0001193125-17-114904.txt : 20170407 0001193125-17-114904.hdr.sgml : 20170407 20170407075403 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-17-114904 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13D/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 6 FILED AS OF DATE: 20170407 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20170407 GROUP MEMBERS: GARFINKLE MORRIS GROUP MEMBERS: GARFINKLE REVOCABLE TRUST SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Agritech Worldwide, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001052257 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: GRAIN MILL PRODUCTS [2040] IRS NUMBER: 364197173 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NV FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-78466 FILM NUMBER: 17747630 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1011 CAMPUS DRIVE CITY: MUNDELEIN STATE: IL ZIP: 60060 BUSINESS PHONE: 847-549-6002 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1011 CAMPUS DRIVE CITY: MUNDELEIN STATE: IL ZIP: 60060 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Z TRIM HOLDINGS, INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20060623 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: CIRCLE GROUP HOLDINGS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20030313 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: CIRCLE GROUP INTERNET INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19980512 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: KAHN JONATHAN EFREM CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000874581 STATE OF INCORPORATION: IL FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 440 S. LASALLE STREET 2: STE. 1720 CITY: CHICAGO STATE: IL ZIP: 60605 BUSINESS PHONE: 3123481443 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 440 S. LASALLE STREET 2: STE. 1720 CITY: CHICAGO STATE: IL ZIP: 60605 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: KAHN JONATHAN EFREM /IL/ /BD DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19930721 SC 13D/A 1 d370832dsc13da.htm SC 13D AMENDMENT NO. 3 SC 13D Amendment No. 3

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549

 

 

SCHEDULE 13D

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No. 3)*

 

 

Agritech Worldwide, Inc.

(Name of Issuer)

Common Stock, par value $0.00005 per share

(Title of Class of Securities)

988924205

(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

Jonathan Kahn

2550 N. Lakeview Ave., Unit S2206

Chicago, Illinois 60614

(773) 296-0700

Morris Garfinkle

Garfinkle Revocable Trust

13783 E. Gail Rd.

Scottsdale, AZ 85259

(202) 359-2107

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

April 5, 2017

(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)

 

 

If the filing person has previously filed a Statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D and is filing this Schedule because of Rule 13d-1(e), 13d-1(f) or 13d-1(g), check the following box.  ☐

 

 

Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See Rule 240.13d-7(b) for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.

 

 

 

* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

 

 

 


SCHEDULE 13D

 

CUSIP No. 988924205   Page 2 of 10

 

  1.   

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON:

 

Morris Garfinkle

  2.  

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

(a)  ☒        (b)  ☐

 

  3.  

SEC USE ONLY

 

  4.  

SOURCE OF FUNDS

 

    PF; OO

  5.  

CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e)    ☐

 

  6.  

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 

    United States

NUMBER OF

SHARES

BENEFICIALLY

OWNED BY

EACH

REPORTING

PERSON

WITH

 

     7.    

SOLE VOTING POWER

 

    9,690,944

     8.   

SHARED VOTING POWER

 

    629,704

     9.   

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

    9,690,944

   10.   

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

    629,704

11.  

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 

    10,320,648

12.  

CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES    ☐

 

13.  

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

 

    6.7%

14.  

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

 

    IN

 


SCHEDULE 13D

 

CUSIP No. 988924205   Page 3 of 10

 

  1.   

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON:

 

Garfinkle Revocable Trust

  2.  

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

(a)  ☒        (b)  ☐

 

  3.  

SEC USE ONLY

 

  4.  

SOURCE OF FUNDS

 

    OO

  5.  

CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e)    ☐

 

  6.  

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 

    Arizona

NUMBER OF

SHARES

BENEFICIALLY

OWNED BY

EACH

REPORTING

PERSON

WITH

 

     7.    

SOLE VOTING POWER

 

    0

     8.   

SHARED VOTING POWER

 

    629,704

     9.   

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

    0

   10.   

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

    629,704

11.  

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 

    629,704

12.  

CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES    ☐

 

13.  

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

 

    0.4%

14.  

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

 

    OO

 


SCHEDULE 13D

 

CUSIP No. 988924205   Page 4 of 10

 

  1.   

NAME OF REPORTING PERSON:

 

Jonathan Kahn

  2.  

CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP

(a)  ☒        (b)  ☐

 

  3.  

SEC USE ONLY

 

  4.  

SOURCE OF FUNDS

 

    PF; OO

  5.  

CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e)    ☐

 

  6.  

CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

 

    United States

NUMBER OF

SHARES

BENEFICIALLY

OWNED BY

EACH

REPORTING

PERSON

WITH

 

     7.    

SOLE VOTING POWER

 

    7,783,663

     8.   

SHARED VOTING POWER

 

    0

     9.   

SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

    7,783,663

   10.   

SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

 

    0

11.  

AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

 

    7,783,663

12.  

CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES    ☐

 

13.  

PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

 

    5.009%

14.  

TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

 

    IN

 


SCHEDULE 13D

This Amendment No. 3 (the “Amendment”) relates to the Statement of Beneficial Ownership on Schedule 13D filed jointly by Morris Garfinkle, (“Mr. Garfinkle”), the Garfinkle Revocable Trust (the “Revocable Trust”) and Jonathan Kahn (“Mr. Kahn”) (collectively, the “Reporting Persons”) with the SEC on February 17, 2017, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to such statement filed with the SEC on March 16, 2017 (“Amendment No. 1”), as further amended by Amendment No. 2 to such statement filed with the SEC on April 3, 2017 (“Amendment No. 2”) (as further amended by this Amendment, the “Schedule 13D”).

Except as set forth below, all Items of the Schedule 13D remain unchanged. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Schedule 13D.

 

ITEM 3. SOURCE AND AMOUNT OF FUNDS OR OTHER CONSIDERATION

Item 3 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended to add the following information for updating:

$30,000 will be contributed by Mr. Kahn from his personal funds to GKS Funding on April 7, 2017, and will be used by GKS Funding to fund $60,000 of New Loans (as defined below) on April 7, 2017, described in Item 4 below. Mr. Kahn intends to use personal funds for additional contributions to GKS Funding in the event GKS Funding funds additional New Loans described in Item 4 below pursuant to the Letter Agreement (as defined below).

$30,000 will be contributed by Mr. Garfinkle from his personal funds to GKS Funding on April 7, 2017, and will be used by GKS Funding to fund $60,000 of New Loans on April 7, 2017, described in Item 4 below. Mr. Garfinkle intends to use personal funds for additional contributions to GKS Funding in the event GKS Funding funds additional New Loans described in Item 4 below pursuant to the Letter Agreement.

 

ITEM 4. PURPOSE OF TRANSACTION

Item 4 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended to add the following information for updating:

On April 5, 2017, the Company and GKS Funding (which as previously disclosed is controlled and equally owned by Mr. Kahn and Mr. Garfinkle) entered into a letter agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 1 (the “Letter Agreement”), pursuant to which (i) the Company informed GKS Funding that the Company has determined (1) it will not have sufficient funds to cure the interest payment default that occurred on March 31, 2017, under the Loan Agreement and the Note as previously described in Amendment No. 2 and (2) it cannot continue to operate as a going concern and (ii) the Company and GKS Funding agreed as follows:

(1) The Company waived the cure period with respect to the Existing Default (as defined in the Letter Agreement). As a result, the Company agreed, immediately upon


execution of the Letter Agreement, the Existing Default became an Event of Default (as defined in the Loan Agreement) (with, for avoidance of doubt, no further right to cure or grace period), and GKS Funding shall have the right to exercise its remedies under the Loan Agreement and applicable law with respect to such Event of Default, including, without limitation, by scheduling and conducting a UCC sale of all of the Collateral (as defined in the Loan Agreement) on or about April 17, 2017 (the “UCC Sale”).

(2) GKS Funding agreed to fund loans to the Company up to the date of the UCC Sale to permit the Company to pay the Budgeted Expenses (as defined in the Letter Agreement) as and when due and payable in accordance with Exhibit A to the Letter Agreement, pursuant to documentation in form and substance acceptable to GKS Funding and Company (the “New Loans”). The New Loans: (a) shall be secured by a first priority security interest in all of the real and personal assets, property, fixtures, rights and interests of the Company, whether now existing or owned and hereafter arising or acquired and wherever located; (b) shall have priority in payment over the Loans (as defined in the Loan Agreement) made by GKS Funding pursuant to the Loan Agreement; and (c) shall be repaid, before any other payments are made by the Company, out of the first cash proceeds of the Collateral received by the Company.

(3) The Company consents to, and shall fully cooperate with GKS Funding in connection with, the UCC Sale and the disposition of the Collateral in connection therewith, as well as the exercise by GKS Funding of any of its other right and remedies in connection therewith.

GKS Funding intends to try to acquire all of the Collateral at the UCC Sale. GKS Funding also intends to credit bid the amounts due under the Loan Agreement and the Note at the UCC Sale.

The New Loans will be evidenced by a promissory note in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 2 (the “New Note”). The New Note will accrue interest at a rate per annum equal to 5%. Accrued and unpaid interest on the outstanding principal is payable monthly in arrears on the last business day of each month in which any amount remains outstanding under the New Note. The principal amount, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, is required to be repaid to GKS Funding out of the proceeds received from the accounts receivable of the Company collected after April 7, 2017, immediately upon such receipt. The New Note will be secured by all of the assets of the Company pursuant to a Security Agreement and a Patent Security Agreement in the forms attached hereto as Exhibits 3 and 4, respectively.

The proceeds of the $60,000 New Loans that will be made on April 7, 2017, will be used by the Company to pay critical vendors of the Company and for the Company to fund payroll.

As a condition to the making of the loan under the New Note, GKS Funding will require the lenders under the Loan Agreement (which include GKS Funding) to enter into a subordination agreement with the Company and GKS Funding (the “New Subordination Agreement”). The New Subordination Agreement will make the New Note the senior secured debt of the Company, provided that the balance of the Second Promissory Note, which is less than $300, will be senior to the New Note until paid in full. The form of the New Subordination Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 5.


The foregoing descriptions of the New Note, the Security Agreement, the Patent Security Agreement and the New Subordination Agreement are qualified in their entirety by reference to the New Note, the Security Agreement, the Patent Security Agreement and the New Subordination Agreement, which are attached hereto as Exhibits 2, 3, 4 and 5, respectively, and which are hereby incorporated herein by reference.

All additional New Loans made to the Company by GKS Funding after April 7, 2017, pursuant to the Letter Agreement will be made on the same terms and conditions as set forth in the New Note, the Security Agreement, the Patent Security Agreement and the New Subordination Agreement.

Each Reporting Person expects to evaluate on an ongoing basis the Company’s financial condition and prospects and its interest in, and intentions with respect to, the Company and its investment in the securities of the Company (including debt securities and other debt instruments held directly and/or indirectly by the Reporting Persons (including through GKS Funding) and rights and/or remedies thereunder), which review may be based on various factors (including, without limitation, the Company’s business and financial condition, results of operations and prospects, general economic and industry conditions, the price and availability of shares of the Company’s capital stock, the conditions of the securities markets in general and those for the Company’s securities in particular), as well as other developments and other investment opportunities. Accordingly, each Reporting Person reserves the right to change its intentions, as it deems appropriate. In particular, each Reporting Person may at any time and from time to time, in the open market, in privately negotiated transactions or otherwise, increase its investment in securities of the Company or dispose of all or a portion of the securities of the Company that such Reporting Persons now owns or may hereafter acquires. In addition, the Reporting Persons may engage in discussions with members of management and members of the board of directors of the Company regarding the Company (including, but not limited to, the Company’s business and financial condition, results of operations and prospects). The Reporting Persons may take positions with respect to and seek to influence the Company regarding the matters discussed above (including through the debt securities and other debt instruments held directly and/or indirectly by the Reporting Persons (including through GKS Funding) and rights and/or remedies thereunder). Such suggestions or positions may include one or more plans or proposals that relate to or would result in any of the actions required to be reported herein. The Reporting Persons also reserve the right, in each case subject to applicable law, to (i) enter into privately negotiated derivative transactions with institutional counterparties to hedge the market risk of some or all of their respective positions in the shares of Common Stock or other securities and (ii) consider participating in a business combination transaction that would result in an acquisition of all of the outstanding Common Stock.

Other than as described above in this Item 4, the Reporting Persons do not have any plans or proposals that relate to, or would result in, any actions or events specified in clauses (a) through (j) of Item 4 to Schedule 13D.


ITEM 5. INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER

Item 5 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended to add the following information for updating:

The Company confirmed 154,976,459 shares of Common Stock were issued and outstanding as of March 15, 2017.

(a)

(i) As of the close of business on April 6, 2017, Mr. Kahn may have been deemed to have beneficial ownership of 7,783,663 shares of Common Stock, consisting of (x) 6,467,931 shares of Common Stock held by Mr. Kahn, (y) the 900,000 shares of Common Stock issued to Mr. Kahn in exchange for Mr. Kahn’s warrants as described in Item 4 of the Schedule 13D filed with the SEC on February 17, 2017 (the “February 13D”) and (z) 415,732 shares of Common Stock that were required to be issued to Mr. Kahn prior to the date hereof pursuant to Section 3(c)(iv) of the Kahn Employment Agreement (as defined in the Prior Kahn 13D), and all such 7,783,663 shares of Common Stock represented beneficial ownership of approximately 5.009% of the Common Stock.

(ii) As of the close of business on April 6, 2017, Mr. Garfinkle may have been deemed to have beneficial ownership of 10,320,648 shares of Common Stock, consisting of (i) 3,024,608 shares of Common Stock held by Mr. Garfinkle, (ii) the 5,563,574 shares of Common Stock issued to Mr. Garfinkle in exchange for warrants held by Mr. Garfinkle as described in Item 4 of the February 13D, (iii) the 459,449 shares of Common Stock issued to the Revocable Trust in exchange for warrants held by the Revocable Trust as described in Item 4 of the February 13D, (iv) 96,051 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of 5,210 shares of Series B Preferred Stock of the Company held by Mr. Garfinkle as described in the Prior Garfinkle 13D, (v) 89,858 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of 4,874 shares of Series B Preferred Stock of the Company held by the Revocable Trust as described in the Prior Garfinkle 13D, (vi) 80,397 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of a convertible note held by the Revocable Trust that was described in the Prior Garfinkle 13D and (vii) 1,006,711 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of options that were issued to Mr. Garfinkle that fully vest on May 17, 2017, which is within 60 days of the date of this Amendment, and all such 10,320,648 shares of Common Stock represented beneficial ownership of approximately 6.7% of the Common Stock.

(iii) As of the close of business on April 6, 2017, the Revocable Trust may have been deemed to have beneficial ownership of 629,704 shares of Common Stock, consisting of (i) the 459,449 shares of Common Stock issued to the Revocable Trust in exchange for warrants held by the Revocable Trust as described in Item 4 of the February 13D, (ii) 89,858 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of 4,874 shares of Series B Preferred Stock of the Company held by the Revocable Trust as described in the Prior Garfinkle 13D and (iii) 80,397 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of a convertible note held by the Revocable Trust that was described in the Prior Garfinkle 13D, and all such 629,704 shares of Common Stock represented beneficial ownership of approximately 0.4% of the Common Stock.


(b)

(i) As of the close of business on April 6, 2017, Mr. Kahn may have been deemed to have the sole power to vote and direct the disposition of 7,783,663 shares of Common Stock, consisting of (x) 6,467,931 shares of Common Stock held by Mr. Kahn, (y) the 900,000 shares of Common Stock issued to Mr. Kahn in exchange for Mr. Kahn’s warrants as described in Item 4 of the February 13D and (z) 415,732 shares of Common Stock that were required to be issued to Mr. Kahn prior to the date hereof pursuant to Section 3(c)(iv) of the Kahn Employment Agreement, and all such 7,783,663 shares of Common Stock represented beneficial ownership of approximately 5.009% of the Common Stock.

