AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.25
AMENDED AND RESTATED
LOAN AGREEMENT
LOAN AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AGREEMENT is made as of July 29th, 2005, by
and between BIOPORT CORPORATION, a Michigan corporation, of Lansing, Michigan (“Borrower”), and
FIFTH THIRD BANK, a Michigan banking corporation, of East Lansing, Michigan (“Lender”).
Borrower and Lender are parties to Loan Agreements dated as of July 30, 2004 and October 8,
2004, under which Bank agreed to extend to Borrower revolving credit loans of up to $10 million in
the aggregate at any time outstanding. This Amended and Restated Loan Agreement amends and
restates the Loan Agreements of June 25, 2003, July 30, 2004 and October 8, 2004, in their
entirety, to read as follows:
Lender and Borrower agree as follows:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS.
In this Agreement:
“Affiliate” of a Person means a Person that now or in the future controls, is controlled by,
or is under common control with, the Person.
“Agreement” means this Amended and Restated Loan Agreement as amended, including the schedules
attached to this Loan Agreement.
“Capitalized Lease Obligation” means any obligation of Borrower to pay future rentals under a
lease that, in accordance with GAAP, is required to be shown as a liability on Borrower’s balance
sheet.
“Collateral” means the proceeds of the Government Contracts.
“Collateral Document” means each security agreement, mortgage, pledge agreement, assignment,
guaranty and every other agreement and document that has been or in the future is, or is required
to be, given by Borrower or any third party to secure any Lender Indebtedness.
“Contamination” or “Contaminated” means, when used with reference to any real or personal
property, that a Hazardous Substance is present on or in the property in any amount or level that
exceeds any legal limit set forth under Environmental Law. “Contamination or “Contaminated” shall
not include latent, unexposed asbestos in any building located on any of the real property unless
and until exposure that exceeds the foregoing legal limit occurs due to renovation or otherwise.
A Person “controls” another Person if the Person has, directly or indirectly, the power to
direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of the other Person.
“Default” means an event, condition or circumstance that, with the lapse of time or giving of
notice (absent any permitted cure), would be an Event of Default.
“DOD Contract” means Contract No. W9113M-04-D-0002, dated January 3, 2004, between U.S. Army
Space and Missile Defense Command and Borrower, as it has been and in the future is amended.
“Eligible Account” means, as of the relevant date of determination, an account receivable of
Borrower arising in the ordinary course of business:
(a) that is not more than 90 days old from the earlier of the original invoice date or
the date of shipment of the goods or performance of the services that gave rise to the
account receivable;
(b) that arises from Borrower’s sale and shipment of goods or Borrower’s performance of
services, in the ordinary course of Borrower’s business;
(c) that is the valid, binding and enforceable obligation of the account debtor and is
not subject to any offset, counterclaim or defense;
(d) that is evidenced by an invoice that is dated not later than the 15th
day post the date of shipment of the goods or performance of the services and payable in
full no more than 90 days after the invoice date and that is not evidenced by an instrument
or chattel paper;
(e) that is owned by Borrower and is not subject to any security interest, lien,
encumbrance, assignment or trust, except in favor of Lender;
(f) in which Lender holds a valid and perfected security interest;
(g) that is owing by the federal government under a Government Contract;
(h) that does not arise from a sale of goods on consignment or on a sale-or-return
basis;
(i) that is owing by an account debtor to whom Borrower does not have any maintenance
obligation with respect to the goods or services the sale of which gave rise to the account
receivable;
(j) that is not subject to retainage; and
(k) as to which Lender has not notified Borrower is, in Lender’s good faith judgment,
uncollectible, in whole or in part, within 60 days.
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“Environmental Law” means at any time any applicable federal, state, local or foreign law
(including common law), ordinance, rule, regulation, permit, order or other requirement that then
(1) regulates the quality of air, water, soil or other environmental media, (2) regulates the
generation, management, transportation, treatment, storage, recycling or disposal of any waste, (3)
protects public health, occupational safety and health, natural resources or the environment or (4)
establishes liability for the investigation, removal or remediation of, or harm caused by,
Contamination.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as now and in the future
amended, together with all regulations issued under it.
“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 9 of this Agreement.
“FDA” means the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles as consistently applied by Borrower.
“Government Contracts” means the HHS Contract and the DOD Contract.
“Guarantor” means each Person who has guaranteed or in the future guarantees payment of all or
part of the Lender Indebtedness.
“Hazardous Substance” means at any time any substance or waste that is then regulated by or
subject to any Environmental Law.
“HHS Contract” means Contract No, 000-0000-00000, dated May 5, 2005, between Department of
Health and Human Services (‘HHS’) and Borrower, which provides for Borrower to sell to HHS, and for
HHS to purchase from Borrower, anthrax vaccine, as that Contract is amended in the future.
“Indebtedness” means indebtedness for borrowed money, indebtedness representing the deferred
purchase price of property (excluding indebtedness under normal trade credit for property or
services purchased in the normal course of operations), any obligation under a note payable or
draft accepted representing an extension of credit, indebtedness (whether or not assumed) secured
by a mortgage, security interest or other lien on property, and any Capitalized Lease Obligation.
By way of clarification, for the avoidance of doubt, and without limiting the foregoing,
“Indebtedness” shall not include deferred revenue, deferred tax liabilities or any indebtedness for
borrowed money or representing the deferred purchase price of property, whether or not secured,
that is Subordinated Indebtedness.
