GENERAL SECURITY AGREEMENT

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EX-10.6 7 a35897exv10w6.htm EXHIBIT 10.6 exv10w6
 

Exhibit 10.6
Execution Copy
GENERAL SECURITY AGREEMENT
     This General Security Agreement (“Agreement”) dated November 20, 2007 is by Saitek Industries Limited, a Delaware corporation (“Debtor”) in favor of Wachovia Capital Finance Corporation (Central), an Illinois corporation (“Secured Party”).
WITNESSETH
     WHEREAS, Lender has entered into a Second Amended and Restated Loan Agreement (as defined below) with Mad Catz Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”) pursuant to which Lender has provided certain financial accommodations to Borrower;
     WHEREAS, Debtor has executed and delivered or is about to execute and deliver to Secured Party a guarantee in favor of Secured Party pursuant to which Debtor absolutely and unconditionally guarantees to Secured Party the payment and performance of all now existing and hereafter arising obligations, liabilities and indebtedness of Borrower to Secured Party; and
     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual conditions and agreements set forth herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS
     For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the respective meanings given to them below:
     1.1 “Accounts” shall mean all present and future rights of Debtor to payment of a monetary obligation, whether or not earned by performance, which is not evidenced by chattel paper or an instrument, (a)for property that has been or is to be sold, leased, licensed, assigned, or otherwise disposed of, (b) for services rendered or to be rendered, (c) for a secondary obligation incurred or to be incurred, or (d) arising out of the use of a credit or charge card or information contained on or for use with the card.
     1.2 “Equipment” shall mean all of Debtor’s now owned and hereafter acquired equipment, wherever located, including machinery, data processing and computer equipment and computer hardware and software, whether owned or licensed, and including embedded software, vehicles, tools, furniture, fixtures, all attachments, accessions and property now or hereafter affixed thereto or used in connection therewith, and substitutions and replacements thereof, wherever located.
     1.3 “Event of Default” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1 hereof.

 


 

     1.4 “Financing Agreements” shall mean, collectively, the Second Amended and Restated Loan Agreement, this Agreement and all notes, guarantees, security agreements and other agreements, documents and instruments now or at any time hereafter executed and/or delivered by Borrower, Debtor or any Obligor in connection with the Second Amended and Restated Loan Agreement.
     1.5 “First Amending Agreement” shall mean the First Amending Agreement (as amended, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed, restated or replaced from time to time), dated as of the date hereof, by and between Borrower and Lender, amending the Second Amended and Restated Loan Agreement.
     1.6 “Information Certificate” shall mean the Information Certificate of Debtor constituting Exhibit A to the First Amending Agreement containing material information with respect to Debtor, its business and assets provided by or on behalf of Debtor to Secured Party in connection with the preparation of this Agreement and the other Financing Agreements and the financing arrangements provided for herein.
     1.7 “Intellectual Property” shall mean Debtor’s now owned and hereafter arising or acquired: patents, patent rights, patent applications, copyrights, works which are the subject matter of copyrights, copyright registrations, trademarks, trade names, trade styles, trademark and service mark applications, and licenses and rights to use any of the foregoing; all extensions, renewals, reissues, divisions, continuations, and continuations-in-part of any of the foregoing; all rights to sue for past, present and future infringement of any of the foregoing; inventions, trade secrets, formulae, processes, compounds, drawings, designs, blueprints, surveys, reports, manuals, and operating standards; goodwill (including any goodwill associated with any trademark or the license of any trademark); customer and other lists in whatever form maintained; and trade secret rights, copyright rights, rights in works of authorship, domain names and domain name registrations; software and contract rights relating to software, in whatever form created or maintained.
     1.8 “Inventory” shall mean all of Debtor’s now owned and hereafter existing or acquired goods, wherever located, which (a) are leased by Debtor as lessor; (b)are held by Debtor for sale or lease or to be furnished under a contract of service; (c)are furnished by Debtor under a contract of service; or (d) consist of raw materials, work in process, finished goods or materials used or consumed in its business.
     1.9 “Obligations” shall mean any and all obligations, liabilities and indebtedness of every kind, nature and description owing by Debtor to Secured Party and/or its affiliates, including principal, interest, charges, fees, costs and expenses, however evidenced, whether as principal, surety, endorser, Debtor or otherwise, whether arising under this Agreement or otherwise, whether now existing or hereafter arising, whether arising before, during or after the initial or any renewal term of the Second Amended and Restated Loan Agreement or after the commencement of any case with respect to Borrower or Debtor under the United States Bankruptcy Code or any similar statute (including the payment of interest and other amounts which would accrue and become due but for the commencement of such case, whether or not

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such amounts are allowed or allowable in whole or in part in such case), whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, joint or several, due or not due, primary or secondary, liquidated or unliquidated, secured or unsecured, and however acquired by Secured Party.
     1.10 “Obligor” shall mean any guarantor, endorser, acceptor, surety or other person liable on or with respect to the Obligations or who is the owner of any property which is security for the Obligations, other than Borrower and Debtor.
     1.11 “Person” or “person” shall mean any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation (including any corporation which elects subchapter S status under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended), limited liability company, limited liability partnership, business trust, unincorporated association, joint stock corporation, trust, joint venture or other entity or any government or any agency or instrumentality or political subdivision thereof.
     1.12 “Receivables” shall mean all of the following now owned or hereafter arising or acquired property of Debtor: (a) all Accounts; (b) all interest, fees, late charges, penalties, collection fees and other amounts due or to become due or otherwise payable in connection with any Account; (c) all payment intangibles of Debtor and other contract rights, chattel paper, instruments, notes, and other forms of obligations owing to Debtor, whether from the sale and lease of goods or other property, licensing of any property (including Intellectual Property or other general intangibles), rendition of services or from loans or advances by Debtor or to or for the benefit of any third person (including loans or advances to any affiliates or subsidiaries of Debtor) or otherwise associated with any Accounts, Inventory or general intangibles of Debtor (including, without limitation, choses in action, causes of action, tax refunds, tax refund claims, any funds which may become payable to Debtor in connection with the termination of any employee benefit plan and any other amounts payable to Debtor from any employee benefit plan, rights and claims against carriers and shippers, rights to indemnification, business interruption insurance and proceeds thereof, casualty or any similar types of insurance and any proceeds thereof and proceeds of insurance covering the lives of employees on which Debtor is a beneficiary).
     1.13 “Records” shall mean all of Debtor’s present and future books of account of every kind or nature, purchase and sale agreements, invoices, ledger cards, bills of lading and other shipping evidence, statements, correspondence, memoranda, credit files and other data relating to the Collateral or any account debtor, together with the tapes, disks, diskettes and other data and software storage media and devices, file cabinets or containers in or on which the foregoing are stored (including any rights of Debtor with respect to the foregoing maintained with or by any other person).
     1.14 “Second Amended and Restated Loan Agreement” shall mean the Second Amended and Restated Loan Agreement (as amended, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed, restated or replaced from time to time), dated October 30, 2007, by and between Borrower and Secured Party.
     1.15 “UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New

