Merrill Lynch Loan Management Account® Agreement
Exhibit
99.1
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx Loan Management Account® Agreement
1.
The Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Loan Management Account®
This
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx Loan Management Account Agreement (as amended, modified or supplemented
from time to time,
the
“Agreement”) establishes the terms and conditions that govern the Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Loan Management Account
(“LMA®”)
with Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Bank USA (“Bank”). Except as provided below, the LMA is an
uncommitted revolving line
of
credit
account. This Agreement will become effective when Bank notifies the Borrower
(defined below) that the
LMA
has been
approved or in any event, upon Bank’s approval of Borrower’s first Advance (as
defined herein)
hereunder.
This Agreement also includes all applications, approval letters, and any other
documents or agreements
identified
by
the Bank as being part of, or subject to, this Agreement.
2.
The Parties
This
Agreement is between the person(s) who signs the LMA application or Agreement
as
the borrower or coborrower
(collectively,
the “Borrower”), and Bank, which is the lender. Other parties include any person
who is
providing
a
lien and security interest in the Securities Account (defined below) and other
collateral described below
(Borrower
and/or any person providing this lien and security interest is the “Pledgor”),
Xxxxxxx Lynch, Pierce, Xxxxxx &
Xxxxx
Incorporated (“MLPF&S”), Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Bank & Trust Company, FSB
(“MLTC”), if applicable, and any person
who
guarantees the payment of Borrower’s Obligations (as defined herein) under this
Agreement (“Guarantor” and
together
with
the Borrower and Pledgor, collectively, the “Loan Parties” and individually, a
“Loan Party”). For
purposes
of
this Agreement, the defined term “MLTC” shall only refer to MLTC in its capacity
as a custodian of the
Securities
Account and not in any capacity as a Loan Party for any purposes
hereunder.
3.
Advances
Borrower
may
request a loan advance (“Advance”) at any time. Subject to the terms and
conditons of this
Agreement,
Bank commits to make Advances in an aggregate amount that the Bank may, in
its
sole discretion,
approve
in a
notice provided to Borrower, which committed amount, in any event, shall not
exceed $100,000
(“Committed
Amount”); provided, however, that all business and commercial loans will be
uncommitted unless
otherwise
advised to Borrower by Bank. Bank does not commit to make Advances in excess
of
the Committed
Amounts.
Each
Advance up to the Committed Amount shall be made with no requirement of
additional credit
information
from any Loan Party.. Bank’s obligation to provide Advances up to the Committed
Amount is subject to
(a)
no
occurrence or existence of a Remedy Event (as defined herein) or demand by
bank,
(b) the right of Bank,
MLPF&S,
and MLTC to exercise all of their respective rights and remedies under this
Agreement, any other
agreement,
and applicable law, (c) all obligations of each Loan Party to provide indemnity
under Section 11 of this
Agreement,
and (d) all of the rights of Bank, MLPF&S, and MLTC with respect to the
Securities Account (defined
below)
under
this Agreement, any other Agreement or applicable law. In the case of a request
for an Advance in
excess
of the
Committed Amount, Bank may, in its sole discretion, provide the requested
Advance. Bank may
provide
Advances in any manner it agrees to from time to time including but not limited
to checks drawn on the LMA,
wire
transfers, and letters of credit. Advances will be subject to the additional
terms contained in any written notice or
confirmations
given by Bank.
Bank
generally will not provide Advances and/or issue Letters of Credit that, in
the
aggregate, cause the total
principal
Obligations of the Loan Parties to exceed the Maximum Amount established by
Bank, but Bank reserves the
right
to do
so in its sole discretion. The “Maximum Amount” is the highest amount of credit
that may be available
under
the LMA
on any given date based on the value of the collateral in the Securities Account
(defined below). The
Obligations
of the Loan Parties are, collectively, all of the indebtedness, liabilities
and
Obligations of the Loan Parties
to
Bank under
this Agreement and under any other agreement, instrument or document executed
in
connection
herewith
and
include, without limitation, any Advances, interest, facility fees,
reimbursement obligations and fees with
respect
to
any letters of credit, and any other fees, costs and expenses now or hereafter
payable by the Loan Parties
to
Bank under
this Agreement and the agreements, instruments and documents executed in
connection with this
Agreement.
References in this agreement to “total principal Obligations” or to “principal
Obligations” shall mean an
amount
equal
to the sum of the principal amount of all Advances then outstanding, plus to
the
total amount of all
letters
of
credit then outstanding, and any letter of credit fees with respect to any
such
letters of credit. Subject to the
above
provisions regarding the Committed Amount, because each Advance is made in
the
sole discretion of Bank,
the
Maximum
Amount (in excess of the Committed Amount) does not constitute a loan
commitment. Subject to the
above
provisions regarding the Committed Amount, if Bank does not honor a request
for
an Advance for any reason,
whether
or
not the Advance would cause the LMA to exceed the Maximum Amount, Bank may
advise the holder of
any
check
relating to the Advance or any other person that there are insufficient funds
in
the LMA. If Bank makes an
Advance
that
exceeds the Maximum Amount, this will not preclude Bank from demanding repayment
of that amount
(in
whole or
in part) or from refusing to make additional Advances in excess of the Maximum
Amount.
Letters of credit shall be subject to Bank’s standard terms and conditions set forth in the letter of credit application
form
and any
associated agreement. Those terms and conditions are part of this Agreement.
Each letter of credit
must
be in an
amount not less than $200,000, however, Bank may in its discretion issue letters
of credit in smaller
amounts.
Upon
the issuance of any letter of credit by Bank, Bank’s commitment to make Advances
up to the
Committed
Amount shall automatically be decreased by the amount of such letter of credit
for so long as such letter
of
credit is
outstanding. If any person seeks to restrain payment of or drawing under a
letter of credit, or any court
extends
the
term of a letter of credit or takes any action that has a similar effect, then
Borrower shall provide Bank
with
additional collateral satisfactory to Bank. Each Loan Party pledges and grants
to Bank a lien and security
interest
in
all claims in respect of any transaction underlying any letter of
credit.