(ii) As of the close of business on April 6, 2017, Mr. Garfinkle may have been deemed to have (i) the sole power to vote and direct the disposition of 9,690,944 shares of Common Stock, consisting of (1) 3,024,608 shares of Common Stock held by Mr. Garfinkle, (2) the 5,563,574 shares of Common Stock issued to Mr. Garfinkle in exchange for warrants held by Mr. Garfinkle as described in Item 4 of the February 13D, (3) 96,051 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of 5,210 shares of Series B Preferred Stock of the Company held by Mr. Garfinkle as described in the Prior Garfinkle 13D and (4) 1,006,711 shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of options that were issued to Mr. Garfinkle that fully vest on May 17, 2017, which is within 60 days of the date of this Amendment, and (ii) the shared power to vote and direct the disposition of 629,704 shares of Common Stock, consisting of (I) the 459,449 shares of Common Stock issued to the Revocable Trust in exchange for warrants held by the Revocable Trust as described in Item 4 of the February 13D, (II) 89,858 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of 4,874 shares of Series B Preferred Stock of the Company held by the Revocable Trust as described in the Prior Garfinkle 13D and (III) 80,397 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of a convertible note held by the Revocable Trust that was described in the Prior Garfinkle 13D, and all such 10,320,648 shares of Common Stock represented beneficial ownership of approximately 6.7% of the Common Stock.

(iii) As of the close of business on April 6, 2017, the Revocable Trust may have been deemed to have the shared power to vote and direct the disposition of 629,704 shares of Common Stock, consisting of (i) the 459,449 shares of Common Stock issued to the Revocable Trust in exchange for warrants held by the Revocable Trust as described in Item 4 of the February 13D, (ii) 89,858 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of 4,874 shares of Series B Preferred Stock of the Company held by the Revocable Trust as described in the Prior Garfinkle 13D and (iii) 80,397 shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of a convertible note held by the Revocable Trust that was described in the Prior Garfinkle 13D, and all such 629,704 shares of Common Stock represented beneficial ownership of approximately 0.4% of the Common Stock.

(c) None of the Reporting Persons had any transactions in the Common Stock since the filing of Amendment No. 2 with the SEC on April 3, 2017.


ITEM 6. CONTRACTS, ARRANGEMENTS, UNDERSTANDINGS OR RELATIONSHIPS WITH RESPECT TO THE SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER

Item 6 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended to add the following information for updating:

Item 4 is incorporated in this Item 6 by reference.

Except as otherwise described in Items 4 and 6 of the Schedule 13D, no contracts, arrangements, understandings or similar relationships exist with respect to the securities of the Company among or among the Reporting Persons or any other person or entity.

 

ITEM 7. MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

Exhibit 1    Letter Agreement
Exhibit 2    New Note
Exhibit 3    Security Agreement
Exhibit 4    Patent Security Agreement
Exhibit 5    New Subordination Agreement


SIGNATURE

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Dated: April 6, 2017

 

/s/ Morris Garfinkle

Morris Garfinkle

/s/ Jonathan Kahn

Jonathan Kahn
Garfinkle Revocable Trust

/s/ Morris Garfinkle

Morris Garfinkle, Co-Trustee


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

Exhibit 1    Letter Agreement
Exhibit 2    Promissory Note
Exhibit 3    Security Agreement
Exhibit 4    Patent Security Agreement
Exhibit 5    New Subordination Agreement
EX-1 2 d370832dex1.htm EX-1 EX-1

Exhibit 1

April 5, 2017

BY FACSIMILE AND ELECTRONIC MAIL

GKS Funding LLC

2550 N. Lakeview Avenue

Unit S2206

Chicago, IL 60614

Attention: Mo Garfinkle

 

Re: Letter Agreement Waiving Cure Period Relating to Existing Default and Consenting to UCC Sale

Dear Mr. Garfinkle:

As you know, Agritech Worldwide, Inc. (the “Company”) is obligated to GKS Funding LLC (the “Agent”) pursuant to the terms of that certain Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2017 (as amended and in effect from time to time, the “Loan Agreement”), between the Company, the Lenders party thereto and the Agent. As of the date of this letter, the outstanding balance of the Company’s obligations under the Loan Agreement is approximately $1,011,800, plus accrued and accruing legal fees and expenses. Unless otherwise specified herein, capitalized terms used in this letter shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Loan Agreement.

Over the past several months, the Company has experienced significant operating losses and has been unable to raise additional capital in order to pay the expenses necessary to continue to operate its business, as set forth on the budget prepared by the Company and attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Budgeted Expenses”). For the same reason, the Borrower was unable to pay interest on the Loans on March 31, 2017 in accordance with Section 3.1(A) of the Loan Agreement (the “Existing Default”). On March 31, 2017, the Company received a notice of Existing Default from the Agent, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit B. The Company acknowledges that the Existing Default has occurred and will become an Event of Default if not cured on or prior to April 15, 2017 pursuant to Section 11.1(A)(ii) of the Loan Agreement.

As a result, and after considering all options, the Board of Directors of the Company has determined that the Company will not have sufficient funds to cure the Existing Default on or before April 15, 2017. In addition, given the inability to raise additional capital to fund ongoing operations, the Company has also determined that it cannot continue to operate as a going concern. Thus, the Company has determined that it is in the best interests of all constituents and the Company to cooperate with the Agent and the Agent’s exercise of remedies. The Company and the Agent have agreed as follows:

 

  1. The Company hereby waives the cure period with respect to the Existing Default immediately upon execution of this letter. As a result and the Company agrees, immediately upon execution of this Agreement, the Existing Default shall become an Event of Default (with, for avoidance of doubt, no further right to cure or grace period), and the Agent shall have the right to exercise its remedies under the Loan Agreement and applicable law with respect to such Event of Default, including, without limitation, by scheduling and conducting a UCC sale of all of the Collateral on or about April 17, 2017 (the “UCC Sale”).

 

  2.

Agent agrees to fund loans to the Company up to the date of the UCC Sale to permit the Company to pay the Budgeted Expenses as and when due and payable in accordance with Exhibit A hereto, pursuant to documentation in form and substance


  acceptable to the Agent and Company (the “New Loans”). The New Loans: (a) shall be secured by a first priority security interest in all of the real and personal assets, property, fixtures, rights and interests of the Company, whether now existing or owned and hereafter arising or acquired and wherever located; (b) shall have priority in payment over the Loans made by the Agent pursuant to the Loan Agreement; and (c) shall be repaid, before any other payments are made by the Company, out of the first cash proceeds of the Collateral received by the Company.

 

  3. The Company consents to, and shall fully cooperate with the Agent in connection with, the UCC Sale and the disposition of the Collateral in connection therewith, as well as the exercise by the Agent of any of its other right and remedies in connection therewith.

 

  4. To induce Agent to enter into this letter and to fund the loans hereunder, the Company represents and warrants to Agent that the Company has the right, power and capacity and is duly authorized and empowered to enter into, execute, deliver and perform this letter.


Sincerely,
AGRITECH WORLDWIDE, INC.
By:  

/s/ Edward B. Smith

  Name:  Edward B. Smith
  Title:    Director

 

ACCEPTED AND AGREED:
GKS FUNDING LLC
By:  

/s/ Mo Garfinkle

  Name:  Mo Garfinkle
  Title:    Manager


EXHIBIT A

Budgeted Expenses

 

     To 4/15      4/15 to 5/1  

Total Cash In

     101,322        17,016  

Total Cash Out

     125,506        94,526  

Deficit

     (24,184      (77,510


EXHIBIT B

Notice of Default


GKS FUNDING LLC

2550 N. Lakeview Avenue

Unit S2206

Chicago, Illinois 60614

March 31, 2017

VIA FACSIMILE AND EMAIL

Agritech Worldwide, Inc.

1011 Campus Drive

Mundelein, Illinois 60060

Attention: Jonathan Kahn

Re:   Notice of Default

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We refer to that certain Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2017 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Loan Agreement”), among Agritech Worldwide, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Borrower”), GKS Funding LLC (the “Agent”) and the Lenders from time to time party thereto. Unless otherwise specified herein, capitalized terms used in this letter shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Loan Agreement.

This letter is to inform you that a certain Unmatured Event of Default under the Loan Agreement has occurred and is continuing due to the Borrower’s failure to pay interest on the Loans on March 31, 2017 in accordance with Section 3.1(A) of the Loan Agreement (the “Existing Default”), which Existing Default will become an Event of Default if not cured on or prior to April 15, 2017 pursuant to Section 11.1(A)(ii) of the Loan Agreement.

In accordance with the express terms of the Loan Agreement and in view of the existence of the Existing Default, the Agent and Lenders are under no obligation to make any Loans or other additional advances under the Loan Agreement, or to provide any other financial accommodations under the Loan Agreement. Further, this letter hereby notifies you that in the event the Existing Default is not cured on or prior to April 15, 2017, the Liabilities shall be immediately due and payable, without notice or demand by Agent or any Lender to the Borrower and Agent and Lenders may, at the election of Agent and the Required Lenders, exercise any of the remedies set forth in the Loan Agreement, the other Loan Documents, and as otherwise provided by applicable law.

In addition to the foregoing, we remind you that no temporary forbearance by Agent or Required Lenders (in each case, in their sole discretion) of any rights or remedies of Lenders, nor any delay or omission of Agent or Required Lenders (in each case, in their sole discretion) to exercise any right or remedy under the Loan Documents, nor the making of Loans or other advances under the Loan Agreement, or any other extension of credit or other financial accommodation from time to time by Agent or any Lender (in each case, in their sole discretion), notwithstanding the existence of an Event of Default or the inability of the Borrower to satisfy


the conditions precedent to such Loans or other advances, nor anything in this letter or any other communication or in any ongoing discussions or negotiations which have or may take place between or among Agent or any Lender and the Borrower shall directly or indirectly (a) create any obligation to defer or forbear from any enforcement action, (b) create any obligation to make any further Loans, extensions of credit or financial accommodations, (c) constitute or be construed as a consent or waiver of any past, present or future Event of Default, Default or other violation of any provisions of any Loan Document or an acquiescence therein, (d) amend, modify or operate as a waiver of any provision of any Loan Document or any right, power, privilege or remedy of Lenders thereunder, or (e) constitute a course of dealing or other basis for altering any Liabilities of the Borrower or any other Person under any Loan Document or any other contract or instrument. Nothing contained in this letter shall confer on the Borrower or any other Person any right to other or further notice or cure periods with respect to any Event of Default.

Each of Agent and Lenders hereby expressly reserves all of its rights, powers, privileges and remedies under the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents and/or applicable law, including, without limitation, its right at any time, as applicable, and without further notice, (i) to cease making Loans, (ii) to terminate its commitments, (iii) to accelerate the Loans, (iv) to commence any legal or other action to collect any or all of the Liabilities from the Loan Parties (including, without limitation, to charge, collect or demand interest at the Default Rate) and/or any Collateral or any property pledged by any other person or entity as security for any or all of the Liabilities, (v) to foreclose or otherwise realize on any or all of the Collateral and/or appropriate, set-off or apply to the payment of any or all of the Liabilities, any or all of the Collateral and (vi) to take any other enforcement action or otherwise exercise any or all rights and remedies provided for by any Loan Document or applicable law. All such rights, powers, privileges and remedies are cumulative and without limitation of any other available rights, powers, privileges and remedies. No oral representations or course of dealing on the part of Agent or any Lender, or any of their respective officers, employees, attorneys or agents, and no failure or delay by any such Person with respect to the exercise of any right, power, privilege or remedy under any Loan Document or applicable law shall operate as a waiver thereof, and the single or partial exercise of any such right, power, privilege or remedy shall not preclude any later exercise of any other right, power, privilege or remedy.

This letter is made under, and shall be governed by, the laws of the State of Illinois, without regard to conflict of law principles. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

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Very Truly Yours,

GKS Funding LLC, as Agent

By:/s/ Mo Garfinkle

Name: Mo Garfinkle    

Title: Manager

 

cc: VIA FACSIMILE and EMAIL

Chrysler Building

405 Lexington Avenue

26th Floor, New York, New York 10174

Attention: Leslie Marlow

Facsimile No.: (212) 208-4657

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Exhibit 2

PROMISSORY NOTE

 

April 7, 2017    $60,000.00        

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, AGRITECH WORLDWIDE, INC., a Nevada corporation (“Borrower”) hereby unconditionally and irrevocably promises to pay to the order GKS FUNDING LLC (“Holder”), at the offices of Holder located in Chicago, Illinois, or at such other place as Holder may designate from time to time in writing, in lawful money of the United States of America and in immediately available funds, the amount of SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS AND 00/100 CENTS ($60,000.00) (collectively, the “Loans”), plus interest thereon at the rate and in accordance with the terms set forth below.

1. Definitions. As used in this Promissory Note (this “Note”), the following terms shall have the following meanings:

Bankruptcy Code: Title 11 of the United States Code.

Business Day: any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banks in Chicago, Illinois are required to close.

Event of Default: any failure to pay any of the Obligations when due.

Governmental Body: any foreign, federal, state, municipal or other government, or any department, commission, board, bureau, agency, public authority or instrumentality thereof or any court or arbitrator.

Maximum Rate: the highest rate of interest and other charges which may be charged by Holder or which Borrower legally may contract to pay under applicable law.

Obligations: any and all indebtedness, liabilities and obligations due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising of Borrower to Holder under or in connection with this Note.

Person: any individual, firm, corporation, limited liability company, business enterprise, trust, association, joint venture, partnership or other entity, whether acting in an individual, fiduciary or other capacity.

Principal Balance: the unpaid principal balance of this Note outstanding from time to time.

2. Interest Rate; Maximum Rate; Payments; Late Charges

2.1 Interest Rate. The Principal Balance shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to 5.00%. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a year consisting of 365 days and charged for the actual number of days during the period for which interest is being charged. Accrued and unpaid interest on the Principal Balance shall be payable monthly in arrears on the last Business day of each month in which any Obligations remain outstanding commencing on the date such Principal Balance is disbursed hereunder.

2.3 Maximum Rate. Holder and Borrower intend this Note to comply in all respects with all provisions of law and not to violate, in any way, any legal limitations on interest and other charges. Accordingly, if, for any reason, Borrower is required to pay, or has paid, interest


on the Principal Balance or other charges at a rate in excess of the Maximum Rate, then the interest and other charges payable hereunder shall be deemed to be reduced, automatically and immediately, to the Maximum Rate, the interest and other charges payable hereunder shall be computed and paid at the Maximum Rate and the portion of all prior payments of interest or other charges in excess of the Maximum Rate shall be deemed to have been payments in reduction of the Principal Balance.

2.4 Principal. The Principal Balance, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, shall be repaid to Holder out of the proceeds received from the accounts receivable of Borrower collected after the date hereof immediately upon such receipt.

2.5 Application of Payments. Any payments in respect of amounts due under this Note shall be applied first in satisfaction of any accrued and unpaid interest, and then to the Principal Balance outstanding on a pro rata basis.

2.6 Expenses. Borrower promises to pay to Holder all of Holder’s out-of-pocket costs and expenses in connection with the loan evidenced by this Note, including Holder’s attorneys’ fees and expenses and costs of collection (limited, in the case of the preparation of this Note, to reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses).

3. Prepayments. Borrower may prepay the Principal Balance of this Note, in whole or in part at any time without notice, bonus or penalty.