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York, and any successor statute, as in effect from time to time (except that terms used herein which are defined in the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York on the date hereof shall continue to have the same meaning notwithstanding any replacement or amendment of such statute except as Secured Party may otherwise determine).
SECTION 2. GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST
     2.1 Grant of Security Interest. To secure payment and performance of all Obligations, Debtor hereby grants to Secured Party a continuing security interest in, a lien upon, and a right of set off against, and hereby assigns to Secured Party as security, all personal property and interests in property and fixtures of Debtor, whether now owned or hereafter acquired or existing, and wherever located (together with all other collateral security for the Obligations at any time granted to or held or acquired by Secured Party, collectively, the “Collateral”), including:
          (a) all Accounts;
          (b) all general intangibles, including, without limitation, all Intellectual Property;
          (c) all goods, including, without limitation, Inventory and Equipment;
          (d) all chattel paper (including all tangible and electronic chattel paper);
          (e) all instruments (including all promissory notes);
          (f) all documents;
          (g) all deposit accounts;
          (h) all letters of credit, banker’s acceptances and similar instruments and including all letter-of-credit rights;
          (i) all supporting obligations and all present and future liens, security interests, rights, remedies, title and interest in, to and in respect of Receivables and other Collateral, including (i) rights and remedies under or relating to guaranties, contracts of suretyship, letters of credit and credit and other insurance related to the Collateral, (ii) rights of stoppage in transit, replevin, repossession, reclamation and other rights and remedies of an unpaid vendor, lienor or secured party, (iii) goods described in invoices, documents, contracts or instruments with respect to, or otherwise representing or evidencing, Receivables or other Collateral, including returned, repossessed and reclaimed goods, and (iv) deposits by and property of account debtors or other persons securing the obligations of account debtors;
          (j) all (i) investment property (including securities, whether certificated or uncertificated, securities accounts, security entitlements, commodity contracts or commodity accounts) and (ii) monies, credit balances, deposits and other property of Debtor now or hereafter

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held or received by or in transit to Secured Party or its affiliates or at any other depository or other institution from or for the account of Debtor, whether for safekeeping, pledge, custody, transmission, collection or otherwise;
          (k) all commercial tort claims, including, without limitation, those identified in the Information Certificate;
          (l) to the extent not otherwise described above, all Receivables;
          (m) all Records; and
          (n) all products and proceeds of the foregoing, in any form, including insurance proceeds and all claims against third parties for loss or damage to or destruction of or other involuntary conversion of any kind or nature of any or all of the other Collateral.
     2.2 Perfection of Security Interests.
          (a) Debtor irrevocably and unconditionally authorizes Secured Party (or its agent) to file at any time and from time to time such financing statements with respect to the Collateral naming Secured Party or its designee as the secured party and Debtor as debtor, as Secured Party may require, and including any other information with respect to Debtor or otherwise required by part 5 of Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code of such jurisdiction as Secured Party may determine, together with any amendment and continuations with respect thereto, which authorization shall apply to all financing statements filed on, prior to or after the date hereof. Debtor hereby ratifies and approves all financing statements naming Secured Party or its designee as secured party and Debtor as debtor with respect to the Collateral (and any amendments with respect to such financing statements) filed by or on behalf of Secured Party prior to the date hereof and ratifies and confirms the authorization of Secured Party to file such financing statements (and amendments, if any). Debtor hereby authorizes Secured Party to adopt on behalf of Debtor any symbol required for authenticating any electronic filing. In the event that the description of the collateral in any financing statement naming Secured Party or its designee as the secured party and Debtor as debtor includes assets and properties of Debtor that do not at any time constitute Collateral, whether hereunder, under any of the other Financing Agreements or otherwise, the filing of such financing statement shall nonetheless be deemed authorized by Debtor to the extent of the Collateral included in such description and it shall not render the financing statement ineffective as to any of the Collateral or otherwise affect the financing statement as it applies to any of the Collateral. In no event shall Debtor at any time file, or permit or cause to be filed, any correction statement or termination statement with respect to any financing statement (or amendment or continuation with respect thereto) naming Secured Party or its designee as secured party and Debtor as debtor.
          (b) Debtor does not have any chattel paper (whether tangible or electronic) or instruments as of the date hereof, except as set forth in the Information Certificate. In the event that Debtor shall be entitled to or shall receive any chattel paper or instrument after the date hereof, Debtor shall promptly notify Secured Party thereof in writing. Promptly upon the receipt

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thereof by or on behalf of Debtor (including by any agent or representative), Debtor shall deliver, or cause to be delivered to Secured Party, all tangible chattel paper and instruments that Debtor has or may at any time acquire, accompanied by such instruments of transfer or assignment duly executed in blank as Secured Party may from time to time specify, in each case except as Secured Party may otherwise agree. At Secured Party’s option, Debtor shall, or Secured Party may at any time on behalf of Debtor, cause the original of any such instrument or chattel paper to be conspicuously marked in a form and manner acceptable to Secured Party with the following legend referring to chattel paper or instruments as applicable: “This [chattel paper][instrument] is subject to the security interest of Wachovia Capital Finance Corporation (Central) and any sale, transfer, assignment or encumbrance of this [chattel paper][instrument] violates the rights of such secured party.”
          (c) In the event that Debtor shall at any time hold or acquire an interest in any electronic chattel paper or any “transferable record” (as such term is defined in Section 201 of the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act or in Section 16 of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act as in effect in any relevant jurisdiction), Debtor shall promptly notify Secured Party thereof in writing. Promptly upon Secured Party’s request, Debtor shall take, or cause to be taken, such actions as Secured Party may reasonably request to give Secured Party control of such electronic chattel paper under Section 9-105 of the UCC and control of such transferable record under Section 201 of the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act or, as the case may be, Section 16 of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, as in effect in such jurisdiction.
          (d) Debtor does not have any deposit accounts as of the date hereof, except as set forth in the Information Certificate. Debtor shall not, directly or indirectly, after the date hereof open, establish or maintain any deposit account unless each of the following conditions is satisfied: (i) Secured Party shall have received not less than five (5) Business days prior written notice of the intention of Debtor to open or establish such account which notice shall specify in reasonable detail and specificity acceptable to Secured Party the name of the account, the owner of the account, the name and address of the bank at which such account is to be opened or established, the individual at such bank with whom Debtor is dealing and the purpose of the account, (ii) the bank where such account is opened or maintained shall be acceptable to Secured Party, and (iii) on or before the opening of such deposit account, Debtor shall as Secured Party may specify either (A) deliver to Secured Party a Deposit Account Control Agreement with respect to such deposit account duly authorized, executed and delivered by Debtor and the bank at which such deposit account is opened and maintained or (B) arrange for Secured Party to become the customer of the bank with respect to the deposit account on terms and conditions acceptable to Secured Party. The terms of this subsection (d) shall not apply to deposit accounts specifically and exclusively used for payroll, payroll taxes and other employee wage and benefit payments to or for the benefit of Debtor’s salaried employees.
          (e) Debtor does not own or hold, directly or indirectly, beneficially or as record owner or both, any investment property, as of the date hereof, or have any investment account, securities account, commodity account or other similar account with any bank or other financial