Bank,
MLPF&S, MLTC and Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Group shall have no liability for any actual,
consequential, or other damages
by
reason of
Bank’s refusal or failure to make any Advance, and each Loan Party hereby
acknowledges and agrees
that
none of
Bank, MLPF&S, MLTC and Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Group have any fiduciary duties to any
Loan Party under this
Agreement.
The “Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Group” means Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Co., Inc. and any of its
subsidiaries.
4.
Types of Advances; Finance Charges
Bank
offers
three types of Advances, which are Variable Rate Advances, Fixed Rate Advances,
and Term Advances.
Unless
Borrower specifies otherwise at the time of the Advance and the Bank in its
sole
discretion agrees to such
request,
all
Advances will be made as Variable Rate Advances. All reimbursement obligations
relating to letters of
credit
that
are not paid immediately shall be automatically treated as Variable Rate
Advances.
Variable
Rate
Advances bear finance charges at a variable rate of interest. The interest
rate
will adjust on Monday of
each
week and
will be equal to the LIBOR Rate in effect as of the preceding Friday plus the
Spread. The “LIBOR
Rate”
means
the one month rate expressed as per annum rate at which deposits in U.S. dollars
are offered in
London,
England to prime banks in the London Interbank market as displayed on Telerate
Screen page 3750 as of
11:00
a.m.
(London time) on such Friday (or, if such Friday is not a Business Day, then
on
the preceding Business
Day).
Telerate Screen page 3750 means the display designated as page 3750 on the
Dow
Xxxxx Telerate Service or
such
other
page(s) that replace Page 3750. If such rate does not appear on Telerate Screen
page 3750 or any
replacement
page(s) on any relevant date, then LIBOR Rate means the LIBOR Rate as published
in The Wall Street
Journal
“Money Rates” table (or any successor or replacement format) on such
relevant date. The “Spread” is the
number
of
percentage points stated in the applicable notice or confirmation given by
Bank.
After the first anniversary
of
the date
this Agreement becomes effective, Bank may change the Spread in Bank’s
discretion upon at least 30
days
notice
of any such change. A “Business Day” is a day on which Bank is open for
business; provided that, with
respect
to
Advances bearing finance charges at the LIBOR Rate, “Business Day” means a day
on which deposits in
U.S.
dollars
and any other relevant currency may be dealt in on the London Interbank Market
and the Bank is open
for
business.
All accrued finance charges, fees and other charges on any Variable Rate Advance
will be due and
payable
upon
the earlier of demand or on the first Business Day of the month following the
end of each billing cycle,
and
any such
amount not paid when due or upon demand shall become a Variable Rate
Advance.
Fixed
Rate
Advances bear finance charges at a fixed rate of interest equal to the Fixed
Rate Advance Index plus the
Spread.
At
Bank’s sole discretion, Borrower may convert a Variable Rate Advance to a Fixed
Rate Advance. A
Fixed
Rate
Advance must be for at least $100,000 and will have a specific interest rate
set
for a term of 1, 2, 3, 6, 9
or
12 months
that is called the Fixed Rate Period. The interest rate, the Fixed Rate Advance
Index, the Spread, and
the
Fixed
Rate Period (absent demand) will all be stated in the applicable notice or
confirmation given by Bank. Each
Fixed
Rate
Advance, together with all accrued finance charges, fees and other charges,
will
be due and payable
upon
the
earlier of demand or on the last day of the Fixed Rate Period. Upon the last
day
of the Fixed Rate Period,
the
Fixed
Rate Advance, together with all accrued finance charges, fees and other charges,
will either, at the Bank’s
discretion,
be renewed as a Fixed Rate Advance for the same period or convert to a Variable
Rate Advance except,
at
Bank’s
discretion, Borrower may renew the Advance for another Fixed Rate Period if
Borrower’s renewal request is
received
not
later than 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time, three Business Days prior to the last day
of
the terminating Fixed
Rate
Period.
The renewal must state the renewal date (which is the last day of the maturing
Fixed Rate Period), the
amount
of the
Fixed Rate Advance to be renewed, and the length of the renewal Fixed Rate
Period. Any Fixed Rate
Advance
that
is neither renewed nor paid when due or upon demand shall become, together
with
all accrued finance
charges,
a
Variable Rate Advance.
Term
Advances
bear finance charges at a fixed rate of interest equal to the Term Advance
Index
plus the Spread. At
Bank’s
discretion, Borrower may convert a Variable Rate Advance to a Term Advance.
A
Term Advance must be for
at
least
$100,000 and will have a specific interest rate set for a term of 12 months
or
more that is called the Term
Period.
All
accrued finance charges on the Term Advance will be due and payable upon the
earlier of (a) demand, or
(b)
monthly,
quarterly, semi-annually, or annually, as required by Bank. The interest rate,
the Term Advance Index,
the Spread, the Term Period, and the payment schedule (absent demand) for accrued finance charges will all be
the Spread, the Term Period, and the payment schedule (absent demand) for accrued finance charges will all be
stated
in the
applicable notice or confirmation given by Bank. Each Term Advance, together
with all accrued finance
charges,
fees
and other charges, will be due and payable upon the earlier of demand or on
the
last day of the Term
Period.
Any
Term Advance that is not paid when due or upon demand shall become, together
with all accrued
finance
charges, fees and other charges, a Variable Rate Advance.
Bank
will
calculate the finance charges on each Advance as follows. The finance charge
for
each day of the billing
period
will
be calculated by multiplying the daily balance of that Advance for that day
by
the applicable rate of interest
in
effect
that day, and dividing the resulting amount by 360. The sum of the finance
charges, as so calculated, for
each
day of
the billing period will be equal to the total finance charges for that Advance
for the billing period. The
daily
balance
for each day is equal to the beginning principal balance of the Advance for
that
day, plus all new
Advances
taken that day, less any payments or credits that are applied to reduce the
outstanding balance of the
Advance.
