NEORX CORPORATION
Exhibit 10.3
NEORX CORPORATION
SECURITY AGREEMENT
THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT dated as of February 1, 2006 (Securities Agreement), is made by and among NeoRx Corporation, a Washington corporation (Grantor), and the secured parties listed on the signature pages hereto (each, a Secured Party and, collectively, the Secured Parties).
RECITALS
A. Each Secured Party has made and has agreed to make certain advances of money and to extend certain financial accommodation to Grantor as evidenced by those certain convertible promissory notes of even date herewith executed by Grantor in favor of each Secured Party pursuant to that certain Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement (the Purchase Agreement) of even date herewith by and between Grantor and the Secured Parties, (each, a Note and, collectively, the Notes), such advances and financial accommodations being referred to herein as the Loans.
B. The Secured Parties are willing to make the Loans to Grantor, but only upon the condition, among others, that Grantor shall have executed and delivered to the Secured Parties this Security Agreement.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in order to induce the Secured Parties to make the Loans and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, Grantor hereby represents, warrants, covenants and agrees as follows:
1. DEFINED TERMS. When used in this Security Agreement the following terms shall have the following meanings (such meanings being equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined):
Bankruptcy Code means Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended or modified from time to time.
Collateral shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2 of this Security Agreement.
Contracts means all contracts (including any customer, vendor, supplier, service or maintenance contract), leases, licenses, undertakings, purchase orders, permits, franchise agreements or other agreements (other than any right evidenced by Chattel Paper, Documents or Instruments), whether in written or electronic form, in or under which Grantor now holds or hereafter acquires any right, title or interest, including, without limitation, with respect to an Account, any agreement relating to the terms of payment or the terms of performance thereof.
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Copyright License means any agreement, whether in written or electronic form, in which Grantor now holds or hereafter acquires any interest, granting any right in or to any Copyright or Copyright registration (whether Grantor is the licensee or the licensor thereunder) including, without limitation, licenses pursuant to which Grantor has obtained the exclusive right to use a copyright owned by a third party.
Copyrights means all of the following now owned or hereafter acquired or created (as a work for hire for the benefit of Grantor) by Grantor or in which Grantor now holds or hereafter acquires or receives any right or interest, in whole or in part: (a) all copyrights, whether registered or unregistered, held pursuant to the laws of the United States, any State thereof or any other country; (b) registrations, applications, recordings and proceedings in the United States Copyright Office or in any similar office or agency of the United States, any State thereof or any other country; (c) any continuations, renewals or extensions thereof; (d) any registrations to be issued in any pending applications, and shall include any right or interest in and to work protectable by any of the foregoing which are presently or in the future owned, created or authorized (as a work for hire for the benefit of Grantor) or acquired by Grantor, in whole or in part; (e) prior versions of works covered by copyright and all works based upon, derived from or incorporating such works; (f) income, royalties, damages, claims and payments now and hereafter due and/or payable with respect to copyrights, including, without limitation, damages, claims and recoveries for past, present or future infringement; (g) rights to sue for past, present and future infringements of any copyright; and (h) any other rights corresponding to any of the foregoing rights throughout the world.
Event of Default means (i) any failure by Grantor forthwith to pay or perform any of the Secured Obligations, (ii) any breach by Grantor of any warranty, representation, or covenant set forth herein and (iii) any default or event of default under any Note; provided however, that each of the foregoing events shall only constitute an Event of Default upon the expiration of any cure period related to such event.
Intellectual Property means any intellectual property, in any medium, of any kind or nature whatsoever, now or hereafter owned or acquired or received by Grantor or in which Grantor now holds or hereafter acquires or receives any right or interest, and shall include, in any event, any Copyright, Trademark, Patent, trade secret, customer list, internet domain name (including any right related to the registration thereof), proprietary or confidential information, mask work, source, object or other programming code, invention (whether or not patented or patentable), technical information, procedure, design, knowledge, know-how, software, data base, data, skill, expertise, recipe, experience, process, model, drawing, material or record.
