EXHIBIT 10.1
AMENDED AND RESTATED COMMERCIAL REVOLVING LOAN, TERM LOAN,
LINE OF CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
This Amended and Restated Commercial Revolving Loan, Term Loan, Line of
Credit and Security Agreement dated as of December 27, 2001 between MEMRY
CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation with its chief executive office and
principal place of business at 0 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx., Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000
("Borrower") and XXXXXXX BANK, a banking institution with an office at 000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxx Place II, 5th Floor, HFD 605, Hartford, Connecticut
06103-3494 ("Lender").
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PREAMBLE
WHEREAS, Borrower is currently indebted to Lender by virtue of various
loans made by Lender to Borrower (collectively, the "Existing Loans") consisting
of: (i) a revolving loan in the maximum aggregate principal amount of up to
$5,000,000 (the "Existing Revolving Loan") made pursuant to the terms and
conditions of, and as evidenced by (a) a Commercial Revolving Loan, Term Loan,
Line of Credit and Security Agreement dated June 30, 1998, as amended from time
to time (the "Existing Loan Agreement"), and (b) an Amended and Restated
Revolving Loan Note dated November 30, 1999 in said amount (the "Existing
Revolving Loan Note"); (ii) a term loan in the original principal amount of
$500,000 (the "First Term Loan"), as evidenced by, in addition to the Existing
Loan Agreement, a Term Loan Note dated June 30, 1998 in said amount (the "First
Term Loan Note"); (iii) a term loan in the principal amount of $1,000,000 (the
"Second Term Loan"), as evidenced by, in addition to the Existing Loan
Agreement, a Term Loan Note dated November 30, 1999 in said amount (the "Second
Term Loan Note"); (iv) a term loan in the original principal amount of $677,993
(the "Third Term Loan"), as evidenced by, in addition to the Existing Loan
Agreement, an Initial Converted Equipment Loan Note dated July 1, 1999 in said
amount (the "Third Term Loan Note"); (v) a term loan in
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the original principal amount of $1,250,000 (the "Fourth Term Loan"), as
evidenced by, in addition to the Existing Loan Agreement, a Subsequent Converted
Equipment Loan Note dated July 1, 2000 in said amount (the "Fourth Term Note");
and (vi) a term loan in the original principal amount of $250,000 (the "Fifth
Term Loan"), as evidenced by, in addition to the Existing Loan Agreement, a
Final Converted Equipment Loan Note dated July 1, 2000 in said amount (the
"Fifth Term Loan Note"); and
WHEREAS, all indebtedness of Borrower arising under the Existing Loans is
secured by a blanket, first priority lien security interest in the Collateral
(as defined below); and
WHEREAS, Borrower has requested Lender to: (a) consolidate the First Term
Loan, the Second Term Loan, the Third Term Loan, the Fourth Term Loan and the
Fifth Term Loan (collectively, the "Existing Term Loans") into one term loan in
the original principal amount of the Existing Term Loans plus the sum of
$271,509.18; (b) extend the termination date of the Revolving Loan to December
31, 2003; (c) extend to Borrower a line of credit/term loan facility in the
principal amount of up to $1,000,000; and (d) amend certain other terms and
conditions of the Existing Loans; and
WHEREAS, Lender and Borrower desire to amend and restate the Loan Agreement
in order to memorialize their understandings and agreements with respect to the
foregoing, and further desire to confirm that the terms of this Agreement shall
supersede the Existing Loan Agreement and control and govern the Loans (as
defined below), and that the Existing Loan Agreement shall have no further force
or effect except to the extent necessary to preserve and maintain Lender's
previously filed and fully perfected first priority lien security interest in
the Collateral.
NOW, THEREFORE, for the mutual considerations contained in this Agreement,
Borrower and Lender agree as follows:
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ARTICLE I. Definitions
Section 1.1. Accounting Terms; Etc. Unless otherwise defined, all
accounting terms shall be construed, and all computations or classifications of
assets and liabilities and of income and expenses shall be made or determined in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied.
As used herein, or in the Financing Agreements or in any certificate, document
or report delivered pursuant to this Agreement or any other Financing Agreement,
the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(a) "Account" and "Accounts" shall have the meanings assigned in
Section 12.1(a) hereof.
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(b) "Account Debtor" and "Account Debtors" shall mean the person or
entity or persons or entities obligated to Borrower upon the Accounts.
(c) "Additional Costs" shall have the meaning assigned in Section 8.1
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hereof.
(d) "Agreement" shall mean this Amended and Restated Commercial
Revolving Loan, Term Loan, Line of Credit and Security Agreement as the same may
from time to time be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified.
(e) "Arrangement" shall have the meaning assigned in Section 9.1(q)
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hereof.
(f) "Business Day" shall mean any day other than a day on which
commercial banks in Hartford, Connecticut are required or permitted by law to
close.
(g) "Capital Leases" shall mean capital leases, conditional sales
contracts and other title retention agreements relating to the purchase or
acquisition of Capital Assets.
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(h) "Capitalized Leases" shall mean Capital Leases which are required
by GAAP to be capitalized on the Borrower's balance sheet.
(i) "CII Agreement" shall have the meaning assigned in Section 10.1(i)
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hereof;
(j) "Collateral" shall mean the property of Borrower described in
Section 12.1 hereof.
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(k) "Company" and "Companies" shall mean Borrower and any entities
affiliated with Borrower in connection with any Plan.
(l) "Converted Equipment Loan" shall mean an Initial Converted
Equipment Loan, a Subsequent Converted Equipment Loan or a Final Converted
Equipment Loan, and "Converted Equipment Loans" shall mean the Initial Converted
Equipment Loan, the Subsequent Converted Equipment Loan and the Final Converted
Equipment Loan.
(m) "Converted Equipment Loan Notes" shall mean the Initial Converted
Equipment Loan Note, the Subsequent Converted Equipment Loan Note and the Final
Converted Equipment Loan Note.
(n) "Cost of Funds Prepayment Premium" means the greater of:
(i) one percent (1%) of the amount of the principal balance of
the Cost of Funds Rate Loan being prepaid; or
(ii) the product of (x) a fraction whose numerator is an amount
equal to the principal amount of the Cost of Funds Rate Loan being prepaid
and whose denominator is the outstanding principal balance of the Cost of
Funds Rate Loan on the date of such prepayment (before giving effect to
such prepayment), multiplied by (y) an amount equal to the remainder
obtained by subtracting (a) an amount equal to the outstanding
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principal amount of the Cost of Funds Rate Loan as the date of such
prepayment (before giving effect to such prepayment) from (b) the present
value as of the date of such prepayment of the remaining scheduled payments
of principal and interest on the Cost of Funds Rate Loan (before giving
effect to such prepayment) determined by discounting such payments at the
Discount Rate
(o) "Cost of Funds Rate" shall mean the fixed rate of interest
determined and quoted by the Lender, in its sole discretion, as its cost of
funds rate for loans having a maturity approximately equal to the maturity of
the Cost of Funds Rate Loan.
(p) "Cost of Funds Rate Loan" shall mean the Term Loan or a Converted
Equipment Loan in the event the Borrower elects an interest rate applicable
thereto based upon the Cost of Funds Rate.
(q) "Current Maturity of Long-Term Debt" shall mean the current
maturity of long term Indebtedness paid or payable during the applicable period,
including but not limited to, amounts required to be paid or payable during such
period under Capital Leases.
(r) "Debt to Worth Ratio" shall mean, during the applicable period,
that quotient equal to Total Liabilities, divided by Tangible Net Worth.
(s) "Debt Service Coverage Ratio" shall mean, during the applicable
period, that quotient equal to (i) EBITDA, divided by (ii) the sum of (A)
Interest, PLUS Current Maturity of Long-Term Debt.
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(t) "Defaulting Event" shall mean the occurrence of an Event of
Default or the occurrence of any condition or event which but for the giving of
notice or passage of time or both would constitute an Event of Default.
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(u) "Discount Rate" shall mean the rate which, when compounded
monthly, is equivalent to the Treasury Rate when compounded semi-annually.
(v) "Dollar" and the sign "$" shall mean lawful money of the United
States of America.
(w) "EBIT" shall mean, for the applicable period, Borrower's earnings
before Interest and taxes, as determined in accordance with GAAP.
(x) "EBITDA" shall mean, for the applicable period, Borrower's
earnings before Interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization for such period,
all as determined in accordance with GAAP.
(y) "EBIT to Interest Ratio" shall mean, during the applicable period,
that quotient equal to EBIT, divided by Interest.
(z) "Eligible Accounts" shall mean those Accounts of Borrower which
arise from the sale of inventory or rendition of services in the ordinary course
of Borrower's business, are subject to Lender's perfected, first lien security
interest and no other lien or security interest, and are evidenced by an invoice
or other documentary evidence satisfactory to Lender. Further, no Account shall
be an Eligible Account if:
(i) it arises out of a sale made by Borrower to any affiliate,
division, subsidiary or parent of Borrower or to any person or entity
controlled by or under common control with an affiliate, division,
subsidiary or parent of Borrower;
(ii) it is due or unpaid more than seventy (70) days after its
original invoice date;
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(iii) the account debtor is also Borrower's creditor or
supplier, has disputed liability or made any claim with respect to any
other account due from such account debtor to Borrower, or the account is
otherwise subject to any defense, counterclaim or offset of or by the
account debtor (provided, however, that Accounts of Borrower arising out of
sales to Raychem Corporation shall not be ineligible pursuant to this
subsection (iii) if Lender has received a landlord's" agreement acceptable
in form, scope and substance to Lender in Lender's sole discretion);
(iv) the account debtor is located outside the United States
(unless such account is supported by a letter of credit or credit insurance
acceptable in form, scope and substance to Lender in Lender's sole
discretion);
(v) the account debtor is located in New Jersey or Minnesota,
unless Borrower has (x) filed a Notice of Business Activities Report in the
appropriate office or agency for such state in the then current year, or
(y) received a Certificate of Authority to do business and is in good
standing in such state;
(vi) the sale giving rise to the account is on a xxxx-and-hold,
guaranteed sale, sale-and-return, sale on approval, consignment or other
repurchase or return basis, or is evidenced by a Note or chattel paper;
(vii) Borrower has made an agreement with the account debtor for
any deduction from the invoice representing said account except for
discounts or allowances made in the ordinary course of Borrower's business
for prompt payment, which discounts or allowances are reflected in the
calculation of the face value of each respective invoice related thereto;
(viii) fifty percent (50%) or more of the aggregate invoices for
an account debtor are due or unpaid for more than seventy (70) days after
their original invoice date;
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(ix) it arises out of a sale made by the Borrower to an account
debtor that is the United States Government or any agency or subdivision
thereof (collectively the "Government"), unless Borrower has complied in
all respects with the Federal Assignment of Claims Act of 1940, or has
otherwise satisfied Lender as to the assignability and collectability of
said accounts, provided, however, that up to $50,000 of Accounts
outstanding at any one time and arising out of sales by the Borrower to the
Government shall not be rendered ineligible solely because the Borrower has
not complied as aforesaid; or
(x) the Lender in its sole but reasonable discretion deems the
Account to be unacceptable for any reason.
If there is any dispute as to whether any Account is an Eligible Account,
the determination of Lender shall at all times control.
(aa) "Eligible Equipment" shall mean new equipment to be purchased by
the Borrower for its business.
(bb) "Eligible Inventory" shall mean Borrower's inventory of raw
materials, work-in-process and finished goods located at the Premises to the
extent Lender, in its sole but reasonable discretion, determines that such
inventory is eligible for advance. In addition and without limiting Lender's
discretion, Eligible Inventory shall be net of reserves and returns, valued at
the lower of cost or market (as determined in accordance with the FIFO method of
accounting), and subject to Lender's perfected first security interest and to no
other lien or security interest. Further and without limiting Lender's
discretion, no inventory shall be eligible if it is:
(i) deemed by Lender as slow moving or obsolete;
(ii) not otherwise in good condition and salable through normal
trade channels; or
(iii) not salable in the ordinary course of Borrower's business.
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(cc) "Environmental Laws" shall mean any and all applicable foreign,
federal, state and local statutes, laws, regulations, rules, ordinances, orders,
guidances, policies or common law (whether now existing or hereafter enacted or
promulgated) pertaining to the environment, of any and all federal, state or
local governments and governmental and quasi-governmental agencies, bureaus,
subdivisions, commissions or departments which may now or hereafter have
jurisdiction over Borrower and all applicable judicial and administrative and
regulatory decrees, judgments and orders, including common law rulings and
determinations, relating to injury to, or the protection of, real or personal
property or human health or the environment, including, without limitation, all
requirements pertaining to reporting, licensing, permitting, investigation,
remediation and removal of emissions, discharges, releases or threatened
releases of Hazardous Materials, chemical substances, pollutants or contaminants
whether solid, liquid or gaseous in nature, into the environment or relating to
the manufacture, processing, distribution use, treatment, storage, disposal,
transport or handling of such Hazardous Materials, chemical substances,
pollutants or contaminants.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the term "Environmental
Laws" shall encompass each of the following statutes, and regulations
promulgated thereunder, and amendments and successors to such statutes and
regulations, as may be enacted and promulgated from time to time: Federal
Occupational Safety and Health Act ("OSHA"); the Clean Air Act ("CAA"); the
Toxic Substances Control Act ("TSCA"); the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act ("CERCLA"), as amended by the Superfund
Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 ("XXXX"); the Clean Water Act
("CWA"); the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended by the Hazardous
and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984 ("RCRA"); the Hazardous Materials
Transportation Act; and all applicable Environmental Laws of each state and
municipality in which Borrower conducts business or locates assets and all rules
and regulations thereunder and amendments thereto, and all similar state and
local laws, rules and regulations.
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(dd) "Equipment Loan" shall mean an Initial Equipment Loan, a
Subsequent Equipment Loan or a Final Equipment Loan and "Equipment Loans" shall
mean the Initial Equipment Loans, the Subsequent Equipment Loans and the Final
Equipment Loans.
(ee) "Equipment Loan Conversion Dates" shall mean the Initial
Equipment Loan Conversion Date, the Subsequent Equipment Loan Conversion Date
and the Final Equipment Loan Conversion Date.
(ff) "Equipment Loan Account" shall have the meaning assigned in
Section 4.2 hereof.
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(gg) "Equipment Loan Borrowing Base" shall mean an amount equal to the
lesser of: (i) One Million Dollars ($1,000,000); or (ii) seventy-five percent
(75%) of the face amount of net invoices for Eligible Equipment.
(hh) "Equipment Loan Note" shall have the meaning assigned in Section
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4.2 hereof.
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(ii) "Eurodollar Rate" shall mean, with regard to any Loan, with
respect to any date, the rate announced by the Lender as its Eurodollar Rate as
of such date, which rate shall be based upon the thirty (30) day London
Interbank Offered Rate two days prior to such date for the offering by the
Lender to prime commercial banks in the inter-bank Eurodollar market of dollar
deposits in an amount approximately equal to the then outstanding principal
amount of the Loan, adjusted for reserves under applicable Federal Reserve Board
Regulations based on the reserve requirement (if any) for the Lender for
Eurodollar deposits having a maturity equal to one month; any change in the
interest rate of any Loan resulting from a change in the Eurodollar Rate shall
become effective immediately upon the date on which such change in the
Eurodollar Rate shall be adopted by the Lender.
In the event that at any time (i) Lender shall determine that adequate and
reasonable methods do not exist for ascertaining the Eurodollar Rate or (ii) any
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present or future law, regulation, treaty or directive or any interpretation or
application thereof shall make it unlawful for Lender to make or maintain the
Eurodollar Rate, or (iii) Eurodollar deposits in the relevant amount and for the
relevant maturity are not available to the Lender in the interbank Eurodollar
market, with respect to the Loan, Bank shall give notice of such circumstances
to Borrower. Upon the giving of such notice described in the preceding sentence,
the commitment of Lender to continue the Loan such that they are based on the
Eurodollar Rate shall forthwith be suspended and the interest rate on the Loan
shall be converted to an interest rate per annum equal to the Prime Rate plus 25
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basis points (.25%), such conversion to be effective immediately.
(jj) "ERISA" shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974 and all rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, as the same may
from time to time be supplemented or amended.
(kk) "Event of Default" and "Events of Default" shall have the
meanings assigned in Section 13.1 hereof.
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(ll) "Existing Fourth Term Loan" shall have the meaning assigned in
the Preamble to this Agreement.
(mm) "Existing Fourth Term Loan Note" shall have the meaning assigned
in the Preamble to this Agreement.
(nn) "Existing Fifth Term Loan" shall have the meaning assigned in the
Preamble to this Agreement.
(oo) "Existing Fifth Term Loan Note" shall have the meaning assigned
in the Preamble to this Agreement.
(pp) "Existing Financing Agreements" shall mean the Existing Loan
Agreement, the Existing Revolving Loan Note, the Existing Term Loan Notes, any
and all other instruments, documents and agreements executed and/or delivered in
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connection with any of the Existing Loans or related thereto, and all
amendments, supplements or modifications to any of the foregoing.
(qq) "Existing First Term Loan" shall have the meaning assigned in the
Preamble to this Agreement.
(rr) "Existing First Term Loan Note" shall have the meaning assigned
in the Preamble to this Agreement.
(ss) "Existing Loan Agreement" shall have the meaning assigned in the
Preamble to this Agreement.
(tt) "Existing Loans" shall have the meaning assigned in the Preamble
to this Agreement.
(uu) "Existing Revolving Loan" shall have the meaning assigned in the
Preamble to this Agreement.