Finance
charges and other fees and charges due under this Agreement that are not paid
at
the end of a billing cycle
will
become a
Variable Rate Advance and will thereafter bear additional finance charges at
the
applicable interest
rates
until
the Advance is paid in full. The interest calculation as described above may
result in compounding of
interest.
5.
Promise to Pay; Demand; Payments; Other Fees and
Charges
Borrower
agrees to pay to Bank all Advances, regardless of the form in which they are
obtained, plus all finance
charges,
other fees and charges and all other amounts payable under this
Agreement.
All
amounts due from Borrower to Bank under this Agreement are payable immediately
on Bank’s demand
and
Bank may demand payment at any time even if no Remedy Event has occurred or
is
in existence. Bank
may
require the immediate payment of all or any portion of the balance of the LMA
and exercise its remedies
in
connection therewith, upon demand and without prior
notice.
Even
if Bank
has not demanded payment, a Fixed Rate Advance or Term Advance will be due
at
the end of its
respective
Fixed Rate Period or Term Period together with any and all accrued and unpaid
finance charges, fees and
other
charges. If a Fixed Rate Advance or Term Advance is repaid prior to the
conclusion of its Fixed Rate Period or
Term
Period,
whether voluntarily, as a prepayment, or involuntarily as the result of Bank’s
exercise of any remedy
under
this
Agreement, Borrower will pay Bank a Breakage Fee as stated in the Fee Schedule
to Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Loan
Management
Account Agreement (“Fee Schedule”) at the time of such
repayment.
Borrower
agrees to pay Bank all other fees and charges stated in the attached Fee
Schedule in the amounts and at
the
times
stated in that Fee Schedule.
If
there is
more than one Borrower, each is jointly and severally liable under this
Agreement, regardless of any
divorce,
separation or other legal proceedings, or any agreement to the contrary. Each
Borrower is fully responsible
for
all
credit extended hereunder. Each Borrower may obtain Advances to the full extent
allowed by this Agreement.
Any
Borrower
may request Bank to cease making Advances by sending Bank a written notice
to
that effect. The
request
will
not release or otherwise affect the Bank’s interest in the Collateral. Upon the
Bank’s acceptance of the
request,
Bank
shall have no obligation to make any additional Advances (including, without
limitation, Advances up to
the
Committed
Amount) to any Borrower or to issue any letters of credit for the benefit of
any
Borrower, but shall be
entitled
to
convert any interest and other fees and charges due under this Agreement that
are not paid at the end of a
billing
cycle
into a Variable Rate Advance as provided by this Agreement. In its discretion,
Bank may not reinstate
Advance
privileges until each Borrower has consented in writing to the
same.
Payments
shall be subject to any additional terms set forth in any written notice or
confirmation, or as otherwise
required
by
Bank. Each reimbursement obligation relating to a letter of credit will be
due
on the same day that the
corresponding
letter of credit draft is honored by Bank. In addition to Borrower’s obligations
under any letter of credit
application
and related agreement pertaining to one or more letters of credit issued by
Bank, Borrower agrees to
immediately
reimburse Bank for all drafts or claims drawn under or made in connection with
any letter of credit and
any
fees,
charges and expenses related thereto.
Pledgor
may,
at its option and in its sole discretion, elect to enter into an agreement
pursuant to which payments due
under
this
Agreement may be debited from the Securities Account (defined below) or from
any
other account
maintained
by
Pledgor with MLPF&S or any other member of the Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Group (other
than MLTC). Each Loan
Party
acknowledges that Borrower’s receipt of the LMA was not conditioned upon an
agreement to make payments
by
means of
such debits. In the event that a payment is not made by such a debit for any
reason, Borrower shall
make
the
payment on the date due, without offset or counterclaim, in immediately
available funds, to Bank in
accordance
with the wire transfer instructions provided by Bank from time to
time.
All
payments
shall be made in U.S. dollars in immediately available funds. Any payment
received after 2:00 p.m.
Eastern
Time,
on a particular day, shall be deemed received on the following Business
Day.
All
payments
relating to an Advance shall be applied, as applicable, first to any Breakage
Fees due, second to other
fees
and
charges due, third to finance charges due, and last to reduce the outstanding
principal balance of the
Advance.
All
payments shall be net of any taxes or duties. If more than one Advance is
outstanding, payments shall
be
applied to
the Advances in such order as Bank determines in its sole
discretion.
All
payments
required under this Agreement shall be made free and clear and without deduction
for any taxes, levies,
imposts,
deductions, charges, withholds or liabilities. If any Loan Party is required
by
law to deduct any taxes in
connection
with any amounts payable under this Agreement, the amount payable shall be
increased so that after
making
any
required deductions, Bank will receive an amount equal to the amount it
otherwise would have received.
6.
Security Interest
As
security
for the performance of Borrower’s Obligations and those of any Guarantor and/or
other Pledgor under this
Agreement,
Pledgor hereby assigns, transfers, grants and conveys to Bank a continuing,
first priority lien and security
interest
in
all of its right, title and interest in all of its securities accounts
(collectively, the “Securities Account”)
(including
all financial assets from time to time held in the Securities Account(s))
established at MLPF&S and/or
MLTC
that
have been designated by Pledgor as the collateral for the LMA herein, in one
or
more applications for the
LMA
or
otherwise in writing, as well as all of Pledgor’s right, title and interest in
and to all monies, debts, claims,
securities,
securities entitlements, financial assets, investment property and other
property deposited by Pledgor with
or
owed or
owing to Pledgor by Bank or any member of the Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Group. Pledgor
may,
by notice to Bank or
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx
Group, grant Bank a lien and security interest in additional Securities Accounts
established with
MLPF&S
and/or MLTC. Bank’s, MLPF&S’ and MLTC’s records relating to the LMA shall be
conclusive evidence that
the
Securities Accounts are subject to Bank’s lien and security interest under this
Agreement. Bank’s lien and
security
interest also includes all proceeds of the foregoing, and all proceeds of
proceeds. All references in this
Agreement
to
the “Securities Account” shall include all such Securities Accounts. Terms used
herein that are defined
in
the
Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York (the “UCC”) shall
have the meanings assigned
to
them in
the UCC. Pledgor will take all actions that Bank requests or that are reasonably
necessary to assure that
Bank
has a
continuing perfected first priority lien and security interest in all Securities
Accounts. MLPF&S, MLTC
and/or
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Group will identify Bank’s lien and security interest in its
records for the Securities Account.
