Document:

Blue Sphere Corporation 8-K

Exhibit 10.4

 

PLEDGE
AGREEMENT

 

This
PLEDGE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is dated as of December 23,
2015, by and between Blue Sphere Corporation, a Nevada corporation (the “Company” or “Pledgor”), and the
undersigned investor (the “Pledgee”).

 

WHEREAS,
the Company and Pledgee are executing and delivering this Agreement in connection with a Subscription Agreement, dated as of the
date hereof (as such may be amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “SPA”), pursuant to which
the Company shall issue to the Secured Party a certain Senior Debenture and (the “Debenture”) and a Warrants to purchase
shares of the Company’s common stock (“Warrants”, together with the Debenture and the SPA, the “Transaction
Documents”) as part of the Company’s Three Million Dollar ($3,000,000.00) offering (the “Offering”);

 

WHEREAS,
the Pledgor owns 100 ordinary shares of Eastern Sphere Ltd., a company formed and existing under the laws of Israel (“Eastern
Sphere”), representing 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of Eastern Sphere; and

 

WHEREAS,
it is a condition precedent to the closing of the Offering, or a portion thereof, that the parties enter into this Agreement.

 

NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and other agreements contained in this Agreement, the Company and Subscriber
hereby agree as follows:

 

1.            Defined
Terms.

 

(a)          Capitalized
terms defined in the Transaction Documents and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Transaction
Documents.

 

		(b)	As
                                         used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:

 

“Event
of Default” has the meaning given to such term in Section 12 hereof.

 

“Obligations”
means the payment and performance of (a) the outstanding principal amount under the Debenture, (b) all accrued and unpaid
interest on the Debenture, and (c) all other debts, obligations, liabilities, agreements or covenants of the Grantor under
or in connection with the Debenture.

 

“Pledged
Shares” means 49 ordinary shares of Eastern Sphere, representing forty-nine percent (49%) of its issued and outstanding
shares, owned by the Company, including all rights attached thereto.

 

“Security
Interest” has the meaning given to such term in Section 2 of this Agreement.

 

“UCC”
means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of Nevada, or in any other state whose laws are
held to govern this Agreement or any portion hereof.

 

(c)           Terms
Defined in Uniform Commercial Code. All other terms used in this Agreement that are not specifically defined in this Agreement
or the Transaction Documents shall have the meaning assigned to such terms in the UCC to the extent such other terms are defined
therein.

 

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(d)           Singular/Plural,
Etc. Unless the context of this Agreement otherwise clearly requires, references to the plural include the singular, references
to the singular include the plural and “or” has the inclusive meaning represented by the phrase “and/or.”
The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase
“without limitation.” The words “hereof,” “herein,” “hereunder,” and similar terms
in this Agreement refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement. References to Sections
are references to Sections in this Agreement unless otherwise provided.

 

2.          Pledge.
As security for the payment and performance of all of the Obligations, the Pledgor hereby grants, pledges, hypothecates, assigns
and transfers to the Pledgee a security interest (the “Security Interest”) in all of the Pledgor’s right, title
and interest in and to the Pledged Shares.

 

3.            Registrar.
The Pledgor will file the Pledge with the Registrar of Chattel Mortgages in Jerusalem concurrently with the execution hereof and
deliver to Pledgee copies of the Register showing that the pledge has been duly recorded.

 

4.            Warranties
and Covenants. The Pledgor makes the following warranties and covenants:

 

(a)          The
                                         Pledgor has title to the Pledged Shares, free of all Liens except the Security Interest.

 

 

(b)          The
Pledgor has full power and authority to execute this Agreement, to perform the Pledgor’s obligations hereunder and to subject
the Pledged Shares to the Security Interest created hereby.

 

(c)           No
financing statement covering all or any part of the Pledged Shares is on file in any public office (except for any financing statements
filed by the Pledgee).

 

(d)          The
Pledged Shares have been duly authorized and validly issued by Eastern Sphere, Ltd. thereof and are fully paid and non-assessable.
The Pledged Shares are not subject to any offset or similar right or claim of the issuer thereof.

