SECURITY AGREEMENT
This Security Agreement is made as of August 9, 2007 by and among LAURUS
MASTER FUND, LTD., a Cayman Islands company ("Laurus"), TARPON INDUSTRIES, INC.,
a Michigan corporation (the "Parent"), and each party listed on Exhibit A
attached hereto (each an "Eligible Subsidiary" and collectively, the "Eligible
Subsidiaries") the Parent and each Eligible Subsidiary, each a "Company" and
collectively, the "Companies").
BACKGROUND
The Companies have requested that Laurus make advances available to the
Companies; and
Laurus has agreed to make such advances on the terms and conditions set
forth in this Agreement.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and undertakings
and the terms and conditions contained herein, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
1. General Definitions and Terms; Rules of Construction.
(a) General Definitions. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall
have the meanings assigned to them in Annex A.
(b) Accounting Terms. Any accounting terms used in this Agreement that are
not specifically defined shall have the meanings customarily given them in
accordance with GAAP and all financial computations shall be computed, unless
specifically provided herein, in accordance with GAAP consistently applied.
(c) Other Terms. All other terms used in this Agreement and defined in the
UCC, shall have the meaning given therein unless otherwise defined herein.
(d) Rules of Construction. All Schedules, Addenda, Annexes and Exhibits
hereto or expressly identified to this Agreement are incorporated herein by
reference and taken together with this Agreement constitute but a single
agreement. The words "herein", "hereof" and "hereunder" or other words of
similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole, including the Exhibits,
Addenda, Annexes and Schedules thereto, as the same may be from time to time
amended, modified, restated or supplemented, and not to any particular section,
subsection or clause contained in this Agreement. Wherever from the context it
appears appropriate, each term stated in either the singular or plural shall
include the singular and the plural, and pronouns stated in the masculine,
feminine or neuter gender shall include the masculine, the feminine and the
neuter. The term "or" is not exclusive. The term "including" (or any form
thereof) shall not be limiting or exclusive. All references to statutes and
related regulations shall include any amendments of same and any successor
statutes and regulations. All references in this Agreement or in the Schedules,
Addenda, Annexes and Exhibits to this Agreement to sections, schedules,
disclosure schedules, exhibits, and attachments shall refer to the corresponding
sections, schedules, disclosure schedules, exhibits, and attachments of or to
this Agreement. All references to any instruments or agreements, including
references to any of this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements shall include
any and all modifications or amendments thereto and any and all extensions or
renewals thereof.
(e) Currency. All principal, interest and other amounts owing under this
Agreement and any Ancillary Agreements, that, in accordance with their terms,
are to be paid in cash shall be paid in US dollars. All amounts denominated in
other currencies shall be converted into the US dollar equivalent amount in
accordance with the Exchange Rate on the date of calculation. "Exchange Rate"
means, in relation to any amount of currency to be converted into US dollars
pursuant to this Agreement and any Ancillary Agreements, the US dollar exchange
rate as published in the Wall Street Journal on the relevant date of
calculation.
2. Loan Facility.
(a) Revolving Loans.
(i) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the
Ancillary Agreements, Laurus may make revolving loans (the "Revolving Loans") to
the Companies from time to time during the Term which, in the aggregate at any
time outstanding, will not exceed the lesser of (x) (I) the Capital Availability
Amount minus (II) such reserves as Laurus may reasonably in its good faith
judgment deem proper and necessary from time to time (the "Reserves") and (y) an
amount equal to (I) the Accounts Availability plus (II) the Inventory
Availability, minus (III) the Reserves. The amount derived at any time from
Section 2(a)(i)(y)(I) plus Section 2(a)(i)(y)(II) minus 2(a)(i)(y)(III) shall be
referred to as the "Formula Amount." The Companies shall, jointly and severally,
execute and deliver to Laurus on the Closing Date the Secured Revolving Note and
the Secured Term Notes. The Companies hereby each acknowledge and agree that
Laurus' obligation to purchase the Secured Revolving Note and the Secured Term
Notes from the Companies on the Closing Date shall be contingent upon the
satisfaction (or waiver by Laurus in its sole discretion) of the items and
matters set forth in the closing checklist provided by Laurus to the Companies
on or prior to the Closing Date. The Companies hereby each further acknowledge
and agree that, immediately prior to each borrowing hereunder and immediately
after giving effect thereto, the Companies shall be deemed to have certified to
Laurus that at the time of each such proposed borrowing and also after giving
effect thereto (i) there shall exist no Event of Default, (ii) all
representations, warranties and covenants made by the Companies in connection
with this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements are true, correct and complete
and (iii) all of each Company's and its respective Subsidiaries' covenant
requirements under this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements have been met.
The Companies hereby agree to provide a certificate confirming the foregoing
concurrently with each request for a borrowing hereunder.
(ii) Notwithstanding the limitations set forth above, if requested by any
Company, Laurus retains the right to lend to such Company from time to time such
amounts in excess of such limitations as Laurus may determine in its sole
discretion. In connection with each such request by one or more Companies, the
Companies shall be deemed to have certified, as of the time of such proposed
borrowing and immediately after giving effect thereto, to the satisfaction of
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all Overadvance Conditions. For purposes hereof, "Overadvance Conditions" means
(i) no Event of Default shall exist and be continuing as of such date; (ii) all
representations, warranties and covenants made by the Companies in connection
with the Security Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements shall be true, correct
and complete as of such date; and (iii) the Companies and their respective
Subsidiaries shall have taken all action necessary to grant Laurus "control"
over all of the Companies' and their respective Subsidiaries' Deposit Accounts
(the "Control Accounts"), with any agreements establishing "control" to be in
form and substance satisfactory to Laurus. "Control" over such Control Accounts
shall be released upon the indefeasible repayment in full and termination of the
Overadvance (together with all accrued interest and fees which remain unpaid in
respect thereof). The Companies hereby agree to provide a certificate confirming
the satisfaction of the Overadvance Conditions concurrently with the request for
same.
(iii) The Companies acknowledge that the exercise of Laurus' discretionary
rights hereunder may result during the Term in one or more increases or
decreases in the advance percentages used in determining Accounts Availability
and/or Inventory Availability and each of the Companies hereby consent to any
such increases or decreases which may limit or restrict advances requested by
the Companies.
(iv) If any interest, fees, costs or charges payable to Laurus hereunder
are not paid when due, each of the Companies shall thereby be deemed to have
requested, and Laurus is hereby authorized at its discretion to make and charge
to the Companies' account, a Loan as of such date in an amount equal to such
unpaid interest, fees, costs or charges.
(v) If any Company at any time fails to perform or observe any of the
covenants contained in this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, Laurus may,
but need not, perform or observe such covenant on behalf and in the name, place
and stead of such Company (or, at Laurus' option, in Laurus' name) and may, but
need not, take any and all other actions which Laurus may reasonably deem
necessary to cure or correct such failure (including the payment of taxes, the
satisfaction of Liens, the performance of obligations owed to Account Debtors,
lessors or other obligors, the procurement and maintenance of insurance, the
execution of assignments, security agreements and financing statements, and the
endorsement of instruments). The amount of all monies expended and all costs and
expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and legal expenses) incurred by
Laurus in connection with or as a result of the performance or observance of
such agreements or the taking of such action by Laurus shall be charged to the
Companies' account as a Revolving Loan and added to the Obligations. To
facilitate Laurus' performance or observance of such covenants by each Company,
each Company hereby irrevocably appoints Laurus, or Laurus' delegate, acting
alone, as such Company's attorney in fact (which appointment is coupled with an
interest) with the right (but not the duty) from time to time to create,
prepare, complete, execute, deliver, endorse or file in the name and on behalf
of such Company any and all instruments, documents, assignments, security
agreements, financing statements, applications for insurance and other
agreements and writings required to be obtained, executed, delivered or endorsed
by such Company.
(vi) Laurus will account to Company Agent monthly with a statement of all
Loans and other advances, charges and payments made pursuant to this Agreement,
and such account rendered by Laurus shall be deemed final, binding and
conclusive unless Laurus is notified by Company Agent in writing to the contrary
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within thirty (30) days of the date each account was rendered specifying the
item or items to which objection is made.
(vii) During the Term, the Companies may borrow and prepay Loans in
accordance with the terms and conditions hereof.
(viii) If any Eligible Account is not paid by the Account Debtor within
ninety (90) days after the date that such Eligible Account was invoiced or if
any Account Debtor asserts a deduction, dispute, contingency, set-off, or
counterclaim with respect to any Eligible Account, (a "Delinquent Account"), the
Companies shall jointly and severally (i) reimburse Laurus for the amount of the
Loans made with respect to such Delinquent Account or (ii) immediately replace
such Delinquent Account with an otherwise Eligible Account.
(b) Term Loans. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in
the Ancillary Agreements, Laurus shall make (i) a term loan A (the "Term Loan
A") to Company Agent (for the benefit of Companies) in an aggregate amount equal
to $1,700,000. The Term Loan A shall be advanced on the Closing Date and shall
be, with respect to principal, payable in consecutive monthly installments of
principal commencing on February 1, 2008 and on the first day of each month
thereafter, subject to acceleration upon the occurrence of an Event of Default
or termination of this Agreement and (ii) a term loan B (the "Term Loan B" and
together with the Term Loan A, the "Term Loans" and each, a "Term Loan") to
Company Agent (for the benefit of Companies) in an aggregate amount equal to
$1,700,000. The Term Loan A shall be advanced on the Closing Date and shall be,
with respect to principal, payable in full at maturity thereof, subject to
acceleration upon the occurrence of an Event of Default or termination of this
Agreement. The Term Loan A shall be evidenced by the Secured Term Note A and
Term Loan B shall be evidenced by the Secured Term Note B.
3. Repayment of the Loans. The Companies (a) may prepay the Obligations
from time to time in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Notes (and
Section 17 hereof if such prepayment is due to a termination of this Agreement);
(b) shall repay on the Maturity Date (as defined in the Secured Term Note A) (i)
the then aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Term Loan A together
with accrued and unpaid interest, fees and charges and: (ii) all other amounts
owed Laurus under the Secured Term Note A; (c) shall repay on the Maturity Date
(as defined in the Secured Term Note B) (i) the then aggregate outstanding
principal balance of the Term Loan B together with accrued and unpaid interest,
fees and charges and: (ii) all other amounts owed Laurus under the Secured Term
Note B; (d) shall repay on the expiration of the Term (i) the then aggregate
outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Loans together with accrued and
unpaid interest, fees and charges and; (ii) all other amounts owed Laurus under
this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements; and (e) subject to Section
2(a)(ii), shall repay on any day on which the then aggregate outstanding
principal balance of the Loans are in excess of the Formula Amount at such time,
Loans in an amount equal to such excess. Any payments of principal, interest,
fees or any other amounts payable hereunder or under any Ancillary Agreement
shall be made prior to 12:00 noon (New York time) on the due date thereof in
immediately available funds.
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4. Procedure for Revolving Loans. Company Agent may by written notice
request a borrowing of Revolving Loans prior to 12:00 noon (New York time) on
the Business Day of its request to incur, on the next Business Day, a Revolving
Loan. Together with each request for a Revolving Loan (or at such other
intervals as Laurus may request), Company Agent shall deliver to Laurus a
Borrowing Base Certificate in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto, which shall
be certified as true and correct by the Chief Executive Officer or Chief
Financial Officer of Company Agent together with all supporting documentation
relating thereto. All Revolving Loans shall be disbursed from whichever office
or other place Laurus may designate from time to time and shall be charged to
the Companies' account on Laurus' books. The proceeds of each Revolving Loan
made by Laurus shall be made available to Company Agent on the Business Day
following the Business Day so requested in accordance with the terms of this
Section 4 by way of credit to the applicable Company's operating account
maintained with such bank as Company Agent designated to Laurus. Any and all
Obligations due and owing hereunder may be charged to the Companies' account and
shall constitute Revolving Loans.
5. Interest and Payments.
(a) Interest.
(i) Except as modified by Section 5(a)(iii) below, the Companies shall
jointly and severally pay interest at the Contract Rate on the unpaid principal
balance of each Loan until such time as such Loan is collected in full in good
funds in dollars of the United States of America.
(ii) Interest and payments shall be computed on the basis of actual days
elapsed in a year of 360 days. As applicable, each rate of interest in this
Agreement expressed as an annual rate of interest for the purposes of the
Interest Act (Canada), shall be such rate multiplied by 365 (or, where the
period for which the interest is being calculated includes February 29th, 366)
and divided by 360. At Laurus' option, Laurus may charge the Companies' account
for said interest.
(iii) Effective upon the occurrence of any Event of Default and for so long
as any Event of Default shall be continuing, the Contract Rate shall
automatically be increased as set forth in the Notes (such increased rate, the
"Default Rate"), and all outstanding Obligations, including unpaid interest,
shall continue to accrue interest from the date of such Event of Default at the
Default Rate applicable to such Obligations.
(iv) In no event shall the aggregate interest payable hereunder or under
any Note exceed the maximum rate permitted under any applicable law or
regulation, as in effect from time to time (the "Maximum Legal Rate"), and if
any provision of this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement is in contravention
of any such law or regulation, interest payable under this Agreement and each
Ancillary Agreement shall be computed on the basis of the Maximum Legal Rate (so
that such interest will not exceed the Maximum Legal Rate).
(v) The Companies shall jointly and severally pay principal, interest and
all other amounts payable hereunder, or under any Ancillary Agreement, without
any deduction whatsoever, including any deduction for any set-off or
counterclaim or deduction or withholding for any taxes, levies, imposts,
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deductions, charges or withholdings of whatever kind or nature. If any Company
shall be required by law to deduct or withhold any taxes from or in respect of
any sum payable hereunder to Laurus, then:
(1) the sum payable to Laurus shall be increased as necessary so that
after making all required deductions and withholdings Laurus receives an
amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions or
withholdings been made;
(2) such Company shall make such deductions and withholdings;
(3) such Company shall pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the
relevant taxing authority or other authority in accordance with applicable
law; and
(4) without duplication of amounts paid under clause (1), the
Companies shall also jointly and severally pay to Laurus for the account of
Laurus, at the time interest is paid, all additional amounts which Laurus
specifies as necessary to preserve the after-tax yield Laurus would have
received if such taxes had not been imposed.
(b) Payment; Certain Closing Conditions.
(i) Payment. Upon execution of this Agreement by each Company and Laurus,
the Companies shall jointly and severally pay to Laurus Capital Management, LLC,
the investment advisor of Laurus ("LCM"), a non-refundable payment in an amount
equal to $1,760,000, which payment is intended to defray certain of LCM's due
diligence, legal and other expenses incurred in connection with the entering
into of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements and all related matters. All
amounts required to be paid under this Section 5(b)(i) will be paid on the
Closing Date. and shall be deemed fully earned on the Closing Date and shall not
be subject to rebate or proration for any reason.
(ii) Overadvance Payment. Without affecting Laurus' rights hereunder in the
event the Loans exceed the Formula Amount (each such event, an "Overadvance"),
all such Overadvances shall bear additional interest at a rate equal to two
percent (2%) per month of the amount of such Overadvances for all times such
amounts shall be in excess of the Formula Amount. All amounts that are incurred
pursuant to this Section 5(b)(ii) shall be due and payable by the Companies
monthly, in arrears, on the first business day of each calendar month and upon
expiration of the Term.
(iii) Financial Information Default. Without affecting Laurus' other rights
and remedies, in the event any Company fails to deliver the financial
information required by Section 11 on or before the date required by this
Agreement, the Companies shall jointly and severally pay Laurus an aggregate fee
in the amount of $500.00 per week (or portion thereof) for each such failure
until such failure is cured to Laurus' satisfaction or waived in writing by
Laurus. All amounts that are incurred pursuant to this Section 5(b)(iii) shall
be due and payable by the Companies monthly, in arrears, on the first business
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of each calendar month and upon expiration of the Term.
6. Security Interest.
(a) To secure the prompt payment to Laurus of the Obligations, each Company
hereby assigns, pledges, hypothecates and grants to Laurus a continuing security
interest in and Lien upon all of the Collateral. All of each Company's Books and
Records relating to the Collateral shall, until delivered to or removed by
Laurus, be kept by such Company in trust for Laurus until all Obligations have
been paid in full. Each confirmatory assignment schedule or other form of
assignment hereafter executed by each Company shall be deemed to include the
foregoing grant, whether or not the same appears therein.
(b) Each Company hereby (i) authorizes Laurus to file any financing
statements, financing change statement, continuation statements or amendments
thereto that (x) indicate the Collateral (1) as all assets and personal property
of such Company or words of similar effect, regardless of whether any particular
asset comprised in the Collateral falls within the scope of Article 9 of the UCC
of such jurisdiction, the PPSA or any applicable law, or (2) as being of an
equal or lesser scope or with greater detail, and (y) contain any other
information required by Part 5 of Article 9 of the UCC, the PPSA or any
applicable law for the sufficiency or filing office acceptance of any financing
statement, financing change statement continuation statement or amendment and
(ii) ratifies its authorization for Laurus to have filed any initial financial
statements, or amendments thereto if filed prior to the date hereof. Each
Company acknowledges that it is not authorized to file any financing statement
or financing change, amendment or termination statement with respect to any
financing statement without the prior written consent of Laurus and agrees that
it will not do so without the prior written consent of Laurus, subject to such
Company's rights under Section 9-509(d)(2) of the UCC and under the PPSA.
(c) Each Company hereby grants to Laurus an irrevocable, non-exclusive
license (exercisable upon the termination of this Agreement due to an occurrence
and during the continuance of an Event of Default without payment of royalty or
other compensation to such Company) to use, transfer, license or sublicense any
Intellectual Property now owned, licensed to, or hereafter acquired by such
Company, and wherever the same may be located, and including in such license
access to all media in which any of the licensed items may be recorded or stored
and to all computer and automatic machinery software and programs used for the
compilation or printout thereof, and represents, promises and agrees that any
such license or sublicense is not and will not be in conflict with the
contractual or commercial rights of any third Person; provided, that such
license will terminate on the termination of this Agreement and the payment in
full of all Obligations.
7. Representations, Warranties and Covenants Concerning the Collateral.
Each Company represents, warrants (each of which such representations and
warranties shall be deemed repeated upon the making of each request for a
Revolving Loan and made as of the time of each and every Revolving Loan
hereunder) and covenants as follows:
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(a) all of the Collateral (i) is owned by it free and clear of all Liens
(including any claims of infringement) except those in Laurus' favor and
Permitted Liens and (ii) is not subject to any agreement prohibiting the
granting of a Lien or requiring notice of or consent to the granting of a Lien.
(b) it shall not encumber, mortgage, pledge, assign or grant any Lien in
any Collateral or any other assets to anyone other than Laurus and except for
Permitted Liens.