License means any Copyright License, Patent License, Trademark License or other license of rights or interests, whether in-bound or out-bound, whether in written or electronic form, now or hereafter owned or acquired or received by Grantor or in which Grantor now holds or hereafter acquires or receives any right or interest, and shall include any renewals or extensions of any of the foregoing thereof.
Lien means any mortgage, lien, deed of trust, charge, pledge, security interest or other encumbrance.
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Patent License means any agreement, whether in written or electronic form, in which Grantor now holds or hereafter acquires any interest, granting any right with respect to any invention on which a Patent is in existence (whether Grantor is the licensee or the licensor thereunder).
Patents means all of the following in which Grantor now holds or hereafter acquires any interest: (a) all letters patent of the United States or any other country, all registrations and recordings thereof and all applications for letters patent of the United States or any other country, including, without limitation, registrations, recordings and applications in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or in any similar office or agency of the United States, any State thereof or any other country; (b)all reissues, divisions, continuations, renewals, continuations-in-part or extensions thereof; (c) all petty patents, divisionals and patents of addition; (d) all patents to issue in any such applications; (e) income, royalties, damages, claims and payments now and hereafter due and/or payable with respect to patents, including, without limitation, damages, claims and recoveries for past, present or future infringement; and (f) rights to sue for past, present and future infringements of any patent.
Permitted Lien means: (a) any Liens existing on the date of this Security Agreement and set forth on Schedule A attached hereto; (b) Liens for taxes, fees, assessments or other governmental charges or levies, either not delinquent or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings; (c) Liens (i) upon or in any Equipment acquired or held by Grantor to secure the purchase price of such Equipment or indebtedness incurred solely for the purpose of financing the acquisition of such Equipment or (ii) existing on such Equipment at the time of its acquisition, provided that the Lien is confined solely to the Equipment so acquired, improvements thereon and the Proceeds of such Equipment; (d) leases or subleases and licenses or sublicenses granted to others and existing as of the date of this Security Agreement; (e) any right, title or interest of a licensor under a license existing as of the date of this Security Agreement; (f) Liens arising from judgments, decrees or attachments; (g) easements, reservations, rights-of-way, restrictions, minor defects or irregularities in title and other similar Liens affecting real property not interfering in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of Grantor; (h) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods; (i) Liens arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provision relating to bankers liens, rights of setoff or similar rights and remedies as to deposit accounts or other funds maintained with a creditor depository institution; (j) Liens on equipment and other personal property (including proceeds thereof and accessions thereto) securing capital or operating lease obligations, including without limitation sale and lease-back transactions; and (k) Liens, not otherwise permitted, which Liens do not in the aggregate exceed $100,000 at any one time.
Pro Rata means, as to any Secured Party at any time, the percentage equivalent at such time of such Secured Partys aggregate unpaid principal amount of Loans, divided by the combined aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Loans of all Secured Parties.
Required Lenders means any Secured Party or group of Secured Parties holding at least sixty percent (60%) of the outstanding and unpaid principal amount under all Loans of all Secured Parties.
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Secured Obligations means (a) the obligation of Grantor to repay the Secured Parties all of the unpaid principal amount of, and accrued interest on (including any interest that accrues after the commencement of bankruptcy), the Loans and (b) the obligation of Grantor to pay any fees, costs and expenses of Secured Party under Section 6(c) hereof.
Security Agreement means this Security Agreement and all Schedules hereto, as the same may from time to time be amended, modified, supplemented or restated.
Trademark License means any agreement, whether in written or electronic form, in which Grantor now holds or hereafter acquires any interest, granting any right in and to any Trademark or Trademark registration (whether Grantor is the licensee or the licensor thereunder).