“Intangible Collateral” means the Collateral described in Sections 5.1 and 5.2 of this
Agreement.
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“Intellectual Property” means all patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights,
licenses and similar rights.
“Leader Indebtedness” means any indebtedness, obligation or liability, of whatever type or
nature, that Borrower now or in the future owes to Lender under this Agreement.
“Loan” means any loan that Lender makes to Borrower under this Agreement.
“Loan Document” means this Agreement, the Revolving Credit Note and every other promissory
note that Borrower has given or in the future gives to Lender under this Agreement, each renewal,
extension and replacement of the Revolving Credit Note, each Collateral Document and every other
agreement, instrument and document that has been or in the future is signed or delivered in
connection with this Agreement or in connection with any Lender indebtedness.
“Material Adverse Effect” means any material adverse effect upon (1) the validity, performance
or enforceability of any Loan Document, (2) the Borrower’s properties taken as a whole, (3) a
Government Contract or any other material contract, (4) business operations, profits or financial
condition of Borrower, (5) the ability of Borrower or any Guarantor to fulfill any material
obligation under any Loan Document or (6) the ability of Lender to take possession of, collect or
otherwise realize upon any Collateral or other security for the Lender Indebtedness.
“Maturity” of an indebtedness or obligation means the time when that indebtedness or
obligation has become due and payable, for whatever reason.
“Non Disclosure Agreement” means that Nondisclosure Agreement, dated November 18, 2002,
between Borrower and Lender.
“Note” means the Revolving Credit Note and any other promissory note that Borrower has signed
or in the future signs and that now or in the future evidences any Lender Indebtedness, including
any renewals, extensions or modifications.
“Permitted Lien” means (1) a security interest, mortgage or other lien in favor of Lender, (2)
a lien for taxes that are not delinquent or, in a jurisdiction where payment of taxes is abated
during the period of any contest, being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, if
adequate reserves for it have been set aside on Borrower’s books, in accordance with GAAP, (3) a
lien or encumbrance that is described on Borrower’s balance sheet dated December 31, 2004, that
Borrower has delivered to Lender and (4) an inchoate materialmen’s, mechanics’, workmen’s,
repairmen’s or other like lien arising in the ordinary course of business, if the obligation
secured is not delinquent or is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, if
adequate reserves for it have been set aside upon Borrower books in accordance with GAAP and if the
lien does not jeopardize any Collateral and does not have a Material Adverse Effect.
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“Person” means an individual and a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust,
association and any other entity.
“Plan” means an “employee pension benefit plan” with respect to which Borrower or any
Affiliate is an “employer” or “party in interest,” as ERISA defines those terms.
“Revolving Credit Commitment” means the lesser of 75% of Borrower’s Eligible Accounts or
$10,000,000.
“Revolving Credit Loans” has the meaning specified in Section 3.1 of this Agreement.
“Revolving Credit Note” has the meaning specified in Section 3.3 of this Agreement.
“Schedule” means a schedule attached to this Agreement.
“Subordinated Indebtedness” means, at any time, all Indebtedness that Borrower owes to any
Person or Persons to the extent that its repayment is subordinated to payment of the Lender
Indebtedness in form and manner satisfactory to Lender.
“Subsidiary” means a corporation or a limited liability company all of the capital stock,
membership interests and other equity interests of and in which are owned by Borrower.
“Term Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 4 of this Agreement.
“Term Loan Note” has the meaning specified in Section 4 of this Agreement.
SECTION 2. WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS.
Borrower represents and warrants to Lender, and agrees, as follows:
2.1 Borrower is a corporation that is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the state of Michigan. Borrower is duly qualified and authorized to do business,
and is in good standing as a foreign corporation, in each jurisdiction in which the failure to be
so qualified or authorized to do business would have a Material Adverse Effect.
2.2 Borrower has all requisite corporate power and authority and all necessary licenses and
permits to own and operate its properties and to carry on its business as it now conducts it and as
it contemplates that it will conduct it in the future. Borrower is in compliance with all laws,
rules and regulations that apply to Borrower, its operations or its properties, except where any
noncompliance could not have a Material Adverse Effect.
2.3 The audited balance sheets of Borrower as of December 31, 2001 and December 31, 2002, and
December 31, 2003, and the unaudited balance sheets of Borrower as of December 31, 2004 and March
31, 2005, and the related statements, if applicable, of income, of retained earnings and of changes
in financial position for the periods then ended, copies of all of which
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have been delivered to Lender, have been prepared in accordance with GAAP and present fairly the
financial position of Borrower as of those dates and the results of its operations for those
periods. Since the date of the most recent of those financial statements, there has not been any
change in Borrower’s financial condition or operations that has not been disclosed to Lender in
writing and could have a Material Adverse Effect.
2.4 Neither this Agreement nor any financial statement that Section 2.3 above refers to nor
any other written statement that Borrower has furnished to Lender in connection with the
negotiation of any Loan, contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits a material fact
necessary to make the statements contained in this Agreement, the financial statement or other
written statement not misleading.
2.5 Except as previously disclosed to Lender in writing, there is not any proceeding pending
or, to the knowledge of the officers and directors of Borrower, threatened, before any court,
governmental authority or arbitration board or tribunal, against Borrower, that, if determined
adversely to Borrower, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Borrower is
not in default with respect to any order, judgment or decree of any court, governmental authority
or arbitration board or tribunal.