If
the
Securities Account is managed by a trustee of a trust and/or an investment
manager, the trustee and/or
investment
manager to whom discretionary investment authority is delegated may, to the
extent permitted by the trust
or
relevant
advisory agreement pertaining to the investment management of such Securities
Account (“Advisory
Agreement”)
execute transactions in the Securities Account so long as all securities and
other financial assets that
are
purchased, and the proceeds of sales, are credited to the Securities Account;
and Bank may allow the trustee
and/or
investment manager discretion to determine which financial assets shall be
sold
in the event Bank elects to
liquidate
the
financial assets in the Securities Account, so long as the trustee and/or
investment manager acts
promptly
to
facilitate the liquidation. If a Notice of Exclusive Control (described below)
is delivered, Bank may in its
sole
discretion elect to terminate the ability of the trustee and/or investment
manager to execute transactions in the
Securities
Account.
Pledgor
agrees to maintain financial assets in the Securities Account that have a value
at least equal to the amount
required
by
Bank from time to time (the “Maintenance Requirement”). The Maintenance
Requirement shall be
determined
by
Bank in its sole discretion. In its sole discretion, Bank shall determine from
time to time the types of
financial
assets that may be maintained in the Securities Account and used as collateral
under this Agreement. Free
credit
balances in the Securities Account may be deposited in such accounts as Bank
may
permit from time to time.
Bank
may
provide MLPF&S and/or MLTC with entitlement orders or other instructions
with respect to the Securities
Account
at
any time. MLPF&S and/or MLTC shall comply with any instructions received
from Bank without the
consent
of
any Loan Party or any other person. MLPF&S and MLTC are not under any duty
to inquire as to the basis
for
such
instructions. Each Loan Party acknowledges that Bank has ultimate control over
all instructions made with
respect
to
the Securities Account and if there is a conflict between the instructions
Bank
and Pledgor give to MLPF&S
and/or
MLTC
with respect to the Securities Account, Bank’s instructions will prevail. Bank
is entitled to receive
duplicates
of
any and all notices, confirmations and statements of account for the Securities
Account. MLPF&S
and/or
MLTC
are each authorized to provide Bank with any and all information in its
possession or control relating to
the
Securities Account and to provide Bank with on-line access to its systems
relating to the Securities Account.
Neither
MLPF&S nor MLTC has entered into a control agreement with respect to the
Securities Account with any
other
person
other than Bank and each agrees that it will not do so while this Agreement
is
in effect.
So
long as
Bank has not delivered a Notice of Exclusive Control, MLPF&S and/or MLTC may
comply with trading
instructions
from Pledgor (including any authorized agent) as well as any investment manager
without further consent
by
Bank and
Pledgor is permitted to receive all interest and regular cash dividends earned
on assets in the Securities
Account
monthly but only if in each case the value of the financial assets in the
Securities Account continues to
satisfy
Bank’s Maintenance Requirement. MLPF&S and/or MLTC may complete and execute
transactions in the
Securities
Account initiated by Pledgor (including but not limited to Visa card purchases
and cash advances,
electronic
funds transfers, Fedwires, and check writing) if the value of the financial
assets remaining in the Securities
Account
continue to satisfy Bank’s Maintenance Requirement. Pledgor may also purchase,
sell or substitute financial
assets
in the
Securities Account if the value of the financial assets remaining in the
Securities Account continues to
satisfy
Bank’s Maintenance Requirement. Pledgor also agrees that transactions made in
the Securities Account may
be
disregarded or reversed if the transaction would result in a breach of this
Agreement. If there is a trustee and/or
an
investment
manager (or authorized agent appointed by Pledgor) with respect to the
Securities Account, Bank
agrees
that
periodic payment of normal trustee, advisory and service fees from assets in
the
Securities Account to
the
trustee
and/or investment manager or agent are permitted without Bank’s consent so long
as no Loan Party is in
breach
of
this Agreement.
In
the Bank’s
sole discretion and in any event when a Remedy Event has occurred or is in
existence, Bank may at
any
time
notify MLPF&S and/or MLTC, orally or in writing, of its exclusive control in
the Securities Account (such
notice,
“Notice of Exclusive Control”). MLPF&S and MLTC thereafter shall prohibit
Pledgor from executing any
transactions
in the Securities Account. To the extent possible, MLPF&S and MLTC shall
each use reasonable efforts
to
terminate
transactions pending in the Securities Account at the time it receives the
notice, however, either of
MLPF&S’s
or MLTC‘s failure to terminate any such transactions shall not result in any
liability whatsoever to MLPF&S
or
MLTC, as
the case may be. Neither MLPF&S nor MLTC will be liable to Bank for
complying with instructions from
Pledgor
that
are received by MLPF&S or MLTC before it receives a Notice of Exclusive
Control. Neither MLPF&S nor
MLTC
will be
liable to any Loan Party for complying with a Notice of Exclusive Control or
any
instructions from Bank.
MLPF&S
and MLTC have no duty to investigate whether Bank is authorized to give any
instruction or Notice of
Exclusive
Control.
While
this
Agreement is in effect, each of MLPF&S and MLTC subordinates in favor of
Bank any security interest,
lien,
or
right of setoff it may have, now or in the future, against property in the
Securities Account, except that each of
MLPF&S
and MLTC will retain a prior lien on property in the Securities Account to
secure payment for property
purchased
for
the Securities Account and to collect normal commissions and fees for the
Securities Account.