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institution or other securities intermediary or commodity intermediary as of the date hereof, in each case except as set forth in the Information Certificate.
               (i) In the event that Debtor shall be entitled to or shall at any time after the date hereof hold or acquire any certificated securities, Debtor shall promptly endorse, assign and deliver the same to Secured Party, accompanied by such instruments of transfer or assignment duly executed in blank as Secured Party may from time to time specify. If any securities, now or hereafter acquired by Debtor are uncertificated and are issued to Debtor or its nominee directly by the issuer thereof, Debtor shall immediately notify Secured Party thereof and shall as Secured Party may specify, either (A) cause the issuer to agree to comply with instructions from Secured Party as to such securities, without further consent of Debtor or such nominee, or (B) arrange for Secured Party to become the registered owner of the securities.
               (ii) Debtor shall not, directly or indirectly, after the date hereof open, establish or maintain any investment account, securities account, commodity account or any other similar account (other than a deposit account) with any securities intermediary or commodity intermediary unless each of the following conditions is satisfied: (A) Secured Party shall have received not less than five (5) Business days prior written notice of the intention of Debtor to open or establish such account which notice shall specify in reasonable detail and specificity acceptable to Secured Party the name of the account, the owner of the account, the name and address of the securities intermediary or commodity intermediary at which such account is to be opened or established, the individual at such intermediary with whom Debtor is dealing and the purpose of the account, (B) the securities intermediary or commodity intermediary (as the case may be) where such account is opened or maintained shall be acceptable to Secured Party, and (C) on or before the opening of such investment account, securities account or other similar account with a securities intermediary or commodity intermediary, Debtor shall as Secured Party may specify either (1) execute and deliver, and cause to be executed and delivered to Secured Party, an Investment Property Control Agreement with respect thereto duly authorized, executed and delivered by Debtor and such securities intermediary or commodity intermediary or (2) arrange for Secured Party to become the entitlement holder with respect to such investment property on terms and conditions acceptable to Secured Party.
          (f) Debtor is not the beneficiary or otherwise entitled to any right to payment under any letter of credit, banker’s acceptance or similar instrument as of the date hereof, except as set forth in the Information Certificate. In the event that Debtor shall be entitled to or shall receive any right to payment under any letter of credit, banker’s acceptance or any similar instrument, whether as beneficiary thereof or otherwise after the date hereof, Debtor shall promptly notify Secured Party thereof in writing. Debtor shall immediately, as Secured Party may specify, either (i) deliver, or cause to be delivered to Secured Party, with respect to any such letter of credit, banker’s acceptance or similar instrument, the written agreement of the issuer and any other nominated person obligated to make any payment in respect thereof (including any confirming or negotiating bank), in form and substance satisfactory to Secured Party, consenting to the assignment of the proceeds of the letter of credit to Secured Party by Debtor and agreeing to make all payments thereon directly to Secured Party or as Secured Party may otherwise direct or

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(ii) cause Secured Party to become, at Debtor’s expense, the transferee beneficiary of the letter of credit, banker’s acceptance or similar instrument (as the case may be).
          (g) Debtor has no commercial tort claims as of the date hereof, except as set forth in the Information Certificate. In the event that Debtor shall at any time after the date hereof have any commercial tort claims, Debtor shall promptly notify Secured Party thereof in writing, which notice shall (i) set forth in reasonable detail the basis for and nature of such commercial tort claim and (ii) include the express grant by Debtor to Secured Party of a security interest in such commercial tort claim (and the proceeds thereof). In the event that such notice does not include such grant of a security interest, the sending thereof by Debtor to Secured Party shall be deemed to constitute such grant to Secured Party. Upon the sending of such notice, any commercial tort claim described therein shall constitute part of the Collateral and shall be deemed included therein. Without limiting the authorization of Secured Party provided in Section 2.2(a) hereof or otherwise arising by the execution by Debtor of this Agreement or any of the other Financing Agreements, Secured Party is hereby irrevocably authorized from time to time and at any time to file such financing statements naming Secured Party or its designee as secured party and Debtor as debtor, or any amendments to any financing statements, covering any such commercial tort claim as Collateral. In addition, Debtor shall promptly upon Secured Party’s request, execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, to Secured Party such other agreements, documents and instruments as Secured Party may require in connection with such commercial tort claim.
          (h) Debtor does not have any goods, documents of title or other Collateral in the custody, control or possession of a third party as of the date hereof, except as set forth in the Information Certificate and except for goods located in the United States in transit to a location of Debtor permitted herein in the ordinary course of business of Debtor in the possession of the carrier transporting such goods. In the event that any goods, documents of title or other Collateral are at any time after the date hereof in the custody, control or possession of any other person not referred to in the Information Certificate or such carriers, Debtor shall promptly notify Secured Party thereof in writing. Promptly upon Secured Party’s request, Debtor shall deliver to Secured Party a Collateral Access Agreement duly authorized, executed and delivered by such person and Debtor.
          (i) Debtor shall take any other actions reasonably requested by Secured Party from time to time to cause the attachment, perfection and first priority of, and the ability of Secured Party to enforce, the security interest of Secured Party in any and all of the Collateral, including, without limitation, (i) executing, delivering and, where appropriate, filing financing statements and amendments relating thereto under the UCC or other applicable law, to the extent, if any, that Debtor’s signature thereon is required therefor, (ii) causing Secured Party’s name to be noted as secured party on any certificate of title for a titled good if such notation is a condition to attachment, perfection or priority of, or ability of Secured Party to enforce, the security interest of Secured Party in such Collateral, (iii) complying with any provision of any statute, regulation or treaty of the United States as to any Collateral if compliance with such provision is a condition to attachment, perfection or priority of, or ability of Secured Party to enforce, the

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security interest of Secured Party in such Collateral, (iv) obtaining the consents and approvals of any governmental authority or third party, including, without limitation, any consent of any licensor, lessor or other person obligated on Collateral, and taking all actions required by any earlier versions of the UCC or by other law, as applicable in any relevant jurisdiction.
SECTION 3. COLLATERAL COVENANTS
     3.1 Accounts Covenants. Secured Party shall have the right at any time or times, in Secured Party’s name or in the name of a nominee of Secured Party, to verify the validity, amount or any other matter relating to any Account or other Collateral, by mail, telephone, facsimile transmission or otherwise.
     3.2 Inventory Covenants. With respect to the Inventory: (a) Debtor shall at all times maintain inventory records reasonably satisfactory to Secured Party, keeping correct and accurate records itemizing and describing the kind, type, quality and quantity of Inventory, Debtor’s cost therefor and daily withdrawals therefrom and additions thereto; (b) Debtor shall conduct a physical count of the Inventory at least once each year, but at any time or times as Secured Party may request on or after an Event of Default, and promptly following such physical inventory shall supply Secured Party with a report in the form and with such specificity as may be reasonably satisfactory to Secured Party concerning such physical count; (c) Debtor shall not remove any Inventory from the locations set forth or permitted herein, without the prior written consent of Secured Party, except for sales of Inventory in the ordinary course of Debtor’s business and except to move Inventory directly from one location set forth or permitted herein to another such location; (d) upon Secured Party’s request, Debtor shall, at its expense, no more than once in any three (3) month period, but at any time or times as Secured Party may request on or after an Event of Default, deliver or cause to be delivered to Secured Party written reports or appraisals as to the Inventory in form, scope and methodology acceptable to Secured Party and by an appraiser acceptable to Secured Party, addressed to Secured Party or upon which Secured Party is expressly permitted to rely; (e) Debtor shall produce, use, store and maintain the Inventory, with all reasonable care and caution and in accordance with applicable standards of any insurance and in conformity with applicable laws (including the requirements of the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended and all rules, regulations and orders related thereto); (f) Debtor assumes all responsibility and liability arising from or relating to the production, use, sale or other disposition of the Inventory; (g) Debtor shall not sell Inventory to any customer on approval, or any other basis which entitles the customer to return or may obligate Debtor to repurchase such Inventory; (h) Debtor shall keep the Inventory in good and marketable condition; and (i) Debtor shall not, without prior written notice to Secured Party, acquire or accept any Inventory on consignment or approval.
     3.3 Equipment Covenants. With respect to the Equipment: (a) upon Secured Party’s request, Debtor shall, at its expense, at any time or times as Secured Party may request on or after an Event of Default, deliver or cause to be delivered to Secured Party written appraisals as to the Equipment in form, scope and methodology acceptable to Secured Party and by an appraiser acceptable to Secured Party, addressed to Secured Party and upon which Secured Party