2.6 All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of Borrower are owned by
Emergent BioSolutions Inc., a Delaware corporation. There are not any outstanding options,
warrants or rights to purchase, and there is not any agreement for the subscription, purchase or
acquisition of, any such shares of Borrower’s capital stock.
2.7 Borrower has good and marketable title to all of the intangible assets that it purports
to own, including the intangible assets reflected in the financial statements referred to in
Section 2.3 of this Agreement, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, security interests,
claims, charges and restrictions, except Permitted Liens.
2.8 (a) Borrower owns, jointly owns, or has been licensed the right to use pursuant to
licenses that remain in full force and effect, Intellectual Property sufficient to operate its
business as it is presently being conducted.
(b) Except as previously disclosed to Lender in writing, there is no action, suit or
proceeding pending against or, to the knowledge of Borrower, threatened against Borrower (1)
challenging the rights of Borrower in any Intellectual Property owned or used by Borrower or (2)
alleging that products manufactured, used, imported or sold by Borrower conflict with,
misappropriate, infringe or violate the Intellectual Property rights of any third party, except in
each case for actions, suits or proceedings the outcome of which individually or in the aggregate
would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
2.9 Borrower has full power and authority to sign, deliver and perform the Loan Documents. The
signing, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents: (1) have been duly authorized by
appropriate corporate action of Borrower, (2) will not violate the provisions of Borrower’s
articles of incorporation or bylaws or of any law, rule, judgment, order, agreement or
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instrument to which Borrower is a party or by which it is bound and (3) do not require any approval
or consent of any public authority or other third party, except for (a) consents and approvals that
have been obtained prior to the date of this Agreement; or (b) approvals or consents the failure of
which to obtain, individually or in the aggregate, do not have a Material Adverse Effect and do not
materially impair the ability of Borrower to perform its obligations under the Loan Documents.
Borrower has properly signed and delivered the Loan Documents, and the Loan Documents are the valid
and binding obligations of Borrower and are enforceable against Borrower in accordance with their
terms, subject to laws of general application relating to bankruptcy, insolvency and the relief of
debtors and the rules of law governing specific performance, injunctive relief and other equitable
remedies.
2.10 Borrower has filed each tax return that it is required (after taking account of any
properly-filed and valid and effective extensions) to file in any jurisdiction, and Borrower has
paid each tax, assessment, fee and other governmental charge upon it or upon its assets, income or
franchises before the time when its nonpayment could give rise to a lien that could have a Material
Adverse Effect. Borrower does not know of any proposed additional tax assessment against it.
2.11 Borrower does not have any investments in the securities of any Person. Borrower does
not intend to carry or purchase any “margin security” within the meaning of Regulation U of the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 12 C.F.R. Chapter II.
2.12 Attached to this Agreement as Schedule 2.12 is a list of all Plans. No Plan has been
terminated since the effective date of ERISA. No Plan is a “multi-employer plan” within the meaning
of Section 3(37)(A) of ERISA. An “accumulated deficiency” (within the meaning of Section 412 of the
Internal Revenue Code, as amended) or a “reportable event” (as defined in Title IV of ERISA) has
not occurred with respect to any Plan. Neither Borrower nor any Affiliate has incurred any material
liability to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (“PBGC”) or otherwise under ERISA. The PBGC
has not started or, to the knowledge of Borrower, threatened to start a proceeding against Borrower
or any Affiliate under ERISA.
2.13 Borrower is not, and no person, firm or corporation that has “control” of Borrower is, an
“executive officer,” “director” or “person who directly or indirectly, or in concert with one or
more persons owns, controls or has the power to vote more than 10 percent of any class of voting
securities” (within the meaning of 12 U.S.C. Section 375(b) and regulations issued under that
section), of Lender, Fifth Third Bancorp or any subsidiary of Fifth Third Bancorp.
2.14 With such exceptions as do not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse
Effect:
(a) No written notice, demand, citation, or order has been received, no penalty has been
assessed, and no action, suit or proceeding is pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, is
threatened by any governmental agency pursuant to or arising out of any Environmental Laws; and
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(b) There are no liabilities of the Borrower not recorded on the Borrower’s financial
statements in accordance with GAAP arising as a result of Borrower’s real or personal property (a)
being Contaminated; (b) being the source of any Contamination of any adjacent property or any
groundwater or surface water; or (c) being the source of any air emissions in excess of any legal
limit or standard under Environmental Laws.
2.15 Borrower has furnished to Lender a complete and correct copy of each Government Contract,
including all amendments.
2.16 Schedule 2.16 lists each Affiliate and describes Borrower’s relationship to it, including
ownership of capital stock.
SECTION 3. REVOLVING LINE OF CREDIT.
3.1 Subject to satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 10 of this
Agreement and as long as there shall not have occurred any Default or Event of Default, that in
each case has not been cured or waived, Lender shall extend to Borrower from time to time loans in
amounts (“Revolving Credit Loans”) that shall not at any time in the aggregate exceed the Revolving
Credit Commitment.
3.2 If the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans outstanding at any time
exceeds the Revolving Credit Commitment, then Borrower shall immediately repay the amount of the
Revolving Credit Loans that is required to eliminate the excess.
3.3 All Revolving Credit Loans shall be evidenced by and payable with interest in accordance
with the terms of a promissory note in the form attached to this Agreement as Schedule 3.3
(“Revolving Credit Loan Note”), which Borrower shall sign and deliver to Lender.