(vv) "Existing Revolving Loan Note" shall have the meaning assigned in
the Preamble to this Agreement.
(ww) "Existing Second Term Loan" shall have the meaning assigned in
the Preamble to this Agreement.
(xx) "Existing Second Term Loan Note" shall have the meaning assigned
in the Preamble to this Agreement.
(yy) "Existing Term Loan" shall have the meaning assigned in the
Preamble to this Agreement.
(zz) "Existing Term Loan Notes" shall mean the Existing First Term
Loan Note, the Existing Second Term Loan Note, the Existing Third Term Loan
Note, the Existing Fourth Term Loan Note and the Existing Fifth Term Loan Note.
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(aaa) Existing Third Term Loan" shall have the meaning assigned in the
Preamble to this Agreement.
(bbb) "Existing Third Term Loan Note" shall have the meaning assigned
in the Preamble to this Agreement.
(ccc) "Final Converted Equipment Loan" shall have the meaning assigned
in Section 6.5 hereof.
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(ddd) "Final Converted Equipment Loan Maturity Date" shall mean
December 31, 2008.
(eee) "Final Converted Equipment Loan Note" shall have the meaning
assigned in Section 6.5 hereof.
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(fff) "Final Equipment Loan" and "Final Equipment Loans" shall have
the meanings assigned in Section 6.1 hereof.
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(ggg) "Final Equipment Loan Conversion Date" shall mean January 1,
2005.
(hhh) "Financing Agreement" or "Financing Agreements" shall mean this
Agreement, the Notes, the Patent Security Agreement, the Trademark Security
Agreement, the existing Financing Agreements (to the extent not otherwise
superseded and replaced by another Financing Agreement) and any and all other
instruments, agreements and documents executed in connection herewith or
therewith or related hereto or thereto, together with any amendments,
supplements or modifications hereto or thereto.
(iii) "Fixed Assets" shall mean equipment and other assets of Borrower
which, by generally accepted accounting principles, must be treated as fixed
assets in financial statements of Borrower.
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(jjj) "GAAP" shall mean United States generally accepted accounting
principles consistently applied.
(kkk) "Government" shall have the meaning assigned in clause (ix) of
the definition of Eligible Accounts.
(lll) "Hazardous Material" shall mean any chemical, compound,
material, mixture or substance: (i) the presence of which requires or may
hereafter require notification, investigation, monitoring or remediation under
any Environmental Law; (ii) which is or becomes defined as a "hazardous waste",
"hazardous material" or "hazardous substance" or "toxic substance" or
"pollutant" or contaminant" under any present or future applicable federal,
state or local law or under the rules and regulations adopted or promulgated
pursuant thereto, including, without limitation, the Environmental Laws; (iii)
which is toxic, explosive, corrosive, reactive, ignitable, infectious,
radioactive, carcinogenic, mutagenic or otherwise hazardous and is or becomes
regulated by any governmental authority, agency, department, commission, board,
agency or instrumentality of any foreign country, the United States, any state
of the United States, or any political subdivision thereof to the extent any of
the foregoing has or had jurisdiction over Borrower; (iv) which contains without
limitation, gasoline, diesel fuel or other petroleum products, asbestos or
polychlorinated biphenyls ("PCBs"); or (v) any other chemical, material or
substance, exposure to, or disposal of, which is now or hereafter prohibited,
limited or regulated by any federal, state or local governmental body,
instrumentality or agency.
(mmm) "Indebtedness" shall mean all obligations that in accordance
with GAAP should be classified as liabilities upon Borrower's balance sheet or
to which reference should be made by footnotes thereto.
(nnn) "Indemnifiable Liability" shall have the same meaning assigned
in Section 18.1(a) hereof.
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(ooo) "Indemnitee" and "Indemnitees" shall have the meanings assigned
in Section 18.1(a) hereof.
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(ppp) "Initial Converted Equipment Loan" shall have the meaning
assigned in Section 4.5 hereof.
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(qqq) "Initial Converted Equipment Loan Maturity Date" shall mean
December 31, 2006.
(rrr) "Initial Converted Equipment Loan Note" shall have the meaning
assigned in Section 4.5 hereof.
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(sss) "Initial Equipment Loan" and "Initial Equipment Loans" shall
have the meanings assigned in Section 4.1 hereof.
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(ttt) "Initial Equipment Loan Conversion Date" shall mean January 1,
2003.
(uuu) "Intangible Assets" shall mean assets that in accordance with
GAAP are properly classifiable as intangible assets, including but not limited
to, goodwill, franchises, licenses, patents, trademarks, tradenames and
copyrights.
(vvv) "Interest" shall mean, for the applicable period, all interest
paid or payable, including but not limited to, interest paid or payable on
Indebtedness and on Capital Leases, determined in accordance with GAAP.
(www) "Inventory" shall have the meaning assigned in Section 12.1(d)
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hereof.
(xxx) "Lessor's Agreements" shall have the meaning assigned in Section
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10.1(e) hereof.
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(yyy) "Leverage Ratio" shall mean, during the applicable period, that
quotient equal to Total Funded Debt, divided by EBITDA.
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(zzz) "Life Insurance Assignment" shall have the meaning assigned in
Section 10.1(d) hereof.
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(aaaa) "Loan" means a Revolving Loan, the Term Loan, an Equipment
Loan, or a Converted Equipment Loan, and "Loans" means the Revolving Loans, the
Term Loan, the Equipment Loans, and the Converted Equipment Loans.
(bbbb) "Lockbox Agreement" shall have the meaning assigned in Section
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10.1(k) hereof.
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(cccc) "Note" means the Revolving Loan Note, the Term Loan Note, the
Equipment Loan Note, the Initial Converted Equipment Loan Note, the Subsequent
Converted Equipment Loan Note or the Final Converted Equipment Loan Note, and
"Notes" means the Revolving Loan Note, the Term Loan Note, the Equipment Loan
Note, the Initial Converted Equipment Loan Note, the Subsequent Converted
Equipment Loan Note and the Final Converted Equipment Loan Note."
(dddd) "Notice of Revolving Loan Borrowing" shall have the meaning
assigned in Section 2.2 hereof.
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(eeee) "Notice of Equipment Loan Borrowing" shall have the meaning
assigned in Section 4.2 hereof.
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(ffff) "Obligation" and "Obligations" mean and include all loans
advances, interest, indebtedness, liabilities, obligations, fees, charges,
expenses, guaranties, covenants and duties at any time owing by Borrower to
Lender of every kind and description, whether or not evidenced by any note or
other instrument, whether or not for the payment of money, whether direct or
indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or
hereafter arising, including, but not limited to, the Loans, and all other
indebtedness, liabilities and obligations of Borrower arising under this
Agreement and the other Financing Agreements or otherwise, and all reasonable
costs, expenses, fees, charges incurred by Lender
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hereunder or otherwise with respect to Borrower, including, without limitation,
reasonable fees and expenses of attorneys, paralegals and other professionals
incurred in connection with any of the foregoing, or in any way connected with,
involving or relating to the preservation, enforcement, protection or defense
of, or realization under this Agreement, any of the other Financing Agreements,
any related agreement, document or instrument, the Collateral and the rights and
remedies hereunder or thereunder, including without limitation, all reasonable
costs, expenses and fees incurred in inspecting or surveying mortgaged real
estate, if any, or conducting Environmental studies or tests, and all reasonable
costs, expenses and fees incurred in connection with any "workout" or default
resolution negotiations involving legal counsel or other professionals and
further in connection with any modification, renegotiation or restructuring of
the indebtedness evidenced by this Agreement and/or any of the other Financing
Agreements and/or Obligations.
(gggg) "Patent Security Agreement" shall have the meaning assigned in
Section 10.1(i) hereof.
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(hhhh) "Plan" means any employee benefit plan or other plan maintained
by Borrower or any entity affiliated with Borrower for employees covered by
Title I of ERISA.
(iiii) "Premises" shall mean the real property located at 0 Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxx., Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx, 0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx and 0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx.
(jjjj) "Prime Rate" shall mean the Prime Rate as published from time
to time in the "Money Rates" section of The Wall Street Journal or any successor
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publication, or in the event that such rate is no longer published in The Wall
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Street Journal, a comparable index or reference selected by Lender. The Prime
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Rate need not and may not necessarily be the lowest or most favorable rate.
(kkkk) "Prime Rate Loan" shall mean any Loan which the Borrower has
selected an interest rate based upon the Prime Rate.
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(llll) "Product Line" shall have the meaning assigned in Section 12.1
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hereof.
(mmmm) "Receivables" shall have the meaning assigned in Section
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12.1(a) hereof.
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(nnnn) "Release" shall mean any release, emission, disposal, leaching
or migration into the environment (including, without limitation, the
abandonment or disposal of any barrels, containers, or other closed receptacles
containing any Hazardous Materials) or into or out of any property owned,
occupied or used by Borrower.
(oooo) "Revolving Loan" and "Revolving Loans" shall have the meanings
assigned in Section 2.1 hereof.
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(pppp) "Revolving Loan Account" shall have the meaning assigned in
Section 2.2 hereof.
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(qqqq) "Revolving Loan Borrowing Base" shall mean: an amount equal to
the lesser of: (i) Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) or (ii) an amount equal to
the aggregate of (1) eighty-five percent (85%) of Eligible Accounts plus (2)
thirty percent (30%) of Eligible Inventory; provided, however, that at no time
shall eighty-five percent (85%) of Eligible Accounts be less than fifty percent
(50%) of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Loan.
(rrrr) "Revolving Loan Note" shall have the meaning assigned in
Section 2.2 hereof.
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(ssss) "Revolving Loan Term" shall have the meaning assigned in
Section 17.1(a) hereof.
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(tttt) "Subsequent Converted Equipment Loan" shall have the meaning
assigned in Section 5.5 hereof.
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(uuuu) "Subsequent Converted Equipment Loan Maturity Date"
shall mean December 31, 2007.
(vvvv) "Subsequent Converted Equipment Loan Note" shall have
the meaning assigned in Section 5.5 hereof.
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(wwww) "Subsequent Equipment Loan" and "Subsequent Equipment
Loans" shall have the meanings assigned in Section 5.1 hereof.
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(xxxx) "Subsequent Equipment Loan Conversion Date" shall mean
January 1, 2004.
(yyyy) "Subsidiary" and "Subsidiaries" shall mean any
corporation or corporations of which the outstanding shares of any stock having
ordinary voting power is at the time owned by Borrower and/or by one or more
Subsidiaries.
(zzzz) "Tangible Net Worth" shall mean Total Assets minus the
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sum of (i) Total Liabilities, and (ii) Intangible Assets.
(aaaaa) "Term Loan" shall have the meaning assigned in Section
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3.1 hereof.
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(bbbbb) "Term Loan Maturity Date" shall mean December 31, 2005.
(ccccc) "Termination Fee" shall have the meaning assigned in
Section 7.6 hereof.
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(ddddd) "Term Loan Note" shall have the meaning assigned in
Section 3.1 hereof.
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(eeeee) "Total Assets" shall mean total assets determined in
accordance with GAAP.
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(fffff) "Total Funded Debt" shall mean all Indebtedness of
Borrower pursuant to any agreement or instrument to which the Borrower is a
party relating to the borrowing of money or the obtaining of credit or in
respect of Capitalized Leases.
(ggggg) "Total Liabilities" shall mean total current
Indebtedness determined in accordance with GAAP.
(hhhhh) "Trademark Security Agreement" shall have the meaning
assigned in Section 10.1(j) hereof.
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(iiiii) "Treasury Rate" means the yield calculated by the
linear interpolation of the yield, as reported in Federal Reserve Statistical
Release H.15-Selected Interest Rates under the heading "U.S. Government
Securities/Treasury Constant Maturities" for the week ending prior to the date
of the relevant prepayment, of United States Treasury constant maturities with a
maturity date (one longer and one shorter) most nearly approximating the end of
the term of the Loan which is being prepaid.
ARTICLE II. Revolving Loans
Section 2.1. Amounts. Subject to the terms and conditions
contained in this Agreement, and so long as no Defaulting Event has occurred,
Lender agrees, in its sole but reasonable discretion, to make and remake loans
(collectively, the "Revolving Loans" and, individually, a "Revolving Loan") to
Borrower from time to time until terminated as provided below in principal
amounts not exceeding in the aggregate at any one time outstanding the Revolving
Loan Borrowing Base, it being agreed and understood that at no time shall the
maximum aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Loans made by Lender exceed
the Revolving Loan Borrowing Base.
Section 2.2. Existing Xxxxxxxxxxxx.Xx of this date and without
giving effect to the financing accommodations contemplated herein,
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Section 2.3. Procedure For Advances, Notice of Revolving Loan
Borrowing, Revolving Loan Note, Etc. Within the limits of the Revolving Loan
Borrowing Base and the Revolving Loan Term, so long as Borrower is in compliance
with all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement and no Defaulting Event
has occurred, Borrower may request borrowings and may repay and request
reborrowings of Revolving Loans. Whenever Borrower desires an advance, Borrower
shall notify Lender (which notice shall be irrevocable) by telecopy or telephone
of the proposed borrowing. Such notice (each, a "Notice of Revolving Loan
Borrowing") shall be accompanied by a borrowing base certificate (in a form
acceptable to Lender), specify the date of the proposed borrowing and the amount
proposed to be borrowed. Each Notice of Revolving Loan Borrowing must be
received by Lender no later than 11:00 a.m., Hartford, Connecticut time on the
day such borrowing is requested. In addition to this Agreement, the Revolving
Loans shall be evidenced by a Second Amended and Restated Revolving Loan Note
payable to Lender in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (the "Revolving Loan
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Note"), which Revolving Loan Note shall amend and restate the Existing Revolving
Loan Note. Insofar as Borrower may request and Lender shall make Revolving Loans
hereunder, Lender shall enter such advances as debits on a revolving loan
account maintained by Borrower with Lender (the "Revolving Loan Account").
Lender may also record to the Revolving Loan Account, in accordance with
customary accounting practices and procedures, (i) all fees, accrued and unpaid
interest, late fees, usual and customary charges for the maintenance and
administration of checking and any other accounts maintained by Borrower with
Lender, and other fees and charges which are properly chargeable to Borrower
under this Agreement, (ii) all payments, subject to collection, made by or
account of indebtedness evidenced by the Revolving Loan Account, (iii) all
proceeds of Collateral which are finally paid to Lender in its own office in
cash or collected items, and (iv) other appropriate debits and credits,
including without limitation, payments of interest due hereunder.
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Section 2.4. Monthly Statements. On a monthly basis, Lender
shall render a statement for the Revolving Loan Account, which statement shall
be considered correct and accepted by Borrower and conclusively binding upon
Borrower unless Borrower notifies Lender to the contrary within ten (10) days of
the receipt of said statement by Borrower. Lender shall have the right to debit
the Revolving Loan Account for all interest charges on the Revolving Loan as and
when the same shall be due and payable, if not otherwise paid by Borrower,
subject to applicable law.
Section 2.5. Lender Discretion. Nothing herein shall be
construed to (a) require Lender to make Revolving Loans, and/or (b) prohibit
Lender from lending in excess of the Revolving Loan Borrowing Base, it being
agreed that all such loans and advances shall be at Lender's sole (but in the
case of (a) above, reasonable) discretion and shall not establish a pattern or
custom binding upon Lender.
ARTICLE III. Existing Term Loans
Section 3.1. Amount. Lender hereby agrees to consolidate the
Existing Term Loans into one term loan to Borrower in the original
principal amount of $2,000,000, which amount represents the amount of
the Existing Term Loan plus the sum of $271,509.18 being advanced by
Lender to Borrower on the date hereof (the "Term Loan"). In addition
to this Agreement, the Term Loan shall be evidenced by a Term Loan
Note payable to Lender in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto (the
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"Term Loan Note"), which Term Loan Note shall supersede and replace
the Existing Term Loan Notes.
Section 3.2. Monthly Statements. On a monthly basis, Lender
shall render a statement for the Term Loan, which statement shall be
considered correct and accepted by Borrower and conclusively binding
upon Borrower unless Borrower notifies Lender to the contrary within
ten (10) days of the receipt of said statement by Borrower. Lender
shall have the right to debit
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any account of Borrower for all principal, interest and other charges
on the Term Loan as and when the same shall be due and payable, if not
otherwise paid by Borrower.
ARTICLE IV. Initial Equipment Loan; Initial Converted Equipment Loan
Section 4.1. Amount. Subject to the terms and conditions
contained in this Agreement and so long as no Defaulting Event has occurred, on
or after January 1, 2002 Lender agrees to make loans (collectively, the "Initial
Equipment Loans" and, individually, an "Initial Equipment Loan") to Borrower, on
the last Business Day of each and every fiscal quarter until terminated as
provided below, in principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate at any one
time outstanding the Equipment Loan Borrowing Base, it being agreed and
understood that at no time shall the maximum aggregate principal amount of the
Equipment Loans made by Lender exceed the Equipment Loan Borrowing Base.