4. Miscellaneous.

4.1 Waivers.

(a) Borrower waives presentment for payment, notice of non-payment, notice of dishonour and notice of protest of this Note and waives any defences based upon indulgences which may be granted by Holder to any party liable hereon. Borrower also waives the benefits of division and discussion and the right to assert in any action or proceeding with regard to this Note any set-offs or counterclaims which Borrower may have.

(b) Neither the extension of time for making any payment which is due and payable under this Note at any time or times, nor the failure, delay, or omission of Holder to exercise or enforce any of its rights or remedies under this Note, shall constitute a waiver by Holder of its right to enforce any such rights and remedies subsequently. The single or partial exercise of any such right or remedy shall not preclude Holder’s further exercise of such right or remedy or any other right or remedy.

4.2 Modifications. This Note may only be amended by an instrument in writing signed by the party against whom enforcement of the change or amendment is sought.

4.3 Successors and Assigns. This Note shall be binding upon Borrower and upon Borrower’s heirs, administrators, successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of Holder and their heirs, administrators, successors and assigns.

4.4 Severability. In the event that any provision hereof shall be deemed to be invalid by reason of the operation of any law, or by reason of the interpretation placed thereon by any court or any Governmental Body, this Note shall be construed as not containing such provision and the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of any other provisions hereof, and any and all other provisions hereof which otherwise are lawful and valid shall remain in full force and effect.

 

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4.5 Time of the Essence. Time for the performance of the Obligations under this Note is of the essence.

4.6 Costs of Collection. If any suit or action is instituted or attorneys are employed to collect this Note or any part hereof, Borrower promises and agrees to pay all costs of collection, including all court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees based upon customary hourly rates and not a percentage of the indebtedness outstanding.

4.7 Further Assurances. Borrower shall at all times do all such things and provide all such reasonable assurances as may be required to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Note, and shall provide such further documents or instruments required by Holder as may be reasonably necessary or desirable to effect the purpose of this Note and carry out its provisions.

5. GOVERNING LAW. This Note shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws and decisions of the State of Illinois.

6. VENUE; JURY TRIAL. Borrower hereby agrees that all actions or proceedings initiated by Borrower and arising directly or indirectly out of this Note shall be litigated in either the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois or in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, or, if Holder initiates such action, in addition to the foregoing courts, any court in which Holder shall initiate or to which Holder shall remove such action, to the extent such court otherwise has jurisdiction. Borrower hereby expressly submits and consents in advance to such jurisdiction in any action or proceeding commenced in or removed by Holder to any of such courts, and hereby waives personal service of the summons and complaint, or other process or papers issued therein, and agrees that service of such summons and complaint or other process or papers may be made by registered or certified mail addressed to Borrower at the address set forth below Borrower’s signature on this Note. Borrower waives any claim that any court having situs in Cook County, Illinois is an inconvenient forum or an improper forum based on lack of venue. Should Borrower, after being so served, fail to appear or answer any summons, complaint, process or papers so served within the period of time prescribed by law after the mailing thereof, Borrower shall be deemed in default and an order and/or judgment may be entered by Holder against Borrower as demanded or prayed for in such summons, complaint, process or papers. The exclusive choice of forum for Borrower set forth in this paragraph shall not be deemed to preclude the enforcement, by Holder, of any judgment obtained in any other forum or the taking, by Holder, of any action to enforce the same in any other appropriate jurisdiction, and Borrower hereby waives the right to collaterally attack any such judgment or action. The parties hereto affirmatively waive any right to a trial by jury.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Promissory Note has been executed and delivered by Borrower as of the date first set forth above.

 

BORROWER:

AGRITECH WORLDWIDE, INC.,

a Nevada corporation

By:  

 

Name:  

 

Title:  

 

 

Signature Page to Promissory Note

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Exhibit 3

SECURITY AGREEMENT

This SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Security Agreement”), dated as of April 7, 2017, between AGRITECH WORLDWIDE, INC., a Nevada corporation (“Grantor”), and GKS FUNDING LLC, individually and in its capacity as Agent for Lenders (as defined below).

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Promissory Note dated as of the date hereof by and among Grantor, Agent, and the other parties who are or hereafter become parties thereto as Lenders (collectively, the “Lenders”) (including all annexes, exhibits and schedules thereto, as from time to time amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, the “Note”), Agent and Lenders have agreed to make the Loans on behalf of Grantor;

WHEREAS, in order to induce Agent and Lenders to enter into the Note and to induce Lenders to make the Loans and to incur other Obligations as provided for in the Note, Grantor has agreed to grant a continuing lien on the Collateral (as hereinafter defined) to secure the Obligations;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants herein contained and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1. DEFINED TERMS.

(a) All capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given to them in the Note. All other terms contained in this Security Agreement, unless the context indicates otherwise, have the meanings provided for by the Code to the extent the same are used or defined therein.

(b) “Uniform Commercial Code jurisdiction” means any jurisdiction that has adopted all or substantially all of Article 9 as contained in the 2004 Official Text of the Uniform Commercial Code, as recommended by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws and the American Law Institute, together with any subsequent amendments or modifications to the Official Text.

2. GRANT OF LIEN.

To secure the full and timely payment and performance by Grantor to Agent and Lenders of the Obligations, Grantor hereby grants to Agent, for the benefit of itself and the Lenders, a security interest and lien in and right of setoff against all of Grantor’s assets, personal property, fixtures, rights and interests of Grantor (subject only to Permitted Encumbrances (as defined below)), whether now existing or owned and hereafter arising or acquired and wherever located, including, without limitation, all of Grantor’s: (A) Accounts; (B) Goods for sale, lease or other disposition by Grantor which have given rise to Accounts and have been returned to or repossessed or stopped in transit by Grantor; (C) contract rights and documents, instruments, contracts or other writings executed in connection therewith, including, but not limited to, all real and personal property lease rights; (D) Chattel Paper, Electronic Chattel Paper, Tangible Chattel


Paper, Documents of Title, Instruments, Documents, General Intangibles, Payment Intangibles, Letter of Credit Rights, letters of credit and Supporting Obligations; (E) patents, trademarks, trade names, trademark registrations and copyrights, all applications therefor, service marks, trade secrets, goodwill, inventions, processes, designs, formulas, and other intellectual or proprietary rights or interests, of any kind, nature or description whatsoever, and all registrations, licenses, franchises, customer lists, tax refund claims, claims against carrier and shippers, insurance claims, guaranty claims, all other claims, proof of claims filed in any bankruptcy, insolvency or other proceeding, contract rights, choses in action, security interests, security deposits and rights to indemnification; (F) Goods, including, without limitation, Inventory, Equipment, Fixtures, trade fixtures and vehicles; (G) Investment Property; (H) deposits, cash and cash equivalents and any other property of Grantor now or hereafter in the possession, custody or control of Agent or any of the Lenders, whether for safekeeping, deposit, collection, custody, pledge, transmission or otherwise; (I) Commercial Tort Claims; (J) deposit accounts held with Agent or any other depository institution; (K) all other personal property of Grantor of any kind or nature; and (L) additions and accessions to, substitutions for and replacements, products and cash and non-cash Proceeds of all of the foregoing property, including, but not limited to, Proceeds of all insurance policies insuring the foregoing and all of Grantor’s books and records relating to any of the foregoing and to Grantor’s business (all of the foregoing property, together with all other real or personal property of any other Person now or hereafter pledged to Agent, for the benefit of itself and the Lenders, to secure, either directly or indirectly, repayment of any of the Obligations, is collectively referred to as the “Collateral”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, any voting stock in excess of 65% of the voting stock of any foreign subsidiary shall not be deemed to be Collateral and no security interest is granted hereby in such voting stock in excess of 65%. Grantor shall make appropriate entries upon its financial statements and books and records disclosing Agent’s first position priority security interest and lien in the Collateral (subject only to Permitted Encumbrances).

3. AGENT’S AND LENDERS’ RIGHTS; LIMITATIONS ON AGENT’S AND LENDERS’ OBLIGATIONS.

(a) It is expressly agreed by Grantor that, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, Grantor shall remain liable under each of its contractual obligations and each of its licenses to observe and perform all of the conditions and obligations to be observed and performed by it thereunder. Neither Agent nor any Lender shall have any obligation or liability under any contractual obligation or license by reason of or arising out of this Security Agreement or the granting herein of a lien thereon or the receipt by Agent or any Lender of any payment relating to any contractual obligation or license pursuant hereto. Neither Agent nor any Lender shall be required or obligated in any manner to perform or fulfill any of the obligations of Grantor under or pursuant to any contractual obligation 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 contractual obligation or license, or to present or file any claims, 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.

 

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(b) Agent may at any time after an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing without prior notice to Grantor, notify Account Debtors and other Persons obligated on the Collateral that Agent has a security interest therein, and that payments shall be made directly to Agent. Upon the request of Agent, following the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, Grantor shall so notify Account Debtors and other Persons obligated on Collateral. Once any such notice has been given to any Account Debtor or other Person obligated on the Collateral, the affected Grantor shall not give any contrary instructions to such Account Debtor or other Person without Agent’s prior written consent.

(c) So long as an Event of Default has occurred and continuing, Agent may at any time in Agent’s own name, in the name of a nominee of Agent or in the name of Grantor communicate (by mail, telephone, facsimile or otherwise) with Account Debtors, parties to contracts and obligors in respect of Instruments to verify with such Persons, to Agent’s satisfaction, the existence, amount, terms of, and any other matter relating to, Accounts, Instruments, Chattel Paper and/or payment intangibles. So long as an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Grantor, at its own expense, shall cause the independent certified public accountants then engaged by Grantor to prepare and deliver to Agent and each Lender at any time and from time to time promptly upon Agent’s request the following reports with respect to Grantor: (i) a reconciliation of all Accounts; (ii) an aging of all Accounts; (iii) trial balances; and (iv) a test verification of such Accounts as Agent may request. Grantor, at its own expense, shall deliver to Agent the results of each physical verification, if any, which Grantor may in its discretion have made, or caused any other Person to have made on its behalf, of all or any portion of its Inventory.

4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. Grantor represents and warrants that as of the date hereof:

(a) Grantor has rights in and the corporate power to transfer each item of the Collateral upon which it purports to grant a lien hereunder free and clear of any and all liens other than those liens securing the obligations of Grantor pursuant to and under (i) that certain Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2017, by and among the Grantor, as borrower, GKS Funding LLC, as administrative agent, and the other lenders party thereto, (ii) that certain Promissory Note, dated as of March 15, 2017, by and among Grantor, as borrower, Jonathan Kahn, as agent, and the other lenders party thereto and (ii) that certain Promissory Note, dated as of March 28, 2017, by and among Grantor, as borrower, Jonathan Kahn, as agent, and the other lenders party thereto (collectively, the “Permitted Encumbrances”).

(b) No effective security agreement, financing statement, equivalent security or lien instrument or continuation statement covering all or any part of the Collateral is on file or of record in any public recording office, except such as may have been filed (i) by Grantor or Agent in favor of Agent pursuant to this Security Agreement, and (ii) in connection with any other Permitted Encumbrances.

 

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(c) This Security Agreement is effective to create a valid, continuing and perfected lien in favor of Agent, for itself and the benefit of Lenders, on the Collateral with respect to which a lien may be perfected by filing a financing statement pursuant to the Code. Such lien is prior to all other liens, and is enforceable as such as against any and all creditors of and purchasers from Grantor (other than purchasers and lessees of Inventory in the ordinary course of business and non-exclusive licensees of General Intangibles in the ordinary course of business), except as enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws relating to the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by equitable principles. All action by Grantor necessary or desirable to protect and perfect such lien on each item of the Collateral has been duly taken.

(d) With respect to the Accounts, (i) they represent bona fide sales of Inventory or rendering of services to Account Debtors in the ordinary course of Grantor’s business and are not evidenced by a judgment, Instrument or Chattel Paper; (ii) to Grantor’s knowledge, there are no setoffs, claims or disputes existing or asserted with respect thereto and Grantor has not made any agreement with any Account Debtor for any extension of time for the payment thereof, any compromise or settlement for less than the full amount thereof, any release of any Account Debtor from liability therefor, or any deduction therefrom except a discount or allowance allowed by Grantor in the ordinary course of its business for prompt payment; (iii) to Grantor’s knowledge, there are no facts, events or occurrences which in any way impair the validity or enforceability thereof or could reasonably be expected to reduce the amount payable thereunder as shown on Grantor’s books and records and any invoices, and statements delivered to Agent and Lenders with respect thereto; (iv) Grantor has not received any notice of proceedings or actions which are threatened or pending against any Account Debtor which would reasonably be expected to result in any material adverse change in such Account Debtor’s financial condition; and (v) Grantor has no knowledge that any Account Debtor is unable generally to pay its debts as they become due. Further with respect to the Accounts (x) the amounts shown on all invoices and statements which may be delivered to the Agent with respect thereto are actually and absolutely owing to Grantor as indicated thereon and are not in any way contingent; (y) no payments have been or shall be made thereon; and (z) to Grantor’s knowledge, all Account Debtors have the capacity to contract.

(e) This Security Agreement is effective to create a valid and continuing lien on and, upon filing of any copyright security agreements with the United States Copyright Office or filing of any patent security agreements or any trademark security agreements with the United State Patent and Trademark Office, perfected liens in favor of Agent on Grantor’s Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights. Upon filing of any copyright security agreements with the United States Copyright Office and filing of any patent security agreements and any trademark security agreements with the United State Patent and Trademark Office and the filing of appropriate financing statements, all action necessary to protect and perfect Agent’s lien on Grantor’s Patents, Trademarks or Copyrights shall have been duly taken.

 

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5. COVENANTS. Grantor covenants and agrees with Agent, for the benefit of Agent and Lenders, that from and after the date of this Security Agreement and until the indefeasible and final payment in full of the Obligations:

(a) Further Assurances; Pledge of Instruments; Chattel Paper.

(i) At any time and from time to time, upon the reasonable written request of Agent 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 actions as Agent may deem reasonably necessary to obtain the full benefits of this Security Agreement and of the rights and powers herein granted, including (A) using its commercially reasonable efforts to secure all consents and approvals necessary for the assignment to or for the benefit of Agent of any license or contract held by Grantor and to enforce the security interests granted hereunder; and (B) filing any financing or continuation statements under the Code with respect to the liens granted hereunder as to those relevant jurisdictions that are not Uniform Commercial Code jurisdictions.

(ii) Unless Agent shall otherwise consent in writing (which consent may be revoked), Grantor shall deliver to Agent all Collateral consisting of negotiable Documents, certificated securities, Chattel Paper and Instruments (in each case, accompanied by stock powers, allonges or other instruments of transfer executed in blank) promptly after Grantor receives the same.

(iii) Grantor will take all steps necessary to grant the Agent control of all electronic chattel paper in accordance with the Code and all “transferable records” as defined in each of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act and the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.

(iv) Grantor hereby irrevocably authorizes the Agent at any time and from time to time to file in any appropriate filing office in any Uniform Commercial Code jurisdiction any initial financing statements and amendments thereto that (a) indicate the Collateral (i) as all assets of Grantor or words of similar effect, regardless of whether any particular asset comprised in the Collateral falls within the scope of Article 9 of the Code or such jurisdiction, or (ii) as being of an equal or lesser scope or with greater detail, and (b) contain any other information required by part 5 of Article 9 of the Code for the sufficiency or filing office acceptance of any financing statement or amendment, including (i) whether Grantor is an organization, the type of organization and any organization identification number issued to Grantor, and (ii) in the case of a financing statement filed as a fixture filing, a sufficient description of real property to which the Collateral relates. Grantor agrees to furnish any such information to the Agent promptly upon request.