3.4 Each Revolving Credit Loan shall be in the amount $1,000 or a whole multiple of that
amount and shall be made upon Borrower’s request.
3.5 Borrower shall have the right to prepay all Revolving Credit Loans, in whole or in part,
at any time without penalty or any other premium or charge. Borrower may reborrow amounts that it
prepays, subject to the other provisions of this Agreement.
3.6 Unless it is sooner terminated or Lender extends it in writing, Lender’s obligation to
make or to renew Revolving Credit Loans shall expire on May 1, 2006. If Lender extends it, then
Lender’s obligation to make or renew Revolving Credit Loans shall expire on the date stated in the
extension. If Lender’s obligation to make or renew Revolving Credit Loans expires, then the
aggregate unpaid principal balance of all outstanding Revolving Credit Loans, together with all
accrued interest on them, shall be due and payable in full on the expiration date.
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SECTION 4. TERM LOAN
4.1 On August 10, 2004, Lender made a term loan to Borrower in the principal amount of
$2,400,000 (“Term Loan”).
4.2 The Term Loan is evidenced by and payable in accordance with a Term Note dated August 10,
2004, payable to Lender, that Borrower executed and delivered to Lender (“Term Loan Note”).
4.3 Nothing in this Agreement amends or modifies the Term Loan or the Term Loan Note.
SECTION 5. SECURITY.
5.1 Simultaneously with the signing and delivery of this Agreement, Borrower is signing and
delivering to Lender an Amended and Restated Security Agreement granting to Lender a valid first
security interest in the Collateral, and in all proceeds to secure payment and performance of all
Lender Indebtedness.
5.2 Simultaneously with the signing and delivery of this Agreement, Borrower is assigning to
Lender, as security, all payments that are now or in the future owing to Borrower under each
Government Contract, to secure payment and performance of all Lender Indebtedness.
5.3 Borrower has signed and delivered to Lender two mortgages, dated July 30, 2004, that grant
to Lender valid first liens on the real property located in Xxxxxx County, Michigan and Clinton
County, Michigan, described in them, to secure the Lender Indebtedness described in them. If at any
time after July 31, 2005, Borrower gives to Lender a written request that Lender discharge either
or both of the mortgages and if at that time (a) neither a Default nor an Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing, (b) Borrower is not indebted to Lender, other than in respect of
the Term Loan or one or more Revolving Credit Loans and (c) Lender is not obligated to extend any
loan or other credit facility to Borrower, then Lender shall, within 30 days after it receives the
request, comply with the request.
5.4 Borrower shall sign and deliver to Lender all financing statements, assignments, documents
of title and other documents, agreements and instruments in connection with the perfection or
priority of the security provided for above, and shall take all further actions that Lender
reasonably requests in connection with the perfection or priority of the security provided for
above.
SECTION 6. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS.
From the date of this Agreement and until all Lender Indebtedness is fully paid and Lender
does not have any obligation to extend loans or other credit facilities to Borrower hereunder,
Borrower shall:
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6.1 Furnish to Lender, within 120 days after the end of each of Borrower’s fiscal years,
beginning with its fiscal year ending December 31, 2005, an audited financial report prepared in
accordance with GAAP by independent certified public accountants that are satisfactory to Lender
(it being understood that Borrower’s current auditors are satisfactory to Lender), containing (1)
Borrower’s balance sheet as of the end of that year, its related statements of operations for that
year and its statement of cash flows for that year, (2) any management letters that those certified
public accountants prepare in conjunction with such audits, (3) all notes and other financial
schedules that are customarily included in the audited financial statements and (4) the unqualified
opinion of the certified public accountants stating that the financial statements for the fiscal
year present fairly the financial position, results of operations and cash flows in conformity with
GAAP.
6.2 Furnish to Lender within 20 days after the end of each month, beginning with the month of
May, 2005, an unaudited financial report, the accuracy of which is certified to by the President or
chief financial officer of Borrower, prepared in accordance with GAAP, containing Borrower’s
balance sheet as of the end of the period and its income statement showing the results of its
operations for the portion of its fiscal year then elapsed.
6.3 Furnish to Lender within 20 days after the end of each month, beginning with the month of
May, 2005, a detailed aging of all of Borrower’s accounts receivable that are in excess of
$100,000, in form reasonably satisfactory to Lender.
6.4 (1) Promptly inform Lender of any occurrence that is a Default or an Event of Default and
of any other occurrence that has had, could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse
Effect; (2) grant to Lender or its representatives the right to examine its books and records
during normal business hours no more frequently than once per calendar quarter; (3) maintain
complete and accurate books and records of its transactions in accordance with Borrower’s current
accounting practices; and (4) furnish to Lender any information that it reasonably requests
concerning Borrower’s financial condition and results of operations within 45 days after Lender
makes the request.
6.5 (1) Maintain insurance, including, but not limited to, fire and extended coverage
insurance, workers’ compensation insurance and commercial and general liability insurance with
responsible insurance companies on its properties and against the risks and in the amounts and in a
manner consistent with Borrower’s current practice; (2) furnish to Lender upon its request the
details with respect to that insurance and satisfactory evidence of that insurance coverage. Each
insurance policy that this Section requires shall be written or endorsed in a manner that makes
losses, if any, payable to Borrower and Lender as their respective interests appear and shall
include, where appropriate, a mortgage clause or lender’s loss payable endorsement in favor of
Lender in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Lender.