This
Agreement does not create any obligations for MLPF&S, MLTC or Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Group except for those
expressly
set
forth in this Agreement.
Pledgor,
MLPF&S, MLTC and Bank acknowledge that this Agreement supplements Pledgor’s
Securities
Account
agreement and/or Advisory Agreement with MLPF&S and/or MLTC, as the case may
be, with respect
to
the Securities Account and does not abridge any rights that MLPF&S and/or
MLTC might otherwise have
other
than those expressly noted herein. If there is any inconsistency between this
Agreement and such
Securities
Account agreement and/or Advisory Agreement, this Agreement shall
control.
7.
Rights and Remedies
Each
of the
following shall constitute a “Remedy Event”: (i) failure by the Borrower to pay
on Bank’s demand or
otherwise
when due any principal and/or interest on any Advance (ii) failure by Borrower
to reimburse Bank with
respect
to
any letter of credit issued by Bank under this Agreement or to pay Bank when
due
any letter of credit fees
with
respect
to any letter of credit issued by Bank under this Agreement, (iii) breach by
any
Loan Party of any
covenant
or
agreement in this Agreement, (iv) any Loan Party becomes the subject of a
bankruptcy or similar
proceeding,
or default in any other obligation to Bank or Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Group, (v) if any
Loan Party makes or has
made
any
material misrepresentation, (vi) if the Securities Account is attached, (vii)
if
the value of the financial assets
in
the
Securities Account or other collateral is in the sole judgment of Bank
insufficient, (viii) if the Bank believes in
good
faith
that that the value of the collateral or the Bank’s security interest therein is
impaired, (ix) the dissolution,
termination
of existence or change in control of any of the Loan Parties or the merger,
consolidation or sale of
substantially
all of the assets of any Loan Party, (x) if any Loan Party, if a natural person,
dies or is declared
incompetent
or of unsound mind or is convicted of any crime, (xi) if the Bank determines
that there is a material
adverse
change in any Loan Party’s financial condition or prospects or collateral, or
(xii) default by the Loan Party
under
any
agreement with respect to any debt of such Loan Party if the effect of such
default shall be to accelerate or
to
permit the
holder of the debt to accelerate the debt.
Without in any way detracting from the demand nature of this Agreement and the ability of the Bank to demand full
payment
of
all debt and liabilities of the Borrower hereunder at any time and for any
reason whatsoever, Bank may, in
its
sole
discretion and without prior notice, exercise any or all of the following rights
and remedies upon an
occurrence
of
a Remedy Event: demand immediate payment of the entire outstanding balance
of
the LMA; demand
that
Borrower
and/or Pledgor provide additional collateral to Bank; suspend or terminate
Borrower’s ability to obtain
Advances;
reduce the Committed Amount; send MLPF&S and/or MLTC a Notice of Exclusive
Control; instruct
MLPF&S
and/or MLTC to cancel any open orders and close any outstanding contracts for
the Securities Account;
decline
payment of any checks drawn on the LMA; liquidate the Securities Account and/or
other collateral for this
Agreement
and
apply the proceeds to the LMA; exercise any right of setoff against any property
of Borrower or
Guarantor
in
the possession of Bank or Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Group (other than any account at MLTC
that is not part of the
Securities
Account) or any of their respective agents; and exercise all other rights of
a
secured party under applicable
law.
In
addition, to the extent permitted by applicable law, Bank may increase (both
before and after judgment, if any)
the
Spread on
any Advance by two (2) percentage points until the LMA is paid in full. In
no
event shall the total
interest
and
other fees and charges imposed under this Agreement exceed the maximum amount
permitted by law,
and
any
excess shall be refunded or credited to the LMA. Bank is not responsible for
any
decrease in the value of
the
financial
assets in the Securities Account or other collateral occurring prior to or
during liquidation. All Bank’s
rights
and
remedies are cumulative and are in addition to those available at law or
equity.
Bank
may
exercise any one or more of its rights and remedies simultaneously or
successively. To the extent
permitted
by
applicable law, each Loan Party agrees to pay all of Bank’s collection costs,
costs relating to the
disposition
of the Securities Account or any other collateral under this Agreement, and
all
actual related attorney’s
fees
and
court costs. No delay or forbearance in the exercise of any of Bank’s rights or
remedies is a waiver of them.
Any
waiver of
Bank’s rights or remedies must be in writing.
Each
Loan
Party, to the extent not expressly prohibited by applicable law, waives the
right to require Bank to demand
payments
of
amounts due (known as “presentment”); give notice that amounts due have not been
paid (known as
“notice
of
dishonor”); obtain an official certification of nonpayment (known as “protest”);
give notice of any default; and
give
any
other notices or make any demands.
8.