(b) Maintenance of Records. Grantor shall keep and maintain, at its own cost and expense, satisfactory and complete records of the Collateral, including a record of any and all payments received and any and all credits granted with respect to the

 

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Collateral and all other dealings with the Collateral. If Grantor retains possession of any Chattel Paper or Instruments with Agent’s consent, such Chattel Paper and Instruments shall be marked with the following legend: “This writing and the obligations evidenced or secured hereby are subject to the security interest of GKS Funding LLC, as Agent, for the benefit of Agent and certain Lenders.”

(c) Covenants Regarding Patent, Trademark and Copyright Collateral.

(i) Grantor shall provide a report to Agent each month in which it notifies Agent if it knows that any application or registration relating to any registered Patent, Trademark or Copyright (now or hereafter existing) it owns is reasonably expected to become abandoned or dedicated to the public domain, or of any material adverse determination or development (including the institution of, or any such determination or development in, any proceeding in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office or any court) regarding Grantor’s ownership of any such Patent, Trademark or Copyright, its right to register the same, or to keep and maintain the same.

(ii) Grantor shall provide a report to Agent each month in which it notifies Agent if either itself or through any agent, employee, licensee or designee, filed an application for the registration of any Patent, Trademark or Copyright with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office or any similar office or agency, and, upon request of Agent, Grantor shall execute and deliver Patent Security Agreements, Copyright Security Agreements or Trademark Security Agreements as Agent may reasonably request to evidence Agent’s lien on such Patent, Trademark or Copyright, and the General Intangibles of Grantor relating thereto or represented thereby.

(iii) Grantor shall take all actions necessary or reasonably requested by Agent to maintain and pursue each application, to obtain the relevant registration and to maintain the registration of each of the Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights (now or hereafter existing), including the filing of applications for renewal, affidavits of use, affidavits of noncontestability and opposition and interference and cancellation proceedings.

(iv) In the event that Grantor becomes aware that any of its Patent, Trademark or Copyright Collateral is infringed upon in any material respect, or misappropriated or diluted by a third party, Grantor shall promptly notify Agent. Grantor shall, unless it shall reasonably determine that such Patent, Trademark or Copyright is not material to the conduct of its business or operations, after having exhausted negotiations or other attempts to resolve the dispute, take commercially reasonable actions to abate (including, if appropriate, to sue for) infringement, misappropriation or dilution and to recover any and all damages for such infringement, misappropriation or dilution, and shall take such other actions as Agent shall deem necessary under the circumstances to protect such Patent, Trademark or Copyright.

 

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(d) Indemnification. In any suit, proceeding or action brought by Agent or any Lender relating to any Collateral for any sum owing with respect thereto or to enforce any rights or claims with respect thereto, Grantor will save, indemnify and keep Agent and Lenders harmless from and against all expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses), loss or damage suffered by reason of any defense, setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or reduction of liability whatsoever of the Account Debtor or other Person obligated on the Collateral, arising out of a breach by Grantor of any obligation thereunder or arising out of any other agreement, indebtedness or liability at any time owing to, or in favor of, such obligor or its successors from Grantor, except in the case of Agent or any Lender, to the extent such expense, loss, or damage is attributable to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Agent or such Lender as determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. All such obligations of Grantor shall be and remain enforceable against and only against Grantor and shall not be enforceable against Agent or any Lender.

(e) Compliance with Terms of Accounts, etc. In all material respects, Grantor will perform and comply with all obligations in respect of the Collateral and all other agreements to which it is a party or by which it is bound relating to the Collateral.

(f) Limitation on Liens on Collateral. Grantor will not create, permit or suffer to exist, and will take commercially reasonable efforts defend the Collateral against, and take such other action as is necessary or requested by Agent to remove, any lien on the Collateral except Permitted Encumbrances, and will use commercially reasonable efforts to defend the rights of Agent and Lenders in and to any of Grantor’s rights under the Collateral against the claims and demands of all Persons whomsoever.

(g) Limitations on Disposition. Grantor will not sell, license, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of the Collateral, or attempt or contract to do so, other than sales of Inventory in the ordinary course of business.

(h) Further Identification of Collateral. Grantor will, if so requested by Agent, furnish to Agent, not more than monthly, statements and schedules further identifying and describing the Collateral and such other reports in connection with the Collateral as Agent may request, all in such detail as Agent may specify.

(i) Notices. Grantor will advise Agent promptly, in reasonable detail, (i) of any lien (other than Permitted Encumbrances) or claim made or asserted against any of the Collateral, and (ii) of the occurrence of any other event which could have a material adverse effect on the aggregate value of the Collateral or on the liens created hereunder.

(j) Good Standing Certificates. If requested by Agent, Grantor shall provide to Agent a certificate of good standing from its state of incorporation or organization not more frequently than once during each fiscal year.

(k) No Reincorporation. Grantor shall not reincorporate or reorganize itself under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated or organized as of the date hereof without the prior written consent of Agent.

 

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(l) Terminations; Amendments Not Authorized. Grantor acknowledges that it is not authorized to file any financing statement or amendment or termination statement with respect to any financing statement without the prior written consent of Agent and agrees that it will not do so without the prior written consent of Agent, subject to Grantor’s rights under Section 9-509(d)(2) of the Code.

(m) Release of Grantor. This Security Agreement and all obligations of Grantor hereunder and all security interests granted hereby shall be released and terminated upon the indefeasible and final payment in full of the Obligations. Upon such release and termination, all rights in and to the Collateral shall automatically revert to Grantor, and Agent and the Lenders shall return any Collateral in their possession to Grantor, or to the Person or Persons legally entitled thereto, and shall endorse, execute, deliver, record and file all instruments and documents, and do all other acts and thing, reasonably required for the return of the Collateral to Grantor, or to the Person or Persons legally entitled thereto, and to evidence or document the release of the ratable benefit of Agent and Lenders arising under this Security Agreement, all at the expense of and as reasonably requested by Grantor.

6. AGENT’S APPOINTMENT AS ATTORNEY-IN-FACT.

On the date hereof Grantor shall execute and deliver to Agent a power of attorney (the “Power of Attorney”) substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A. The power of attorney granted pursuant to the Power of Attorney is a power coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable until the indefeasible and final payment in full of the Obligations. The powers conferred on Agent, for the benefit of Agent and Lenders, under the Power of Attorney are solely to protect Agent’s interests (for the benefit of Agent and Lenders) in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon Agent or any Lender to exercise any such powers. Agent agrees that (a) except for the powers granted in clause (h) of the Power of Attorney, it shall not exercise any power or authority granted under the Power of Attorney unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and (b) Agent shall account for any moneys received by Agent in respect of any foreclosure on or disposition of Collateral pursuant to the Power of Attorney provided that none of Agent nor any Lender shall have any duty as to any Collateral except as provided herein with respect to Collateral in its possession or under its control, and Agent and Lenders shall be accountable only for amounts they actually receive as a result of the exercise of such powers. NONE OF AGENT, LENDERS OR THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS OR REPRESENTATIVES SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE TO GRANTOR FOR ANY ACT OR FAILURE TO ACT UNDER ANY POWER OF ATTORNEY OR OTHERWISE, EXCEPT IN RESPECT OF DAMAGES ATTRIBUTABLE TO THEIR OWN GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT AS DETERMINED BY A FINAL NON-APPEALABLE JUDGMENT OF A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION, NOR FOR ANY PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.

7. REMEDIES; RIGHTS UPON DEFAULT.

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or relating to any of the Obligations (but subject to the terms of such instruments of agreements), if any Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Agent may exercise all rights and remedies of a secured party under the Code. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Grantor expressly agrees that in any such event Agent, 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) to or upon Grantor or any other Person (all and each of which demands, advertisements and notices are hereby expressly waived to the maximum extent permitted by the Code and other applicable law), may forthwith enter upon the premises of Grantor where any Collateral is located through self-help, without judicial process, without first obtaining a final judgment or giving Grantor or any other Person notice and opportunity for a hearing on Agent’s claim or action and may collect, receive, assemble, process, appropriate and realize upon the Collateral, or any part thereof, and may forthwith sell, lease, license, 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 a public or private sale or sales, at any exchange at such prices as it may deem acceptable, for cash or on credit or for future delivery without assumption of any credit risk. Agent or any Lender shall have the right upon any such public sale or sales and, to the extent permitted by law, upon any such private sale or sales, to purchase for the benefit of Agent and Lenders, the whole or any part of said Collateral so sold, free of any right or equity of redemption, which equity of redemption Grantor hereby releases. Such sales may be adjourned and continued from time to time with or without notice. Agent shall have the right to conduct such sales on Grantor’s premises or elsewhere and shall have the right to use Grantor’s premises without charge for such time or times as Agent deems necessary or advisable.

If any Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Grantor further agrees, at Agent’s request, to assemble the Collateral and make it available to Agent at a place or places designated by Agent which are reasonably convenient to Agent and Grantor, whether at Grantor’s premises or elsewhere. Until Agent is able to effect a sale, lease, or other disposition of Collateral, Agent shall have the right to hold or use Collateral, or any part thereof, to the extent that it deems appropriate for the purpose of preserving Collateral or its value or for any other purpose deemed appropriate by Agent. Agent shall have no obligation to Grantor to maintain or preserve the rights of Grantor as against third parties with respect to Collateral while Collateral is in the possession of Agent. Agent may, if it so elects, seek the appointment of a receiver or keeper to take possession of Collateral and to enforce any of Agent’s remedies (for the benefit of Agent and Lenders), with respect to such appointment without prior notice or hearing as to such appointment. Agent shall apply the net proceeds of any such collection, recovery, receipt, appropriation, realization or sale to the Obligations as provided in the Note, and only after so paying over such net proceeds, and after the payment by Agent of any other amount required by any provision of law, need Agent account for the surplus, if any, to Grantor. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Grantor waives all claims, damages, and demands against Agent or any Lender arising out of the repossession, retention or sale of the Collateral except to the extent that such arise out of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Agent or such Lender as determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. Grantor agrees that ten (10) days prior notice by Agent of the time and place of any public sale or of the time after which a private sale may take place is reasonable notification of

 

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such matters. Grantor shall remain liable for any deficiency if the proceeds of any sale or disposition of the Collateral are insufficient to pay all Obligations, including any attorneys’ fees and other expenses incurred by Agent or any Lender to collect such deficiency.

(b) Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, 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.

(c) To the extent that applicable law imposes duties on the Agent to exercise remedies in a commercially reasonable manner, Grantor acknowledges and agrees that it is not commercially unreasonable for the Agent so long as an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing (i) to fail to incur expenses reasonably deemed significant by the Agent 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 governmental or third party consents for the collection or disposition of Collateral to be collected or disposed of, (iii) to fail to exercise collection remedies against Account Debtors or other Persons obligated on Collateral or to remove liens 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 Grantor, for expressions of interest in acquiring all or any portion of such 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 capacity 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, such as title, possession or quiet enjoyment, (xi) to purchase insurance or credit enhancements to insure the Agent against risks of loss, collection or disposition of Collateral or to provide to the Agent a guaranteed return from the collection or disposition of Collateral, or (xii) to the extent deemed appropriate by the Agent, to obtain the services of other brokers, investment bankers, consultants and other professionals to assist the Agent in the collection or disposition of any of the Collateral. Grantor acknowledges that the purpose of this Section 7(c) is to provide non-exhaustive indications of what actions or omissions by the Agent would not be commercially unreasonable in the Agent’s exercise of remedies against the Collateral and that other actions or omissions by the Agent shall not be deemed commercially unreasonable solely on account of not being indicated in this Section 7(c). Without limitation upon the foregoing, nothing contained in this Section 7(c) shall be construed to grant any rights to Grantor or to impose any duties on Agent that would not have been granted or imposed by this Security Agreement or by applicable law in the absence of this Section 7(c).

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obligor, guarantor, pledgor or any other Person with respect to the payment of the Obligations or to pursue or exhaust any of their rights or remedies with respect to any Collateral therefor or any direct or indirect guarantee thereof. Neither the Agent nor the Lenders shall be required to marshal the Collateral or any guarantee of the Obligations or to resort to the Collateral or any such guarantee in any particular order, and all of its and their rights hereunder shall be cumulative. To the extent it may lawfully do so, Grantor absolutely and irrevocably waives and relinquishes the benefit and advantage of, and covenants not to assert against the Agent or any Lender, any valuation, stay, appraisement, extension, redemption or similar laws and any and all rights or defenses it may have as a surety now or hereafter existing which, but for this provision, might be applicable to the sale of any Collateral made under the judgment, order or decree of any court, or privately under the power of sale conferred by this Security Agreement, or otherwise.

8. GRANT OF LICENSE TO USE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY-COLLATERAL. Solely for the purpose of enabling Agent to exercise rights and remedies under Section 7 hereof (including, without limiting the terms of Section 7 hereof, in order to take possession of, hold, preserve, assemble, prepare for sale, market for sale, sell or otherwise dispose of Collateral) at such time as Agent shall be lawfully entitled to exercise such rights and remedies, Grantor hereby grants to Agent, for the benefit of Agent and Lenders, an irrevocable, terminable (pursuant to Section 15 hereof), nonexclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable license to use, solely during the continuance of an Event of Default, any Intellectual Property now owned or hereafter acquired by Grantor, wherever such Intellectual Property may be located (exercisable without payment or royalty or other compensation to Grantor, but subject to any and all obligations to pay royalties or other compensation to any third parties under any relevant license or other agreement with any third parties with respect to any such Intellectual Property), expect to the extent the foregoing license granted by Grantor to Agent, or the use of any such Intellectual Property by or for the benefit of Agent or Lenders, is prohibited by, or constitutes a breach or default under, or results in the termination of, or requires any consent not obtained under, any contract, license, agreement, instrument or other document related to such Intellectual Property.

9. LIMITATION ON AGENT’S AND LENDERS’ DUTY IN RESPECT OF COLLATERAL. Agent and each Lender shall use reasonable care with respect to the Collateral in its possession or under its control. Neither Agent nor any Lender shall have any other duty as to any Collateral in its possession or control or in the possession or control of any agent or nominee of Agent or such Lender, or any income thereon or as to the preservation of rights against prior parties or any other rights pertaining thereto.

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 any creditor or creditors or should a receiver or trustee be appointed for all or any significant part of Grantor’s assets, and shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment and performance of the 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 Obligations, whether as a “voidable preference,” “fraudulent

 

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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 Obligations shall be reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and not so rescinded, reduced, restored or returned.

11. NOTICES. Except as otherwise provided herein, whenever it is provided herein that any notice, demand, request, consent, approval, declaration or other communication shall or may be given to or served upon any of the parties by any other party, or whenever any of the parties desires to give and serve upon any other party any communication with respect to this Security Agreement, each such notice, demand, request, consent, approval, declaration or other communication shall be in writing and shall be given to Agent and/or Grantor, as applicable, via overnight delivery.

12. SEVERABILITY. Whenever possible, each provision of this Security Agreement shall be interpreted in a manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Security Agreement shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Security Agreement. This Security Agreement is to be read, construed and applied together with the Note which, taken together, set forth the complete understanding and agreement of Agent, Lenders and Grantor with respect to the matters referred to herein and therein.

13. NO WAIVER; CUMULATIVE REMEDIES. Neither Agent nor any Lender shall by any act, delay, omission or otherwise be deemed to have waived any of its rights or remedies hereunder, and no waiver shall be valid unless in writing, signed by Agent and then only to the extent therein set forth. A waiver by Agent of any right or remedy hereunder on any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to any right or remedy which Agent would otherwise have had on any future occasion. No failure to exercise nor any delay in exercising on the part of Agent or any Lender, any right, power or privilege hereunder, shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or future exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies hereunder provided are cumulative and may be exercised singly or concurrently, and are not exclusive of any rights and remedies provided by law. 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 Agent and Grantor.