6.6 Pay and discharge, as often as they are due and payable, all taxes and assessments of
whatever nature that are levied or assessed against it or any of its properties, unless and to the
extent only that (1) in a jurisdiction where payment of taxes and assessments is abated during the
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period of any contest, those taxes or assessments are being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings and (2) Borrower shall have set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect to
those taxes and assessments.
6.7 Maintain its existence as a corporation in good standing in the State of Michigan and its
qualification in good standing in every other jurisdiction in which the failure to be qualified or
authorized to do business could have a Material Adverse Effect; continue to conduct and operate its
business substantially as it presently conducts and operates it subject to Borrower’s right,
subject to Section 7.5, upon prior written notice to Lender, to expand its business, make
acquisitions, enter joint ventures and similar arrangements and enter into new, but related,
business lines; and comply with all governmental laws, rules, regulations and orders that apply to
it, the failure to comply with which could have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.8 Keep in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, all of its
material assets and properties that are necessary to the conduct of its business, in a manner
consistent with industry practice, other than machinery and equipment that Borrower disposes of as
permitted by Section 7.2.
6.9 Maintain its principal commercial deposit accounts with Lender.
6.10 (1) Comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of ERISA and the
Internal Revenue Code with respect to each Plan, including, without limitation, all provisions
regarding minimum funding requirements and requirements as to plan termination insurance; (2)
within 30 days after it is filed, furnish to Lender a copy of each annual report and annual return,
with all schedules and attachments, that ERISA requires Borrower to file with the Department of
Labor or the Internal Revenue Service pursuant to ERISA in connection with each Plan for each Plan
year; (3) notify Lender immediately of any fact or circumstance, including, but not limited to, any
“reportable event” (as defined in Title IV of ERISA), that might be grounds for termination of a
Plan by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or for the appointment by the appropriate United
States District Court of a trustee to administer the Plan, together with a statement, if Lender
requests it, as to the reason the fact or circumstance has occurred and the action, if any, that
Borrower proposes to take to avoid termination of the Plan; and furnish to Lender, upon its
request, any additional information concerning any Plan that Lender reasonably requests.
6.11 Notify Lender in writing within 10 days after Borrower receives any notice of the
beginning of (1) any proceeding or investigation by a federal or state environmental agency against
Borrower regarding Borrower’s compliance with Environmental Laws or (2) any other judicial or
administrative proceeding or litigation by or against Borrower in each case that would result in a
Material Adverse Effect.
SECTION 7. NEGATIVE COVENANTS.
From the date of this Agreement and until all Lender Indebtedness is fully paid and Lender
does not have any obligation to extend loans or other credit facilities to Borrower, Borrower shall
not, without the prior written consent of Lender:
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7.1 Create or permit to exist any lien, security interest, mortgage, pledge, attachment,
garnishment, execution or other legal process or encumbrance on any Collateral, other than liens
created under the Loan Documents and Permitted Liens.
7.2 Sell, lease or otherwise dispose of any of its assets with a value in excess of $250,000,
except for (1) the sale of inventory in the ordinary course of business (as Borrower conducts its
business on the date of this Agreement) and (2) the disposition, in the ordinary course of
business, of machinery and equipment that has become obsolete, damaged, unsuitable or unnecessary
for its business.
7.3 Make loans or advances to any Person, except for (1) loans and advances to Affiliates or
Subsidiaries and (2) loans and advances to Persons that are not Affiliates or Subsidiaries as long
as the aggregate loans and advances outstanding to all Persons that are not Affiliates or
Subsidiaries does not at any time exceed $250,000.
7.4 Guarantee, endorse, assume or otherwise incur or suffer to exist any contingent liability
in respect of any obligation of any other Person, other than an Affiliate or Subsidiary, except by
the endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of
business and except for guarantees under which the maximum possible liability of Borrower does not
at any time exceed $500,000 in the aggregate.
7.5 Enter into any merger, consolidation, reorganization or recapitalization, or purchase or
otherwise acquire all, or substantially all, of the assets, obligations or capital stock of or any
other interest in any Person if either (1) a Default or an Event of Default shall have occurred and
is then continuing or (2) the merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, purchase or
acquisition would result in or cause a Default or an Event of Default.
7.6 Subordinate any indebtedness that any Person other than an Affiliate or Subsidiary owes to
Borrower to Indebtedness that that Person owes to any other Person.
7.7 Engage in any transaction with any Affiliate on terms that are less favorable to Borrower
than Borrower could obtain at the time in a comparable transaction in an arm’s-length dealing with
a Person other than an Affiliate; except that this Section 7.7 shall not prevent Borrower from
continuing any transaction with an Affiliate in existence on October 8, 2004.
7.8 Issue, incur, assume or permit to remain outstanding any Indebtedness that is not
Subordinated Indebtedness, other than (1) Lender Indebtedness, (2) Indebtedness the proceeds of
which are used to pay the purchase price of real property acquired by Borrower, and (3) other
Indebtedness that does not exceed $500,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding.
7.9 Become a contributing employer with respect to a multi-employer employee benefit plan
within the meaning of Section 3(37)(A) of ERISA (29 U.S.C. 1002), as amended by Section 302 of the
Multi-Employer Pension Plan Amendments Act of 1980 (other than any Plans described on Schedule 2.12
as being multi-employer plans); or establish for any of its employees
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any employee benefit plan that has, or may in the future incur, any unfunded past service
liability.