Representations, Warranties and Covenants
Each
Loan
Party, as applicable, continuously represents, warrants and covenants to Bank
that each such person
owns
the
Securities Account and other collateral under this Agreement listed in the
records of Bank, MLPF&S, MLTC
or
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx Group as belonging to each such person free of any lien or security
interest (other than the lien and
security
interest established under this Agreement and any lien and security interest
in
favor of MLPF&S and/or
MLTC);
that
such person has not and will not pledge the Securities Account, any asset in
the
Securities Account or
any
other
collateral under this Agreement to any third party other than MLPF&S, MLTC
or Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Group; that
such
person
has complied and will comply with all laws, rules, regulations and ordinances;
that such person has and
will
pay
promptly when due all taxes imposed upon it; that Borrower will utilize the
loan
proceeds as stated in the
Application
and Federal Reserve Form U-1; that Borrower will promptly notify Bank, using
any
means stated below, if
the
purpose
of the LMA changes; that such person, if a business entity, is in good standing;
that such person, if a
natural
person, has obtained any spousal or other consents or waivers which may be
required by applicable law; that
such
person
has the right to perform all its Obligations under this Agreement; that each
has
the power and authority
to
make,
execute, deliver and perform its Obligations under this Agreement and the
execution, delivery and
performance
contemplated hereunder and the consummation of transactions under this Agreement
have been duly
authorized
by
all necessary action on its part and does not and will not violate any
applicable law, contract or
agreement
(including any organization documents and bylaws, if applicable) to which it
is
subject or by which its
properties
are bound; and that this Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding
obligations of each fully
enforceable
according to its terms and is effective to create a valid and continuing first
priority lien and security
interest
on
the collateral described herein; that there is no litigation, action, proceeding
or investigation pending or
threatened
against it or any of its properties; that such person will not be rendered
insolvent by the execution,
delivery,
and
performance of its Obligations hereunder or by the consummation of transactions
hereunder; that
Borrower
will
not attempt to obtain any Advance or Letter of Credit if Borrower knows that
credit privileges under this
Agreement
have been terminated or suspended; that Borrower will promptly notify Bank
in
writing at Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Bank
USA, 00
Xxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxx, 00000, by telephone at
(000)
000-0000,
telegraph,
or
any other reasonable means including, without limitation, any written or oral
communication by Borrower
to
MLPF&S
or the Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Group, that an unauthorized use of the LMA has occurred
or
may occur as the result
of
the loss
or theft of any instrument identifying the LMA, and that Borrower will
reasonably assist Bank in determining
the
facts and
circumstances relating to any unauthorized use of the LMA; that there have
been
no material adverse
changes
in
any such person’s financial status; that every such person will provide Bank
with prompt written notice of
any
change in
that person’s name, address, or employment; and that such person will provide
Bank with updated
financial
statements upon request. Each Loan Party, as applicable, agrees to provide
Bank,
MLPF&S and MLTC with
such
additional documents or filings as either may request from time to time to
effectuate the purposes of this
Agreement,
and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, each such person irrevocably
appoints Bank as that
person’s
attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution and with full authority in
the
name, place and stead of that
person,
to
file and/or execute any such additional documents from time to time in Bank’s
discretion.
Each
Loan
Party is and will continue to be able to pay its debts as they mature, and
the
aggregate liquidation
valuation
of
each Loan Party’s assets is, and at all times during the term of this Agreement
will continue to be,
sufficient
to
satisfy any and all Obligations of such Loan Party, as the case may be, under
this Agreement and under
the
other
documents entered into by any Loan Party in connection
herewith.
No
Loan
Party, nor any of their respective subsidiaries has any material liabilities,
fixed or contingent, that are not
reflected
in
the financial statements delivered to Bank or in the notes thereto or that
have
not otherwise been
disclosed
in
writing to the Bank on or prior to the date of this Agreement. Any such
disclosure of such liabilities
completely
and accurately describes the terms of each such listed liability and any
collateral securing the same. Each
of
the Loan
Parties and each person who, to any Loan Party’s knowledge, has or will have an
interest in the
transactions
contemplated in this Agreement or will participate, in any manner whatsoever,
in
the Advances or
issuances
of
letters of credit, is: (i) not a “blocked” person listed in the Annex to
Executive Order Nos. 12947, 13099
and
13224 and
all modifications thereto or thereof (the “Annex”); (ii) in full compliance with
the requirements of the
USA
Patriot
Xxx 0000, 107 Public Law 56 (October 26, 2001) and in other statutes and all
orders, rules and
regulations
of the United States government and its various executive departments, agencies
and offices, related to
the
subject
matter of the Patriot Act, including Executive Order 13224 effective September
24, 2001 (the “Patriot Act”)
and
all other
requirements contained in the rules and. regulations of the Office of Foreign
Assets Control, Department
of
the
Treasury (“OFAC”); (iii) operated under policies, procedures and practices, if
any, that are in compliance with
the
Patriot
Act and available to Bank for Bank’s review and inspection during normal
business hours and upon
reasonable
prior notice; (iv) not in receipt of any notice from the Secretary of State
or
the Attorney General of the
United
States
or any other department, agency or office of the United States claiming a
violation or possible violation
of
the
Patriot Act; (v) not listed as a Specially Designated Terrorist (as defined
in
the Patriot Act) or as a “blocked”
person
on any
lists maintained by the OFAC pursuant to the Patriot Act or any other list
of
terrorists or terrorist
organizations
maintained pursuant to any of the rules and regulations of the OFAC issued
pursuant to the Patriot Act
or
on any
other list of terrorists or terrorist organizations maintained pursuant to
the
Patriot Act; (vi) not a Person who
has
been
determined by competent authority to be subject to any of the prohibitions
contained in the Patriot Act; and
(vii)
not
owned or controlled by or now acting and/or will in the future act for or on
behalf of any Person named in the
Annex
or any
other list promulgated under the Patriot Act or any other Person who has been
determined to be subject
to
the
prohibitions contained in the Patriot Act. Each Loan Party shall immediately
notify Bank in writing in the event
any
Loan
Party receives notice that any Loan Party becomes listed on the Annex or any
other list promulgated under
the
Patriot
Act or is indicted, arraigned, or custodially detained on charges involving
money laundering or predicate
crimes
to
money laundering.
Each
Loan
Party agrees and covenants that it will not publish, disclose or otherwise
use
(or allow to be
published,
disclosed or used by any third party on its behalf) in any advertising or
promotional material or press
release
or
interview, the name, logo or any trademark of any member of the Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Group.
9.
Arbitration with MLPF&S and MLTC
Each
Loan
Party agrees that all controversies that may arise with MLPF&S concerning
the Securities Account held
at
MLPF&S
shall be determined by arbitration as set forth in the Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Client
Relationship Agreement and/or
the
applicable account agreement governing such Securities Account.
Each
Loan
Party agrees that all controversies that may arise with MLTC concerning the
Securities Account held at
MLTC
shall be
determined by arbitration as set forth in the Advisory Agreement and/or similar
agreement governing
such
Securities Account, if any to the extent arbitration is provided for
therein.