(c) the Liens granted pursuant to this Agreement, upon due completion of
the filings and actions listed on Schedule 7(c) (which, in the case of all
filings and other documents referred to in said Schedule, have been delivered to
Laurus in duly executed form) constitute valid perfected security interests in
all of the Collateral in favor of Laurus as security for the prompt and complete
payment and performance of the Obligations, enforceable in accordance with the
terms hereof against any and all of its creditors and purchasers and such
security interest is prior to all other Liens in existence on the date hereof,
except with respect to Permitted Capital Leases.
(d) no effective security agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, financing
statement, hypothec, prior claim, equivalent security or Lien instrument or
continuation statement covering all or any part of the Collateral is or will be
on file or of record in any public office, except those relating to Permitted
Liens.
(e) it shall not dispose of any of the Collateral whether by sale, lease or
otherwise except for the sale of Inventory in the ordinary course of business
and for the disposition or transfer in the ordinary course of business during
any fiscal year of obsolete and worn-out Equipment having an aggregate fair
market value of not more than $25,000 and only to the extent that (i) the
proceeds of any such disposition are used to acquire replacement Equipment which
is subject to Laurus' first priority security interest or are used to repay
Loans or to pay general corporate expenses, or (ii) following the occurrence of
an Event of Default which continues to exist the proceeds of which are remitted
to Laurus to be held as cash collateral for the Obligations.
(f) it shall defend the right, title and interest of Laurus in and to the
Collateral against the claims and demands of all Persons whomsoever, and take
such actions, including (i) all actions necessary to grant Laurus "control" of
any Investment Property, Deposit Accounts, Letter-of-Credit Rights or electronic
Chattel Paper owned by it, with any agreements establishing control to be in
form and substance satisfactory to Laurus, (ii) the prompt (but in no event
later than five (5) Business Days following Laurus' request therefor) delivery
to Laurus of all original Instruments, Chattel Paper, negotiable Documents and
certificated Stock owned by it (in each case, accompanied by stock powers,
allonges or other instruments of transfer executed in blank), (iii) notification
of Laurus' interest in Collateral at Laurus' request, and (iv) the institution
of litigation against third parties as shall be prudent in order to protect and
preserve its and/or Laurus' respective and several interests in the Collateral.
(g) it shall promptly, and in any event within ten (10) Business Days after
the same is acquired by it, notify Laurus of any commercial tort claim (as
defined in the UCC) acquired by it and unless otherwise consented by Laurus, it
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shall enter into a supplement to this Agreement granting to Laurus a Lien in
such commercial tort claim.
(h) it shall place notations upon its Books and Records and any of its
financial statements to disclose Laurus' Lien in the Collateral.
(i) if it retains possession of any Chattel Paper or Instrument with
Laurus' consent, upon Laurus' request such Chattel Paper and Instruments shall
be marked with the following legend: "This writing and obligations evidenced or
secured hereby are subject to the security interest of Laurus Master Fund, Ltd."
Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the reasonable request of Laurus, such
Chattel Paper and Instruments shall be delivered to Laurus.
(j) it shall perform in a reasonable time all other steps reasonably
requested by Laurus to create and maintain in Laurus' favor a valid perfected
first Lien in all Collateral subject only to Permitted Liens.
(k) it shall notify Laurus promptly and in any event within three (3)
Business Days after obtaining knowledge thereof (i) of any event or circumstance
that, to its knowledge, would cause Laurus to consider any then existing Account
and/or Inventory as no longer constituting an Eligible Account or Eligible
Inventory, as the case may be; (ii) of any material delay in its performance of
any of its obligations to any Account Debtor; (iii) of any assertion by any
Account Debtor of any material claims, offsets or counterclaims; (iv) of any
allowances, credits and/or monies granted by it to any Account Debtor; (v) of
all material adverse information relating to the financial condition of an
Account Debtor; (vi) of any material return of goods; and (vii) of any loss,
damage or destruction of any of the Collateral.
(l) all Eligible Accounts (i) represent complete bona fide transactions
which require no further act under any circumstances on its part to make such
Accounts payable by the Account Debtors, (ii) are not subject to any present,
future contingent offsets or counterclaims, and (iii) do not represent xxxx and
hold sales, consignment sales, guaranteed sales, sale or return or other similar
understandings or obligations of any Affiliate or Subsidiary of such Company. It
has not made, nor will it make, any agreement with any Account Debtor for any
extension of time for the payment of any Account, any compromise or settlement
for less than the full amount thereof, any release of any Account Debtor from
liability therefor, or any deduction therefrom except a discount or allowance
for prompt or early payment allowed by it in the ordinary course of its business
consistent with historical practice and as previously disclosed to Laurus in
writing.
(m) it shall keep and maintain its Equipment in good operating condition,
except for ordinary wear and tear, and shall make all necessary repairs and
replacements thereof so that the value and operating efficiency shall at all
times be maintained and preserved. It shall not permit any such items to become
a Fixture to real estate or accessions to other personal property.
(n) it shall maintain and keep all of its Books and Records concerning the
Collateral at its executive offices listed in Schedule 12(aa).
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(o) it shall maintain and keep the tangible Collateral at the addresses
listed in Schedule 12(aa), provided, that it may change such locations or open a
new location, provided that it provides Laurus at least thirty (30) days prior
written notice of such changes or new location and (ii) prior to such change or
opening of a new location where Collateral having a value of more than $50,000
will be located, it executes and delivers to Laurus such agreements deemed
reasonably necessary or prudent by Laurus, including landlord agreements,
mortgagee agreements and warehouse agreements, each in form and substance
satisfactory to Laurus, to adequately protect and maintain Laurus' security
interest in such Collateral.
(p) Schedule 7(p) lists all banks and other financial institutions at which
it maintains deposits and/or other accounts, and such Schedule correctly
identifies the name, address and telephone number of each such depository, the
name in which the account is held, a description of the purpose of the account,
and the complete account number. It shall not establish any depository or other
bank account with any financial institution (other than the accounts set forth
on Schedule 7(p)) without Laurus' prior written consent.
(q) All Inventory manufactured by it in the United States of America shall
be produced in accordance with the requirements of the Federal Fair Labor
Standards Act of 1938, as amended and all rules, regulations and orders related
thereto or promulgated thereunder.
8. Payment of Accounts.
(a) (i) Each Company and the Canadian Subsidiary will irrevocably direct
all of its present and future Account Debtors and other Persons obligated to
make payments in Canadian Dollars constituting Collateral to make such payments
directly to the lockboxes maintained by such Company and/or the Canadian
Subsidiary (the "Canadian Lockboxes") with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. or such
other financial institution accepted by Laurus in writing as may be selected by
such Company and/or the Canadian Subsidiary (the "Canadian Lockbox Bank")
pursuant to the terms of the certain agreements among one or more Companies
and/or the Canadian Subsidiary, Laurus and/or the Canadian Lockbox Bank dated on
or about August 9, 2007. On or prior to the Closing Date, each Company and the
Canadian Subsidiary shall and shall cause the Canadian Lockbox Bank to enter
into all such documentation reasonably acceptable to Laurus pursuant to which,
among other things, the Canadian Lockbox Bank agrees to: (a) sweep the Canadian
Lockbox on a daily basis and deposit all checks received therein to an account
designated by Laurus in writing and (b) comply only with the instructions or
other directions of Laurus concerning the Canadian Lockbox. All of each
Company's and the Canadian Subsidiary's invoices, account statements and other
written or oral communications directing, instructing, demanding or requesting
payment of any Account of any Company or the Canadian Subsidiary or any other
amount constituting Collateral shall conspicuously direct that all payments be
made to the Canadian Lockbox or such other address as Laurus may direct in
writing. If, notwithstanding the instructions to Account Debtors, any Company
and/or the Canadian Subsidiary receives any payments, such Company and/or the
Canadian Subsidiary, as applicable, shall immediately remit such payments to
Laurus in their original form with all necessary endorsements. Until so
remitted, such Company and/or Canadian Subsidiary shall hold all such payments
in trust for and as the property of Laurus and shall not commingle such payments
with any of its other funds or property.
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(ii) Each Company will irrevocably direct all of its present and
future Account Debtors and other Persons obligated to make payments in US
Dollars constituting Collateral to make such payments directly to the
lockboxes maintained by such Company (the "US Lockboxes" and together with
the Canadian Lockboxes, the "Lockboxes") with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. or
such other financial institution accepted by Laurus in writing as may be
selected by such Company (the "US Lockbox Bank" and together with the
Canadian Lockbox Bank, the "Lockbox Banks") pursuant to the terms of the
certain agreements among one or more Companies, Laurus and the US Lockbox
Bank dated on or about August 9, 2007. On or prior to the Closing Date,
each Company shall and shall cause the US Lockbox Bank to enter into all
such documentation reasonably acceptable to Laurus pursuant to which, among
other things, the US Lockbox Bank agrees to: (a) sweep the US Lockbox on a
daily basis and deposit all checks received therein to an account
designated by Laurus in writing and (b) comply only with the instructions
or other directions of Laurus concerning the US Lockbox. All of each
Company's invoices, account statements and other written or oral
communications directing, instructing, demanding or requesting payment of
any Account of any Company or any other amount constituting Collateral
shall conspicuously direct that all payments be made to the US Lockbox or
such other address as Laurus may direct in writing. If, notwithstanding the
instructions to Account Debtors, any Company receives any payments, such
Company shall immediately remit such payments to Laurus in their original
form with all necessary endorsements. Until so remitted, such Company shall
hold all such payments in trust for and as the property of Laurus and shall
not commingle such payments with any of its other funds or property.
(b) At Laurus' election, following the occurrence of an Event of Default
which is continuing, Laurus may notify each Company's Account Debtors of Laurus'
security interest in the Accounts, collect them directly and charge the
collection costs and expenses thereof to Company's and the Eligible Subsidiaries
joint and several account.
9. Collection and Maintenance of Collateral.
(a) Laurus may verify each Company's Accounts from time to time, but not
more often than once every three (3) months, unless an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing or Laurus reasonably believes that such verification
is necessary to preserve or protect the Collateral, utilizing an audit control
company or any other agent of Laurus. Absent a continuing Event of Default, if
requested by Companies, a representative of the Companies may participate in
such verification.
(b) Proceeds of Accounts received by Laurus will be deemed received on the
Business Day after Laurus' receipt of such proceeds in good funds in dollars of
the United States of America to an account designated by Laurus. Any amount
received by Laurus after 12:00 noon (New York time) on any Business Day shall be
deemed received on the next Business Day.
(c) As Laurus receives the proceeds of Accounts of any Company, it shall
(i) apply such proceeds, as required, to amounts outstanding under the Notes,
and (ii) remit all such remaining proceeds (net of interest, fees and other
amounts then due and owing to Laurus hereunder) to Company Agent (for the
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benefit of the applicable Companies) upon request (but no more often than twice
a week). Notwithstanding the foregoing, following the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default, Laurus, at its option, may (a) apply such
proceeds to the Obligations in such order as Laurus shall elect, (b) hold all
such proceeds as cash collateral for the Obligations and each Company hereby
grants to Laurus a security interest in such cash collateral amounts as security
for the Obligations and/or (c) do any combination of the foregoing.
10. Inspections and Appraisals. At all times during normal business hours
and, so long no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, upon reasonable
request, Laurus, and/or any agent of Laurus shall have the right to (a) have
access to, visit, inspect, review, evaluate and make physical verification and
appraisals of each Company's properties and the Collateral, (b) inspect, audit
and copy (or take originals if necessary) and make extracts from each Company's
Books and Records, including management letters prepared by the Accountants, and
(c) discuss with each Company's directors, principal officers, and independent
accountants, each Company's business, assets, liabilities, financial condition,
results of operations and business prospects. Each Company will deliver to
Laurus any instrument necessary for Laurus to obtain records from any service
bureau maintaining records for such Company. If any internally prepared
financial information, including that required under this Section is
unsatisfactory in any reasonable manner to Laurus, Laurus may request that the
Accountants review the same.
11. Financial Reporting. Company Agent will deliver, or cause to be
delivered, to Laurus each of the following, which shall be in form and detail
acceptable to Laurus:
(a) As soon as available, and in any event within ninety (90) days after
the end of each fiscal year of the Parent, each Company's audited financial
statements with a report of independent certified public accountants of
recognized standing selected by the Parent and acceptable to Laurus (the
"Accountants"), which annual financial statements shall be without qualification
and shall include each of the Parent's and each of its Subsidiaries' balance
sheet as at the end of such fiscal year and the related statements of each of
the Parent's and each of its Subsidiaries' income, retained earnings and cash
flows for the fiscal year then ended, prepared on a consolidating and
consolidated basis to include the Parent, each Subsidiary of the Parent and each
of their respective affiliates, all in reasonable detail and prepared in
accordance with GAAP, together with (i) if and when available, copies of any
management letters prepared by the Accountants; and (ii) a certificate of the
Parent's President, Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer stating
that such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP and
whether or not such officer has knowledge of the occurrence of any Default or
Event of Default hereunder and, if so, stating in reasonable detail the facts
with respect thereto;
(b) As soon as available and in any event within forty five (45) days after
the end of each fiscal quarter of the Parent, an unaudited/internal balance
sheet and statements of income, retained earnings and cash flows of each of the
Parent's and each of its Subsidiaries' as at the end of and for such quarter and
for the year to date period then ended, prepared on a consolidating and
consolidated basis to include the Parent, each Subsidiary of the Parent and each
of their respective affiliates, in reasonable detail and stating in comparative
form the figures for the corresponding date and periods in the previous year,
all prepared in accordance with GAAP, subject to year-end adjustments and
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accompanied by a certificate of the Parent's President, Chief Executive Officer
or Chief Financial Officer, stating (i) that such financial statements have been
prepared in accordance with GAAP, subject to year-end audit adjustments, and
(ii) whether or not such officer has knowledge of the occurrence of any Default
or Event of Default hereunder not theretofore reported and remedied and, if so,
stating in reasonable detail the facts with respect thereto;
(c) As soon as available and in any event within twenty (20) days after the
end of each calendar month, an unaudited/internal balance sheet and statements
of income, retained earnings and cash flows of each of the Parent and its
Subsidiaries as at the end of and for such month and for the year to date period
then ended, prepared on a consolidating and consolidated basis to include the
Parent, each Subsidiary of the Parent and each of their respective affiliates,
in reasonable detail and stating in comparative form the figures for the
corresponding date and periods in the previous year, all prepared in accordance
with GAAP, subject to year-end adjustments and accompanied by a certificate of
the Parent's President, Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer,
stating (i) that such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with
GAAP, subject to year-end audit adjustments, and (ii) whether or not such
officer has knowledge of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default
hereunder not theretofore reported and remedied and, if so, stating in
reasonable detail the facts with respect thereto;
(d) Within twenty (20) days after the end of each month (or more frequently
if Laurus so requests), agings of each Company's Accounts, unaudited trial
balances and their accounts payable and a calculation of each Company's
Accounts, Eligible Accounts, Inventory and/or Eligible Inventory, provided,
however, that if Laurus shall request the foregoing information more often than
as set forth in the immediately preceding clause, each Company shall have twenty
(20) days from each such request to comply with Laurus' demand; and
(e) Promptly after (i) the filing thereof, copies of the Parent's most
recent registration statements and annual, quarterly, monthly or other regular
reports which the Parent files with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"SEC"), and (ii) the issuance thereof, copies of such financial statements,
reports and proxy statements as the Parent shall send to its stockholders.
(f) The Parent shall deliver, or cause the applicable Subsidiary of the
Parent to deliver, such other information as the Purchaser shall reasonably
request.
12. Additional Representations and Warranties. Each Company hereby
represents and warrants to Laurus as follows:
(a) Organization, Good Standing and Qualification. It and each of its
Subsidiaries is a corporation, partnership or limited liability company, as the
case may be, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the
laws of its jurisdiction of organization. It and each of its Subsidiaries has
the corporate, limited liability company or partnership, as the case may be,
power and authority to own and operate its properties and assets and, insofar as
it is or shall be a party thereto, to (i) execute and deliver this Agreement and
the Ancillary Agreements, (ii) to issue and sell the Notes, (iii) to issue and
sell the Warrants and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the
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Warrants (the "Warrant Shares"), and to (iv) carry out the provisions of this
Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements and to carry on its business as presently
conducted. It and each of its Subsidiaries is duly qualified and is authorized
to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation, partnership or
limited liability company, as the case may be, in all jurisdictions in which the
nature or location of its activities and of its properties (both owned and
leased) makes such qualification necessary, except for those jurisdictions in
which failure to do so has not had, or could not reasonably be expected to have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Subsidiaries. Each of its direct and indirect Subsidiaries, the direct
owner of each such Subsidiary and its percentage ownership thereof, is set forth
on Schedule 12(b).
(c) Capitalization; Voting Rights.
(i) The authorized capital stock of the Parent, as of the date hereof
consists of 32,000,000 shares, of which 30,000,000 are shares of Common Stock,
no par value per share, 10,470,654 shares of which are issued and outstanding,
and 2,000,000 are shares of preferred stock, no par value per share of which no
shares of preferred stock are issued and outstanding. The authorized, issued and
outstanding capital stock of each Subsidiary of each Company is set forth on
Schedule 12(c).
(ii) Except as disclosed on Schedule 12(c), other than: (i) the shares
reserved for issuance under the Parent's stock option plans; and (ii) shares
which may be issued pursuant to this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements,
there are no outstanding options, warrants, rights (including conversion or
preemptive rights and rights of first refusal), proxy or stockholder agreements,
or arrangements or agreements of any kind for the purchase or acquisition from
the Parent of any of its securities. Except as disclosed on Schedule 12(c),
neither the offer, issuance or sale of any of the Notes or the Warrants or the
issuance of any Warrant Shares, nor the consummation of any transaction
contemplated hereby will result in a change in the price or number of any
securities of the Parent outstanding, under anti-dilution or other similar
provisions contained in or affecting any such securities.
(iii) All issued and outstanding shares of the Parent's Common Stock: (i)
have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and
non-assessable; and (ii) were issued in compliance with all applicable state and
federal laws concerning the issuance of securities.
(iv) The rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions of the shares of
the Common Stock are as stated in the Parent's Certificate of Incorporation, as
amended (the "Charter"). The Warrant Shares have been duly and validly reserved
for issuance. When issued in compliance with the provisions of this Agreement
and the Parent's Charter, the Securities will be validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable, and will be free of any liens or encumbrances; provided, however,
that the Securities may be subject to restrictions on transfer under state
and/or federal securities laws as set forth herein or as otherwise required by
such laws at the time a transfer is proposed.
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(d) Authorization; Binding Obligations. All corporate, partnership or
limited liability company, as the case may be, action on its and its
Subsidiaries' part (including their respective officers and directors) necessary
for the authorization of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements, the
performance of all of its and its Subsidiaries' obligations hereunder and under
the Ancillary Agreements on the Closing Date and, the authorization, issuance
and delivery of the Notes and the Warrant has been taken or will be taken prior
to the Closing Date. This Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements, when executed
and delivered and to the extent it is a party thereto, will be its and its
Subsidiaries' valid and binding obligations enforceable against each such Person
in accordance with their terms, except:
(i) as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or other laws of general application affecting enforcement of
creditors' rights; and
(ii) general principles of equity that
restrict the availability of equitable or legal remedies.
