THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT
10.01
THIRTEENTH
AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
This
Amendment, dated as of August 6, 2007, is made by and among SANZ INC., formerly
known as Storage Area Networks, Inc., a Colorado corporation (“SANZ” or a
“Borrower”), SOLUNET STORAGE, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Solunet” or a
“Borrower”), and XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (the “Lender”), acting
through its XXXXX FARGO BUSINESS CREDIT operating division.
Recitals
The
Borrowers and the Lender are parties to a Credit and Security Agreement dated
as
of May 31, 2001, as amended by (i) the First Amendment to Credit and Security
Agreement and Waiver of Defaults dated as of January 17, 2002; (ii) the Second
Amendment to Credit and Security Agreement dated as of July 1, 2002; (iii)
the
Third Amendment to Credit and Security Agreement dated as of August 15, 2002;
(iv) the Fourth Amendment to Credit and Security Agreement and Waiver of
Defaults dated as of March 31, 2003; (v) the Fifth Amendment to Credit and
Security Agreement and Waiver of Defaults dated as of September 22, 2003; (vi)
the Sixth Amendment to Credit and Security Agreement dated as of February 12,
2004; (vii) the Seventh Amendment to Credit and Security Agreement and Waiver
of
Defaults dated as of September 3, 2004; (viii) the Eighth Amendment to Credit
and Security Agreement and Waiver of Defaults dated as of October 29, 2004;
(ix)
the Ninth Amendment to Credit and Security Agreement and Waiver of Defaults
dated as of March 29, 2005; (x) the Tenth Amendment to Credit and Security
Agreement and Waiver of Defaults dated as of November 11, 2005; (xi) the
Eleventh Amendment to Credit and Security Agreement and Waiver of Defaults
dated
as of April 17, 2006; and (xii) the Twelfth Amendment to Credit and Security
Agreement dated as of March 29, 2007 (as so amended, the “Credit Agreement”).
Capitalized terms used in these recitals have the meanings given to them in
the
Credit Agreement unless otherwise specified.
The
Borrowers have requested that certain amendments be made to the Credit
Agreement, which the Lender is willing to make pursuant to the terms and
conditions set forth herein.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual covenants and
agreements herein contained, it is agreed as follows:
1.
Defined
Terms.
Capitalized terms used in this Amendment which are defined in the Credit
Agreement shall have the same meanings as defined therein, unless otherwise
defined herein.
2.
Section
8.1.
Section
8.1 (q) of the Credit Agreement is amended and restated in its entirety to
read
as follows:
“(q) Xxxx
X.
Xxxxx shall cease to be the President and Chief Executive Officer of the
Borrower or Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx shall cease to be the Chief Financial Officer of
the
Borrower, and the Borrower shall fail to employ a replacement acceptable to
the
Lender, which acceptance shall not be unreasonably withheld.”
3.
Consent
to the Sale of the EarthWhere Division; Covenant to Identify Post-Closing
Accounts.
Pursuant
to Section 7.6 of the Credit Agreement, Sale
or Transfer of Assets; Suspension of Business Operations,
the
Borrowers have requested the Lender’s consent for the sale of the EarthWhere
division, which is SANZ’s division that is responsible for the development and
marketing of its EarthWhere™ software. The net sales price is approximately
$600,000 and will include the sale of the following, among other things: 1)
EarthWhere™ trademark, and 2) computer equipment exclusively used by this
division. The sale will result in the termination of the 25 employees that
work
exclusively in this division. Closing of the sale is targeted for August 6,
2007. Net proceeds from the sale will be deposited into the collateral account
and pay down the line of credit.
Borrowers
covenant and agree that upon the sale of the EarthWhere division, unpaid
Accounts of the Borrowers that arise after the closing of the sale of the
EarthWhere division that are required to be paid to the purchaser, if any,
pursuant to an asset purchase agreement or otherwise, will be clearly identified
to the Lender as such, and Borrowers agree that such Accounts will be deemed
ineligible Accounts.
Upon
the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Amendment, the Lender
hereby consents to the sale of the EarthWhere division.
4.
No
Other Changes.