Section 4.2. Procedure For Advances; Equipment Loan Notice of
Borrowing; Equipment Loan Note, Etc. Within the limits of the Equipment Loan
Borrowing Base, so long as Borrower is in compliance with all of the terms and
conditions of this Agreement and no Defaulting Event has occurred, Borrower may
request borrowings and repay BUT NOT REBORROW Initial Equipment Loans. To be
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eligible to obtain any Initial Equipment Loan, Borrower must submit to Lender at
least three (3) Business Days prior to the date on which Borrower requests
Lender to make such Initial Equipment Loan, enforceable at the sole option of
Lender: (a) copies of invoices which reflect the actual cost of the Eligible
Equipment being purchased with the proceeds of such Initial Equipment Loan,
including, if any, installation and other services and costs associated
therewith; (b) evidence satisfactory to Lender that upon payment of the purchase
price therefor, the Eligible Equipment shall be in the Borrower's physical
possession and that (1) the Borrower has acquired good title to such Eligible
Equipment, and (2) such Eligible Equipment is not subject to any pledge, lien,
lease, encumbrance or charge of any kind whatsoever, other than in favor of
Lender. Whenever Borrower desires an advance,
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Borrower shall notify Lender (which notice shall be irrevocable) by telecopy or
telephone of the proposed borrowing. Such notice (each, a "Notice of Equipment
Loan Borrowing") shall specify the date of the proposed borrowing and the amount
proposed to be borrowed. Each Notice of Equipment Loan Borrowing must be
received by Lender no later than 11:00 a.m., Hartford, Connecticut time on the
day such borrowing is requested. In addition to this Agreement, the Initial
Equipment Loans shall be evidenced by an Equipment Loan Note payable to Lender
in the form of Exhibit C attached hereto (the "Equipment Loan Note"). Insofar as
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Borrower may request and Lender shall make Initial Equipment Loans hereunder,
Lender shall enter such advances as debits on an equipment loan account
maintained by Borrower with Lender (the "Equipment Loan Account"). Lender may
also record to the Equipment Loan Account, in accordance with customary
accounting practices and procedures, (i) all fees, accrued and unpaid interest,
late fees, usual and customary charges for the maintenance and administration of
checking and any other accounts maintained by Borrower with Lender, and other
fees and charges which are properly chargeable to Borrower under this Agreement,
(ii) all payments, subject to collection, made by or account of indebtedness
evidenced by the Equipment Loan Account, (iii) all proceeds of Collateral which
are finally paid to Lender in its own office in cash or collected items, and
(iv) other appropriate debits and credits, including without limitation,
payments of interest due hereunder.
Section 4.3. Monthly Statements. On a monthly basis, Lender
shall render a statement for the Equipment Loan Account, which statement shall
be considered correct and accepted by Borrower and conclusively binding upon
Borrower unless Borrower notifies Lender to the contrary within ten (10) days of
the receipt of said statement by Borrower. Lender shall have the right to debit
the Equipment Loan Account for all interest charges on the Initial Equipment
Loans as and when the same shall be due and payable, if not otherwise paid by
Borrower, subject to applicable law.
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Section 4.4. Lender Discretion. Nothing herein shall be
construed to prohibit Lender from lending in excess of the Equipment Loan
Borrowing Base, it being agreed that all such loans and advances shall be at
Lender's sole discretion and shall not establish a pattern or custom binding
upon Lender.
Section 4.5. Conversion to Initial Converted Equipment Loan.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, so long as
Borrower is in compliance with all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement
and no Defaulting Event has occurred, on the Initial Equipment Loan Conversion
Date, the then outstanding principal balance of the Initial Equipment Loans
shall convert into term indebtedness having a final maturity on the Initial
Converted Equipment Loan Maturity Date (the "Initial Converted Equipment Loan").
The Initial Converted Equipment Loan shall bear interest at a rate determined in
accordance with Section 7.1 hereof, and be payable in forty-eight (48)
substantially equal, consecutive monthly payments of principal in accordance
with the terms and conditions of an Initial Converted Equipment Loan Note
payable to Lender in the form of Exhibit D attached hereto (the "Initial
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Converted Equipment Loan Note"). On the Initial Equipment Loan Conversion Date,
Borrower shall execute and/or deliver, or cause to be delivered to Lender an
Initial Converted Equipment Loan Note and such other instruments, documents and
agreements as Lender reasonably requires, all in form, scope and substance
satisfactory to Lender. On and after the Initial Equipment Loan Conversion Date,
Borrower shall have no ability to request, and Lender shall have no obligation
to make, any further Initial Equipment Loans.
ARTICLE V. Subsequent Equipment Loan; Subsequent Converted Equipment
Loan
Section 5.1. Amount. If (a) a written notice is given by the
Borrower to the Lender not less than thirty (30) days and not more than
forty-five (45) days prior to the Initial Equipment Loan Conversion Date
requesting that the Lender make Subsequent Equipment Loans, (b) such notice is
given at a time when no
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Defaulting Event has occurred and is continuing, and no Event of Default occurs
between the giving of such notice and the Initial Equipment Loan Conversion
Date, (c) the entire outstanding principal balance of the Initial Equipment Loan
has converted into an Initial Converted Equipment Loan in accordance with
Section 4.5 hereof, and (d) the Lender gives written notice to the Borrower
prior to the Initial Equipment Loan Conversion Date that the Lender agrees to
make Subsequent Equipment Loans (it being understood that the Lender shall have
the right to determine whether to agree to make any Subsequent Equipment Loans
in the Lender's sole discretion), then, subject to the terms and conditions
contained in this Agreement and so long as no Defaulting Event has occurred,
Lender agrees to make loans (collectively, the "Subsequent Equipment Loans" and,
individually, a "Subsequent Equipment Loan") to Borrower, on the last Business
Day of each and every fiscal quarter until terminated as provided below, in
principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate at any one time outstanding the
Equipment Loan Borrowing Base (which shall not be reduced by the amount of the
Initial Converted Equipment Loan), it being agreed and understood that at no
time shall the maximum aggregate principal amount of the Subsequent Equipment
Loans made by Lender exceed the Equipment Loan Borrowing Base.
Section 5.2. Procedure For Advances; Equipment Loan Notice of
Borrowing; Subsequent Equipment Loan Note, Etc. Within the limits of the
Equipment Loan Borrowing Base, subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement and so long as no Defaulting Event has occurred, Borrower may request
borrowings and repay BUT NOT REBORROW Subsequent Equipment Loans. To be eligible
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to obtain any Subsequent Equipment Loan, Borrower must submit to Lender at least
three (3) Business Days prior to the date on which Borrower requests Lender to
make such Subsequent Equipment Loan, enforceable at the sole option of Lender:
(a) copies of invoices which reflect the actual cost of the Eligible Equipment
being purchased with the proceeds of such Subsequent Equipment Loan, including,
if any, installation and other services and costs associated therewith; (b)
evidence satisfactory to Lender that upon payment of the
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purchase price therefor, the Eligible Equipment shall be in the Borrower's
physical possession and that (1) the Borrower has acquired good title to such
Eligible Equipment, and (2) such Eligible Equipment is not subject to any
pledge, lien, lease, encumbrance or charge of any kind whatsoever, other than in
favor of Lender. Whenever Borrower desires an advance, Borrower shall notify
Lender (which notice shall be irrevocable) pursuant to a Notice of Equipment
Loan Borrowing. Each Notice of Equipment Loan Borrowing shall specify the date
of the proposed borrowing and the amount proposed to be borrowed. Each Notice of
Equipment Loan Borrowing must be received by Lender no later than 11:00 a.m.,
Hartford, Connecticut time on the day such borrowing is requested. In addition
to this Agreement, the Subsequent Equipment Loans shall be evidenced by the
Equipment Loan Note. Insofar as Borrower may request and Lender shall make
Subsequent Equipment Loans hereunder, Lender shall enter such advances as debits
on the Equipment Loan Account. Lender may also record to the Equipment Loan
Account, in accordance with customary accounting practices and procedures, (i)
all fees, accrued and unpaid interest, late fees, usual and customary charges
for the maintenance and administration of checking and any other accounts
maintained by Borrower with Lender, and other fees and charges which are
properly chargeable to Borrower under this Agreement, (ii) all payments, subject
to collection, made by or account of indebtedness evidenced by the Equipment
Loan Account, (iii) all proceeds of Collateral which are finally paid to Lender
in its own office in cash or collected items, and (iv) other appropriate debits
and credits, including without limitation, payments of interest due hereunder.
Section 5.3. Monthly Statements. On a monthly basis, Lender
shall render a statement for the Equipment Loan Account, which statement shall
be considered correct and accepted by Borrower and conclusively binding upon
Borrower unless Borrower notifies Lender to the contrary within ten (10) days of
the receipt of said statement by Borrower. Lender shall have the right to debit
the Equipment Loan Account for all interest charges on the Subsequent Equipment
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Loans as and when the same shall be due and payable, if not otherwise paid by
Borrower, subject to applicable law.
Section 5.4. Lender Discretion. Nothing herein shall be
construed to prohibit Lender from lending in excess of the Equipment Loan
Borrowing Base, it being agreed that all such loans and advances shall be at
Lender's sole discretion and shall not establish a pattern or custom binding
upon Lender.
Section 5.5. Conversion to Subsequent Converted Equipment
Loan. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, so long as
Borrower is in compliance with all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement
and no Defaulting Event has occurred, on the Subsequent Equipment Loan
Conversion Date, the then outstanding principal balance of the Subsequent
Equipment Loans shall convert into term indebtedness having a final maturity on
the Subsequent Converted Equipment Loan Maturity Date (the "Subsequent Converted
Equipment Loan"). The Subsequent Converted Equipment Loan shall bear interest at
a rate determined in accordance with Section 7 hereof, and be payable in
forty-eight (48) substantially equal, consecutive monthly payments of principal
in accordance with the terms and conditions of a Subsequent Converted Equipment
Loan Note payable to Lender in the form of Exhibit E attached hereto (the
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"Subsequent Converted Equipment Loan Note"). On the Subsequent Equipment Loan
Conversion Date, Borrower shall execute and/or deliver, or cause to be delivered
to Lender a Subsequent Converted Equipment Loan Note and such other instruments,
documents and agreements as Lender reasonably requires, all in form, scope and
substance satisfactory to Lender. On and after the Subsequent Equipment Loan
Conversion Date, Borrower shall have no ability to request, and Lender shall
have no obligation to make, any further Subsequent Equipment Loans.
ARTICLE VI. Final Equipment Loan; Final Converted Equipment Loan
Section 6.1. Amount. If (a) a written notice is given by the
Borrower to the Lender not less than thirty (30) days and not more than
forty-five (45) days
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prior to the Subsequent Equipment Loan Conversion Date requesting that the
Lender make Final Equipment Loans, (b) such notice is given at a time when no
Defaulting Event has occurred and is continuing, and no Event of Default occurs
between the giving of such notice and the Subsequent Equipment Loan Conversion
Date, (c) the entire outstanding principal balance of the Initial Equipment
Loans and the entire outstanding principal balance of the Subsequent Equipment
Loans has converted in an Initial Converted Equipment Loan and a Subsequent
Converted Equipment Loan in accordance with Sections 4.5 and 5.5 hereof,
respectively, and (d) the Lender gives written notice to the Borrower prior to
the Subsequent Equipment Loan Conversion Date that the Lender agrees to make
Final Equipment Loans (it being understood that the Lender shall have the right
to determine whether to agree to make any Final Equipment Loans in the Lender's
sole discretion), then, subject to the terms and conditions contained in this
Agreement and so long as no Defaulting Event has occurred, Lender agrees to make
loans (collectively, the "Final Equipment Loans" and, individually, a "Final
Equipment Loan") to Borrower, on the last Business Day of each and every fiscal
quarter until terminated as provided below, in principal amounts not exceeding
in the aggregate at any one time outstanding the Equipment Loan Borrowing Base
(which shall not be reduced by the amount of the Initial Converted Equipment
Loan or the Subsequent Converted Equipment Loan), it being agreed and understood
that at no time shall the maximum aggregate principal amount of the Final
Equipment Loans made by Lender exceed the Equipment Loan Borrowing Base.
Section 6.2. Procedure For Advances; Equipment Loan Notice of
Borrowing; Final Equipment Loan Note, Etc. Within the limits of the Equipment
Loan Borrowing Base, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and
so long as no Defaulting Event has occurred, Borrower may request borrowings and
repay BUT NOT REBORROW Final Equipment Loans. To be eligible to obtain any Final
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Equipment Loan, Borrower must submit to Lender at least three (3) Business Days
prior to the date on which Borrower requests Lender to make such Final
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Equipment Loan, enforceable at the sole option of Lender: (a) copies of invoices
which reflect the actual cost of the Eligible Equipment being purchased with the
proceeds of such Final Equipment Loan, including, if any, installation and other
services and costs associated therewith; (b) evidence satisfactory to Lender
that upon payment of the purchase price therefor, the Eligible Equipment shall
be in the Borrower's physical possession and that (1) the Borrower has acquired
good title to such Eligible Equipment, and (2) such Eligible Equipment is not
subject to any pledge, lien, lease, encumbrance or charge of any kind
whatsoever, other than in favor of Lender. Whenever Borrower desires an advance,
Borrower shall notify Lender (which notice shall be irrevocable) pursuant to a
Notice of Equipment Loan Borrowing. Each Notice of Equipment Loan Borrowing
shall specify the date of the proposed borrowing and the amount proposed to be
borrowed. Each Notice of Equipment Loan Borrowing must be received by Lender no
later than 11:00 a.m., Hartford, Connecticut time on the day such borrowing is
requested. In addition to this Agreement, the Final Equipment Loans shall be
evidenced by the Equipment Loan Note. Insofar as Borrower may request and Lender
shall make Final Equipment Loans hereunder, Lender shall enter such advances as
debits on the Equipment Loan Account. Lender may also record to the Equipment
Loan Account, in accordance with customary accounting practices and procedures,
(i) all fees, accrued and unpaid interest, late fees, usual and customary
charges for the maintenance and administration of checking and any other
accounts maintained by Borrower with Lender, and other fees and charges which
are properly chargeable to Borrower under this Agreement, (ii) all payments,
subject to collection, made by or account of indebtedness evidenced by the
Equipment Loan Account, (iii) all proceeds of Collateral which are finally paid
to Lender in its own office in cash or collected items, and (iv) other
appropriate debits and credits, including without limitation, payments of
interest due hereunder.
Section 6.3. Monthly Statements. On a monthly basis, Lender
shall render a statement for the Equipment Loan Account, which statement shall
be considered correct and accepted by Borrower and conclusively binding upon
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Borrower unless Borrower notifies Lender to the contrary within ten (10) days of
the receipt of said statement by Borrower. Lender shall have the right to debit
the Equipment Loan Account for all interest charges on the Final Equipment Loans
as and when the same shall be due and payable, if not otherwise paid by
Borrower, subject to applicable law.
Section 6.4. Lender Discretion. Nothing herein shall be
construed to prohibit Lender from lending in excess of the Equipment Loan
Borrowing Base, it being agreed that all such loans and advances shall be at
Lender's sole discretion and shall not establish a pattern or custom binding
upon Lender.
Section 6.5. Conversion to Final Converted Equipment Loan.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, so long as
Borrower is in compliance with all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement
and no Defaulting Event has occurred, on the Final Equipment Loan Conversion
Date, the then outstanding principal balance of the Final Equipment Loans shall
convert into term indebtedness having a final maturity on the Final Converted
Equipment Loan Maturity Date (the "Final Converted Equipment Loan"). The Final
Converted Equipment Loan shall bear interest at a rate determined in accordance
with Section 7 hereof, and be payable in forty-eight (48) substantially equal,
consecutive monthly payments of principal in accordance with the terms and
conditions of a Final Converted Equipment Loan Note payable to Lender in the
form of Exhibit F attached hereto (the "Final Converted Equipment Loan Note").
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On the Final Equipment Loan Conversion Date, Borrower shall execute and/or
deliver, or cause to be delivered to Lender a Final Converted Equipment Loan
Note and such other instruments, documents and agreements as Lender reasonably
requires, all in form, scope and substance satisfactory to Lender. On and after
the Final Equipment Loan Conversion Date, Borrower shall have no ability to
request, and Lender shall have no obligation to make, any further Final
Equipment Loans.
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ARTICLE VII. Interest, Prepayment, Etc.
Section 7.1. Interest.
(a) Pre-default Interest. So long as no Defaulting Event has
occurred:
(i) Revolving Loans. During the period from the date made
through and including the date of payment in full, each Revolving Loan
shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof at a
rate per annum equal to the Eurodollar Rate plus 250 (2.50%) basis
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points.
(ii) Term Loan. The Term Loan shall bear interest on the
outstanding principal amount thereof at a rate per annum equal to the
Eurodollar Rate plus 250 (2.50%) basis points; provided, however, that
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so long as Borrower is in compliance with all of the terms and
conditions of this Agreement and no Defaulting Event has occurred, on
or before March 31, 2002 Borrower may elect to have the entire
outstanding principal amount of the Term Loan permanently accrue
interest at the Cost of Funds Rate on the day in which the requested
Cost of Funds Rate Loan is to take effect plus 275 (2.75%) basis
points. Notice of such election shall be given by Borrower to Lender
in writing at least three (3) Business Days prior to the day in which
the requested Cost of Funds Rate Loan is to take effect. Such written
notice shall be irrevocable.
(iii) Equipment Loans. Each Equipment Loan shall bear
interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof at a rate per
annum equal to the Eurodollar Rate plus 250 (2.50%) basis points.
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(iv) Converted Equipment Loans. Each Converted Equipment
Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof
at a rate per annum equal to the Eurodollar Rate plus 250 (2.50% basis
points; provided, however, that Borrower may elect to have the entire
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outstanding principal amount of each Converted Equipment Loan
permanently accrue interest at the Cost of Funds Rate on the date of
conversion plus 275 (2.75%) basis points. Notice of such election
shall be given by Borrower to Lender in writing at least three (3)
Business Days prior to the date of conversion. Such written notice
shall be irrevocable.