14. LIMITATION BY LAW. All rights, remedies and powers provided in this Security Agreement may be exercised only to the extent that the exercise thereof does not violate any applicable provision of law, and all the provisions of this Security Agreement are intended to be subject to all applicable mandatory provisions of law that may be controlling and to be limited to the extent necessary so that they shall not render this Security Agreement invalid, unenforceable, in whole or in part, or not entitled to be recorded, registered or filed under the provisions of any applicable law.

15. TERMINATION OF THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT. Subject to Section 10 hereof, this Security Agreement shall terminate upon the indefeasible and final payment in full of the Obligations.

 

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16. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. This Security Agreement and all obligations of Grantor hereunder shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of Grantor (including any debtor-in-possession on behalf of Grantor) and shall, together with the rights and remedies of Agent, for the benefit of Agent and Lenders, hereunder, inure to the benefit of Agent and Lenders, all future holders of any instrument evidencing any of the Obligations 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 Obligations or any portion thereof or interest therein shall in any manner impair the lien granted to Agent, for the benefit of Agent and Lenders, hereunder. Grantor may not assign, sell, hypothecate or otherwise transfer any interest in or obligation under this Security Agreement.

17. COUNTERPARTS. This Security Agreement may be authenticated in any number of separate counterparts, each of which shall collectively and separately constitute one agreement. This Security Agreement may be authenticated by manual signature, facsimile or, if approved in writing by Agent, electronic means, all of which shall be equally valid.

18. GOVERNING LAW. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN THE NOTE, IN ALL RESPECTS, INCLUDING ALL MATTERS OF CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY AND PERFORMANCE, THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT AND THE OBLIGATIONS ARISING HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS MADE AND PERFORMED IN THAT STATE, AND ANY APPLICABLE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. GRANTOR HEREBY CONSENTS AND AGREES THAT THE STATE OR FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN COOK COUNTY, CITY OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, SHALL HAVE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION TO HEAR AND DETERMINE ANY CLAIMS OR DISPUTES BETWEEN GRANTOR, AGENT AND LENDERS PERTAINING TO THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT OR THE NOTE OR TO ANY MATTER ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT OR THE NOTE, PROVIDED, THAT AGENT, LENDERS AND GRANTOR ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ANY APPEALS FROM THOSE COURTS MAY HAVE TO BE HEARD BY A COURT LOCATED OUTSIDE COOK COUNTY, AND, PROVIDED, FURTHER, NOTHING IN THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT SHALL BE DEEMED OR OPERATE TO PRECLUDE AGENT FROM BRINGING SUIT OR TAKING OTHER LEGAL ACTION IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION TO REALIZE ON THE COLLATERAL OR ANY OTHER SECURITY FOR THE OBLIGATIONS, OR TO ENFORCE A JUDGMENT OR OTHER COURT ORDER IN FAVOR OF AGENT. GRANTOR EXPRESSLY SUBMITS AND CONSENTS IN ADVANCE TO SUCH JURISDICTION IN ANY ACTION OR SUIT COMMENCED IN ANY SUCH COURT, AND GRANTOR HEREBY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION WHICH IT MAY HAVE BASED UPON LACK OF PERSONAL JURISDICTION, IMPROPER VENUE OR FORUM NON CONVENIENS. GRANTOR HEREBY WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF THE SUMMONS, COMPLAINT AND OTHER PROCESS ISSUED IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR SUIT AND AGREES THAT SERVICE OF SUCH SUMMONS, COMPLAINTS AND OTHER PROCESS MAY BE MADE BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL ADDRESSED TO GRANTOR AT THE ADDRESS SET FORTH ON THE SIGNATURE PAGE HERETO AND THAT SERVICE SO MADE SHALL BE DEEMED COMPLETED UPON THE EARLIER OF ACTUAL RECEIPT THEREOF OR FIVE (5) DAYS AFTER DEPOSIT IN THE U.S. MAILS, PROPER POSTAGE PREPAID.

 

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19. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. BECAUSE DISPUTES ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH COMPLEX FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS ARE MOST QUICKLY AND ECONOMICALLY RESOLVED BY AN EXPERIENCED AND EXPERT PERSON AND THE PARTIES WISH APPLICABLE STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS TO APPLY (RATHER THAN ARBITRATION RULES), THE PARTIES DESIRE THAT DISPUTES ARISING HEREUNDER OR RELATING HERETO BE RESOLVED BY A JUDGE APPLYING SUCH APPLICABLE LAWS. THEREFORE, TO ACHIEVE THE BEST COMBINATION OF THE BENEFITS OF THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM AND OF ARBITRATION, THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVE ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT TO RESOLVE ANY DISPUTE, WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE, AMONG AGENT, LENDERS, AND GRANTOR ARISING OUT OF, CONNECTED WITH, RELATED TO, OR INCIDENTAL TO THE RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED IN CONNECTION WITH, THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT OR THE NOTE OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED HERETO OR THERETO.

20. SECTION TITLES. The Section titles contained in this Security Agreement are and shall be without substantive meaning or content of any kind whatsoever and are not a part of the agreement between the parties hereto.

21. NO STRICT CONSTRUCTION. The parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Security Agreement. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Security Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties hereto and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provisions of this Security Agreement.

22. ADVICE OF COUNSEL. Each of the parties represents to each other party hereto that it has discussed this Security Agreement and, specifically, the provisions of Section 18 and Section 19, with its counsel.

23. BENEFIT OF LENDERS. All liens granted or contemplated hereby shall be for the benefit of Agent, individually, and Lenders, and all proceeds or payments realized from Collateral in accordance herewith shall be applied to the Obligations in accordance with the terms of the Note.

24. AGENT.

(a) Appointment. Each Lender hereby designates and appoints Agent as its agent under this Security Agreement, and each Lender hereby irrevocably authorizes Agent to execute and deliver this Security Agreement (and any intercreditor or subordination agreements contemplated hereby) and to take such action or to refrain from taking such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Security Agreement and to exercise such powers as are set forth herein or therein, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Agent is authorized and empowered to amend, modify,

 

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or waive any provisions of this Security Agreement on behalf of Lenders subject to the requirement that certain of Lenders’ consent be obtained in certain instances as provided in this Section 24. The provisions of this Section 24 are solely for the benefit of Agent and Lenders and Grantor shall not have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any of the provisions hereof. In performing its functions and duties under this Security Agreement, Agent shall act solely as agent of Lenders and does not assume and shall not be deemed to have assumed any obligation toward or relationship of agency or trust with or for Grantor. Agent may perform any of its duties hereunder by or through its agents or employees.

(b) Nature of Duties. The duties of Agent shall be mechanical and administrative in nature. Agent shall not have by reason of this Security Agreement a fiduciary relationship in respect of any Lender. Nothing in this Security Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall be construed to impose upon Agent any obligations in respect of this Security Agreement except as expressly set forth herein or therein. Each Lender shall make its own independent investigation of the financial condition and affairs of Grantor in connection with the extension of credit under the Note and shall make its own appraisal of the creditworthiness of Grantor, and Agent shall have no duty or responsibility, either initially or on a continuing basis, to provide any Lender with any credit or other information with respect thereto (other than as expressly required herein). If Agent seeks the consent or approval of any Lenders to the taking or refraining from taking any action hereunder, then Agent shall send notice thereof to each Lender.

(c) Rights, Exculpation, Etc. Neither Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees or agents shall be liable to any Lender for any action taken or omitted by them hereunder, or in connection herewith, except that Agent shall be liable to the extent of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final non-appealable order by a court of competent jurisdiction. Agent shall not be liable for any apportionment or distribution of payments made by it in good faith and if any such apportionment or distribution is subsequently determined to have been made in error the sole recourse of any Lender to whom payment was due but not made, shall be to recover from other Lenders any payment in excess of the amount to which they are determined to be entitled (and such other Lenders hereby agree to return to such Lender any such erroneous payments received by them). In no event shall Agent be liable for punitive, special, consequential, incidental, exemplary or other similar damages. In performing its functions and duties hereunder, Agent shall exercise the same care which it would in dealing with loans for its own account, but neither Agent nor any of its agents or representatives shall be responsible to any Lender for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties herein or for the execution, effectiveness, genuineness, validity, enforceability, collectibility, or sufficiency of this Security Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, or for the financial condition of Grantor. Agent shall not be required to make any inquiry concerning either the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions or conditions of this Security Agreement or the Note or the financial condition of Grantor, or the existence or possible existence of any Event of Default. Agent may at any time request instructions from all affected Lenders with respect to any actions or approvals which by the terms of this Security Agreement Agent is permitted or required to take or to grant. If such instructions are promptly requested,

 

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Agent shall be absolutely entitled to refrain from taking any action or to withhold any approval and shall not be under any liability whatsoever to any Person for refraining from any action or withholding any approval hereunder until it shall have received such instructions from the Lenders as shall be prescribed by this Security Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing, no Lender shall have any right of action whatsoever against Agent as a result of Agent acting or refraining from acting under this Security Agreement in accordance with the instructions of all affected Lenders; and, notwithstanding the instructions of all affected Lenders, Agent shall have no obligation to take any action if it believes, in good faith, that such action is deemed to be illegal by Agent or exposes Agent to any liability for which it has not received satisfactory indemnification in accordance with Section 24(e).

(d) Reliance. Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any written or oral notices, statements, certificates, orders or other documents or any telephone message or other communication (including any writing, telex, fax or telegram) believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person, and with respect to all matters pertaining to this Security Agreement and its duties hereunder or thereunder. Agent shall be entitled to rely upon the advice of legal counsel, independent accountants, and other experts selected by Agent in its sole discretion.

(e) Indemnification. Lenders will reimburse and indemnify Agent for and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees and expenses), advances or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against Agent in its capacity as such in any way relating to or arising out of this Security Agreement or any action taken or omitted by Agent in its capacity as such under this Security Agreement, in proportion to each Lender’s pro rata share, but only to the extent that any of the foregoing is not reimbursed by Grantor; provided, however, that no Lender shall be liable for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses, advances or disbursements to the extent resulting from Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final non-appealable order by a court of competent jurisdiction. If any indemnity furnished to Agent for any purpose shall, in the opinion of Agent, be insufficient or become impaired, Agent may call for additional indemnity and cease, or not commence, to do the acts indemnified against even if so directed by such portion of the Lenders as shall be prescribed by this Security Agreement until such additional indemnity is furnished. The obligations of Lenders under this Section 24(e) shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Security Agreement.

(f) GKS Funding LLC (or any successor Agent) Individually. With respect to its commitments under the Note, GKS Funding LLC (or any successor Agent) shall have and may exercise the same rights and powers hereunder and is subject to the same obligations and liabilities as and to the extent set forth herein for any other Lender. The terms “Lenders,” or any similar terms shall, unless the context clearly otherwise indicates, include GKS Funding LLC (or any successor Agent) in its individual capacity

 

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as a Lender. GKS Funding LLC (or any successor Agent), either directly or through strategic affiliations, may lend money to, acquire equity or other ownership interests in, provide advisory services to and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust or other business with Grantor as if it were not acting as Agent pursuant hereto and without any duty to account therefor to Lenders. GKS Funding LLC (or any successor Agent), either directly or through strategic affiliations, may accept fees and other consideration from Grantor for services in connection with this Security Agreement or otherwise without having to account for the same to Lenders.

(g) Successor Agent.

(i) Resignation. Agent may resign from the performance of all its agency functions and duties hereunder at any time by giving at least thirty (30) Business Days’ prior written notice to Grantor and Lenders. Such resignation shall take effect upon the acceptance by a successor Agent of appointment pursuant to clause (ii) below or as otherwise provided in clause (ii) below.

(ii) Appointment of Successor. Upon any such notice of resignation pursuant to clause (i) above, Lenders shall appoint a successor Agent which, unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, shall be subject to Grantor’s approval (which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If a successor Agent shall not have been so appointed within the thirty (30) Business Day period referred to in clause (i) above, the retiring Agent, upon notice to Grantor, shall then appoint a successor Agent which, unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing shall be reasonably acceptable to Grantor (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) who shall serve as Agent until such time, if any, as Lenders appoint a successor Agent as provided above.

(iii) Successor Agent. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Agent under this Security Agreement by a successor Agent, such successor Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After any retiring Agent’s resignation as Agent, the provisions of this Section 24 shall continue to inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it in its capacity as Agent.

(h) Collateral Matters.

(i) Release of Collateral. Lenders hereby irrevocably authorize Agent, at its option and in its discretion, to release any lien granted to or held by Agent upon any Collateral (A) upon the indefeasible and final payment in full of the Obligations, or (B) constituting property being sold or disposed of if Grantor certifies to Agent that the sale or disposition is made in compliance (including pursuant to any waiver, consent or amendment hereunder) with the provisions of this Security Agreement (and Agent may, but shall not be required to, rely in good faith conclusively on any such certificate, without further inquiry).

 

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(ii) Confirmation of Authority; Execution of Releases. Without in any manner limiting Agent’s authority to act without any specific or further authorization or consent by Lenders (as set forth in Section 24(h)(i)), each Lender agrees to confirm in writing, upon request by Agent or Grantor, the authority to release any Collateral conferred upon Agent under clauses (A) and (B) of Section 24(h)(i). Upon receipt by Agent of any required confirmation from the Lenders of its authority to release any particular item or types of Collateral, and upon at least ten (10) Business Days’ prior written request by Grantor, Agent shall (and is hereby irrevocably authorized by Lenders to) execute such documents as may be necessary to evidence the release of the liens granted to Agent upon such Collateral; provided, however, that (A) Agent shall not be required to execute any such document on terms which, in Agent’s opinion, would expose Agent to liability or create any obligation or entail any consequence other than the release of such liens without recourse or warranty, and (B) such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect or impair the Obligations or any liens upon (or obligations of Grantor, in respect of), all interests retained by Grantor, including the proceeds of any sale, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the Collateral.

(iii) Absence of Duty. Agent shall have no obligation whatsoever to any Lender or any other Person to assure that the property covered by this Security Agreement exists or is owned by Grantor or any other Loan Party or is cared for, protected or insured or has been encumbered or that the liens granted to Agent have been properly or sufficiently or lawfully created, perfected, protected or enforced or are entitled to any particular priority, or to exercise at all or in any particular manner or under any duty of care, disclosure or fidelity, or to continue exercising, any of the rights, authorities and powers granted or available to Agent in this Section 24(h), it being understood and agreed that in respect of the property covered by this Security Agreement or any act, omission or event related thereto, Agent may act in any manner it may deem appropriate, in its discretion, given Agent’s own interest in property covered by this Security Agreement as one of the Lenders and that Agent shall have no duty or liability whatsoever to any of the other Lenders, provided that Agent shall exercise the same care which it would in dealing with loans for its own account.

(iv) Agency for Perfection. Agent and each Lender hereby appoint each other Lender as agent for the purpose of perfecting Agent’s security interest in assets which, in accordance with the Code in any applicable jurisdiction, can be perfected by possession or control. Should any Lender (other than Agent) obtain possession or control of any such assets, such Lender shall notify Agent thereof, and, promptly upon Agent’s request therefor, shall deliver such assets to Agent or in accordance with Agent’s instructions or transfer control to Agent in accordance with Agent’s instructions. Each Lender agrees that it will not have any right individually to enforce or seek to enforce this Security Agreement or to realize upon any collateral security for the Loans unless instructed to do so by Agent in writing, it being understood and agreed that such rights and remedies may be exercised only by Agent.