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is expressly permitted to rely; (b) Debtor shall keep the Equipment in good order, repair, running and marketable condition (ordinary wear and tear excepted); (c) Debtor shall use the Equipment with all reasonable care and caution and in accordance with applicable standards of any insurance and in conformity with all applicable laws; (d) the Equipment is and shall be used in Debtor’s business and not for personal, family, household or farming use; (e) Debtor shall not remove any Equipment from the locations set forth in its Information Certificate, except to the extent necessary to have any Equipment repaired or maintained in the ordinary course of the business of Debtor or to move Equipment directly from one location set forth or permitted herein to another such location and except for the movement of motor vehicles used by or for the benefit of Debtor in the ordinary course of business; (f) the Equipment is now and shall remain personal property and Debtor shall not permit any of the Equipment to be or become a part of or affixed to real property; and (g) Debtor assumes all responsibility and liability arising from the use of the Equipment.
     3.4 Power of Attorney. Debtor hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Secured Party (and all persons designated by Secured Party) as Debtor’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact, and authorizes Secured Party, in Debtor’s or Secured Party’s name, to: (a) at any time an Event of Default exists or has occurred and is continuing (i) demand payment on Receivables or other Collateral, (ii) enforce payment of Receivables by legal proceedings or otherwise, (iii) exercise all of Debtor’s rights and remedies to collect any Receivable or other Collateral, (iv) sell or assign any Receivable upon such terms, for such amount and at such time or times as the Secured Party deems advisable, (v) settle, adjust, compromise, extend or renew an Account, (vi) discharge and release any Receivable, (vii) prepare, file and sign Debtor’s name on any proof of claim in bankruptcy or other similar document against an account debtor or other obligor in respect of any Receivables or other Collateral, (viii) notify the post office authorities to change the address for delivery of remittances from account debtors or other obligors in respect of Receivables or other proceeds of Collateral to an address designated by Secured Party, and open and dispose of all mail addressed to Debtor and handle and store all mail relating to the Collateral; and (ix) do all acts and things which are necessary, in Secured Party’s determination, to fulfill Debtor’s obligations under this Agreement and the other Financing Agreements and (x) at any time to (xi) take control in any manner of any item of payment in respect of Receivables or constituting Collateral or otherwise received in or for deposit in any deposit accounts maintained by Debtor or otherwise received by Secured Party, (xii) have access to any lockbox or postal box into which remittances from account debtors or other obligors in respect of Receivables or other proceeds of Collateral are sent or received, (xiii) endorse Debtor’s name upon any items of payment in respect of Receivables or constituting Collateral or otherwise received by Secured Party and deposit the same in Secured Party’s account for application to the Obligations, (xiv) endorse Debtor’s name upon any chattel paper, document, instrument, invoice, or similar document or agreement relating to any Receivable or any goods pertaining thereto or any other Collateral, including any warehouse or other receipts, or bills of lading and other negotiable or non-negotiable documents, and (xv) sign Debtor’s name on any verification of Receivables and notices thereof to account debtors or any secondary obligors or other obligors in respect thereof. Debtor hereby releases Secured Party and its officers, employees and designees from any liabilities arising from any act or acts under this power of attorney and in furtherance

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thereof, whether of omission or commission, except as a result of Secured Party’s own gross negligence or wilful misconduct as determined pursuant to a final non-appealable order of a court of competent jurisdiction.
     3.5 Right to Cure. Secured Party may, at its option, (a) upon notice to Debtor, cure any default by Debtor under any material agreement with a third party that affects the Collateral, its value or the ability of Secured Party to collect, sell or otherwise dispose of the Collateral or the rights and remedies of Secured Party therein or the ability of Debtor to perform its obligations hereunder or under the other Financing Agreements, (b) pay or bond on appeal any judgment entered against Debtor, (c) discharge taxes, liens, security interests or other encumbrances at any time levied on or existing with respect to the Collateral and (d) pay any amount, incur any expense or perform any act which, in Secured Party’s judgment, is necessary or appropriate to preserve, protect, insure or maintain the Collateral and the rights of Secured Party with respect thereto. Secured Party may add any amounts so expended to the Obligations and charge Debtor’s account therefor, such amounts to be repayable by Debtor on demand. Secured Party shall be under no obligation to effect such cure, payment or bonding and shall not, by doing so, be deemed to have assumed any obligation or liability of Debtor. Any payment made or other action taken by Secured Party under this Section shall be without prejudice to any right to assert an Event of Default hereunder and to proceed accordingly.
     3.6 Access to Premises. From time to time as requested by Secured Party, at the cost and expense of Debtor, (a) Secured Party or its designee shall have complete access to all of Debtor’s premises during normal business hours and after notice to Debtor, or at any time and without notice to Debtor if an Event of Default exists or has occurred and is continuing, for the purposes of inspecting, verifying and auditing the Collateral and all of Debtor’s books and records, including the Records, and (b) Debtor shall promptly furnish to Secured Party such copies of such books and records or extracts therefrom as Secured Party may request, and (c) use during normal business hours such of Debtor’s personnel, equipment, supplies and premises as may be reasonably necessary for the foregoing and if an Event of Default exists or has occurred and is continuing for the collection of Accounts and realization of other Collateral.
SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
     Debtor hereby represents and warrants to Secured Party the following (which shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement):
     4.1 Corporate Existence; Power and Authority. Debtor is a corporation duly organized and in good standing under the laws of its state of incorporation and is duly qualified as a foreign corporation and in good standing in all states or other jurisdictions where the nature and extent of the business transacted by it or the ownership of assets makes such qualification necessary, except for those jurisdictions in which the failure to so qualify would not have a material adverse effect on Debtor’s financial condition, results of operation or business or the rights of Secured Party in or to any of the Collateral. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the other Financing Agreements and the transactions contemplated hereunder and thereunder (a) are all within Debtor’s corporate powers, (b) have been duly authorized, (c) are not in