The issuance of the Notes are not and will not be subject to any preemptive
rights or rights of first refusal that have not been properly waived or complied
with. The issuance of the Warrants and the subsequent exercise of the Warrants
for Warrant Shares are not and will not be subject to any preemptive rights or
rights of first refusal that have not been properly waived or complied with.
(e) Liabilities; Solvency. (i) Neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries has
any liabilities, except current liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of
business and liabilities disclosed in any Exchange Act Filings.
(ii) Both before and after giving effect to (a) the Loans incurred on the
Closing Date or such other date as Loans requested hereunder are made or
incurred, (b) the disbursement of the proceeds of, or the assumption of the
liability in respect of, such Loans pursuant to the instructions or agreement of
any Company and (c) the payment and accrual of all transaction costs in
connection with the foregoing, each Company and each Subsidiary of each Company,
is and will be, Solvent.
(f) Agreements; Action. Except as set forth on Schedule 12(f) or as
disclosed in any Exchange Act Filings:
(i) There are no agreements, understandings, instruments, contracts,
proposed transactions, judgments, orders, writs or decrees to which it or any of
its Subsidiaries is a party or to its knowledge by which it is bound which may
involve: (i) obligations (contingent or otherwise) of, or payments to, it or any
of its Subsidiaries in excess of $50,000 (other than obligations of, or payments
to, it or any of its Subsidiaries arising from purchase or sale agreements
entered into in the ordinary course of business); or (ii) the transfer or
license of any patent, copyright, trade secret or other proprietary right to or
from it (other than licenses arising from the purchase of "off the shelf" or
other standard products); or (iii) provisions restricting the development,
manufacture or distribution of its or any of its Subsidiaries' products or
services; or (iv) indemnification by it or any of its Subsidiaries with respect
to infringements of proprietary rights.
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(ii) Since December 31, 2006 (the "Balance Sheet Date") neither it nor any
of its Subsidiaries has: (i) declared or paid any dividends, or authorized or
made any distribution upon or with respect to any class or series of its capital
stock; (ii) incurred any indebtedness for money borrowed or any other
liabilities (other than ordinary course obligations) individually in excess of
$50,000 or, in the case of indebtedness and/or liabilities individually less
than $50,000, in excess of $100,000 in the aggregate; (iii) made any loans or
advances to any Person not in excess, individually or in the aggregate, of
$100,000, other than ordinary advances for travel expenses; or (iv) sold,
exchanged or otherwise disposed of any of its assets or rights, other than the
sale of its Inventory in the ordinary course of business.
(iii) For the purposes of subsections (i) and (ii) of this Section 12(f),
all indebtedness, liabilities, agreements, understandings, instruments,
contracts and proposed transactions involving the same Person (including Persons
it or any of its applicable Subsidiaries has reason to believe are affiliated
therewith or with any Subsidiary thereof) shall be aggregated for the purpose of
meeting the individual minimum dollar amounts of such subsections.
(iv) the Parent maintains disclosure controls and procedures ("Disclosure
Controls") designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the
Parent in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is
recorded, processed, summarized, and reported, within the time periods specified
in the rules and forms of the SEC.
(v) The Parent makes and keeps books, records, and accounts, that, in
reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and
dispositions of its assets. It maintains internal control over financial
reporting ("Financial Reporting Controls") designed by, or under the supervision
of, its principal executive and principal financial officers, and effected by
its board of directors, management, and other personnel, to provide reasonable
assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation
of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP, including
that:
(1) transactions are executed in accordance with management's general or
specific authorization;
(2) unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the Parent's assets
that could have a material effect on the financial statements are prevented or
timely detected;
(3) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of
financial statements in accordance with GAAP, and that its receipts and
expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of the
Parent's management and board of directors;
(4) transactions are recorded as necessary to maintain accountability for
assets; and
(5) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing
assets at reasonable intervals, and appropriate action is taken with respect to
any differences.
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(vi) There is no weakness in any of its Disclosure Controls or Financial
Reporting Controls that is required to be disclosed in any of the Exchange Act
Filings, except as so disclosed.
(g) Obligations to Related Parties. Except as set forth on Schedule 12(g),
neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries has any obligations to their respective
officers, directors, stockholders or employees other than:
(i) for payment of salary for services rendered and for bonus payments;
(ii) reimbursement for reasonable expenses incurred on its or its
Subsidiaries' behalf;
(iii) for other standard employee benefits made generally available to all
employees (including stock option agreements outstanding under any stock option
plan approved by its and its Subsidiaries' Board of Directors, as applicable);
and
(iv) obligations listed in its and each of its Subsidiary's financial
statements or disclosed in any of the Parent's Exchange Act Filings.
Except as described above or set forth on Schedule 12(g), none of its officers,
directors or, to the best of its knowledge, key employees or stockholders, any
of its Subsidiaries or any members of their immediate families, are indebted to
it or any of its Subsidiaries, individually or in the aggregate, in excess of
$50,000 or have any direct or indirect ownership interest in any Person with
which it or any of its Subsidiaries is affiliated or with which it or any of its
Subsidiaries has a business relationship, or any Person which competes with it
or any of its Subsidiaries, other than passive investments in publicly traded
companies (representing less than one percent (1%) of such company) which may
compete with it or any of its Subsidiaries. Except as described above, none of
its officers, directors or stockholders, or any member of their immediate
families, is, directly or indirectly, interested in any material contract with
it or any of its Subsidiaries and no agreements, understandings or proposed
transactions are contemplated between it or any of its Subsidiaries and any such
Person. Except as set forth on Schedule 12(g), neither it nor any of its
Subsidiaries is a guarantor or indemnitor of any indebtedness of any other
Person.
(h) Changes. Since the Balance Sheet Date, except as disclosed in any
Schedule to this Agreement or to any of the Ancillary Agreements, there has not
been:
(i) any change in its or any of its Subsidiaries' business, assets,
liabilities, condition (financial or otherwise), properties, operations or
prospects, which, individually or in the aggregate, has had, or could reasonably
be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect;
(ii) any resignation or termination of any of its or its Subsidiaries'
officers, key employees or groups of employees;
(iii) any material change, except in the ordinary course of business, in
its or any of its Subsidiaries' contingent obligations by way of guaranty,
endorsement, indemnity, warranty or otherwise;
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(iv) any damage, destruction or loss, whether or not covered by insurance,
which has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect;
(v) any waiver by it or any of its Subsidiaries of a valuable right or of a
material debt owed to it;
(vi) any direct or indirect material loans made by it or any of its
Subsidiaries to any of its or any of its Subsidiaries' stockholders, employees,
officers or directors, other than advances made in the ordinary course of
business;
(vii) any material change in any compensation arrangement or agreement with
any employee, officer, director or stockholder;
(viii) any declaration or payment of any dividend or other distribution of
its or any of its Subsidiaries' assets;
(ix) any labor organization activity related to it or any of its
Subsidiaries;
(x) any debt, obligation or liability incurred, assumed or guaranteed by it
or any of its Subsidiaries, except those for immaterial amounts and for current
liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(xi) any sale, assignment or transfer of any Intellectual Property or other
intangible assets;
(xii) any change in any material agreement to which it or any of its
Subsidiaries is a party or by which either it or any of its Subsidiaries is
bound which, either individually or in the aggregate, has had, or could
reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material
Adverse Effect;
(xiii) any other event or condition of any character that, either
individually or in the aggregate, has had, or could reasonably be expected to
have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect; or
(xiv) any arrangement or commitment by it or any of its Subsidiaries to do
any of the acts described in subsection (i) through (xiii) of this Section
12(h).
(i) Title to Properties and Assets; Liens, Etc. Except as set forth on
Schedule 12(i), it and each of its Subsidiaries has good and marketable title to
their respective properties and assets, and good title to its leasehold
interests, in each case subject to no Lien, other than Permitted Liens.
All facilities, Equipment, Fixtures, vehicles and other properties owned, leased
or used by it or any of its Subsidiaries are in good operating condition and
repair and are reasonably fit and usable for the purposes for which they are
being used. Except as set forth on Schedule 12(i), it and each of its
Subsidiaries is in compliance with all material terms of each lease to which it
is a party or is otherwise bound.
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(j) Intellectual Property.
(i) It and each of its Subsidiaries owns or possesses sufficient legal
rights to all Intellectual Property necessary for their respective businesses as
now conducted and, to its knowledge as presently proposed to be conducted,
without any known infringement of the rights of others. There are no outstanding
options, licenses or agreements of any kind relating to its or any of its
Subsidiary's Intellectual Property, nor is it or any of its Subsidiaries bound
by or a party to any options, licenses or agreements of any kind with respect to
the Intellectual Property of any other Person other than such licenses or
agreements arising from the purchase of "off the shelf" or standard products.
(ii) Neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any communications
alleging that it or any of its Subsidiaries has violated any of the Intellectual
Property or other proprietary rights of any other Person, nor is it or any of
its Subsidiaries aware of any basis therefor.
(iii) Neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries believes it is or will be
necessary to utilize any inventions, trade secrets or proprietary information of
any of its employees made prior to their employment by it or any of its
Subsidiaries, except for inventions, trade secrets or proprietary information
that have been rightfully assigned to it or any of its Subsidiaries.
(k) Compliance with Other Instruments. Except as set forth on Schedule
12(k), neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation or default of (x)
any term of its Charter or Bylaws, or (y) any provision of any indebtedness,
mortgage, indenture, contract, agreement or instrument to which it is party or
by which it is bound or of any judgment, decree, order or writ, which violation
or default, in the case of this clause (y), has had, or could reasonably be
expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse
Effect. The execution, delivery and performance of and compliance with this
Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to which it is a party, and the issuance
of the Notes and the other Securities each pursuant hereto and thereto, will
not, with or without the passage of time or giving of notice, result in any such
material violation, or be in conflict with or constitute a default under any
such term or provision, or result in the creation of any Lien upon any of its or
any of its Subsidiary's properties or assets or the suspension, revocation,
impairment, forfeiture or nonrenewal of any permit, license, authorization or
approval applicable to it or any of its Subsidiaries, their businesses or
operations or any of their assets or properties.
(l) Litigation. Except as set forth on Schedule 12(l), there is no action,
suit, proceeding or investigation pending or, to its knowledge, currently
threatened against it or any of its Subsidiaries that prevents it or any of its
Subsidiaries from entering into this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements, or
from consummating the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or which has
had, or could reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, or could result in any change in its or
any of its Subsidiaries' current equity ownership, nor is it aware that there is
any basis to assert any of the foregoing. Neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries
is a party to or subject to the provisions of any order, writ, injunction,
judgment or decree of any court or government agency or instrumentality. There
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is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation by it or any of its Subsidiaries
currently pending or which it or any of its Subsidiaries intends to initiate.
(m) Tax Returns and Payments. It and each of its Subsidiaries has timely
filed all tax returns (federal, state, provincial and local) required to be
filed by it or has obtained an extension for such filing. All taxes shown to be
due and payable on such returns, any assessments imposed, and all other taxes
due and payable by it and each of its Subsidiaries on or before the Closing
Date, have been paid or will be paid prior to the time they become delinquent.
Except as set forth on Schedule 12(m), neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries
has been advised:
(i) that any of its returns, federal, state, provincial or other, have been
or are being audited as of the date hereof; or
(ii) of any adjustment, deficiency, assessment or court decision in respect
of its federal, state, provincial or other taxes.
Neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries has any knowledge of any liability of any
tax to be imposed upon its properties or assets as of the date of this Agreement
that is not adequately provided for.
(n) Employees. Except as set forth on Schedule 12(n), neither it nor any of
its Subsidiaries has any collective bargaining agreements with any of its
employees. There is no labor union organizing activity pending or, to its
knowledge, threatened with respect to it or any of its Subsidiaries. Except as
disclosed in the Exchange Act Filings or on Schedule 12(n), neither it nor any
of its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any currently effective employment
contract, deferred compensation arrangement, bonus plan, incentive plan, profit
sharing plan, retirement agreement or other employee compensation plan or
agreement. To its knowledge, none of its or any of its Subsidiaries' employees,
nor any consultant with whom it or any of its Subsidiaries has contracted, is in
violation of any term of any employment contract, proprietary information
agreement or any other agreement relating to the right of any such individual to
be employed by, or to contract with, it or any of its Subsidiaries because of
the nature of the business to be conducted by it or any of its Subsidiaries; and
to its knowledge the continued employment by it and its Subsidiaries of their
present employees, and the performance of its and its Subsidiaries contracts
with its independent contractors, will not result in any such violation. Neither
it nor any of its Subsidiaries is aware that any of its or any of its
Subsidiaries' employees is obligated under any contract (including licenses,
covenants or commitments of any nature) or other agreement, or subject to any
judgment, decree or order of any court or administrative agency that would
interfere with their duties to it or any of its Subsidiaries. Neither it nor any
of its Subsidiaries has received any notice alleging that any such violation has
occurred. Except for employees who have a current effective employment agreement
with it or any of its Subsidiaries, none of its or any of its Subsidiaries'
employees has been granted the right to continued employment by it or any of its
Subsidiaries or to any material compensation following termination of employment
with it or any of its Subsidiaries. Except as set forth on Schedule 12(n),
neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries is aware that any officer, key employee
or group of employees intends to terminate his, her or their employment with it
or any of its Subsidiaries, as applicable, nor does it or any of its
Subsidiaries have a present intention to terminate the employment of any
officer, key employee or group of employees.
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(o) Registration Rights and Voting Rights. Except as set forth on Schedule
12(o) and except as disclosed in Exchange Act Filings, neither it nor any of its
Subsidiaries is presently under any obligation, and neither it nor any of its
Subsidiaries has granted any rights, to register any of its or any of its
Subsidiaries' presently outstanding securities or any of its securities that may
hereafter be issued. Except as set forth on Schedule 12(o) and except as
disclosed in Exchange Act Filings, to its knowledge, none of its or any of its
Subsidiaries' stockholders has entered into any agreement with respect to its or
any of its Subsidiaries' voting of equity securities.
(p) Compliance with Laws; Permits. Except as set forth on Schedule 12(p),
neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries is in violation of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act
of 2002, any applicable Canadian corporate governance law or Canadian securities
law (including any regulations, instruments, policies and other regulatory
guidance in connection therewith) or any SEC related regulation or rule or any
rule of the Principal Market promulgated thereunder or any other applicable
statute, rule, regulation, order or restriction of any domestic or foreign
government or any instrumentality or agency thereof in respect of the conduct of
its business or the ownership of its properties which has had, or could
reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a
Material Adverse Effect. No governmental orders, permissions, consents,
approvals or authorizations are required to be obtained and no registrations or
declarations are required to be filed in connection with the execution and
delivery of this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement and the issuance of any of
the Securities, except such as have been duly and validly obtained or filed, or
with respect to any filings that must be made after the Closing Date, as will be
filed in a timely manner. It and each of its Subsidiaries has all material
franchises, permits, licenses and any similar authority necessary for the
conduct of its business as now being conducted by it, the lack of which could,
either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(q) Environmental and Safety Laws. Neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries
is in violation of any applicable statute, law or regulation relating to the
environment or occupational health and safety, and to its knowledge, no material
expenditures are or will be required in order to comply with any such existing
statute, law or regulation. Except as set forth on Schedule 12(q), no Hazardous
Materials (as defined below) are used or have been used, stored, or disposed of
by it or any of its Subsidiaries or, to its knowledge, by any other Person on
any property owned, leased or used by it or any of its Subsidiaries. For the
purposes of the preceding sentence, "Hazardous Materials" shall mean:
(i) materials which are listed or otherwise defined as "hazardous" or
"toxic" under any applicable local, state, provincial, federal and/or foreign
laws and regulations that govern the existence and/or remedy of contamination on
property, the protection of the environment from contamination, the control of
hazardous wastes, or other activities involving hazardous substances, including
building materials; and
(ii) any petroleum products or nuclear materials.
(r) Valid Offering. Assuming the accuracy of the representations and
warranties of Laurus contained in this Agreement, the offer and issuance of the
Securities will be exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and will have been registered or
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qualified (or are exempt from registration and qualification) under the
registration, permit or qualification requirements of all applicable state
securities laws.
(s) Full Disclosure. It and each of its Subsidiaries has provided Laurus
with all information requested by Laurus in connection with Laurus' decision to
enter into this Agreement, including all information each Company and its
Subsidiaries believe is reasonably necessary to make such investment decision.
Neither this Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements nor the exhibits and schedules
hereto and thereto nor any other document delivered by it or any of its
Subsidiaries to Laurus or its attorneys or agents in connection herewith or
therewith or with the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, contain any
untrue statement of a material fact nor omit to state a material fact necessary
in order to make the statements contained herein or therein, in light of the
circumstances in which they are made, not misleading. Any financial projections
and other estimates provided to Laurus by it or any of its Subsidiaries were
based on its and its Subsidiaries' experience in the industry and on assumptions
of fact and opinion as to future events which it or any of its Subsidiaries, at
the date of the issuance of such projections or estimates, believed to be
reasonable.
(t) Insurance. It and each of its Subsidiaries has general commercial,
product liability, fire and casualty insurance policies with coverages which it
believes are customary for companies similarly situated to it and its
Subsidiaries in the same or similar business.
(u) SEC Reports and Financial Statements. Except as set forth on Schedule
12(u), it and each of its Subsidiaries has filed all proxy statements, financial
statements, annual information forms, management information circulars, reports
and other documents required to be filed by it under the Exchange Act or any
applicable securities law. The Parent has furnished Laurus with copies of: (i)
its Annual Report on Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2006; and
(ii) its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for its fiscal quarter ended March 31,
2007, and the Form 8-K filings which it has made during its fiscal year 2007 to
date (collectively, the "SEC Reports"). Except as set forth on Schedule 12(u),
each SEC Report was, at the time of its filing, in substantial compliance with
the requirements of its respective form and none of the SEC Reports, nor the
financial statements (and the notes thereto) included in the SEC Reports, as of
their respective filing dates, contained any untrue statement of a material fact
or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading. Such financial statements have been prepared in
accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved
(except (i) as may be otherwise indicated in such financial statements or the
notes thereto or (ii) in the case of unaudited interim statements, to the extent
they may not include footnotes or may be condensed) and fairly present in all
material respects the financial condition, the results of operations and cash
flows of the Parent and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, as of, and
for, the periods presented in each such SEC Report.
