TERM LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT By and between NEW WORLD BRANDS, INC. as Borrower TELES AG INFORMATIONS TECHNOLOGIEN, as Lender February 15, 2008
Exhibit
10.1
By
and between
NEW
WORLD BRANDS, INC.
as
Borrower
______________________
TELES AG INFORMATIONS
TECHNOLOGIEN, as
Lender
February
15, 2008
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS
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1.1.
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General
Definitions.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................1
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1.2.
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Accounting
Terms..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................9
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1.3.
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Other
Definitional
Terms................................................................................................................................................................................................................9
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ARTICLE II TERM
LOAN...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................9
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2.1.
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Term
Loan........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................9
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2.2.
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Repayment
of Term
Loan............................................................................................................................................................................................................10
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2.3.
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Use
of
Proceeds.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................9
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2.4.
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Payments
and
Computations.....................................................................................................................................................................................................10
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ARTICLE III INTEREST
AND
FEES......................................................................................................................................................................................................
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3.1.
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Interest
on Term
Loan.................................................................................................................................................................................................................11
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3.2.
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Interest
After Event of
Default..................................................................................................................................................................................................11
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ARTICLE IV COLLATERAL....................................................................................................................................................................................................................11
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4.1.
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Description....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................11
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4.2.
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Lien
Documents...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................12
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4.3.
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Other
Actions...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................13
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4.4.
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Searches
and
Certificates...........................................................................................................................................................................................................13
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ARTICLE V CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT..............................................................................................................................................................................................13
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ARTICLE VI REPRESENTATIONS
AND
WARRANTIES.................................................................................................................................................................15
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6.1.
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Organization
and
Qualification..................................................................................................................................................................................................15
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6.2.
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Liens..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................16
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6.3. No
Conflict...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................16
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6.4.
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Enforceability...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................16
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6.5.
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Financial
Data..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................16
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6.6.
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Locations
of Offices, Records and
Inventory........................................................................................................................................................................16
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6.7.
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Business
Names..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................17
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6.8.
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Affiliates
and
Subsidiaries.........................................................................................................................................................................................................17
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6.9.
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Judgments
or
Litigation.............................................................................................................................................................................................................17
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6.10.
Defaults........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................17
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6.11.
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Compliance
with
Law.................................................................................................................................................................................................................17
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6.12.
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Compliance
with Environmental
Laws..................................................................................................................................................................................17
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6.13.
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Intellectual
Property................................................................................................................................................................................................................18
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6.14.
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Licenses
and
Permits...............................................................................................................................................................................................................18
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6.15.
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Title
to
Property.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................19
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6.16.
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Labor
Matters..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................19
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6.17.
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Investment
Company.............................................................................................................................................................................................................19
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6.18.
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Margin
Security......................................................................................................................................................................................................................19
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6.19.
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Taxes
and Tax
Returns..........................................................................................................................................................................................................19
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6.20.
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Status
of
Accounts................................................................................................................................................................................................................20
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6.21.
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Material
Contracts................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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6.22.
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Accuracy
and Completeness of
Information.....................................................................................................................................................................20
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6.23.
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Solvency..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................20
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6.24.
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Commercial
Tort
Claims.........................................................................................................................................................................................................21
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6.25.
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Letter
of Credit
Rights...........................................................................................................................................................................................................21
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6.26.
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Deposit
Accounts.................................................................................................................................................................................................................21
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6.27.
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Anti-Terrorism
Law...............................................................................................................................................................................................................21
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6.28.
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Survival
of
Representations................................................................................................................................................................................................21
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ARTICLE VII AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS................................................................................................................................................................................22
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7.1.
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Financial
Information...........................................................................................................................................................................................................22
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7.2.
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Existence................................................................................................................................................................................................................................22
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7.3.
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Environmental
Matters........................................................................................................................................................................................................22
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7.4.
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Books
and
Records..............................................................................................................................................................................................................23
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7.5.
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Collateral
Records................................................................................................................................................................................................................23
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7.6.
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Changes
in
Locations.........................................................................................................................................................................................................23
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7.7.
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Insurance;
Casualty
Loss..................................................................................................................................................................................................23
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7.8.
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Taxes.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................24
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7.9.
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Compliance
With
Laws......................................................................................................................................................................................................25
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7.10.
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Fiscal
Year............................................................................................................................................................................................................................25
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7.11.
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Notification
of Certain
Events..........................................................................................................................................................................................25
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7.12.
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Collection
of
Accounts.....................................................................................................................................................................................................25
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7.13.
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Trademarks.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................26
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7.14.
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Maintenance
of
Property.................................................................................................................................................................................................26
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7.15.
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Commercial
Tort
Claims...................................................................................................................................................................................................26
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7.16.
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Letter
of Credit
Rights.....................................................................................................................................................................................................26
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ARTICLE VIII FINANCIAL
COVENANTS................................................................................................................................................................................26
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8.1.
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Current
Ratio.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................26
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8.2.
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Debt
to Worth
Ratio........................................................................................................................................................................................................26
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ARTICLE IX NEGATIVE
COVENANTS....................................................................................................................................................................................27
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9.1.
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Liens..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................27
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9.2.
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Indebtedness...................................................................................................................................................................................................................27
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9.3.
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Sale
of
Assets..................................................................................................................................................................................................................27
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9.4.
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Organizational
Changes...............................................................................................................................................................................................27
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9.5.
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Guarantees.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................27
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9.6.
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Investments...................................................................................................................................................................................................................27
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9.7.
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Affiliate
Transactions..................................................................................................................................................................................................27
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9.8.
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Third
Party
Loans.........................................................................................................................................................................................................27
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9.9.
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Issuance
of
Stock.........................................................................................................................................................................................................27
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9.10.
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Amendments
of Material
Contracts..........................................................................................................................................................................27
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9.11.
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Senior
Debt...................................................................................................................................................................................................................28
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9.12.
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Licenses,
Etc.................................................................................................................................................................................................................28
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9.13.
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Anti-Terrorism
Laws....................................................................................................................................................................................................28
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9.14.
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Amendment
of P & S Credit
Documents..................................................................................................................................................................28
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ARTICLE X APPOINTMENT
AS
ATTORNEY-IN-FACT..................................................................................................................................................28
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ARTICLE XI EVENTS
OF DEFAULT AND
REMEDIES.....................................................................................................................................................29
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11.1.
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Events
of
Default.........................................................................................................................................................................................................29
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11.2.
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Rights
and Remedies upon a Default or an Event of
Default...............................................................................................................................31
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11.3.
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Nature
of
Remedies.....................................................................................................................................................................................................31
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ARTICLE XII TERMINATION...............................................................................................................................................................................................32
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ARTICLE XIII MISCELLANEOUS.........................................................................................................................................................................................32
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13.1.
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Waivers.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................32
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13.2.
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JURY
TRIAL................................................................................................................................................................................................................32
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13.3.
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GOVERNING
LAW; SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION;
VENUE......................................................................................................................32
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13.4.
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Notices..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................33
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13.5.
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Assignability...............................................................................................................................................................................................................33
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13.6.
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Payment
of
Expenses.................................................................................................................................................................................................33
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13.7.
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Indemnification...........................................................................................................................................................................................................34
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13.8.
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Entire
Agreement, Successors and
Assigns..........................................................................................................................................................34
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13.9.
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Amendments...............................................................................................................................................................................................................35
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13.10. | Non-Agency of Lender..............................................................................................................................................................................................35 | ||
13.11. | Counterparts................................................................................................................................................................................................................35 | ||
13.12. | Effectiveness...............................................................................................................................................................................................................35 | ||
13.13 | Severability..................................................................................................................................................................................................................35 | ||
13.14 | Headings Descriptive.................................................................................................................................................................................................35 | ||
13.15 | Maximum Rate.............................................................................................................................................................................................................35 | ||
13.16 | Information..................................................................................................................................................................................................................36 | ||
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EXHIBITS AND
SCHEDULES
EXHIBITS
Exhibit
A Form
of Term Note
SCHEDULES
Schedule
1.1 Permitted
Indebtedness
Schedule
1.2 Permitted
Investments
Schedule
1.3 Permitted
Liens
Schedule
1.4
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Subordinated
Debt
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Schedule
6.1
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Current
Holders of Capital Stock
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Schedule
6.6 Places
of Business/Collateral Locations
Schedule
6.7 Business
Names
Schedule
6.8
Subsidiaries and Affiliates
Schedule
6.9 Litigation
Schedule
6.13 Intellectual
Property
Schedule
6.15 Real
Property Leases
Schedule
6.21 Material
Contracts
Schedule
6.24
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Commercial
Tort Claims
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Schedule
6.25
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Letter
of Credit Rights
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Schedule
6.26
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Depository
Institutions/Deposit Accounts
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THIS TERM LOAN AND SECURITY
AGREEMENT is entered into as of February 15, 2008 (this “Agreement”),
between NEW WORLD BRANDS, INC.
a Delaware corporation
(“Borrower”), and TELES
AG INFORMATIONSTECHNOLOGIEN, a German corporation (“Lender”).
Background
WHEREAS,
Borrower and Lender entered into a Share Sale and Purchase Agreement dated July
25, 2007 (the “Purchase Agreement”), with respect to the purchase by Lender of
all of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of IP Gear Ltd., an
Israeli limited liability company (“IP Gear”); and
WHEREAS,
pursuant to Article VI, Section 2 of the Purchase Agreement, Lender has agreed
to make a term loan in the amount of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000), on the
terms set forth in the Purchase Agreement and as otherwise provided in this Loan
Agreement (the “Term Loan”); and
WHEREAS,
Borrower wishes to obtain the Term Loan from Lender, and, upon the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth herein, Lender is willing to make the Term
Loan to Borrower.
NOW,
THEREFORE, Borrower and Lender, intending to be legally bound hereby, agree as
follows:
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS
1.1. General
Definitions.
As used
herein, the following terms shall have the meanings herein
specified:
“Accounts” shall mean
all of Borrower’s “accounts” (as defined in the UCC), whether now existing or
existing in the future, including, without limitation, all accounts receivable
and all accounts created by or arising from all sales of goods or rendition of
services made under Borrower’s legal name or Borrower’s trade names or styles or
through Borrower’s divisions.
“Advances” shall mean
and include all loan advances made by Lender to Borrower pursuant to the
Commitment.
“Affiliate” shall mean
any entity which directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under
common control with, Borrower. For purposes of this definition,
“control” shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to (i)
vote 10% or more of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election
of directors of such Person, or (ii) direct or cause the direction of management
and policies of a business, whether through the ownership of voting securities,
by contract or otherwise and either alone or in conjunction with others or any
group.
“Anti-Terrorism Laws”
shall mean any statute, treaty, law (including common law),
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ordinance,
regulation, rule, order, opinion, release, injunction, writ, decree or award of
any Official Body relating to terrorism or money laundering, including Executive
Order No. 13224 and the USA Patriot Act.
“Asset Disposition”
shall mean any disposition (other than a disposition of Inventory in the
ordinary course of Borrower’s business) of any existing or future Property of
Borrower.
“Authorized Person”
means the Chief Executive Officer, President, any Vice President, Controller, or
Chief Financial Officer of Borrower.
“Business Day” shall
mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, a legal holiday or a day on which
banking institutions are authorized or required by law or other governmental
action to close in New York, New York.
“Capitalized Lease
Obligations” shall mean any Indebtedness of Borrower
represented by obligations under a lease that is required to be capitalized for
financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP.
“Capital Stock” shall
mean (i) in the case of a corporation, capital stock, (ii) in the case of an
association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations,
rights or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock, (iii) in the
case of a partnership, partnership interests (whether general or limited), (iv)
in the case of a limited liability company, membership interests and
(v) any other equity interest or participation that confers on a Person the
right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of
assets of, the issuing Person.
“Casualty Loss” shall
have the meaning given to such term in Section
7.7.
“Closing” shall mean
the consummation of the making of the Term Loan available by Lender to Borrower
under this Agreement.
“Closing Date” shall
mean the date on which the Closing occurs.
“Collateral” shall
mean any and all rights and interests in or to Property (including leasehold
improvements) of Borrower, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, pledged from
time to time as security for the Obligations pursuant to this Agreement or any
of the other Loan Documents.
“Collateral Agent”
shall mean P&S, in its capacity as collateral agent pursuant to the
Intercreditor Agreement.
“Commitment” means the
obligation of Lender to make Advances to Borrower in an aggregate principal
amount not exceeding $1,000,000.
“Contractual
Obligations” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any term or
provision of any securities issued by such Person, or any indenture, mortgage,
deed of trust, contract, undertaking, document, instrument or other agreement to
which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound or
to which it or any of its properties is subject.
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“Control Agreement”
shall mean an agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to Lender, among
Borrower, a Depository Institution and Collateral Agent pursuant to which such
Depository Institution agrees, inter alia, to transfer all
funds of Borrower maintained in any deposit account with that Depository
Institution to the control of Collateral Agent for the benefit of P&S and
Lender on the terms set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement; provided, however,
that in the event the Intercreditor Agreement is terminated or ceases to be in
effect for any reason any Control Agreement shall be in favor of Lender or such
successor Collateral Agent as Lender may approve in its sole
discretion.