 

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(i) Notice of Default. Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Event of Default except with respect to defaults in the payment of principal, interest and fees required to be paid to Agent for the account of Lenders, unless Agent shall have received written notice from a Lender or Grantor referring to this Security Agreement, describing such Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default”. Agent will use reasonable efforts to notify each Lender of its receipt of any such notice, unless such notice is with respect to defaults in the payment of principal, interest and fees, in which case Agent will notify each Lender of its receipt of such notice. Agent shall take such action with respect to such Event of Default as may be requested by the Lenders in accordance with Section 7. Unless and until Agent has received any such request, Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Event of Default as it shall deem advisable or in the best interests of Lenders.

(j) Lender Actions Against Collateral. Each Lender agrees that it will not take any enforcement action, nor institute any actions or proceedings, with respect to the Loans, against Grantor hereunder or against any Collateral (including the exercise of any right of set-off) without the consent of the Agent or all Lenders. All such enforcement actions and proceedings shall be (i) taken in concert and (ii) at the direction of or with the consent of Agent or all Lenders. With respect to any action by Agent to enforce the rights and remedies of Agent and the Lenders under this Security Agreement, each Lender hereby consents to the jurisdiction of the court in which such action is maintained.

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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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 as of the date first set forth above.

 

AGRITECH WORLDWIDE, INC.,

a Nevada corporation, as Grantor

By:  

 

Name:  

 

Title:  

 

Address:
1011 Campus Drive
Mundelein, Illinois 60060
Attention: Edward B. Smith
Facsimile No.: (847) 549-6028

 

[Signature Page to Security Agreement]


GKS FUNDING LLC,

as Agent

By:  

 

Name:  

 

Title:  

 

 

GKS Funding LLC

2550 N. Lakeview Avenue

Unit S2206

Chicago, IL 60614

Attention: Mo Garfinkle

Facsimile: (480) 314-0223

 

[Signature Page to Security Agreement]


EXHIBIT A

POWER OF ATTORNEY

This Power of Attorney is executed and delivered by                     , a              corporation (“Grantor”) to [            ] (hereinafter referred to as “Attorney”), as Agent for the benefit of Agent and Lenders, under a Note and a Security Agreement, both dated as of the date hereof, and other related documents (the “Loan Documents”). No person to whom this Power of Attorney is presented, as authority for Attorney to take any action or actions contemplated hereby, shall be required to inquire into or seek confirmation from Grantor as to the authority of Attorney to take any action described below, or as to the existence of or fulfillment of any condition to this Power of Attorney, which is intended to grant to Attorney unconditionally the authority to take and perform the actions contemplated herein, and Grantor irrevocable waives any right to commence any suit or action, in law or equity, against any person or entity which acts in reliance upon or acknowledges the authority granted under this Power of Attorney. The power of attorney granted hereby is coupled with an interest, and may not be revoked or canceled by Grantor without Attorney’s written consent.

Grantor hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints Attorney (and all officers, employees or agents designated by Attorney), with full power of substitution, as Grantor’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power and authority in the place and stead of Grantor and in the name of Grantor or in its own name, from time to time in Attorney’s discretion, to take any and all appropriate action and to execute and deliver any and all documents and instruments which may be necessary to accomplish the purposes of the Loan Documents and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Grantor hereby grants to Attorney the power and right, on behalf of Grantor, without notice to or assent by Grantor, and subject to the terms of the Security Agreement at any time, to do the following: (a) change the mailing address of Grantor, open a post office box on behalf of Grantor, open mail for Grantor, and ask, demand, collect, give acquittances and receipts for, take possession of, endorse any invoices, freight or express bills, bills of lading, storage or warehouse receipts, drafts against debtors, assignments, verifications, and notices in connection with any property of Grantor; (b) effect any repairs to any asset of Grantor, or continue to obtain any insurance and pay all or any part of the premiums therefor and costs thereof, and make, settle and adjust all claims under such policies of insurance, and make all determinations and decisions with respect to such policies; (c) pay or discharge any taxes, liens, security interests, or other encumbrances levied or placed on or threatened against Grantor or its property; (d) defend any suit, action or proceeding brought against Grantor if Grantor does not defend such suit, action or proceeding or if Attorney reasonably believes that Grantor is not pursuing such defense in a manner that will maximize the recovery to Attorney, and settle, compromise or adjust any suit, action, or proceeding described above and, in connection therewith, give such discharges or releases as Attorney may deem reasonably appropriate; (e) file or prosecute any claim, litigation, suit or proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction or before any arbitrator, or take any other action otherwise deemed appropriate by Attorney for the purpose of collecting any and all such moneys due to Grantor whenever payable and to enforce any other right in respect of Grantor’s property; (f) cause the certified public accountants then engaged by Grantor to prepare and deliver to Attorney at any time and from time to time, promptly upon Attorney’s request, the following reports: (1) a reconciliation of all accounts; (2) an aging of all accounts, (3) trial balances, (4) test verifications


of such accounts as Attorney may request, and (5) the results of each physical verification of inventory if any; (g) communicate in its own name with any party to any contract with regard to the assignment of the right, title and interest of Grantor in and under the contracts and other matters relating thereto; (h) to file such financing statements with respect to the Security Agreement, with or without Grantor’s signature, or to file a photocopy of the Security Agreement in substitution for a financing statement, as the Agent may deem appropriate and to execute in Grantor’s name such financing statements and amendments thereto and continuation statements which may require Grantor’s signature; and (i) execute, in connection with sale provided for in any Loan Document, any endorsements, assignments or other instruments of conveyance or transfer with respect to the Collateral and to otherwise direct such sale or resale, all as though Attorney were the absolute owner of the property of Grantor for all purposes, and to do, at Attorney’s option and Grantor’s expense, at any time or from time to time, all acts and other things that Attorney reasonably deems necessary to perfect, preserve, or realize upon Grantor’s property or assets and Attorney’s liens thereon, all as fully and effectively as Grantor might do. Grantor hereby ratifies, to the extent permitted by law, all that said Attorney shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Power of Attorney is executed by Grantor pursuant to the authority of its board of directors this      day          of 20    .

 

GRANTOR
By:  

 

Name:  

 

Title:  

 

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Exhibit 4

PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT

This PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Patent Security Agreement”) is entered into as of April 7, 2017, by and among the grantor listed on the signature pages hereof (“Grantor”), and GKS FUNDING LLC, in its capacity as Agent (“Agent”) for the Lenders (as defined below).

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Promissory Note dated as of the date hereof (as amended, restated, supplemented, extended, renewed or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Note”), by and among Agritech Worldwide, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“Borrower”), GKS Funding LLC (“Agent”), and the other parties who are or hereafter become parties thereto (collectively, the “Lenders”), the Lenders have agreed to make Loans (as defined in the Note) to the Borrower;

WHEREAS, all of the Borrower’s obligations to Agent and the Lenders under the Note are secured by liens on and security interests in substantially all of the now existing and hereafter acquired real and personal property of the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with that certain Security Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between the Borrower and Agent (the “Security Agreement”); and

WHEREAS, in order to induce Agent and the Lenders to enter into the Note and the Security Agreement and to induce the Lenders to make the Loans as provided for in the Note, Grantor has agreed to execute and deliver to Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, this Patent Security Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants herein contained and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Grantor hereby agrees as follows:

1. DEFINED TERMS. All capitalized terms used herein (including in the preamble and recitals hereto) but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given to them in the Security Agreement.

2. GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENT COLLATERAL. Grantor hereby grants to Agent, for the benefit of Lenders, a continuing first priority security interest in all of Grantor’s right, title and interest in, to and under the following, whether presently existing or hereafter created or acquired or arising in favor of Grantor (collectively, the “Patent Collateral”):

(a) all of its Patents, including, without limitation, those referred to on Schedule I hereto;

(b) all reissues, reexaminations, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisionals or extensions of the foregoing; and

(c) all products and proceeds of the foregoing, including, without limitation, all income, royalties and any claim by Grantor against third parties for past, present or future infringement or dilution of any Patent.


3. SECURITY FOR OBLIGATIONS. This Patent Security Agreement and the security interest created hereby secures the payment and performance of all the Obligations (as defined in the Note), whether now existing or arising hereafter. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, this Patent Security Agreement secures the payment of all amounts which constitute part of the Obligations and would be owed by Grantor to Agent, the Lenders, or any of them, whether or not they are unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence of an insolvency proceeding involving Grantor.

4. SECURITY AGREEMENT. The security interests granted pursuant to this Patent Security Agreement are granted in conjunction with the security interests granted to Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, pursuant to the Security Agreement. Grantor hereby acknowledges and affirms that the rights and remedies of Agent with respect to the security interest in the Patent Collateral made and granted hereby are more fully set forth in the Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are incorporated by reference herein as if fully set forth herein.

5. AUTHORIZATION TO SUPPLEMENT. If Grantor shall obtain rights to any new patentable inventions or become entitled to the benefit of any patent application or patent for any reissue, division, or continuation, of any patent, the provisions of this Patent Security Agreement shall automatically apply thereto. Grantor shall give notice in writing to Agent, promptly (and in any event within two (2) Business Days (as defined in the Note) after it receives notice or actual knowledge), with respect to any new patent application filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, provided that Grantor shall not be required to disclose the exact name of the patent until such patent application becomes public record with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Without limiting Grantor’s obligations under this Section 5, Grantor hereby authorizes Agent unilaterally to modify this Patent Security Agreement by amending Schedule I to include any such new patent applications of Grantor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no failure to so modify this Patent Security Agreement or amend Schedule I shall in any way affect, invalidate or detract from Agent’s continuing security interest in all Collateral, whether or not listed on Schedule I.

6. COUNTERPARTS. This Patent Security Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Patent Security Agreement constitutes the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersedes any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. This Patent Security Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Patent Security Agreement by telecopy or other electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Patent Security Agreement.

 

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7. CONSTRUCTION. Unless the context of this Patent Security Agreement, the Security Agreement, or the Note clearly requires otherwise, references to the plural include the singular, references to the singular include the plural, the terms “includes” and “including” are not limiting, and the term “or” has, except where otherwise indicated, the inclusive meaning represented by the phrase “and/or.” The words “hereof,” “herein,” “hereby,” “hereunder,” and similar terms in this Patent Security Agreement, the Security Agreement, or the Note refer to this Patent Security Agreement, the Security Agreement, or the Note, as the case may be, as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Patent Security Agreement, the Security Agreement, or the Note, as the case may be. Section, subsection, clause, schedule, and exhibit references herein are to this Patent Security Agreement unless otherwise specified. Any reference in this Patent Security Agreement, the Security Agreement, or the Note to any agreement, instrument, or document shall include all alterations, amendments, changes, extensions, modifications, renewals, replacements, substitutions, joinders, and supplements, thereto and thereof, as applicable (subject to any restrictions on such alterations, amendments, changes, extensions, modifications, renewals, replacements, substitutions, joinders, and supplements set forth herein). Any reference herein to any Person (as defined in the Note) shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns.

8. TERMINATION. This Patent Security Agreement shall continue in effect (notwithstanding the fact that from time to time there may be no Obligations outstanding) until (i) the Security Agreement and the Note have terminated pursuant to their express terms and (ii) all of the Obligations have been indefeasibly paid and performed in full in cash and no commitments of Agent or the Lenders which would give rise to any Obligations are outstanding.

[Signatures Immediately Follow]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Grantor has caused this Patent Security Agreement to be executed and delivered by its duly authorized officer as of the date first set forth above.

GRANTOR:

 

AGRITECH WORLDWIDE, INC.
By:  

 

Name:  

 

Title:  

 

Signature Page to Patent Security Agreement


ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED:     GKS FUNDING LLC, as Agent
    By:  

 

    Name:  

 

    Title:  

 

Signature Page to Patent Security Agreement


SCHEDULE I

to

PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT

Patent Registrations and Applications

 

  1. Wholly Owned Insoluble Fiber Patents:

 

  a. “Amorphous Insoluble Cellulosic Fiber and Method for Making Same” Shukla US 7,625,591 B2 (Issued December 1, 2009)

 

  b. “Emulsified Liquid Shortening Compositions” Shukla US 7,763,301 B2 (Issued July 27, 2010)

Per its previous Research Agreement with the USDA effective 6/1/2011, the Company is the 50% owner of the intellectual property that was jointly produced through its CRADA relationship (“the Patents”) and has the first rights to be the exclusive commercialization partner on this IP.

 

  2. Jointly-Owned Insoluble Fiber Patents::

 

  a. “Cellulosic Arabinoxylan Fiber (CAF) and Methods of Preparing” Yadav et al. US Application #: 20150368372 (Filed June 22, 2015)

 

  b. “Insoluble Biomass Gel (IBG) and Methods of Preparing” Yadav et al. US Application #” 20150368372 (Filed June 22, 2015)

 

  3. Jointly-Owned Soluble Fiber Patents:

 

  a. “Bio-Based Fiber Gums (BFGs) and Process For Producing BFGs” Yadav et al. US 9,434,788 B2 (Issued September 6, 2016)

 

  b. “Methods of Encapsulation and Methods of Producing a Gel Using Biobased Fiber Gum Oils” Onwulata et al. US Application # 14448014 (Filed July 31, 2014)

 

  c. “Methods of Decreasing the Viscosity of a Dietary Fiber” Yadav et al. US Application #: 14/872,533 (Filed October 1, 2015)

 

  d. “Bio-Fiber Gum Hydrolysates and Process of Producing” Yadav et al. Provisional Patent #62333456 (Filed May 9, 2016)

 

  e. “Process to Prepare Highly Functional Fiber Products and Products Produced Thereby” Yadav et al. US Application #: 15240702 (Filed August 18, 2016)

 

  f. “Composition Suitable for Making Edible Films or Coatings” Jin et al. Invention Disclosure submitted April 2016
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Exhibit 5

SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT

THIS SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of this April 7, 2017, by and among each of the undersigned subordinated lenders listed on the signature pages hereto as “Subordinated Creditors” (collectively, “Subordinated Creditor”), AGRITECH WORLDWIDE, INC., a Nevada corporation, (“Company”), the Senior Lenders (as defined belwo) and GKS FUNDING, LLC, as Agent for the Senior Lenders (in such capacity “Agent”).

R E C I T A L S

A. The Company, Agent, and the other parties who are or hereafter become parties thereto as Lenders (collectively, the “Senior Lenders”) have entered into that certain Promissory Note of even date herewith (as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Senior Note”) pursuant to which, among other things, Agent and Senior Lenders have agreed, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Senior Note, to make certain loans and financial accommodations to the Company. All of the Company’s obligations to Agent and Senior Lenders under the Senior Note are secured by liens on and security interests in substantially all of the now existing and hereafter acquired real and personal property of the Company (the “Collateral”) pursuant to and in accordance with that certain Security Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, between the Company and Agent (the “Security Agreement”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Senior Note.

B. Subordinated Creditor has extended credit to the Company pursuant to that certain Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2017, by and among the Subordinated Creditor and the Company (the “Subordinated Loan Agreement”). All of the Company’s obligations evidenced by the Subordinated Debt (as hereinafter defined) are secured by liens on and security interests in the Collateral.

C. As an inducement to and as one of the conditions precedent to the agreement of Agent and Senior Lenders to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Senior Loan Documents (as hereinafter defined), Agent and Senior Lenders have required the execution and delivery of this Agreement by Subordinated Creditor and the Company in order to set forth the relative rights and priorities of Agent, Senior Lenders and Subordinated Creditor under the Senior Debt Documents and the Subordinated Debt Documents (as hereinafter defined).