(b) Payment of Interest. So long as any of the Obligations
remain outstanding, interest on the Loans shall be due and payable without
notice or demand monthly in arrears beginning on January 1, 2002 and continuing
on the first business day of each and every month thereafter.
(c) Default Interest Rate. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
interest on the Loans, at all times after the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default, and interest on all payments of interest
that are not paid when due, shall accrue at a rate per annum equal to, in the
case of any Event of Default which occurs as a result of Borrower's failure to
make any payment required hereunder or under the Notes, four percentage points
(4.0%), and in the case of any other Event of Default, two percentage points
(2.0%), in each case above the applicable interest rates otherwise in effect
under this Agreement.
(d) Calculation Of Interest. Interest on the Loans shall be
calculated on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed.
(e) Late Payment. If any amount due hereunder or under the
Notes is not paid within ten (10) days after the date it is due and payable,
without in any way affecting Lender's right to make demand hereunder or to
declare an Event of Default to have occurred, Lender may in its sole discretion
assess a late charge against Borrower equal to five percent (5.0%) of such late
payment (provided, however, that the minimum late charge assessed by Lender
hereunder shall be $15.00), which late charge shall be immediately due and
payable and may be paid by a charge to, at Lender's option, either Borrower's
Revolving Loan Account or Equipment Loan Account.
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(f) Lawful Interest. It being the intent of the parties that
the rate of interest and all other charges to Borrower be lawful, if for any
reason the payment of a portion of interest, fees or charges as required by this
Agreement would exceed the limit established by applicable law which a
commercial bank such as Lender may charge to a commercial borrower such as
Borrower, then the obligation to pay interest or charges shall automatically be
reduced to such limit and, if any amounts in excess of such limits shall have
been paid, then such amounts shall be applied to the unpaid principal amount of
the Obligations or refunded to Borrower so that under no circumstances shall
interest or charges required hereunder exceed the maximum rate allowed by law,
as aforesaid.
Section 7.2. Prepayments.
(a) Optional Prepayments. Borrower may, at its option and upon
thirty (30) Business Days prior written notice (except with respect to the
Revolving Loan in which case no prior written notice shall be required), prepay
any Loan, in whole or in part, on the following conditions: (a) Borrower shall
pay all accrued interest on the principal being paid to the date of the
prepayment and, in the case of prepayments in full, all fees, charges, costs,
expenses and other amounts then due under any of the Loans; (b) any partial
prepayment of the Term Loan or a Converted Equipment Loan shall be applied to
principal installments due thereunder in the inverse order of maturity and shall
not relieve Borrower's obligation to make regularly scheduled principal payments
thereunder; (c) if Borrower wishes to prepay and terminate the Revolving Loans
prior to the expiration of the Revolving Loan Term, Borrower must, at the option
of Lender, also prepay in full the other Loans and all other Obligations,
including without limitation, any amount or amounts due under Article VIII
hereof; and (d) in its notice, the Borrower shall specify the date of prepayment
and the specific amount to be prepaid on such loan. If the Borrower prepays any
Cost of Funds Rate Loan, in whole or in part, the Borrower shall indemnify the
Lender therefor in accordance with Section 8.3 hereof.
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(b) Mandatory Prepayments.
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(i) Revolving Loans. If, at any time, the aggregate principal
amount of all outstanding Revolving Loans shall exceed the Revolving Loan
Borrowing Base, then any such excess amount shall, without limiting any
other rights or remedies of Lender hereunder, be immediately paid by
Borrower to the Lender.
(ii) Equipment Loan. If, at any time, the aggregate principal
amount of all outstanding Equipment Loans shall exceed the Equipment Loan
Borrowing Base, then any such excess amount shall, without limiting any
other rights or remedies of Lender hereunder, be immediately paid by
Borrower to the Lender.
Section 7.3. Closing Fees. On or before the date hereof, Borrower
shall pay or have paid to Lender all fees, expenses and other costs incurred by
Lender in connection with the closing of the extension of the Loans (including,
without limitation, all attorney's and other professionals' fees and expenses).
Section 7.4. Commitment Fee. On or before the date hereof, Borrower
shall pay or have paid to Lender a non-refundable commitment fee of $25,000 in
connection with the closing of the Loans.
Section 7.5. Unused Revolving Loan Fee. The Borrower shall pay to
Lender a fee computed at the per annum rate of one-quarter of one percentage
point (.25%) on the average daily unused portion of the Revolving Loan during
the period for which payment is made, payable monthly in arrears commencing on
August 1, 1998 and continuing on the first Business Day of each and every month
thereafter and on the last day of the Revolving Loan Term or such earlier date
as the Revolving Loan shall terminate.
Section 7.6. Early Termination Fee.
In the event that prior to December 31, 2003 (a) the Revolving Loan is
terminated by the Borrower, or (b) the Revolving Loan is terminated as a result
of the occurrence of an Event of Default, Borrower shall pay to Lender on the
effective date of termination, in
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addition to any other payments Borrower is required to make hereunder, a
termination fee equal to one percent (1%) of the maximum principal amount of the
Loans (the "Termination Fee"). It is understood that the determination of the
maximum principal amount of the Loans shall be made without regard to the
components of the Revolving Loan Borrowing Base based upon Eligible Accounts and
Eligible Inventory and the component of the Equipment Loan Borrowing Base based
upon Eligible Equipment. For example, for purposes of this provision, on the
date hereof the maximum principal amount of the Revolving Loan is $5,000,000,
the maximum principal amount of the Equipment Loan is $1,000,000, the maximum
principal amount of the Term Loan is $2,000,000 and the Termination Fee would be
$80,000.
ARTICLE VIII. Yield Protection
Section 8.1. Increased Costs. In the event that applicable
law, treaty or regulation or directive from any government, governmental agency
or regulatory authority, or any change therein or in the interpretation or
application thereof, or compliance by Lender with any request or directive
(whether or not having the force of law) from any central bank or government,
governmental agency or regulatory authority, shall:
(a) subject Lender to any tax of any kind whatsoever with
respect to this Agreement or any of the Loans (except taxes on the overall net
income of Lender) or change the basis of taxation of payments to Lender of
principal, interest or any other amount payable hereunder (except for changes in
the rate of tax on the overall net income of Lender);
(b) impose, modify or hold applicable any reserve, special
deposit or similar requirements against assets held by, or deposits or other
liabilities in or for the account of, advances or loans by, or other credit
extending by, any office of Lender, including without limitation, pursuant to
Regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; or
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(c) in the reasonable opinion of Lender, cause any Note, any Loan or
this Agreement to be included in any calculations used in the computation of
regulatory capital standards; or
(d) impose on Lender any other condition with respect to this
Agreement, any of the Notes or any of the Loans;
and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to Lender of
making, renewing or maintaining any of the Loans (or any part thereof) by an
amount the Lender deems to be material or to reduce the amount of any payment
(whether of principal, interest or otherwise) with respect to any of the Loans
by an amount that Lender deems to be material, then, in any such case, Borrower
shall promptly pay Lender, upon its demand, such additional amounts as will
compensate Lender for such additional costs or such reduction as the case may be
(collectively, the "Additional Costs"). Lender shall certify the amount of such
Additional Costs to Borrower, and such certification, absent manifest error,
shall be deemed conclusive.
Section 8.2. Capital Adequacy Protection. If, after the date hereof,
Lender shall have determined that the adoption of any applicable law,
governmental rule, regulation or order regarding capital adequacy of banks or
bank holding companies, or any change therein, or any change in the
interpretation or administration thereof by any governmental authority, central
bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration
thereof, or compliance by Lender with any request or directive regarding capital
adequacy (whether or not having the force of law and whether or not failure to
comply therewith would be unlawful, so long as Lender believes in good faith
that such has the force of law or that the failure to so comply would be
unlawful) of any such authority, central bank or comparable agency, has or would
have the effect of reducing the rate of return on Lender's capital as a
consequence of Lender's obligations hereunder to a level below that which Lender
could have achieved but for such adoption, change or compliance (taking into
consideration Lender's policies with respect to capital adequacy immediately
before such adoption, change or compliance and assuming
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that Lender's capital was fully utilized prior to such adoption, change or
compliance) by an amount deemed by Lender in its reasonable judgment to be
material, then, upon demand, Borrower shall immediately pay to Lender, from time
to time as specified by Lender, such additional amounts as shall be sufficient
to compensate Lender of such reduced return, together with interest on each such
amount from the date of such specification by Lender until payment in full
thereof at the highest rate of interest (other than the default rate of
interest) due on the Loans. A certificate of Lender setting forth the amount to
be paid to Lender shall, in the absence of manifest error, be deemed conclusive.
In determining such amount, Lender shall use any reasonable averaging and
attribution methods. Borrower may, however, avoid paying such amounts for future
rate of return reductions if, within the maximum borrowings permitted herein,
Borrower borrows such amounts as will cause Lender to avoid any such future rate
of return reductions which would otherwise be caused by such changed capital
adequacy requirements or Borrower agrees to a reduction in the Loans to achieve
the same result.
Section 8.3. Indemnity. The Borrower agrees to indemnify the Lender
and to hold the Lender harmless from any loss (including the additional costs
referred to in Section 8.1 above and any lost profits) or expense that it may
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sustain or incur as a consequence of any prepayment or any Event of Default by
the Borrower in the payment of the principal of or interest on any Cost of Funds
Rate Loan or as a consequence of a failure by the Borrower to complete a
borrowing of, a prepayment of or conversion of a Cost of Funds Rate Loan after
notice thereof has been given, including (but not limited to) any loss of profit
or any interest payable by the Lender to lenders of funds obtained by it in
order to make or maintain its Cost of Funds Rate Loans hereunder (including the
Cost of Funds Rate Repayment Premium).
Section 8.4. Survival. Unless and only if Lender shall have made
prompt demand upon Borrower for payment of amounts due under this Article VIII
prior to the date upon which full and final payment of the Revolving Loans and
other
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Obligations is made, the obligations and covenants of Borrower under this
Article VIII shall survive the termination of this Agreement and payment of the
Loans and other Obligations.
ARTICLE IX. Representations and Warranties
Section 9.1. Representations and Warranties. Borrower represents and
warrants to Lender that:
(a) Existing Indebtedness. As of this date and without giving effect
to the financing accommodations contemplated herein, Borrower is legally and
validly indebted to Lender by virtue at the Existing Loan Documents in the
principal amounts of $0 with respect to the Existing Revolving Loan, $158,333.47
with respect to the First Term Loan, $599,992 with respect to the Second Term
Loan, $129,887.56 with respect to the Third Term Loan, $625,000.04 with respect
to the Fourth Term Loan, and $215,277.75 with respect to the Fifth Term Loan,
plus interest accrued and accruing thereon and costs and expenses of collection,
including attorneys' fees, and there is no defense, offset, counterclaim, right
of recoupment or any independent claim or cause of action against Lender in
connection therewith.
(b) Authorizations and Representations. (i) The resolutions previously
adopted by the Board of Directors of Borrower and provided to Lender have not in
any way been rescinded or modified and have been and continue to be in full
force and effect since their adoption; (ii) all representations, warranties and
covenants contained in each of the Existing Loan Documents are true and correct
on and as of the date hereof; (iii) no default or event of default (howsoever
defined) has occurred and is continuing under any of the Existing Loan Documents
and no condition exists which would constitute a default or event of default
under any of the Existing Loan Documents but for the giving of notice or passage
of time, or both; and (iv) the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby: (A) is not prevented or limited by and does not conflict with or result
in a breach of the terms,
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conditions or provisions of any evidence of indebtedness, agreement or
instrument of whatever nature to which Borrower is a party by which Borrower is
bound; (B) does not constitute a default under any of the foregoing, and (C) is
not in violation of any federal, state or local law, regulation or order.
(c) Existing Security Interest. All indebtedness of Borrower to
Lender, whenever and however arising, including without limitation, the
indebtedness arising under the Existing Loan Documents, is and continues to be
secured by a duly perfected, blanket first priority lien security interest in
all of Borrower's accounts, inventory, machinery, patents, trademarks, and other
general intangibles and all other assets of Borrower, and the Loans will be
secured as set forth in Article XII below.
(d) Good Standing and Qualification. It is duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. It has
all requisite corporate power and authority to own and operate its properties
and to carry on its business as presently conducted and is duly qualified to do
business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction
wherein the character of the properties owned or leased by it therein or in
which the transaction of its business therein makes such qualification
necessary, except where such failure to be so qualified would not have a
material adverse effect on the financial condition, assets or operations of the
Borrower.
(e) Corporate Authority. It has full power and authority to enter
into this Agreement and the other Financing Agreements to which it is a party,
to make the borrowings contemplated herein, to execute and deliver the Notes and
the other Financing Agreements to which it is a party, and to incur the
obligations provided for herein and therein, all of which have been duly
authorized by all necessary and proper corporate action. No other consent or
approval or the taking of any other action in respect of shareholders or of any
public authority is required as a condition to the validity or enforceability of
this Agreement, the Notes, the other Financing
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Agreements or any other instrument, document or agreement delivered in
connection herewith or therewith.
(f) Binding Agreements. This Agreement constitutes, and the Notes and
the other Financing Agreements executed and/or delivered in connection herewith
or therewith, when issued and delivered pursuant hereto for value received shall
constitute, valid and legally binding obligations of Borrower, enforceable in
accordance with their respective terms, except as enforcement may be limited by
principles of equity, bankruptcy, insolvency, or other laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors' rights generally.
(g) Litigation. Except as set forth on Schedule 9.1(g) attached
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hereto, (i) there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending against Borrower
before any court or administrative agency, nor are there any (ii) actions, suits
or proceedings threatened, which, with respect to both (i) and (ii) individually
or in the aggregate, would materially and adversely affect the financial
condition, assets or operations of Borrower, nor are there any such actions,
suits or proceedings which question the validity of this Agreement, the Notes,
any of the other Financing Agreements or any action to be taken in connection
with the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
(h) No Conflicting Law or Agreements. The execution, delivery and
performance by Borrower of this Agreement, the Notes and each other Financing
Agreement, as the case may be, does not (i) violate any provision of its
Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws or any order, decree or judgment, or any
material provision of any statute, rule or regulation to which the Borrower may
be subject; (ii) violate or conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute
(with notice or lapse of time, or both) a material default under any shareholder
agreement, stock preference agreement, mortgage, indenture or other contract or
undertaking to which it is a party, or by which any of its properties may be
bound; and (iii) result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or
encumbrance of any nature whatsoever upon
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any property or assets of Borrower, except for the liens granted hereunder to
Lender.
(i) Taxes. With respect to all of its taxable periods it has filed
all tax returns which are required to be filed and all federal, state,
municipal, franchise and other taxes shown on such filed returns have been paid
or are being diligently contested by appropriate proceedings and have been
reserved against, as required by generally accepted accounting principles,
consistently applied.
(j) Financial Statements. It has heretofore delivered to Lender its
audited annual balance sheet as of June 30, 2001, and the related statements of
income, retained earnings and cash flows for the fiscal year or period then
ended. Each of such statements is complete and correct in all material respects
and fairly presents its consolidated financial condition as of the dates and for
the periods referred to therein and has been prepared in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles. There are no liabilities, direct or
indirect, fixed or contingent, of Borrower as of the dates of said balance
sheets which are not reflected in such statements or in the notes thereto,
except as are not required to be so reflected in accordance with GAAP.
(k) Adverse Developments. Except as set forth on Schedule 9.1(k)
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attached hereto, since its unaudited balance sheet as of September 30, 2001,
there has been no material adverse change in its financial condition, business,
operations, affairs or prospects or in any of its properties or assets.
(l) Existence of Assets and Title Thereto. Except as set forth on
Schedule 9.1(l) attached hereto, it has good and marketable title to all of its
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properties and assets, including the properties and assets reflected in the
financial statements delivered in connection herewith. None of such properties
or assets are subject to any mortgage, pledge, lien, lease, encumbrance or
charge, except those permitted under the terms of this Agreement, pledges or
deposits in connection with or to secure workers' compensation, unemployment or
liability insurance, liens for
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property taxes not yet due and payable, and other similar liens arising by
operation of law and not in the aggregate material.
(m) Regulations G, T, U and X. The proceeds of the borrowings
hereunder are not being used and will not be used, directly or indirectly, for
the purposes of purchasing or carrying any margin stock in contravention, or
which would cause any Lender to be in violation, of Regulations G, T, U or X
promulgated by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
(n) Compliance. Except as set forth on Schedule 9.1(n) attached
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hereto, it is not in default with respect to any order, writ, injunction or
decree of any court or of any federal, state, municipal or other governmental
department, commission, board, bureau, agency, authority or official, nor is it
in violation of any material law, statute, rule or regulation to which it is or
any of its properties are subject and it has not received notice of any such
default from any party and is not in default in the payment or performance of
any of its material obligations to any third parties or in the performance of
any material mortgage, indenture, lease, contract or other agreement to which it
is a party or by which any of its assets or properties may be bound.
(o) Leases and Subleases. It enjoys quiet and undisturbed possession
under all leases and subleases under which it is operating, and all of such
leases and subleases are valid and subsisting and not in default.
(p) Pension Plans.
(i) No fact, including but not limited to any "reportable event",
as that term is defined in Section 4043 of ERISA, exists in connection with
any Plan of any of the Companies under Sections 414(b), (c), (m), (n) and
(o) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code") which
might constitute grounds for termination of any such Plan by the Pension
Benefit Guaranty Corporation (the "PBGC") or for the appointment by the
appropriate United States District Court of a trustee to administer any
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such Plan. A list of all of the Companies' respective Plans are attached
hereto on Schedule 9.1(p) attached hereto;
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(ii) No "prohibited transaction" within the meaning of Section
406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code exists or will exist upon the
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Financing
Agreements, or the performance by the parties hereto or thereto of their
respective duties and obligations hereunder and thereunder;
(iii) Each of the Companies agrees to do all acts, including,
but not limited to, making all contributions necessary to maintain
compliance with ERISA or the Code, and agrees not to terminate any such
Plan in a manner (or do or fail to do any act) which could result in the
imposition of a lien on any of its properties pursuant to Section 4068 of
ERISA;
(iv) None of the Companies sponsors or maintains, and has never
contributed to, and has not incurred any withdrawal liability under a
"multi-employer plan" as defined in Section 3 of ERISA and none of the
Companies has any written or verbal commitment of any kind to establish,
maintain or contribute to any "multi-employer plan" under the
Multi-employer Pension Plan Amendment Act of 1980;
(v) None of the Companies has any unfunded liability in
contravention of ERISA and the Code;
(vi) Each and every Plan complies currently, and has complied
in the past, both as to form and operation, with its terms and with
provisions of the Code and ERISA, and all applicable regulations
thereunder and all rules issued by the Internal Revenue Service U.S.
Department of Labor and the PBGC and as such, is and remains a
"qualified" plan under the Code;
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(vii) No actions, suits or claims are pending (other
than routine claims for benefits) against any Plan, or the assets of any
such Plan;
(viii) The Companies have performed all obligations
required to be performed by it under any Plan and the Companies are not
in default, or in violation of any Plan, and have no knowledge of any
such default or violation by any other party to any and all Plans;
(ix) No liability has been incurred by any of the
Companies to the PBGC or to participants or beneficiaries on account of
any termination of a Plan subject to Title IV of ERISA, no notice of
intent to terminate a Plan has been filed by (or on behalf of) any of the
Companies pursuant to Section 4041 of ERISA and no proceeding has been
commenced by the PBGC pursuant to Section 4042 of ERISA;
(x) The reporting and disclosure provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933 and Securities Exchange Act of 1934 have been
complied with for all such Plans.
(q) Deferred Compensation Arrangements. Except as set forth
in Schedule 9.1(q) attached hereto, none of the Companies have entered into
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deferred compensation plans, arrangements or commitments (each, individually an
"Arrangement"). With respect to each such Arrangement:
(i) Such Arrangement complies currently, and has
complied in the past, both as to form and operation, with its terms and
the provisions of the Code and ERISA and all applicable laws, rules and
regulations;
(ii) The disclosure and reporting provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 have been
satisfied;
(iii) Such Arrangement is legally valid and binding and
is in full force and effect;
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(iv) The Companies have made all contributions required to be
made under such Arrangement and no contributions are currently due and
owing thereunder;
(v) There are no actions, suits or claims pending (other than
routine claims for benefits) or, to the best of the Companies' knowledge,
which could be reasonably expected to be asserted against such
Arrangement; and
(vi) The Companies have performed all obligations required to
be performed by it under such Arrangement and the Companies are not in
default or in violation of, and the Companies have no knowledge of a such
default or violation by any other party to such Arrangement.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the
representations and warranties contained in this Section 9.1(q) are qualified in
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their entirety by the disclosure set forth in Schedule 9.1(q) attached hereto.
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(r) Chief Executive Office. Its chief executive office and
principal place of business, and the office where its books and records
concerning Collateral are kept, is as set forth in the first paragraph of this
Agreement and in Schedule 9.1(r) attached hereto.
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(s) Places of Business. It has no other places of business and
locates no Collateral, specifically including books and records, at any location
other than as set forth in Schedule 9.1(s) attached hereto. It shall maintain a
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full and complete set of its books and records in its offices at the chief
executive office described in the immediately preceding paragraph.
(t) Contingent Liabilities. It is not a party to any suretyship,
guaranty or other similar type agreement, nor has it offered its endorsement to
any individual, concern, corporation or other entity or acted or failed to act
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manner which would in any way create a contingent liability that does not appear
in the financial statements referred to hereinbefore.
(u) Contracts. After giving effect to the transactions
contemplated upon the closing of this Agreement, no material contract,
governmental or otherwise, to which it will be a party is subject to
renegotiation, nor will it be in default of any material contract to which it is
a party.
(v) Unions and Pensions. It is not a party to any collective
bargaining or union agreement.
(w) Licenses. It has or, with respect to the conduct of its
business in California, has applied and reasonably expects to be granted, all
material licenses, permits and other permissions required by any government,
agency or subdivision thereof, or from any licensing entity to which Borrower
may be subject, necessary for the conduct of its business, all of which it
represents to be in good standing and in full force and effect.
(x) Collateral. After giving effect to the transactions
contemplated upon the closing of this Agreement, it will be the sole owner of
the Collateral free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, security interests and
claims except the liens granted to Lender hereunder and the security interests
and liens listed on Schedule 9.1(x) attached hereto. Borrower is fully
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authorized to grant a security interest in each and every item of the Collateral
to Lender. All documents and agreements related to the Collateral shall be true
and correct and in all respects what they purport to be. All signatures and
endorsements that appear thereon shall be genuine and all signatories and
endorsers shall have full capacity to contract. None of the transactions
underlying or giving rise to the Collateral shall violate any applicable state
or federal laws or regulations. All documents relating to the Collateral shall
be legally sufficient under such laws or regulations and shall be legally
enforceable in accordance with their terms. Borrower agrees to defend the
Collateral against the claims of all persons other than Lender. Notwithstanding
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anything to the contrary contained herein, the representations and warranties
contained in this Section 9.1(x) are qualified in their entirety by the
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disclosure set forth in Schedule 9.1(x) attached hereto.
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(y) Tradenames. It does not have any material tradenames other
than as set forth in Schedule 9.1(y) attached hereto.
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(z) Financial Information. All financial information, including,
but not limited to information relating to the Receivables and Inventory,
submitted by it to Lender, whether previously or in the future, is and will be
true and correct in all material respects, and is and will be complete insofar
as may be necessary to render it a true and accurate depiction of the subject
matter to which it relates.
(aa) Parent or Subsidiary Corporations. Borrower has no parent
corporation and has no Subsidiaries other than as set forth in Schedule 9.1(aa)
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(bb) Environmental Matters.
(i) It has obtained all permits, licenses and other
authorizations which are required under all Environmental Laws. It is
in compliance with the terms and conditions of all such permits,
licenses and authorizations, and is also in compliance with all other
limitations, restrictions, conditions, standards, prohibitions,
requirements, obligations, schedules and timetables contained in any
applicable Environmental Law or in any regulation, code, plan, order,
decree, judgment, injunction, notice or demand letter issued, entered,
promulgated or approved thereunder.
(ii) No notice, notification, demand, request for
information, citation, summons or order has been issued, no complaint
has been filed, no penalty has been assessed and no investigation or
review is pending or threatened by any governmental or other entity
with respect to any alleged failure by Borrower to have any permit,
license or authorization required in
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connection with the conduct of its business or with respect to any
Environmental Laws, including without limitation, Environmental Laws
relating to the generation, treatment, storage, recycling,
transportation, disposal or release of any Hazardous Materials.
(iii) No oral or written notification of a release of any
Hazardous Material has been filed by or against Borrower and no
property now or previously owned, leased or used by it, including
without limitation, the Premises, is listed or proposed for listing on
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Inventory of
Sites or National Priorities List under the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, or on any
similar state or federal list of sites requiring investigation or
cleanup.
(iv) There are no liens or encumbrances arising under or
pursuant to any Environmental Laws on any of the property or properties
owned, leased or used by it, including without limitation, any of the
properties owned or leased by it, and no governmental actions have been
taken or are in process which could subject any of such properties to
such liens or encumbrances or, as a result of which Borrower would be
required to place any notice or restriction relating to the presence of
Hazardous Materials at any property owned by it in any deed to such
property.
(v) Neither it nor, to the best knowledge of Borrower, any
previous owner, tenant, occupant or user of any property owned, leased
or used by Borrower, has (i) engaged in or permitted any operations or
activities upon or any use or occupancy of such property, or any
portion thereof, for the purpose of or in any way involving the
release, discharge, refining, dumping or disposal (whether legal or
illegal, accidental or intentional) of any Hazardous Materials on,
under, or in or about such property, or (ii) transported or had
transported any Hazardous Materials to such property except to the
extent such Hazardous Materials are raw products commonly
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used in day-to-day manufacturing operations of such property and, in
such case, in compliance with, all Environmental Laws; (iii) engaged in
or permitted any operations or activities which would allow the
facility to be considered a treatment, storage or disposal facility as
that term is defined in 40 CFR 264 and 265, (iv) engaged in or
permitted any operations or activities which would cause any of
Borrower's properties to become subject to The Connecticut Transfer
Act. Section 22a-134 et sea. C.G.S., or (v) constructed, stored or
otherwise located Hazardous Materials on under, in or about any such
property except to the extent commonly used in day-to-day operations of
any such property and, in such case, in compliance with all
Environmental Laws. Further, to the best knowledge of Borrower, no
Hazardous Materials have migrated from other properties upon, about or
beneath any such property.
(cc) Use of Proceeds. It will use the proceeds of the Loans solely
for working capital or other business purposes.
ARTICLE X. Conditions of Lending
Section 10.1. Conditions of the Initial Loan. Subject to the terms
hereof, the obligation of Lender to make the first Initial Revolving Loan, the
first Initial Equipment Loan and consolidate the Existing Term Loans into the
Term Loan under this Agreement is subject to the fulfillment of the following
conditions precedent at the time of the execution of this Agreement (Lender
acknowledges it has received the items set forth in subsections (d) through (j)
prior to the execution of this Agreement):
(a) Notes. Lender shall have received a duly executed Second
Amended and Restated Revolving Loan Note, a Consolidated and Amended and
Restated Term Loan Note, and an Equipment Loan Note drawn to its order.
(b) Evidence of Corporate Action. Lender shall have received
certified copies of all corporate action (in form and substance satisfactory to
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Xxxxxx) taken by Borrower to authorize the execution, delivery and performance
of this Agreement, the Notes, and the other Financing Agreements to which it is
a party, and the borrowings to be made hereunder and thereunder, together with
true copies of Borrower's Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws and such
other papers as Lender or its counsel may require.
(c) Opinion of Counsel. Lender shall have received a favorable
written opinion of counsel for Borrower, accompanied by such supporting
documents as Lender or its counsel may require.
(d) Life Insurance Assignment. Lender shall have received a
duly executed life insurance assignment as collateral (the "Life Insurance
Assignment") on the life of Xxxxx X. Xxxxx, which shall be in an amount equal to
$500,000. The Life Insurance Assignment shall be in form, scope and substance
satisfactory to Lender.
(e) UCC-1 Financing Statements. Lender shall have received
from Borrower duly executed UCC-1 financing statements and such other documents
as Lender deems necessary or proper to perfect, upon filing of such UCC-1
financing statements or such other documents, the security interest in the
Collateral, all of which shall be in form, scope and substance
satisfactory to Lender and its counsel.
(f) Notices of Assignment and Post Office Box Change of
Address Cards. Lender shall have received notices of assignment and a post
office change of address cards from Borrower, which shall be in form, scope and
substance satisfactory to Lender and its counsel.
(g) CII Agreement. Lender shall have received an agreement
from Connecticut Innovations, Inc., in form, scope and substance satisfactory to
Lender (the "CII Agreement").
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(h) Patent Security Agreement. Lender shall have received a
Patent Security Agreement, in form, scope and substance satisfactory to Lender
(the "Patent Security Agreement").
(i) Trademark Security Agreement. Lender shall have received a
Trademark Security Agreement, in form, scope and substance satisfactory to
Lender (the "Trademark Security Agreement").
(j) Lockbox Agreement. Lender shall have received a Lockbox
Agreement, in form, scope and substance satisfactory to Lender (the "Lockbox
Agreement").
(k) Further Documents. Lender shall have received such further
documents, instruments and agreements as Lender may request, including without
limitation, title insurance or an attorneys' certificate of title, landlord's
agreements, warehouse agreements, and evidence that the insurance policies and
certificates evidencing adequate insurance and coverage on Borrower's assets are
currently in full force and effect, continue to name Lender as loss payee or
additional insured, as the case may be, and that the premiums are current.
Section 10.2. Conditions of Further Loans. In addition to the
conditions in Section 10.1 above, Lender shall make no further Revolving Loans
or Equipment Loans (collectively, the "Further Loans") unless the following
conditions shall exist or have been satisfied by Borrower at the time any
Further Loan is requested:
(a) Absence of Termination or Default. Lender shall not have
terminated the Revolving Loan facility or the Equipment Loan facility hereunder,
nor shall a Defaulting Event exist or have occurred.
(b) Compliance Certificates. On the date of each Revolving
Loan or Equipment Loan hereunder and after giving effect thereto, Borrower shall
have delivered to Lender, upon Lender's request, a certificate executed by its
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financial officer which states, among other things, that: (i) Borrower has
complied, and is then in compliance, with all the terms, covenants and
conditions of this Agreement and the other Financing Agreements to which it is a
party; (ii) there exists no Event of Default or Defaulting Event; and (iii) the
representations and warranties contained herein and in the other Financing
Agreements are true and correct in all material respects with the same effect as
though such representations and warranties had been made at the time of each
Further Loan.
(c) Revolving Loan Borrowing Base and Equipment Loan Borrowing
Base. The indebtedness of Borrower by virtue of the making of any Revolving Loan
or Equipment Loan shall not exceed the Revolving Loan Borrowing Base or the
Equipment Loan Borrowing Base, respectively. Borrower shall not request any
Revolving Loan or Equipment Loan if the effect of such Revolving Loan or
Equipment Loan shall be to cause the aggregate balance of all Revolving Loans or
Equipment Loans to exceed the Revolving Loan Borrowing Base or the Equipment
Loan Borrowing Base, respectively.
(d) Further Documents. Lender shall have received such further
documents, instruments and agreements as Lender may reasonably request.
ARTICLE XI. Covenants
A. Affirmative Covenants.
Borrower covenants and agrees that from the date hereof until payment
and performance in full of all Obligations, and until the termination of this
Agreement, unless Lender otherwise consents in writing, Borrower shall:
Section 11.1. Financial Statements. Deliver or caused to be
delivered to Lender: (a) within thirty (30) days after the close of each fiscal
month of Borrower, internally prepared financial statements of Borrower
including balance sheets as of the close of such month, and statements of income
and retained earnings for such month and for that portion of the fiscal
year-to-date then ended,
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all of which financial statements shall be prepared on a basis consistent with
that of the preceding period or containing disclosure of the effect on financial
condition or results of operations, and which shall be certified by the chief
financial officer of Borrower as being accurate and fairly presenting the
financial condition of Borrower; (b) within one hundred five (105) days after
the close of each fiscal year of Borrower, audited financial statements
including a balance sheet as of the close of such fiscal year and statements of
income, stockholders' capital and cash flow for the year then ended, both
prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles, applied on
a basis consistent with that of the preceding year or containing disclosure of
the effect on financial condition or results of operations of any change in the
application of accounting principles during the year, and accompanied by a
report thereon containing an unqualified opinion of a recognized certified
public accounting firm selected by Borrower and reasonably satisfactory to
Lender (it being hereby agreed and understood that McGladrey & Xxxxxx is an
accounting firm satisfactory to Lender), which opinion shall state that such
financial statements fairly present the financial condition and results of
operations of Borrower in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles; (c) at least thirty (30) days prior to the close of each fiscal year
of Borrower, internally prepared drafts of annual projections of Borrower, in
form, scope and substance satisfactory to Lender; (d) within fifteen (15) days
of the close of each month, monthly aging of accounts receivable and accounts
payable, inventory status reports, ineligible calculations and reconciliations,
all in form, scope and substance satisfactory to Lender; (e) contemporaneously
with the delivery to shareholders or governmental agencies, copies of all
reports and information delivered to shareholders or filed with governmental
agencies, including without limitation, Forms 10-K and 10-Q; (f) promptly upon
Lender's written request, such other information about the financial condition
and operations of Borrower as Lender may, from time to time, reasonably request;
and (g) promptly upon becoming aware of any Event of Default, or the occurrence
or existence of a Defaulting Event, notice thereof in writing. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, the requirements herein with respect
to interim financial statements shall be subject to normal and
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customary year-end audit adjustments and the fact that footnotes sufficient to
satisfy the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
need not be as extensive as what may be required by generally accepted
accounting principles.
Section 11.2. Insurance and Endorsements. (a) Keep its
properties and cause the Premises to be insured against fire and other hazards
(pursuant to so-called "All Risk" coverage) in amounts and with companies
satisfactory to Lender to the same extent and covering such risks as is
customary in the same or a similar business; maintain public liability coverage,
including without limitation, products liability coverage, against claims for
personal injuries or death; and maintain all worker's compensation, employment
or similar insurance as may be required by applicable law; and (b) all insurance
shall contain such terms, be in such form, and be for such periods reasonably
satisfactory to Lender, and be written by carriers duly licensed by the
appropriate governmental authorities of each state where any Collateral is
located. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, such insurance must
provide that it may not be canceled without thirty (30) days' prior written
notice to Lender. Borrower shall cause Lender to be endorsed as a loss payee
with a long form Lender's Loss Payable Clause, in form and substance acceptable
to Lender on all such insurance. In the event of failure to provide and maintain
insurance as herein provided, Lender may, at its option, provide such insurance
and charge the amount thereof to the Revolving Loan Account. Borrower shall
furnish to Lender certificates or other satisfactory evidence of compliance with
the foregoing insurance provisions. Borrower hereby irrevocably appoints Lender
as its attorney-in-fact, coupled with an interest to make proofs of loss and
claims for insurance, and to receive payments of the insurance proceeds and
execute and endorse all documents, checks and drafts in connection with payment
of such insurance. Any insurance proceeds received by Lender shall be applied to
the Obligations in such order and manner as Lender shall determine in its sole
discretion.
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Section 11.3. Tax and Other Liens. Comply in all material
respects with all statutes and government regulations and pay all taxes,
assessments, governmental charges or levies, or claims for labor, supplies, rent
and other obligations made against it or their property which, if unpaid, might
become a lien or charge against Borrower or its properties, except for any of
the foregoing being contested in good faith and against which adequate reserves
have been established in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles.
Section 11.4. Place of Business; Locations of Collateral.
Maintain its chief place of business and chief executive offices at the address
set forth in the introductory sentence hereof and its other places of business
as set forth in Schedule 11.4 hereto unless Borrower shall have given Lender
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thirty (30) days' prior written notice of each change in such place of business.
Locate no Collateral at any location other than the Premises; provided, however,
that (a) Borrower may locate inventory (other than work-in-process at customers'
premises) at locations other than the Premises which in the aggregate at any one
time does not have a value of more than $100,000, and (b) Borrower may locate
work-in-process at customers' premises.
Section 11.5. Inspections. Allow Lender by or through any of
its officers, attorneys, and/or accountants designated by it, for the purpose of
ascertaining whether or not each and every provision hereof and of any related
agreement, instrument and document is being performed, to enter the offices and
plants of Borrower to examine or inspect any of the properties, books and
records or extracts therefrom, to make copies of such books and records or
extracts therefrom and to make complete environmental studies and/or
investigations, and to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts thereof with
Borrower all at such reasonable times, upon reasonable notice and as often as
Lender or any representative of Lender may reasonably request.
Section 11.6. Litigation. Promptly advise Lender of the
commencement or threat of litigation, including arbitration proceedings and any
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proceedings before any governmental agency (but excluding product liability
claims which are either fully covered by insurance or adequately covered by
insurance and which are not likely to have a material adverse effect on the
business, assets or condition (financial or otherwise) of Borrower), which is
instituted against Borrower and is reasonably likely to have a materially
adverse effect upon the condition financial, operating or otherwise, of
Borrower.
Section 11.7. Maintenance of Existence. Maintain its corporate
existence and comply with all valid and applicable statutes, rules and
regulations, and maintain its properties in good repair, working order and
operating condition. Borrower shall immediately notify Lender of any event
causing material loss in the value of their assets.
Section 11.8. Inventory. Allow Lender to examine and inspect
the Inventory at reasonable times and intervals and upon reasonable notice.
Borrower shall immediately notify Lender of any event causing material loss or
depreciation in value of Inventory and the amount of such loss or depreciation.
Section 11.9. ERISA. Immediately notify Lender of any event
which causes it not to be in compliance with ERISA in all material respects.
Section 11.10. Notice of Certain Events. Give prompt written
notice to Lender of:
(a) any material dispute that may arise between Borrower and
any governmental regulatory body or law enforcement agency;
(b) any labor controversy resulting or likely to result in a
strike or work stoppage against Borrower;
(c) any proposal by any public authority to acquire the assets
or business of Borrower;
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(d) the location of any Collateral other than at Borrower's
places of business disclosed in this Agreement (other than Collateral in transit
in the ordinary course of Borrower's business);
(e) any proposed or actual change of the name, identity or
legal form of organization of Borrower;
(f) any circumstance or event by virtue of which or in
connection with which Borrower may have incurred or may incur any liability,
expense or responsibility under any Environmental Law, including, without
limitation: (i) any Release of any Hazardous Material required to be reported to
any federal, state or local governmental authority instrumentality or agency
under any applicable Environmental Law; (ii) any and all written communications
with respect to claims or suits under any applicable Environmental Law or any
Release of Hazardous Material required to be reported to any federal, state or
local governmental authority, instrumentality or agency; (iii) any remedial
action taken by Borrower or any other person in response to (A) any Hazardous
Material on, under or about the properties or assets of Borrower, the existence
of which may give rise to a claim or suit resulting in a material change of
Borrower's business operations or financial condition, or (B) any claim or suit
resulting in a material change of Borrower's business operations or financial
condition; (iv) Borrower's discovery of any occurrence or condition on any real
property adjoining or in the vicinity of Borrower's business premises which may
cause such premises to be in violation of any Environmental Law or to be subject
to any restrictions on the ownership, occupation, transferability or use thereof
under any Environmental Law and (v) any request for information from any
federal, state or local governmental authority, instrumentality or agency that
indicates such entity is investigating Borrower's potential responsibility for a
Release of Hazardous Material;
(g) any other matter which has resulted or is reasonably
likely to result in a material adverse change in the financial condition or
operations of Borrower;
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(h) any information received by Borrower with respect to any
Receivable that may materially affect the value thereof or the rights and
remedies of Lender with respect thereto; and
(i) any action, suit or claim pending or which is threatened
or asserted against Borrower.
Section 11.11. Defaults. Upon the occurrence of an Event of
Default or of a Defaulting Event, give prompt written notice of such occurrence
to Lender signed by the president or chief financial officer of Borrower
describing such occurrence and the action, if any, being taken to cure the Event
of Default or Defaulting Event.
Section 11.12. Duties. Borrower has complied and will continue
to comply with any and all material federal, state and local laws affecting its
business, including, but not limited to, payment of all federal and state taxes
with respect to sales to Account Debtors by Borrower and disclosures in
connection therewith. Borrower agrees to indemnify Lender against and hold
Lender harmless from, all claims, actions and losses, including reasonable
attorney's fees and costs incurred by Lender arising from any contention,
whether well founded or otherwise, that there has been a failure to comply with
such laws.
Section 11.13. Collateral Duties. Do whatever Lender may
reasonably request from time to time by way of obtaining, executing, delivering
and filing financing statements, assignments, landlord's or mortgagee's waivers,
warehouse agreements and other notices and amendments and renewals of any of the
foregoing, and Borrower will take any and all reasonable steps and observe such
formalities as Lender may reasonably request, in order to create and maintain a
valid and enforceable first lien upon, pledge of, and first priority security
interest in, any and all of the Collateral. Lender hereby is authorized to file
financing statements without the signature of Borrower and to execute and file
such financing statements on behalf of Borrower as specified by the Uniform
Commercial Code to
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perfect or maintain its security interest in all of the Collateral. All
reasonable charges, expenses and fees Lender may incur in filing any of the
foregoing, together with reasonable costs and expenses of any lien search
required by Lender, and any taxes relating thereto, shall be charged to the
Revolving Loan Account and added to the Obligations.
Section 11.14. Audit and Appraisals by Lender; Fees. Permit
Lender by or through any of its officers, employees or other representatives to
audit the books and records of Borrower and to conduct or cause to be conducted
appraisals of Borrower's assets at such times, upon reasonable notice, and in
such manner and detail as Lender deems reasonable. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, Lender shall be allowed to verify the Receivables
and Inventory of Borrower and to confirm with Account Debtors the validity and
amount of Receivables. Lender is hereby authorized to charge any such audit and
appraisal fees and expenses to the Revolving Loan Account. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, so long as no Event of Default has occurred, Lender shall not conduct
more than two (2) audits or appraisals per calendar year and Borrower shall not
be obligated to reimburse or pay to Lender in excess of $15,000 per calendar
year in the aggregate for fees and expenses incurred in connection with any such
audit or appraisal.
Section 11.15. Bank Accounts. Maintain all of its bank
accounts, including without limitation, its operating and depository accounts,
at Lender; provided however, the Borrower shall be permitted to have operating
and depository accounts not maintained by Lender so long as either (i) the
aggregate amount on deposit therein (not including for payroll) does not exceed
$100,000 at any one time and so long as it is necessary for Borrower to have
such accounts because Lender does not maintain a branch convenient to Borrower
for the purposes of such account or (ii) the Borrower has on deposit with Lender
an aggregate amount at least equal to the aggregate outstanding principal amount
of the Loans.
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Section 11.15A. Lessor's Agreements. Use commercially reasonable efforts to
obtain Lessor's Agreements, in the form of Exhibit G hereto, from the landlord
of each of the Borrower's properties described in Section 9.1(s) of the
Disclosure Schedule, within sixty (60) days of the date hereof. If Borrower is
unable to obtain such agreements in such time period, it shall continue to use
commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the same from time to time thereafter.
B. Negative Covenants.
The Borrower covenants and agrees that from the date hereof until payment
and performance in full of all Obligations and until the termination of this
Agreement, unless Lender otherwise consents in writing, the Borrower shall not:
Section 11.16. Encumbrances. Incur or permit to exist any lien,
mortgage, charge or other encumbrance against any of its properties or assets,
whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except: (a) liens required or expressly
permitted by this Agreement; (b) pledges or deposits in connection with or to
secure worker's compensation, unemployment or liability insurance; (c) those
listed on Schedule 9.1(x) attached hereto; and (d) purchase money liens securing
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financing for machinery and equipment purchased in the ordinary course of
business as permitted pursuant to Section 11.17(b) below.
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Section 11.17. Limitation on Indebtedness. Create, incur or guarantee
any indebtedness or obligation for borrowed money (including without limitation,
any reimbursement obligations for any letter of credit issued by any financial
institution) or issue or sell any of its obligations to any lender, except: (a)
as set forth on Schedule 11.17 attached hereto; and (b) purchase money financing
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and/or capitalized lease obligations for machinery and equipment purchased or
leased in the ordinary course of business in the aggregate principal amount of
not greater than $350,000 in any fiscal year.
Section 11.18. Contingent Liabilities. Assume, guarantee, endorse or
otherwise become liable upon the obligations of any person, firm or corporation,
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enter into any purchase or option agreement or other arrangement having
substantially the same effect as such a guarantee, except by the endorsement of
negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or similar transactions in the
ordinary course of business.
Section 11.19. Consolidation or Merger. Merge into or consolidate with
or into any entity.
Section 11.20. Loans, Advances, Investments. Except as set forth on
Schedule 11.20 attached hereto, make or permit to exist any loans or advances
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to, or purchase any stock, other securities or evidences of indebtedness of, or
make or permit to exist any investment (including without limitation the
acquisition of stock of a corporation), or acquire any assets or any other
interest whatsoever, in any other person; provided, however, that Borrower shall
be permitted to make investments in short-term direct obligations of the United
States Government so long as such obligations mature not more than one (1) year
after the date of acquisition thereof and that Lender continues to have a duly
perfected first lien security interest in such obligations in form, scope and
substance satisfactory to Lender; and provided further that the Borrower shall
be permitted to make loans to its officers, directors and shareholders in the
ordinary course of business in the aggregate principal amount of not greater
than $25,000 at any time, and advances for travel expenses incurred in the
ordinary course of Borrower's business. Lender acknowledges that Borrower has
advised it that Borrower may, in the future, desire to acquire interests in
other persons and, in connection with any such acquisition, Borrower may request
financing from Lender to fund any such acquisition. Lender agrees that it shall
not unreasonably withhold its consent to, and the use of Revolving Loan proceeds
for, any such investment or acquisition with respect to another person so long
as (a) at the time of any such investment or acquisition no Event of Default or
Defaulting Event shall have occurred or would occur after giving effect thereto
(including, without limitation, of any financial covenant set forth in Article
XIC below), and (b) the interests proposed to be acquired are with respect to
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an industry which is similar, related or complementary to Borrower's industry.
Lender further agrees that it will consider any request from Borrower for
consent to, and financing for, any such investment or acquisition that does not
satisfy (a) or (b) above, it being agreed and understood that the granting of
any such consent or commitment to finance shall be in the sole discretion of
Lender.
Section 11.21. Acquisition of Stock of Borrower; Dividends. Except as
may be permitted pursuant to the terms of the CII Agreement and except for the
purchase of warrants from CII for an amount not exceeding $250,000, purchase,
acquire, redeem or retire, or make any commitment to purchase, acquire, redeem
or retire, any of the capital stock of Borrower, whether now or hereafter
outstanding, or declare or pay any dividend, or make any distribution to any of
its stockholders.
Section 11.22. Sale and Lease of Assets. Except as set forth on
Schedule 11.22 attached hereto and except for the sale of any asset no longer
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used in Borrower's business having a value not exceeding $10,000, sell or lease
any of the assets of the Borrower, except for sales of inventory in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past practices and on an arms-length basis.
Section 11.23. Name Changes. Change its name from that set forth in
this Agreement.
Section 11.24. Prohibited Transfers. Transfer, in any manner, either
directly or indirectly, any cash, property, or other asset to any parent or any
of its affiliates or Subsidiaries, other than sales made in the ordinary course
of business and for fair consideration on terms no less favorable than if such
sale had been an arms-length transaction between Borrower or such Subsidiary and
an unaffiliated entity.
Section 11.25. Leasebacks. Lease any real estate or other capital
asset from any lessor who shall have acquired such property from Borrower.
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Section 11.26. CII Agreement. Amend the CII Agreement or make payment
of any sums to CII in violation of the CII Agreement.
C. Financial Covenants.
Borrower agrees and covenants that from the date hereof until the payment
and performance in full of all Obligations, and until the termination of this
Agreement, Borrower shall not:
Section 11.27. Tangible Net Worth. Permit its Tangible Net Worth to be
less than (a) $8,500,000 on June 30, 2001 and September 30, 2001, and (b)
$9,000,000 on December 31, 2001 and at the end of each and every fiscal quarter
thereafter.
Section 11.28. Debt to Worth Ratio. Permit its Debt to Worth Ratio to
be greater than 1.75 to 1.0 on June 30, 2001, and at the end of each and every
fiscal quarter thereafter.
Section 11.29. Debt Service Coverage Ratio. Permit its Debt Service
Coverage Ratio (a) to be less than 2.0 to 1.0 for the two (2) consecutive fiscal
quarters ending on June 30, 2001, (b) to be less than 2.0 to 1.0 for the three
(3) consecutive fiscal quarters ending on September 30, 2001, and (c) to be less
than 2.0 to 1.0 for each period of four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters ending
on December 31, 2001 and at the end of each and every fiscal quarter thereafter.
Section 11.30. Leverage Ratio. Permit its Leverage Ratio (a) to be
greater than 3.0 to 1.0 for the two (2) consecutive fiscal quarters ending on
June 30, 2001, (b) to be greater than 2.5 to 1.0 for the three (3) consecutive
fiscal quarters ending on September 30, 2001, and (c) to be greater than 2.5 to
1.0 for each period of four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters ending on December
31, 2001 and at the end of each and every fiscal quarter thereafter.
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ARTICLE XII. Collateral
Section 12.1. Grant. To secure the prompt payment and performance of
each and all of the Obligations, the Borrower pledges, assigns, transfers and
grants to Lender a continuing first priority security interest in the following
property of Borrower, whether now owned or hereafter acquired or arising (the
"Collateral"):
(a) All accounts and accounts receivable related to or arising from
the sale or lease of inventory or rendition of services by Borrower (the
"Accounts") and all other accounts, bank accounts, contracts, contract rights,
Notes, documents, chattel paper, instruments, acceptances, drafts or other forms
of obligations and receivables (collectively with the Accounts, the
"Receivables"), whether or not the same are listed on any schedules assignments
or reports furnished to Lender from time to time, and whether such Receivables
are now existing or are created or arise at any time hereafter, together with
all goods, inventory and merchandise returned by or reclaimed by or repossessed
from customers wherever such goods, inventory and merchandise are located, and
all proceeds thereto including without limitation, proceeds of insurance thereon
and all guaranties, securities, and liens which Borrower may hold for the
payment of any such Receivables, including without limitation, all rights of
stoppage in transit, replevin and reclamation and all other rights and remedies
of an unpaid vendor or lienor, and any liens held by Borrower as a mechanic,
contractor, subcontractor, processor, materialman, machinist manufacturer,
artisan, or otherwise;
(b) All documents, instruments, documents of title, general
intangibles, policies and certificates of insurance, guaranties, securities
chattel paper, deposits, tax returns, proceeds of insurance, proceeds of an
eminent domain or condemnation award, cash, liens or other property, which are
now or may hereinafter be in the possession of Borrower or as to which Borrower
may now or hereafter control possession by documents of title or otherwise,
including, but not limited to, all property allocable to unshipped orders
relating to Receivables and Inventory;
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(c) All books, records, customer lists, supplier lists, ledgers,
evidences of shipping, invoices, purchase orders, sales orders and all other
evidences of Borrower's business records, including all cabinets, drawers, etc.
that may hold the same; computer records, lists, software, programs, wherever
located, all whether now existing or hereafter arising or acquired;
(d) All of Borrower's inventory, whether now owned or hereafter
acquired (collectively, the "Inventory"), including without limitation : (i) all
goods manufactured or acquired for sale or lease, and any piece goods, raw
materials, work in process and finished merchandise, findings or component
materials, and all supplies, goods, incidentals, office supplies, packaging
materials, and any and all items including machinery and equipment used or
consumed in the operation of the business of Borrower or which contribute to the
finished product or to the, sale, promotion and shipment thereof, in which
Borrower may now or at any time hereafter have an interest, whether or not such
inventory is listed in this Agreement on any reports furnished to Lender from
time to time; (ii) all inventory whether or not the same is in transit or in the
constructive, actual or exclusive occupancy or possession of Borrower or is held
by Borrower or by others for the Accounts, including without limitation, all
goods covered by purchase orders and contracts with suppliers and all goods
billed and held by suppliers; (iii) all inventory which may be located on the
premises of Borrower or of any carrier, forwarding agents, truckers,
warehousemen, vendors, selling agents or third parties; (iv) all general
intangibles relating to or arising out of inventory; (v) all proceeds and
products of the foregoing resulting from the sale, lease or other disposition of
inventory, including cash, accounts receivable, other non-cash proceeds and
trade-ins; and (vi) with respect to after-acquired inventory, the security
interest shall be deemed to be a purchase money security interest;
(e) All general intangibles, including without limitation, tax
refunds, investment property, proceeds of insurance eminent domain awards,
condemnation proceeds, and patents, copyrights, tradenames, trademarks,
applications therefor,
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and licenses to any patent, copyright, trademark, or tradename that Borrower now
owns, has the right to use or may hereafter own or acquire the right to use;
(f) All equipment, machinery, appliances, and furniture and fixtures,
now existing or hereafter arising, wherever located, and all contracts, contract
rights and chattel paper arising out of any lease of any of the foregoing;
(g) All other collateral in which Borrower may hereafter grant to Lender
a security interest; and
(h) All renewals, substitutions, replacements, additions, accessions,
proceeds, and products of any and all of the foregoing, including without
limitation, all proceeds of credit, fire and other insurance and also including,
without limitation, rents and profits resulting from the temporary use of the
Collateral.
Provided, however, that notwithstanding anything in this Section 12.1 to
the contrary: (A) the priority of Lender's lien in chattel paper shall be
subject to the proper perfection thereof; (B) the Lender's lien in Borrower's
intellectual property is subject to existing licenses of certain thereof to
Raychem Corporation, and to existing licenses of certain thereof to Automation
Electronics, Inc. and AMT, N.V.; and (C) the Collateral shall not include any of
Borrower's right, title and interest in, to and under any of the following: (i)
Borrower's inventory of finished goods and work-in-process of its Ultravalve
microprocessor controlled bath and shower valves product line (the "Product
Line"), including the version of the Memry safe valve used in the Product Line
(which is not currently used by Borrower for any other purpose), as well as the
raw materials owned by Borrower that are used exclusively for the Product Line;
(ii) the Borrower's registered trademark Ultravalve, with U.S. Registration No.
2,122,691 and a registration date of December 23, 1997; (iii) the Borrower's
U.S. patent no. Des. 313,761, dated January 15, 1991, actuator plate for
temperature control valve; (iv) the following intellectual property of the
Borrower, to the extent (and only to the extent) that they relate exclusively to
the Product Line or Borrower's business of manufacturing and selling the Product
Line: (a) all trade
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dress and logos, including any goodwill associated therewith; (b) all
copyrightable works, all copyrights, and any applications, registrations and
renewals in connection therewith; (c) all trade secrets and confidential
business information (including ideas, research and development, know-how,
formulas, compositions, manufacturing and production processes and techniques,
technical data, designs, drawings, schematics, diagrams, test procedures,
specifications, customer and supplier lists, catalogs, pricing and cost
information, and business and marketing plans and proposals); (d) all other
similar proprietary rights; and (e) all copies and tangible embodiments thereof
(in whatever form or medium); (v) the specified tangible assets of Borrower set
forth on Schedule 12.1 hereto; and (vi) Borrower's right, title and interest in,
to and under (x) the Agreement, dated February 22, 1995, between the Borrower
and American Standard, Inc., (y) the IAPMO Research and Testing, Inc.
Certificate of Listing relating to the Product Line, and (z) the Underwriters
Laboratories Inc. listings relating to the Product Line.
ARTICLE XIII. Events of Default
Section 13.1. Events of Default. Any and all Obligations, including
without limitation, the Obligations arising pursuant to or in connection with
the Loans, shall, at the option of Lender and notwithstanding any time or credit
allowed by any Notes or agreement, become immediately due and payable if any one
or more of the following events (collectively, "Events of Default" and
individually, an "Event of Default") shall occur:
(a) Borrower's failure to pay principal, interest or, within three (3)
days of when due, any other sum due hereunder or under the Notes;
(b) Borrower's failure to pay or perform when due any other covenant,
duty, indebtedness, liability or obligation arising under this Agreement, the
Notes or any of the other Financing Agreements, or any other Obligation
(provided, however, that the Borrower's failure to perform any of the
obligations set
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an Event of Default unless and until such failure continues for thirty (30) days
or more);
(c) the making by Borrower of any misrepresentation of a
material fact to Lender;
(d) the filing, making or issuance of any lien, levy, seizure,
attachment, garnishment, injunction, execution, tax lien or judgment upon or
against Borrower or any of the Collateral, or any other property or assets of
Borrower which is not discharged or removed within a period of thirty (30) days
from the date of such filing, making or issuance;
(e) any of the following of, by, or involving Borrower: insolvency
(failure to pay debts as they mature or where the fair value of assets is not in
excess of liabilities); business failure; appointment of a receiver or
custodian; assignment for the benefit of creditors; calling of a meeting of
creditors; appointment of a committee of creditors, or liquidating banks, or
offering of a composition extension to creditors; or the commencement of any
proceedings under any bankruptcy or insolvency law;
(f) Borrower's failure to keep the Collateral insured against loss by
fire or otherwise for the full insurable value thereof with companies and for
coverages (including Lender's Long Form Loss Payable Endorsement) acceptable to
Lender and making the loss, if any, payable to Lender;
(g) the loss, revocation or failure to renew any license and/or permit
now held or hereafter acquired by Borrower which materially adversely affects
the ability of Borrower to continue their operations as presently conducted;
(h) the declaration of a default under any obligation of Borrower for
borrowed money to any other creditor;
(i) the occurrence of any event or circumstance with respect to the
Borrower such that Lender shall reasonably and in good faith believe that the
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prospect of payment of all or any part of Obligations or the performance by the
Borrower under this Agreement, or any other agreement between the Lender and the
Borrower, is impaired; or
(j) the receipt by Lender of a Put Notice from Connecticut Innovations,
Inc. (as defined in the CII Agreement).
Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default, at the option of Lender:
(x) any and all Obligations, including without limitation, the Obligations
arising from or in connection with the Loans, shall become immediately due and
payable, and (y) Borrower's eligibility to request any further Loans shall
automatically and immediately terminate, without presentment, demand, protest,
notice of protest or other notice or requirements of any kind, all of which
Borrower expressly waives. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if any Event
of Default under clause (e) occurs, the acceleration of the Obligations and
termination of Borrower's eligibility to request further Loans shall be
automatic.
At any time after an Event of Default, Lender may proceed to enforce
the rights of Lender whether by suit in equity or by action at law, whether for
specific performance of any covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement,
the Notes or the other Financing Agreements, or in aid of the exercise of any
power granted in either this Agreement or the Notes or any other Financing
Agreement, or it may proceed to obtain judgment or any other relief whatsoever
appropriate to the enforcement of such rights, or proceed to enforce any legal
or equitable right which Lender may have by reason of the occurrence of any
Event of Default hereunder.
ARTICLE XIV. Collection of Receivables
Section 14.1. Lockbox Agreement. All Receivables shall be directed to
and deposited in a lockbox established by Lender pursuant to the Lockbox
Agreement.
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Section 14.2. Computation. Collections of Receivables shall be credited
to the Obligations of Borrower; provided, however, that all credits shall be
conditional credits subject to collection and that returned items at Lender's
option, may be charged to Borrower; and further provided that for purposes of
the computation of interest, items shall not be deemed to be collected until
three (3) days after their actual receipt by Lender.
ARTICLE XV. Returned Merchandise
Section 15.1. Procedures. The Borrower shall promptly notify Lender of
any credits, adjustments or disputes arising concerning the goods or services
represented by Receivables. Borrower will immediately pay Lender from its own
funds (and not from the proceeds of Receivables), for application to the
Revolving Loans, an amount equal to any credit or adjustment made to any
Eligible Accounts; provided, however, that so long as Borrower is not in default
hereunder, such payment need not be made if Borrower shall have, after making
such credit or adjustment, sufficient Receivables to maintain the aggregate
outstanding balance of the Revolving Loans under the Revolving Loan Borrowing
Base.
ARTICLE XVI. Rights and Remedies of Lender
Section 16.1. Remedies of Lender. Upon the occurrence of any Event of
Default, Lender shall have in any jurisdiction where enforcement of this
Agreement, the Notes or any other Financing Agreement is sought, in addition to
all other rights and remedies which Lender may have under law and equity, the
following rights and remedies, all of which may be exercised with or without
further notice to Borrower and without a prior judicial or administrative
hearing, which notice and hearing are expressly waived: to occupy any of
Borrower's premises for up to six (6) months rent free for the purposes of
liquidating Collateral, including, without limitation, conducting an auction
thereon; to enforce or foreclose the liens and security interests created under
this Agreement or under any other agreement relating to Collateral by any
available judicial procedure or without judicial process;
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to enter any premises where any Collateral may be located for the purpose of
taking possession or removing the same; to sell, assign, lease, or otherwise
dispose of Collateral or any part thereof, either at public or private sale, in
lots or in bulk, for cash, on credit or otherwise, with or without
representations or warranties, and upon such terms as shall be acceptable to
Lender, all at Lender's sole option and as Lender in its sole discretion may
deem advisable; to bid or become purchaser at any such sale if public; and, at
the option of Lender to apply or be credited with the amount of all or any part
of the Obligations owing to Lender against the purchase price bid by Lender at
any such sale.
Section 16.2. Specific Powers. Lender may at any time, before (only
with respect to clauses (v), (vii) and (x) of this Section 16.2) or after the
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occurrence of an Event of Default and during the continuance of an Event of
Default, at Lender's sole discretion: (i) give notice of assignment to any
Account Debtor (it being agreed and understood that Lender may at any time,
before or after demand for payment of the Revolving Loan or the occurrence of an
Event of Default, verify receivables directly with Account Debtors); (ii)
collect Receivables directly and charge, or cause to be charged, the collection
costs and expenses to the Revolving Loan Account; (iii) collect receivables
submitted by Borrower to Lender for collection and charge, or cause to be
charged, the collection costs and expenses to the Revolving Loan Account; (iv)
settle or adjust disputes and claims directly with Account Debtors for amounts
and upon terms which Lender considers advisable, and credit, or cause to be
credited, the Revolving Loan Account with the net amounts received in payment of
Receivables; (v) exercise all other rights granted in this Agreement and the
other Financing Agreements; (vi) receive, open and dispose of all mail addressed
to Borrower and notify the Post Office authorities to change the address for
delivery of Borrower's mail to an address designated by Lender; (vii) endorse
the name of Borrower on any checks or other evidence of payment that may come
into possession of Lender and on any invoice, freight or express xxxx, xxxx of
lading or other document; (viii) in the name of Borrower or otherwise, demand,
xxx for, collect and give acquittance for any and all monies due or to become
due
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on Receivables; (ix) compromise, prosecute or defend any action, claim or
proceeding concerning Receivables; and (x) do any and all things necessary and
proper to carry out the purposes contemplated in this Agreement, the other
Financing Agreements and any other agreement between the parties. Neither Lender
nor any person acting as its representative hereunder shall 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. Borrower agrees that the powers
granted hereunder, being coupled with an interest, shall be irrevocable so long
as any Obligation remains unsatisfied. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is
understood that Lender is under no duty to take any of the foregoing actions and
that after having made demand upon the Account Debtors for payment, Lender shall
have no further duty as to the collection or protection of Receivables or any
income therefrom and no further duty to preserve any rights pertaining thereto,
other than the safe custody thereof in the event Lender takes possession
thereof.
Section 16.3. Duties After Default. After the occurrence and during
the continuance of an Event of Default, Borrower will, at Lender's request,
assemble all Collateral and make it available to Lender at places which Lender
may reasonably select, whether at the premises of Borrower or elsewhere, and
will make available to Lender all premises and facilities of Borrower for the
purpose of Lender taking possession of Collateral or of removing or putting the
Collateral in salable form. In the event that Lender elects to exercise its
right to take possession and control of any Collateral, and any goods called for
in any sales order, contract, invoice or other instrument or agreement
evidencing or purporting to give rise to any Receivable shall not have been
delivered or shall be claimed to be defective by any customer, Lender shall have
the right in its sole discretion to use and deliver to such customer any goods
of Borrower to fulfill such order, contract or the like so as to make good any
such Receivable. If any Collateral shall require repairing, maintenance,
preparation, or the like, or is in process or other unfinished state, Lender
shall have the right, but shall not be obligated, to effectuate such repair,
maintenance, preparation, processing or completion of manufacturing for the
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purpose of putting the same in such salable form as Lender shall deem
appropriate, provided that Lender shall nonetheless have the right to sell or
dispose of such Collateral without such processing. The net cash proceeds
resulting from the collection, liquidation, sale, lease or other disposition of
Collateral shall be applied first to the expenses (including all attorneys' and
professionals' fees) of retaking, holding, storing, processing and preparing for
sale, selling, collecting, liquidating and the like such collateral, and then to
the satisfaction of all Obligations, (application as to any particular
Obligations or against principal or interest to be at Lender's sole discretion),
and then, upon full and final payment of the Obligations, and unless otherwise
prohibited by court order or law, to Borrower, it being agreed that if any such
payment made to Lender is recovered from or repaid by Lender in whole or in part
in any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding instituted by or against
Borrower, this Agreement automatically shall be reinstated without any further
action by Borrower and Lender. Borrower shall be liable to Lender and shall pay
to Lender on demand any deficiency which may remain after such sale,
disposition, collection or liquidation of Collateral.
Section 16.4. Cumulative Remedies. The enumeration of Lender's rights
and remedies set forth in this Article XVI is not intended to be exhaustive and
the exercise by Lender of any right or remedy hereunder shall not preclude the
exercise of any other rights or remedies, all of which shall be cumulative and
shall be in addition to any other right or remedy given hereunder or under any
other agreement between the parties or which may now or hereafter exist in law
or at equity or by suit or otherwise. No delay or failure to take action on the
part of Lender in exercising any right, power or privilege shall operate as a
waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right,
power or privilege preclude other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of
any other right, power or privilege or shall be construed to be a waiver of any
Event of Default. No course of dealing between Borrower and Lender or its
employees shall be effective to change, modify or discharge any provision of
this Agreement or to constitute a waiver of any Event of Default.
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ARTICLE XVII. Term
Section 17.1. Term and Termination.
(a) Revolving Loan. Unless sooner terminated by Lender as a result of
the occurrence of an Event of Default, Borrower's eligibility to request
Revolving Loans shall commence on the date hereof and shall continue for a
period through and including December 31, 2003 (the "Revolving Loan Term").
Borrower's eligibility to request Revolving Loans may be extended after the
Revolving Loan Term only with the express written consent of both Borrower and
Lender. At the end of the Revolving Loan Term, Borrower shall pay the entire
balance of the Revolving Loans, the Equipment Loans, the Converted Equipment
Loans, the Term Loan, and all other outstanding Obligations. Further, upon
termination of the Revolving Loan facility all of the rights, interests and
remedies of Lender and Obligations of Borrower shall survive and Borrower shall
have no right to receive, and Lender shall have no obligation to make, any
further Loans.
(b) Term Loan. Unless sooner terminated by Lender as a result of the
occurrence of an Event of Default (including without limitation the failure to
pay the Revolving Note upon demand or on its due date), the Term Loan shall be
due and payable in forty-seven (47) consecutive monthly installments of
principal in the amount of $41,666.67 (plus interest in arrears) commencing on
January 1, 2002 and continuing on the first day of each and every month
thereafter through and including November 1, 2005, and (b) one final installment
of $41,666.51, plus all accrued and unpaid interest, principal and any other
sums due hereunder or under the Term Loan Note on December 31, 2005.
(c) Initial Equipment Loans. Unless sooner terminated by Lender as a
result of the occurrence of an Event of Default (including without limitation
the failure to pay the Revolving Note on its due date), Borrower's eligibility
to request Initial Equipment Loans shall commence on the date hereof and shall
continue for a period until the Initial Equipment Loan Conversion Date and
Borrower shall
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thereafter have no right to receive, and Lender shall have no obligation to
make, any further Initial Equipment Loans.
(d) Subsequent Equipment Loans. Unless sooner terminated by Lender as
a result of the occurrence of an Event of Default (including without limitation
the failure to pay the Revolving Note on its due date), Borrower's eligibility
to request Subsequent Equipment Loans shall commence on the Initial Equipment
Loan Conversion Date and shall continue for a period until the Subsequent
Equipment Loan Conversion Date and Borrower shall thereafter have no right to
receive, and Lender shall have no obligation to make, any further Subsequent
Equipment Loans.
(e) Final Equipment Loans. Unless sooner terminated by Lender as a
result of the occurrence of an Event of Default (including without limitation
the failure to pay the Revolving Note on its due date), Borrower's eligibility
to request Final Equipment Loans shall commence on the Subsequent Equipment Loan
Conversion Date and shall continue for a period through and including the Final
Equipment Loan Maturity Date and Borrower shall thereafter have no right to
receive, and Lender shall have no obligation to make, any further Final
Equipment Loans.
(f) Initial Converted Equipment Loans. Unless sooner terminated by
Lender as a result of the occurrence of an Event of Default (including without
limitation the failure to pay the Revolving Note on its due date), the Initial
Converted Equipment Loans shall be due and payable in forty-eight (48)
consecutive equal monthly installments of principal, each equal to 1/48th of the
outstanding principal balance of the Equipment Loan Note as of the Initial
Equipment Loan Conversion Date (plus interest in arrears), commencing on the
Initial Converted Equipment Loan Conversion Date and continuing on the first day
of each and every month thereafter through and including the Initial Converted
Equipment Loan Maturity Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, principal, accrued
and unpaid interest and any other amounts due hereunder or under the Initial
Converted Equipment Loan
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Note shall be due and payable in full on the Initial Converted Equipment Loan
Maturity Date.
(g) Subsequent Converted Equipment Loans. Unless sooner terminated by
Lender as a result of the occurrence of an Event of Default (including without
limitation the failure to pay the Revolving Note on its due date), the
Subsequent Converted Equipment Loans shall be due and payable in forty-eight
(48) consecutive equal monthly installments of principal, each equal to 1/48th
of the outstanding principal balance of the Equipment Loan Note as of the
Subsequent Equipment Loan Conversion Date (plus interest in arrears), commencing
on the Subsequent Equipment Loan Conversion Date and continuing on the first day
of each and every month thereafter through and including the Subsequent
Converted Equipment Loan Maturity Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
principal, accrued and unpaid interest and any other amounts due hereunder or
under the Subsequent Converted Equipment Loan Note shall be due and payable in
full on the Subsequent Converted Equipment Loan Maturity Date.
(h) Final Converted Equipment Loans. Unless the Revolving Loan is not
renewed or unless the Final Converted Equipment Loan is sooner terminated by
Lender as a result of the occurrence of an Event of Default (including without
limitation the failure to pay the Revolving Note on its due date), the Final
Converted Equipment Loans shall be due and payable in forty-eight (48)
consecutive equal monthly installments of principal, each equal to 1/48th of the
outstanding principal balance of the Equipment Loan Note as of the Final
Equipment Loan Conversion Date (plus interest in arrears), commencing on the
Final Equipment Loan Conversion Date and continuing on the first day of each and
every month thereafter through and including the Final Equipment Loan Maturity
Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, principal, accrued and unpaid interest and
any other amounts due hereunder or under the Final Converted Equipment Loan Note
shall be due and payable in full on the Final Equipment Loan Maturity Date.
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(i) Termination of Obligations. Upon full, final and indefeasible
payment of the Obligations to Lender, all rights and remedies of Borrower and
Lender hereunder shall cease, so long as any payment so made to Lender and
applied to the Obligations is not thereafter recovered from or repaid by Lender
in whole or in part in any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding
instituted by or against Borrower, whereupon this Agreement shall be
automatically reinstated without any further action by Borrower and Lender and
shall continue to be fully applicable to such Obligations to the same extent as
though the payment so recovered or repaid had never been originally made on such
Obligations.
ARTICLE XVIII. Miscellaneous
Section 18.1. Indemnification.
(a) In consideration of Lender's execution and delivery of this
Agreement and Lender's making of the Loans hereunder and in addition to all
other obligations of Borrower under this Agreement, Borrower hereby agrees to
defend, protect, indemnify and hold harmless Lender, its successors, assigns,
officers, directors, employees and agents (including, without limitation, those
retained in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement)
(individually, each an "Indemnitee" and collectively, the "Indemnitees") from
and against any and all actions, causes of action, suits, claims, losses, costs,
penalties, fees, liabilities and damages and expenses in connection therewith
(irrespective of whether any such Indemnitees is a party to any action for which
indemnification hereunder is sought), and including reasonable attorneys' fees
and disbursements as and when incurred (collectively, the "Indemnifiable
Liabilities") incurred by the Indemnitees or any of them as a result of, or
arising out of, or relating to (i) the execution, delivery, performance or
enforcement of this Agreement and the other Financing Agreements and any
instrument, document or agreement executed pursuant hereto to any of the
Indemnitees; (ii) Lender's status as lender to, or creditor of, Borrower; or
(iii) the operation of Borrower's business from and after the date hereof,
including, without limitation, those arising under any Environmental Law. To the
extent that the
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foregoing undertaking by Borrower may be unenforceable for any reason, Borrower
shall make the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of each of
the Indemnifiable Liabilities which is permissible under applicable law.
(b) The Borrower hereby covenants and agrees at all times to
indemnify, hold harmless and defend the Indemnitees, whether as secured party in
possession or as successor in interest to Borrower as owner of any personal
property assets located on the real property of Borrower by virtue of any action
taken by Lender pursuant to the Financing Agreements, the Uniform Commercial
Code (as in effect in any applicable jurisdiction) or otherwise, from and
against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, costs, expenses, penalties,
fines, causes of actions, suits, claims, demands or judgments, including,
without limitation, attorneys' fees and expenses, suffered or incurred in
connection with: (i) the Environmental Laws, including, without limitation,
liens or claims of any federal, state or municipal government or
quasi-governmental agency or any third person, whether arising under any
Environmental Law or any other federal, state or municipal law or regulation;
(ii) any spill or contamination affecting the Premises or any other property
owned, leased, controlled or used by Borrower, including, without imitation, any
Hazardous Substance or other waste-like or toxic substances located on, under,
emanating from or relating to the Premises or such property from and on and
after the date hereof or any portion of any thereof or any property contiguous
to the Premises or such property from and after the date hereof, and including,
without limitation, any loss of value of the Premises or such property as a
result of any such spill or contamination; and (iii) the direct or indirect
installation, use, generation, manufacture, production, storage, release,
threatened release, discharge, disposal or presence of any Hazardous Substance
on under or about the Premises or any other property owned, leased, controlled
or used by Borrower or any portion of any thereof, from and including all
consequential damages, the costs of any required or necessary repair, cleanup or
detoxification, and the costs of the preparation and implementation of any
closure, remedial or other required plans; provided, however, that Borrower
shall have no obligation to indemnify the
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Indemnitees under this Section 18.1(b) for claims or losses resulting solely
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from the Indemnitees' Parties own negligent action while on the Premises or
property of Borrower. Further, is expressly agreed and understood that the mere
fact that an Indemnitee has been declared an "owner" or "operator" (as such term
is defined in any Environmental Law) resulting from such Indemnitee having
taking possession of any of the Collateral (without any negligence on the part
of such Indemnitee) shall not exonerate Borrower from any claim by such
Indemnitee or any other Indemnitee seeking indemnification.
Section 18.2. Payment Set-Aside. To the extent that Borrower makes a
payment or payments to Lender (whether hereunder, under the Notes, or under the
other Financing Agreements) or Lender enforces its security interests or rights
or exercises its right of setoff; and such payment or payments or the proceeds
of such enforcement or setoff or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated,
declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside, recovered from, disgorged
by or are required to be refunded, repaid or otherwise restored to Borrower, a
trustee, receiver or any other person under any law (including, without
limitation, any bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common law or equitable
cause of action) in connection with any bankruptcy or similar proceeding
involving Borrower, then to the extent of any such restoration the obligation or
part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued
in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such
enforcement or setoff had not occurred.
Section 18.3. Set-off. The Borrower hereby grants to Lender a lien and
right of setoff for all its liabilities to Lender upon and against all its
deposits, credits, collateral and property now or hereafter in the possession or
control of Lender or in transit to Lender. Lender may, upon the occurrence of
any Event of Default or Defaulting Event or both, apply or exercise the right of
set off against any or all of the foregoing or any part of any thereof against
any liability of Borrower to Lender, regardless whether such liability is
matured or unmatured.
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Section 18.4. Covenants to Survive; Binding Agreement. All covenants,
agreements, warranties and representations made herein, in the Notes, in the
other Financing Agreements, and in all certificates or other documents of
Borrower shall survive the advances of money made by Lender to Borrower
hereunder and the delivery of the Notes and the other Financing Agreements, and
all such covenants, agreements, warranties and representations shall be binding
upon and inure to the benefit of Lender and its successors and assigns, whether
or not so expressed.
Section 18.5. Cross-Collateralization. All Collateral which Lender may
at any time acquire from Borrower or from any other source in connection with
Obligations arising under this Agreement and the other Financing Agreements
shall constitute collateral for each and every Obligation, without apportionment
or designation as to particular Obligations and all Obligations, however and
whenever incurred, shall be secured by all Collateral however and whenever
acquired, and Lender shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to determine
the order in which Lender's rights in or remedies against any Collateral are to
be exercised and which type of Collateral or which portions of Collateral are to
be proceeded against and the order of application of proceeds of Collateral as
against particular Obligations.
Section 18.6. Cross-Default. Borrower acknowledges and agrees that an
Event of Default and/or Defaulting Event under any one of the Financing
Agreements shall constitute an Event of Default or Defaulting Event under each
of the other Financing Agreements.
Section 18.7. Amendments and Waivers. Neither this Agreement, the
Notes, the other Financing Agreements, nor any term, covenant or condition
hereof or thereof may be changed, waived, discharged, modified or terminated
except by a writing executed by the parties hereto or thereto. No failure on the
part of Lender to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right, remedy or
power hereunder or under the Notes or the other Financing Agreements shall
preclude any other or future exercise thereof, or the exercise of any other
right remedy or power.
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Section 18.8. Notices. All notices, requests, consents, demands and
other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be mailed by first
class mail to the respective parties to this Agreement to the address set forth
in the introductory sentence hereof.
Section 18.9. Transfer of Lender's Interest. Borrower hereby agrees
that Lender, in its sole discretion, may freely sell, assign or otherwise
transfer participations, portions, co-lender interests or other interests in all
or any portion of the indebtedness, liabilities or obligations arising in
connection with or in any way related to the financing transactions of which
this Agreement is a part provided that such transferee is a recognized financial
institution. In the event of any such transfer, the transferee may, in Lender's
sole discretion, have and enforce all the rights, remedies and privileges of
Lender. Borrower consents to the release by Lender to any potential transferee
of any and all information (including, without limitation, financial
information) pertaining to Borrower as Lender, in its sole discretion, may deem
appropriate. If such transferee so participates with Lender in making loans or
advances hereunder or under any other agreement between such Lender and
Borrower, Borrower hereby grants to such transferee and such transferee shall
have and is hereby given a continuing lien and security interest in any money,
securities or other property of Borrower in the custody or possession of such
transferee, including the right of setoff under circumstances consistent with
this Agreement, to the extent of such transferee's participation in the
Obligations of Borrower to Lender.
Section 18.10. Waivers.
(a) THE BORROWER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE LOANS EVIDENCED HEREBY ARE
COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS AND WAIVES ITS RIGHT TO NOTICE AND HEARING UNDER CHAPTER
903a OF THE CONNECTICUT GENERAL STATUTES, OR AS OTHERWISE ALLOWED BY ANY STATE
OR FEDERAL LAW WITH RESPECT TO ANY PREJUDGMENT REMEDY WHICH LENDER MAY DESIRE TO
USE, AND FURTHER WAIVES ITS RIGHTS
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TO REQUEST THAT LENDER POST A BOND, WITH OR WITHOUT SURETY, TO PROTECT BORROWER
AGAINST DAMAGES THAT MAY BE CAUSED BY ANY PREJUDGMENT REMEDY SOUGHT OR OBTAINED
BY LENDER. THE BORROWER FURTHER WAIVES DILIGENCE, DEMAND, PRESENTMENT FOR
PAYMENT, NOTICE OF NONPAYMENT, PROTEST AND NOTICE OF ANY RENEWALS OR EXTENSIONS.
(b) THE BORROWER HEREBY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY COURT IN ANY
SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING ON ANY MATTER ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH OR IN ANY
WAY RELATED TO THE FINANCING TRANSACTIONS OF WHICH THIS AGREEMENT IS A PART
AND/OR THE ENFORCEMENT OF ANY OF LENDER'S RIGHTS, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION,
TORT CLAIMS. THE BORROWER FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT LENDER HAS NOT REPRESENTED
TO BORROWER THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PARAGRAPH WILL NOT BE FULLY ENFORCED IN
ALL INSTANCES.
(c) THE BORROWER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT MAKES THE FOREGOING WAIVERS IN
CLAUSE (a) AND CLAUSE (b) ABOVE, KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY, WITHOUT DURESS AND ONLY
AFTER CONSIDERATION OF THE RAMIFICATIONS OF SUCH WAIVERS WITH ITS ATTORNEYS.
Section 18.11. Section Headings; Severability; Entire Agreement.
Section and subsection headings have been inserted herein for convenience only
and shall not be construed as part of this Agreement. Every provision of this
Agreement, the Notes and the other Financing Agreements is intended to be
severable; if any term or provision of this Agreement, the Notes, the other
Financing Agreements, or any other document delivered in connection herewith
shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, the
validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof or
thereof shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. All Exhibits and
Schedules to this Agreement shall be annexed hereto and shall be deemed to be
part of this
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Agreement. This Agreement, the other Financing Agreements, and the Exhibits and
Schedules attached hereto and thereto embody the entire agreement and
understanding between Borrower and Lender and supersede all prior agreements and
understandings relating to the subject matter hereof unless otherwise
specifically reaffirmed or restated herein.
Section 18.12. Governing Law, Notice and Service of Process, Pleadings
and Other Papers. This Agreement and the other Financing Agreements, and all
transactions, assignments and transfers hereunder and thereunder, and all the
rights of the parties, shall be governed as to validity, construction,
enforcement and in all other respects by the laws of the State of Connecticut
(but not its conflicts of law provisions). Borrower hereby designates and
appoints, without power of revocation, the Secretary of the State of the State
of Connecticut as Borrower's agent upon whom may be served all process,
pleadings, notices or other papers which may be served upon it as a result of
any of its Obligations under this Agreement or other Financing Agreements.
Borrower agrees that the Superior Court for the Judicial District of
Hartford/New Britain or the United States District Court for the District of
Connecticut shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine any claims or disputes
pertaining to the financing transactions of which this Agreement is a part
and/or to any matter arising or in any way related to this Agreement or any
other agreement between Lender and Borrower, and Borrower expressly submits and
consents in advance to such jurisdiction in any action or proceeding.
Section 18.13. Miscellaneous Provisions Regarding Borrower's
Documents.
(a) Lender acknowledges that, pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Amended
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and Restated Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 10, 1996, between
Borrower and Raychem Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Raychem"), as amended
(the "Raychem Agreement"), Borrower is required (i) to keep books
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and records relating to products which Borrower manufactures and which Raychem
manufactured prior to the Closing (as defined in the Raychem Agreement) for a
period of seven (7) years, and (ii) to maintain all documents purchased from
Raychem under the Raychem Agreement relating in any way to the matters subject
to the lawsuit entitled Intrinsic v. Raychem Corporation during the pendency of
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such litigation (including all appeals thereof). In the event that Lender
forecloses upon any such books, records and/or documents at a time when the
aforesaid requirements are still in force, Lender agrees to take possession of
such books, records and/or documents, and/or to sell or otherwise convey such
books, records and/or documents, or cause such books, records and/or documents
to be sold or otherwise conveyed, subject to the aforesaid restrictions.
(b) Lender acknowledges that, pursuant to the definition of the term
"Documents" contained in Section 1 of the Raychem Agreement, Borrower may not
have title to certain documents in Borrower's possession due to the inability of
Raychem to transfer such documents to Borrower without the prior written consent
of various third parties. Lender agrees and acknowledges that its lien upon
Borrower's assets hereunder only covers documents to the extent that Borrower in
fact has any right, title and/or interest in and to the same, and that Lender
will have no more interest in any such documents upon an exercise of any of its
foreclosure or similar rights hereunder than Borrower currently has to such
documents. Borrower represents and warrants to Lender that the aforesaid
documents (i) do not relate to the Borrower's accounts receivable, inventory
and/or machinery and equipment, and (ii) are not material to the Borrower's
respective assets, businesses and/or prospects.
Section 18.14. Waiver. Without limiting the generality of the waivers
contained in this Agreement or in any other Financing Agreement, Borrower
irrevocably waives any right to claim that Lender is not dealing fairly with
Borrower, or for any other reason has any liability to Borrower, regardless of
the status of the business, financial condition, or prospects of Borrower, on
account of Lender taking
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action to repossess or collect upon the Collateral or otherwise to collect the
Obligations as a result of receiving a Put Notice from Connecticut Innovations,
Inc.
[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed
by their duly authorized officers as of the date first above written.
Witnesses: MEMRY CORPORATION
/s/ Gao Xia By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Its Chief Financial Officer, SVP
/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Witnessed: XXXXXXX BANK
/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx By /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Its VP
/s/ Xxxxx Xxxx
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Xxxxx Xxxx
STATE OF CONNECTICUT )
) ss. Bethel
COUNTY OF FAIRFIELD )
Before me, the undersigned, this 27th day of December, 2001, personally
appeared Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, known to me to be the CFO & SR.V.P. of MEMRY
CORPORATION and that he as such officer, signer and sealer of the foregoing
instrument, acknowledged the execution of the same to be his free act and deed
individually and as such officer, and the free act and deed of said corporation.
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In Witness Whereof; I hereunto set my hand.
/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Notary Public
My Commission Expires: 9/30/05
Commissioner of the Superior Court
STATE OF CONNECTICUT )
) ss. Hartford
COUNTY OF HARTFORD )
Before me, the undersigned, this 27 day of December, 2001 personally
appeared Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, known to me to be the Vice President of XXXXXXX
BANK, and that he as such officer, signer and sealer of the foregoing
instrument, acknowledged the execution of the same to be his free act and deed
individually and as such officer, and the free act and deed of said corporation.
In Witness Whereof; I hereunto set my hand.
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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XXXXXX X. XXXXXXX
NOTARY PUBLIC
STATE OF CONNECTICUT
MY COMM. EXPIRES 8/31/02