“Default” shall mean
an event, condition or default which, with the giving of notice, the passage of
time or both would be an Event of Default.
“Depository
Institution shall mean each depository institution where Borrower
maintains a bank account and which institutions are set forth on Schedule 6.26, along
with the numbers and title of each account maintained by Borrower at such
institution.
“Distribution
Agreement” shall mean the Partner Agreement dated as of July 25, 2007 by
and between the Lender and the Borrower.
“Event(s) of Default”
shall have the meaning provided for in Article
XI.
“Executive Order No.
13224” shall mean the Executive Order No. 13224 on Terrorist Financing,
effective September 24, 2001, as the same has been, or shall hereafter be,
renewed, extended, amended or replaced.
“Expenses” shall have
the meaning given to such term in Section
13.6.
“Financials” shall
have the meaning given to such term in Section
6.5.
“Financial Statements”
shall mean the Financial Statements Borrower is obligated to deliver pursuant to
Section 7.1 of
this Agreement.
“GAAP” shall mean
generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, as in
effect on the date hereof and applied on a consistent basis with the
Financials.
“Governmental
Authority” shall mean any federal, state, local or foreign court or
governmental agency, authority, instrumentality or regulatory body.
“Guarantor” shall mean
any Person who may hereafter guarantee payment or performance of the whole or
any part of the Obligations; “Guarantors” means collectively all such
Persons.
“Guaranty” shall mean
any guaranty of the obligations of Borrower executed by a Guarantor in favor of
Lender.
“Highest Lawful Rate”
shall mean, at any given time during which any Obligations shall be outstanding
hereunder, the maximum nonusurious interest rate, if any, that at any time or
from time to time may be contracted for, taken, reserved, charged or received on
the indebtedness under this Agreement, under the laws of the State of New York
(or the law of any other jurisdiction whose
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laws may,
by order of court, be mandatorily applicable notwithstanding other provisions of
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents), in any case after taking into
account, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any and all relevant
payments or charges under this Agreement and any other Loan Documents executed
in connection herewith, and any available exemptions, exceptions and
exclusions.
"Indebtedness" of a
Person at a particular date shall mean all obligations of such Person which in
accordance with GAAP would be classified upon a balance sheet as liabilities
(except capital stock and surplus earned or otherwise) and in any event, without
limitation by reason of enumeration, shall include all indebtedness, debt and
other similar monetary obligations of such Person whether direct or guaranteed,
and all premiums, if any, due at the required prepayment dates of such
indebtedness, and all indebtedness secured by a Lien on assets owned
by such Person, whether or not such indebtedness actually shall have been
created, assumed or incurred by such Person. Any indebtedness of such
Person resulting from the acquisition by such Person of any assets subject to
any Lien shall be deemed, for the purposes hereof, to be the equivalent of the
creation, assumption and incurring of the indebtedness secured thereby, whether
or not actually so created, assumed or incurred.
“Intercreditor
Agreement” shall mean the Intercreditor Agreement dated as of even date
herewith among Borrower, Lender and P & S, as amended, modified, restated or
replaced from time to time.
“Inventory” shall mean
all of Borrower’s inventory, including without limitation, (i) all raw
materials, work in process, parts, components, assemblies, supplies and
materials used or consumed in Borrower’s business; (ii) all goods, wares and
merchandise, finished or unfinished, held for sale or lease or leased or
furnished or to be furnished under contracts of service; and (iii) all goods
returned to or repossessed by Borrower.
“Investment” in any
Person shall mean (i) the acquisition (whether for cash, property, services,
assumption of Indebtedness, securities or otherwise, but exclusive of the
acquisition of inventory, supplies, equipment and other property or assets used
or consumed in the ordinary course of business of Borrower and capital
expenditures not otherwise prohibited hereunder) of assets, shares of Capital
Stock, bonds, notes, debentures, partnership, joint ventures or other ownership
interests or other securities of such Person, or (ii) any other capital
contribution to or investment in such Person. In determining the
aggregate amount of Investments outstanding at any particular time,
(a) there shall be deducted in respect of each such Investment any amount
received as a return of capital (but only by repurchase, redemption, retirement,
repayment, liquidating dividend or liquidating distribution); (b) there shall be
deducted in respect of any Investment any cash amounts received as earnings on
such Investment, whether as dividends, interest or otherwise; and (c) there
shall not be deducted from or included in, as applicable, the aggregate amount
of Investments any decrease or increase, as applicable, in the market value
thereof.
“Kamrat Family” shall
mean Xxxxx Xxxxxx and Xxxx Xxxxxx, excluding any of their heirs, successors and
assigns.
“Lien(s)” shall mean
any lien, charge, trust, pledge, security interest, deed of trust, mortgage,
assignment or other claim or encumbrance of any kind or nature upon any interest
in Property.
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“Loan Documents” shall
mean, collectively, this Agreement, the Note, the Guarantees, the Security
Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement and all other documents, agreements,
instruments, opinions and certificates executed and delivered in connection
herewith or therewith, as the same may be modified, amended, extended, restated
or supplemented from time to time.
“Lockbox Account”
shall have the meaning given to such term in Section
2.4(b).
“Material Adverse
Change” shall mean a material adverse change in (i) the business,
operations, results of operations, assets, liabilities or condition (financial
or otherwise) of Borrower, (ii) the Collateral, (iii) Borrower’s ability to
perform its obligations under the Loan Documents, or (iv) the validity,
enforceability or availability of rights and remedies of Lender hereunder, in
each case as determined by Lender in its sole but reasonable
discretion.
“Material Adverse
Effect” shall mean a material adverse effect on (i) the business,
operations, results of operations, assets, liabilities or condition (financial
or otherwise) of Borrower, (ii) the Collateral, (iii) Borrower’s ability to
perform its respective obligations under the Loan Documents, or (iv) the
validity, enforceability or availability of rights and remedies of Lender
hereunder, in each case as determined by Lender in its sole
discretion.
“Material Contract”
shall mean any contract or other arrangement, whether written or oral, to which
Borrower is a party as to which the breach, nonperformance, cancellation or
failure to renew by any party thereto could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect, and shall include, without limitation, the Distribution
Agreement.
“Maturity Date” shall
mean February 1, 2012.
“Net Cash Proceeds”
shall mean the aggregate cash proceeds received by Borrower in respect of any
Asset Disposition, net of (i) direct costs (including, without limitation,
legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and sales commissions) and (ii)
taxes paid or payable as a result thereof; it being understood that “Net Cash
Proceeds” shall include, without limitation, any cash received upon the sale or
other disposition of any non-cash consideration received by Borrower in any
Asset Disposition.
“Note” shall mean the
Term Note payable to the order of Lender, evidencing the Term Loan.
“Obligations” shall
mean the outstanding balance of the Term Loan, any other loans and advances or
extensions of credit made or to be made at any time by Lender to Borrower, or to
others for Borrower’s account in each case pursuant to the terms and provisions
of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, together with interest thereon
(including interest which may accrue as post-petition interest in connection
with any bankruptcy or similar proceeding), and expenses, liabilities and
obligations of every kind or nature which may at any time be owing by Borrower
to Lender pursuant to this Agreement, any other Loan Document, or otherwise,
whether now in existence, hereafter arising or incurred from time to time by
Borrower, and all expenses incurred at any time by Lender, as well as
expenditures to protect, preserve or defend any Collateral and Lender’s rights
hereunder or in the Collateral, all of the foregoing, whether unsecured or
secured, due or to become due, absolute or contingent, joint or several, matured
or unmatured, direct or
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indirect,
related or unrelated and whether Borrower is liable to Lender for such
indebtedness as principal, surety, endorser, guarantor or
otherwise.
“Official Body” shall
mean any national, federal, state, local or other government or political
subdivision or any agency, authority, bureau, central bank, commission,
department or instrumentality of either, or any court, tribunal, grand jury or
arbitrator, in each case whether domestic or foreign.
“P & S” shall mean
P & S Spirit, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, and its successors
and assigns.
“P & S Credit
Documents” shall mean the Credit Line and Security Agreement dated as of
May 30, 2007 between Borrower and P & S, and all Obligations of Borrower to
P & S thereunder and the “Loan Documents” (as defined therein) executed in
connection therewith, as amended, modified, restated or replaced from time to
time subject to the terms of this Agreement and the Intercreditor
Agreement.
“P & S
Obligations” shall mean all obligations of Borrower to P & S under
the terms and provisions of the P & S Credit Documents and any securities,
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, contract, undertaking, document, instrument
or other agreement to which Borrower is a party or by which it or any of its
properties is bound or to which it or any of its properties is
subject.
“P & S Term Loan
Agreement” shall mean the Term Loan and Security Agreement dated as of
May 30, 2007 between Borrower and P & S, and all Obligations of Borrower to
P & S thereunder and the “Loan Documents” (as defined therein) executed in
connection therewith, as amended, modified, restated or replaced from time to
time.
“Permitted
Indebtedness” shall mean the Indebtedness scheduled on Schedule 1.1 to this
Agreement.
“Permitted
Investments” shall mean:
(i) interest-bearing
demand or time deposits (including certificates of deposit) which are insured by
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) or a similar federal
insurance program; provided, however, that
Borrower may, in the ordinary course of their business, maintain in their
disbursement account from time to time amounts in excess of then applicable FDIC
or other program insurance limits;
(ii) Investments
existing on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 1.2
attached hereto;
(iii) marketable,
direct obligations of the United States of America, its agencies and
instrumentalities maturing within 365 days of the date of purchase;
(iv) commercial
paper issued by corporations, each of which shall have a net worth of at least
$100,000,000, and each of which conducts a substantial part of its business in
the United States of America, maturing within 270 days from the date of the
original issue thereof, and which at the time of acquisition has the highest
rating by Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. or Standard and Poor’s
Corporation;
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(v) bankers’
acceptances, and certificates of deposit maturing within 365 days of the date of
purchase which are issued by, or time deposits maintained with, an eligible
institution having capital, surplus and undivided profits totaling more than
$100,000,000 and which have the highest rating by Xxxxx’x Investors Service,
Inc. or Standard and Poor’s Corporation; and
(vi) money
market or similar funds that invest primarily in the types of investments
referred to in clauses (i), (iii), (iv) and (v) above.
“Permitted Liens”
shall mean:
(i) Liens
set forth on Schedule
1.3 attached hereto;
(ii) Liens
on fixed assets securing Indebtedness (including Capital Leases and purchase
money Indebtedness); provided that (A) any
such Lien attaches only to the assets to be financed and (B) a description of
the assets so financed is furnished to Lender;
(iii) Liens
of warehousemen, mechanics, materialmen, workers, repairmen, fillers, packagers,
processors, common carriers, landlords and other similar Liens arising by
operation of law or otherwise, not waived in connection herewith, for amounts
that are not yet due and payable or which are being diligently contested in good
faith by Borrower by appropriate proceedings, provided that in any
such case an adequate reserve is being maintained by Borrower for the payment of
same;
(iv) Liens
for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges not yet due and payable or
which are being diligently contested in good faith by Borrower by appropriate
proceedings, provided that in any
such case an adequate reserve is being maintained by Borrower for the payment of
same in accordance with GAAP; and
(v) deposits
or pledges to secure obligations under workmen’s compensation, social security
or similar laws, or under unemployment insurance.
“Person” shall mean
any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, limited
liability entity, trust, unincorporated organization, association, corporation,
institution, entity, or government (including any division, agency or department
thereof), and, as applicable, the successors, heirs and assigns of
each.
“Property” shall mean
all personal and real property of every kind and description (whether tangible
or intangible) in which a Person has any right, title or interest.
“Proprietary Rights”
shall have the meaning given to such term in Section
6.13.
“Security Documents”
shall mean any existing or future agreement or document granting, creating or
conferring any Lien in favor of Lender securing all or any portion of the
Obligations.
“Subordinated Debt”
shall mean existing Indebtedness, if any, set forth and indicated as
subordinated set forth on Schedule 1.1(e)
hereto and unsecured Indebtedness hereafter incurred by Borrower, which, in each
case, is expressly subordinated and made junior to the payment and
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performance
in full of the Obligations and under a written agreement acceptable to
Lender.
“Subordination
Agreements” shall mean the agreements entered into from time to time by
and among Borrower, Lender, and a third party creditor of Borrower providing for
the subordination of such third party creditor’s claims to those of Lender on
terms and conditions satisfactory to Lender.
“Subsidiary” shall
mean, as to any Person, (i) any corporation more than 50% of whose Capital Stock
of any class or classes having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power to
elect a majority of the directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether
or not at the time, any class or classes of such corporation shall have or might
have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) is at the time
owned by such Person directly or indirectly through Subsidiaries, (ii) any
partnership, association, joint venture or other entity in which such Person
directly or indirectly through Subsidiaries has more than a 50% interest in the
total capital, total income and/or total ownership interests of such entity at
any time and (iii) any partnership in which such Person is a general
partner.