NOW, THEREFORE, in order to induce Agent and Senior Lenders to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Senior Loan Documents, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which hereby are acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

1. Definitions. The following terms shall have the following meanings in this Agreement:

Bankruptcy Code shall mean Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended from time to time and any successor statute and all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.


Collateral” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals hereto.

Distribution” means, with respect to any indebtedness or obligation: (a) any payment or distribution by any Person of cash, securities or other property, by set-off or otherwise, on account of such indebtedness or obligation; (b) any redemption, purchase or other acquisition of such indebtedness or obligation by any Person; or (c) the granting of any lien or security interest to or for the benefit of the holders of such indebtedness or obligation in or upon any property of any Person.

Enforcement Action” shall mean: (a) to take from or for the account of the Company or any guarantor of the Subordinated Debt, by set-off or in any other manner, the whole or any part of any moneys which may now or hereafter be owing by the Company or any such guarantor with respect to the Subordinated Debt; (b) to sue for payment of, or to initiate or participate with others in any suit, action or proceeding against the Company or any such guarantor to (i) enforce payment of or to collect the whole or any part of the Subordinated Debt or (ii) commence judicial enforcement of any of the rights and remedies under the Subordinated Debt Documents or applicable law with respect to the Subordinated Debt; (c) to accelerate the Subordinated Debt; (d) to exercise any put option or to cause the Company or any such guarantor to honor any redemption or mandatory prepayment obligation under any Subordinated Debt Document; (e) to notify account debtors or directly collect accounts receivable or other payment rights of the Company or any such guarantor; or (f) to take any action under the provisions of any state or federal law, including, without limitation, the Uniform Commercial Code, or under any contract or agreement, to enforce, foreclose upon, take possession of or sell any property or assets of the Company or any such guarantor.

Paid in Full” and “Payment in Full” means that: (a) all Senior Debt has been indefeasibly paid in full in cash; (b) all commitments to lend under the Senior Debt Documents have been terminated and no Person has any further right to obtain loans or other extensions of credit under the Senior Debt Documents; and (c) any costs, expenses and contingent indemnification obligations which are not yet due and payable but with respect to which a claim is pending or may reasonably be expected to be asserted under the Senior Debt Documents are (i) backed by standby letters of credit (issued by a bank, and in form and substance acceptable to Agent and Senior Lenders) or (ii) cash collateralized, in each case, as reasonably required by Agent and Senior Lenders and in an amount reasonably estimated by Agent and Senior Lenders to be the amount of costs, expenses and such contingent indemnification obligations which may become due and payable.

Permitted Subordinated Debt Payments means none.

 

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Person means any natural person, corporation, general or limited partnership, limited liability company, firm, trust, association, government, governmental agency or other entity, whether acting in an individual, fiduciary or other capacity.

Proceeding” shall mean any voluntary or involuntary insolvency, bankruptcy, receivership, custodianship, liquidation, dissolution, reorganization, assignment for the benefit of creditors, appointment of a custodian, receiver, trustee or other officer with similar powers or any other proceeding for the liquidation, dissolution or other winding up of a Person.

Refinancing Senior Debt Documents shall mean any financing documentation which replaces the Senior Loan Documents and pursuant to which the Senior Debt under the Senior Loan Documents are refinanced, as such financing documentation may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in compliance with this Agreement.

Senior Debt” shall mean all obligations, liabilities and indebtedness of every nature of the Company or any guarantor from time to time owed to Agent or any Senior Lender under the Senior Debt Documents, including, without limitation, the principal amount of all debts, claims and indebtedness, accrued and unpaid interest and all fees, costs and expenses, whether primary, secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise, heretofore, now and from time to time hereafter owing, due or payable, whether before or after the filing of a Proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code together with (a) any amendments, modifications, renewals or extensions thereof to the extent not prohibited by the terms of this Agreement and (b) any interest accruing thereon after the commencement of a Proceeding, without regard to whether or not such interest is an allowed claim. Senior Debt shall be considered to be outstanding whenever any loan commitment under the Senior Debt Document is outstanding.

Senior Debt Documents” shall mean the Senior Loan Documents and, after any refinancing of the Senior Debt under the Senior Loan Documents, the Refinancing Senior Debt Documents.

Senior Loan Documents shall mean the Senior Note, the Security Agreement, and all other agreements, documents and instruments executed from time to time in connection therewith, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

Subordinated Debt” shall mean all of the obligations of the Company or any guarantor to Subordinated Creditor evidenced by or incurred pursuant to the Subordinated Debt Documents and any other debt obligations of the Company to Subordinated Creditor.

Subordinated Debt Documents” shall mean the Subordinated Loan Agreement, any warrants, any guaranty with respect to the Subordinated Debt, any security agreement or other collateral document securing the Subordinated Debt or perfecting a security

 

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interest that secures the subordinated debt, and all other documents, agreements and instruments now existing or hereinafter entered into evidencing or pertaining to all or any portion of the Subordinated Debt.

Uniform Commercial Code” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code, as enacted in the applicable jurisdiction.

2. Subordination.

2.1 Subordination of Subordinated Debt to Senior Debt. Company covenants and agrees, and Subordinated Creditor by its acceptance of the Subordinated Debt Documents (whether upon original issue or upon transfer or assignment) likewise covenants and agrees, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any of the Subordinated Debt Documents, that the payment of any and all of the Subordinated Debt shall be subordinate and subject in right and time of payment, to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth, to the prior Payment in Full of all Senior Debt. Each holder of Senior Debt, whether now outstanding or hereafter created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed, shall be deemed to have acquired Senior Debt in reliance upon the provisions contained in this Agreement.

2.2 Liquidation, Dissolution, Bankruptcy. Prior to Payment in Full of all Senior Debt, in the event of any Proceeding involving the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company:

(a) All Senior Debt shall first be Paid in Full before any Distribution, whether in cash, securities or other property, shall be made to Subordinated Creditor on account of any Subordinated Debt.

(b) Any Distribution, whether in cash, securities or other property which would otherwise, but for the terms hereof, be payable or deliverable in respect of the Subordinated Debt shall be paid or delivered directly to Senior Lenders (to be held and/or applied by Senior Lenders in accordance with the terms of the Senior Debt Documents) until all Senior Debt is Paid in Full. Subordinated Creditor irrevocably authorizes, empowers and directs any debtor, debtor in possession, receiver, trustee, liquidator, custodian, conservator or other Person having authority, to pay or otherwise deliver all such Distributions to Senior Lenders. Subordinated Creditor also irrevocably authorizes and empowers Senior Lenders, in the name of Subordinated Creditor, to demand, sue for, collect and receive any and all such Distributions.

(c) Subordinated Creditor agrees not to initiate, prosecute or participate in any claim, action or other proceeding challenging the enforceability, validity, perfection or priority of the Senior Debt or any liens and security interests securing the Senior Debt.

(d) Subordinated Creditor agrees that Agent and Senior Lenders may consent to the use of cash collateral or provide financing to the Company on such terms and conditions and in such amounts as Agent and Senior Lenders, in their sole discretion, may decide and, in connection therewith, the Company may grant to Agent and Senior Lenders liens and security interests upon all of the property of the Company, which liens and

 

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security interests (i) shall secure payment of all Senior Debt (whether such Senior Debt arose prior to the commencement of any Proceeding or at any time thereafter) and all other financing provided by Senior Lenders during such Proceeding and (ii) shall be superior in priority to the liens and security interests, if any, in favor of Subordinated Creditor on the property of the Company. Subordinated Creditor agrees that it will not object to any of the foregoing. Subordinated Creditor agrees that it will: (x) not seek to provide financing to the Company in any Proceeding; (y) support, and not object to or oppose any sale or other disposition of any property (or any process pertaining to such sale or other disposition of any property) securing all of any part of the Senior Debt free and clear of security interests, liens or other claims of Subordinated Creditor under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code or any other provision of the Bankruptcy Code or applicable law if Agent and Senior Lenders have consented to such sale or disposition and are releasing their security interests and liens as well; and (z) not propose, seek and/or support confirmation of any plan to which Agent has not consented to in writing; Subordinated Creditor agrees to object to and vote to reject confirmation of any plan which Agent has objected to and/or rejected in writing. Subordinated Creditor agrees not to assert any right it may have to “adequate protection” of Subordinated Creditor’s interest in any Collateral in any Proceeding and agrees that it will not seek to have the automatic stay lifted with respect to any Collateral without the prior written consent of Agent. Subordinated Creditor waives any claim it may now or hereafter have arising out of Agent’s or Senior Lenders’ election, in any Proceeding instituted under the Bankruptcy Code, of the application of Section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, and/or any borrowing or grant of a security interest under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code by Borrower, as debtor in possession. Subordinated Creditor further agrees that it will not seek to participate or participate on any creditor’s committee without Agent’s prior written consent.

(e) Subordinated Creditor agrees to execute, verify, deliver and file any proofs of claim in respect of the Subordinated Debt requested by Agent in connection with any such Proceeding and hereby irrevocably authorizes, empowers and appoints Agent its agent and attorney-in-fact to (i) execute, verify, deliver and file such proofs of claim upon the failure of Subordinated Creditor promptly to do so prior to 30 days before the expiration of the time to file any such proof of claim and (ii) vote such claim in any such Proceeding upon the failure of Subordinated Creditor to do so prior to 15 days before the expiration of the time to vote any such claim; provided Agent shall have no obligation to execute, verify, deliver, file and/or vote any such proof of claim. In the event that Agent votes any claim in accordance with the authority granted hereby, Subordinated Creditor shall not be entitled to change or withdraw such vote.

(f) The Senior Debt shall continue to be treated as Senior Debt and the provisions of this Agreement shall continue to govern the relative rights and priorities of Senior Lenders and Subordinated Creditor even if all or part of the Senior Debt or the security interests securing the Senior Debt are subordinated, set aside, avoided, invalidated or disallowed in connection with any such Proceeding, and this Agreement shall be reinstated if at any time any payment of any of the Senior Debt is rescinded or must otherwise be returned by any holder of Senior Debt or any representative of such holder.

 

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2.3 Subordinated Debt Payment Restrictions. Notwithstanding the terms of the Subordinated Debt Documents, Company hereby agrees that it may not make, and Subordinated Creditor hereby agrees that it will not accept, any Distribution with respect to the Subordinated Debt until the Senior Debt is Paid in Full, other than Permitted Subordinated Debt Payments.

2.4 Subordinated Debt Standstill Provisions. Until the Senior Debt is Paid in Full, Subordinated Creditor shall not, without the prior written consent of Agent and Senior Lenders, take any Enforcement Action with respect to the Subordinated Debt. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Subordinated Creditor may file proofs of claim against the Company in any Proceeding involving such Company. Any Distributions or other proceeds of any Enforcement Action obtained by Subordinated Creditor in violation of the foregoing prohibition shall in any event be held in trust by it for the benefit of Agent and Senior Lenders and promptly paid or delivered to Senior Lenders in the form received until all Senior Debt is Paid in Full.

2.5 Incorrect Payments. If any Distribution on account of the Subordinated Debt not permitted to be made by the Company or accepted by Subordinated Creditor under this Agreement is made and received by Subordinated Creditor, such Distribution shall not be commingled with any of the assets of Subordinated Creditor, shall be held in trust by Subordinated Creditor for the benefit of Agent and Senior Lenders and shall be promptly paid over to Senior Lenders for application to the payment of the Senior Debt then remaining unpaid, until all of the Senior Debt is Paid in Full.

2.6 Subordination of Liens and Security Interests; Agreement Not to Contest; Agreement to Release Liens. Until the Senior Debt has been Paid in Full, any liens and security interests of Subordinated Creditor in the Collateral shall be and hereby are subordinated for all purposes and in all respects to the liens and security interests of Agent and Senior Lenders in the Collateral, regardless of the time, manner or order of perfection of any such liens and security interests. Subordinated Creditor agrees that it will not at any time contest the validity, perfection, priority or enforceability of the Senior Debt, the Senior Debt Documents, or the liens and security interests of Agent and Senior Lenders in the Collateral securing the Senior Debt. In the event that Senior Lenders release or agree to release any of their liens or security interests in the Collateral in connection with the sale or other disposition thereof or any of the Collateral is sold, disposed of or retained pursuant to a foreclosure or similar action, Subordinated Creditor shall (or shall cause its agent to), upon Agent’s request, promptly execute and deliver to Agent such termination statements and releases as Agent shall reasonably request to effect the termination or release of the liens and security interests of Subordinated Creditor in such Collateral. In furtherance of the foregoing, Subordinated Creditor hereby irrevocably appoints Agent its attorney-in-fact, with full authority in the place and stead of Subordinated Creditor and in the name of Subordinated Creditor or otherwise, to execute and deliver any document or instrument which Subordinated Creditor may be required to deliver pursuant to this Section 2.6.

2.7 Application of Proceeds from Sale or other Disposition of the Collateral. In the event of any sale, transfer or other disposition (including a casualty loss or taking through eminent domain) of the Collateral, the proceeds resulting therefrom (including insurance proceeds) shall be applied in accordance with the terms of the Senior Debt Documents or as otherwise consented to by Agent and Senior Lenders until such time as the Senior Debt is Paid in Full.

 

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2.8 Sale, Transfer or other Disposition of Subordinated Debt.

(a) Subordinated Creditor shall not sell, assign, pledge, dispose of or otherwise transfer all or any portion of the Subordinated Debt or any Subordinated Debt Document unless (i) prior to the consummation of any such action, the transferee thereof shall execute and deliver to Agent an agreement substantially identical to this Agreement, providing for the continued subordination of the Subordinated Debt to the Senior Debt as provided herein and for the continued effectiveness of all of the rights of Agent and Senior Lenders arising under this Agreement, (ii) each transferee is a Permitted Transferee and (iii) following the consummation of any such action, there shall be no more than three holders of the Subordinated Debt. As used herein, a Permitted Transferee means (x) a Family Member of Subordinated Creditor, (y) a trust solely for the benefit of Subordinated Creditor or of a Family Member of Subordinated Creditor, but only if the trust is eligible to be a shareholder of an S corporation under section 1361 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder and (z) the estate of a deceased Subordinated Creditor. As used herein, a Family Member means, with respect to a natural person, his or her spouse, his or her children, his or her parents, and any descendant of his or her parents, including those related by adoption, and any spouse of any of the foregoing individuals.

(b) Notwithstanding the failure of any transferee to execute or deliver an agreement substantially identical to this Agreement, the subordination effected hereby shall survive any sale, assignment, pledge, disposition or other transfer of all or any portion of the Subordinated Debt in violation of the foregoing prohibition, and the terms of this Agreement shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of Subordinated Creditor, as provided in Section 10 hereof.

2.9 Legends. Until the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 16 hereof, Subordinated Creditor will cause to be clearly, conspicuously and prominently inserted on the face of any Subordinated Debt Document, as well as any renewals or replacements thereof, the following legend:

“This instrument and the rights and obligations evidenced hereby and any security interests or other liens securing such obligations are subordinate in the manner and to the extent set forth in that certain Subordination Agreement (the “Subordination Agreement”) dated as of April 7, 2017 among GKS Funding, LLC, as Agent, the Senior Lenders party thereto, Agritech Worldwide, Inc. (“Company”) and GKS Funding LLC, Susan A. Stone and Roger Stone, as Subordinated Creditor, to the indebtedness (including interest) owed by the Company, and the security interests or other liens securing such indebtedness, pursuant to that certain Promissory Note dated as of April 7, 2017 among the Company, Agent and Senior Lenders, as such Promissory Note has been and hereafter may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from

 

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time to time and to indebtedness refinancing the indebtedness under such agreement as contemplated by the Subordination Agreement; and each holder of this instrument, by its acceptance hereof, irrevocably agrees to be bound by the provisions of the Subordination Agreement.”