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contravention of law or the terms of Debtor’s certificate of incorporation, by-laws, or other organizational documentation, or any indenture, agreement or undertaking to which Debtor is a party or by which Debtor or its property are bound and (d) will not result in the creation or imposition of, or require or give rise to any obligation to grant, any lien, security interest, charge or other encumbrance upon any property of Debtor. This Agreement and the other Financing Agreements constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of Debtor enforceable in accordance with their respective terms.
     4.2 Name; State of Organization; Chief Executive Office; Collateral Locations.
          (a) The exact legal name of Debtor is as set forth on the signature page of this Agreement and in the Information Certificate. Debtor has not, during the past five years, been known by or used any other corporate or fictitious name or been a party to any merger or consolidation, or acquired all or substantially all of the assets of any Person, or acquired any of its property or assets out of the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in the Information Certificate.
          (b) Debtor is an organization of the type and organized in the jurisdiction set forth in the Information Certificate. The Information Certificate accurately sets forth the organizational identification number of Debtor or accurately states that Debtor has none and accurately sets forth the federal employer identification number of Debtor.
          (c) The chief executive office and mailing address of Debtor and Debtor’s Records concerning Accounts are located only at the address identified as such in the Information Certificate and its only other places of business and the only other locations of Collateral, if any, are the addresses set forth in the Information Certificate, subject to the right of Debtor to establish new locations in accordance with Section 5.2 below. The Information Certificate correctly identifies any of such locations which are not owned by Debtor and sets forth the owners and/or operators thereof.
     4.3 Priority of Liens. The security interests and liens granted to Secured Party under this Agreement and the other Financing Agreements constitute valid and perfected first priority liens and security interests in and upon the Collateral subject only to the existing liens indicated on the Information Certificate and the other liens permitted under Section 5.6 hereof. Debtor has valid leasehold interests in all of its real property and good, valid and merchantable title to all of its other properties and assets subject to no liens, mortgages, pledges, security interests, encumbrances or charges of any kind, except those granted to Secured Party and such others as are specifically listed on the Information Certificate or permitted under Section 5.6 hereof.
     4.4 Accuracy and Completeness of Information. All information furnished by or on behalf of Debtor in writing to Secured Party in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Financing Agreements or any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby, including all information on the Information Certificate is true and correct in all material respects on the date as of which such information is dated or certified and does not omit any material fact necessary in order to make such information not misleading. No event or circumstance has occurred which

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has had or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse affect on the business, assets or prospects of Debtor, which has not been fully and accurately disclosed to Secured Party in writing.
     4.5 Survival of Warranties; Cumulative. All representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or any of the other Financing Agreements shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and shall be deemed to have been made again to Secured Party on the date of each additional borrowing or other credit accommodation under the Second Amended and Restated Loan Agreement and shall be conclusively presumed to have been relied on by Secured Party regardless of any investigation made or information possessed by Secured Party. The representations and warranties set forth herein shall be cumulative and in addition to any other representations or warranties which Debtor shall now or hereafter give, or cause to be given, to Secured Party.
SECTION 5. AFFIRMATIVE AND NEGATIVE COVENANTS
  5.1   Maintenance of Existence.
          (a) Debtor shall at all times preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence and rights and franchises with respect thereto and maintain in full force and effect all permits, licenses, trademarks, tradenames, approvals, authorizations, leases and contracts necessary to carry on the business as presently or proposed to be conducted.
          (b) Debtor shall not change its name unless each of the following conditions is satisfied: (i) Secured Party shall have received not less than thirty (30) days prior written notice from Debtor of such proposed change in its corporate name, which notice shall accurately set forth the new name; and (ii) Secured Party shall have received a copy of the amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of Debtor providing for the name change certified by the Secretary of State of the jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of Debtor as soon as it is available.
          (c) Debtor shall not change its chief executive office or its mailing address or organizational identification number (or if it does not have one, shall not acquire one) unless Secured Party shall have received not less than thirty (30) days’ prior written notice from Debtor of such proposed change, which notice shall set forth such information with respect thereto as Secured Party may require and Secured Party shall have received such agreements as Secured Party may reasonably require in connection therewith. Debtor shall not change its type of organization, jurisdiction of organization or other legal structure.
     5.2 New Collateral Locations. Debtor may only open any new location within the continental United States provided Debtor (a) gives Secured Party thirty (30) days prior written notice from Debtor of the intended opening of any such new location and (b) executes and delivers, or causes to be executed and delivered, to Secured Party such agreements, documents, and instruments as Secured Party may deem necessary or desirable to protect its interests in the Collateral at such location.

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     5.3 New Real Property. Debtor may acquire real property within the continental United States provided Debtor (a) gives Secured Party sixty (60) days prior written notice from Debtor of the intended acquisition of real property and (b) executes and delivers, or causes to be executed and delivered, to Secured Party such agreements, documents, and instruments as Secured Party may deem necessary or desirable.
     5.4 Insurance. Debtor shall, at all times maintain with financially sound and reputable insurers insurance with respect to the Collateral against loss or damage and all other insurance of the kinds and in the amounts customarily insured against or carried by corporations of established reputation engaged in the same or similar businesses and similarly situated. Said policies of insurance shall be satisfactory to Secured Party as to form, amount and insurer. Debtor shall furnish certificates, policies or endorsements to Secured Party as Secured Party shall require as proof of such insurance, and, if Debtor fails to do so, Secured Party is authorized, but not required, to obtain such insurance at the expense of Debtor. All policies shall provide for at least thirty (30) days prior written notice to Secured Party of any cancellation or reduction of coverage and that Secured Party may act as attorney for Debtor in obtaining, and at any time an Event of Default exists or has occurred and is continuing, adjusting, settling, amending and canceling such insurance. Debtor shall cause Secured Party to be named as a loss payee and an additional insured (but without any liability for any premiums) under such insurance policies and Debtor shall obtain non-contributory lender’s loss payable endorsements to all insurance policies in form and substance satisfactory to Secured Party. Such lender’s loss payable endorsement shall specify that the proceeds of such insurance shall be payable to Secured Party as its interests may appear and further specify that Secured Party shall be paid regardless of any act or omission by Debtor or any of its affiliates. At its option, Secured Party may apply any insurance proceeds received by Secured Party at any time to the cost of repairs or replacement of Collateral and/or to payment of the Obligations, whether or not then due, in any order and in such manner as Secured Party may determine or hold such proceeds as cash collateral for the Obligations.
     5.5 Financial Statements and Other Information. Debtor shall keep proper books and records in which true and complete entries shall be made of all dealings or transactions of or in relation to the Collateral and the business of Debtor in accordance with GAAP. Debtor shall promptly furnish to Secured Party all such financial and other information as Secured Party shall reasonably request relating to the Collateral and the assets, business and operations of Debtor.
     5.6 Encumbrances. Debtor shall not create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, charge or other encumbrance of any nature whatsoever on any of its assets or properties, including the Collateral, except: (a) liens and security interests of Secured Party; (b) liens securing the payment of taxes, either not yet overdue or the validity of which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently pursued and available to Debtor and with respect to which adequate reserves have been set aside on its books; (c) non-consensual statutory liens (other than liens securing the payment of taxes) arising in the ordinary course of Debtor’s business to the extent: (i) such liens secure indebtedness which is not overdue or (ii) such liens secure indebtedness relating to claims or liabilities which are fully insured and being defended at the sole cost and expense and at the sole risk of the insurer or