Trademarks means any of the following in which Grantor now holds or hereafter acquires any interest: (a) any trademarks, tradenames, corporate names, company names, business names, trade styles, service marks, logos, other source or business identifiers, prints and labels on which any of the foregoing have appeared or appear, designs and general intangibles of like nature, now existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, all registrations and recordings thereof and any applications in connection therewith, including, without limitation, registrations, recordings and applications in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or in any similar office or agency of the United States, any State thereof or any other country (collectively, the Marks); (b) any reissues, extensions or renewals thereof; (c) the goodwill of the business symbolized by or associated with the Marks; (d) income, royalties, damages, claims and payments now and hereafter due and/or payable with respect to the Marks, including, without limitation, damages, claims and recoveries for past, present or future infringement; and (e) rights to sue for past, present and future infringements of the Marks.
UCC means the Uniform Commercial Code as the same may from time to time be in effect in the State of California (and each reference in this Security Agreement to an Article thereof (denoted as a Division of the UCC as adopted and in effect in the State of California) shall refer to that Article (or Division, as applicable) as from time to time in effect, which in the case of Article 9 shall include and refer to Revised Article 9 from and after the date Revised Article 9 shall become effective in the State of California); provided, however, in the event that, by reason of mandatory provisions of law, any or all of the attachment, perfection or priority of the Secured Parties security interest in any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of California, the term UCC shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code (including the Articles thereof) as in effect at such time in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such attachment, perfection or priority and for purposes of definitions related to such provisions.
In addition, the following terms shall be defined terms having the meaning set forth for such terms in the UCC: Account (including health-care-insurance receivables), Account Debtor, Chattel Paper (including tangible and electronic chattel paper), Commercial Tort Claims, Commodity Account, Deposit Account, Documents, Equipment (including all accessions and additions thereto), Fixtures, General Intangible (including payment intangibles and software), Instrument, Inventory (including all goods held for sale or lease or to be furnished under a contract of service, and including returns and repossessions), Investment
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Property (including securities and securities entitlements), Letter-of-Credit Right (whether or not the letter of credit is evidenced by a writing), Payment Intangibles, Proceeds, Promissory Notes, Securities Account, and Supporting Obligations. Each of the foregoing defined terms shall include all of such items now owned, or hereafter acquired, by Grantor.
2. GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST. As collateral security for the full, prompt, complete and final payment and performance when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of all the Secured Obligations and in order to induce the Secured Parties to cause the Loans to be made, Grantor hereby assigns, conveys, mortgages, pledges, hypothecates and transfers to the Secured Parties, and hereby grants to the Secured Parties, a security interest in all of Grantors right, title and interest in, to and under the following, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, (all of which being collectively referred to herein as the Collateral):
(a) All Accounts of Grantor;
(b) All Chattel Paper of Grantor;
(c) All Commercial Tort Claims of Grantor;
(d) All Contracts of Grantor;
(e) All Deposit Accounts of Grantor;
(f) All Documents of Grantor;
(g) All Equipment of Grantor;
(h) All Fixtures of Grantor;
(i) All General Intangibles of Grantor, including, without limitation, Payment Intangibles, all Copyrights, Patents, Trademarks, Licenses, designs, drawings, technical information, marketing plans, customer lists, trade secrets, proprietary or confidential information, inventions (whether or not patentable), procedures, know-how, models and data;
(j) All Instruments of Grantor, including, without limitation, Promissory Notes;
(k) All Inventory of Grantor;
(l) All Investment Property of Grantor;
(m) All Letter-of Credit Rights of Grantor;
(n) All Supporting Obligations of Grantor;
(o) All property of Grantor held by any Secured Party, or any other party for whom any Secured Party is acting as agent hereunder, including, without limitation, all property of every-description now or hereafter in the possession or custody of or in transit to any Secured
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Party or such other party for any purpose, including, without limitation, safekeeping, collection or pledge, for the account of Grantor, or as to which Grantor may have any right or power;
(p) All other goods and personal property of Grantor, wherever located, whether tangible or intangible, and whether now owned or hereafter acquired, existing, leased or consigned by or to Grantor; and
