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CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
BY AND BETWEEN
MISONIX, INC., ACOUSTIC MARKETING RESEARCH, INC. D/B/A SONORA
MEDICAL SYSTEMS AND
HEARING INNOVATIONS INCORPORATED
AND
XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
ACTING THROUGH ITS XXXXX FARGO BUSINESS CREDIT OPERATING DIVISION
DECEMBER 29, 2006
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS ..........................................................................1
Section 1.1 Definitions ...............................................................1
Section 1.2 Other Definitional Terms; Rules of Interpretation ........................11
ARTICLE II AMOUNT AND TERMS OF THE CREDIT FACILITY ............................................12
Section 2.1 Revolving Advances .......................................................12
Section 2.2 Procedures for Requesting Advances .......................................12
Section 2.3 Increased Costs ..........................................................13
Section 2.4 Intentionally Omitted ....................................................12
Section 2.5 Intentionally Omitted ....................................................12
Section 2.6 Interest; Default Interest Rate; Application of Payments;
Participations; Usury ....................................................14
Section 2.7 Fees .....................................................................15
Section 2.8 Time for Interest Payments; Payment on Non-Business Days;
Computation of Interest and Fees .........................................16
Section 2.9 Lockbox and Collateral Account; Sweep of Funds ...........................17
Section 2.10 Voluntary Prepayment; Reduction of the Maximum Line Amount;
Termination of the Credit Facility by the Borrowers ......................17
Section 2.11 Mandatory Prepayment .....................................................18
Section 2.12 Revolving Advances to PayIndebtedness ....................................18
Section 2.13 Use of Proceeds ..........................................................18
Section 2.14 Liability Records ........................................................18
ARTICLE III SECURITY INTEREST; OCCUPANCY; SETOFF ..............................................18
Section 3.1 Grant of Security Interest ...............................................18
Section 3.2 Notification of Account Debtors and Other Obligors .......................18
Section 3.3 Assignment of Insurance ..................................................19
Section 3.4 Occupancy ................................................................19
Section 3.5 License ..................................................................20
Section 3.6 Financing Statement ......................................................20
Section 3.7 Setoff ...................................................................21
Section 3.8 Collateral ...............................................................21
ARTICLE IV CONDITIONS OF LENDING ..............................................................21
Section 4.1 Conditions Precedent to the Initial Advances .............................21
Section 4.2 Conditions Precedent to All Advances .....................................24
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ARTICLE V REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES ......................................................24
Section 5.1 Existence and Power; Name; Chief Executive Office; Inventory
and Equipment Locations; Federal Employer Identification
Number and Organizational Identification Number ..........................24
Section 5.2 Capitalization ...........................................................25
Section 5.3 Authorization of Borrowing; No Conflict as to Law or Agreements ..........25
Section 5.4 Legal Agreements .........................................................25
Section 5.5 Subsidiaries .............................................................25
Section 5.6 Financial Condition; No Adverse Change ...................................25
Section 5.7 Litigation ...............................................................26
Section 5.8 Regulation U .............................................................26
Section 5.9 Taxes ....................................................................26
Section 5.10 Titles and Liens .........................................................26
Section 5.11 Intellectual Property Rights .............................................26
Section 5.12 Plans ....................................................................27
Section 5.13 Default ..................................................................28
Section 5.14 Environmental Matters ....................................................28
Section 5.15 Submissions to Lender ....................................................29
Section 5.16 Financing Statements .....................................................29
Section 5.17 Rights to Payment ........................................................29
Section 5.18 Financial Solvency .......................................................29
ARTICLE VI COVENANTS ..........................................................................30
Section 6.1 Reporting Requirements ...................................................30
Section 6.2 Financial Covenants ......................................................33
Section 6.3 Permitted Liens; Financing Statements ....................................33
Section 6.4 Indebtedness .............................................................34
Section 6.5 Guaranties ...............................................................34
Section 6.6 Investments and Subsidiaries .............................................34
Section 6.7 Dividends and Distributions ..............................................35
