Proceeds will be utilized to pay the Monetization Expenses (or to reimburse the Company for the prior payment of the Monetization Expenses) set forth on Schedule III, which are consistent with the Business Plan.
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Exhibit B
[Form of]
REQUEST FOR PURCHASE OF NOTES AND SUPPORTING CERTIFICATE
[Date], 20[ ]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this Certificate of Officer as of the date first written above.
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[Form of]
REQUEST FOR PURCHASE OF NOTES AND SUPPORTING CERTIFICATE
[Date], 20[ ]
Schedule I
[executed Notes dated the Issue Date in the respective amounts and naming the respective payees]
Exhibit B
[Form of]
REQUEST FOR PURCHASE OF NOTES AND SUPPORTING CERTIFICATE
[Date], 20[ ]
Schedule II
[wire instructions]
Exhibit B
[Form of]
REQUEST FOR PURCHASE OF NOTES AND SUPPORTING CERTIFICATE
[Date], 20[ ]
Schedule III
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Exhibit C
[Form of]
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
[Date], 20[ ]
Reference is made to the Revenue Sharing and Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 14, 2014, (the “Agreement”), by and among ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Electronics Corporation, a New York corporation (the “Company”), the Purchasers party thereto from time to time and AND34 Funding LLC, as Collateral Agent. Capitalized terms not defined herein but used herein shall have the same meaning ascribed to them in the Agreement.
The undersigned, [Holder of Indebtedness] (“Creditor”), hereby acknowledges that:
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the Company has entered into the Agreement and the other Documents;
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the Company has granted a senior security interest in certain of its patents to the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Purchasers; and
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the Purchasers have purchased a portion of payments to the Company from third parties in respect of such patents (including royalty payments, license fees, settlement payments, judgments or other similar payments).
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this Certificate of Officer as of the date first set forth above.
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Exhibit E-1
[Form of]
DIRECT PAYMENT CERTIFICATE
OF
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[Date], 20[ ]
Reference is made to the Revenue Sharing and Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 14, 2014, (the “Agreement”), by and among ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Electronics Corporation, a New York corporation (the “Company”) the Purchasers party thereto from time to time and AND34 Funding LLC, as Collateral Agent. Capitalized terms used, but not defined herein, shall have the meanings provided in the Agreement.
The undersigned, [ ], being the duly elected, qualified and acting [ ] of the Company, hereby certifies as follows pursuant to Section 6.5.2.2 of the Agreement:
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This certificate relates to payments required pursuant to Section 2.1.2 and/or Section 2.2.3.3 of the Agreement.
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Attached as Schedule 1 to this certificate is a statement setting forth (x) the source and nature of the Monetization Pre-Adjustment Revenues; (y) any Permitted Adjustments to such Monetization Pre-Adjustment Revenues, including the amount of Monetization Revenues after giving effect to such Permitted Adjustments; and (z) the proposed application of proceeds of such Monetization Revenues.
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Attached as Schedule 2 is supporting documentation to the extent applicable for the Permitted Adjustments.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this Certificate of Officer as of the date first set forth above.
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Exhibit E-1
Schedule 1
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Exhibit E-2
[Form of]
CASH COLLATERAL ACCOUNT CERTIFICATE
OF
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[Date], 20[ ]
Reference is made to the Revenue Sharing and Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of [ ], (the “Agreement”), by and among ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Electronics Corporation, a New York corporation (the “Company”) the Purchasers party thereto from time to time and AND34 Funding LLC, as Collateral Agent. Capitalized terms used, but not defined herein, shall have the meanings provided in the Agreement.
The undersigned, [ ], being the duly elected, qualified and acting [ ] of the Company, hereby certifies as follows pursuant to Section 6.10 of the Agreement:
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On or about the date hereof, $[ ] of Monetization Pre-Adjustment Revenues will be deposited into the Cash Collateral Account.
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Attached as Schedule 1 to this certificate is a statement setting forth (x) the source and nature of the Monetization Pre-Adjustment Revenues; (y) any Permitted Adjustments to such Monetization Pre-Adjustment Revenues, including the amount of Monetization Revenues after giving effect to such Permitted Adjustments; and (z) the proposed application of proceeds of such Monetization Revenues.