(q) To the extent not otherwise included, all Proceeds of each of the foregoing and all accessions to, substitutions and replacements for and rents, profits and products of each of the foregoing.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2, the grant, assignment and transfer of a security interest as provided herein shall not extend to, and the term Collateral shall not include: (a) intent-to-use trademarks at all times prior to the first use thereof, whether by the actual use thereof in commerce, the recording of a statement of use with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or otherwise or (b) any Investment Property of Grantor consisting of any ownership interest in NeoRx Manufacturing Group, Inc. or any goods, personal property, rights or other assets (tangible or intangible) of NeoRx Manufacturing Group, Inc. or (c) any Contract, Instrument or Chattel Paper in which Grantor has any right, title or interest if and to the extent such Contract, Instrument or Chattel Paper includes a provision containing a restriction on assignment such that the creation of a security interest in the right, title or interest of Grantor therein would be prohibited and would, in and of itself, cause or result in a default thereunder enabling another person party to such Contract, Instrument or Chattel Paper to enforce any remedy with respect thereto; provided that the foregoing exclusion shall not apply if (i) such prohibition has been waived or such other person has otherwise consented to the creation hereunder of a security interest in such Contract, Instrument or Chattel Paper or (ii) such prohibition would be rendered ineffective pursuant to Sections 9-407(a) or 9-408(a) of the UCC, as applicable and as then in effect in any relevant jurisdiction, or any other applicable law (including the Bankruptcy Code) or principles of equity); provided further that immediately upon the ineffectiveness, lapse or termination of any such provision, the Collateral shall include, and Grantor shall be deemed to have granted a security interest in, all its rights, title and interests in and to such Contract, Instrument or Chattel Paper as if such provision had never been in effect; and provided further that the foregoing exclusion shall in no way be construed so as to limit, impair or otherwise affect any Secured Partys unconditional continuing security interest in and to all rights, title and interests of Grantor in or to any payment obligations or other rights to receive monies due or to become due under any such Contract, Instrument or Chattel Paper and in any such monies and other proceeds of such Contract, Instrument or Chattel Paper.
3. RIGHTS OF SECURED PARTIES; COLLECTION OF ACCOUNTS.
(a) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Security Agreement to the contrary, Grantor expressly agrees that it shall remain liable under each of its Contracts and each of its Licenses to observe and perform all the conditions and obligations to be observed and performed by it thereunder and that it shall perform all of its duties and obligations thereunder, all in accordance with and pursuant to the terms and provisions of each such Contract or License. No Secured Party shall have any obligation or liability under any Contract or License by reason of or arising out of this Security Agreement or the granting to the Secured Parties of a lien
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therein or the receipt by any Secured Party of any payment relating to any Contract or License pursuant hereto, nor shall any Secured Party be required or obligated in any manner to perform or fulfill any of the obligations of Grantor under or pursuant to any Contract or License, or to make any payment, or to make any inquiry as to the nature or the sufficiency of any payment received by it or the sufficiency of any performance by any party under any Contract or License, or to present or file any claim, or to take any action to collect or enforce any performance or the payment of any amounts which may have been assigned to it or to which it may be entitled at any time or times.
(b) The Secured Parties authorize Grantor to collect its Accounts. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, at the request of the Required Lenders, Grantor shall deliver all original and other documents evidencing and relating to the performance of labor or service which created such Accounts, including, without limitation, all original orders, invoices and shipping receipts.
(c) Any Secured Party may at any time, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default and the written consent of the Required Lenders, notify Account Debtors of Grantor, parties to the Contracts of Grantor, obligors in respect of Instruments of Grantor and obligors in respect of Chattel Paper of Grantor that the Accounts and the right, title and interest of Grantor in and under such Contracts, Instruments and Chattel Paper have been assigned to the Secured Parties and that payments shall be made directly to Secured Parties. Upon the request of the Required Lenders, Grantor shall so notify such Account Debtors, parties to such Contracts, obligors in respect of such Instruments and obligors in respect of such Chattel Paper. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, any Secured Party may, in its name or in the name of other Secured Parties, communicate with such Account Debtors, parties to such Contracts, obligors in respect of such Instruments and obligors in respect of such Chattel Paper to verify with such parties, to such Secured Partys satisfaction, the existence, amount and terms of any such Accounts, Contracts, Instruments or Chattel Paper.