“Tangible Net Worth”
shall mean the value of Borrower’s total assets (including leaseholds and
leasehold and reserves against assets but excluding goodwill, patents,
trademarks, trade names, organization expense, unamortized debt discount and
expense, capitalized or deferred research and development costs, deferred
marketing expenses, and other like intangibles, and monies due from affiliates,
officers, directors, employees, shareholders, members or managers of Borrower)
less total liabilities, including but not limited to accrued and deferred income
taxes, but excluding the non-current portion of Subordinated Debt.
“Taxes” shall mean any
federal, state, local or foreign income, sales, use, transfer, payroll,
personal, property, occupancy, franchise or other tax, levy, impost, fee,
imposition, assessment or similar charge, together with any interest or
penalties thereon.
“Termination Date”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.01.
“Third-Party Loan”
shall mean any loan, advance, deposit or extension of credit made or granted by
Borrower to any other Person.
“UCC” shall mean the
Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New
York.
“USA Patriot Act”
shall mean the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools
Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Public Law 107-56, as
the same has been, or shall hereafter be, renewed, extended, amended or
replaced.
“Voting Stock” shall
mean, with respect to any Person, Capital Stock issued by such Person the
holders of which are ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, entitled to
vote for the election of directors (or persons performing similar functions) of
such Person, even though the right so to vote has been suspended by the
happening of such a contingency.
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1.2. Accounting Terms. Unless
otherwise defined or specified herein, all accounting terms shall be construed
herein and all accounting determinations for purposes of determining compliance
with Article VIII hereof and otherwise to be made under this Agreement shall be
made in accordance with GAAP applied on a basis consistent in all material
respects with the Financials. All Financial Statements required to be
delivered hereunder from and after the Closing Date and all financial records
shall be maintained in accordance with GAAP as in effect as of the date of the
Financials. If GAAP shall change from the basis used in preparing the
Financials, the certificates required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7.1(c)
demonstrating compliance with the covenants contained herein shall include
calculations setting forth the adjustments necessary to demonstrate how Borrower
is in compliance with the financial covenants based upon GAAP as in effect on
the Closing Date. If Borrower shall change its method of inventory
accounting, all calculations necessary to determine compliance with the
covenants contained herein shall be made as if such method of inventory
accounting had not been so changed.
1.3. Other Definitional
Terms. Terms
not otherwise defined herein which are defined in the UCC shall have the
meanings given them in the UCC. It is the specific intent of Borrower
and Lender that references to terms defined in the UCC shall mean the
definitions set forth in the UCC as the UCC is in effect from time to
time. The term “on the date hereof” shall mean the date of this
Agreement. The words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of
similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to the Agreement as a
whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, unless otherwise
specifically provided. References in this Agreement to “Articles”,
“Sections”, “Schedules” or “Exhibits” shall be to Articles, Sections, Schedules
or Exhibits of or to this Agreement unless otherwise specifically
provided. Any of the terms defined in Section 1.1 may, unless the
context otherwise requires, be used in the singular or plural depending on the
reference. “Include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to
be followed by “without limitation” whether or not they are in fact followed by
such words or words of like import. “Writing”, “written” and
comparable terms refer to printing, typing, computer disk, e-mail and other
means of reproducing words in a visible form. References to any
agreement or contract are to such agreement or contract as amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and
thereof. References to any Person include the successors and
permitted assigns of such Person. References “from” or “through” any
date mean, unless otherwise specified, “from and including” or “through and
including”, respectively. References to any times herein shall refer
to the applicable time in New York, New York.
ARTICLE II TERM
LOAN
2.1. Term
Loan. From time to time prior to February 1, 2009 or the
earlier termination in full of the Commitment (in either case the “Termination
Date”), and subject to all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement,
Borrower may obtain Advances from Lender up to the amount of the outstanding
Commitment. Amounts borrowed pursuant to this Section 2.1 may not be
reborrowed, notwithstanding any payments hereunder. Borrower may
request an Advance hereunder by three days written notice to Lender, which
notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify Borrower’s proposed use of the
proceeds of such Advance. Any such notice received by Lender after
2:00 P.M. shall be deemed received on the immediately following Business
Day. Each Advance shall be in an integral multiple of $100,000 and
not less than $100,000. All such Advances shall be evidenced by a
single promissory note of Borrower in the form set forth on Exhibit A
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attached
hereto (the “Term Note”) representing the obligations of Borrower to pay Lender
the outstanding amount of the Term Loan plus interest accrued thereon, as set
forth herein. The Term Note shall be executed by Borrower and
delivered to Lender prior to the initial Advance. Although the Term
Note shall be expressed to be payable in the full amount of the Commitment,
Borrower shall be obligated to pay only the amounts actually disbursed to or for
the account of Borrower, together with interest on the unpaid balance of sums so
disbursed which remain outstanding from time to time, at the rates and on the
dates specified herein or in the Term Note, and together with the other amounts
provided herein.
2.2. Repayment of Term
Loan. The outstanding balance of the Term Loan shall be due
and payable on or before the Maturity Date, subject to acceleration as herein
provided. Borrower shall pay principal, interest, and all other
amounts payable hereunder without any deduction whatsoever, including, but not
limited to, any deduction for any setoff or counterclaim, all of which are
hereby waived. Any partial prepayment of principal shall be in an
amount of $100,000 or even multiples thereof, and shall be accompanied by
accrued and unpaid interest on the amount prepaid to the date of such
prepayment. In the event that the aggregate outstanding principal
amount of the Advances shall at any time exceed the Commitment, Borrower shall
immediately prepay the Term Loan in the amount necessary to eliminate such
excess.
2.3. Use of
Proceeds. Borrower shall apply the proceeds of the Term Loan
to (i) pay fees and Expenses relating to this transaction, and (ii) working
capital. Without the prior written consent of Lender, this Term Loan
may not be used, in whole or in part, to make any payment to P & S with
respect to any P & S Obligations.
2.4. Payments and
Computations.
(a) Borrower
shall make each payment hereunder and under the Note not later than 2:00 P.M. on
the day when due. Any payment received after 2:00 P.M.
(including any payment in full of the Obligations) shall be deemed received on
the immediately following Business Day. Any payment which is due on a
day which is not a Business Day shall be paid on the next succeeding Business
Day. All prepayments of every kind on account of the Term Loan shall
be first applied to accrued and unpaid interest and then to the principal
balance thereof.
(b) At
Lender’s request or as otherwise required pursuant to the terms of the
Intercreditor Agreement, all proceeds of Collateral shall be deposited by
Borrower into either (i) a lockbox account or a blocked account (“Lockbox
Account”) established at a Depository Institution, pursuant to a Control
Agreement. Lender assumes no responsibility for such blocked account
arrangement or the actions of the Collateral Agent, including any claim or
accord and satisfaction or release with respect to deposits accepted by any
Depository Institution thereunder. Borrower hereby agrees to execute
such agreements as Lender or Collateral Agent may require to establish the
Lockbox Account.
(c) Borrower
shall pay principal, interest and other amounts payable hereunder without any
deduction, setoff, recoupment or counterclaim.
(d) Lender’s
records of advances and payments under the Term Loan shall be deemed correct and
binding upon Borrower except for manifest error.
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ARTICLE III PAYMENT
OF PRINCIPAL, INTEREST AND FEES
3.1. Principal
Amortization. The outstanding principal amount of the Term
Loan shall be payable in eleven equal quarterly installments of $83,400.00, on
the first day of each February, May, August and November commencing May 1, 2009,
with a final payment of $82,600.000 on the Maturity Date. In the
event that outstanding principal amount of the Term Loan on the Termination Date
is less than the Commitment, the amount of the quarterly installments shall be
adjusted to the amount necessary to fully amortize the outstanding principal
amount of the Term Loan over the same period.
3.2. Interest on Term
Loan. Interest
on the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loan shall be paid in arrears on
the first day of each February, May, August and November commencing May 1, 2008,
at the per annum interest rate equal to seven percent (7%) per annum, compounded
quarterly (subject to adjustment in the manner provided herein and in the
Note).
3.3. Interest After Event of
Default. Interest on the outstanding principal amount of the
Term Loan as of the date an Event of Default occurs, and at all times thereafter
until the earlier of the date upon which (a) all Obligations have been paid and
satisfied in full or (b) such Event of Default shall have been cured or
waived, shall be payable on demand at a per annum interest rate equal to ten
percent (10%) per annum, compounded quarterly. To the extent
permitted by applicable law, interest shall accrue at the applicable rate(s)
provided for in this Agreement notwithstanding the occurrence of any Event of
Default, acceleration of the Obligations, the entry of any judgment, or the
commencement of any bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership or other
proceedings.
ARTICLE IV COLLATERAL
4.1. Description. As
security for the payment of the Obligations, and satisfaction by Borrower of all
covenants and undertakings contained in this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents, Borrower hereby assigns and grants to Lender a continuing first
(subject only to any Permitted Liens, if any) Lien on and security interest in,
upon and to all of Borrower’s personal property, including, without limitation,
all of the following personal property:
(a) Accounts - All of
Borrower’s now owned and hereafter acquired, created, or arising
Accounts;
(b) Inventory - All of
Borrower’s now owned or hereafter acquired Inventory of every nature and kind,
wherever located (including any Inventory sold by Lender to Borrower pursuant to
the distribution arrangements described in the Purchase Agreement, in which
Lender shall possess a purchase money security interest (provided, however, that
the proceeds of such Inventory shall be subject to the terms of the
Intercreditor Agreement));
(c) General Intangibles -
All of Borrower’s now owned and hereafter acquired, created or arising General
Intangibles of every kind and description, including, without limitation,
customer lists, choses in action, claims, books, records, goodwill, patents and
patent applications, copyrights, trademarks, tradenames, service marks,
tradestyles, trademark applications, trade secrets, contracts, contract rights,
royalties, licenses, franchises, deposits, license, franchise and
royalty
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agreements,
formulae, tax and any other types of refunds, returned and unearned insurance
premiums, rights and claims under insurance policies including without
limitation, credit insurance and key man life insurance policies, and computer
information, software, records and data;
(d) Equipment - All of
Borrower’s now owned and hereafter acquired Equipment, including, without
limitation, machinery, vehicles, furniture and Fixtures, wherever located, and
all replacements, parts, accessories, substitutions and additions
thereto;
(e) Deposit Accounts -
All of Borrower’s now existing and hereafter acquired or arising Deposit
Accounts, reserves and credit balances of every nature, wherever located, and
all documents and records associated therewith;
(f) Property in Lender’s
Possession - All personal property of Borrower, now or hereafter in the
possession of Lender;
(g) Investment Property -
All of Borrower’s now owned or hereafter acquired Investment Property of every
kind;
(h) Letter of Credit
Rights – All of Borrower’s now owned or hereafter acquired Letter of
Credit Rights;
(i) Commercial Tort
Claims – All of Borrower’s now owned or hereafter acquired Commercial
Tort Claims;
(j) Other Property - All
of Borrower’s now owned or hereafter acquired or created Instruments and other
notes receivable, Goods, Chattel Paper, Documents (including bills of lading,
warehouse receipts and other documents of title), Payment Intangibles,
guarantees, Supporting Obligations, letters of credit, rights of rescission,
stoppage in transit, replevin, and reclamation, and returned, reclaimed and
repossessed goods; and
(k) Proceeds - The
Proceeds (including, without limitation, insurance proceeds), whether cash or
non-cash, of all of the foregoing personal property and interests in personal
property.
4.2. Lien
Documents. At Closing, and thereafter from time to time as
Lender deems necessary, Borrower shall execute and/or deliver to Lender or
authorize, as applicable, the following (all in form and substance satisfactory
to Lender):
(a) Financing Statements
- Financing statements, which Lender may file in any jurisdiction where any
Collateral is or may be located and in any other jurisdiction that Lender deems
appropriate; and
(b) Other Agreements -
Any other agreements, documents, instruments and writings, including, without
limitation, trademark, patent and/or copyright security agreements and
amendments or supplements thereto, as may be required by Lender to evidence,
create, perfect or protect Lender’s Liens and security interests in the
Collateral.