Section 6.8 Salaries .................................................................35
Section 6.9 Intentionally Omitted ....................................................35
Section 6.10 Books and Records; Collateral Examination; Inspection and
Appraisals ...............................................................35
Section 6.11 Account Verification .....................................................36
Section 6.12 Compliance with Laws .....................................................36
Section 6.13 Payment of Taxes and Other Claims ........................................36
Section 6.14 Maintenance of Properties ................................................37
Section 6.15 Insurance ................................................................37
Section 6.16 Preservation of Existence ................................................37
Section 6.17 Delivery of Instruments, etc. ............................................37
Section 6.18 Sale or Transfer of Assets; Suspension of Business Operations ............38
Section 6.19 Consolidation and Merger; Asset Acquisitions .............................38
Section 6.20 Sale and Leaseback .......................................................38
Section 6.21 Restrictions on Nature of Business .......................................38
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Section 6.22 Accounting ...............................................................38
Section 6.23 Discounts, etc. ..........................................................38
Section 6.24 Plans ....................................................................38
Section 6.25 Place of Business; Name ..................................................39
Section 6.26 Constituent Documents; S Corporation Status ..............................39
Section 6.27 Performance by the Lender ................................................39
ARTICLE VII EVENTS OF DEFAULT, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES ............................................39
Section 7.1 Events of Default ........................................................39
Section 7.2 Rights and Remedies ......................................................42
Section 7.3 Certain Notices ..........................................................43
ARTICLE VIII MISCELLANEOUS ....................................................................43
Section 8.1 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies; Compliance with Laws .....................43
Section 8.2 Amendments, Etc. .........................................................43
Section 8.3 Notices; Communication of Confidential Information; Requests for
Accounting ...............................................................43
Section 8.4 Further Documents ........................................................44
Section 8.5 Costs and Expenses .......................................................44
Section 8.6 Indemnity ................................................................44
Section 8.7 Participants .............................................................45
Section 8.8 Execution in Counterparts; Telefacsimile Execution .......................45
Section 8.9 Retention of Borrower's Records ..........................................45
Section 8.10 Binding Effect; Assignment; Complete Agreement; Sharing Information ......45
Section 8.11 Severability of Provisions ...............................................46
Section 8.12 Headings .................................................................46
Section 8.13 Governing Law; Jurisdiction, Venue; Waiver of Jury Trial .................46
Section 8.14 Intentionally Omitted ....................................................46
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CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
Dated as of December 29, 2006
MISONIX, INC., a New York corporation, ACOUSTIC MARKETING RESEARCH INC.
D/B/A SONORA MEDICAL SYSTEMS, a Colorado corporation, and HEARING INNOVATIONS
INCORPORATED, a Delaware corporation (individually, a "Borrower" and
collectively, the "Borrowers"), and XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (as
more fully defined in Article I herein, the "Lender") acting through its Xxxxx
Fargo Business Credit operating division, hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Definitions. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this
Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings given them in this
Section:
"Accounts" shall have the meaning given it under the UCC.
"Accounts Advance Rate" means up to eighty five percent (85%), or such
lesser rate as the Lender in its sole discretion may deem appropriate from time
to time; provided that, as of any date of determination, the Accounts Advance
Rate shall be reduced by one (1) percentage point for each percentage by which
Dilution is in excess of five percent (5.0%).
"Advance" means a Revolving Advance.
"Affiliate" or "Affiliates" means Misonix Ltd., Focus Surgery, Inc.,
Labcaire Systems, Limited, UKHIFU, Ltd., and any other Person controlled by,
controlling or under common control with a Borrower, including any Subsidiary of
a Borrower. For purposes of this definition, "control," when used with respect
to any specified Person, means the power to direct the management and policies
of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise.
"Agreement" means this Credit and Security Agreement.
"Availability" means the amount, if any, by which the Borrowing Base
exceeds the outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Note.
"Borrower Agreement" means the Borrower Agreement dated on or about the
date hereof, made by the Borrowers in favor of Ex-Im Bank and the Lender, as the
same may hereafter be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to
time.