4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. Grantor hereby represents and warrants to the Secured Parties that:
(a) Except for the security interest granted to the Secured Parties under this Security Agreement and Permitted Liens, and other than joint ownership in any of the Collateral described on Schedule D attached hereto, Grantor is the sole legal and equitable owner of each item of the Collateral in which it purports to grant a security interest hereunder.
(b) No effective security agreement, financing statement, equivalent security or lien instrument or continuation statement covering all or any part of the Collateral exists, except such as may have been filed by Grantor in favor of the Secured Parties pursuant to this Security Agreement and except for Permitted Liens.
(c) Grantors taxpayer identification number is, and chief executive office, principal place of business, and the place where Grantor maintains its records concerning the Collateral are presently located at the address set forth on the signature page hereof. The Collateral, other than Deposit Accounts, Securities Accounts, Commodity Accounts and motor
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vehicles and other mobile goods of the type contemplated in Section 9103(3)(a) of the UCC, is presently located at such address and at such additional addresses set forth on Schedule B attached hereto.
(d) The name and address of each depository institution at which Grantor maintains any Deposit Account and the account number and account name of each such Deposit Account is listed on Schedule C attached hereto. The name and address of each securities intermediary or commodity intermediary at which Grantor maintains any Securities Account or Commodity Account and the account number and account name is listed on Schedule C attached hereto. Grantor agrees to amend Schedule C upon Required Lenders request to reflect the opening of any additional Deposit Account, Securities Account or Commodity Account, or closing or changing the account name or number on any existing Deposit Account, Securities Account, or Commodity Account.
(e) All Copyrights, Copyright Licenses, Patents, Patent Licenses, Trademarks and Trademark Licenses now owned or held by Grantor are listed on Schedule D attached hereto.
5. COVENANTS. Unless the Required Lenders otherwise consents (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), Grantor covenants and agrees with the Secured Parties that from and after the date of this Security Agreement and until the Secured Obligations have been performed and paid in full:
5.1 Disposition of Collateral. Except as permitted under Section 4.10(e) or Section 4.11 of the Securities Purchase Agreement, Grantor shall not sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of the Collateral (each, a Transfer), or contract to do so, including, without limitation, the granting of Licenses or other interests in any of Grantors Copyrights, Copyright Licenses, Patents, Patent Licenses, Trademarks and Trademark Licenses other than (a) the sale of Inventory in the ordinary course of business, (b) the disposal of worn-out or obsolete Equipment and (c) Transfers of Collateral for fair market value as determined by Grantor in its good faith judgment, not exceeding $100,000 in the aggregate in any fiscal year.
5.2 Change of Jurisdiction of Organization, Relocation of Business. Grantor shall not change its jurisdiction of organization or relocate its chief executive office, principal place of business or its records from such address(es) provided to the Secured Parties pursuant to Section 4(c) above without at least thirty (30) days prior notice to the Secured Parties.
5.3 Limitation on Liens on Collateral. Grantor shall not, directly or indirectly, create, permit or suffer to exist, and shall take commercially reasonable actions to defend the Collateral against and take such other action as is necessary to remove, any Lien on the Collateral, except (a) Permitted Liens and (b) the Lien granted to the Secured Parties under this Security Agreement.
5.4 Insurance. Grantor shall maintain insurance policies insuring the Collateral against loss or damage from such risks and in such amounts and forms consistent with its prior practice.
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5.5 Taxes, Assessments, Etc. Grantor shall pay promptly when due all property and other taxes, assessments and government charges or levies imposed upon, and all claims (including claims for labor, materials and supplies) against, the Equipment, Fixtures or Inventory, except to the extent the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith and adequate reserves are being maintained in connection therewith.