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Attached as Schedule 2 is supporting documentation to the extent applicable for the Permitted Adjustments.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this Certificate of Officer as of the date first set forth above.
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Schedule 2
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[FORM OF]
NOTE ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT
This Note Assignment and Assumption Agreement (this “Note Assignment and Assumption Agreement”) is dated as of the Effective Date set forth below and is entered into by and between the Assignor (as defined below) and the Assignee (as defined below). Capitalized terms used in this Note Assignment and Assumption Agreement and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings specified in the Revenue Sharing and Note Purchase Agreement dated as of February 14, 2014 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Agreement”), between the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Electronics Corporation, a New York corporation (the “Company”), each of the Purchasers party thereto and AND34 Funding LLC, as collateral agent (the “Collateral Agent”), receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged by the Assignee. The Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1 attached hereto (the “Standard Terms and Conditions”) are hereby agreed to and incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Note Assignment and Assumption Agreement as if set forth herein in full.
For an agreed consideration, the Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to the Assignee, and the Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from the Assignor, subject to and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions and the Agreement, as of the Effective Date inserted by the Collateral Agent as contemplated below, (i) all of the Assignor’s rights and obligations in its capacity as a Note Purchaser under the Agreement and any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto to the extent related to the amount and percentage interest identified below of all of such outstanding rights and obligations of the Assignor under the Notes identified below and (ii) to the extent permitted to be assigned under applicable law, all claims, suits, causes of action and any other right of the Assignor (in its capacity as a Notes Purchaser) against any Person, whether known or unknown, arising under or in connection with the Agreement, any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto or the transactions governed thereby or in any way based on or related to any of the foregoing, including, but not limited to, contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims, statutory claims and all other claims at law or in equity related to the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clause (i) above (the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above being referred to herein collectively as the “Assigned Interest”). Such sale and assignment is without recourse to the Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Note Assignment and Assumption Agreement, without representation or warranty by the Assignor.
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Assignor (the “Assignor”): [NAME]
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Company: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Electronics Corporation
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Effective Date: __________________, 20[ ] [TO BE INSERTED BY THE COLLATERAL AGENT AND WHICH SHALL BE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF RECORDATION OF TRANSFER IN THE REGISTER THEREFOR.]
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The terms set forth in this Note Assignment and Assumption Agreement are hereby agreed to:
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STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR
NOTE ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT2
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Representations and Warranties. Assignor. The Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and beneficial owner of the Assigned Interest, (ii) the Assigned Interest is free and clear of any lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim and (iii) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Note Assignment and Assumption Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby; and (b) assumes no responsibility with respect to (i) any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Agreement or any other Document, (ii) the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Documents or any collateral thereunder, (iii) the financial condition of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person obligated in respect of any Document or (iv) the performance or observance by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person of any of their respective obligations under any Document.
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Assignee. The Assignee (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Note Assignment and Assumption Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Note Purchaser under the Agreement, (ii) it satisfies the requirements, if any, specified in the Agreement that are required to be satisfied by it in order to acquire the Assigned Interest and become a Note Purchaser, (iii) from and after the Effective Date, it shall be bound by the provisions of the Agreement as a Note Purchaser thereunder and, to the extent of the Assigned Interest, shall have the obligations of a Note Purchaser thereunder and (iv) it has received a copy of the Agreement and has received or has been accorded the opportunity to receive copies of such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Note Assignment and Assumption Agreement and to purchase the Assigned Interest on the basis of which it has made such analysis and decision independently and without reliance on the Collateral Agent or any other Purchaser; and (b) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without reliance on the Assignor, the Collateral Agent or any other Purchaser, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Documents, and (ii) it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Documents are required to be performed by it as a Note Purchaser.
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Payments. From and after the Effective Date, the Company shall make all payments in respect of the Assigned Interest (including payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to the Assignor for amounts which have accrued to but excluding the Effective Date and to the Assignee for amounts which have accrued from and after the Effective Date.
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2 Capitalized terms used in this Note Assignment and Assumption Agreement and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings specified in the Revenue Sharing and Note Purchase Agreement dated as of February 14, 2014 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Agreement”), between the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Electronics Corporation, a New York corporation (the “Company”), each of the Purchasers party thereto and AND34 Funding LLC, as collateral agent (the “Collateral Agent”).