"Borrowing Base" means at any time the lesser of:
(a) The Maximum Line Amount; or
(b) Subject to change from time to time in the Lender's sole discretion,
the sum of:
(i) The lesser of (A) the product of the Accounts Advance Rate
times Eligible Accounts or (B) $8,000,000; plus
(ii) The lesser of (A) the product of the Inventory Advance Rate
times Eligible Inventory or (B) $3,500,000 or eighty five percent (85%) of
the Net Orderly Liquidation Value of Eligible Inventory; plus
(iii) The lesser of (A) the product of the Accounts Advance Rate
times Eligible Accounts under the Foreign Credit Agreement, or (B) the
Foreign Maximum Line; less
(iv) Ten percent (10%) of the amount outstanding under the
Foreign Credit Agreement; less
(v) Any Advances made to any other Borrower; less
(vi) The Borrowing Base Reserve; less
(vii) Indebtedness that the Borrowers owe to the Lender that has
not yet been advanced on the Revolving Note, including, without limitation the
dollar amount that the Lender in its discretion believes is a reasonable
determination of the Borrowers' credit exposure with respect to any swap,
derivative, foreign exchange, hedge, deposit, treasury management or other
similar transaction or arrangement offered to Borrowers by Lender that is not
described in Article II of this Agreement.
"Borrowing Base Reserve" means, as of any date of determination, such
amounts (expressed as either a specified amount or as a percentage of a
specified category or item) as the Lender may from time to time establish and
adjust in reducing Availability (a) to reflect events, conditions, contingencies
or risks which, as reasonably determined by the Lender, do or may affect (i) the
Collateral or its value, (ii) the assets, business or prospects of the
Borrowers, or (iii) the security interests and other rights of the Lender in the
Collateral (including the enforceability, perfection and priority thereof), or
(b) to reflect the Lender's reasonable judgment that any collateral report or
financial information furnished by or on behalf of the Borrowers to the Lender
is or may have been incomplete, inaccurate or misleading in any material
respect, or (c) in respect of any state of facts that the Lender reasonably
determines constitutes a Default or an Event of Default.
"Business Day" means a day on which the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
is open for business.
"Capital Expenditures" means for a period, any expenditure of money during
such period for the lease, purchase or other acquisition of any capital asset,
or for the lease of any other asset whether payable currently or in the future.
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"Change of Control" means the occurrence of any of the following events:
(a) Any Person or "group" (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and
14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) who is not an Owner on the Funding
Date becomes the "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except that a Person will be deemed to have
"beneficial ownership" of all securities that such Person has the right to
acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage
of time), directly or indirectly, of more than fifteen percent (15%) of the
voting power of all classes of Owners of the Borrowers; or
(b) During any consecutive two-year period, individuals who at the
beginning of such period constituted the board of Directors of the Borrowers
(together with any new Directors whose election to such board of Directors, or
whose nomination for election by the Owners of the Borrowers, was approved by a
vote of two-thirds of the Directors then still in office who were either
Directors at the beginning of such period or whose election or nomination for
election was previously so approved) cease for any reason to constitute a
majority of the board of Directors of the Borrowers then in office.
"Collateral" means all of the Borrowers' Accounts, chattel paper and
electronic chattel paper, deposit accounts, documents, Equipment, General
Intangibles, goods, instruments, Inventory, Investment Property,
letter-of-credit rights, letters of credit, all sums on deposit in any
Collateral Account, and any items in any Lockbox; together with (i) all
substitutions and replacements for and products of any of the foregoing; (ii) in
the case of all goods, all accessions; (iii) all accessories, attachments,
parts, equipment and repairs now or hereafter attached or affixed to or used in
connection with any goods; (iv) all warehouse receipts, bills of lading and
other documents of title now or hereafter covering such goods; (v) all
collateral subject to the Lien of any Security Document; (vi) any money, or
other assets of the Borrowers that now or hereafter come into the possession,
custody, or control of the Lender; (vii) proceeds of any and all of the
foregoing; (viii) books and records of the Borrowers, including all mail or
electronic mail addressed to the Borrowers; and (ix) all of the foregoing,
whether now owned or existing or hereafter acquired or arising or in which the
Borrowers now have or hereafter acquire any rights.
"Collateral Account" means the "Lender Account" as defined in the
Wholesale Lockbox and Collection Account Agreement.
"Commitment" means the Lender's commitment to make Advances to the
Borrowers.