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4.3. Other
Actions. Borrower will defend the Collateral against all Liens
(other than Permitted Liens), claims and demands of all Persons at any time
claiming the same or any interest therein. Borrower agrees to comply
with the requirements of all state and federal laws and requests of Lender in
order for Lender to have and maintain a valid and perfected first security
interest (subject only to Permitted Liens, if any) in the Collateral including,
without limitation, executing such documents as Lender may require to obtain
Control (as defined in the UCC) over all Letter of Credit Rights, Deposit
Accounts and Investment Property. Lender is hereby authorized by
Borrower to file any financing statements covering the Collateral or an
amendment that adds collateral covered by a financing statement or an amendment
that adds a debtor to a financing statement, in each case whether or not
Borrower’s signature appears thereon. Borrower hereby authorizes Lender to file
financing statements and amendments to financing statements describing the
Collateral in any filing office as Lender, in its sole discretion, may
determine, including financing statements listing “All Assets” in the collateral
description therein, as well as language indicating that the acquisition by a
third party of any right, title or interest in or to the Collateral without
Lender’s consent, shall be a violation of Lender’s rights. In
addition to the foregoing, Borrower shall perform all further acts that may be
lawfully and reasonably required by Lender to secure Lender and effectuate the
intentions and objects of this Agreement, including, but not limited to, the
execution and delivery of continuation statements, amendments to financing
statements, security agreements, contracts and any other documents required
hereunder. Borrower shall use commercially reasonable efforts to
obtain acknowledgment and waiver agreements from the owner or lessor of any
warehouse or distribution location and Borrower shall endeavor to obtain
acknowledgment and waiver agreements from the owner or lessor of each showroom
location. At Lender’s request, Borrower shall immediately deliver to
Lender all documents or items for which Lender must receive possession to obtain
and/or maintain perfected security interests, including without limitation, all
notes, letters of credit, certificates and documents of title, chattel paper,
warehouse receipts, instruments, and any other similar Collateral.
4.4. Searches and
Certificates.
Borrower
shall, prior to or at Closing, and thereafter as Lender may determine from time
to time, at Borrower’s expense, obtain (and Lender may also do so, at its
option, but at Borrower’s expense from time to time) the following searches (the
results of which are to be consistent with the warranties made by Borrower in
this Agreement and in any other Loan Document):
(a) UCC
searches with the Secretary of State of Borrower’s jurisdiction of
organization;
(b) Judgment,
federal tax lien and state tax lien searches, in Borrower’s jurisdiction of
organization and each state or other jurisdiction where Borrower maintains its
executive office, a place of business, or any Property; and
(c) Searches
of ownership and Lien status of intellectual property in the appropriate
governmental offices.
ARTICLE V CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT
The
obligation of Lender to extend the Term Loan and make Advances
thereunder
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shall be
subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent on or before
the date indicated (all agreements and documents from Borrower or any other
Person to be in form and substance acceptable to Lender, in its sole
discretion):
(a) Executed Loan
Documents. On or before the Closing Date, Lender shall have
received duly executed copies of: this Agreement, the Note, the Security
Documents, and all other Loan Documents.
(b) Organizational
Documents. On or before the Closing Date, Lender shall have
received:
(i) Charter
Documents. Copies of the articles or certificates of
incorporation or other charter documents of Borrower certified to be true and
complete as of a recent date by the appropriate Governmental Authority of the
state or other jurisdiction of its incorporation and certified by a secretary or
assistant secretary of Borrower to be true and correct as of the Closing
Date.
(ii) Bylaws. A
copy of the bylaws of Borrower certified by a secretary or assistant secretary
of Borrower to be true and correct as of the Closing Date.
(iii) Resolutions. Copies
of resolutions or unanimous written consent of the board of directors of
Borrower approving and adopting the Loan Documents, the transactions
contemplated therein and authorizing execution and delivery thereof, certified
by a secretary or assistant secretary of Borrower to be true and correct and in
force and effect as of the Closing Date.
(iv) Good
Standing. Copies of a certificate of good standing, existence
or its equivalent with respect to Borrower certified as of a recent date by the
appropriate Governmental Authorities of the state or other jurisdiction of
organization and each other jurisdiction in which the failure to so qualify and
be in good standing could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(v) Incumbency. An
incumbency certificate of Borrower certified by a secretary or assistant
secretary of Borrower to be true and correct as of the Closing
Date.
(c) Financial
Statements. On or before the Closing Date, Lender shall have
received Borrower’s audited Financial Statements for the fiscal year ending
December 31, 2006, and unaudited Financial Statements for the nine months ended
September 30, 2007, and such other information relating to Borrower as Lender
may reasonably require.
(d) Personal Property
Collateral. On or before the Closing Date, Lender shall have
received duly authorized or, if required executed, UCC financing statements and
other lien documents for filing including all necessary documents (including
lien termination documents by any existing lender) to perfect Lender’s security
interest in the Collateral, all as may be required by Lender.
(e) Payoff of P & S Term
Loan and Release of Related Collateral. Before the date of the
first Advance hereunder, Lender shall have received satisfactory evidence that
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obligations
of Borrower and each of its Affiliates to P & S under the P & S Term
Loan Agreement shall have been irrevocably repaid in full, and the obligations
under any related guarantees, stock pledges and Other Loan Documents (as defined
in the P & S Credit Documents) securing the obligations of Borrower under
the P & S Term Loan Agreement shall have been released.
(f) Priority of
Liens. On or before the Closing Date, Lender shall have
received satisfactory evidence that (i) Lender holds a perfected Lien on
all Collateral and (ii) none of the Collateral is subject to any other Liens
other than Permitted Liens.
(g) Consummation of
Merger. Before the date of the first Advance hereunder, the
merger of Qualmax, Inc. with and into Borrower shall have been consummated in
all respects, and Borrower shall have delivered to Lender evidence thereof to
the satisfaction of Lender.
(h) Evidence of
Insurance. On or before the Closing Date, Lender shall have
received copies of insurance policies or certificates of insurance (on Xxxxx
form 27) of Borrower evidencing liability and casualty insurance meeting the
requirements set forth in the Loan Documents, including, without limitation,
naming Lender as loss payee (as to property and casualty coverage) and as
additional insured (as to liability coverage).
(i) Consents. On
or before the Closing Date, Lender shall have received evidence that all
governmental, shareholder, member and third party consents and approvals
required in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and expiration
of all applicable waiting periods without any action being taken by any
authority that could restrain, prevent or impose any material adverse conditions
on such transactions or that could seek or threaten any of the foregoing, and no
law or regulation shall be applicable which in the judgment of Lender could have
such effect.
(j) Fees and
Expenses. On or before the Closing Date, Borrower shall have
paid all fees and Expenses owed to Lender as of the Closing Date.
(k) P & S Credit
Documents. On the Closing Date and on the date of each
Advance, no default or event of default under any of the P & S Credit
Documents shall have occurred and remain outstanding or uncured.
(l) Other. On
the Closing Date and on the date of each Advance, the Lender shall have received
such other documents, instruments, agreements or information as are required to
be provided herein or under any other Loan Documents or as may otherwise be or
have been requested by Lender.
ARTICLE VI REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
In order
to induce Lender to enter into this Agreement and to make available the Term
Loan contemplated hereby, Borrower hereby represents and warrants to Lender
that, as of the Closing Date and as of the date of each Advance:
6.1. Organization and
Qualification. Borrower
(i) is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under
the laws of the state of its incorporation or organization, (ii)
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the power
and authority to own its Property and assets and to transact the businesses in
which it is presently, or proposes to be, engaged, and (iii) is duly
qualified and is authorized to do business and is in good standing in every
jurisdiction in which the failure to be so qualified could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. All of the Capital Stock
of Borrower is owned beneficially and of record by the persons, and in the
amounts, set forth on Schedule
6.1.
6.2. Liens. There
are no Liens in favor of any Person with respect to any Property of Borrower
other than Permitted Liens.
6.3. No Conflict. The
execution and delivery by Borrower of this Agreement and each of the other Loan
Documents executed and delivered in connection herewith and the performance of
the obligations of Borrower hereunder and thereunder and the consummation by
Borrower of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby: (i) are within the
powers of Borrower; (ii) are duly authorized by the Board of Directors of
Borrower and, if necessary, its stockholders; (iii) are not in
contravention of the terms of the articles or certificate of incorporation or
bylaws of Borrower or of any Contractual Obligations; (iv) do not require
the consent, registration or approval of any Governmental Authority or any other
Person; (v) do not contravene any statute, law, ordinance regulation, rule,
order or other governmental restriction applicable to or binding upon Borrower;
and (vi) will not, except as contemplated herein for the benefit of Lender,
result in the imposition of any Liens upon any Property of Borrower under any
existing indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or agreement or other material
agreement or instrument to which Borrower is a party or by which it or any of
its Property may be bound or affected.
6.4. Enforceability. The
Agreement and all of the other Loan Documents are the legal, valid and binding
obligations of Borrower, and are enforceable against Borrower in accordance with
their terms.
6.5. Financial Data. Borrower
shall have furnished to Lender the following Financial Statements (the
“Financials”): (i) the consolidated balance sheet of Borrower as of,
and statements of income, retained earnings and changes in cash flow for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, audited by independent certified public
accountants, and (ii) the unaudited consolidated and consolidating balance sheet
of Borrower as of, and statement of income, and retained earnings for the nine
months ending September 30, 2007, prepared by the chief financial
officer of Borrower. The Financials are in accordance with the books
and records of Borrower and fairly present the financial condition of Borrower
at the dates thereof and the results of operations for the periods indicated
(subject, in the case of unaudited Financial Statements, to normal year end
adjustments), and such Financial Statements have been prepared in conformity
with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods involved. Since
December 31, 2006, there have been no changes in the condition, financial or
otherwise, of Borrower as shown on the respective balance sheets of Borrower
described above, except (a) as contemplated herein and (b) for changes which
individually or in the aggregate do not constitute a Material Adverse
Change.
6.6. Locations of Offices,
Records and Inventory. Borrower’s
chief executive office and all other places of business (with a separate
itemization for warehouse locations) are set forth in Schedule 6.6
hereto, and the books and records of Borrower and all chattel paper and all
records of accounts are located at the chief executive offices of
Borrower. There is no address in which Borrower has any Collateral
other than the addresses as set forth on Schedule
6.6. Schedule 6.6
also
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contains
a true, correct and complete list of (i) the legal names and addresses of
each landlord, warehouseman, filler, processor and packer at which Inventory is
stored, or equipment is located. None of the receipts received by
Borrower from any warehouseman, filler, processor or packer states that the
goods covered thereby are to be delivered to bearer or to the order of a named
person or to a named person and such named person’s assigns.
6.7. Business
Names. Borrower has not used any legal or fictitious name
during the five (5) years preceding the date hereof, other than the legal name
shown on its Certificate of Incorporation, as it may be amended to the date
hereof, delivered to Lender and those names as set forth on Schedule
6.7.
6.8. Affiliates and
Subsidiaries. There are no Affiliates or direct or indirect
Subsidiaries of Borrower except as set forth on Schedule 6.8.
Borrower is not a party to any partnership or joint venture except as set
forth on Schedule 6.8.
6.9. Judgments or
Litigation. Except
as set forth on Schedule 6.9, there
is no material (a) judgment, order, writ or decree outstanding against Borrower
or (b) pending or, to the best of Borrower’s knowledge, threatened litigation,
contested claim, governmental, administrative or regulatory investigation,
arbitration, or governmental audit (for taxes or otherwise) or proceeding by or
against Borrower. No judgment, order, writ, decree, pending or
threatened litigation, contested claim, investigation, arbitration and
governmental proceeding pertaining to Borrower (individually or in the
aggregate) could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
6.10. Defaults. Borrower
is not in default under any Contractual Obligations which default could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.11. Compliance with
Law. Borrower has not violated or failed to comply with
(including without limitation in the ownership and use of its Property and the
conduct of its business) any statute, law, ordinance, regulation, rule or order
of any foreign, federal, state or local government, or any other Governmental
Authority or any self regulatory organization, or any judgment, decree or order
of any court, applicable to its business or operations which failure or
violation could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect. Borrower has not received any notice to the effect that, or
otherwise been advised that, it is not in compliance with, and Borrower has no
reason to anticipate that any currently existing circumstances are likely to
result in the violation of any such statute, law, ordinance, regulation, rule,
judgment, decree or order which failure or violation could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.12. Compliance with
Environmental Laws. The operations of Borrower materially
comply with all applicable federal, state or local environmental, health and
safety statutes, regulations, directions, ordinances, criteria or guidelines;
and none of the current or former operations of Borrower are the subject of any
material judicial or administrative proceeding alleging the violation of any
federal, state or local environmental, health or safety statute, regulation,
direction, ordinance, criteria or guidelines. None of the current or
former operations of Borrower are the subject of any federal or state
investigation evaluating whether Borrower disposed any hazardous or toxic waste,
substance or constituent or other substance at any site that may require
remedial action, or any federal or state investigation evaluating whether any
remedial action is needed to respond to a release of any hazardous or toxic
waste, substance or constituent, or other
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substance
into the environment. Borrower has not filed or received any notice
under any federal or state law indicating past or present treatment, storage or
disposal of a hazardous waste or reporting a spill or release of a hazardous or
toxic waste, substance or constituent, or other substance into the
environment. Borrower has no contingent liability of which Borrower
have knowledge or reasonably should have knowledge in connection with any
release of any hazardous or toxic waste, substance or constituent, or other
substance into the environment, nor has Borrower received any notice, letter or
other indication of potential liability arising from the disposal of any
hazardous or toxic waste, substance or constituent or other substance into the
environment.