10.
Additional Guarantor and Pledgor Covenants
Guarantor
Covenants. Each Guarantor irrevocably and unconditionally
guarantees to Bank the full and punctual
payment
of
the LMA balance and the performance of all of Borrower’s other Obligations under
this Agreement. This is
a
guaranty of
payment and not of collection. Guarantor’s Obligations are additional to, and
not instead of, the
Obligations
of Borrower and Pledgor. Guarantor’s obligation is a primary obligation, and
Bank may exercise any of its
rights
and
remedies against Guarantor before or in lieu of its exercise of any of its
rights and remedies against
Borrower
or
Pledgor.
Pledgor Covenants. Each Pledgor irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that the Bank’s first priority security
interest in the Security Account and other collateral under this Agreement is and shall remain in full force and effect
by
way of
continuing security until this Agreement has terminated and the entire LMA
balance has been paid in full.
Covenants
of Both Guarantor and Pledgor. Guarantor and Pledgor each agree
that its respective Obligations
shall
not be
affected by reason of: any waiver or consent given to Borrower or any other
person; any amendment to
this
Agreement or other document; the making or absence of, or delay in, any demand
on Borrower or any other
person
for
payment; the enforcement or the absence of, or delay in, enforcement of this
Agreement or of any other
document,
or
any failure to perfect the lien and security interest under this Agreement;
the
release of any agreement,
security,
guaranty or indemnity; the death, incapacity, bankruptcy, insolvency,
winding-up, liquidation, dissolution,
merger,
reorganization or similar event of or with respect to Borrower or any other
person; the illegality, invalidity or
unenforceability
of any provision of this Agreement or other document, or of any obligation
of
Borrower or any other
person,
or
any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable
discharge of or defense to it; or
the
disallowance of all or a portion of Bank’s claim for repayment of any obligation
of any Loan Party under this
Agreement
or
other document or under any bankruptcy or similar law.
Guarantor
and
Pledgor each agree to notify the Bank, in writing, before filing any petition
seeking the protection of
any
bankruptcy, insolvency or any similar statutes. In addition, Guarantor and
Pledgor shall not take any action that
may
cause (or
fail to take any necessary action that would prevent) a petition in bankruptcy,
insolvency or any similar
law
or
procedure to be filed against such Guarantor and/or Pledgor.
Guarantor
and
Pledgor each agree to notify the Bank, immediately, in writing, of any actions,
suits, litigations,
arbitrations,
administrative proceedings or investigations pending or threatened against
Guarantor and/or Pledgor or
any
of the
Securities Accounts in which Guarantor and/or Pledgor have rights that could
(a)
have a material adverse
effect
on the
business or affairs, condition (financial or otherwise), obligations,
operations, performance, properties or
prospects
of
Guarantor and/or Pledgor or (b) affect Guarantor’s and/or Pledgor’s ability to
enter into and perform its
Obligations
under this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
11.
Indemnities
Bank
Parties. Each Loan Party agrees, to the extent permitted by
applicable law, to indemnify and hold harmless
Bank,
its
officers, directors, employees, agents, controlling persons, and affiliates
(collectively, the “Bank Parties”)
against,
and
defend the Bank Parties from, all claims, damages, judgments, penalties, costs,
expenses, reasonable
attorney’s
fees and court costs (collectively, “Claims”) that directly or indirectly arise
from any of the following:
•
Any
filing
or registration fees, taxes or similar costs imposed on Bank Parties with
respect to this Agreement,
the
LMA, or
any Advance.
•
Any
actions
or failure to act by any Loan Party, or any predecessor or successor to such
person, or any third
party
with
whom such person has a contractual relationship.
•
The
performance by any of the Bank Parties under this Agreement, except if those
Claims are caused by the
Bank
Parties’
gross negligence or willful misconduct.
•
Any
breach
of this Agreement by any Loan Party.
MLPF&S,
MLTC and Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Group.
Each Loan Party
agrees to indemnify and hold harmless
MLPF&S,
MLTC
and
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Group, their respective officers, directors, employees, agents,
controlling persons, and
affiliates,
as well as any investment manager referenced in Section 6 above and any agent
appointed by Borrower
(collectively,
the “ML Group Parties”) against, and defend the ML Group Parties from, all
Claims that directly or
indirectly
arise from the maintenance of the Securities Account in accordance with this
Agreement, except if those
Claims
are
caused by MLPF&S’s and/or MLTC’s gross negligence or willful
misconduct.
Bank
Parties, ML Group Parties. Each Loan Party agrees to indemnify and
hold harmless the Bank Parties, the ML
Group
Parties
(collectively, the “ML Parties”) against, and defend the ML Parties from, all
Claims that directly or
indirectly
arise from any advisory or similar agreement with the investment manager
referenced in Section 6 above,
or
any
agreement with any agent appointed by Borrower.
The
provisions of this Section 11 will survive any termination of this
Agreement.
12. Miscellaneous
•
This
Agreement will terminate (i) upon transmittal of a written request from Borrower
to Bank or Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Group
and
Bank’s acceptance of such request, or (ii) at the Bank’s discretion. The Bank
will not honor a
request
to
terminate this Agreement unless and until all Obligations of each Loan Party
hereunder have
been
paid and
satisfied in full and any request for termination that is granted by the Bank
prior to the
satisfaction
and payment in full of each Loan Party’s Obligations hereunder shall
automatically be deemed
to
be
expressly conditioned upon the payment and satisfaction in full of all such
Obligations by any Loan
Party.
•
All
statements will be sent to the address stated in the application for the LMA
or
as otherwise designated by
Borrower.
However, if the LMA or Securities Account is linked to a Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Working
Capital
Management
Account, Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx Management Account or Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Endowment
Management
Account
at
MLPF&S, all statements will be sent to the address designated for that
account from time to time.