"Constituent Documents" means with respect to any Person, as applicable,
such Person's certificate of incorporation, articles of incorporation, by-laws,
certificate of formation, articles of organization, limited liability company
agreement, management agreement, operating agreement, shareholder agreement,
partnership agreement or similar document or agreement governing such Person's
existence, organization or management or concerning disposition of ownership
interests of such Person or voting rights among such Person's owners.
"Credit Facility" means the credit facility under which Revolving Advances
may be made available to the Borrowers by the Lender under Article II.
"Cut-off Time" means 12 p.m. New York, New York time.
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"Debt" means of a Person as of a given date, all items of indebtedness or
liability which in accordance with GAAP would be included in determining total
liabilities as shown on the liabilities side of a balance sheet for such Person
and shall also include the aggregate payments required to be made by such Person
at any time under any lease that is considered a capitalized lease under GAAP.
"Default" means an event that, with giving of notice or passage of time or
both, would constitute an Event of Default.
"Default Period" means any period of time beginning on the day a Default
or Event of Default occurs and ending on the date identified by the Lender in
writing as the date that such Default or Event of Default has been cured or
waived.
"Default Rate" means an annual interest rate in effect during a Default
Period or following the Termination Date, which interest rate shall be equal to
three percent (3%) over the applicable Floating Rate, as such rate may change
from time to time.
"Dilution" means, as of any date of determination, a percentage, based
upon the experience of the trailing three (3) month period ending on the date of
determination, which is the result of dividing (a) actual bad debt write-downs,
discounts, advertising allowances, credits, or other dilutive items with respect
to the Accounts as determined by Lender in its sole discretion during such
period, by (b) such Borrower's net sales during such period (excluding
extraordinary items) plus the amount of clause (a).
"Director" means a director if the Borrower is a corporation, a governor
or manager if the Borrower is a limited liability company, or a general partner
if the Borrower is a partnership.
"Eligible Accounts" means all unpaid Accounts of the Borrowers arising
from the sale or lease of goods or the performance of services, net of any
credits, but excluding any such Accounts having any of the following
characteristics:
(i) That portion of Accounts unpaid 90 days or more after the
invoice date or, if the Lender in its discretion has determined that a
particular dated Account may be eligible, that portion of such Account
which is unpaid more than 60 days past the stated due date or more than 90
days past the invoice date;
(ii) That portion of Accounts related to goods or services with
respect to which the Borrowers have received notice of a claim or dispute,
which are subject to a claim of offset or a contra account, or which
reflect a reasonable reserve for warranty claims or returns;
(iii) That portion of Accounts not yet earned by the final
delivery of goods or rendition of services, as applicable, by the
Borrowers to the customer, including progress xxxxxxxx, and that portion
of Accounts for which an invoice has not been sent to the applicable
account debtor;
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(iv) Accounts constituting (i) proceeds of copyrightable material
unless such copyrightable material shall have been registered with the
United States Copyright Office, or (ii) proceeds of patentable inventions
unless such patentable inventions have been registered with the United
States Patent and Trademark Office;
(v) Accounts owed by any unit of government, whether foreign or
domestic (provided, however, that there shall be included in Eligible
Accounts that portion of Accounts owed by such units of government for
which the Borrowers have provided evidence satisfactory to the Lender that
(A) the Lender has a first priority perfected security interest and (B)
such Accounts may be enforced by the Lender directly against such unit of
government under all applicable laws);
(vi) Accounts denominated in any currency other than United
States dollars;
(vii) Accounts owed by an account debtor located outside the
United States which are not (A) backed by a bank letter of credit naming
the Lender as beneficiary or assigned to the Lender, in the Lender's
possession or control, and with respect to which a control agreement
concerning the letter-of-credit rights is in effect, and acceptable to the
Lender in all respects, in its sole discretion, or (B) covered by a
foreign receivables insurance policy acceptable to the Lender in its sole
discretion;
(viii) Accounts owed by an account debtor that is insolvent, the
subject of bankruptcy proceedings or has gone out of business;
(ix) Accounts owed by an Owner, Subsidiary, Affiliate, Officer or
employee of the Borrower;
(x) Accounts not subject to a duly perfected security interest
in the Lender's favor or which are subject to any Lien in favor of any
Person other than the Lender;
(xi) That portion of Accounts that has been restructured,
extended, amended or modified;
(xii) That portion of Accounts that constitutes advertising,
finance charges, service charges or sales or excise taxes;
(xiii) Accounts owed by an account debtor, regardless of whether
otherwise eligible, to the extent that the aggregate balance of such
Accounts exceeds fifteen percent (15%) of the aggregate amount of all
Accounts, except United States Surgical, that are otherwise eligible to
the extent that the aggregate balance of such Accounts exceeds twenty
percent (20%) of the aggregate amount of all Accounts;
(xiv) Accounts owed by an account debtor, regardless of whether
otherwise eligible, if twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the total
amount of Accounts due from such debtor is ineligible under clauses (i),
(ii), or (x) above; and
(xv) Accounts, or portions thereof, otherwise deemed ineligible
by the Lender in its sole discretion.