3. Modifications.

3.1 Modifications to Senior Debt Documents. Agent and Senior Lenders may at any time and from time to time without the consent of or notice to Subordinated Creditor, without incurring liability to Subordinated Creditor and without impairing or releasing the obligations of Subordinated Creditor under this Agreement, change the manner or place of payment or extend the time of payment of or renew or alter any of the terms of the Senior Debt, or amend in any manner any agreement, note, guaranty or other instrument evidencing or securing or otherwise relating to the Senior Debt.

3.2 Modifications to Subordinated Debt Documents. Until the Senior Debt has been Paid in Full, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Subordinated Debt Documents, Subordinated Creditor shall not, without the prior written consent of Agent and Senior Lenders, agree to any amendment, modification or supplement to the Subordinated Debt Documents the effect of which is to (a) increase the maximum principal amount of the Subordinated Debt or rate of interest (or cash pay rate of interest) on any of the Subordinated Debt, (b) change the dates upon which payments of principal or interest on the Subordinated Debt are due, (c) change or add any event of default or any covenant with respect to the Subordinated Debt, (d) change any redemption or prepayment provisions of the Subordinated Debt, (e) alter the subordination provisions with respect to the Subordinated Debt, including, without limitation, subordinating the Subordinated Debt to any other indebtedness, (f) take or perfect any other liens or security interests in any assets of the Company or any guarantor of the Subordinated Debt or (g) change or amend any other term of the Subordinated Debt Documents if such change or amendment would increase the obligations of the Company or any guarantor of the Subordinated Debt or confer additional material rights on Subordinated Creditor or any other holder of the Subordinated Debt in a manner adverse to the Company, any such guarantor or Senior Lenders.

4. Waiver of Certain Rights by Subordinated Creditor.

4.1 Marshaling. Subordinated Creditor hereby waives any rights it may have under applicable law to assert the doctrine of marshaling or to otherwise require Agent or Senior Lenders to marshal any property of the Company or any guarantor of the Senior Debt for the benefit of Subordinated Creditor.

4.2 Rights Relating to Agent’s Actions with respect to the Collateral. Subordinated Creditor hereby waives, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any rights which it may have to enjoin or otherwise obtain a judicial or administrative order preventing Agent or Senior Lenders from taking, or refraining from taking, any action with respect to all or any part of the Collateral. Without limitation of the foregoing, Subordinated Creditor hereby agrees (a) that it has no right to direct or object to the manner in which Agent and Senior Lenders apply the

 

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proceeds of the Collateral resulting from the exercise by Agent and Senior Lenders of rights and remedies under the Senior Debt Documents to the Senior Debt and (b) that Agent has not assumed any obligation to act as the agent for Subordinated Creditor with respect to the Collateral. Agent shall have the exclusive right to enforce rights and exercise remedies with respect to the Collateral until the Senior Debt is Paid in Full. In exercising rights and remedies with respect to the Collateral, Agent and Senior Lenders may enforce the provisions of the Senior Debt Documents and exercise remedies thereunder, all in such order and in such manner as it or they may determine in the exercise of its or their sole business judgment. Such exercise and enforcement shall include, without limitation, the rights to sell or otherwise dispose of Collateral, to incur expenses in connection with such sale or disposition and to exercise all the rights and remedies of a secured lender under the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction. In conducting any public or private sale under the Uniform Commercial Code, Agent shall give the Subordinated Creditor such notice of such sale as may be required by the applicable Uniform Commercial Code; provided, however, that 10 days’ notice to solely Subordinated Creditor shall be deemed to be commercially reasonable notice.

5. Representations and Warranties.

5.1 Representations and Warranties of Subordinated Creditor. Subordinated Creditor hereby represents and warrants to Agent and Senior Lenders that as of the date hereof: (a) the Subordinated Creditor has the legal capacity and authority to enter into, execute, deliver and carry out the terms of this Agreement, all of which have been duly authorized by all proper and necessary action; (b) the execution of this Agreement by the Subordinated Creditor will not violate or conflict with any material agreement binding upon the Subordinated Creditor, or any law, regulation or order or require any consent or approval which has not been obtained; (c) the Subordinated Creditor has delivered Agent a true, correct and complete executed copy of each Subordinated Debt Document; (d) this Agreement is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Subordinated Creditor, enforceable against the Subordinated Creditor in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by equitable principles; and (e) the Subordinated Creditor is the sole owner, beneficially and of record, of the rights and obligations under the Subordinated Debt Documents and of the Subordinated Debt.

5.2 Representations and Warranties of Senior Lenders. Each Senior Lender hereby represents and warrants to Subordinated Creditor that as of the date hereof: (a) such Senior Lender has the legal capacity and authority to enter into, execute, deliver and carry out the terms of this Agreement, all of which have been duly authorized by all proper and necessary action; (b) the execution of this Agreement by such Senior Lender will not violate or conflict with any material agreement binding upon such Senior Lender or any law, regulation or order or require any consent or approval which has not been obtained; and (c) this Agreement is the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Senior Lender, enforceable against such Senior Lender in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles.

 

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5.3 Representations and Warranties of Agent. Agent hereby represents and warrants to Subordinated Creditor that as of the date hereof: (a) Agent has the legal capacity and authority to enter into, execute, deliver and carry out the terms of this Agreement, all of which have been duly authorized by all proper and necessary action; (b) the execution of this Agreement by Agent will not violate or conflict with any material agreement binding upon Agent or any law, regulation or order or require any consent or approval which has not been obtained; and (c) this Agreement is the legal, valid and binding obligation of Agent, enforceable against Agent in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles.

6. Subrogation. Until all Senior Debt is Paid in Full, Subordinated Creditor shall be subrogated to the rights of Agent and Senior Lenders to receive Distributions with respect to the Senior Debt until the Subordinated Debt is paid in full. Subordinated Creditor agrees that in the event that all or any part of a payment made with respect to the Senior Debt is recovered from the holders of the Senior Debt in a Proceeding or otherwise, any Distribution received by Subordinated Creditor with respect to the Subordinated Debt at any time after the date of the payment that is so recovered, whether pursuant to the right of subrogation provided for in this Agreement or otherwise, shall be deemed to have been received by Subordinated Creditor in trust as property of the holders of the Senior Debt and Subordinated Creditor shall forthwith deliver the same to Agent for the benefit of Senior Lenders for application to the Senior Debt until the Senior Debt is Paid in Full. A Distribution made pursuant to this Agreement to Agent or Senior Lenders which otherwise would have been made to Subordinated Creditor is not, as between the Company and Subordinated Creditor, a payment by the Company to or on account of the Senior Debt.

7. Modification. Any modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, or any consent to any departure by any party from the terms hereof, shall not be effective in any event unless the same is in writing and signed by Agent, Senior Lenders and Subordinated Creditor, and then such modification, waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose given. Any notice to or demand on any party hereto in any event not specifically required hereunder shall not entitle the party receiving such notice or demand to any other or further notice or demand in the same, similar or other circumstances unless specifically required hereunder.

8. Further Assurances. Each party to this Agreement promptly will execute and deliver such further instruments and agreements and do such further acts and things as may be reasonably requested in writing by any other party hereto that may be necessary or desirable in order to effect fully the purposes of this Agreement.

9. Notices. Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, any notice delivered under this Agreement shall be in writing addressed to the respective party as set forth below and may be personally served, telecopied or sent by overnight courier service or certified or registered United States mail and shall be deemed to have been given (a) if delivered in person, when delivered; (b) if delivered by telecopy, on the date of transmission if transmitted on a business day before 4:00 p.m. (Chicago time) or, if not, on the next succeeding business day; (c) if delivered by

 

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overnight courier, one business day after delivery to such courier properly addressed; or (d) if by United States mail, four business days after deposit in the United States mail, postage prepaid and properly addressed.

Notices shall be addressed as follows:

If to Subordinated Creditor:

GKS Funding LLC

2550 N. Lakeview Avenue

Unit S2206

Chicago, IL 60614

Attention: Mo Garfinkle

Facsimile No.: (480) 314-0223

With a copy to:

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

77 West Wacker Drive, Suite 3100

Chicago, Illinois 60601

Attention: Andrew R. Cardonick, Esq.

Facsimile No.: (312) 899-0447

If to the Company:

Agritech Worldwide, Inc.

1011 Campus Drive

Mundelein, Illinois 60060

Attention: Edward B. Smith

Facsimile No.: (847) 549-6028

 

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With a copy to:

Chrysler Building

405 Lexington Avenue

26th Floor, New York, New York 10174

Attention: Leslie Marlow

Facsimile No.: (212) 208-4657

If to Agent or Senior Lenders:

GKS Funding LLC

2550 N. Lakeview Avenue

Unit S2206

Chicago, IL 60614

Attention: Mo Garfinkle

Facsimile: (480) 314-0223

With a copy to:

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

77 West Wacker Drive, Suite 3100

Chicago, Illinois 60601

Attention: Andrew R. Cardonick, Esq.

Facsimile No.: (312) 899-0447

or in any case, to such other address as the party addressed shall have previously designated by written notice to the serving party, given in accordance with this Section 9.

10. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and shall be binding upon, the respective successors and assigns of Agent, Senior Lenders, Subordinated Creditor and the Company. To the extent permitted under the Senior Debt Documents, Senior Lenders may, from time to time, without notice to Subordinated Creditor, assign or transfer any or all of the Senior Debt or any interest therein to any Person and, notwithstanding any such assignment or transfer, or any subsequent assignment or transfer, the Senior Debt shall, subject to the terms hereof, be and remain Senior Debt for purposes of this Agreement, and every permitted assignee or transferee of any of the Senior Debt or of any interest therein shall, to the extent of the interest of such permitted assignee or transferee in the Senior Debt, be entitled to rely upon and be the third party beneficiary of the subordination provided under this Agreement and shall be entitled to enforce the terms and provisions hereof to the same extent as if such assignee or transferee were initially a party hereto.

11. Relative Rights. This Agreement shall define the relative rights of Agent, Senior Lenders and Subordinated Creditor. Nothing in this Agreement shall (a) impair, as among the Company, Agent and Senior Lenders and as among the Company and Subordinated Creditor, the obligation of the Company with respect to the payment of the Senior Debt and the Subordinated Debt in accordance with their respective terms or (b) affect the relative rights of Agent, Senior Lenders or Subordinated Creditor with respect to any other creditors of the Company.

 

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12. Conflict. In the event of any conflict between any term, covenant or condition of this Agreement and any term, covenant or condition of any of the Subordinated Debt Documents, the provisions of this Agreement shall control and govern.

13. Headings. The paragraph headings used in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not affect the interpretation of any of the provisions hereof.

14. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed signature page of this Agreement by facsimile transmission or in a pdf or similar electronic file shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.

15. Severability. In the event that any provision of this Agreement is deemed to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable by reason of the operation of any law or by reason of the interpretation placed thereon by any court or governmental authority, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby, and the affected provision shall be modified to the minimum extent permitted by law so as most fully to achieve the intention of this Agreement.

16. Continuation of Subordination; Termination of Agreement. This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect until the Senior Debt is Paid in Full after which this Agreement shall terminate without further action on the part of the parties hereto.

17. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Illinois, without regard to conflicts of law principles, except federal laws relating to national banks.

18. CONSENT TO JURISDICTION. EACH OF SUBORDINATED CREDITOR AND THE COMPANY HEREBY CONSENTS TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY STATE OR FEDERAL COURT LOCATED WITHIN THE COUNTY OF COOK, STATE OF ILLINOIS AND IRREVOCABLY AGREES THAT, SUBJECT TO SENIOR LENDERS’ ELECTION, ALL ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE LITIGATED IN SUCH COURTS. EACH OF SUBORDINATED CREDITOR AND THE COMPANY EXPRESSLY SUBMITS AND CONSENTS TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE AFORESAID COURTS AND WAIVES ANY DEFENSE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS. EACH OF SUBORDINATED CREDITOR AND THE COMPANY HEREBY WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF ANY AND ALL PROCESS AND AGREES THAT ALL SUCH SERVICE OF PROCESS MAY BE MADE UPON IT BY CERTIFIED OR REGISTERED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, ADDRESSED TO SUBORDINATED CREDITOR AND THE COMPANY AT THEIR RESPECTIVE ADDRESSES SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT AND SERVICE SO MADE SHALL BE COMPLETE TEN (10) DAYS AFTER THE SAME

 

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HAS BEEN POSTED. IN ANY LITIGATION, TRIAL, ARBITRATION OR OTHER DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, ALL DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS OF SUBORDINATED CREDITOR, THE COMPANY OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE EMPLOYEES OR MANAGING AGENTS OF SUBORDINATED CREDITOR OR THE COMPANY, AS APPLICABLE, FOR PURPOSES OF ALL APPLICABLE LAW OR COURT RULES REGARDING THE PRODUCTION OF WITNESSES BY NOTICE FOR TESTIMONY (WHETHER IN A DEPOSITION, AT TRIAL OR OTHERWISE). EACH OF SUBORDINATED CREDITOR AND THE COMPANY AGREES THAT AGENT’S OR SENIOR LENDERS’ COUNSEL IN ANY SUCH DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCEEDING MAY EXAMINE ANY OF THESE INDIVIDUALS AS IF UNDER CROSS-EXAMINATION AND THAT ANY DISCOVERY DEPOSITION OF ANY OF THEM MAY BE USED IN THAT PROCEEDING AS IF IT WERE AN EVIDENCE DEPOSITION. EACH OF SUBORDINATED CREDITOR AND THE COMPANY IN ANY EVENT WILL USE ALL COMMERCIALLY REASONABLE EFFORTS TO PRODUCE IN ANY SUCH DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCEEDING, AT THE TIME AND IN THE MANNER REQUESTED BY AGENT OR ANY SENIOR LENDER, ALL PERSONS, DOCUMENTS (WHETHER IN TANGIBLE, ELECTRONIC OR OTHER FORM) OR OTHER THINGS UNDER ITS CONTROL AND RELATING TO THE DISPUTE.

19. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. SUBORDINATED CREDITOR, THE COMPANY, AGENT AND SENIOR LENDERS HEREBY WAIVE THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OF THE SUBORDINATED DEBT DOCUMENTS OR ANY OF THE SENIOR DEBT DOCUMENTS. EACH OF SUBORDINATED CREDITOR, THE COMPANY, AGENT AND SENIOR LENDERS ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THIS WAIVER IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT TO ENTER INTO A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP, THAT EACH HAS RELIED ON THE WAIVER IN ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE SENIOR DEBT DOCUMENTS AND THAT EACH WILL CONTINUE TO RELY ON THE WAIVER IN THEIR RELATED FUTURE DEALINGS. EACH OF SUBORDINATED CREDITOR, THE COMPANY, AGENT AND SENIOR LENDERS WARRANTS AND REPRESENTS THAT EACH HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY OF REVIEWING THIS JURY WAIVER WITH LEGAL COUNSEL, AND THAT EACH KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS.

[Signatures Immediately Follow]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Subordinated Creditor, the Company, Agent and Senior Lenders have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first above written.

 

SUBORDINATED CREDITORS:
GKS FUNDING LLC
By:  

 

Name:  

 

Title:  

 

SUSAN A. STONE
By:  

 

ROGER STONE
By:  

 

 

Signature Page to Subordination Agreement


COMPANY:
AGRITECH WORLDWIDE, INC.
By:  

 

Name:  

 

Title:  

 

 

Signature Page to Subordination Agreement


AGENT AND SENIOR LENDERS:
GKS FUNDING LLC, as Agent and a Senior Lender
By:  

 

 

Signature Page to Subordination Agreement