6.13. Intellectual
Property. Borrower possesses adequate licenses, patents,
patent applications, copyrights, service marks, trademarks and tradenames to
continue to conduct its business as heretofore conducted by it. Schedule 6.13
attached hereto sets forth (a) all of the federal, state and foreign
registrations of trademarks, service marks and other marks, trade names or other
trade rights of Borrower, and all pending applications for any such
registrations, (b) all of the registered patents and copyrights of Borrower and
all pending applications therefore and (c) all other registered trademarks,
service marks and other marks, trade names and other trade rights used by
Borrower in connection with their business (collectively, the “Proprietary
Rights”). Borrower is the owner of each of the Proprietary Rights set
forth on Schedule 6.13 as
indicated on such schedule, and except as set forth on Schedule 6.13 no
other Person has the right to use any of such Proprietary
Rights. Each of the Proprietary Rights set forth on Schedule 6.13 is
federally registered, having the registration number and issue date set forth on
Schedule 6.13. The
Proprietary Rights set forth on Schedule 6.13 are all
those used in the businesses of Borrower. Except as set forth on
Schedule 6.13,
no Person has a right to receive any royalty or similar payment in respect of
any Proprietary Rights pursuant to any contractual arrangements entered into by
Borrower, and no Person otherwise has a right to receive any royalty or similar
payment in respect of any such Proprietary Rights except as set forth on Schedule
6.13. Borrower has not granted any license or sold or
otherwise transferred any interest in any of the Proprietary Rights to any other
Person. The use of each of the Proprietary Rights by Borrower is not
infringing upon or otherwise violating the rights of any third party in or to
such Proprietary Rights, and no proceeding has been instituted against or notice
received by Borrower that are presently outstanding alleging that the use of any
of the Proprietary Rights infringes upon or otherwise violates the rights of any
third party in or to any of the Proprietary Rights. Borrower has not
given notice to any Person that it is infringing on any of the Proprietary
Rights and to the best of Borrower’s knowledge, no Person is infringing on any
of the Proprietary Rights. All of the Proprietary Rights of Borrower
are valid and enforceable rights of Borrower and will not cease to be valid and
in full force and effect by reason of the execution and delivery of this
Agreement or the Loan Documents or the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby.
6.14. Licenses and
Permits. Borrower has obtained and holds in full force and
effect all material franchises, licenses, leases, permits, certificates,
authorizations, qualifications, easements, rights of way and other rights and
approvals which are necessary or appropriate for the operation of its business
as presently conducted and as proposed to be conducted. Borrower is
not in violation of the terms of any such franchise, license, lease, permit,
certificate, authorization, qualification, easement, right of way, right or
approval which in any such case could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
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6.15. Title to
Property. Borrower has (i) valid leasehold interests in all of
the real property it occupies as a tenant, (all such real property and the
nature of Borrower’s interest therein is set forth on Schedule 6.15)
and (ii) good, marketable and exclusive title to all of the other Property
it purports to own (including without limitation, all real and
personal Property in each case as reflected in the Financial Statements
delivered to Lender hereunder), other than, with respect to Property described
in clause (ii) above, properties disposed of in the ordinary course of
business or in any manner otherwise permitted under this Agreement since the
date of the most recent audited balance sheet of Borrower, and in
each case subject to no claims, options, rights or interests of any other
Person. Borrower enjoys peaceful and undisturbed possession of all
its real property, and there is no pending or, to the best of its knowledge,
threatened condemnation proceeding relating to any such real
property. The leases with respect to the leased property, together
with any leases of real property entered into by Borrower after the date hereof,
are referred to collectively as the “Leases”. None of the Leases
contains provisions which have or could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect. No material default exists under any
Lease.
6.16. Labor
Matters. Borrower is not engaged in any unfair labor
practice. There is (a) no material unfair labor practice complaint
pending against Borrower or, to the best knowledge of Borrower, threatened
against Borrower, before the National Labor Relations Board, and no grievance or
arbitration proceeding with any employee, or group or committee representing any
employees, or arising out of or under collective bargaining agreements that has
or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect is so pending
against Borrower or, to the best knowledge of Borrower, threatened against
Borrower, (b) no strike, labor dispute, slowdown or stoppage pending or, to the
best knowledge of Borrower, threatened against Borrower, and (c) no union
representation questions with respect to the employees of Borrower and no union
organizing activities.
6.17. Investment
Company. Borrower
is not (a) an “investment company” or a company “controlled” by an “investment
company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended,
(b) a “holding company” or a “subsidiary company” of a “holding company,” or an
“affiliate” of a “holding company” or of a “subsidiary company” of a “holding
company,” within the meaning of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935,
as amended, or (c) subject to any other law which purports to regulate or
restrict its ability to borrow money or to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or to perform its
obligations hereunder or thereunder.
6.18. Margin
Security. Borrower does not own any margin stock and no
portion of the proceeds of the Term Loan shall be used by Borrower for the
purpose of purchasing or carrying any “margin stock” (as defined in Regulation U
of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) or for any other
purpose which violates the provisions or Regulation U, T, or X of said Board of
Governors or for any other purpose in violation of any applicable statute or
regulation, or of the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
6.19. Taxes and Tax
Returns.
(a) Borrower
has timely filed (inclusive of any permitted extensions) with the appropriate
taxing authorities all returns (including, without limitation, information
returns and other material information) in respect of Taxes required to be filed
through the date hereof and will
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timely
file (inclusive of any permitted extensions) any such returns required to be
filed on and after the date hereof except where the failure to file could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The
information filed is complete and accurate in all material
respects.
(b) (i) All
Taxes, in respect of periods beginning prior to the date hereof, have been
timely paid, or will be timely paid, or an adequate reserve has been established
therefore, as set forth in the Financial Statements, and (ii) Borrower has no
material liability for such Taxes for such periods in excess of the amounts so
paid or reserves so established. No material deficiencies for Taxes
have been claimed, proposed or assessed by any taxing or other Governmental
Authority against Borrower except those that are paid or contested within the
time limits designated by law or the applicable Governmental Authority and no
material tax Liens have been filed.
6.20. Status of
Accounts. Each Account is based on an actual and bona fide
sale and delivery of goods or rendition of services to customers, made by
Borrower in the ordinary course of its business; the goods and Inventory being
sold and the Accounts created are Borrower’s exclusive property and are not and
shall not be subject to any Lien, consignment arrangement, encumbrance, security
interest or financing statement whatsoever (other than Permitted Liens), and
Borrower’s customers have accepted the goods or services, owe and are obligated
to pay the full amounts stated in the invoices according to their terms, without
any dispute, offset, defense, counterclaim or contra. Borrower
confirms to Lender that any and all taxes or fees relating to its business, its
sales, the Accounts or the goods relating thereto, are its sole responsibility
and that same will be paid by Borrower when due (unless duly contested and
adequately reserved for) and that none of said taxes or fees is or will become a
lien on or claim against the Accounts.
6.21. Material
Contracts. Schedule 6.21 sets
forth a true, correct and complete list of all the Material Contracts currently
in effect on the date hereof, including without limitation all documents
evidencing Indebtedness of Borrower. None of the Material Contracts
contains provisions which have or could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect. All of the Material Contracts are in full
force and effect, and no material defaults currently exist
thereunder.
6.22. Accuracy and Completeness of
Information. All factual information heretofore,
contemporaneously or hereafter furnished by or on behalf of Borrower in writing
to Lender for purposes of or in connection with this Agreement or any Loan
Documents, or any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby, is or will be true
and accurate in all material respects on the date as of which such information
is dated or certified and not incomplete by omitting to state any material fact
necessary to make such information not misleading at such time. There
is no fact now known to any officer of Borrower which has, or would have, a
Material Adverse Effect which fact has not been set forth herein, in the
Financials, or any certificate, opinion or other written statement made or
furnished by Borrower to Lender.
6.23. Solvency. Both
before and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated under this
Agreement, Borrower is able to pay its respective debts as they become due, and
has capital sufficient to carry on its respective business and all businesses in
which it is about to engage, and now owns Property having a value both at fair
valuation and at present fair salable value greater than the amount required to
pay Borrower’s debts. Borrower will not be rendered insolvent by
the
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execution
and delivery of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents executed in
connection with this Agreement or by the transactions contemplated hereunder or
thereunder.
6.24. Commercial Tort
Claims. Borrower has no Commercial Tort Claims except as set
forth on Schedule
6.24 attached hereto and made a part hereof.
6.25. Letter of Credit
Rights. Borrower has no Letter of Credit Rights except as set
forth on Schedule
6.25 attached hereto and made a part hereof.
6.26. Deposit
Accounts. All Deposit Accounts of Borrower and each Depository
Institution are set forth on Schedule 6.26
attached hereto and made a part hereof.
6.27. Anti-Terrorism
Law.
(a) General. Neither
Borrower nor any Affiliate of Borrower is in violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law
or engages in or conspires to engage in any transaction that evades or avoids,
or has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate, any of the
prohibitions set forth in any Anti-Terrorism Law.
(b) Executive Order No.
13224 Neither Borrower nor any Affiliate of Borrower, or to Borrower’s
knowledge, any of their respective agents acting or benefiting in any capacity
in connection with the Loan or other transactions hereunder, is any of the
following (each a “Blocked Person”):
(i) a Person
that is listed in the annex to, or is otherwise subject to the provisions of,
the Executive Order No. 13224;
(ii) a Person
owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, any Person that is listed
in the annex to, or is otherwise subject to the provisions of, the Executive
Order No. 13224;
(iii) a Person
with which Lender is prohibited from dealing or otherwise engaging in any
transaction by any Anti-Terrorism Law;
(iv) a Person
that commits, threatens or conspires to commit or supports “terrorism” as
defined in the Executive Order No. 13224;
(v) a Person
that is named as a “specially designated national” on the most current list
published by the U.S. Treasury Department Office of Foreign Asset Control at its
official website or any replacement website or other replacement official
publication of such list; or
(vi) a Person
who is affiliated with a Person listed above.
6.28. Survival of
Representations. All representations made by Borrower in this
Agreement and in any other Loan Document shall survive the execution and
delivery hereof and thereof.
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ARTICLE VII AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS
Until termination of this Agreement and
the payment and satisfaction of all Obligations, Borrower covenants and agrees
as follows:
7.1. Financial
Information. Borrower will furnish to Lender the following
information within the following time periods:
(a) within
120 days after the close of each fiscal year of Borrower, the consolidated and
consolidating audited balance sheets and statements of income and retained
earnings and of changes in cash flow of Borrower, for such year, each in
reasonable detail, each setting forth in comparative form the corresponding
figures for the preceding year, prepared in accordance with GAAP, and
accompanied by a report and unqualified opinion of an independent accountant
selected by Borrower and acceptable to Lender and concurrently with the delivery
of such financial statements, a consolidated and consolidating unaudited balance
sheet of Borrower for such year, in reasonable detail, setting forth in
comparative form the corresponding figures from the preceding year, prepared in
accordance with GAAP;
(b) within 45
days after the end of each fiscal quarter of Borrower, consolidated and
consolidating unaudited Financial Statements and divisional operating income
analyses similar to those required by clause (a) above as of the end of such
period and for such period then ended and for the period from the beginning of
the current fiscal year to the end of such period, setting forth in comparative
form the corresponding figures for the comparable period in the preceding fiscal
year, prepared in accordance with GAAP (except that such quarterly statements
need not include footnotes) and certified by an Authorized Person described in
paragraph (d) below;
(c) at the
time of submission of the quarterly Financial Statements (for the first three
fiscal quarters in any fiscal year) and the annual Financial Statement of
Borrower, a certificate executed by an Authorized Person, certifying that,
following a review of the Agreement, no Event of Default is outstanding and
demonstrating compliance with the financial covenants contained in Article VIII
by calculation thereof as of the end of each such fiscal quarter;
and
(d) Such
other reports, certificates, schedules, documents, data or information
concerning Borrower’s finances and Property as Lender may reasonably request
from time to time.