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"Eligible Inventory" means all Inventory of the Borrowers, valued at the
lower of cost or market in accordance with GAAP; but excluding any Inventory
having any of the following characteristics:
(i) Inventory that is: in-transit; located at any warehouse, job
site or other premises not approved by the Lender in writing; not subject
to a duly perfected first priority security interest in the Lender's
favor; subject to any lien or encumbrance that is not subordinate to the
Lender's first priority security interest; covered by any negotiable or
non-negotiable warehouse receipt, xxxx of lading or other document of
title; on consignment from any Person; on consignment to any Person or
subject to any bailment unless such consignee or bailee has executed an
agreement with the Lender;
(ii) Supplies, packaging, maintenance parts or sample Inventory,
or customer supplied parts or Inventory;
(iii) Work-in-process Inventory;
(iv) Inventory that is damaged, defective, obsolete, slow moving
or not currently saleable in the normal course of the Borrowers'
operations, or the amount of such Inventory that has been reduced by
shrinkage;
(v) Inventory that the Borrowers have returned, have attempted
to return, are in the process of returning or intend to return to the
vendor thereof;
(vi) Inventory that is perishable or live;
(vii) Inventory manufactured by the Borrowers pursuant to a
license unless the applicable licensor has agreed in writing to permit the
Lender to exercise its rights and remedies against such Inventory;
(viii) Inventory that is subject to a Lien in favor of any Person
other than the Lender;
(ix) Inventory stored at locations holding less than ten percent
(10%) of the aggregate value of Borrower's Inventory;
(x) Inventory otherwise deemed ineligible by the Lender in its
sole discretion; and
(xi) Raw material Inventory that is not titanium bar stock.
"Environmental Law" means any federal, state, local or other governmental
statute, regulation, law or ordinance dealing with the protection of human
health and the environment.
"Equipment" shall have the meaning given it under the UCC.
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended from time to time.
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"ERISA Affiliate" means any trade or business (whether or not
incorporated) that is a member of a group which includes the Borrowers and which
is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the IRC.
"Event of Default" is defined in Section 7.1.
"Financial Covenants" means the covenants set forth in Section 6.2.
"Floating Rate" means an annual interest rate equal to the sum of the
Prime Rate plus one percent (1%), which interest rate shall change when and as
the Prime Rate changes.
"Floating Rate Advance" means an Advance bearing interest at the Floating
Rate.
"Foreign Credit Agreement" means the Credit and Security Agreement (Ex-Im
Subfacility) dated as of December 29, 2006 by and between the Borrowers and the
Lender.
"Foreign Maximum Line" means $1,000,000.
"Funding Date" is defined in Section 2.1.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles, applied on a basis
consistent with the accounting practices applied in the financial statements
described in Section 5.6.
"General Intangibles" shall have the meaning given it under the UCC.
"Guarantor" means and every Person now or in the future who agrees to
guaranty the Indebtedness.
"Guaranty" means each unconditional continuing guaranty executed by a
Guarantor in favor of the Lender.
"Hazardous Substances" means pollutants, contaminants, hazardous
substances, hazardous wastes, petroleum and fractions thereof, and all other
chemicals, wastes, substances and materials listed in, regulated by or
identified in any Environmental Law.