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being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently pursued and available to Debtor, in each case prior to the commencement of foreclosure or other similar proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves have been set aside on its books; (d) purchase money security interests in Equipment (including capital leases) not to exceed $100,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding so long as such security interests do not apply to any property of Debtor other than the Equipment so acquired, and the indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the cost of the Equipment so acquired, as the case may be; and (e) the security interests and liens set forth on the Information Certificate.
     5.7 Indebtedness. Debtor shall not incur, create, assume, become or be liable in any manner with respect to, or permit to exist, any obligations or indebtedness, or guarantee, assume, endorse, or otherwise become responsible for (directly or indirectly) the indebtedness, performance, obligations or dividends of any other Person, except (a) the Obligations; (b) trade obligations and normal accruals in the ordinary course of business not yet due and payable, or with respect to which the Debtor is contesting in good faith the amount or validity thereof by appropriate proceedings diligently pursued and available to Debtor, and with respect to which adequate reserves have been set aside on its books; (c) purchase money indebtedness (including capital leases) to the extent not incurred or secured by liens (including capital leases) in violation of any other provision of this Agreement; and (d) the obligations, indebtedness and guarantees set forth on the Information Certificate; provided, that, (i) Debtor may only make regularly scheduled payments of principal and interest in respect of such indebtedness in accordance with the terms of the agreement or instrument evidencing or giving rise to such indebtedness as in effect on the date hereof, (ii) Debtor shall not, directly or indirectly, (A) amend, modify, alter or change the terms of such obligations, indebtedness or guarantees or any agreement, document or instrument related thereto as in effect on the date hereof, or (B) redeem, retire, defease, purchase or otherwise acquire such obligations, indebtedness or guarantees or set aside or otherwise deposit or invest any sums for such purpose, and (iii) Debtor shall furnish to Secured Party all notices or demands in connection with such obligations, indebtedness or guarantees either received by Debtor or on its behalf, promptly after the receipt thereof, or sent by Debtor or on its behalf, concurrently with the sending thereof, as the case may be.
     5.8 Costs and Expenses. Debtor shall pay to Secured Party on demand all costs, expenses, filing fees and taxes paid or payable in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery, recording, administration, collection, liquidation, enforcement and defense of the Obligations, Secured Party’s rights in the Collateral, this Agreement, the other Financing Agreements and all other documents related hereto or thereto, including any amendments, supplements or consents which may hereafter be contemplated (whether or not executed) or entered into in respect hereof and thereof, including: (a) all costs and expenses of filing or recording (including Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filing taxes and fees, documentary taxes, intangibles taxes and mortgage recording taxes and fees, if applicable); (b)insurance premiums, appraisal fees and search fees; (c) costs and expenses of preserving and protecting the Collateral; (d) costs and expenses paid or incurred in connection with obtaining payment of the Obligations, enforcing the security interests and liens of Secured Party, selling or otherwise realizing upon the Collateral, and otherwise enforcing the provisions of this

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Agreement and the other Financing Agreements or defending any claims made or threatened against Secured Party arising out of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including preparations for and consultations concerning any such matters); and (e) the fees and disbursements of counsel (including legal assistants) to Secured Party in connection with any of the foregoing.
     5.9 Further Assurances. At the request of Secured Party at any time and from time to time, Debtor shall, at its expense, at any time or times duly execute and deliver, or cause to be duly executed and delivered, such further agreements, documents and instruments, and do or cause to be done such further acts as may be necessary or proper to evidence, perfect, maintain and enforce the security interests and the priority thereof in the Collateral and to otherwise effectuate the provisions or purposes of this Agreement or any of the other Financing Agreements.
SECTION 6. EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
     6.1 Events of Default. The occurrence or existence of any Event of Default under the Second Amended and Restated Loan Agreement is referred to herein individually as an “Event of Default”, and collectively as “Events of Default”.
     6.2 Remedies.
          (a) At any time an Event of Default exists or has occurred and is continuing, Secured Party shall have all rights and remedies provided in this Agreement, the other Financing Agreements, the UCC and other applicable law, all of which rights and remedies may be exercised without notice to or consent by Debtor or any Obligor, except as such notice or consent is expressly provided for hereunder or required by applicable law. All rights, remedies and powers granted to Secured Party hereunder, under any of the other Financing Agreements, the UCC or other applicable law, are cumulative, not exclusive and enforceable, in Secured Party’s discretion, alternatively, successively, or concurrently on any one or more occasions, and shall include, without limitation, the right to apply to a court of equity for an injunction to restrain a breach or threatened breach by Debtor of this Agreement or any of the other Financing Agreements. Secured Party may, at any time or times, proceed directly against Debtor or any Obligor to collect the Obligations without prior recourse to any Obligor or any of the Collateral.
          (b) Without limiting the foregoing, at any time an Event of Default exists or has occurred and is continuing, Secured Party may, in its discretion and, without limitation, (i)accelerate the payment of all Obligations and demand immediate payment thereof to Secured Party (provided, that, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default described in Sections 10.1(g) and 10.1(h) of the Second Amended and Restated Loan Agreement, all Obligations shall automatically become immediately due and payable), (ii) with or without judicial process or the aid or assistance of others, enter upon any premises on or in which any of the Collateral may be located and take possession of the Collateral or complete processing, manufacturing and repair of all or any portion of the Collateral, (iii) require Debtor, at Debtor’s expense, to assemble and make available to Secured Party any part or all of the Collateral at any place and time designated

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by Secured Party, (iv)collect, foreclose, receive, appropriate, setoff and realize upon any and all Collateral, (v) remove any or all of the Collateral from any premises on or in which the same may be located for the purpose of effecting the sale, foreclosure or other disposition thereof or for any other purpose, and/or (vi) sell, lease, transfer, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of any and all Collateral (including entering into contracts with respect thereto, public or private sales at any exchange, broker’s board, at any office of Secured Party or elsewhere) at such prices or terms as Secured Party may deem reasonable, for cash, upon credit or for future delivery, with the Secured Party having the right to purchase the whole or any part of the Collateral at any such public sale, all of the foregoing being free from any right or equity of redemption of Debtor, which right or equity of redemption is hereby expressly waived and released by Debtor. If any of the Collateral is sold or leased by Secured Party upon credit terms or for future delivery, the Obligations shall not be reduced as a result thereof until payment therefor is finally collected by Secured Party. If notice of disposition of Collateral is required by law, ten (10) days prior notice by Secured Party to Debtor designating the time and place of any public sale or the time after which any private sale or other intended disposition of Collateral is to be made, shall be deemed to be reasonable notice thereof and Debtor waives any other notice. In the event Secured Party institutes an action to recover any Collateral or seeks recovery of any Collateral by way of prejudgment remedy, Debtor waives the posting of any bond which might otherwise be required.
          (c) Secured Party may, at any time or times that an Event of Default exists or has occurred and is continuing, enforce Debtor’s rights against any account debtor, secondary obligor or other obligor in respect of any of the Accounts or other Receivables. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Secured Party may at such time or times (i) notify any or all account debtors, secondary obligors or other obligors in respect thereof that the Receivables have been assigned to Secured Party and that Secured Party has a security interest therein and Secured Party may direct any or all account debtors, secondary obligors and other obligors to make payment of Receivables directly to Secured Party, (ii) extend the time of payment of, compromise, settle or adjust for cash, credit, return of merchandise or otherwise, and upon any terms or conditions, any and all Receivables or other obligations included in the Collateral and thereby discharge or release the account debtor or any secondary obligors or other obligors in respect thereof without affecting any of the Obligations, (iii) demand, collect or enforce payment of any Receivables or such other obligations, but without any duty to do so, and Secured Party shall not be liable for its failure to collect or enforce the payment thereof nor for the negligence of its agents or attorneys with respect thereto and (iv) take whatever other action Secured Party may deem necessary or desirable for the protection of its interests. At any time that an Event of Default exists or has occurred and is continuing, at Secured Party’s request, all invoices and statements sent to any account debtor shall state that the Accounts and such other obligations have been assigned to Secured Party and are payable directly and only to Secured Party and Debtor shall deliver to Secured Party such originals of documents evidencing the sale and delivery of goods or the performance of services giving rise to any Accounts as Secured Party may require. In the event any account debtor returns Inventory when an Event of Default exists or has occurred and is continuing, Debtor shall, upon Secured Party’s request, hold the returned Inventory in trust for Secured Party, segregate all returned Inventory from all of its other property, dispose of the returned Inventory solely according to Secured Party’s instructions, and