 

(e)           The
Pledgor has the legal capacity, power and authority and the legal right to execute and deliver, and to perform its obligations
under this Agreement and has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize such execution, delivery and performance.

 

(f)            This
Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Pledgor enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as
enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement
of creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles (whether enforcement is sought by proceedings in equity
or at law).

 

(g)           The
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement will not (i) violate any provision of any law, statute, rule or regulation
or any order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination or award of any court, governmental agency or arbitrator presently
in effect having applicability to the Pledgor, or (ii) result in a breach of or constitute a default under any indenture, loan
or credit agreement or any other agreement, lease or instrument to which the Pledgor is a party or by which it or any of its properties
may be bound or result in the creation of any Lien thereunder (other than in favor of the Pledgee). The Pledgor is not in default
under or in violation of any such law, statute, rule or regulation, order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination or
award or any such indenture, loan or credit agreement or other agreement, lease or instrument in any case in which the consequences
of such default or violation could have a material adverse effect on the properties, assets or condition (financial or otherwise)
of the Pledgor.

 

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(h)           Except
for filings, recordings and registrations to perfect the Security Interest, no order, consent, approval, license, authorization
or validation of, or filing, recording or registration with, or exemption by, any governmental or public body or authority is
required on the part of the Pledgor to authorize, or is required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of,
or the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability of, this Agreement.

 

(i)            Except
as disclosed in writing to the Pledgee, there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Pledgor,
threatened against or affecting the Pledgor or any of its properties before any court or arbitrator, or any governmental department,
board, agency or other instrumentality which, if determined adversely to the Pledgor could reasonably be expected to have a material
adverse effect on the business, operations, property or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Pledgor or on the ability of
the Pledgor to perform its obligations hereunder.

 

(j)            The
Pledgee will have a first ranking security interest in and to the Pledged Shares.

 

(k)           The
Obligations, for so long as outstanding under the Debenture, shall rank senior to all other indebtedness and liabilities of the
Pledgor but subordinate to all indebtedness and liabilities of the Pledgor’s subsidiaries and project level operating entities
in which the Pledgor holds an equity interest.

 

5.            Further
Assurances. The Pledgor agrees that at any time and from time to time, at its own expense, it will promptly execute and deliver
all further instruments and documents, and take all further action that may be necessary or that the Pledgee may reasonably request,
in order to perfect and protect the Security Interest or to enable the Pledgee to exercise and enforce its rights and remedies
hereunder with respect to the Pledged Shares (but any failure to request or assure that the Pledgor execute and deliver such instruments
or documents or to take such action shall not affect or impair the validity, sufficiency or enforceability of this Agreement and
the Security Interest, regardless of whether any such item was or was not executed and delivered or action taken in a similar
context or on a prior occasion). The Pledgor hereby authorizes the Pledgee to file one or more financing statements or continuation
statements in respect thereof, and amendments thereto, relating to all or any part of the Pledged Shares.

 

6.            Voting
Power, Dividends, and Default. Unless and until an Event of Default has occurred, Pledgor shall have the right to exercise
all voting, consensual, and other powers of ownership pertaining to the Pledged Shares and Pledgor shall receive any dividends
or distributions on the Pledged Shares, except as provided in the Debenture. If any Event of Default shall occur, then the Pledgee
may take whatever action Pledgee determines in accordance with the Law in Israel in order to collect the outstanding Obligations.

 

8.            Taxes
and Claims. The Pledgor will promptly pay all taxes and other governmental charges levied or assessed upon or against any
Pledged Shares or upon or against the creation, perfection or continuance of the Security Interest, as well as all other claims
of any kind against or with respect to the Collateral, except to the extent (a) such taxes, charges or claims are being contested
in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (b) such proceedings do not involve any material danger of the sale, forfeiture or loss
of any of the Pledged Shares or any interest therein and (c) such taxes, charges or claims are adequately reserved against on
the Pledgor’s books in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

 

10.          Pledgee
May Perform. If the Pledgor fails to perform any agreement contained herein, the Pledgee may itself perform, or cause performance
of, such agreement, and the reasonable expenses of the Pledgee incurred in connection therewith shall be payable by the Pledgor.