"Indebtedness" is used herein in its most comprehensive sense and means
any and all advances, debts, obligations and liabilities of the Borrowers to the
Lender, heretofore, now or hereafter made, incurred or created, whether
voluntary or involuntary and however arising, whether due or not due, absolute
or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, determined or undetermined, including
under any swap, derivative, foreign exchange, hedge, deposit, treasury
management or other similar transaction or arrangement at any time entered into
by the Borrowers with the Lender, and whether the Borrowers may be liable
individually or jointly with others, or whether recovery upon such Indebtedness
may be or hereafter becomes unenforceable.
"Indemnified Liabilities" is defined in Section 8.6
"Indemnitees" is defined in Section 8.6.
"IRC" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
time.
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"Infringement" or "Infringing" when used with respect to Intellectual
Property Rights means any infringement or other violation of Intellectual
Property Rights.
"Intellectual Property Rights" means all actual or prospective rights
arising in connection with any intellectual property or other proprietary
rights, including all rights arising in connection with copyrights, patents,
service marks, trade dress, trade secrets, trademarks, trade names or mask
works.
"Interest Payment Date" is defined in Section 2.8(a).
"Inventory" shall have the meaning given it under the UCC.
"Inventory Advance Rate" means up to sixty percent (60%) of eligible raw
material inventory and up to seventy five percent (75%) of eligible finished
goods inventory.
"Investment Property" shall have the meaning given it under the UCC.
"Lender" means Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association in its broadest and
most comprehensive sense as a legal entity, and is not limited in its meaning to
Lender's Xxxxx Fargo Business Credit operating division, or to any other
operating division of Lender.
"Licensed Intellectual Property" is defined in Section 5.11(c).
"Lien" means any security interest, mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, lien,
charge, encumbrance, title retention agreement or analogous instrument or
device, including the interest of each lessor under any capitalized lease and
the interest of any bondsman under any payment or performance bond, in, of or on
any assets or properties of a Person, whether now owned or subsequently acquired
and whether arising by agreement or operation of law.
"Loan Documents" means this Agreement, the Revolving Note, each Guaranty,
the Foreign Credit Agreement and the Security Documents, together with every
other agreement, note, document, contract or instrument to which the Borrowers
now or in the future may be a party and which is required by the Lender.
"Lockbox" means "Lockbox" as defined in the Wholesale Lockbox and
Collection Account Agreement.
"Material Adverse Effect" means any of the following:
(i) A material adverse effect on the business, operations,
results of operations, prospects, assets, liabilities or financial
condition of the Borrowers;
(ii) A material adverse effect on the ability of the Borrowers to
perform their obligations under the Loan Documents;
(iii) A material adverse effect on the ability of the Lender to
enforce the Indebtedness or to realize the intended benefits of the
Security Documents, including a material adverse effect on the validity or
enforceability of any Loan Document or of any
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rights against any Guarantor, or on the status, existence, perfection,
priority (subject to Permitted Liens) or enforceability of any Lien
securing payment or performance of the Indebtedness; or
(iv) Any claim against the Borrowers which if determined
adversely to the Borrowers would cause the Borrowers to be liable to pay
an amount exceeding $100,000 or would result in the occurrence of an event
described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above.
"Maturity Date" means December 29, 2009.
"Maximum Line Amount" means $8,000,000 unless this amount is reduced
pursuant to Section 2.10, in which event it means such lower amount.
"Minimum Loan Amount" shall mean $1,250,000.
"Multiemployer Plan" means a multiemployer plan (as defined in Section
4001(a)(3) of ERISA) to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate contributes or
is obligated to contribute.
"Net Cash Proceeds" means in connection with any asset sale, the cash
proceeds (including any cash payments received by way of deferred payment
whether pursuant to a note, installment receivable or otherwise, but only as and
when actually received) from such asset sale, net of (i) attorneys' fees,
accountants' fees, investment banking fees, brokerage commissions and amounts
required to be applied to the repayment of any portion of the Debt secured by a
Lien not prohibited hereunder on the asset which is the subject of such sale,
and (ii) taxes paid or reasonably estimated to be payable as a result of such
asset sale.