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not issue any credits, discounts or allowances with respect thereto without Secured Party’s prior written consent.
          (d) To the extent that applicable law imposes duties on Secured Party to exercise remedies in a commercially reasonable manner (which duties cannot be waived under such law), Debtor acknowledges and agrees that it is not commercially unreasonable for Secured Party (i) to fail to incur expenses reasonably deemed significant by Secured Party to prepare Collateral for disposition or otherwise to complete raw material or work in process into finished goods or other finished products for disposition, (ii) to fail to obtain third party consents for access to Collateral to be disposed of, or to obtain or, if not required by other law, to fail to obtain consents of any governmental authority or other third party for the collection or disposition of Collateral to be collected or disposed of, (iii) to fail to exercise collection remedies against account debtors, secondary obligors or other persons obligated on Collateral or to remove liens or encumbrances on or any adverse claims against Collateral, (iv) to exercise collection remedies against account debtors and other persons obligated on Collateral directly or through the use of collection agencies and other collection specialists, (v) to advertise dispositions of Collateral through publications or media of general circulation, whether or not the Collateral is of a specialized nature, (vi) to contact other persons, whether or not in the same business as Debtor for expressions of interest in acquiring all or any portion of the Collateral, (vii) to hire one or more professional auctioneers to assist in the disposition of Collateral, whether or not the collateral is of a specialized nature, (viii) to dispose of Collateral by utilizing Internet sites that provide for the auction of assets of the types included in the Collateral or that have the reasonable capability of doing so, or that match buyers and sellers of assets, (ix) to dispose of assets in wholesale rather than retail markets, (x) to disclaim disposition warranties, (xi) to purchase insurance or credit enhancements to insure Secured Party against risks of loss, collection or disposition of Collateral or to provide to Secured Party a guaranteed return from the collection or disposition of Collateral, or (xii) to the extent deemed appropriate by Secured Party, to obtain the services of other brokers, investment bankers, consultants and other professionals to assist Secured Party in the collection or disposition of any of the Collateral. Debtor acknowledges that the purpose of this Section is to provide non-exhaustive indications of what actions or omissions by Secured Party would not be commercially unreasonable in Secured Party’s exercise of remedies against the Collateral and that other actions or omissions by Secured Party shall not be deemed commercially unreasonable solely on account of not being indicated in this Section. Without limitation of the foregoing, nothing contained in this Section shall be construed to grant any rights to Debtor or to impose any duties on Secured Party that would not have been granted or imposed by this Agreement or by applicable law in the absence of this Section.
          (e) For the purpose of enabling Secured Party to exercise the rights and remedies hereunder, Debtor hereby grants to Secured Party, to the extent assignable, an irrevocable, non-exclusive license (exercisable without payment of royalty or other compensation to Debtor) to use, assign, license or sublicense any of the trademarks, service-marks, trade names, business names, trade styles, designs, logos and other source of business identifiers and other Intellectual Property and general intangibles now owned or hereafter acquired by Debtor, wherever the same maybe located, including in such license reasonable access to all media in which any of the

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licensed items may be recorded or stored and to all computer programs used for the compilation or printout thereof.
          (f) Secured Party may apply the cash proceeds of Collateral actually received by Secured Party from any sale, lease, foreclosure or other disposition of the Collateral to payment of the Obligations, in whole or in part and in such order as Secured Party may elect, whether or not then due. Debtor shall remain liable to Secured Party for the payment of any deficiency with interest at the highest rate provided for in the Second Amended and Restated Loan Agreement and all costs and expenses of collection or enforcement, including attorneys’ fees and legal expenses.
SECTION 7. JURY TRIAL WAIVER; OTHER WAIVERS AND CONSENTS; GOVERNING LAW
     7.1 Governing Law; Choice of Forum; Service of Process; Jury Trial Waiver.
          (a) The validity, interpretation and enforcement of this Agreement and any dispute arising out of the relationship between the parties hereto, whether in contract, tort, equity or otherwise, shall be governed by the internal laws of the State of California but excluding any principles of conflicts of law or other rule of law that would cause the application of the law of any jurisdiction other than the laws of the State of California.
          (b) Debtor and Secured Party irrevocably consent and submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the California State Courts located in the County of San Diego and the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, whichever Secured Party may elect, and waive any objection based on venue or forum non conveniens with respect to any action instituted therein arising under this Agreement or any of the other Financing Agreements or in any way connected with or related or incidental to the dealings of the parties hereto in respect of this Agreement or any of the other Financing Agreements or the transactions related hereto or thereto, in each case whether now existing or hereafter arising, and whether in contract, tort, equity or otherwise, and agree that any dispute with respect to any such matters shall be heard only in the courts described above (except that Secured Party shall have the right to bring any action or proceeding against Debtor or its property in the courts of any other jurisdiction which Secured Party deems necessary or appropriate in order to realize on the Collateral or to otherwise enforce its rights against Debtor or its property).
          (c) Debtor hereby waives personal service of any and all process upon it and consents that all such service of process may be made by certified mail (return receipt requested) directed to its address set forth on the signature pages hereof and service so made shall be deemed to be completed five (5) days after the same shall have been so deposited in the U.S. mails, or, at Secured Party’s option, by service upon Debtor in any other manner provided under the rules of any such courts. Within thirty (30) days after such service, Debtor shall appear in answer to such process, failing which Debtor shall be deemed in default and judgment may be entered by Secured Party against Debtor for the amount of the claim and other relief requested.