7.2. Existence. Borrower
(a) will maintain its corporate existence, (b) will maintain in full force and
effect all material licenses, bonds, franchise, leases, trademarks and
qualifications to do business, (c) will obtain or maintain patents, contracts
and other rights necessary or desirable to the profitable conduct of its
business, (d) will continue in, and limit its operations to, the same general
lines of business as that presently conducted by it and (e) will comply with all
applicable laws, rules and regulations of any federal, state or local
Governmental Authority, except in the case of (b), (c) and (e) where
noncompliance could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
7.3. Environmental
Matters. Borrower
will conduct its business so as to comply in all material respects with all
environmental laws, regulations, directions, ordinances, criteria and guidelines
in all jurisdictions in which any of them is or may at any time be doing
business including, without limitation, environmental land use, occupational
safety or health laws, regulations,
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directions,
ordinances, criteria, guidelines, requirements or permits in all jurisdictions
in which it is or may at any time be doing business, except to the extent that
Borrower is contesting, in good faith by appropriate legal proceedings, any such
law, regulation, direction, ordinance, criteria, guideline, or interpretation
thereof or application thereof; provided, further, that Borrower will comply
with the order of any court or other governmental body of the applicable
jurisdiction relating to such laws unless Borrower shall currently be
prosecuting an appeal or proceedings for review and shall have secured a stay of
enforcement or execution or other arrangement postponing enforcement or
execution pending such appeal or proceedings for review. If Borrower
shall (a) receive notice that any violation of any federal, state or local
environmental law, regulation, direction, ordinance, criteria or guideline may
have been committed or is about to be committed by Borrower, (b) receive notice
that any administrative or judicial complaint or order has been filed or is
about to be filed against Borrower alleging violations of any federal, state or
local environmental law, regulation, direction, ordinance, criteria or guideline
or requiring Borrower to take any action in connection with the release of toxic
or hazardous substances into the environment or (c) receive any notice from a
federal, state, or local governmental agency or private party alleging that
Borrower may be liable or responsible for costs associated with a response to or
cleanup of a release of a toxic or hazardous substance into the environment or
any damages caused thereby, Borrower will provide Lender with a copy of such
notice within 5 days after the receipt thereof.
7.4. Books and
Records. Borrower will maintain books and records pertaining
to the Collateral in such detail, form and scope as is consistent with good
business practice. Borrower agrees that Lender or its agent may, upon
prior notice, enter upon the premises of Borrower, during normal business hours,
for the purpose of (a) enabling Lender’s auditors to conduct (at Borrower’s
expense) field examinations, (b) inspecting and verifying the Collateral,
(c) inspecting and/or copying (at Borrower’s expense) any and all records
pertaining thereto, and (d) discussing the affairs, finances and business of
Borrower or with any officers, employees and directors of Borrower or with
Borrower’s independent accountant.
7.5. Collateral
Records. Borrower will execute and deliver to Lender, from
time to time, solely for Lender’s convenience in maintaining a record of the
Collateral, such written statements and schedules as Lender may reasonably
require.
7.6. Changes in
Locations. Borrower agrees to afford Lender 30 days prior
written notice of any change in Borrower’s jurisdiction of organization or the
location of any Collateral (other than Inventory held for shipment by third
Persons, Inventory in transit, or Inventory held for processing by third
Persons) or in the location of its chief executive office or place of business.
7.7. Insurance; Casualty
Loss. Borrower will maintain public liability insurance, third
party property damage insurance and replacement value insurance on the
Collateral under such policies of insurance, with such insurance companies, in
such amounts and covering such risks as are at all times customary for
businesses of this type and satisfactory to Lender in its commercially
reasonable judgment. All policies covering the Collateral are to name
Lender (or, during the term of the Intercreditor Agreement, Collateral Agent for
the benefit of P&S and Lender pursuant to the terms of the Intercreditor
Agreement) as an additional insured (as to liability coverage) and lender’s loss
payee (as to casualty and property coverage), as its interests may appear, and
are to contain such other provisions as Lender may reasonably require to fully
protect Lender’s interest in the Collateral and to any payments to be made under
such policies. True copies of all original insurance
policies
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or
certificates of insurance evidencing such insurance covering the Collateral are
to be delivered to Lender on or prior to the Closing Date, with such premiums
paid in accordance with each insurance carrier’s requirements with the lender’s
loss payable endorsement in favor of Lender (or, during the term of the
Intercreditor Agreement, in favor of Collateral Agent for the benefit of P&S
and Lender pursuant to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement), and shall
provide for not less than 30 days prior written notice to Lender (or Collateral
Agent, if applicable), of the exercise of any right of
cancellation. In the event Borrower fail to respond in a timely and
appropriate manner (as determined by Lender in its sole discretion) with respect
to collecting under any insurance policies required to be maintained hereunder,
Lender shall have the right, in the name of Lender or Borrower, to file claims
under such insurance policies, to receive and give acquittance for any payments
that may be payable thereunder, and to execute any and all endorsements,
receipts, releases, assignments, reassignments or other documents that may be
necessary to effect the collection, compromise or settlement of any claims under
any such insurance policies. Borrower will provide written notice to
Lender of the occurrence of any of the following events within 5 Business Days
after the occurrence of such event: any Property owned or used by Borrower is
(i) materially damaged or destroyed, or suffers any other loss which is in
excess of $25,000 or (ii) is condemned, confiscated or otherwise taken, in
whole or in part, or the use thereof is otherwise diminished so as to render
impracticable or unreasonable the use of such asset or property for the purpose
to which such asset or property were used immediately prior to such
condemnation, confiscation or taking, by exercise of the powers of condemnation
or eminent domain or otherwise, and in either case the amount of the damage,
destruction, loss or diminution in value of the Collateral which is in excess of
$25,000 (collectively, a “Casualty Loss”). Borrower will diligently
file and prosecute its claim or claims for any award or payment in connection
with a Casualty Loss. In the event of a Casualty Loss, Borrower will
pay to Lender (or Collateral Agent, if applicable), promptly upon receipt
thereof, any and all insurance proceeds and payments received by Borrower on
account of damage, destruction or loss of all or any portion of the
Collateral. Lender may, at its election and in its sole discretion,
and subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, either (a) apply
the proceeds realized from Casualty Losses to payment of accrued and unpaid
interest or outstanding principal of the Term Loan or (b) pay such proceeds to
Borrower to be used to repair, replace or rebuild the Property or portion
thereof that was the subject of the Casualty Loss. After the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, (i) no
settlement on account of any such Casualty Loss shall be made without the
consent of Lender and (ii) Lender may participate in any such proceedings and
Borrower will deliver to Lender such documents as may be requested by Lender to
permit such participation and will consult with Lender and its attorneys in the
making and prosecution of such claim or claims. Borrower hereby
irrevocably authorizes and appoints Lender as its attorney-in-fact, to collect
and receive for any such award or payment and to file and prosecute such claim
or claims, which power of attorney shall be irrevocable and shall be deemed to
be coupled with an interest, and Borrower shall, upon demand of Lender, make,
execute and deliver any and all assignments and other instruments sufficient for
the purpose of assigning any such award or payment to Lender free and clear of
any encumbrances of any kind or nature whatsoever.
7.8. Taxes. Borrower
will pay, when due and in any event prior to delinquency, all Taxes lawfully
levied or assessed against Borrower or any of the Collateral; provided, however,
that unless such Taxes have become a federal tax or ERISA Lien on any of the
assets of Borrower, no such Tax need be paid if the same is being contested in
good faith, by appropriate proceedings promptly
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instituted
and diligently conducted and if an adequate reserve or other appropriate
provision shall have been made therefore as required in order to be in
conformity with GAAP.
7.9. Compliance With
Laws. Borrower will comply with all acts, rules, regulations,
orders, directions and ordinances of any legislative, administrative or judicial
body or official applicable to the Collateral or any part thereof, and to the
operation of its business except where the failure to so comply could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
7.10. Fiscal Year. Borrower
agrees that it will not change its fiscal year from a year ending December 31
unless required by law, in which case Borrower will give Lender at least 30 days
prior written notice thereof.
7.11. Notification of Certain
Events. Borrower
agrees that it will promptly notify Lender in writing of the occurrence of any
of the following events (but in no event shall such notice from Borrower be
received by Lender later than 5 Business Days after the occurrence of any such
event):
(a) any
Material Contract of Borrower is terminated or amended in any material respect
or any new Material Contract is entered into (in which event Borrower shall
provide Lender with a copy of such Material Contract);
(b) the
institution of any litigation, proceeding(s) or investigation against Borrower
in any federal, state, local or foreign court or before any commission or other
regulatory body (federal, state, local or foreign) in which a claim of at least
$25,000 or claims in the aggregate of $100,000 has been or is reasonably likely
to be asserted against Borrower;
(c) any
notification of violation of any material law or regulation shall have been
received by Borrower from any local, state, federal or foreign Governmental
Authority or agency accompanied by a copy of any such notice;
(d) any
breach, default or event of default under any of the P & S Credit Documents,
or delivery of notice of same from P & S, or termination of any of the P
& S Credit Documents;
(e) prior to
the granting thereof, any Lien that Borrower proposes to create or permit to
exist in any of its Property, other than Permitted Liens; and
(f) any
proposed change in any material respect to the operational systems,
organizational form, contracting practices or lines of business.
7.12. Collection of
Accounts. Subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement,
unless an Event of Default is outstanding, Borrower may and will (subject to its
reasonable business discretion) enforce and collect all amounts owing on the
Accounts, for Lender’s benefit and on Lender’s behalf but at Borrower’s expense;
such privilege shall terminate at Lender’s option, without notice to Borrower,
which is hereby expressly waived by Borrower, upon the occurrence of any Event
of Default which has not otherwise been waived by Lender. At Lender’s
request, before or after the occurrence of any Event of Default, any checks,
cash, notes or other instruments or property received by Borrower with respect
to any Accounts shall be held by Borrower in trust for
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the
benefit of Lender, separate from Borrower’s own property and funds, and
immediately turned over to Lender with proper assignments or
endorsements. Checks, drafts or other instruments received by Lender
shall not constitute final payment unless and until such instruments have
actually been collected. Nothing contained in this Section 7.12 shall
be construed to limit or affect the provisions of Section 2.4(b) of this
Agreement.
7.13. Trademarks. Borrower
will do and cause to be done all things necessary (as determined in their
reasonable business judgment) to preserve and keep in full force and effect all
registrations of trademarks, service marks and other marks, trade names or other
trade rights.
7.14. Maintenance of
Property. Borrower
will keep all property useful and necessary to its business in good working
order and condition (ordinary wear and tear excepted) in accordance with its
past operating practices and not to commit or suffer any waste with respect to
any of its properties, except for properties which either individually or in the
aggregate are not material.
7.15. Commercial Tort
Claims. Borrower shall provide written notice to Lender
within 30 days of the date it shall arise any such Commercial Tort Claim to
which Borrower is or becomes a party or which otherwise inures to the benefit of
Borrower. Such notice shall contain a sufficient description of the
Commercial Tort Claim including the parties, the court in which the claim was
commenced (if applicable), the docket number assigned to the case (if
applicable) and a detailed explanation of the events giving rise to such
claim. Borrower shall grant Lender a security interest in such
Commercial Tort Claim to secure payment of the Obligations. Borrower
shall execute and deliver such instruments, documents and agreements as Lender
may reasonably require in order to obtain and perfect such security interest
including, without limitation, a security agreement or amendment to this
Agreement all in form and substance satisfactory to Lender. Borrower
authorize Lender to file (without Borrower’s signature), financing statements or
amendments to existing financing statements as Lender deems necessary to perfect
the security interest.
7.16. Letter of Credit
Rights. Borrower shall provide written notice to Lender within
30 days of the date it shall arise of any Letters of Credit for which Borrower
is the beneficiary. Borrower shall execute and deliver such
instruments, documents and agreements and take such actions as Lender reasonably
may require in order to obtain and perfect its security interest in such Letter
of Credit Rights.
ARTICLE VIII FINANCIAL
COVENANTS
Until
termination of this Agreement and payment and satisfaction of all Obligations
due or to become due hereunder, Borrower further covenant and agree as
follows:
8.1 Current
Ratio. Borrower shall cause to be maintained on a consolidated
basis a ratio of current assets to current liabilities of not less than 1.2 to
1.
8.2 Debt to Worth
Ratio. Borrower shall cause to be maintained on a consolidated
basis a ratio of total Indebtedness (excluding the current portion of
Subordinated Debt) to Tangible Net Worth of not greater than 2.50 to
1.00.
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ARTICLE IX NEGATIVE
COVENANTS
Until
termination of this Agreement and payment and satisfaction of all Obligations,
Borrower agrees that, unless otherwise agreed in writing by Lender, it will
not:
9.1. Liens. Mortgage,
assign, pledge, transfer or otherwise permit any Lien of any kind to exist at
any time on any of its Property, except for Permitted Liens.
9.2. Indebtedness. Incur,
create or be liable for any Indebtedness other than Permitted
Indebtedness.
9.3. Sale of
Assets. Sell, lease, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of
any Property other than (a) sales of Inventory in the ordinary course of
business, (b) sales or other dispositions in the ordinary course of business of
equipment that is obsolete or that is no longer used or useful in the conduct of
Borrower’s business, (c) sales in the ordinary course of business of Property
used in Borrower’s business that is worn out or in need of replacement and that
is replaced with Property of reasonably equivalent value or utility, and
(d) other sales of fixed assets, the net proceeds of which, shall not
exceed $100,000 in the aggregate in any fiscal year of Borrower.
9.4. Organizational
Changes. Acquire, merge, consolidate or enter into a joint
venture with any Person, alter or modify Borrower’s Articles or Certificate of
Incorporation; change Borrower’s jurisdiction of organization or formation;
without at least thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to Lender alter or
modify any legal names, mailing addresses, principal places of business; alter
or modify Borrower’s corporate structure, status or existence, or enter into or
engage in any business, operation or activity materially different from that
presently being conducted by Borrower.
9.5. Guarantees. Except
for Permitted Indebtedness, assume, guarantee, endorse, or otherwise become
liable upon the obligations of any other Person, except by the endorsement of
negotiable instruments in the ordinary course of business.
9.6. Investments. Make any
Investment other than Permitted Investments.
9.7. Affiliate
Transactions. Except
as permitted by this Agreement, enter into any transaction with, including,
without limitation, the purchase, sale or exchange of property or the rendering
of any service to an Affiliate of Borrower except in the ordinary course of and
pursuant to the reasonable requirements of Borrower’s business and upon fair and
reasonable terms no less favorable to Borrower than could be obtained in a
comparable arm’s-length transaction with an unaffiliated Person.
9.8. Third Party
Loans. Make any Third Party Loan.
9.9. Issuance of
Stock. Without not less than fifteen (15) days prior written
notice to Lender, issue or distribute any Capital Stock or other securities for
consideration or otherwise.
9.10. Amendments of Material
Contracts. Amend, modify, cancel or terminate or permit the
amendment, modification, cancellation or termination of any of the P & S
Credit Documents or any other Material Contract.
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9.11. Subordinated
Debt. Effect
or permit any change in or amendment to any document or instrument pertaining to
the subordination, terms of payment or other terms or provisions of any
Subordinated Debt, give any notice of optional redemption or optional prepayment
or offer to repurchase under any such document or instrument, or, directly or
indirectly, make any payment of principal of or interest on or in redemption,
retirement or repurchase of any Subordinated Debt.
9.12. Licenses, Etc. Enter
into licenses of, or otherwise restrict the use of, any patents, trademarks or
copyrights which would prevent Borrower from selling, transferring, encumbering
or otherwise disposing of any such patent, trademark or copyright.
9.13. Anti-Terrorism
Laws. Borrower
and its agents shall not knowingly (i) conduct any business or engage in any
transaction or dealing with any Blocked Person, including making or receiving
any contribution of funds, goods or services to or for the benefit of any
Blocked Person, (ii) deal in, or otherwise engage in any transaction relating
to, any property or interests in property blocked pursuant to the Executive
Order No. 13224; or (iii) engage in or conspire to engage in any transaction
that evades or avoids, or has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to
violate, any of the prohibitions set forth in the Executive Order No. 13224 or
the USA Patriot Act. Borrower shall deliver to Lender any
certification or other evidence reasonably requested from time to time by Lender
in its sole discretion, confirming Borrower’s compliance with this Section
9.13.
9.14. Amendments to P & S
Credit Documents. Amend, modify or waive any provisions of any
of the P & S Credit Documents
ARTICLE X APPOINTMENT
AS ATTORNEY-IN-FACT
Borrower hereby irrevocably authorizes
and appoints Lender, or any Person as Lender may designate, as Borrower’s
attorney-in-fact, at Borrower’s cost and expense, to exercise all of the
following powers upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, which being coupled
with an interest, shall be irrevocable until all of the Obligations to Lender
have been paid and satisfied in full:
10.1. To
receive, take, endorse, sign, assign and deliver, all in the name of Lender or
Borrower, as the case may be, any and all checks, notes, drafts, and other
documents or instruments relating to the Collateral and to apply such amount to
the Obligations in accordance with this Agreement;
10.2. To
receive, open and dispose of all mail addressed to Borrower in connection with a
Lockbox and upon the occurrence of an Event of Default to notify postal
authorities to change the address for delivery thereof to such address as Lender
may designate;
10.3. To
request periodically from customers indebted on Accounts, in the name of
Borrower or a third party designee of Lender, information concerning the
Accounts and the amounts owing thereon;
10.4. To
give customers indebted on Accounts notice of Lender’s interest therein, and/or
to instruct such customers to make payment directly to Lender for Borrower’s
account;
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10.5. To
take or bring, in the name of Lender or Borrower, all steps, actions, suits or
proceedings deemed by Lender necessary or desirable to enforce or effect
collection of the Accounts;
10.6 To
file financing statements in any office deemed appropriate by Lender for such
purpose and execute, file, record and register any or all of Lender’s security
interest in any intellectual property of Borrower with the United States Patent
and Trademark Office; and
10.7. To
do all other acts and things as Lender may deem reasonable to protect or
preserve Lender’s interest under this Agreement or to fulfill Borrower’s
obligations under this Agreement.
ARTICLE XI EVENTS
OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
11.1. Events of
Default. The occurrence of any of the following events shall
constitute an “Event of Default” hereunder:
(a) failure
of Borrower to pay (i) any interest or fees when due hereunder, in each case
whether at stated maturity, by acceleration, or otherwise, (ii) any principal
outstanding under the Term Loan when due, whether at stated maturity, by
acceleration or otherwise or (iii) any Expenses hereunder within 5 Business Days
after receipt by Borrower from Lender or any applicable Lender of notice that
such Expenses are payable;
(b) any
representation or warranty, contained in this Agreement, the other Loan
Documents or any other agreement, document, instrument or certificate between
Borrower and Lender or executed by Borrower in favor of Lender shall prove
untrue in any material respect on or as of the date it was made or was deemed to
have been made;
(c) failure
of Borrower to perform, comply with or observe any term, covenant or agreement
applicable to it contained in Article IX, or Sections 7.1, 7.2, 7.6, 7.7, 7.8,
7.11, 7.15, 7.16, or 13.6;
(d) failure
of Borrower to comply with any other covenant or agreement contained in this
Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any other agreement, document, instrument
or certificate between Borrower and Lender or executed by Borrower in favor of
Lender, including, without limitation, the Distribution Agreement, and, in the
event such breach or failure to comply is capable of cure, such breach or
failure to comply is not cured within 10 days of its occurrence;
(e) dissolution,
liquidation, winding up or cessation of the business (or any material portion of
the business) of Borrower, or the failure of Borrower to meet its debts
generally as they mature, or the calling of a meeting of Borrower’s creditors
for purposes of compromising Borrower’s debts;
(f) the
commencement by or against Borrower of any bankruptcy, insolvency, arrangement,
reorganization, receivership or similar proceedings with respect to it under any
federal or state law and, in the event any such proceeding is commenced against
Borrower, such proceeding is not dismissed within 60 days;
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(g) the
occurrence of a default or event of default (in each case which shall continue
beyond the expiration of any applicable grace periods) under, or the occurrence
of any event that results in or would permit the acceleration of the maturity of
any of the obligations under, any of the P & S Credit
Documents;
(h) the
occurrence of a default or event of default (in each case which shall continue
beyond the expiration of any applicable grace periods) under, or the occurrence
of any event that results in or would permit the acceleration of the maturity of
any note, agreement or instrument evidencing (i) any Subordinated Debt or
(ii) any other Indebtedness of Borrower and the aggregate principal amount of
all such Indebtedness with respect to which a default or an event of default has
occurred, or the maturity of which is accelerated or permitted to be
accelerated, exceeds $100,000;
(i) any party
(other than Lender) to any Loan Document shall deny or disaffirm its obligations
under any of the Loan Documents, or an Event of Default shall have occurred or a
Default shall occurred and not been cured within any contractual cure period
under any other Loan Document, or any Loan Document shall be canceled,
terminated, revoked or rescinded without the express prior written consent of
Lender, or any action or proceeding shall have been commenced by any Person
(other than Lender) seeking to invalidate, declare unenforceable, cancel,
revoke, rescind or disaffirm the obligations of any party to any Loan
Document;
(j) (i) any
holder of Subordinated Debt alleges (or any Governmental Authority with
applicable jurisdiction determines) that the Subordinated Debt is not
subordinated to any of the Obligations or (ii) the subordination provisions in
any agreement relating to Subordinated Debt shall, in whole or in part,
terminate, cease to be effective or cease to be legally valid, binding and
enforceable as to any holder of the Subordinated Debt;
(k) one or
more judgments or decrees shall be entered against Borrower involving a
liability of $25,000 or more individually or in the aggregate (to the extent not
paid or covered by insurance (i) provided by a carrier who has acknowledged
coverage and has the ability to perform or (ii) as determined by Lender in
its sole discretion) and any such judgments or decrees shall not have been
vacated, satisfied, discharged or stayed or bonded pending appeal within 30 days
from the entry thereof;
(l) a
Material Adverse Change occurs;
(m) both of
the following shall occur: (i) the Kamrat Family shall cease to hold
in the aggregate, at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the issued and
outstanding Capital Stock and Voting Stock of Borrower, and (ii) the Kamrat
Family and P&S shall cease to hold, in the aggregate, at least fifty percent
(50%) of the issued and outstanding Capital Stock and Voting Stock of Borrower;
or
(n) Borrower
is indicted or convicted of the commission of a crime or any proceeding of any
kind is pending or threatened which would reasonably be likely to result in the
forfeiture of any material portion of the Property of Borrower to any
Governmental Authority.
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11.2. Rights and Remedies upon a
Default or an Event of Default.
(a) Upon the
occurrence of any Event of Default, any obligation of Lender to make Advances
under the Term Loan shall immediately terminate and Lender may take any or all
of the following actions: declare all Obligations to be immediately due and
payable (except with respect to any Event of Default set forth in Section 11.1(f) in
which case all Obligations shall automatically become immediately due and
payable without the necessity of any action, decision, notice or demand) without
presentment, demand, protest or any other action or obligation of
Lender.
(b) Upon
acceleration of the Obligations, Lender may at any time, and from time to time,
take any and all such action as Lender may elect to enforce any and all rights
and interests created and existing under the Loan Documents, or arising under
applicable law, including without limitation, all rights and remedies existing
under the Security Documents, all rights of setoff and the following rights (the
enumeration of any such rights not intended to be exhaustive and the exercise of
any right shall not preclude the exercise of any other rights):
(i) The right
to take possession of, send notices regarding and collect directly the
Collateral, with or without judicial process (including, without limitation, the
right to notify the United States postal authorities to redirect mail addressed
to Borrower or to an address designated by Lender);or
(ii) By its
own means or with judicial assistance, enter any or all of Borrower’s premises
and take possession of the Collateral, or render it unusable, or dispose of the
Collateral on such premises, without any liability to Borrower for rent,
storage, utilities or other sums, and Borrower shall not resist or interfere
with such action; or
(iii) Require
Borrower at Borrower’s expense to assemble all or any part of the Collateral and
make it available to Lender at any place designated by Lender.
(c) Borrower
agrees that a notice received by it at least 10 days before the time of any
intended public sale or of the time, after which any private sale or other
disposition of the Collateral is to be made, shall be deemed to be reasonable
notice of such sale or other disposition. If permitted by applicable
law, any perishable Inventory or other Collateral which threatens to speedily
decline in value or which is sold on a recognized market may be sold immediately
by Lender without prior notice to Borrower. Borrower covenants and
agrees not to interfere with or impose any obstacle to Lender’s exercise of its
rights and remedies hereunder with respect to the Collateral. Lender
shall have no obligation to clean up or prepare the Collateral for sale except
as is required by applicable law. If Lender sells any of the
Collateral upon credit, Borrower will only be credited with payments actually
made by the purchaser that are received by Lender and applied to the
Obligations. Lender may in connection with any sale of the Collateral
specifically disclaim any warranties of title or the like.
11.3. Nature of
Remedies. All rights and remedies granted Lender hereunder and
under the other Loan Documents, or otherwise available at law or in equity,
shall be deemed concurrent and cumulative, and not alternative remedies, and
Lender may proceed with any number of remedies at the same time or at different
times until all Obligations are satisfied in full. The exercise of
any one right or remedy shall not be deemed a waiver or release of any other
right or remedy, and
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Lender,
upon or at any time after the occurrence of an Event of Default, may proceed
against Borrower, any Guarantor, or their Property at any time, under any
agreement, with any available remedy and in any order. Nothing
contained in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents shall be deemed to
compel Lender at any time to accept a cure of any Event of Default
hereunder. In no event shall prior recourse to any Collateral be a
prerequisite to Lender’s right to demand payment of any Obligation from Borrower
or any Guarantor upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of
Default.
11.4. Application of
Proceeds. The proceeds from the sale or disposition of any
Collateral shall be applied first to Expenses incurred by Lender and then to the
Obligations that are then due and payable, in such order or manner as Lender may
determine in its sole discretion.
ARTICLE XII TERMINATION
The
unpaid principal balance of the Term Loan, all accrued and unpaid interest
thereon, and any other amounts due hereunder shall automatically become due and
payable in full on the Maturity Date. All of Lender’s rights, liens
and security interests in and to Borrower’s Property shall continue after any
termination until (a) all Obligations have been indefeasibly paid and satisfied
in full unless otherwise prohibited under any applicable federal or state law,
(b) Lender shall have received a written agreement (in form and substance
acceptable to Lender in its sole discretion) executed by Borrower and by a
Person whose loans or advances to Borrower are used in whole or in part to
satisfy the Obligations, indemnifying Lender from any loss or damage, or (c)
Lender shall have retained such monetary reserves necessary to pay in full all
Obligations for such period of time, in its sole discretion.