7.10 Change its name, fiscal year or method of accounting, except as GAAP requires, and except
that Borrower may change its name if Borrower gives Lender 60 days’ prior written notice of the
name change and takes any action that Lender reasonably considers necessary to continue the
perfection of the security interests and liens that the Collateral Documents grant to Lender.
7.11 Enter into any amendment to or modification of, or terminate all or any part of, any
Government Contract that in any way materially adversely affects the payments due to the Borrower
under such Government Contracts without Lender’s prior written consent, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.
SECTION 8. APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS.
Borrower shall apply the proceeds of the Revolving Credit Loans for any proper business
purpose, including without limitation for working capital.
SECTION 9. EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES.
9.1 Each of the following is an “Event of Default” under this Agreement not cured within 30
days (unless some other cure period is provided below) from written notice of default:
A. If Borrower defaults in the payment of the principal or interest of any Lender
Indebtedness, when and as it is due and payable, whether by acceleration or otherwise and
does not cure the default within ten (10) business days after Lender gives Borrower notice
of the default.
B. If Borrower fails to perform any of its other obligations under, or to comply with
any of the terms, conditions and covenants that are contained in, this Agreement or any
other Loan Document or other agreement, document or instrument that Borrower or any third
party has given or in the future gives to Lender to secure any Lender Indebtedness, if, in
the case of a failure that can be cured, Borrower does not cure the failure within thirty
(30) days after Lender gives Borrower notice of it.
C. If Borrower defaults in the payment of any other Indebtedness and does not cure the
default within thirty (30) days after Lender gives Borrower notice of the default, if the
default results in a right of the holder of the Indebtedness to accelerate the maturity of
such Indebtedness in an amount in excess of $500,000.
D. If any warranty or representation that Borrower makes in this Agreement or any
statement, warranty or representation that Borrower or any third party has made or in the
future makes in any other Loan Document, certificate, report or other document, instrument
or agreement that is delivered under this Agreement or in
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connection with any Lender Indebtedness is false or inaccurate in any material respect when
made.
E. If any guaranty that now or in the future secures payment of all or any part of the
Lender Indebtedness is, other than by its terms, terminated or limited for any reason
without the written consent of Lender.
F. If Borrower fails to perform any of its obligations under any Government Contract
within any cure period so provided or if a Government Contract is terminated for any reason
other than by expiration in accordance with its terms.
G. If, as a result of any order, judgment or other action of the FDA, a court or any
other governmental agency or entity, Borrower is required to stop selling all or any of the
anthrax vaccine that it has agreed to sell under a Government Contract.
H. If Borrower (1) applies for or consents to the appointment of, or the taking of
possession by, a receiver, custodian, trustee or liquidator of itself or of all or a
substantial part of its property, (2) is generally unable to pay its debts as they become
due, (3) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, (4) starts a
voluntary case under the federal Bankruptcy Code (as now or in the future in effect), (5)
files a petition that seeks to take advantage of any other law that provides for the relief
of debtors, (6) fails to controvert in a timely or appropriate manner, or acquiesces in
writing to, any petition that is filed against Borrower in any involuntary case under the
Bankruptcy Code or (7) takes any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing.
I. If a proceeding or case is started in any court of competent jurisdiction and is
not dismissed within 60 days, seeking (1) the liquidation, reorganization, dissolution,
winding up or composition or readjustment of Borrower or its assets or the appointment of a
trustee, receiver, custodian, liquidator or the like of Borrower or of all or any
substantial part of the assets of Borrower or (2) similar relief in respect of Borrower
under any law that provides for the relief of debtors; or if an order for relief against
Borrower is entered in an involuntary case under the Bankruptcy Code.
9.2 If an Event of Default that is described in subsections 9.1A through 9.1G above occurs,
then, at the option of Lender, Lender’s obligation to make or renew Revolving Credit Loans shall
terminate, and all or any part of the unpaid principal balance of and accrued interest on all
Lender Indebtedness shall become immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand or notice
of any kind, all of which Borrower waives.
9.3 If an Event of Default that is described in subsection 9.1H or 9.11 above occurs, then
Lender’s obligation to make or renew Revolving Credit Loans shall immediately terminate, and the
entire unpaid principal balance of and accrued interest on all outstanding Lender Indebtedness
shall automatically become due and payable without presentment, demand or notice of any kind, all
of which Borrower waives.
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SECTION 10. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT.
The obligation of Lender to make the initial Revolving Credit Loan is subject to the following
conditions precedent:
10.1 Lender shall have received copies of resolutions of the Board of Directors of Borrower,
certified by the Secretary of Borrower as being in full force and effect on the date of making the
loans, authorizing Borrower’s signing, delivery and performance of this Agreement and all other
Loan Documents.
10.2 Lender shall have received a copy of Borrower’s bylaws, including all amendments to them,
certified by the Secretary of Borrower as being in full force and effect on the date of making the
Loans.
10.3 Lender shall have received copies of the articles of incorporation of Borrower, including
all amendments to them, certified by the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Growth not more
than 30 days before the initial extension of loans under this Agreement.
10.4 Lender shall have received a good standing certificate with respect to Borrower from the
Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Growth dated not more than 30 days before the initial
extension of loans under this Agreement.