Except
as explicitly amended by this Amendment, all of the terms and conditions of
the
Credit Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall apply to any
advance thereunder.
5.
Accommodation
Fee.
The
Borrowers shall pay the Lender as of the date hereof a fully earned,
non-refundable fee in the amount of $7,500 in consideration of the Lender’s
execution and delivery of this Amendment.
6.
Conditions
Precedent.
This
Amendment shall be effective when the Lender shall have received an executed
original hereof, together with each of the following, each in substance and
form
acceptable to the Lender in its sole discretion:
(a)
The
Acknowledgment and Agreement of Guarantor and the Acknowledgment and Agreement
of Subordinated Creditor set forth at the end of this Amendment, duly executed
by the Guarantor and the Subordinated Creditor.
(b)
Payment
of the fee described in Paragraph 5.
(c)
Deposit
into the Collateral Account with the Lender the net proceeds of the sale of
the
EarthWhere division, with one half of the net proceeds to be deposited upon
the
closing of the EarthWhere division, and the remaining amount to be deposited
when received from the purchaser.
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(d)
Such
other matters as the Lender may require.
7.
Representations
and Warranties.
Each
Borrower hereby represents and warrants to the Lender as follows:
(a)
Each
Borrower has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute this
Amendment and to perform all of its obligations hereunder, and this Amendment
has been duly executed and delivered by each Borrower and constitutes the legal,
valid and binding obligation of each Borrower, enforceable in accordance with
its terms.
(b)
The
execution, delivery and performance by each Borrower of this Amendment has
been
duly authorized by all necessary corporate action and does not (i) require
any authorization, consent or approval by any governmental department,
commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, domestic or foreign,
(ii) violate any provision of any law, rule or regulation or of any order,
writ, injunction or decree presently in effect, having applicability to either
Borrower, or the articles of incorporation or by-laws of either Borrower, or
(iii) result in a breach of or constitute a default under any indenture or
loan or credit agreement or any other agreement, lease or instrument to which
either Borrower is a party or by which either Borrower or its properties may
be
bound or affected.
(c)
All
of
the representations and warranties contained in Article V of the Credit
Agreement are correct on and as of the date hereof as though made on and as
of
such date, except to the extent that such representations and warranties relate
solely to an earlier date.
8.
References.
All
references in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement” shall be deemed to refer
to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby; and any and all references in the
Security Documents to the Credit Agreement shall be deemed to refer to the
Credit Agreement as amended hereby.
9.
No
Waiver.
The
execution of this Amendment and acceptance of any documents related hereto
shall
not be deemed to be a waiver of any Default or Event of Default under the Credit
Agreement or breach, default or event of default under any Security Document
or
other document held by the Lender, whether or not known to the Lender and
whether or not existing on the date of this Amendment.
10.
Release.
Each
Borrower, and the Guarantor by signing the Acknowledgment and Agreement of
Guarantor set forth below, and the Subordinated Creditor by signing the
Acknowledgment and Agreement of Subordinated Creditor set forth below, each
hereby absolutely and unconditionally releases and forever discharges the
Lender, and any and all participants, parent corporations, subsidiary
corporations, affiliated corporations, insurers, indemnitors, successors and
assigns thereof, together with all of the present and former directors,
officers, agents and employees of any of the foregoing, from any and all claims,
demands or causes of action of any kind, nature or description, whether arising
in law or equity or upon contract or tort or under any state or federal law
or
otherwise, which such Borrower or such Guarantor or such Subordinated Creditor
has had, now has or has made claim to have against any such person for or by
reason of any act, omission, matter, cause or thing whatsoever arising from
the
beginning of time to and including the date of this Amendment, whether such
claims, demands and causes of action are matured or unmatured or known or
unknown.
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11.
Costs
and Expenses.