 

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11.          The
Pledgee’s Duties. The powers conferred on the Pledgee hereunder are solely to protect its interest in the Pledged Shares
and shall not impose any duty upon it to exercise any such powers.

 

12.          Remedies
upon Default The Pledgee’s recourse in an Event of Default shall be the foreclosure of such a number of Pledged Shares
representing at the time of their foreclosure value equal to the outstanding Obligations at that time by the exercise of this
Pledge in accordance with the Laws of Israel. In addition, Pledgee may exercise any other right or remedy the Pledgee may have
pursuant to the Transaction Documents, but in no event may Pledgee collect in total more than the outstanding Obligation owed
to Pledgee at that time. Pledgee shall submit written notice of its intention to exercise the Pledge as aforementioned to the
Pledgor and Pledgor shall have the right to cure any Event of Default by payment in full of any sums then due, whether by acceleration
or otherwise, within ten (10) days of receipt of such notice. In the event that Pledgor does not cure such Event of Default within
the aforementioned period, the Pledgee may take whatever action it deems fit in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

  

13.          Costs
and Expenses; Indemnity. The Pledgor will pay or reimburse the Pledgee on demand for all out-of-pocket expenses (including
in each case all filing and recording fees and taxes and all reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and of any experts and agents)
incurred by the Pledgee in connection with the creation, perfection, protection, satisfaction, foreclosure or enforcement of the
Security Interest and the preparation, administration, continuance, amendment or enforcement of this Agreement, and all such costs
and expenses shall be part of the Obligations secured by the Security Interest. The Pledgor shall indemnify and hold the Pledgee
harmless from and against any and all claims, losses and liabilities (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) growing out
of or resulting from this Agreement (including enforcement of this Agreement) or the Pledgee’s actions pursuant hereto,
except that no Person shall be indemnified with respect to claims, losses or liabilities resulting from the Pledgee’s gross
negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. Any liability of the
Pledgor to indemnify and hold the Pledgee harmless pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be part of the Obligations secured
by the Security Interest. The obligations of the Pledgor under this Section 17 shall survive any termination of this Agreement.
Furthermore, if and to the extent that any of the foregoing agreements described in this Section 17 may be unenforceable for any
reason, the Pledgor agrees to make the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of such liabilities that is permissible
under applicable law.

 

14.         Waivers;
Remedies; Marshaling. This Agreement can be waived, modified, amended, terminated or discharged, and the Security Interest
can be released, only explicitly in a writing signed by the Pledgee and/or the party sought to be charged with any such amendment
or modification. A waiver so signed shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose given. Mere
delay or failure to act shall not preclude the exercise or enforcement of any rights and remedies available to the Pledgee. All
rights and remedies of the Pledgee shall be cumulative and may be exercised singly in any order or sequence, or concurrently,
at the Pledgee’s option, and the exercise or enforcement of any such right or remedy shall neither be a condition to nor
bar the exercise or enforcement of any other. The Pledgor hereby waives all requirements of law, if any, relating to the marshaling
of assets which would be applicable in connection with the enforcement by the Pledgee of its remedies hereunder, absent this waiver.

 

15.          Notices.
Any notice or other communication to any party in connection with this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be sent by manual
delivery, telegram, telex, facsimile transmission (with machine or oral confirmation of delivery), overnight courier or United
States mail (postage prepaid) addressed to such party at the address specified on the signature page hereof, or at such other
address as such party shall have specified to the other party hereto in writing delivered as required as required under this Section
19. All periods of notice shall be measured from the date of delivery thereof if manually delivered, from the date of sending
thereof if sent by telegram, telex or facsimile transmission (with machine or oral confirmation of delivery), from the first business
day after the date of sending if sent by overnight courier, or from four days after the date of mailing if mailed.