(v) Listing. Except as set forth on Schedule 12(v), the Parent's Common
Stock is listed or quoted, as applicable, on the Principal Market and satisfies
all requirements for the continuation of such listing or quotation, as
applicable, and the Parent shall do all things necessary for the continuation of
such listing or quotation, as applicable. The Parent has not received any notice
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that its Common Stock will be delisted from, or no longer quoted on, as
applicable, the Principal Market or that its Common Stock does not meet all
requirements for such listing or quotation, as applicable.
(w) No Integrated Offering. Neither it, nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any
of its Affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf, has directly or
indirectly made any offers or sales of any security or solicited any offers to
buy any security under circumstances that would cause the offering of the
Securities pursuant to this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement to be
integrated with prior offerings by it for purposes of the Securities Act which
would prevent it from issuing the Securities pursuant to Rule 506 under the
Securities Act, or any applicable exchange-related stockholder approval
provisions, nor will it or any of its Affiliates or Subsidiaries take any action
or steps that would cause the offering of the Securities to be integrated with
other offerings.
(x) Stop Transfer. The Securities are restricted securities as of the date
of this Agreement. Neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries will issue any stop
transfer order or other order impeding the sale and delivery of any of the
Securities at such time as the Securities are registered for public sale or an
exemption from registration is available, except as required by state and
federal securities laws.
(y) Dilution. It specifically acknowledges that the Parent's obligation to
issue the shares of Common Stock upon exercise of the Warrants is binding upon
the Parent and enforceable regardless of the dilution such issuance may have on
the ownership interests of other shareholders of the Parent.
(z) Patriot Act. It certifies that, to the best of its knowledge, neither
it nor any of its Subsidiaries has been designated, nor is or shall be owned or
controlled, by a "suspected terrorist" as defined in Executive Order 13224. It
hereby acknowledges that Laurus seeks to comply with all applicable laws
concerning money laundering and related activities. In furtherance of those
efforts, it hereby represents, warrants and covenants that: (i) none of the cash
or property that it or any of its Subsidiaries will pay or will contribute to
Laurus has been or shall be derived from, or related to, any activity that is
deemed criminal under United States law; and (ii) no contribution or payment by
it or any of its Subsidiaries to Laurus, to the extent that they are within its
or any such Subsidiary's control shall cause Laurus to be in violation of the
United States Bank Secrecy Act, the United States International Money Laundering
Control Act of 1986 or the United States International Money Laundering
Abatement and Anti-Terrorist Financing Act of 2001 or the Canadian Proceeds of
Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act. It shall promptly notify
Laurus if any of these representations, warranties and covenants ceases to be
true and accurate regarding it or any of its Subsidiaries. It shall provide
Laurus with any additional information regarding it and each Subsidiary thereof
that Laurus deems necessary or convenient to ensure compliance with all
applicable laws concerning money laundering and similar activities. It
understands and agrees that if at any time it is discovered that any of the
foregoing representations, warranties and covenants are incorrect, or if
otherwise required by applicable law or regulation related to money laundering
or similar activities, Laurus may undertake appropriate actions to ensure
compliance with applicable law or regulation, including but not limited to
segregation and/or redemption of Laurus' investment in it. It further
understands that Laurus may release confidential information about it and its
Subsidiaries and, if applicable, any underlying beneficial owners, to proper
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authorities if Laurus, in its sole discretion, determines that it is in the best
interests of Laurus in light of relevant rules and regulations under the laws
set forth in subsection (ii) above.
(aa) Company Name; Locations of Offices, Records and Collateral. Schedule
12(aa) sets forth each Company's name as it appears in official filings in the
jurisdiction of its organization, the type of entity of each Company, the
organizational identification number issued by each Company's jurisdiction of
organization or a statement that no such number has been issued, each Company's
jurisdiction of organization, and the location of each Company's chief executive
office, corporate offices, warehouses, other locations of Collateral and
locations where records with respect to Collateral are kept (including in each
case the county of such locations) and, except as set forth in such Schedule
12(aa), such locations have not changed during the preceding twelve months. As
of the Closing Date, during the prior five years, except as set forth in
Schedule 12(aa), no Company has been known as or conducted business in any other
name (including trade names). Each Company has only one province or state of
organization, as applicable.
(bb) ERISA. Based upon the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
("ERISA"), and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder: (i)
neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in any Prohibited
Transactions (as defined in Section 406 of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code);
(ii) it and each of its Subsidiaries has met all applicable minimum funding
requirements under Section 302 of ERISA in respect of its plans; (iii) neither
it nor any of its Subsidiaries has any knowledge of any event or occurrence
which would cause the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation to institute
proceedings under Title IV of ERISA to terminate any employee benefit plan(s);
(iv) neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries has any fiduciary responsibility for
investments with respect to any plan existing for the benefit of persons other
than its or such Subsidiary's employees; and (v) neither it nor any of its
Subsidiaries has withdrawn, completely or partially, from any multi-employer
pension plan so as to incur liability under the Multiemployer Pension Plan
Amendments Act of 1980.
13. Covenants. Each Company, as applicable, covenants and agrees with
Laurus as follows:
(a) Stop-Orders. The Parent shall advise Laurus, promptly after it receives
notice of issuance by the SEC, any state securities commission or any other
regulatory authority of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending
any offering of any securities of the Parent, or of the suspension of the
qualification of the Common Stock of the Parent for offering or sale in any
jurisdiction, or the initiation of any proceeding for any such purpose.
(b) Listing. The Parent shall promptly secure the listing or quotation, as
applicable, of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants
on the Principal Market upon which shares of Common Stock are listed or quoted,
as applicable, (subject to official notice of issuance) and shall maintain such
listing or quotation, as applicable, so long as any other shares of Common Stock
shall be so listed or quoted, as applicable. The Parent shall maintain the
listing or quotation, as applicable, of its Common Stock on the Principal
Market, and will comply in all material respects with the Parent's reporting,
filing and other obligations under the bylaws or rules of the National
Association of Securities Dealers ("NASD") and such exchanges, as applicable.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Parent has been advised that as of the date
hereof, it does not meet the requirements for continued listing on the American
Stock Exchange. However, the staff of the American Stock Exchange has been
cooperating with the Parent's efforts to again satisfy such requirements.
(c) Market Regulations. It shall notify the SEC, NASD and applicable state
authorities, in accordance with their requirements, of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, and shall take all other necessary action and
proceedings as may be required and permitted by applicable law, rule and
regulation, for the legal and valid issuance of the Securities to Laurus and
promptly provide copies thereof to Laurus.
(d) Reporting Requirements. It shall timely file with the SEC all reports
required to be filed pursuant to the Exchange Act and refrain from terminating
its status as an issuer required by the Exchange Act to file reports thereunder
even if the Exchange Act or the rules or regulations thereunder would permit
such termination.
(e) Use of Funds. It shall use the proceeds of the Loans (i) to repay in
full the Existing Indebtedness and (ii) for general working capital purposes
only.
(f) Access to Facilities. It shall, and shall cause each of its
Subsidiaries to, permit any representatives designated by Laurus (or any
successor of Laurus), upon reasonable notice and during normal business hours,
at Company's expense and accompanied by a representative of Company Agent
(provided that no such prior notice shall be required to be given and no such
representative shall be required to accompany Laurus in the event Laurus
reasonably believes such access is necessary to preserve or protect the
Collateral or following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of
Default), to:
(i) visit and inspect any of its or any such Subsidiary's properties;
(ii) examine its or any such Subsidiary's corporate and financial records
(unless such examination is not permitted by federal, state, provincial or local
law or by contract) and make copies thereof or extracts therefrom; and
(iii) discuss its or any such Subsidiary's affairs, finances and accounts
with its or any such Subsidiary's directors, officers and Accountants.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries shall
provide any material, non-public information to Laurus unless Laurus signs a
confidentiality agreement and otherwise complies with Regulation FD, under the
federal securities laws.
(g) Taxes. It shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, promptly
pay and discharge, or cause to be paid and discharged, when due and payable, all
lawful taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon it and
its Subsidiaries' income, profits, property or business, as the case may be;
provided, however, that any such tax, assessment, charge or levy need not be
paid currently if (i) the validity thereof shall currently and diligently be
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (ii) such tax, assessment,
charge or levy shall have no effect on the Lien priority of Laurus in the
Collateral, and (iii) if it and/or such Subsidiary, as applicable, shall have
set aside on its and/or such Subsidiary's books adequate reserves with respect
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thereto in accordance with GAAP; and provided, further, that it shall, and shall
cause each of its Subsidiaries to, pay all such taxes, assessments, charges or
levies forthwith upon the commencement of proceedings to foreclose any lien
which may have attached as security therefor.
(h) Insurance. (i) It shall bear the full risk of loss from any loss of any
nature whatsoever with respect to the Collateral and it and each of its
Subsidiaries will, jointly and severally, bear the full risk of loss from any
loss of any nature whatsoever with respect to the assets pledged to Laurus as
security for the Obligations. Furthermore, it will insure or cause the
Collateral to be insured in Laurus' name as an additional insured and lender
loss payee, with an appropriate loss payable endorsement in form and substance
satisfactory to Laurus, against loss or damage by fire, flood, sprinkler
leakage, theft, burglary, pilferage, loss in transit and other risks customarily
insured against by companies in similar business similarly situated as it and
its Subsidiaries including but not limited to workers compensation, public and
product liability and business interruption, and such other hazards as Laurus
shall specify in amounts and under insurance policies and bonds by insurers
acceptable to Laurus and all premiums thereon shall be paid by such Company and
the policies delivered to Laurus. If any such Company fails to obtain the
insurance and in such amounts of coverage as otherwise required pursuant to this
Section (h), Laurus may procure such insurance and the cost thereof shall be
promptly reimbursed by the Companies, jointly and severally, and shall
constitute Obligations.
(ii) No Company's insurance coverage shall be impaired or invalidated by
any act or neglect of any Company or any of its Subsidiaries and the insurer
will provide Laurus with no less than thirty (30) days notice prior of
cancellation;
(iii) Laurus, in connection with its status as a lender
loss payee, will be assigned at all times to a first lien position until such
time as all Laurus Obligations have been indefeasibly satisfied in full.
(i) Intellectual Property. It shall, and shall cause each of its
Subsidiaries to, maintain in full force and effect its corporate existence,
rights and franchises and all licenses and other rights to use Intellectual
Property owned or possessed by it and reasonably deemed to be necessary to the
conduct of its business.
(j) Properties. It shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, keep
its properties in good repair, working order and condition, reasonable wear and
tear excepted, and from time to time make all needful and proper repairs,
renewals, replacements, additions and improvements thereto; and it shall, and
shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, at all times comply with each provision
of all leases to which it is a party or under which it occupies property if the
breach of such provision could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(k) Confidentiality. It shall not, and shall not permit any of its
Subsidiaries to, disclose, and will not include in any public announcement, the
name of Laurus, unless expressly agreed to by Laurus or unless and until such
disclosure is required by law or applicable regulation, and then only to the
extent of such requirement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Company and its
Subsidiaries may disclose Laurus' identity and the terms of this Agreement and
the Ancillary Agreements to its current and prospective debt and equity
financing sources. Laurus shall be permitted to discuss, distribute or otherwise
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transfer any non-public information of the Companies and their respective
Subsidiaries in Laurus' possession now or in the future to potential or actual
(i) direct or indirect investors in Laurus and (ii) third party assignees or
transferees of all or a portion of the obligations of any Company and/or any of
its respective Subsidiaries hereunder and under the Ancillary Agreement, to the
extent that such investor or assignee or transferee enters into a
confidentiality agreement for the benefit of the Parent in such form as may be
necessary to addresses the Parent's Regulation FD requirements.
(l) Required Approvals. It shall not, and shall not permit any of its
Subsidiaries to, without the prior written consent of Laurus, (i) create, incur,
assume or suffer to exist any indebtedness (exclusive of trade debt) whether
secured or unsecured other than each Company's indebtedness to Laurus and as set
forth on Schedule 13(l)(i) attached hereto and made a part hereof; (ii) cancel
any debt owing to it in excess of $50,000 in the aggregate during any 12 month
period; (iii) assume, guarantee, endorse or otherwise become directly or
contingently liable in connection with any obligations of any other Person,
except the endorsement of negotiable instruments by it or its Subsidiaries for
deposit or collection or similar transactions in the ordinary course of
business; (iv) directly or indirectly declare, pay or make any dividend or
distribution on any class of its Stock or apply any of its funds, property or
assets to the purchase, redemption or other retirement of any of its or its
Subsidiaries' Stock, or issue any preferred stock; (v) purchase or hold
beneficially any Stock or other securities or evidences of indebtedness of, make
or permit to exist any loans or advances to, or make any investment or acquire
any interest whatsoever in, any other Person, including any partnership or joint
venture, except (x) travel advances, (y) loans to its and its Subsidiaries'
officers and employees not exceeding at any one time an aggregate of $10,000,
and (z) loans to its existing Subsidiaries so long as such Subsidiaries are
designated as either a co-borrower hereunder or has entered into such guaranty
and security documentation required by Laurus, including, without limitation, to
grant to Laurus a first priority perfected security interest in substantially
all of such Subsidiary's assets to secure the Obligations; (vi) create or permit
to exist any Subsidiary, other than any Subsidiary in existence on the date
hereof and listed in Schedule 12(b) unless such new Subsidiary is a wholly-owned
Subsidiary and is designated by Laurus as either a co-borrower or guarantor
hereunder and such Subsidiary shall have entered into all such documentation
required by Laurus, including, without limitation, to grant to Laurus a first
priority perfected security interest in substantially all of such Subsidiary's
assets to secure the Obligations; (vii) directly or indirectly, prepay any
indebtedness (other than to Laurus and in the ordinary course of business), or
repurchase, redeem, retire or otherwise acquire any indebtedness (other than to
Laurus and in the ordinary course of business) except to make scheduled payments
of principal and interest thereof; (viii) enter into any merger, consolidation
or other reorganization with or into any other Person or acquire all or a
portion of the assets or Stock of any Person or permit any other Person to
consolidate with or merge with it, unless (1) such Company is the surviving
entity of such merger or consolidation, (2) no Event of Default shall exist
immediately prior to and after giving effect to such merger or consolidation,
(3) such Company shall have provided Laurus copies of all documentation relating
to such merger or consolidation and (4) such Company shall have provided Laurus
with at least thirty (30) days' prior written notice of such merger or
consolidation; (ix) materially change the nature of the business in which it is
presently engaged; (x) become subject to (including, without limitation, by way
of amendment to or modification of) any agreement or instrument which by its
terms would (under any circumstances) restrict its or any of its Subsidiaries'
right to perform the provisions of this Agreement or any of the Ancillary
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Agreements; (xi) change its fiscal year or make any changes in accounting
treatment and reporting practices without prior written notice to Laurus except
as required by GAAP or in the tax reporting treatment or except as required by
law; (xii) enter into any transaction with any employee, director or Affiliate,
except in the ordinary course on arms-length terms; (xiii) xxxx Accounts under
any name except the present name of such Company; or (xiv) sell, lease, transfer
or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets, or any of the
properties or assets of its Subsidiaries, except for (1) sales, leases, transfer
or dispositions by any Company to any other Company, (2) the sale of Inventory
in the ordinary course of business and (3) the disposition or transfer in the
ordinary course of business during any fiscal year of obsolete and worn-out
Equipment and only to the extent that (x) the proceeds of any such disposition
are used to acquire replacement Equipment which is subject to Laurus' first
priority security interest or are used to repay Loans or to pay general
corporate expenses, or (y) following the occurrence of an Event of Default which
continues to exist, the proceeds of which are remitted to Laurus to be held as
cash collateral for the Obligations.
(m) Reissuance of Securities. The Parent shall reissue certificates
representing the Securities without the legends set forth in Section 39 below at
such time as:
(i) the holder thereof is permitted to dispose of such Securities pursuant
to Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act; or
(ii) upon resale subject to an effective registration statement after such
Securities are registered under the Securities Act.
The Parent agrees to cooperate with Laurus in connection with all resales
pursuant to Rule 144(d) and Rule 144(k) and provide legal opinions necessary to
allow such resales provided the Parent and its counsel receive reasonably
requested representations from Laurus and broker, if any.
(n) Opinion. On the Closing Date, it shall deliver to Laurus an opinion
acceptable to Laurus from each Company's legal counsel. Each Company will
provide, at the Companies' joint and several expense, such other legal opinions
in the future as are reasonably necessary for the resale and exercise of the
Warrants.
(o) Legal Name, etc. It shall not, without providing Laurus with 30 days
prior written notice, change (i) its name as it appears in the official filings
in the jurisdiction of its organization, (ii) the type of legal entity it is,
(iii) its organization identification number, if any, issued by its jurisdiction
of organization, (iv) its jurisdiction of organization or (v) amend its
certificate of incorporation, by-laws or other organizational document.
(p) Compliance with Laws. The operation of each of its and each of its
Subsidiaries' business is and shall continue to be in compliance in all material
respects with all applicable federal, provincial, state and local laws, rules
and ordinances, including to all laws, rules, regulations and orders relating to
taxes, payment and withholding of payroll taxes, employer and employee
contributions and similar items, securities, employee retirement and welfare
benefits, employee health and safety and environmental matters.
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(q) Notices. It and each of its Subsidiaries shall promptly inform Laurus
in writing of: (i) the commencement of all proceedings and investigations by or
before and/or the receipt of any notices from, any governmental or
nongovernmental body and all actions and proceedings in any court or before any
arbitrator against or in any way concerning any event which could reasonably be
expected to have singly or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) any
change which has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material
Adverse Effect; (iii) any Event of Default or Default; and (iv) any default or
any event which with the passage of time or giving of notice or both would
constitute a default under any agreement for the payment of money to which it or
any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of its Subsidiaries or
any of its or any such Subsidiary's properties may be bound the breach of which
would have a Material Adverse Effect.
(r) Margin Stock. It shall not permit any of the proceeds of the Loans made
hereunder to be used directly or indirectly to "purchase" or "carry" "margin
stock" or to repay indebtedness incurred to "purchase" or "carry" "margin stock"
within the respective meanings of each of the quoted terms under Regulation U of
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as now and from time to
time hereafter in effect.
(s) Offering Restrictions. Except as previously disclosed in the SEC
Reports or in the Exchange Act Filings, or stock or stock options granted to its
employees or directors, neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries shall, prior to
the full repayment of the Notes (together with all accrued and unpaid interest
and fees related thereto) and termination of this Agreement, (x) enter into any
equity line of credit agreement or similar agreement with a floorless pricing
feature or (y) issue, or enter into any agreement to issue, any securities with
a floorless variable/floating conversion and/or pricing feature which are or
could be (by conversion or registration) free-trading securities (i.e. common
stock subject to a registration statement).
(t) Authorization and Reservation of Shares. The Parent shall at all times
have authorized and reserved a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock to
provide for the full exercise of the Warrants.