Unless
otherwise required by law, Bank may give instructions, notices, demands or
requests to any Loan
Party,
orally
or in writing, to Borrower’s MLPF&S financial advisor for MLPF&S
accounts or the applicable
MLTC
trust
officer for MLTC accounts, in which case those instructions, notices, demands
or
requests will
be
deemed to
have been given or made directly. Bank may accept instructions from a Loan
Party’s
MLPF&S
financial advisor or MLTC trust officer, as the case may be, regarding, without
limitation,
Advances,
payments, prepayments, journal entries, interest rate periods or debit/credit
entries, in which
case
such
instructions will be deemed to have been given or made directly by the
applicable Loan Party.
•
Each
Loan
Party hereby authorizes the Bank, from time to time, to lend to itself, as
principal or otherwise, or
to
others,
any securities in the Securities Account (other than a Securities Account that
is a TMA) and each
agrees
to
execute and deliver to Bank such agreements and other documents as the Bank
may
reasonably
request.
•
This
Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted under federal law and the
internal laws of the State of
Utah
(without
regard to any choice of law rule that would result in the selection of any
law
other than federal
law
or the
internal laws of the State of Utah), except that with respect to the Securities
Account and Bank’s
lien
and
security interest, this Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted under
the
internal laws of the
State
of New
York (without regard to any choice of law rule that would result in the
selection of any law other
than
the
internal laws of the State of New York). Regardless of any provision in any
other agreement, for
purposes
of
the UCC, New York shall be deemed to be the jurisdiction of MLPF&S and MLTC,
and the
Securities
Accounts (as well as the security entitlements related thereto) shall be
governed by the laws of
the
State of
New York.
•
To
the extent allowed by law, each Loan Party waives all right to a jury trial
with
respect to any
action
or dispute relating to the LMA or this Agreement.
•
Bank
may
modify, amend or rescind any provision of this Agreement (including by adding
terms of the same
or
a
different nature) from time to time by giving Borrower 30 days notice in writing
prior to the effective date.
No
waiver by
Bank of any of its rights under this Agreement will be valid unless otherwise
agreed to by Bank
in
writing.
If any provision of this Agreement is deemed invalid or unenforceable, the
remaining provisions of
this
Agreement shall nonetheless remain in full force and effect.
•
This
Agreement is binding upon the parties and their respective heirs, successors
and
assigns. No Loan
Party
may
assign any of that person’s rights or Obligations under this Agreement. Bank,
MLPF&S, MLTC
and
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx Group may assign any of their respective rights and Obligations under
this
Agreement.
FEE
SCHEDULE TO XXXXXXX XXXXX LOAN MANAGEMENT ACCOUNT®
Schedule
of Fees
Account
Fees
|
|||
Type
|
Description
|
Amount
|
|
UPS
Facility Fee
|
New
Facility Fee
|
$1,000
|
|
Stop
Payment
|
A
Stop
Payment fee will apply whenever a Loan Party(3) issues
a stop payment order on a Check
|
$25
for
consumer accounts
$25
for
commercial accounts
|
|
Returned
Check
|
A
Returned Check fee will apply whenever a check drawn on the Account
is not
paid by the Bank because of insufficient available credit.
|
$30
for
consumer accounts
$25
for
commercial accounts
|
|
Check
Retrieval
|
A
Check
Retrieval fee will be imposed when a Loan Party(3)
requests a copy of a Check
|
$3
per
canceled check or photocopy after 15 free per year.
$2
per
canceled check or photocopy after 25 free per year for CMA Priority
Clients.(1)
If,
for
any reason, the IRS requires copies of canceled checks, the Bank
will
provide them free of charge upon receipt of the IRS audit documentation.
Note:
Copies of canceled checks can be viewed and printed from Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Online® .
|
|
Returned
Payment
|
A
Returned Payment fee will apply in the event a Loan Party(3) makes a payment by check which is later
returned unpaid
by the drawee.
|
$20
for
consumer accounts
$15
for
commercial accounts
|
|
FTS
Return
|
A
FTS
Return fee will be imposed if a transfer of funds to the Account
is
processed but must later be reversed as a result of the sender’s failure
to transmit the funds.
|
$10
|
|
Breakage
Fee(2)
|
The
Bank will charge a Breakage Fee in the event that a payment is
made of any
Advance on a date other than the last day of the billing
period.
|
The
Breakage Fee is the cost or expense incurred by the Bank as a result
of
the payment of any Fixed Rate Advance or Term Advance, in whole
or in
part, on a date other than the last day of the interest period
for such
Fixed Rate Advance or Term Advance, whether such payment is made
by the
Borrower voluntarily or is effected by the Bank liquidating all
or a
portion of the Securities Account or otherwise. An administrative
fee of
$100 for processing this early payment will also apply.
|
|
LETTER
OF CREDIT FEES
|
|||
TYPE
|
AMOUNT
|
||
Issuance
Fee
|
Percentage
|
Letter
of Credit Amount
|
|
1.25%
per annum
|
$200,000
- $1,000,000
|
||
1.00%
per annum
|
$1,000,001
- $3,000,000
|
||
0.75%
per annum
|
$3,000,000+
|
||
Minimum
Issuance Fee
|
$2,500
|
||
Amendment
Fee
|
$150
plus a percentage of the amount of any increase equivalent to the
Issuance
Fee percentage
|
||
Auto
Renewal Fee for
evergreen letters of credit |
Same
as
Issuance Fee
|
||
Transfer
Fee
|
$300
|
||
Assignment
of Proceeds Fee
|
$300
|
|
1Some
owners or operators other xxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx may limit access and
impose
other limits on amounts and frequency and may
charge their own fees. 2 Only applicable
to Fixed
Rate Advances and Term Advances. 3 Loan Party
means,
individually and collectively, any Borrower, Pledgor or Guarantor
under
this Agreement as appropriate.
2
Only
applicable to Fixed
Rate Advances and Term Advances.
3
Loan
Party means,
individually and collectively, any Borrower, Pledgor or Guarantor
under
this Agreement as
appropriate.
|