 

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16.         Pledgor
Acknowledgments. The Pledgor hereby acknowledges that (a) the Pledgor has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution
and delivery of this Agreement, (b) the Pledgee does not have a fiduciary relationship to the Pledgor, the relationship being
solely that of debtor and creditor, and (c) no joint venture exists between the Pledgor and the Pledgee.

 

17.         Continuing
Security Interest; Assignments under Loan Agreement. This Agreement shall (a) create a continuing security interest in
the Pledged Shares and shall remain in full force and effect until payment in full of the Obligations and the expiration or termination
of the obligations, if any, of the Pledgee to extend credit accommodations to the Borrower, (b) be binding upon the Pledgor, its
successors and assigns, and (c) be enforceable by the Pledgee and shall inure to the benefit of the Pledgee’s successors,
transferees, and assigns. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing clause (c), the Pledgee may assign or otherwise transfer
all or any portion of its rights and obligations under the Loan Agreement to any other Persons to the extent and in the manner
provided in the Loan Agreement and may similarly transfer all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to such Persons.

 

18.          Termination
of Security Interest. Upon payment in full of the Obligations, the security interest granted hereby shall terminate and all
rights to the Pledged Shares shall revert to the Pledgor.

 

19.         Law
Governing this Agreement and Disputes. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of Nevada without regard to principles of conflicts of laws; provided, however, that any matter relating to the registration
of the Pledge, as provided herein, or the enforcement of the Pledge in Israel, shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of Israel. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE, AND AGREES NOT TO REQUEST,
A JURY TRIAL FOR THE ADJUDICATION OF ANY DISPUTE HEREUNDER OR IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR
ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. 

 

The
parties to this Agreement shall submit all disputes arising under this Debenture to arbitration in New York, New York before a
single arbitrator of the American Arbitration Association (the “AAA”). The arbitrator shall be selected by
application of the rules of the AAA, or by mutual agreement of the parties, except that such arbitrator shall be an attorney admitted
to practice law in the State of New York. No party hereto will challenge the jurisdiction or venue provisions as provided in this
section. Nothing in this section shall limit the Subscriber’s right to obtain an injunction for a breach of this Agreement
from a court of law. Any injunction obtained shall remain in full force and effect until the arbitrator fully adjudicates the
dispute.

 

20.          Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an
original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

 

21.         General.
All representations and warranties contained in this Agreement, any other Loan Document to which the Pledgor is a party or in
any other agreement between the Pledgor and the Pledgee shall survive the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement
and the creation and payment of the Obligations. The Pledgor waives notice of the acceptance of this Agreement by the Pledgee.
Captions in this Agreement are for reference and convenience only and shall not affect the interpretation or meaning of any provision
of this Agreement.

 

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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Pledgor has caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by its officer thereunto duly authorized
as of the date first above written.

 

	THE COMPANY:	 
	 	 
	BLUE SPHERE CORPORATION	 
	 	 
	By:	 	 
	Name:	Shlomi Palas	 
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer	 
	 	 		 

	THE PLEDGEE:	 	 
	 	 	 
	Principal Amount of Debenture	:	$ 		  (USD)

 

	Name of Pledgee	:	 	 
	 	 	 
	 		 
	 	(signature)	 

 

	 	By:	 	 
	 	Title:		 
	 	Dated:	 	, 2015ex10a.htm

Exhibit (10)(a)

Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption “Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm” in Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the 1933 Act Registration Statement (Form N-4 No. 333-193276) and Amendment No. 321 to the 1940 Act Registration Statement (Form N-4 No. 811-09763), and to the use therein of our reports dated (a) April 1, 2015, with respect to the financial statements of Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York and (b) April 8, 2015, with respect to the financial statements of Lincoln New York Account N for Variable Annuities for the registration of interests in a separate account under individual flexible payment deferred variable annuity contracts.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

December 23, 2015

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