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          (d) DEBTOR HEREBY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION (1) ARISING UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER FINANCING AGREEMENTS OR (2) IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF DEBTOR AND SECURED PARTY IN RESPECT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER FINANCING AGREEMENTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED HERETO OR THERETO IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, EQUITY OR OTHERWISE. DEBTOR HEREBY AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE DECIDED BY COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY AND THAT DEBTOR OR SECURED PARTY MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OF A COPY OF THIS AGREEMENT WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF DEBTOR AND SECURED PARTY TO THE WAIVER OF THEIR RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.
          (e) Secured Party shall not have any liability to Debtor (whether in tort, contract, equity or otherwise) for losses suffered by Debtor in connection with, arising out of, or in any way related to the transactions or relationships contemplated by this Agreement, or any act, omission or event occurring in connection herewith, unless it is determined by a final and non-appealable judgment or court order binding on Secured Party that the losses were the result of acts or omissions constituting gross negligence or willful misconduct. In any such litigation, Secured Party shall be entitled to the benefit of the rebuttable presumption that it acted in good faith and with the exercise of ordinary care in the performance by it of the terms of this Agreement and the other Financing Agreements.
     7.2 Waiver of Notices. Debtor hereby expressly waives demand, presentment, protest and notice of protest and notice of dishonor with respect to any and all instruments and commercial paper, included in or evidencing any of the Obligations or the Collateral, and any and all other demands and notices of any kind or nature whatsoever with respect to the Obligations, the Collateral and this Agreement, except such as are expressly provided for herein. No notice to or demand on Debtor which Secured Party may elect to give shall entitle Debtor to any other or further notice or demand in the same, similar or other circumstances.
     7.3 Amendments and Waivers. Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof shall be amended, modified, waived or discharged orally or by course of conduct, but only by a written agreement signed by an authorized officer of Secured Party, and as to amendments, as also signed by an authorized officer of Debtor. Secured Party shall not, by any act, delay, omission or otherwise be deemed to have expressly or impliedly waived any of its rights, powers and/or remedies unless such waiver shall be in writing and signed by an authorized officer of Secured Party. Any such waiver shall be enforceable only to the extent specifically set forth therein. A waiver by Secured Party of any right, power and/or remedy on any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to or waiver of any such right, power and/or remedy which Secured Party would otherwise have on any future occasion, whether similar in kind or otherwise.

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     7.4 Waiver of Counterclaims. Debtor waives all rights to interpose any claims, deductions, setoffs or counterclaims of any nature (other then compulsory counterclaims) in any action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement, the Obligations, the Collateral or any matter arising therefrom or relating hereto or thereto.
     7.5 Indemnification. Debtor shall indemnify and hold Secured Party, and its directors, agents, employees and counsel, harmless from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs or expenses imposed on, incurred by or asserted against any of them in connection with any litigation, investigation, claim or proceeding commenced or threatened related to the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery, enforcement, performance or administration of this Agreement, any other Financing Agreements, or any undertaking or proceeding related to any of the transactions contemplated hereby or any act, omission, event or transaction related or attendant thereto, including amounts paid in settlement, court costs, and the fees and expenses of counsel. To the extent that the undertaking to indemnify, pay and hold harmless set forth in this Section may be unenforceable because it violates any law or public policy, Debtor shall pay the maximum portion which it is permitted to pay under applicable law to Secured Party in satisfaction of indemnified matters under this Section. To the extent permitted by applicable law, Debtor shall not assert, and Debtor hereby waives, any claim against Secured Party, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any of the other Financing Agreements or any undertaking or transaction contemplated hereby. The foregoing indemnity shall survive the payment of the Obligations and the termination or non-renewal of the Second Amended and Restated Loan Agreement.
SECTION 8. MISCELLANEOUS
     8.1 Interpretative Provisions.
          (a) All terms used herein which are defined in Article 1 or Article 9 of the UCC shall have the meanings given therein unless otherwise defined in this Agreement.
          (b) All references to the plural herein shall also mean the singular and to the singular shall also mean the plural unless the context otherwise requires.
          (c) All references to Debtor and Secured Party pursuant to the definitions set forth in the recitals hereto, or to any other person herein, shall include their respective successors and assigns.
          (d) The words “hereof”, “herein”, “hereunder”, “this Agreement” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not any particular provision of this Agreement and as this Agreement now exists or may hereafter be amended, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed, restated or replaced.
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          (f) All references to the term “good faith” used herein when applicable to Secured Party shall mean, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in the UCC, honesty in fact in the conduct or transaction concerned. Debtor shall have the burden of proving any lack of good faith on the part of Secured Party alleged by Debtor at any time.
          (g) An Event of Default shall exist or continue or be continuing until such Event of Default is waived in accordance with Section 7.3 or is cured in a manner satisfactory to Secured Party, if such Event of Default is capable of being cured as determined by Secured Party.
          (h) In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including”, the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding” and the word “through” means “to and including”.
          (i) Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, (i) references herein to any agreement, document or instrument shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments, modifications, supplements, extensions, renewals, restatements or replacements with respect thereto, but only to the extent the same are not prohibited by the terms hereof or of any other Financing Agreement, and (ii) references to any statute or regulation are to be construed as including all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, recodifying, supplementing or interpreting the statute or regulation.
          (j) The captions and headings of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement.
          (k) This Agreement and other Financing Agreements may use several different limitations, tests or measurements to regulate the same or similar matters. All such limitations, tests and measurements are cumulative and shall each be performed in accordance with their terms.
          (l) This Agreement and the other Financing Agreements are the result of negotiations among and have been reviewed by counsel to Secured Party and the other parties, and are the products of all parties. Accordingly, this Agreement and the other Financing Agreements shall not be construed against Secured Party merely because of Secured Party’s involvement in their preparation.
     8.2 Notices. All notices, requests and demands hereunder shall be in writing and deemed to have been given or made: if delivered in person, immediately upon delivery; if by telex, telegram or facsimile transmission, immediately upon sending and upon confirmation of receipt; if by nationally recognized overnight courier service with instructions to deliver the next business day, one (1) business day after sending; and if by certified mail, return receipt requested, five (5) days after mailing. All notices, requests and demands upon the parties are to be given to the following addresses (or to such other address as any party may designate by notice in accordance with this Section):
         
 
  If to Debtor:   7480 Mission Valley Road, Suite 101

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      San Diego, California
92108
Attention: Whitney Peterson
Telephone No.:                     
Telecopy No.: (619)  ###-###-####
 
       
 
  If to Secured Party:   Wachovia Capital Finance Corporation (Central)
150 South Wacker Drive, Suite 2200
Chicago, Illinois 60606-4401
Attention: Portfolio Manager
Telephone No.: 312 ###-###-####
Telecopy No.: 312 ###-###-####
     8.3 Partial Invalidity. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not invalidate this Agreement as a whole, but this Agreement shall be construed as though it did not contain the particular provision held to be invalid or unenforceable and the rights and obligations of the parties shall be construed and enforced only to such extent as shall be permitted by applicable law.
     8.4 Successors. This Agreement, the other Financing Agreements and any other document referred to herein or therein shall be binding upon Debtor and its successors and assigns and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by Secured Party and its successors and assigns, except that Debtor may not assign its rights under this Agreement, the other Financing Agreements and any other document referred to herein or therein without the prior written consent of Secured Party.
     8.5 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the other Financing Agreements, any supplements hereto or thereto, and any instruments or documents delivered or to be delivered in connection herewith or therewith represents the entire agreement and understanding concerning the subject matter hereof and thereof between the parties hereto, and supersede all other prior agreements, understandings, negotiations and discussions, representations, warranties, commitments, proposals, offers and contracts concerning the subject matter hereof, whether oral or written. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms of this Agreement and any schedule or exhibit hereto, the terms of this Agreement shall govern.
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Debtor has caused these presents to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
         
  SAITEK INDUSTRIES LIMITED
 
 
  /s/ Stewart Halpern    
  By: Stewart Halpern   
  Title:  Chief Financial Officer   
 

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