Each
Borrower hereby reaffirms its agreement under the Credit Agreement to pay or
reimburse the Lender on demand for all costs and expenses incurred by the Lender
in connection with the Loan Documents, including without limitation all
reasonable fees and disbursements of legal counsel. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, each Borrower specifically agrees to pay all fees
and disbursements of counsel to the Lender for the services performed by such
counsel in connection with the preparation of this Amendment and the documents
and instruments incidental hereto. Each Borrower hereby agrees that the Lender
may, at any time or from time to time in its sole discretion and without further
authorization by such Borrower, make a loan to such Borrower under the Credit
Agreement, or apply the proceeds of any loan, for the purpose of paying any
such
fees, disbursements, costs and expenses and the fee required under Paragraph
5
hereof.
12.
Joint
and Several Liability.
All
obligations of SANZ and Solunet under this Amendment shall be joint and several.
All references to the term “Borrower” herein shall refer to each of them
separately and to both or all of them jointly and each such Person shall be
bound both severally and jointly with the other. Each of SANZ and Solunet is
responsible for all of the Borrower obligations under this Amendment. Notices
from the Lender to either Borrower shall constitute notice to both. Directions,
instructions, representations, warranties or covenants made by either Borrower
to the Lender shall be binding on both.
13.
Miscellaneous.
This
Amendment and the Acknowledgment and Agreement of Guarantor and the
Acknowledgment and Agreement of Subordinated Creditor may be executed in any
number of counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall
be
deemed an original and all of which counterparts, taken together, shall
constitute one and the same instrument.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly
executed as of the date first written above.
XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, acting through its XXXXX FARGO BUSINESS CREDIT operating division | SANZ INC. | |||
By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx-Xxxxxx | By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxx | |
Name: Xxxx
X. Xxxxxxx-Xxxxxx
Its: Vice
President
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Name: Xxxx
X. Xxxxx
Its: President
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SOLUNET STORAGE, INC. | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | |||
Name: Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx
Its: Chief
Financial Officer
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
AND AGREEMENT OF GUARANTOR
The
undersigned, a guarantor of the indebtedness of SANZ Inc., formerly known as
Storage Area Networks, Inc. (“SANZ”), to Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association
(the “Lender”), acting through its Xxxxx Fargo Business Credit operating
division, pursuant to a separate Guaranty dated as of May 31, 2001 (the
“Guaranty”), hereby (i) acknowledges receipt of the foregoing Amendment; (ii)
agrees and acknowledges that the Guaranty extends to the obligations of Solunet
to the Lender to the same extent, in the same manner and on the same terms
as to
SANZ; (iii) consents to the terms (including without limitation the release
set
forth in Paragraph 10 of the Amendment) and execution thereof;
(iv) reaffirms its obligations to the Lender pursuant to the terms of its
Guaranty; and (v) acknowledges that the Lender may amend, restate, extend,
renew or otherwise modify the Credit Agreement and any indebtedness or agreement
of the Borrower, or enter into any agreement or extend additional or other
credit accommodations, without notifying or obtaining the consent of the
undersigned and without impairing the liability of the undersigned under its
Guaranty for all of the Borrower’s present and future indebtedness to the
Lender.
SAN HOLDINGS, INC. | ||
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By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxx | |
Name: Xxxx
X. Xxxxx
Its: President
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
AND AGREEMENT OF SUBORDINATED CREDITOR
The
undersigned, a subordinated creditor of SANZ Inc., formerly known as Storage
Area Networks, Inc. (the “Borrower”), to Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association
(the “Lender”), acting through its Xxxxx Fargo Business Credit operating
division, pursuant to a Subordination Agreement dated as of January 17, 2002
(the “Subordination Agreement”), hereby (i) acknowledges receipt of the
foregoing Amendment; (ii) consents to the terms (including without
limitation the release set forth in Paragraph 10 of the Amendment) and execution
thereof; (iii) reaffirms its obligations to the Lender pursuant to the
terms of its Subordination Agreement; and (iv) acknowledges that the Lender
may amend, restate, extend, renew or otherwise modify the Loan Documents and
any
indebtedness or agreement of the Borrower, or enter into any agreement or extend
additional or other credit accommodations, without notifying or obtaining the
consent of the undersigned and without impairing the obligations of the
undersigned under its Subordination Agreement.
SAN HOLDINGS, INC. | ||
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By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxx | |
Name: Xxxx
X. Xxxxx
Its: President
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