(u) FIRPTA. Neither it, nor any of its Subsidiaries, is a "United States
real property holding corporation" as such term is defined in Section 897(c)(2)
of the Code and Treasury Regulation Section 1.897-2 promulgated thereunder and
it and each of its Subsidiaries shall at no time take any action or otherwise
acquire any interest in any asset or property to the extent the effect of which
shall cause it and/or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, to be a "United
States real property holding corporation" as such term is defined in Section
897(c)(2) of the Code and Treasury Regulation Section 1.897-2 promulgated
thereunder.
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(v) Investor Relations/Public Relations. The Parent hereby agrees to
incorporate into its annual budget an amount of funds necessary to maintain a
comprehensive investor relations and public relations program (an "IR/PR
Program"), which IR/PR Program shall incorporate elements customarily utilized
by companies of similar size and in a similar industry as the Parent and its
Subsidiaries.
(w) Financing Right of First Refusal.
(i) Each Company hereby grants to Laurus a right of first refusal to
provide any Additional Financing (as defined below) to be issued by any Company
and/or any of its Subsidiaries (the "Additional Financing Parties"), subject to
the following terms and conditions. From and after the date hereof, prior to the
incurrence of any additional indebtedness and/or the sale or issuance of any
equity interests of the Additional Financing Parties (an "Additional
Financing"), Company Agent shall notify Laurus of such Additional Financing. In
connection therewith, Company Agent shall submit a fully executed term sheet (a
"Proposed Term Sheet") to Laurus setting forth the terms, conditions and pricing
of any such Additional Financing (such financing to be negotiated on "arm's
length" terms and the terms thereof to be negotiated in good faith) proposed to
be entered into by the Additional Financing Parties. Laurus shall have the
right, but not the obligation, to deliver to Company Agent its own proposed term
sheet (the "Laurus Term Sheet") setting forth the terms and conditions upon
which Laurus would be willing to provide such Additional Financing to the
Additional Financing Parties. The Laurus Term Sheet shall contain terms no less
favorable to the Additional Financing Parties than those outlined in Proposed
Term Sheet. Laurus shall deliver to Company Agent the Laurus Term Sheet within
ten Business Days of receipt of each such Proposed Term Sheet. If the provisions
of the Laurus Term Sheet are at least as favorable to the Additional Financing
Parties as the provisions of the Proposed Term Sheet, the Additional Financing
Parties shall enter into and consummate the Additional Financing transaction
outlined in the Laurus Term Sheet.
(ii) It shall not, and shall not permit its Subsidiaries to, agree,
directly or indirectly, to any restriction with any Person which limits the
ability of Laurus to consummate an Additional Financing with it or any of its
Subsidiaries.
(x) Prohibition of Amendments to Subordinated Debt Documentation. It shall
not, without the prior written consent of Laurus, amend, modify or in any way
alter the terms of any of the Subordinated Debt Documentation.
(y) Prohibition of Grant of Collateral for Subordinated Debt Documentation.
It shall not, without the prior written consent of Laurus, grant or permit any
of its Subsidiaries to grant to any Person any Collateral of such Company or any
collateral of any of its Subsidiaries as security for any obligation arising
under the Subordinated Debt Documentation.
(z) Prohibitions of Payment Under Subordinated Debt Documentation. Neither
it nor any of its Subsidiaries shall, without the prior written consent of
Laurus, make any payments in respect of the indebtedness evidenced by the
Subordinated Debt Documentation.
(aa) Board Observation Rights. Until such time as all Obligations for
indebtedness have been indefeasibly paid in full, Laurus will be entitled to the
following board observation rights ("Board Observation Rights"): Each Company
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shall permit one representative of Laurus to attend all meetings of the board of
directors of such Company (the "Board of Directors") in a non-voting observer
capacity, and shall provide such representative with copies of all notices,
minutes, written consents, and other materials that it provides to members of
the Board of Directors, at the time it provides them to such members. The
observation right may be exercised in person or via telephone or videophone
participation. Laurus agrees, on behalf of itself and any representative
exercising the observation rights set forth herein, that so long as it shall
exercise its observation right (i) it shall hold in strict confidence pursuant
to a confidentiality and non-disclosure agreement (in form and substance
satisfactory to Laurus) all information and materials that it may receive or be
given access to in connection with meetings of the Board of Directors and to act
in a fiduciary manner with respect to all information so provided (provided that
this shall not limit its ability to discuss such matters with its officers,
directors or legal counsel, as necessary), and (ii) the Board of Directors may
withhold from it certain information or material furnished or made available to
the Board of Directors or exclude it from certain confidential "closed sessions"
of the Board of Directors if the furnishing or availability of such information
or material or its presence at such "closed sessions" would jeopardize such
Company's attorney-client privilege or if the Board of Directors otherwise
reasonably so requires. The Board Observation Rights set forth in this Section
13(aa) shall automatically terminate and be of no further force or effect upon
the indefeasibly payment in full of all Obligations for indebtedness.
(bb) Inactive Subsidiaries. The Company will not permit any of its Inactive
Subsidiaries to hold significant assets or liabilities or engage in any business
activities without the prior written consent of Laurus, which consent shall not
be unreasonably withheld provided that the Parent shall first deliver to Laurus
all documentation as such Inactive Subsidiary would have had to deliver if such
Inactive Subsidiary were an Eligible Subsidiary on the Closing Date, all in form
and substance satisfactory to Laurus.
14. Further Assurances. At any time and from time to time, upon the written
request of Laurus and at the sole expense of Companies, each Company shall
promptly and duly execute and deliver any and all such further instruments and
documents and take such further action as Laurus may request (a) to obtain the
full benefits of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements, (b) to protect,
preserve and maintain Laurus' rights in the Collateral and under this Agreement
or any Ancillary Agreement, and/or (c) to enable Laurus to exercise all or any
of the rights and powers herein granted or any Ancillary Agreement.
15. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of Laurus. Laurus hereby
represents, warrants and covenants to each Company as follows:
(a) Requisite Power and Authority. Laurus has all necessary power and
authority under all applicable provisions of law to execute and deliver this
Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements and to carry out their provisions. All
corporate action on Laurus' part required for the lawful execution and delivery
of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements have been or will be effectively
taken prior to the Closing Date. Upon their execution and delivery, this
Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements shall be valid and binding obligations of
Laurus, enforceable in accordance with their terms, except (a) as limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws of
general application affecting enforcement of creditors' rights, and (b) as
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limited by general principles of equity that restrict the availability of
equitable and legal remedies.
(b) Investment Representations. Laurus understands that the Securities are
being offered pursuant to an exemption from registration contained in the
Securities Act based in part upon Laurus' representations contained in this
Agreement, including, without limitation, that Laurus is an "accredited
investor" within the meaning of Regulation D under the Securities Act. Laurus
has received or has had full access to all the information it considers
necessary or appropriate to make an informed investment decision with respect to
the Notes to be issued to it under this Agreement and the Securities acquired by
it upon the exercise of the Warrants.
(c) Laurus Bears Economic Risk. Laurus has substantial experience in
evaluating and investing in private placement transactions of securities in
companies similar to the Parent so that it is capable of evaluating the merits
and risks of its investment in the Parent and has the capacity to protect its
own interests. Laurus must bear the economic risk of this investment until the
Securities are sold pursuant to (i) an effective registration statement under
the Securities Act, or (ii) an exemption from registration is available.
(d) Investment for Own Account. The Securities are being issued to Laurus
for its own account for investment only, and not as a nominee or agent and not
with a view towards or for resale in connection with their distribution.
(e) Laurus Can Protect Its Interest. Laurus represents that by reason of
its, or of its management's, business and financial experience, Laurus has the
capacity to evaluate the merits and risks of its investment in the Notes, and
the Securities and to protect its own interests in connection with the
transactions contemplated in this Agreement, and the Ancillary Agreements.
Further, Laurus is aware of no publication of any advertisement in connection
with the transactions contemplated in the Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements.
(f) Accredited Investor. Laurus represents that it is an accredited
investor within the meaning of Regulation D under the Securities Act.
(g) Shorting. Neither Laurus nor any of its Affiliates or investment
partners has, will, or will cause any Person, to directly engage in "short
sales" of the Parent's Common Stock as long as any amount under any Note shall
remain outstanding.
(h) Patriot Act. Laurus certifies that, to the best of Laurus' knowledge,
Laurus has not been designated, and is not owned or controlled, by a "suspected
terrorist" as defined in Executive Order 13224. Laurus seeks to comply with all
applicable laws concerning money laundering and related activities. In
furtherance of those efforts, Laurus hereby represents, warrants and covenants
that: (i) none of the cash or property that Laurus will use to make the Loans
has been or shall be derived from, or related to, any activity that is deemed
criminal under United States law; and (ii) no disbursement by Laurus to any
Company to the extent within Laurus' control, shall cause Laurus to be in
violation of the United States Bank Secrecy Act, the United States International
Money Laundering Control Act of 1986 or the United States International Money
Laundering Abatement and Anti-Terrorist Financing Act of 2001 or the Canadian
Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act. Laurus shall
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promptly notify the Company Agent if any of these representations ceases to be
true and accurate regarding Laurus. Laurus agrees to provide the Company any
additional information regarding Laurus that the Company deems necessary or
convenient to ensure compliance with all applicable laws concerning money
laundering and similar activities. Laurus understands and agrees that if at any
time it is discovered that any of the foregoing representations are incorrect,
or if otherwise required by applicable law or regulation related to money
laundering similar activities, Laurus may undertake appropriate actions to
ensure compliance with applicable law or regulation, including but not limited
to segregation and/or redemption of Laurus' investment in the Parent. Laurus
further understands that the Parent may release information about Laurus and, if
applicable, any underlying beneficial owners, to proper authorities if the
Parent, in its sole discretion, determines that it is in the best interests of
the Parent in light of relevant rules and regulations under the laws set forth
in subsection (ii) above.
(i) Limitation on Acquisition of Common Stock. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary contained in this Agreement, any Ancillary Agreement, or any
document, instrument or agreement entered into in connection with any other
transaction entered into by and between Laurus and any Company (and/or
Subsidiaries or Affiliates of any Company), Laurus shall not acquire stock in
the Parent (including, without limitation, pursuant to a contract to purchase,
by exercising an option or warrant, by converting any other security or
instrument, by acquiring or exercising any other right to acquire, shares of
stock or other security convertible into shares of stock in the Parent, or
otherwise, and such options, warrants, conversion or other rights shall not be
exercisable) to the extent such stock acquisition would cause any interest
(including any original issue discount) payable by any Company to Laurus not to
qualify as portfolio interest, within the meaning of Section 881(c)(2) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code") by reason of Section
881(c)(3) of the Code, taking into account the constructive ownership rules
under Section 871(h)(3)(C) of the Code (the "Stock Acquisition Limitation"). The
Stock Acquisition Limitation shall automatically become null and void without
any notice to any Company upon the earlier to occur of either the existence of
an Event of Default at a time when the average closing price of the Common Stock
as reported by Bloomberg, L.P. on the Principal Market for the immediately
preceding five trading days is greater than or equal to 200% of the closing
price of the Parent's Common Stock on the date hereof.
16. Power of Attorney. Each Company hereby appoints Laurus, or any other
Person whom Laurus may designate as such Company's attorney, with power to:
(a)(i) execute any security related documentation on such Company's behalf and
to supply any omitted information and correct patent errors in any documents
executed by such Company or on such Company's behalf; (ii) to file financing
statements and financing change statements against such Company covering the
Collateral (and, in connection with the filing of any such financing statements
and financing change statements describe the Collateral as "all assets and all
personal property, whether now owned and/or hereafter acquired" (or any
substantially similar variation thereof)); (iii) sign such Company's name on any
invoice or xxxx of lading relating to any Accounts, drafts against Account
Debtors, schedules and assignments of Accounts, notices of assignment, financing
statements and other public records, verifications of Account and notices to or
from Account Debtors; and (iv) to do all other things Laurus deems necessary to
carry out the terms of Section 6 of this Security Agreement and (b) upon the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default; (v) endorse such
Company's name on any checks, notes, acceptances, money orders, drafts or other
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forms of payment or security that may come into Laurus' possession; (vi) verify
the validity, amount or any other matter relating to any Account by mail,
telephone, telegraph or otherwise with Account Debtors; (vii) do all other
things necessary to carry out this Agreement, any Ancillary Agreement and all
related documents; and (viii) notify the post office authorities to change the
address for delivery of such Company's mail to an address designated by Laurus,
and to receive, open and dispose of all mail addressed to such Company. Each
Company hereby ratifies and approves all acts of the attorney. Neither Laurus,
nor the attorney will be liable for any acts or omissions or for any error of
judgment or mistake of fact or law, except for gross negligence or willful
misconduct. This power, being coupled with an interest, is irrevocable so long
as Laurus has a security interest and until the Obligations have been fully
satisfied.
17. Term of Agreement. Laurus' agreement to make Loans and extend financial
accommodations under and in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or any
Ancillary Agreement shall continue in full force and effect until the expiration
of the Term. At Laurus' election following the occurrence of an Event of
Default, Laurus may terminate this Agreement. The termination of the Agreement
shall not affect any of Laurus' rights hereunder or any Ancillary Agreement and
the provisions hereof and thereof shall continue to be fully operative until all
transactions entered into, rights or interests created and the Obligations have
been irrevocably disposed of, concluded or liquidated. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, Laurus shall release its security interests at any time after thirty
(30) days notice upon irrevocable payment to it of all Obligations if each
Company shall have (i) provided Laurus with an executed release of any and all
claims which such Company may have or thereafter have under this Agreement and
all Ancillary Agreements and (ii) paid to Laurus an early payment fee in an
amount equal to (1) five percent (5%) of the Total Investment Amount if such
payment occurs prior to the first anniversary of the Closing Date and (2) three
percent (3%) of the Total Investment Amount if such termination occurs
thereafter during the Term; such fee being intended to compensate Laurus for its
costs and expenses incurred in initially approving this Agreement or extending
same. Such early payment fee shall be due and payable jointly and severally by
the Companies to Laurus upon termination by acceleration of this Agreement by
Laurus due to the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default; provided
that, in the event of termination by acceleration on account of the occurrence
and continuance of an Event of Default, the lesser of (x) the applicable early
payment fee and (y) the remainder of (I) the aggregate amount of the Default
Payments (as defined in the Notes) less (II) the then outstanding principal
balance of the Notes, shall be waived by Laurus.
18. Termination of Lien. The Liens and rights granted to Laurus hereunder
and any Ancillary Agreements and the financing statements filed in connection
herewith or therewith shall continue in full force and effect, notwithstanding
the termination of this Agreement or the fact that any Company's account may
from time to time be temporarily in a zero or credit position, until all of the
Obligations have been indefeasibly paid or performed in full and this Agreement
has been terminated in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Laurus shall
not be required to send termination statements to any Company, or to file them
with any filing office, unless and until this Agreement and the Ancillary
Agreements shall have been terminated in accordance with their terms and all
Obligations indefeasibly paid in full in immediately available funds.
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19. Events of Default. The occurrence of any of the following shall constitute
an "Event of Default":
(a) failure to make payment of any of the Obligations when required
hereunder, and, in any such case, such failure shall continue for a period of
three (3) days following the date upon which any such payment was due;
(b) failure by any Company or any of its Subsidiaries to pay any taxes when
due unless such taxes are being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves have been provided on
such Company's and/or such Subsidiary's books;
(c) failure to perform under, and/or committing any breach of, in any
material respect, this Agreement or any covenant contained herein, which failure
or breach shall continue without remedy for a period of twenty (20) days after
the occurrence thereof;
(d) any representation, warranty or statement made by any Company or any of
its Subsidiaries hereunder, in any Ancillary Agreement, any certificate,
statement or document delivered pursuant to the terms hereof, or in connection
with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement should prove to be false or
misleading in any material respect on the date as of which made or deemed made;
(e) the occurrence of any default (or similar term) in the observance or
performance of any other agreement or condition relating to any indebtedness or
contingent obligation of any Company or any of its Subsidiaries (including,
without limitation, the indebtedness evidenced by the Subordinated Debt
Documentation) beyond the period of grace (if any), the effect of which default
is to cause, or permit the holder or holders of such indebtedness or beneficiary
or beneficiaries of such contingent obligation to cause, such indebtedness to
become due prior to its stated maturity or such contingent obligation to become
payable;
(f) attachments or levies in excess of $50,000 in the aggregate are made
upon any Company's assets or a judgment is rendered against any Company's
property involving a liability of more than $50,000 which shall not have been
vacated, discharged, stayed or bonded within thirty (30) days from the entry
thereof;
(g) any change in any Company's or any of its Subsidiary's condition or
affairs (financial or otherwise) which in Laurus' reasonable, good faith
opinion, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(h) any Lien created hereunder or under any Ancillary Agreement for any
reason ceases to be or is not a valid and perfected Lien having a first priority
interest exept with respect to Permitted Capital Leases;
(i) any Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall (i) apply for, consent to
or suffer to exist 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, (ii) make a general assignment for the benefit of
creditors, (iii) commence a voluntary case under the US federal bankruptcy laws
or Canadian federal (including without limitation, the Bankruptcy and Insolvency
Act (Canada) or the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act) bankruptcy laws (in
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each case, as now or hereafter in effect), (iv) be adjudicated a bankrupt or
insolvent, (v) file a petition seeking to take advantage of any other law
providing for the relief of debtors, (vi) acquiesce to without challenge within
ten (10) days of the filing thereof, or failure to have dismissed within thirty
(30) days, any petition filed against it in any involuntary case under such
bankruptcy laws, or (vii) take any action for the purpose of effecting any of
the foregoing;
(j) any Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall admit in writing its
inability, or be generally unable, to pay its debts as they become due or cease
operations of its present business;
(k) any Company or any of its Subsidiaries directly or indirectly sells,
assigns, transfers, conveys, or suffers or permits to occur any sale,
assignment, transfer or conveyance of any assets of such Company or any interest
therein, except as permitted herein;
(l) any "Person" or "group" (as such terms are defined in Sections 13(d)
and 14(d) of the Exchange Act, as in effect on the date hereof), other than
Laurus, is or becomes the "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rules 13(d)-3 and
13(d)-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of 35% or more on a
fully diluted basis of the then outstanding voting equity interest of the
Parent, (ii) the Board of Directors of the Parent shall cease to consist of a
majority of the Board of Directors of the Parent on the date hereof (or
directors appointed by a majority of the board of directors in effect
immediately prior to such appointment) or (iii) the Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries merges or consolidates with, or sells all or substantially all of
its assets to, any other person or entity;
(m) the indictment or threatened indictment of any Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or any executive officer of any Company or any of its Subsidiaries
under any criminal statute, or commencement or threatened commencement of
criminal or civil proceeding against any Company or any of its Subsidiaries or
any executive officer of any Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to
which statute or proceeding penalties or remedies sought or available include
forfeiture of any of the property of any Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(n) an Event of Default (or similar term) shall occur under and as defined
in any Note or in any other Ancillary Agreement;
(o) any Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall breach any term or
provision of any Ancillary Agreement to which it is a party (including, without
limitation, Section 7(e) of the Registration Rights Agreement), in any material
respect which breach is not cured within any applicable cure or grace period
provided in respect thereof (if any);
(p) any Company or any of its Subsidiaries attempts to terminate,
challenges the validity of, or its liability under this Agreement or any
Ancillary Agreement, or any proceeding shall be brought to challenge the
validity, binding effect of any Ancillary Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement
ceases to be a valid, binding and enforceable obligation of such Company or any
of its Subsidiaries (to the extent such Persons are a party thereto);
(q) an SEC stop trade order or Principal Market trading suspension of the
Common Stock shall be in effect for five (5) consecutive days or five (5) days
during a period of ten (10) consecutive days, excluding in all cases a
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suspension of all trading on a Principal Market, provided that the Parent shall
not have been able to cure such trading suspension within thirty (30) days of
the notice thereof or list the Common Stock on another Principal Market within
sixty (60) days of such notice; or
(r) The Parent's failure to deliver Common Stock to Laurus pursuant to and
in the form required by the Secured Term Notes, the Warrants and this Agreement,
if such failure to deliver Common Stock shall not be cured within two (2)
Business Days or any Company is required to issue a replacement Note to Laurus
and such Company shall fail to deliver such replacement Note within seven (7)
Business Days; or
(s) any Company, or any of its Subsidiaries shall take or participate in
any action which would be prohibited under the provisions of any of the
Subordinated Debt Documentation or make any payment on the indebtedness
evidenced by the Subordinated Debt Documentation to a Person that was not
entitled to receive such payments under the subordination provisions of
applicable Subordinated Debt Documentation.
20. Remedies. (a) Following the occurrence of an Event of Default, Laurus
shall have the right to demand repayment in full of all Obligations, whether or
not otherwise due. Until all Obligations have been fully and indefeasibly
satisfied, Laurus shall retain its Lien in all Collateral. Laurus shall have, in
addition to all other rights provided herein and in each Ancillary Agreement,
the rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC, the PPSA and under
other applicable law, all other legal and equitable rights to which Laurus may
be entitled, including the right to take immediate possession of the Collateral,
to require each Company to assemble the Collateral, at Companies' joint and
several expense, and to make it available to Laurus at a place designated by
Laurus which is reasonably convenient to both parties and to enter any of the
premises of any Company or wherever the Collateral shall be located, with or
without force or process of law, and to keep and store the same on said premises
until sold (and if said premises be the property of any Company, such Company
agrees not to charge Laurus for storage thereof), and the right to apply for the
appointment of a receiver for such Company's property. Further, Laurus may, at
any time or times after the occurrence of an Event of Default, sell and deliver
all Collateral held by or for Laurus at public or private sale for cash, upon
credit or otherwise, at such prices and upon such terms as Laurus, in Laurus'
sole discretion, deems advisable or Laurus may otherwise recover upon the
Collateral in any commercially reasonable manner as Laurus, in its sole
discretion, deems advisable. The requirement of reasonable notice shall be met
if such notice is mailed postage prepaid to Company Agent at Company Agent's
address as shown in Laurus' records, at least ten (10) days before the time of
the event of which notice is being given. Laurus may be the purchaser at any
sale, if it is public. In connection with the exercise of the foregoing
remedies, Laurus is granted permission to use all of each Company's Intellectual
Property. The proceeds of sale shall be applied first to all costs and expenses
of sale, including reasonable attorneys' fees, and second to the payment (in
whatever order Laurus elects) of all Obligations. After the indefeasible payment
and satisfaction in full of all of the Obligations, and after the payment by
Laurus of any other amount required by any provision of law, including Section
9-608(a)(1) of the UCC (but only after Laurus has received what Laurus considers
reasonable proof of a subordinate party's security interest), the surplus, if
any, shall be paid to Company Agent (for the benefit of the applicable
Companies) or its representatives or to whosoever may be lawfully entitled to
receive the same, or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct. The
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Companies shall remain jointly and severally liable to Laurus for any
deficiency. Each Company and Laurus acknowledge that the actual damages that
would be incurred by Laurus after the occurrence of an Event of Default would be
difficult to quantify and that such Company and Laurus have agreed that the fees
and obligations set forth in this Section and in this Agreement would constitute
fair and appropriate liquidated damages in the event of any such termination.
The parties hereto each hereby agree that the exercise by any party hereto of
any right granted to it or the exercise by any party hereto of any remedy
available to it (including, without limitation, the issuance of a notice of
redemption, a borrowing request and/or a notice of default), in each case,
hereunder or under any Ancillary Agreement shall not constitute confidential
information and no party shall have any duty to the other party to maintain such
information as confidential, except for the portions of such publicly filed
documents that are subject to confidential treatment request made by the
Companies to the SEC.
(b) Upon the occurrence of and during the continuance of any Event of
Default, Laurus may appoint or reappoint by instrument in writing, any person or
persons, whether an officer or officers or an employee or employees of Laurus or
not, to be an interim receiver, receiver or receivers (hereinafter called a
"Receiver", which term when used herein shall include a receiver and manager) of
any Collateral of any Company (including any interest, income or profits
therefrom) and may remove any Receiver so appointed and appoint another in
his/her/its stead. Any such Receiver shall, so far as concerns responsibility
for his/her/its acts, be deemed the agent of any Company and not Laurus, and
Laurus shall not be in any way responsible for any misconduct, negligence or
non-feasance on the part of any such Receiver or his/her/its servants, agents or
employees. Subject to the provisions of the instrument appointing him/her/it,
any such Receiver shall have power to take possession of Collateral, to preserve
Collateral or its value, to carry on or concur in carrying on all or any part of
the business of the Company and to sell, lease, license or otherwise dispose of
or concur in selling, leasing, licensing or otherwise disposing of Collateral.
To facilitate the foregoing powers, any such Receiver may, to the exclusion of
all others, including each Company, enter upon, use and occupy all premises
owned or occupied by each Company wherein Collateral may be situate, maintain
Collateral upon such premises, borrow money on a secured or unsecured basis and
use Collateral directly in carrying on such Company's business or as security
for loans or advances to enable the Receiver to carry on such Company's business
or otherwise, as such Receiver shall, in its discretion, determine. Except as
may be otherwise directed by Laurus, all money received from time to time by
such Receiver in carrying out his/her/its appointment shall be received in trust
for and be paid over to Laurus. Every such Receiver may, in the discretion of
Laurus, be vested with all or any of the rights and powers of Laurus.
21. Waivers. To the full extent permitted by applicable law, each Company
hereby waives (a) presentment, demand and protest, and notice of presentment,
dishonor, intent to accelerate, acceleration, protest, default, nonpayment,
maturity, release, compromise, settlement, extension or renewal of any or all of
this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements or any other notes, commercial
paper, Accounts, contracts, Documents, Instruments, Chattel Paper and guaranties
at any time held by Laurus on which such Company may in any way be liable, and
hereby ratifies and confirms whatever Laurus may do in this regard; (b) all
rights to notice and a hearing prior to Laurus' taking possession or control of,
or to Laurus' replevy, attachment or levy upon, any Collateral or any bond or
security that might be required by any court prior to allowing Laurus to
exercise any of its remedies; and (c) the benefit of all valuation, appraisal
and exemption laws. Each Company acknowledges that it has been advised by
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counsel of its choices and decisions with respect to this Agreement, the
Ancillary Agreements and the transactions evidenced hereby and thereby.
22. Expenses. The Companies shall jointly and severally pay all of Laurus'
out-of-pocket costs and expenses, including reasonable fees and disbursements of
in-house or outside counsel and appraisers, in connection with (x) the
preparation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Ancillary
Agreements, and (y) in connection with the prosecution or defense of any action,
contest, dispute, suit or proceeding concerning any matter in any way arising
out of, related to or connected with this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement.
The Companies shall also jointly and severally pay all of Laurus' reasonable
fees, charges, out-of-pocket costs and expenses, including fees and
disbursements of counsel and appraisers, in connection with (a) the preparation,
execution and delivery of any waiver, any amendment thereto or consent proposed
or executed in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
or the Ancillary Agreements, (b) Laurus' obtaining performance of the
Obligations under this Agreement and any Ancillary Agreements, including, but
not limited to, the enforcement or defense of Laurus' security interests,
assignments of rights and Liens hereunder as valid perfected security interests,
(c) any attempt to inspect, verify, protect, collect, sell, liquidate or
otherwise dispose of any Collateral, (d) any appraisals or re-appraisals of any
property (real or personal) pledged to Laurus by any Company or any of its
Subsidiaries as Collateral for, or any other Person as security for, the
Obligations hereunder and (e) any consultations in connection with any of the
foregoing. The Companies shall also jointly and severally pay Laurus' customary
bank charges for all bank services (including wire transfers) performed or
caused to be performed by Laurus for any Company or any of its Subsidiaries at
any Company's or such Subsidiary's request or in connection with any Company's
loan account with Laurus. All such costs and expenses together with all filing,
recording and search fees, taxes and interest payable by the Companies to Laurus
shall be payable on demand and shall be secured by the Collateral. If any tax by
any Governmental Authority is or may be imposed on or as a result of any
transaction between any Company and/or any Subsidiary thereof, on the one hand,
and Laurus on the other hand, which Laurus is or may be required to withhold or
pay (including, without limitation, as a result of a breach by any Company or
any of its Subsidiaries of Section 13(u) herein), the Companies hereby jointly
and severally indemnifies and holds Laurus harmless in respect of such taxes,
and the Companies will repay to Laurus the amount of any such taxes which shall
be charged to the Companies' account; and until the Companies shall furnish
Laurus with indemnity therefor (or supply Laurus with evidence satisfactory to
it that due provision for the payment thereof has been made), Laurus may hold
without interest any balance standing to each Company's credit and Laurus shall
retain its Liens in any and all Collateral.
23. Assignment. Laurus may assign any or all of the Obligations together
with any or all of the security therefor to any Person and any such assignee
shall succeed to all of Laurus' rights with respect thereto; provided that
Laurus shall not be permitted to effect any such assignment to a competitor of
any Company unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. Upon such
assignment, Laurus shall be released from all responsibility for the Collateral
to the extent same is assigned to any transferee. Laurus may from time to time
sell or otherwise grant participations in any of the Obligations and the holder
of any such participation shall, subject to the terms of any agreement between
Laurus and such holder, be entitled to the same benefits as Laurus with respect
to any security for the Obligations in which such holder is a participant. Each
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Company agrees that each such holder may exercise any and all rights of banker's
lien, set-off and counterclaim with respect to its participation in the
Obligations as fully as though such Company were directly indebted to such
holder in the amount of such participation. No Company may assign any of its
rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of Laurus. All
of the terms, conditions, promises, covenants, provisions and warranties of this
Agreement shall inure to the benefit of each of the undersigned, and shall bind
the representatives, successors and permitted assigns of each Company.
24. No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. Failure by Laurus to exercise any
right, remedy or option under this Agreement, any Ancillary Agreement or any
supplement hereto or thereto or any other agreement between or among any Company
and Laurus or delay by Laurus in exercising the same, will not operate as a
waiver; no waiver by Laurus will be effective unless it is in writing and then
only to the extent specifically stated. Laurus' rights and remedies under this
Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements will be cumulative and not exclusive of
any other right or remedy which Laurus may have.
25. Application of Payments. Each Company irrevocably waives the right to
direct the application of any and all payments at any time or times hereafter
received by Laurus from or on such Company's behalf and each Company hereby
irrevocably agrees that Laurus shall have the continuing exclusive right to
apply and reapply any and all payments received at any time or times hereafter
against the Obligations hereunder in such manner as Laurus may deem advisable
notwithstanding any entry by Laurus upon any of Laurus' books and records.
26. Indemnity. Each Company hereby jointly and severally indemnifies and
holds Laurus, and its respective affiliates, employees, attorneys and agents
(each, an "Indemnified Person"), harmless from and against any and all suits,
actions, proceedings, claims, damages, losses, liabilities and expenses of any
kind or nature whatsoever (including attorneys' fees and disbursements and other
costs of investigation or defense, including those incurred upon any appeal)
which may be instituted or asserted against or incurred by any such Indemnified
Person as the result of credit having been extended, suspended or terminated
under this Agreement or any of the Ancillary Agreements or with respect to the
execution, delivery, enforcement, performance and administration of, or in any
other way arising out of or relating to, this Agreement, the Ancillary
Agreements or any other documents or transactions contemplated by or referred to
herein or therein and any actions or failures to act with respect to any of the
foregoing, except to the extent that any such indemnified liability is finally
determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted solely from
such Indemnified Person's gross negligence or willful misconduct. NO INDEMNIFIED
PERSON SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE TO ANY COMPANY OR TO ANY OTHER PARTY OR TO
ANY SUCCESSOR, ASSIGNEE OR THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARY OR ANY OTHER PERSON ASSERTING
CLAIMS DERIVATIVELY THROUGH SUCH PARTY, FOR INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHICH MAY BE ALLEGED AS A RESULT OF CREDIT HAVING BEEN
EXTENDED, SUSPENDED OR TERMINATED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY ANCILLARY
AGREEMENT OR AS A RESULT OF ANY OTHER TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREUNDER OR
THEREUNDER.
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27. CURRENCY. If for the purpose of obtaining judgment in any court it is
necessary to convert an amount due hereunder in the currency in which it is due
(the "Original Currency") into another currency (the "Second Currency"), the
rate of exchange applied shall be that at which, in accordance with normal
banking procedures, Laurus could purchase, in the New York foreign exchange
market, the Original Currency with the Second Currency on the date two (2)
Business Days preceding that on which judgment is given. Each Company agrees
that its obligation in respect of any Original Currency due from it to Laurus
hereunder shall, notwithstanding any judgment or payment in such other currency,
be discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day following the date
Laurus receives payment of any sum so adjudged to be due hereunder in the Second
Currency. Laurus may, in accordance with normal banking procedures, purchase, in
the New York City foreign exchange market, the Original Currency with the amount
of the Second Currency so paid; and if the amount of the Original Currency so
purchased or could have been so purchased is less than the amount originally due
in the Original Currency, which each Company agrees as a separate obligation and
notwithstanding any such payment or judgment to indemnify Laurus against such
loss. The term "rate of exchange" in this paragraph means the spot rate at which
Laurus, in accordance with normal practices, is able on the relevant date to
purchase the Original Currency with the Second Currency and includes any premium
and costs of exchange payable in connection with such purchase.
28. Revival. The Companies further agree that to the extent any Company
makes a payment or payments to Laurus, which payment or payments or any part
thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential,
set aside and/or required to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party
under any bankruptcy act, state, provincial or federal law, common law or
equitable cause, then, to the extent of such payment or repayment, the
obligation or part thereof intended to be satisfied shall be revived and
continued in full force and effect as if said payment had not been made.
29. Borrowing Agency Provisions.
(a) Each Company hereby irrevocably designates Company Agent to be its
attorney and agent and in such capacity to borrow, sign and endorse notes, and
execute and deliver all instruments, documents, writings and further assurances
now or hereafter required hereunder, on behalf of such Company, and hereby
authorizes Laurus to pay over or credit all loan proceeds hereunder in
accordance with the request of Company Agent.
(b) The handling of this credit facility as a co-borrowing facility with a
borrowing agent in the manner set forth in this Agreement is solely as an
accommodation to the Companies and at their request. Laurus shall not incur any
liability to any Company as a result thereof. To induce Laurus to do so and in
consideration thereof, each Company hereby indemnifies Laurus and holds Laurus
harmless from and against any and all liabilities, expenses, losses, damages and
claims of damage or injury asserted against Laurus by any Person arising from or
incurred by reason of the handling of the financing arrangements of the
Companies as provided herein, reliance by Laurus on any request or instruction
from Company Agent or any other action taken by Laurus with respect to this
Section 29.
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(c) All Obligations shall be joint and several, and the Companies shall
make payment upon the maturity of the Obligations by acceleration or otherwise,
and such obligation and liability on the part of the Companies shall in no way
be affected by any extensions, renewals and forbearance granted by Laurus to any
Company, failure of Laurus to give any Company notice of borrowing or any other
notice, any failure of Laurus to pursue to preserve its rights against any
Company, the release by Laurus of any Collateral now or thereafter acquired from
any Company, and such agreement by any Company to pay upon any notice issued
pursuant thereto is unconditional and unaffected by prior recourse by Laurus to
any Company or any Collateral for such Company's Obligations or the lack
thereof.
(d) Each Company expressly waives any and all rights of subrogation,
reimbursement, indemnity, exoneration, contribution or any other claim which
such Company may now or hereafter have against the other or other Person
directly or contingently liable for the Obligations, or against or with respect
to any other's property (including, without limitation, any property which is
Collateral for the Obligations), arising from the existence or performance of
this Agreement, until all Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full and
this Agreement has been irrevocably terminated.
(e) Each Company represents and warrants to Laurus that (i) Companies have
one or more common shareholders, directors and officers, (ii) the businesses and
corporate activities of Companies are closely related to, and substantially
benefit, the business and corporate activities of Companies, (iii) the financial
and other operations of Companies are performed on a combined basis as if
Companies constituted a consolidated corporate group, (iv) Companies will
receive a substantial economic benefit from entering into this Agreement and
will receive a substantial economic benefit from the application of each Loan
hereunder, in each case, whether or not such amount is used directly by any
Company and (v) all requests for Loans hereunder by the Company Agent are for
the exclusive and indivisible benefit of the Companies as though, for purposes
of this Agreement, the Companies constituted a single entity.
30. Notices. Any notice or request hereunder may be given to any Company,
Company Agent or Laurus at the respective addresses set forth below or as may
hereafter be specified in a notice designated as a change of address under this
Section. Any notice or request hereunder shall be given by registered or
certified mail, return receipt requested, hand delivery, overnight mail or
telecopy (confirmed by mail). Notices and requests shall be, in the case of
those by hand delivery, deemed to have been given when delivered to any officer
of the party to whom it is addressed, in the case of those by mail or overnight
mail, deemed to have been given three (3) Business Days after the date when
deposited in the mail or with the overnight mail carrier, and, in the case of a
telecopy, when confirmed.
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Notices shall be provided as follows:
If to Laurus: Laurus Master Fund, Ltd.
c/o M&C Corporate Services Limited
X.X. Xxx 000 XX
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxx
South Church Street
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
Facsimile: 000-000-0000
With a copy to: Laurus Capital Management, LLC
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xx.
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Portfolio Services
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telecopier: (000) 000-0000
If to any Company,
or Company Agent: Tarpon Industries, Inc.
0000 Xxxxx Xx.
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
With a copy to: Ruskin Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, X.X.
Xxxx Xxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Esq.
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Telecopier: (000) 000-0000
or such other address as may be designated in writing hereafter in accordance
with this Section 29 by such Person.
31. Governing Law, Jurisdiction and Waiver of Jury Trial.
(a) THIS AGREEMENT AND THE ANCILLARY AGREEMENTS SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS MADE AND PERFORMED IN SUCH STATE, WITHOUT REGARD TO
PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW.
(b) EACH COMPANY HEREBY CONSENTS AND AGREES THAT THE STATE OR FEDERAL
COURTS LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK, STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL HAVE EXCLUSIVE
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JURISDICTION TO HEAR AND DETERMINE ANY CLAIMS OR DISPUTES BETWEEN ANY COMPANY,
ON THE ONE HAND, AND LAURUS, ON THE OTHER HAND, PERTAINING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR
ANY OF THE ANCILLARY AGREEMENTS OR TO ANY MATTER ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO
THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE ANCILLARY AGREEMENTS; PROVIDED, THAT LAURUS AND
EACH COMPANY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ANY APPEALS FROM THOSE COURTS MAY HAVE TO BE HEARD
BY A COURT LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK, STATE OF NEW YORK; AND
FURTHER PROVIDED, THAT NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE DEEMED OR OPERATE TO
PRECLUDE LAURUS FROM BRINGING SUIT OR TAKING OTHER LEGAL ACTION IN ANY OTHER
JURISDICTION TO COLLECT THE OBLIGATIONS, TO REALIZE ON THE COLLATERAL OR ANY
OTHER SECURITY FOR THE OBLIGATIONS, OR TO ENFORCE A JUDGMENT OR OTHER COURT
ORDER IN FAVOR OF LAURUS. EACH COMPANY EXPRESSLY SUBMITS AND CONSENTS IN ADVANCE
TO SUCH JURISDICTION IN ANY ACTION OR SUIT COMMENCED IN ANY SUCH COURT, AND EACH
COMPANY HEREBY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY HAVE BASED UPON LACK OF PERSONAL
JURISDICTION, IMPROPER VENUE OR FORUM NON CONVENIENS. EACH COMPANY HEREBY WAIVES
PERSONAL SERVICE OF THE SUMMONS, COMPLAINT AND OTHER PROCESS ISSUED IN ANY SUCH
ACTION OR SUIT AND AGREES THAT SERVICE OF SUCH SUMMONS, COMPLAINT AND OTHER
PROCESS MAY BE MADE BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL ADDRESSED TO COMPANY AGENT
AT THE ADDRESS SET FORTH IN SECTION 29 AND THAT SERVICE SO MADE SHALL BE DEEMED
COMPLETED UPON THE EARLIER OF COMPANY AGENT'S ACTUAL RECEIPT THEREOF OR THREE
(3) DAYS AFTER DEPOSIT IN THE U.S. MAILS, PROPER POSTAGE PREPAID.
(c) THE PARTIES DESIRE THAT THEIR DISPUTES BE RESOLVED BY A JUDGE APPLYING
SUCH APPLICABLE LAWS. THEREFORE, TO ACHIEVE THE BEST COMBINATION OF THE BENEFITS
OF THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM AND OF ARBITRATION, THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVE ALL RIGHTS
TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT TO RESOLVE ANY
DISPUTE, WHETHER ARISING IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE BETWEEN LAURUS, AND/OR
ANY COMPANY ARISING OUT OF, CONNECTED WITH, RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE
RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED BETWEEN THEM IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, ANY
ANCILLARY AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED HERETO OR THERETO.
32. Limitation of Liability. Each Company acknowledges and understands that
in order to assure repayment of the Obligations hereunder Laurus may be required
to exercise any and all of Laurus' rights and remedies hereunder and agrees
that, except as limited by applicable law, neither Laurus nor any of Laurus'
agents shall be liable for acts taken or omissions made in connection herewith
or therewith except for actual bad faith.
33. Entire Understanding; Maximum Interest. This Agreement and the
Ancillary Agreements contain the entire understanding among each Company and
Laurus as to the subject matter hereof and thereof and any promises,
representations, warranties or guarantees not herein contained shall have no
force and effect unless in writing, signed by each Company's and Laurus'
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respective officers. Neither this Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements, nor any
portion or provisions thereof may be changed, modified, amended, waived,
supplemented, discharged, cancelled or terminated orally or by any course of
dealing, or in any manner other than by an agreement in writing, signed by the
party to be charged. Nothing contained in this Agreement, any Ancillary
Agreement or in any document referred to herein or delivered in connection
herewith shall be deemed to establish or require the payment of a rate of
interest or other charges in excess of the maximum rate permitted by applicable
law. In the event that the rate of interest or dividends required to be paid or
other charges hereunder exceed the maximum rate permitted by such law, any
payments in excess of such maximum shall be credited against amounts owed by the
Companies to Laurus and thus refunded to the Companies.
34. Severability. Wherever possible each provision of this Agreement or the
Ancillary Agreements shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and
valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement or the
Ancillary Agreements shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law such
provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity,
without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions
thereof.
35. Survival. The representations, warranties, covenants and agreements
made herein shall survive any investigation made by Laurus and the closing of
the transactions contemplated hereby to the extent provided therein. All
statements as to factual matters contained in any certificate or other
instrument delivered by or on behalf of the Companies pursuant hereto in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby shall be deemed to be
representations and warranties by the Companies hereunder solely as of the date
of such certificate or instrument. All indemnities set forth herein shall
survive the execution, delivery and termination of this Agreement and the
Ancillary Agreements and the making and repaying of the Obligations.
36. Captions. All captions are and shall be without substantive meaning or
content of any kind whatsoever.
37. Counterparts; Telecopier Signatures. This Agreement may be executed in
one or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original and all of
which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Any signature
delivered by a party via telecopier transmission shall be deemed to be any
original signature hereto.
38. Construction. The parties acknowledge that each party and its counsel
have reviewed this Agreement and that the normal rule of construction to the
effect that any ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting party shall
not be employed in the interpretation of this Agreement or any amendments,
schedules or exhibits thereto.
39. Publicity. Each Company hereby authorizes Laurus to make appropriate
announcements of the financial arrangement entered into by and among each
Company and Laurus, including, without limitation, announcements which are
commonly known as tombstones, in such publications and to such selected parties
as Laurus shall in its sole and absolute discretion deem appropriate, or as
required by applicable law.
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40. Joinder. It is understood and agreed that any Person that desires to
become a Company hereunder, or is required to execute a counterpart of this
Agreement after the date hereof pursuant to the requirements of this Agreement
or any Ancillary Agreement, shall become a Company hereunder by (a) executing a
Joinder Agreement in form and substance satisfactory to Laurus, (b) delivering
supplements to such exhibits and annexes to this Agreement and the Ancillary
Agreements as Laurus shall reasonably request and (c) taking all actions as
specified in this Agreement as would have been taken by such Company had it been
an original party to this Agreement, in each case with all documents required
above to be delivered to Laurus and with all documents and actions required
above to be taken to the reasonable satisfaction of Laurus.
41. Legends. The Securities shall bear legends as follows;
(a) Any shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to exercise of the Warrants,
shall bear a legend which shall be in substantially the following form until
such shares are covered by an effective registration statement filed with the
SEC:
"THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY APPLICABLE, STATE
SECURITIES LAWS. THESE SHARES MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE,
PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER SUCH SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES
LAWS OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO TARPON
INDUSTRIES, INC. THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED."
(b) The Warrants shall bear substantially the following legend:
"THIS WARRANT AND THE COMMON SHARES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS
WARRANT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED, OR ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THIS WARRANT AND THE
COMMON SHARES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY NOT BE SOLD,
OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN
EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AS TO THIS WARRANT OR THE UNDERLYING
SHARES OF COMMON STOCK UNDER SAID ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES
LAWS OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO TARPON
INDUSTRIES, INC. THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED."
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Security Agreement as of
the date first written above.
TARPON INDUSTRIES, INC.
By: /s/
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XXXXXX WELDING CO.
By: /s/
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LAURUS MASTER FUND, LTD.
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Annex A - Definitions
"Account Debtor" means any Person who is or may be obligated with respect
to, or on account of, an Account.
"Accountants" has the meaning given to such term in Section 11(a).
"Accounts" means all "accounts", as such term is defined in the UCC, now
owned or hereafter acquired by any Person, including: (a) all accounts
receivable, other receivables, book debts and other forms of obligations (other
than forms of obligations evidenced by Chattel Paper or Instruments) (including
any such obligations that may be characterized as an account or contract right
under the UCC); (b) all of such Person's rights in, to and under all purchase
orders or receipts for goods or services; (c) all of such Person's rights to any
goods represented by any of the foregoing (including unpaid sellers' rights of
repossession, resiliation, rescission, replevin, reclamation and stoppage in
transit and rights to returned, reclaimed or repossessed goods); (d) all rights
to payment due to such Person for Goods or other property sold, leased,
licensed, assigned or otherwise disposed of, for a policy of insurance issued or
to be issued, for a secondary obligation incurred or to be incurred, for energy
provided or to be provided, for the use or hire of a vessel under a charter or
other contract, arising out of the use of a credit card or charge card, or for
services rendered or to be rendered by such Person or in connection with any
other transaction (whether or not yet earned by performance on the part of such
Person); and (e) all collateral security of any kind given by any Account Debtor
or any other Person with respect to any of the foregoing.
"Accounts Availability" means eighty-five percent (85%) of the net face
amount of Eligible Accounts.
"Affiliate" means, with respect to any Person, (a) any other Person (other
than a Subsidiary) which, directly or indirectly, is in control of, is
controlled by, or is under common control with such Person, (b) any other Person
that, directly or indirectly, owns or controls, whether beneficially, or as
trustee, guardian or other fiduciary, 25% or more of the Stock having ordinary
voting power in the election of directors of such Person, (c) any other Person
who is a director, officer, joint venturer or partner (i) of such Person, (ii)
of any Subsidiary of such Person or (iii) of any Person described in clause (a)
above or (d) in the case of the Companies, the immediate family members, spouses
and lineal descendants of individuals who are Affiliates of such Companies. For
the purposes of this definition, control of a Person shall mean the power
(direct or indirect) to direct or cause the direction of the management and
policies of such Person whether by contract or otherwise; provided however, that
the term "Affiliate" shall specifically exclude Laurus.
"Ancillary Agreements" means the Notes, the Warrants, the Registration
Rights Agreements, the Subordination Agreement, each Security Document and all
other agreements, instruments, documents, mortgages, pledges, powers of
attorney, consents, assignments, contracts, notices, security agreements, trust
agreements and guarantees whether heretofore, concurrently, or hereafter
executed by or on behalf of any Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any other
Person or delivered to Laurus, relating to this Agreement or to the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise relating to the relationship between
or among any Company and Laurus, as each of the same may be amended,
supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.
"Balance Sheet Date" has the meaning given such term in Section 12(f)(ii).
"Books and Records" means all books, records, board minutes, contracts,
licenses, insurance policies, environmental audits, business plans, files,
computer files, computer discs and other data and software storage and media
devices, accounting books and records, financial statements (actual and pro
forma), filings with Governmental Authorities and any and all records and
instruments relating to the Collateral or otherwise necessary or helpful in the
collection thereof or the realization thereupon.
"Business Day" means a day on which Laurus is open for business and that is
not a Saturday, a Sunday or other day on which banks are required or permitted
to be closed in the State of New York.
"Canadian Lockbox Bank" has the meaning given such term in Article 8(a)(i).
"Canadian Lockboxes" has the meaning given such term in Article 8(a)(i).
"Canadian Subsidiary" shall mean Steelbank Tubular Inc., a corporation
organized under the laws of New Brunswick, Canada.
"Capital Availability Amount" means $10,000,000.
"Charter" has the meaning given such term in Section 12(c)(iv).
"Chattel Paper" means all "chattel paper," as such term is defined in the
UCC, including electronic chattel paper, now owned or hereafter acquired by any
Person.
"Closing Date" means the date on which any Company shall first receive
proceeds of the initial Loans or the date hereof, if no Loan is made under the
facility on the date hereof.
"Code" has the meaning given such term in Section 15(i).
"Collateral" means all of each Company's property and assets, whether real
or personal, immovable or movable tangible or intangible, and whether now owned
or hereafter acquired, or in which it now has or at any time in the future may
acquire any right, title or interests including all of the following property in
which it now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or
interest:
(a) all Inventory;
(b) all Equipment;
(c) all Fixtures;
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(d) all Goods;
(e) all General Intangibles;
(f) all Accounts;
(g) all Deposit Accounts, other bank accounts and all funds on deposit
therein;
(h) all Investment Property;
(i) all Stock;
(j) all Chattel Paper;
(k) all Letter-of-Credit Rights;
(l) all Instruments;
(m) all commercial tort claims set forth on Schedule 1(A);
(n) all Books and Records;
(o) all Intellectual Property;
(p) all Supporting Obligations including letters of credit and guarantees
issued in support of Accounts, Chattel Paper, General Intangibles and Investment
Property;
(q) (i) all money, cash and cash equivalents and (ii) all cash held as cash
collateral to the extent not otherwise constituting Collateral, all other cash
or property at any time on deposit with or held by Laurus for the account of any
Company (whether for safekeeping, custody, pledge, transmission or otherwise);
and
(r) all products and Proceeds of all or any of the foregoing, tort claims
and all claims and other rights to payment including (i) insurance claims
against third parties for loss of, damage to, or destruction of, the foregoing
Collateral and (ii) payments due or to become due under leases, rentals and
hires of any or all of the foregoing and Proceeds payable under, or unearned
premiums with respect to policies of insurance in whatever form.
"Common Stock" means the shares of stock representing the Parent's common
equity interests.
"Company Agent" means the Parent.
"Contract Rate" has the meaning given such term in the respective Note.
"Default" means any act or event that, with the giving of notice or passage
of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
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"Deposit Accounts" means all "deposit accounts" as such term is defined in
the UCC, now or hereafter held in the name of any Person, including, without
limitation, the Lockboxes.
"Disclosure Controls" has the meaning given such term in Section 12(f)(iv).
"Documents" means all "documents", as such term is defined in the UCC, now
owned or hereafter acquired by any Person, wherever located, including all bills
of lading, dock warrants, dock receipts, warehouse receipts, and other documents
of title, whether negotiable or non-negotiable and all of the right, title and
interest in any of the foregoing which any Company may now or at any time in the
future has or may have.
"Eligible Accounts" means each Account of each Company and the Canadian
Subsidiary which conforms to the following criteria: (a) shipment of the
merchandise or the rendition of services has been completed; (b) no return,
rejection or repossession of the merchandise has occurred; (c) merchandise or
services shall not have been rejected or disputed by the Account Debtor and
there shall not have been asserted any offset, defense or counterclaim; (d)
continues to be in full conformity with the representations and warranties made
by such Company to Laurus with respect thereto; (e) Laurus is, and continues to
be, satisfied with the credit standing of the Account Debtor in relation to the
amount of credit extended; (f) there are no facts existing or threatened which
are likely to result in any adverse change in an Account Debtor's financial
condition; (g) is documented by an invoice in a form approved by Laurus and
shall not be unpaid more than ninety (90) days from invoice date; (h) not more
than twenty-five percent (25%) of the unpaid amount of invoices due from such
Account Debtor remains unpaid more than ninety (90) days from invoice date; (i)
is not evidenced by chattel paper or an instrument of any kind with respect to
or in payment of the Account unless such instrument is duly endorsed to and in
possession of Laurus or represents a check in payment of an Account; (j) the
Account Debtor is located in the United States and Canada; provided, however,
Laurus may, from time to time, in the exercise of its sole discretion and based
upon satisfaction of certain conditions to be determined at such time by Laurus,
deem certain Accounts as Eligible Accounts notwithstanding that such Account is
due from an Account Debtor located outside of the United States or Canada; (k)
Laurus has a first priority perfected Lien in such Account and such Account is
not subject to any Lien other than Permitted Liens; (l) does not arise out of
transactions with any employee, officer, director, stockholder or Affiliate of
any Company; (m) is payable to such Company; (n) does not arise out of a xxxx
and hold sale prior to shipment and does not arise out of a sale to any Person
to which such Company is indebted; (o) is net of any returns, discounts, claims,
credits and allowances; (p) if the Account arises out of contracts between such
Company, on the one hand, and the United States, on the other hand, any state,
or any department, agency or instrumentality of any of them, such Company has so
notified Laurus, in writing, prior to the creation of such Account, and there
has been compliance with any governmental notice or approval requirements,
including compliance with the Federal Assignment of Claims Act; (q) is a good
and valid account representing an undisputed bona fide indebtedness incurred by
the Account Debtor therein named, for a fixed sum as set forth in the invoice
relating thereto with respect to an unconditional sale and delivery upon the
stated terms of goods sold by such Company or work, labor and/or services
rendered by such Company; (r) does not arise out of progress xxxxxxxx prior to
completion of the order; (s) the total unpaid Accounts from such Account Debtor
does not exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of all Eligible Accounts; (t) such
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Company's right to payment is absolute and not contingent upon the fulfillment
of any condition whatsoever; (u) such Company is able to bring suit and enforce
its remedies against the Account Debtor through judicial process; (v) does not
represent interest payments, late or finance charges owing to such Company, and
(w) is otherwise satisfactory to Laurus as determined by Laurus in the exercise
of its sole discretion. In the event any Company requests that Laurus include
within Eligible Accounts certain Accounts of one or more of such Company's
acquisition targets, Laurus shall at the time of such request consider such
inclusion, but any such inclusion shall be at the sole option of Laurus and
shall at all times be subject to the execution and delivery to Laurus of all
such documentation (including, without limitation, guaranty and security
documentation) as Laurus may require in its sole discretion.
"Eligible Inventory" means Inventory owned by a Company or the Candian
Subsidiary which Laurus, in its sole and absolute discretion, determines: (a) is
subject to a first priority perfected Lien in favor of Laurus and is subject to
no other Liens whatsoever (other than Permitted Liens); (b) is located on
premises with respect to which Laurus has received a landlord or mortgagee
waiver acceptable in form and substance to Laurus; (c) is not in transit; (d) is
in good condition and meets all standards imposed by any governmental agency, or
department or division thereof having regulatory Governmental Authority over
such Inventory, its use or sale including the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act
of 1938 as amended, and all rules, regulations and orders thereunder; (e) is
currently either usable or salable in the normal course of such Company's or
Canadian Subsidiary's business; (f) is not placed by such Company or Canadian
Subsidiary on consignment or held by such Company or Canadian Subsidiary on
consignment from another Person; (g) is in conformity with the representations
and warranties made by such Company and/or Canadian Subsidiary to Laurus with
respect thereto; (h) is not subject to any licensing, patent, royalty,
trademark, trade name or copyright agreement with any third parties; (i) does
not require the consent of any Person for the completion of manufacture, sale or
other disposition of such Inventory and such completion, manufacture or sale
does not constitute a breach or default under any contract or agreement to which
such Company or Canadian Subsidiary is a party or to which such Inventory is or
may be subject; (j) is not work-in-process; (k) is covered by casualty insurance
acceptable to Laurus and under which Laurus has been named as a lender's loss
payee and additional insured; and (l) not to be ineligible for any other reason.