5.6 Defense of Intellectual Property. Grantor shall use commercially reasonable efforts to (i) protect, defend and maintain the validity and enforceability of all Copyrights, Copyrights Licenses, Patents, Patent Licenses, Trademarks and Trademark Licenses material to Grantors business and (ii) detect infringements of all Copyrights, Copyright Licenses, Patents, Patent Licenses, Trademarks and Trademark Licenses material to Grantors business and Grantor shall not permit any Copyright, Copyright License, Patent, Patent License, Trademark or Trademark License material to Grantors business to lapse, be abandoned or to otherwise terminate unless Grantors board of directors in the exercise of its reasonable judgment and in good faith determines that any of the foregoing is of inconsequential value.
5.7 Further Assurances. At any time and from time to time, upon the written request of the Required Lenders, and at the sole expense of Grantor, Grantor shall promptly and duly execute and deliver any and all such further instruments and documents and take such further commercially reasonable action as the Required Lenders may reasonably deem necessary to obtain the full benefits of this Security Agreement, including, without limitation, (a) executing, delivering and causing to be filed any financing or continuation statements (including in lieu continuation statements) under the UCC with respect to the security interests granted hereby, (b) at the Required Lenders reasonable request, placing the interest of the Secured Parties as lienholder on the certificate of title (or similar evidence of ownership) of any vehicle, watercraft or other Equipment constituting Collateral owned by Grantor which is covered by a certificate of title (or similar evidence of ownership), (c) executing and delivering and using commercially reasonable efforts to cause the applicable depository institution, securities intermediary, commodity intermediary or issuer or nominated party under a letter of credit to execute and deliver a collateral control agreement with respect to any Deposit Account, Securities Account or Commodity Account or Letter-of-Credit Right in or to which Grantor has any right or interest and (d) at the Required Lenders reasonable request, using commercially reasonable efforts to obtain acknowledgments from bailees having possession of any Collateral and waivers of liens from landlords and mortgagees of any location where any of the Collateral may from time to time be stored or located. Grantor also hereby authorizes the Secured Parties to file any such financing or continuation statement (including in lieu continuation statements) without the signature of Grantor.
6. RIGHTS AND REMEDIES UPON DEFAULT. Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default and while such Event of Default is continuing:
(a) Upon the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Secured Parties may exercise in addition to all other rights and remedies granted to it under this Security Agreement and the Purchase Agreement all rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Grantor expressly agrees that in any such event the Secured Parties, without demand of performance or other demand, advertisement or notice of any kind (except the notice specified below of time and place of public or private sale)
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to or upon Grantor or any other person, may (i) reclaim, take possession, recover, store, maintain, finish, repair, prepare for sale or lease, shop, advertise for sale or lease and sell or lease (in the manner provided herein) the Collateral, and in connection with the liquidation of the Collateral and collection of the accounts receivable pledged as Collateral, use any Trademark, Copyright, or process used or owned by Grantor and (ii) forthwith collect, receive, appropriate and realize upon the Collateral, or any part thereof, and may forthwith sell, lease, assign, give an option or options to purchase or sell or otherwise dispose of and deliver said Collateral (or contract to do so), or any part thereof, in one or more parcels at public or private sale or sales, at any exchange or brokers board or at any Secured Partys offices or elsewhere at such prices as it may deem commercially reasonable, for cash or on credit or for future delivery without assumption of any credit risk. Grantor further agrees, at the Required Lenders request, to assemble its Collateral and make it available to the Secured Parties at places which the Secured Parties shall reasonably select, whether at Grantors premises or elsewhere. The Secured Parties shall apply the net proceeds of any such collection, recovery, receipt, appropriation, realization or sale as provided in Section 6(e), below, with Grantor remaining liable for any deficiency remaining unpaid after such application. Grantor agrees that the Secured Parties need not give more than twenty (20) days notice of the time and place of any public sale or of the time after which a private sale may take place and that such notice is reasonable notification of such matters.