10.5 Borrower shall have signed and delivered to Lender all Loan Documents.
10.6 Borrower shall have delivered to Lender evidence satisfactory to Lender that Borrower has
obtained the insurance policies that this Agreement and any Collateral Documents require.
10.7 There shall not have occurred and be continuing any Default or Event of Default.
10.8 Borrower shall have paid to Lender a processing fee in the amount of $425 as required by
Section 11.2.
SECTION 11. MISCELLANEOUS.
11.1 Borrower shall pay, or reimburse Lender for, all out-of-pocket expenses that Lender
incurs (including, but not limited to, recording and filing fees and taxes, search fees, title
insurance premiums and actual fees and expenses of legal counsel, other professional advisers,
consultants and experts) in connection with (1) the negotiation, preparation and signing of the
Loan Documents, any amendments to, or waivers of any provisions of, the Loan Documents and any
refinancing or restructuring of any Lender Indebtedness, (2) the administration of this Agreement
and the other Loan Documents, including, without limitation, making filings and recordings in
public offices to perfect or give notice of liens in favor of Lender, obtaining policies of title
insurance, title searches, financing statement searches, tax lien searches,
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appraisals and environmental inspections, audits and assessments, (3) obtaining advice of counsel
or other professional advisers, consultants and experts regarding any aspect of the Loan Documents
or any Lender Indebtedness, (4) the enforcement of any of the provisions of the Loan Documents, (5)
the collection of any Lender Indebtedness and (6) the foreclosure of any security interests,
mortgages, or other liens that at any time secure any Lender Indebtedness.
11.2 Upon signing of this Agreement, Borrower shall pay to Lender a nonrefundable processing
fee in the amount of $425.
11.3 Borrower acknowledges that Lender has and shall have the right to set off any
indebtedness that Lender from time to time owes to Borrower, including, without limitation, any
indebtedness that is represented by any deposit account that Borrower maintains with Lender,
against any indebtedness that is at any time due and payable by Borrower to Lender.
11.4 Each right and remedy that this Agreement or any other Loan Document grants to Lender or
that the law allows to Lender shall be cumulative, and Lender may exercise it from time to time.
Lender’s failure to exercise, and Lender’s delay in exercising, any right or remedy shall not be a
waiver of that right or remedy or a waiver of any other right or remedy. This Agreement may not be
amended and a provision of it may not be waived except by a writing that Lender signs.
11.5 The relationship between Borrower and Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents is solely that of debtor and creditor. Lender does not have any fiduciary
responsibilities to Borrower. Lender does not and shall not have any responsibility to review, or
to inform Borrower of any matter in connection with, any aspect of Borrower’s business, operations
or properties. Borrower shall rely entirely upon its own judgment with respect to its business and
properties. Any review, appraisal, audit, survey, inspection, report or other information that
Lender obtains, whether or not Borrower pays for it or Lender furnishes it to Borrower (“Lender
Information”), is solely for the benefit of Lender. Neither Borrower nor any third party is
entitled to rely on any Lender Information. Lender does not have any duty to Borrower with respect
to any Lender Information, including, without limitation, any duty to assure that any review,
audit, survey, inspection or appraisal is performed properly or any duty to disclose to Borrower
any facts, information, opinions, conclusions or statements that any review, audit, survey,
inspection, appraisal or other Lender Information contain.
11.6 Any and all information provided to Lender by Borrower or any of its Affiliates shall be
subject to the non-disclosure and other obligations of Lender under the terms of the Nondisclosure
Agreement. Borrower authorizes Lender to furnish to any Affiliate of Lender and to any prospective
transferee of, or participant in, any Loan or Loans any or all information about Borrower,
including, without limitation, financial statements and information regarding the operations,
assets and properties, finances, strategies, plans, activities, transactions, owners, directors,
officers, employees and customers of Borrower and its Affiliates, if, in each case, the Affiliate
or any other prospective transferee or participant acknowledges in writing that it shall be subject
to the Nondisclosure Agreement as though an original party named in it and such obligations shall
be enforceable by Borrower directly against such Person.
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11.7 This Agreement and the rights and obligations of the parties under it shall be governed
by and interpreted in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Michigan.
11.8 Any notice or other communication that this Agreement requires or permits shall be in
writing and shall be served either personally or by certified United States mail with postage fully
prepaid, or by a nationally-recognized, overnight courier service, addressed to Borrower as:
BIOPORT CORPORATION
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xx. Xxxx.
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xx. Xxxx.
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, President
With a copy to: Xxxx Xxxxx, General Counsel
With a copy to: Xxxx Xxxxx, General Counsel
and to Lender as:
FIFTH THIRD BANK
0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
or to any other place that either party designates by written notice to the other party.
11.9 This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of Borrower and
Lender and their respective successors and assigns. No Person is a third party beneficiary of this
Agreement.
11.10 This Agreement amends and restates in its entirety the Loan Agreements between the
parties dated July 25, 2003, July 30, 2004 and October 8, 2004.
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LENDER AND BORROWER EACH IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ITS RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY
IN ANY ACTION, INCLUDING ANY CLAIM, COUNTERCLAIM, CROSS-CLAIM OR THIRD-PARTY CLAIM (“CLAIM”) THAT
IS BASED UPON, ARISES OUT OF OR RELATES TO THIS LOAN AGREEMENT OR THE LENDER INDEBTEDNESS,
INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, AND CLAIM THAT IS BASED UPON, ARISES OUT OF OR RELATES TO ANY ACTION
OR INACTION OF LENDER IN CONNECTION WITH ANY ACCELERATION OF THE INDEBTEDNESS OR ANY ENFORCEMENT OF
ANY SECURITY THAT LENDER AT ANY TIME HAS FOR ANY LENDER INDEBTEDNESS.