"Eligible Subsidiary" means each Subsidiary of the Parent set forth on Exhibit A
hereto, as the same may be updated from time to time with Laurus' written
consent.
"Equipment" means all "equipment" as such term is defined in the UCC, now
owned or hereafter acquired by any Person, wherever located, including any and
all machinery, apparatus, equipment, fittings, furniture, leasehold
improvements, Fixtures, motor vehicles, fixed assets and other tangible personal
property (other than Inventory) of every kind and description that may be now or
hereafter used in such Person's operations or that are owned by such Person or
in which such Person may have an interest, and all parts, accessories and
accessions thereto and substitutions and replacements therefor.
"ERISA" has the meaning given such term in Section 12(bb).
"Event of Default" means the occurrence of any of the events set forth in
Section 19.
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"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
"Exchange Act Filings" means the Parent's filings under the Exchange Act
made prior to the date of this Agreement.
"Existing Indebtedness" means all indebtedness owed by the Companies or any
Subsidiary of the Companies to LaSalle Bank Midwest N.A. (f/k/a Standard Federal
Bank N.A.) or LaSalle Business Credit, a division of ABN AMRO Bank, N.V., Canada
Branch.
"Financial Reporting Controls" has the meaning given such term in Section
12(f)(v).
"Fixtures" means all "fixtures" as such term is defined in the UCC, now
owned or hereafter acquired by any Person.
"Formula Amount" has the meaning given such term in Section 2(a)(i).
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles, practices and
procedures in effect from time to time in the United States of America.
"General Intangibles" means all "general intangibles" as such term is
defined in the UCC, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Person including all
right, title and interest that such Person may now or hereafter have in or under
any contract, all Payment Intangibles, customer lists, Licenses, Intellectual
Property, interests in partnerships, joint ventures and other business
associations, permits, proprietary or confidential information, inventions
(whether or not patented or patentable), technical information, procedures,
designs, knowledge, know-how, Software, data bases, data, skill, expertise,
experience, processes, models, drawings, materials, Books and Records, Goodwill
(including the Goodwill associated with any Intellectual Property), all rights
and claims in or under insurance policies (including insurance for fire, damage,
loss, and casualty, whether covering personal property, real property, tangible
rights or intangible rights, all liability, life, key-person, and business
interruption insurance, and all unearned premiums), uncertificated securities,
choses in action, deposit accounts, rights to receive tax refunds and other
payments, rights to received dividends, distributions, cash, Instruments and
other property in respect of or in exchange for pledged Stock and Investment
Property, and rights of indemnification.
"Goods" means all "goods", as such term is defined in the UCC, now owned or
hereafter acquired by any Person, wherever located, including embedded software
to the extent included in "goods" as defined in the UCC, manufactured homes,
fixtures, standing timber that is cut and removed for sale and unborn young of
animals.
"Goodwill" means all goodwill, trade secrets, proprietary or confidential
information, technical information, procedures, formulae, quality control
standards, designs, operating and training manuals, customer lists, and
distribution agreements now owned or hereafter acquired by any Person.
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"Governmental Authority" means any nation or government, any state or other
political subdivision thereof, and any agency, department or other entity
exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative
functions of or pertaining to government.
"Inactive Subsidiaries" shall mean, collectively, each of FM, Inc., a
Michigan corporation, JS&T Acquisition Company, a Michigan corporation and MTM
Acquisition Company, a Michigan corporation.
"Instruments" means all "instruments", as such term is defined in the UCC,
now owned or hereafter acquired by any Person, wherever located, including all
certificated securities and all promissory notes and other evidences of
indebtedness, other than instruments that constitute, or are a part of a group
of writings that constitute, Chattel Paper.
"Intellectual Property" means any and all patents, trademarks, service
marks, trade names, copyrights, trade secrets, industrial designs, Licenses,
information and other proprietary rights and processes.
"Inventory" means all "inventory", as such term is defined in the UCC, now
owned or hereafter acquired by any Person, wherever located, including all
inventory, merchandise, goods and other personal property that are held by or on
behalf of such Person for sale or lease or are furnished or are to be furnished
under a contract of service or that constitute raw materials, work in process,
finished goods, returned goods, or materials or supplies of any kind, nature or
description used or consumed or to be used or consumed in such Person's business
or in the processing, production, packaging, promotion, delivery or shipping of
the same, including all supplies and embedded software.
"Inventory Availability" means the lesser of (a) up to sixty percent (60%)
of the value of Companies' Eligible Inventory (calculated on the basis of the
lower of cost or market, on a first-in first-out basis) and (b) $3,500,000.
"Investment Property" means all "investment property", as such term is
defined in the UCC, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Person, wherever
located.
"Letter-of-Credit Rights" means "letter-of-credit rights" as such term is
defined in the UCC, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Person, including
rights to payment or performance under a letter of credit, whether or not such
Person, as beneficiary, has demanded or is entitled to demand payment or
performance.
"License" means any rights under any written agreement now or hereafter
acquired by any Person to use any trademark, trademark registration, copyright,
copyright registration or invention for which a patent is in existence or other
license of rights or interests now held or hereafter acquired by any Person.
"Lien" means any mortgage, security deed, deed of trust, pledge,
hypothecation, assignment, security interest, lien (whether statutory or
otherwise), charge, claim or encumbrance, or preference, priority or other
security agreement or preferential arrangement held or asserted in respect of
any asset of any kind or nature whatsoever including any conditional sale or
other title retention agreement, any lease having substantially the same
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economic effect as any of the foregoing, and the filing of, or agreement to
give, any financing statement under the UCC or comparable law of any
jurisdiction.
"Loans" has the meaning given such term in Section 2(a)(i) and shall
include all other extensions of credit hereunder and under any Ancillary
Agreement.
"Lockbox Banks" has the meaning given such term in Article 8(a)(ii).
"Lockboxes" has the meaning given such term in Section 8(a)(ii).
"Material Adverse Effect" means a material adverse effect on (a) the
business, assets, liabilities, condition (financial or otherwise), properties,
operations or prospects of any Company or any of its Subsidiaries (taken
individually and as a whole), (b) any Company's or any of its Subsidiary's
ability to pay or perform the Obligations in accordance with the terms hereof or
any Ancillary Agreement, (c) the sufficiency and/or value of the Collateral, the
Liens on the Collateral or the priority of any such Lien or (d) the practical
realization of the benefits of Laurus' rights and remedies under this Agreement
and the Ancillary Agreements. Without limiting the foregoing, any event or
occurrence adverse to any Company that results or could reasonably be expected
to result in costs and/or liabilities or loss of revenues, individually or in
the aggregate to such Company in excess of 30% of such Company's revenue shall
constitute a Material Adverse Effect.
"NASD" has the meaning given such term in Section 13(b).
"Notes" means the Secured Revolving Note, the Secured Term Note A and the
Secured Term Note B made by Companies in favor of Laurus in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereby, as each of the same may be amended,
supplemented, restated and/or otherwise modified from time to time.
"Obligations" means all Loans, all advances, debts, liabilities,
obligations, covenants and duties owing by each Company and each of its
Subsidiaries to Laurus (or any corporation that directly or indirectly controls
or is controlled by or is under common control with Laurus) of every kind and
description (whether or not evidenced by any note or other instrument and
whether or not for the payment of money or the performance or non-performance of
any act), direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due,
contractual or tortious, liquidated or unliquidated, whether existing by
operation of law or otherwise now existing or hereafter arising including any
debt, liability or obligation owing from any Company and/or each of its
Subsidiaries to others which Laurus may have obtained by assignment or otherwise
and further including all interest (including interest accruing at the then
applicable rate provided in this Agreement after the maturity of the Loans and
interest accruing at the then applicable rate provided in this Agreement after
the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency,
reorganization or like proceeding, whether or not a claim for post-filing or
post-petition interest is allowed or allowable in such proceeding), charges or
any other payments each Company and each of its Subsidiaries is required to make
by law or otherwise arising under or as a result of this Agreement, the
Ancillary Agreements or otherwise, together with all reasonable expenses and
reasonable attorneys' fees chargeable to the Companies' or any of their
Subsidiaries' accounts or incurred by Laurus in connection therewith.
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"Payment Intangibles" means all "payment intangibles" as such term is
defined in the UCC, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Person, including, a
General Intangible under which the Account Debtor's principal obligation is a
monetary obligation.
"Permitted Capital Lease" shall mean shall mean the Agreement dated March
20, 2006 between Agellan Investments and the Canadian Subsidiary for the sale
and leaseback of the facility located at 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx.
"Permitted Liens" means (a) Liens of carriers, warehousemen, artisans,
bailees, mechanics and materialmen incurred in the ordinary course of business
securing sums not overdue; (b) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business
in connection with worker's compensation, unemployment insurance or other forms
of governmental insurance or benefits, relating to employees, securing sums (i)
not overdue or (ii) being diligently contested in good faith provided that
adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the
Companies and their Subsidiaries, as applicable, in conformity with GAAP; (c)
Liens in favor of Laurus; (d) Liens for taxes (i) not yet due or (ii) being
diligently contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, provided that
adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the
Companies and their Subsidiaries, as applicable, in conformity with GAAP; and
which have no effect on the priority of Liens in favor of Laurus or the value of
the assets in which Laurus has a Lien; (e) Purchase Money Liens securing
Purchase Money Indebtedness to the extent permitted in this Agreement and (f)
Liens specified on Schedule 2 hereto.
"Person" means any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited
liability partnership, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization,
association, corporation, limited liability company, institution, public benefit
corporation, entity or government (whether federal, state, county, city,
municipal or otherwise, including any instrumentality, division, agency, body or
department thereof), and shall include such Person's successors and assigns.
"PPSA" means the Personal Property Security Act (Ontario), as amended from
time to time and any Act substituted therefor.
"Principal Market" means the NASD Over The Counter Bulletin Board, NASDAQ
Capital Market, NASDAQ National Market System, American Stock Exchange or New
York Stock Exchange (whichever of the foregoing is at the time the principal
trading exchange or market for the Common Stock).
"Proceeds" means "proceeds", as such term is defined in the UCC and, in any
event, shall include: (a) any and all proceeds of any insurance, indemnity,
warranty or guaranty payable to any Company or any other Person from time to
time with respect to any Collateral; (b) any and all payments (in any form
whatsoever) made or due and payable to any Company from time to time in
connection with any requisition, confiscation, expropriation, condemnation,
seizure or forfeiture of any Collateral by any governmental body, governmental
authority, bureau or agency (or any person acting under color of governmental
authority); (c) any claim of any Company against third parties (i) for past,
present or future infringement of any Intellectual Property or (ii) for past,
present or future infringement or dilution of any trademark or trademark license
or for injury to the goodwill associated with any trademark, trademark
registration or trademark licensed under any trademark License; (d) any
recoveries by any Company against third parties with respect to any litigation
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or dispute concerning any Collateral, including claims arising out of the loss
or nonconformity of, interference with the use of, defects in, or infringement
of rights in, or damage to, Collateral; (e) all amounts collected on, or
distributed on account of, other Collateral, including dividends, interest,
distributions and Instruments with respect to Investment Property and pledged
Stock; and (f) any and all other amounts, rights to payment or other property
acquired upon the sale, lease, license, exchange or other disposition of
Collateral and all rights arising out of Collateral.
"Purchase Money Indebtedness" means (a) any indebtedness
incurred for the payment of all or any part of the purchase price of any fixed
asset, including indebtedness under capitalized leases, (b) any indebtedness
incurred for the sole purpose of financing or refinancing all or any part of the
purchase price of any fixed asset, and (c) any renewals, extensions or
refinancings thereof (but not any increases in the principal amounts thereof
outstanding at that time).
"Purchase Money Lien" means any Lien upon any fixed assets that secures the
Purchase Money Indebtedness related thereto but only if such Lien shall at all
times be confined solely to the asset the purchase price of which was financed
or refinanced through the incurrence of the Purchase Money Indebtedness secured
by such Lien and only if such Lien secures only such Purchase Money
Indebtedness.
"Registration Rights Agreements" means that certain Registration Rights
Agreement dated as of the Closing Date by and between the Parent and Laurus and
each other registration rights agreement by and between the Parent and Laurus,
as each of the same may be amended, modified and supplemented from time to time.
"Revolving Loans" shall have the meaning given such term in Section
2(a)(i).
"SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"SEC Reports" has the meaning given such term in Section 12(u).
"Secured Revolving Note" means that certain Secured Revolving Note dated as
of the Closing Date made by the Companies in favor of Laurus in the original
face amount of Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000), as the same may be amended,
supplemented, restated and/or otherwise modified from time to time.
"Secured Term Note A" means that certain Secured Term Note A dated as of
the Closing Date made by the Companies in favor of Laurus in the original face
amount of One Million Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,700,000), as the same
may be amended, supplemented, restated and/or otherwise modified from time to
time.
"Secured Term Note B" means that certain Secured Term Note A dated as of
the Closing Date made by the Companies in favor of Laurus in the original face
amount of One Million Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,700,000), as the same
may be amended, supplemented, restated and/or otherwise modified from time to
time.
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"Secured Term Notes" and "Secured Term Note" means the Secured
Term Note A and the Secured Term Note B, together and individually, as
applicable.
"Securities" means the Warrants and the shares of Common Stock which may be
issued pursuant to exercise, in whole or in part, of such Warrants.
"Securities Act" has the meaning given such term in Section 12(r).
"Security Documents" means all security agreements, mortgages, hypothecs,
cash collateral deposit letters, pledges and other agreements which are executed
by any Company or any of its Subsidiaries in favor of Laurus.
"Software" means all "software" as such term is defined in the UCC, now
owned or hereafter acquired by any Person, including all computer programs and
all supporting information provided in connection with a transaction related to
any program.
"Solvent" means, with respect to any Person on a particular date, that on
such date (a) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will,
incur debts or liabilities, including contingent liabilities, beyond such
Person's ability to pay as such debts and liabilities mature; and (b) such
Person is not engaged in a business or transaction, and is not about to engage
in a business or transaction, for which such Person's property would constitute
and unreasonably small capital. The amount of contingent liabilities (such as
litigation, guaranties and pension plan liabilities) at any time shall be
computed as the amount that, in light of all the facts and circumstances
existing at the time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to
become an actual or matured liability.
"Stock" means all certificated and uncertificated shares, options,
warrants, membership interests, general or limited partnership interests,
participation or other equivalents (regardless of how designated) of or in a
corporation, partnership, limited liability company or equivalent entity whether
voting or nonvoting, including common stock, preferred stock, or any other
"equity security" (as such term is defined in Rule 3a11-1 of the General Rules
and Regulations promulgated by the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934).
"Subordinated Debt Documentation" shall mean that certain financing
agreement entered into between High Capital Funding, LLC and the Parent, dated
as of June 11, 2007.
"Subsidiary" means, with respect to any Person, (i) any other Person whose
shares of stock or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power (other
than stock or other ownership interests having such power only by reason of the
happening of a contingency) to elect a majority of the directors or other
governing body of such other Person, are owned, directly or indirectly, by such
Person or (ii) any other Person in which such Person owns, directly or
indirectly, more than 50% of the equity interests at such time.
"Supporting Obligations" means all "supporting obligations" as such term is
defined in the UCC.
"Term" means the Closing Date through the close of business on the day
immediately preceding the second anniversary of the Closing Date, subject to
acceleration at the option of Laurus upon the occurrence of an Event of Default
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hereunder or other termination hereunder.
"Term Loan" and "Term Loans" have the meaning given such term in Section
2(a)(c).
"Term Loan A" has the meaning given such term in Section 2(a)(c).
"Term Loan B" has the meaning given such term in Section 2(a)(c).
"Total Investment Amount" means Thirteen Million Five Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($13,500,000).
"UCC" means the Uniform Commercial Code as the same may, from time to time
be in effect in the State of New York; provided, that in the event that, by
reason of mandatory provisions of law, any or all of the attachment, perfection
or priority of, or remedies with respect to, Laurus' Lien on any Collateral is
governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other
than the State of New York, the term "UCC" shall mean the Uniform Commercial
Code as in effect in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions of
this Agreement relating to such attachment, perfection, priority or remedies and
for purposes of definitions related to such provisions; provided further, that
to the extent that UCC is used to define any term herein or in any Ancillary
Agreement and such term is defined differently in different Articles or
Divisions of the UCC, the definition of such term contained in Article or
Division 9 shall govern.
"US Lockbox Bank" has the meaning given such term in Article 8(a)(ii).
"US Lockboxes" has the meaning given such term in Article 8(a)(ii).
"Warrant Shares" has the meaning given such term in Section 12(a).
"Warrants" means those certain Common Stock Purchase Warrants dated as of
the Closing Date made by the Parent in favor of Laurus and each other warrant
made by the Parent in favor Laurus, as each of the same may be amended,
restated, modified and/or supplemented from time to time.
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Exhibit A
Eligible Subsidiaries
Xxxxxx Welding Co.
SECURITY AGREEMENT
LAURUS MASTER FUND, LTD.
TARPON INDUSTRIES, INC.
and
XXXXXX WELDING CO.
Dated: August 9, 2007
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
1. General Definitions and Terms; Rules of Construction......................1
2. Loan Facility.............................................................2
3. Repayment of the Loans....................................................4
4. Procedure for Revolving Loans.............................................5
5. Interest and Payments.....................................................5
6. Security Interest.........................................................7
7. Representations, Warranties and Covenants Concerning the Collateral.......7
8. Payment of Accounts......................................................10
9. Collection and Maintenance of Collateral.................................11
10. Inspections and Appraisals...............................................12
11. Financial Reporting......................................................12
12. Additional Representations and Warranties................................13
13. Covenants................................................................24
14. Further Assurances.......................................................31
15. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of Laurus......................31
16. Power of Attorney........................................................33
17. Term of Agreement........................................................34
18. Termination of Lien......................................................34
19. Events of Default........................................................35
20. Remedies.................................................................37
21. Waivers..................................................................38
22. Expenses.................................................................39
23. Assignment...............................................................39
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24. No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies...........................................40
25. Application of Payments..................................................40
26. Indemnity................................................................40
27. Revival..................................................................41
28. Borrowing Agency Provisions..............................................41
29. Notices..................................................................42
30. Governing Law, Jurisdiction and Waiver of Jury Trial.....................43
31. Limitation of Liability..................................................44
32. Entire Understanding; Maximum Interest...................................44
33. Severability.............................................................45
34. Survival.................................................................45
35. Captions.................................................................45
36. Counterparts; Telecopier Signatures......................................45
37. Construction.............................................................45
38. Publicity................................................................45
39. Joinder..................................................................46
40. Legends............................................................... ..46
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