(b) As to any Collateral constituting certificated securities or uncertificated securities, if, at any time when Secured Parties shall determine to exercise its right to sell the whole or any part of such Collateral hereunder, such Collateral or the part thereof to be sold shall not, for any reason whatsoever, be effectively registered under Securities Act of 1933, as amended (as so amended the Act), the Secured Parties may, in their discretion (subject only to applicable requirements of law), sell such Collateral or part thereof by private sale in such manner and under such circumstances as the Secured Parties may deem necessary or advisable, but subject to the other requirements of this Section 6(b), and shall not be required to effect such registration or cause the same to be effected. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in any such event the Secured Parties may, in their discretion, (i) in accordance with applicable securities laws, proceed to make such private sale notwithstanding that a registration statement for the purpose of registering such Collateral or part thereof could be or shall have been filed under the Act; (ii) approach and negotiate with a single possible purchaser to effect such sale; and (iii) restrict such sale to a purchaser who will represent and agree that such purchaser is purchasing for its own account, for investment, and not with a view to the distribution or sale of such Collateral or part thereof. In addition to a private sale as provided above in this Section 6(b), if any of such Collateral shall not be freely distributable to the public without registration under the Act at the time of any proposed sale hereunder, then the Secured Parties shall not be required to effect such registration or cause the same to be effected but may, in their discretion (subject only to applicable requirements of law), require that any sale hereunder (including a sale at auction) be conducted subject to such restrictions as the Secured Parties may, in their discretion, deem necessary or appropriate in order that such sale (notwithstanding any failure so to register) may be effected in compliance with the Bankruptcy Code and other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors rights and the Act and all applicable state securities laws.
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(c) Grantor also agrees to pay all fees, costs and expenses of the Secured Parties, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys fees, incurred in connection with the enforcement of any of its rights and remedies hereunder.
(d) Grantor hereby waives presentment, demand, protest or any notice (to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law) of any kind in connection with this Security Agreement or any Collateral.
(e) The Proceeds of any sale, disposition or other realization upon all or any part of the Collateral shall be distributed by the Secured Parties in the following order of priorities:
FIRST, to each Secured Party in an amount sufficient to pay in full the reasonable costs of such Secured Party in connection with such sale, disposition or other realization, including all fees, costs, expenses, liabilities and advances incurred or made by any Secured Party in connection therewith, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys fees;
SECOND, to the Secured Parties in amounts proportional to the Pro Rata share of the then unpaid Secured Obligations of each Secured Party; and
FINALLY, upon payment in full of the Secured Obligations, to Grantor or its representatives, in accordance with the UCC or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct.
(f) The costs of enforcing or pursuing any right or remedy hereunder, including without limitation any repossession, sale, possession and management (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys fees), and distribution shall be borne Pro Rata by the Secured Parties. Each Secured Party shall reimburse the other Secured Parties, as applicable, for its Pro Rata share of all such costs promptly upon demand.
7. ACTIONS BY THE SECURED PARTIES AND AMENDMENTS. All actions, omissions and decisions of the Secured Parties hereunder or any amendment of this Security Agreement (each called herein an Act of the Secured Parties) shall be determined by and require the written consent of the Required Lenders. Each Secured Party shall take such actions and execute such documents as may be necessary to confirm or accomplish any Act of the Secured Parties.
8. UNEQUAL PAYMENT BY GRANTOR. Each Secured Party agrees that if it shall obtain or receive, through the exercise of any right granted to the Secured Parties under this Security Agreement, under the Notes and Purchase Agreement or by applicable law, including, but not limited to any right of set-off, any secured claim under Section 506 of the Bankruptcy Code or any other security or interest, any payment or payments greater than its Pro Rata share of all Loans, as measured immediately prior to the receipt of such payment or payments, then (a) such Secured Party shall promptly purchase at par (and shall be deemed to have thereupon purchased) from other Secured Parties, a participation in the Loans of such other Secured Parties, so that each Secured Party shall have received payments in proportion to its Pro Rata share immediately prior to such transactions and (b) such other adjustments shall be made from time to time as shall be equitable to ensure that the Secured Parties share the benefits of such payment on a Pro Rata basis. The term Loan as used in this paragraph shall include accrued interest thereon.