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General Provisions. This Note Assignment and Assumption Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted by the Agreement. This Note Assignment and Assumption Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery by telecopier, .pdf or other electronic imaging means of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Note Assignment and Assumption Agreement shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Note Assignment and Assumption Agreement. This Note Assignment and Assumption Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.
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[FORM OF]
REVENUE STREAM ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT
This Revenue Stream Assignment and Assumption Agreement (this “Revenue Stream Assignment and Assumption Agreement”) is dated as of the Effective Date set forth below and is entered into by and between the Assignor (as defined below) and the Assignee (as defined below). Capitalized terms used in this Revenue Stream Assignment and Assumption Agreement and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings specified in the Revenue Sharing and Note Purchase Agreement dated as of February 14, 2014 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Agreement”), between the ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Electronics Corporation, a New York corporation (the “Company”), each of the Purchasers party thereto and AND34 Funding LLC, as collateral agent (the “Collateral Agent”), receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged by the Assignee. The Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1 attached hereto (the “Standard Terms and Conditions”) are hereby agreed to and incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Revenue Stream Assignment and Assumption Agreement as if set forth herein in full.
For an agreed consideration, the Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to the Assignee, and the Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from the Assignor, subject to and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions and the Agreement, as of the Effective Date inserted by the Collateral Agent as contemplated below, (i) all of the Assignor’s rights and obligations in its capacity as a Revenue Participant under the Agreement and any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto to the extent related to the amount and percentage interest identified below of all of such outstanding rights and obligations of the Assignor to the Revenue Stream identified below and (ii) to the extent permitted to be assigned under applicable law, all claims, suits, causes of action and any other right of the Assignor (in its capacity as a Revenue Participant) against any Person, whether known or unknown, arising under or in connection with the Agreement, any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto or the transactions governed thereby or in any way based on or related to any of the foregoing, including, but not limited to, contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims, statutory claims and all other claims at law or in equity related to the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clause (i) above (the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above being referred to herein collectively as the “Assigned Interest”). Such sale and assignment is without recourse to the Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Revenue Stream Assignment and Assumption Agreement, without representation or warranty by the Assignor.
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Assignor (the “Assignor”): [NAME]
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The terms set forth in this Revenue Stream Assignment and Assumption Agreement are hereby agreed to:
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STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR
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Representations and Warranties. Assignor. The Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and beneficial owner of the Assigned Interest, (ii) the Assigned Interest is free and clear of any lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim and (iii) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Revenue Stream Assignment and Assumption Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby; and (b) assumes no responsibility with respect to (i) any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Agreement or any other Document, (ii) the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Documents or any collateral thereunder, (iii) the financial condition of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person obligated in respect of any Document or (iv) the performance or observance by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person of any of their respective obligations under any Document.
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Assignee. The Assignee (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Revenue Stream Assignment and Assumption Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Revenue Participant under the Agreement, (ii) it satisfies the requirements, if any, specified in the Agreement that are required to be satisfied by it in order to acquire the Assigned Interest and become a Revenue Participant, (iii) from and after the Effective Date, it shall be bound by the provisions of the Agreement as a Revenue Participant thereunder and, to the extent of the Assigned Interest, shall have the obligations of a Revenue Participant thereunder and (iv) it has received a copy of the Agreement and has received or has been accorded the opportunity to receive copies of such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own analysis and decision to enter into this Revenue Stream Assignment and Assumption Agreement and to purchase the Assigned Interest on the basis of which it has made such analysis and decision independently and without reliance on the Collateral Agent or any other Purchaser; and (b) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without reliance on the Assignor, the Collateral Agent or any other Purchaser, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under the Documents, and (ii) it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Documents are required to be performed by it as a Revenue Participant.
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amounts) to the Assignor for amounts which have accrued to but excluding the Effective Date and to the Assignee for amounts which have accrued from and after the Effective Date.
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General Provisions. This Revenue Stream Assignment and Assumption Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted by the Agreement. This Revenue Stream Assignment and Assumption Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery by telecopier, .pdf or other electronic imaging means of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Revenue Stream Assignment and Assumption Agreement shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Revenue Stream Assignment and Assumption Agreement. This Revenue Stream Assignment and Assumption Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.
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EXHIBIT I
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EXHIBIT J
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