Borrower and Lender have signed this Agreement as of the date stated on the first page of this
Agreement.
| ATTEST: | BIOPORT CORPORATION | |||||||||
| By | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||||||||
| Its | President & CEO | |||||||||
| And by | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||||||||
| Its | Associate Director of Finance | |||||||||
| FIFTH THIRD BANK | ||||||||||
| By | /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxx | |||||||||
| Xxxxxxx Xxxxx | ||||||||||
| Its | Vice President | |||||||||
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Schedule 2.12
Plans
[Unavailable]
Schedule 2.16
Affiliates
[Unavailable]
April 25, 2006
Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Controller
Bioport Corporation
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx Xx. Xxxx.
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Bioport Corporation
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxx Xx. Xxxx.
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Dear Xx. Xxxx,
This letter is to inform you that the bank has extended your ten million dollar line of credit for
90 days to expire August 1, 2006. All terms and conditions remain the same. If you have any
questions, please feel free to call me at (000) 000-0000.
Sincerely,
/s/ Xxxxx X. Flower
Xxxxx X. Flower
Vice President
Fifth Third Bank
Vice President
Fifth Third Bank
AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESATED LOAN AGREEMENT is made as of August 1, 2006, by and
between BIOPORT CORPORATION, a Michigan corporation, of Lansing, Michigan (“Borrower”), and FIFTH
THIRD BANK, a Michigan banking corporation, which has an office in East Lansing, Michigan
(“Lender”).
Borrower and Lender are parties to an Amended and Restated Loan Agreement dated as of July 29,
2005, under which Lender agreed to extend to Borrower revolving credit loans of up to $10 million
in the aggregate at any time outstanding (“Loan Agreement”).
Lender and Borrower agree to amend the Loan Agreement and, among other things, add a financial
ratio provided under a prior agreement as follows:
1. Each capitalized term that this Amendment uses but does not define has the meaning that the
Loan Agreement gives it.
2. Borrower adopts and restates all of the warranties and representations set forth in the
Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents, other than the warranties and representations
contained in Sections 2.5, 2.12 and 2.16 of the Loan Agreement, as fully as though Borrower had
made them on the date of this Amendment.
3. Lender shall discharge the two mortgages referred to in Section 5.3 of the Loan Agreement.
4. Section 1 of the Loan Agreement shall be and is amended, effective immediately, by adding
the following definitions:
“’Liabilities’ means all liabilities that GAAP requires to be
classified as liabilities on a balance sheet of Borrower.”
“‘Stockholders’ Equity’ means, at any time, the sum of the
following accounts set forth in a balance sheet of Borrower, prepared in
accordance with GAAP: (1) the par or stated value of all outstanding
capital stock, (2) capital surplus and (3) retained earnings.”
“‘Tangible Net Worth’ means, at any time, Stockholders’ Equity,
less the sum of (1) goodwill, including any amounts, however designated
on a balance sheet of Borrower, representing the excess of the purchase
price that Borrower paid for assets or stock acquired over the value
assigned to the stock or assets on Borrower’s books, (2) patents,
trademarks, trade names and copyrights, (3) treasury stock, (4) loans
and advances to shareholders, directors, officers or employees, (5)
prepaid expenses and, (6) other intangible assets.”
5. Section 3.6 of the Loan Agreement shall be and is amended, effective immediately, to read
as follows:
“3.6 Unless it is sooner terminated or Lender extends it in
writing, Lender’s obligation to make or to renew Revolving Credit Loans
shall expire on October 1, 2006. If Lender extends it, then Lender’s
obligation to make or renew Revolving Credit Loans shall expire on the
date stated in the extension. If Lender’s obligation to make or renew
Revolving Credit Loans expires, then the aggregate unpaid principal
balance of all outstanding Revolving Credit Loans, together with all
accrued interest on them, shall be due and payable in full on the
expiration date.”
6. Section 6.4 of the Loan Agreement shall be and is amended, effective immediately, to read
as follows:
“6.4 Furnish to Lender within 45 days after the end of each fiscal
quarter of Borrower, beginning with the quarter ended June 30, 2006, an
unaudited financial report, the accuracy of which is certified to by the
President or chief financial officer of Borrower, prepared in accordance
with GAAP, containing Borrower’s balance sheet as of the end of the
period and its income statement showing the results of its operations
for the portion of its fiscal year then elapsed.”
7. The Loan Agreement is amended, effective immediately, by adding a new Section
6.12 reading as follows:
“6.12 Maintain a ratio of total Liabilities to Tangible Net Worth
of not more than 2.5 to 1.0.”
8. Except as expressly amended by this Amendment, all of the provisions of the Loan Agreement
are ratified and confirmed.
Borrower and Lender have executed this Amendment as of the date stated in the first paragraph.
| BIOPORT CORPORATION | ||||||||
| By | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||||||
| Its | President and CEO | |||||||
| And by Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxx | ||||||||
| Its | Controller | |||||||
| FIFTH THIRD BANK | ||||||||
| By | /s/ Xxxx Xxxx | |||||||
| Its | Vice President | |||||||
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