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9. INDEMNITY. Grantor agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Secured Parties and their officers, employees, and agents against (a) all obligations, demands, claims, and liabilities claimed or asserted by any other party in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Security Agreement and (b) all losses or expenses in any way suffered, incurred, or paid by any Secured Party as a result of or in any way arising out of, following or consequential to transactions between any Secured Party and Grantor, whether under this Security Agreement or otherwise (including without limitation, reasonable attorneys fees and expenses), except for losses arising from or out of such Secured Partys gross negligence or willful misconduct.
10. REINSTATEMENT. This Security Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and continue to be effective should any petition be filed by or against Grantor for liquidation or reorganization, should Grantor become insolvent or make an assignment for the benefit of creditors or should a receiver or trustee be appointed for all or any significant part of Grantors property and assets, and shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment and performance of the Secured Obligations, or any part thereof, is, pursuant to applicable law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must otherwise be restored or returned by any obligee of the Secured Obligations, whether as a voidable preference, fraudulent conveyance, or otherwise, all as though such payment or performance had not been made. In the event that any payment, or any part thereof, is rescinded, reduced, restored or returned, the Secured Obligations shall be reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and not so rescinded, reduced, restored or returned.
11. MISCELLANEOUS.
11.1 Waivers; Modifications. None of the terms or provisions of this Security Agreement may be waived, altered, modified or amended except by an instrument in writing, duly executed by Grantor and the Required Lenders. Each Secured Party acknowledges that because this Security Agreement may be amended with the consent of the Required Lenders, each Secured Partys rights hereunder may be amended or waived without such Secured Partys consent.
11.2 Termination of this Security Agreement. Subject to Section 10 hereof, this Security Agreement shall terminate upon the payment and performance in full of the Secured Obligations. Upon the termination of this Agreement, Grantor is authorized to file such termination statements or other instruments it deems reasonably necessary to evidence the termination of the security interest granted pursuant to this Security Agreement and the Secured Parties agree to cooperate with such reasonable requests as Grantor may make in connection therewith.
11.3 Successor and Assigns. This Security Agreement and all obligations of Grantor hereunder shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of Grantor, and shall, together with the rights and remedies of the Secured Parties hereunder, inure to the benefit of the Secured Parties, any future holder of any of the indebtedness and their respective successors and assigns. No sales of participations, other sales, assignments, transfers or other dispositions of any agreement governing or instrument evidencing the Secured Obligations or any portion
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thereof or interest therein shall in any manner affect the lien granted to the Secured Parties hereunder.
11.4 Governing Law. In all respects, including all matters of construction, validity and performance, this Security Agreement and the Secured Obligations arising hereunder shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of California, without regard to the principles thereof regarding conflict of laws, except to the extent that the UCC provides for the application of the law of Grantors state.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused this Security Agreement to be executed and delivered by its duly authorized officer on the date first set forth above.
ADDRESS OF GRANTOR | NEORX CORPORATION | ||||
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| MPM BIOVENTURES III, L.P. | |||||
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| Title: | Series A Member | ||||
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| MPM BIOVENTURES III GMBH & CO. | |||||
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| Bay City Capital Management IV, LLC | |||
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| SHEPHERD INVESTMENTS INTERNATIONAL, LTD. | |||||
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NEORX CORPORATION
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| ABINGWORTH BIOVENTURES IV | |||||
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SCHEDULE A
LIENS EXISTING ON THE DATE OF THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT
SCHEDULE B
LOCATION OF COLLATERAL
SCHEDULE C
DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS, SECURITIES ACCOUNTS AND COMMODITY ACCOUNTS
SCHEDULE D
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY