AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
SECURITY AGREEMENT
Amendment No. 1 dated August 27, 1997 to the Security Agreement dated as
of December 19, 1994, by and between BUSINESS LOAN CENTER, INC., a Delaware
corporation, BLC FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., a Delaware corporation (which owns
all of the issued and outstanding shares of stock of Business Loan Center, Inc.)
(jointly and severally, the "Debtors") and STERLING NATIONAL BANK, a national
banking association located 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx
00000, formerly known as Sterling National Bank & Trust Company of New York (the
"Secured Party").
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, the Debtors and the Secured Party with the BUSINESS LOAN CENTER
entered into a certain Security Agreement dated as of December 19, 1994 (as
amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
"Agreement") to secure obligations of the Debtors under the Revolving Credit
Agreement dated December 19, 1994 between the Debtors and Secured Party and the
other Loan Documents entered into in connection therewith; and
WHEREAS, in connection with the Amended and Restated Revolving Credit
Agreement dated as of the date hereof, the Debtors and Secured Party desire to
amend the Agreement as provided herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, this will confirm that effective as of the date hereof,
the Debtors and Secured Party hereby modify and amend the Agreement as follows:
1. All capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein which are
defined in the Agreement, shall have the same meanings herein as in the
Agreement.
2. The Secured Party has changed its name from STERLING NATIONAL BANK &
TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK to STERLING NATIONAL BANK. All references made in the
Agreement to "STERLING NATIONAL BANK & TRUST COMPANY" shall be deleted and
replaced with "STERLING NATIONAL BANK" to reflect such change.
3. The defined term the "Loan Agreement" as used in the Agreement is
hereby modified to mean and refer to the Amended and Restated Revolving Credit
Agreement of even date among Secured Party and Debtors as subsequently amended,
restated or supplemented from time to time.
4. The Debtors hereby jointly represent and warrant that all of the assets
of Business Loan Center, a New York general partnership ("BLC Partnership"),
have been
transferred to Business Loan Center, Inc., which transfer was consented to by
the SBA, and that BLC Partnership is no longer conducting business; the Debtors
hereby further jointly and severally agree and covenant that BLC Partnership
will no longer conduct any business. In reliance upon said representations and
agreements, Secured Party hereby agrees that the definition of "Debtors" in
Section 1.1 of the Agreement is deleted in its entirety and replaced by the
following: ""Debtors" means, jointly and severally, Business Loan Center, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation and BLC Financial Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(which owns all of the issued and outstanding shares of stock of Business Loan
Center, Inc.)" and that the security interest previously granted to Secured
Party by BLC Partnership shall be released upon written request of the Debtors.
5. Section 4.2(a) is amended to add the following: " (iii) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in the foregoing, the Secured Party hereby acknowledges
and consents to the granting by the Debtors to Transamerica Business Credit
Corporation ("Transamerica") of a security interest in the Collateral, together
with the proceeds thereof, as security for Debtors' obligations to Transamerica
for loans assumed or made by Transamerica against the Unguaranteed Portions of
Eligible SBA Loans as contemplated in a certain Partial Assignment Agreement of
even date herewith and related documentation thereunder and confirms that the
rights, obligations and remedies of the Secured Party under this Agreement are
subject to the terms and conditions of a certain Intercreditor Agreement dated
as of August 27, 1997, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified
from time to time".
6. The fifth, sixth and seventh lines in Section 6.1(i) are deleted in
their entirety and replaced by the following: "Tannenhauser with a copy to:
Weil, Gotshal & Xxxxxx, 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attn: Simeon
Gold, Esq., and (ii) in the case of the Secured Party, addressed to 000 Xxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxx,".
7. The Agreement is supplemented, amended and modified hereby, remains in
full force and effect.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Debtors and Secured Party have executed this
Amendment as of the day and year first written above.
STERLING NATIONAL BANK BUSINESS LOAN CENTER, INC.
By: By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxx
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Name:__________________ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxx, President
Title:_________________
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx BLC FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.
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Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Senior Vice President
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxx
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Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxx, President