ARTICLE XIII MISCELLANEOUS
13.1. Waivers. Except as is
otherwise provided herein, Borrower hereby waive due diligence, demand,
presentment and protest and any notices thereof as well as notice of
nonpayment. No delay or omission of Lender to exercise any right or
remedy hereunder, whether before or after the happening of any Event of Default,
shall impair any such right or shall operate as a waiver thereof or as a waiver
of any such Event of Default. No single or partial exercise by Lender
of any right or remedy shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof, or
preclude any other right or remedy.
13.2. JURY TRIAL. TO THE EXTENT
ANY DISPUTE IS NOT SUBJECT TO ARBITRATION, LENDER AND BORROWER EACH HEREBY
WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF
THIS AGREEMENT, THE LOAN DOCUMENTS OR ANY OTHER AGREEMENTS OR TRANSACTIONS
RELATED HERETO OR THERETO.
13.3. GOVERNING LAW; SUBMISSION TO
JURISDICTION; VENUE
(a) THIS
AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE
PARTIES HEREUNDER AND THEREUNDER, AND ALL MATTERS ARISING HEREUNDER OR
THEREUNDER OR RELATED HERETO OR THERETO, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
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CONSTRUED
AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK. Any legal action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement
or any other Loan Document shall be brought in the courts of the State of New
York or of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New
York, and, by execution and delivery of this Agreement, Borrower, and
Lender hereby irrevocably accept for themselves and in respect of their
property, generally and unconditionally, the nonexclusive jurisdiction of such
courts. Borrower further irrevocably consents to the service of
process out of any of the aforementioned courts in any such action or proceeding
by the mailing of copies thereof by registered or certified mail return receipt
requested, postage prepaid, or by nationally recognized overnight courier to it
at the address set out for notices pursuant to Section 13.4, such
service to become effective 3 days (or 1 day if sent by such courier) after such
mailing. Nothing herein shall affect the right of any party hereto to
serve process in any other manner permitted by law or to commence legal
proceedings or to otherwise proceed against a party hereto in any other
jurisdiction.
(b) Borrower
hereby irrevocably waives any objection which it may now or hereafter have to
the laying of venue of any of the aforesaid actions or proceedings arising out
of or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document brought in
the courts referred to in subsection (a) above and hereby further irrevocably
waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any such action
or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient
forum.
13.4. Notices. Except
as otherwise provided herein, all notices and correspondences hereunder shall be
in writing and sent by certified or registered mail return receipt requested, by
overnight delivery service, with all charges prepaid, or by facsimile (with
transmission certification), if to Lender or Borrower to the addresses or by
facsimile transmission set forth on the signature hereto. All such
notices and correspondence shall be deemed given (i) if sent by certified or
registered mail, 3 Business Days after being postmarked, (ii) if sent by
overnight delivery service, when received at the above stated addresses or when
delivery is refused and (iii) if sent by facsimile transmission, when receipt of
such transmission is acknowledged; provided that all notices to Lender shall not
be effective until actually received.
13.5. Assignability. Borrower
shall not have the right to assign or delegate their obligations and duties
under this Agreement or any other Loan Documents or any interest therein except
with the prior written consent of Lender.
13.6. Payment of
Expenses. Borrower agrees to: (a) pay on demand all
out-of-pocket costs and expenses (whether paid or incurred) of Lender in
connection with (i) the negotiation, preparation, execution and delivery and, to
the extent customarily charged to its customers, administration of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the documents and instruments
referred to therein (including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and
expenses of counsel to Lender); (ii) searches, title examinations, filings and
recordings (including, without limitation, all stamp or recording taxes or
charges), and all other actions pertaining to the Collateral; (iii) any
amendment, waiver or consent relating hereto and thereto including, without
limitation, any such amendments, waivers or consents resulting from or related
to any work-out, re-negotiation or restructure relating to the performance by
Borrower under this Agreement; and (iv) the defense of all claims, cross-claims
or counterclaims asserted at any time by Borrower or any other Person
in
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connection
with the rights, claims, liens and/or interests of Lender under this Agreement
or the other Loan Documents or the Term Loan and (b) upon demand, pay to Lender
all costs and expenses (including the reasonable fees and disbursements of
counsel and other professionals) paid or incurred by Lender in (i) enforcing,
protecting, preserving or defending its rights under or in respect of this
Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any other document or instrument now or
hereafter executed and delivered in connection herewith; (ii) in collecting
the Obligations following the occurrence of an Event of Default; (iii) in
foreclosing or otherwise collecting upon the Collateral or any part thereof; and
(iv) obtaining any legal, accounting or other advice in connection with any
of the foregoing. Borrower’s obligations under this Section 13.6 shall
survive any termination of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the
payment in full of the Obligations, and are in addition to, and not in
substitution of, any other of their Obligations set forth in this
Agreement. All such costs and expenses described in this Section 13.6 are
referred to collectively as “Expenses.”
13.7. Indemnification. Borrower
shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless Lender, its directors,
officers, members, managers, representatives, agents, employees, accountants,
counsel, successors and assigns, and their respective Affiliates from
and against (a) any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities,
deficiencies, judgments or expenses incurred by any of them (except to the
extent that it is finally judicially determined to have resulted from their own
gross negligence or willful misconduct) arising out of or by reason of any
litigation, investigation, claim or proceeding which arises out of or is in any
way related to (i) this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the Collateral or
the transactions contemplated thereby, (ii) any actual or proposed use by
Borrower of the proceeds of the Term Loan, (iii) Lender entering into,
performing under or enforcing this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any
other agreements and documents relating hereto, including, without limitation,
amounts paid in settlement, court costs and the fees and disbursements of
counsel incurred in connection with any such litigation, investigation, claim or
proceeding or any advice rendered in connection with any of the foregoing, or
(iv) the breach by Borrower of any warranty, undertaking or covenant made
at any time hereunder or under any other Loan Document and (b) any such losses,
claims, damages, liabilities, deficiencies, judgments or expenses incurred in
connection with any remedial or other action taken by Borrower or Lender in
connection with compliance by Borrower with any federal, state or local
environmental laws, acts, rules, regulations, orders, directions, ordinances,
criteria or guidelines. If and to the extent that the obligations of
Borrower hereunder are unenforceable for any reason, Borrower hereby agrees to
make the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of such
obligations which is permissible under applicable law. Borrower’s
obligations under this Section 13.7 shall
survive any termination of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the
payment in full of the Obligations, and are in addition to, and not in
substitution of, any other of their Obligations set forth in this
Agreement.
13.8. Entire Agreement, Successors
and Assigns. This
Agreement along with the other Loan Documents constitutes the entire agreement
between Borrower and Lender regarding the subject matter hereof, supersedes any
prior agreements among them, and shall bind and benefit Borrower and Lender and
their respective successors and permitted assigns. No rights are
intended to be created hereunder or under any other Loan Documents for the
benefit of any Person not a signatory hereto or thereto.
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13.9. Amendments. Neither
the amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan
Document, nor the consent to any departure by Borrower therefrom, shall in any
event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by Lender and
each such amendment, waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific
instance and for the specific purpose for which given.
13.10. Non-Agency of
Lender. The relationship between Borrower on the one hand and
Lender on the other hand shall be solely that of Borrower and
Lender. Lender shall not have any fiduciary responsibilities to
Borrower or be deemed to have entered into any partnership or joint venture with
Borrower. Lender shall not undertake any responsibility to Borrower
to review, evaluate or inform Borrower of any matter in connection with any
phase of Borrower’s business or operations.
13.11. Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the different
parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and
delivered shall be an original, but all of which shall together constitute one
and the same instrument. Signature by facsimile shall bind the
parties hereto.
13.12. Effectiveness. This
Agreement shall become effective on the date on which all of the conditions to
effectiveness contained herein have been satisfied (as determined by Lender in
its sole discretion) and all of the parties have signed a copy hereof (whether
the same or different copies) and Lender shall have received executed originals
of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
13.13. Severability. In case
any provision in or obligation under this Agreement or the Note or the other
Loan Documents shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction,
the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions or
obligations, or of such provision or obligation in any other jurisdiction, shall
not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
13.14. Headings
Descriptive. The headings of the several sections and
subsections of this Agreement, and the Table of Contents, are inserted for
convenience only and shall not in any way affect the meaning or construction of
any provision of this Agreement.
13.15. Maximum
Rate. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
elsewhere in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document, Borrower and Lender
hereby agree that all agreements among them under this Agreement and the other
Loan Documents, whether now existing or hereafter arising and whether written or
oral, are expressly limited so that in no contingency or event whatsoever shall
the amount paid, or agreed to be paid, to Lender for the use,
forbearance, or detention of the money loaned to Borrower and evidenced hereby
or thereby or for the performance or payment of any covenant or obligation
contained herein or therein, exceed the Highest Lawful Rate. If due to any
circumstance whatsoever, fulfillment of any provisions of this Agreement or any
of the other Loan Documents at the time performance of such provision shall be
due shall exceed the Highest Lawful Rate, then, automatically, the obligation to
be fulfilled shall be modified or reduced to the extent necessary to limit such
interest to the Highest Lawful Rate, and if from any such circumstance any
Lender should ever receive anything of value deemed interest by applicable law
which would exceed the Highest Lawful Rate, such excessive interest shall be
applied (as determined by Lender) to the reduction of the principal amount then
outstanding hereunder or
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on
account of any other then outstanding Obligations and not to the payment of
interest, or if such excessive interest exceeds the principal unpaid balance
then outstanding hereunder and such other then outstanding Obligations, such
excess shall be refunded to Borrower. All sums paid or agreed to be
paid to Lender for the use, forbearance, or detention of the Obligations and
other indebtedness of Borrower to Lender shall, to the extent permitted by
applicable law, be amortized, prorated, allocated and spread throughout the full
term of such indebtedness until payment in full so that the actual rate of
interest on account of all such indebtedness does not exceed the Highest Lawful
Rate throughout the entire term of such indebtedness. The terms and
provisions of this Section shall control every other provision of this Agreement
and all agreements between Borrower and Lender.
13.16. Senior Debt.
(a) The
Obligations constitute senior secured obligations of Borrower, which are and
shall be senior to all other obligations of Borrower except as expressly agreed
to in writing by Lender.
(b) The Liens
created by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents on Collateral securing
the Obligations under the Term Loan shall be pari passu with all other senior,
secured obligations of Borrower.
13.17. Information.
At
Borrower’s written request, Lender agrees to keep confidential any information
furnished or made available to it by Borrower pursuant to this Agreement;
provided that nothing herein shall prevent Lender from disclosing such
information (a) to any other Person if reasonably incidental to the
administration of the credit facility provided herein, (b) as required by
any law, rule, or regulation, (c) upon the order of any court or
administrative agency; provided, however, if allowed by applicable law, rule,
regulation or order, Lender shall use commercially reasonable efforts to notify
Borrower of such order to allow Borrower to seek court relief to block or limit
such disclosure, (d) upon the request or demand of any regulatory agency or
authority; provided, however, if allowed by applicable law, rule, regulation or
order, Lender shall use commercially reasonable efforts to notify Borrower of
such order to allow Borrower to seek court relief to block or limit such
disclosure, (e) that is or becomes available to the public or that is or
becomes available to Lender other than as a result of a disclosure by Lender
prohibited by this Agreement, (f) in connection with any litigation to
which Lender or any of its Affiliates may be a party relating to this Agreement
or the transactions contemplated hereunder, (g) to the extent necessary in
connection with the exercise of any remedy under this Agreement or any other
Loan Document, and (h) any information with respect to the U.S. federal income
tax treatment and U.S. federal income tax structure of the transactions
contemplated hereby and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other
tax analyses) that are provided to Lender relating to such tax treatment and tax
structure.
b
13.18. SPECIAL OREGON
NOTICE:
(a) UNDER
OREGON LAW ORAL AGREEMENTS OR ORAL COMMITMENTS TO (1) LOAN MONEY, (2) EXTEND
CREDIT, (3) MODIFY OR AMEND ANY TERMS OF LOAN DOCUMENTS, (4) RELEASE ANY
GUARANTOR, (5) FOREBEAR FROM ENFORCING REPAYMENT OF ANY LOAN OR THE EXERCISE OF
ANY REMEDY
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UNDER
LOAN DOCUMENTS, OR (6) MAKE ANY OTHER FINANCIAL ACCOMMODATION PERTAINING TO ANY
LOAN ARE ALL UNENFORCEABLE.
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Dated the
date and year first written above.
BORROWER:
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NEW
WORLD BRANDS, INC.
By: __________________________________
Name: __________________________________
Title: __________________________________
000
X. 0xx
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxx 00000
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LENDER:
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TELES
AG INFORMATIONSTECHNOLOGIEN
By: __________________________________
Name: __________________________________
Title: __________________________________
Xxxxx-Xxxxxx-Xxxxx
0
X-00000
Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxx
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