"Net Income" means after-tax net income from continuing operations,
including extraordinary losses but excluding extraordinary gains, all as
determined in accordance with GAAP.
"Net Loss" means after-tax net loss from continuing operations as
determined in accordance with GAAP.
"Net Orderly Liquidation Value" means a professional opinion of the
estimated most probable Net Cash Proceeds which could typically be realized at a
properly advertised and professionally managed liquidation sale, conducted under
orderly sale conditions for an extended period of time (usually six to nine
months), under the economic trends existing at the time of the appraisal.
"Officer" means with respect to the Borrowers, an officer if the Borrower
is a corporation, a manager if the Borrower is a limited liability company, or a
partner if the Borrower is a partnership.
"OFAC" is defined in Section 6.12(c).
"Overadvance" means the amount, if any, by which the outstanding principal
balance of the Revolving Note is in excess of the then-existing Borrowing Base.
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"Owned Intellectual Property" is defined in Section 5.11(a).
"Owner" means with respect to the Borrowers, each Person having legal or
beneficial title to an ownership interest in such Borrower or a right to acquire
such an interest.
"Patent and Trademark Security Agreement" means each Patent and Trademark
Security Agreement now or hereafter executed by the Borrower in favor of the
Lender.
"Pension Plan" means a pension plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA)
maintained for employees of any Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate and covered by
Title IV of ERISA.
"Permitted Lien" and "Permitted Liens" are defined in Section 6.3(a) .
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
limited liability company, association, joint-stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision
thereof.
"Plan" means an employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of
ERISA) maintained for employees of any Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate.
"Premises" means all locations where the Borrowers conduct their business
or have any rights of possession, including the locations legally described in
Exhibit C attached hereto.
"Prime Rate" means at any time the rate of interest most recently
announced by the Lender at its principal office as its Prime Rate, with the
understanding that the Prime Rate is one of the Lender's base rates, and serves
as the basis upon which effective rates of interest are calculated for those
loans making reference thereto, and is evidenced by the recording thereof in
such internal publication or publications as the Lender may designate. Each
change in the rate of interest shall become effective on the date each Prime
Rate change is announced by the Lender.
"Reportable Event" means a reportable event (as defined in Section 4043 of
ERISA), other than an event for which the 30-day notice requirement under ERISA
has been waived in regulations issued by the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation.
"Revolving Advance" is defined in Section 2.1.
"Revolving Note" means the Borrowers' revolving promissory note, payable
to the order of the Lender in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto, as
same may be renewed and amended from time to time, and all replacements thereto.
"Security Documents" means this Agreement, the Wholesale Lockbox and
Collection Account Agreement, the Foreign Credit Agreement, the Patent and
Trademark Security Agreements, and any other document delivered to the Lender
from time to time to secure the Indebtedness.
"Security Interest" is defined in Section 3.1.
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"Subsidiary" means any Person of which more than fifty percent (50%) of
the outstanding ownership interests having general voting power under ordinary
circumstances to elect a majority of the board of directors or the equivalent of
such Person, regardless of whether or not at the time ownership interests of any
other class or classes shall have or might have voting power by reason of the
happening of any contingency, is at the time directly or indirectly owned by the
Borrowers, by the Borrowers and one or more other Subsidiaries, or by one or
more other Subsidiaries.
"Termination Date" means the earliest of (i) the Maturity Date, (ii) the
date the Borrowers terminate the Credit Facility, or (iii) the date the Lender
demands payment of the Indebtedness, following an Event of Default, pursuant to
Section 7.2.
"UCC" means the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the state designated
in this Agreement as the state whose laws shall govern this Agreement, or in any
other state whose laws are held to govern this Agreement or any portion of this
Agreement.
"Unused Amount" is defined in Section 2.7(b).
"Wholesale Lockbox and Collection Account Agreement" means the Wholesale
Lockbox and Collection Account Agreement by and among the Borrowers and the
Lender to be executed following the date of this Agreement.
Section 1.2 Other Definitional Terms; Rules of Interpretation. The
words "hereof," "herein" and "hereunder" and words of similar import when used
in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any
particular provision of this Agreement. All accounting terms not otherwise
defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with GAAP. All
terms defined in the UCC and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings
assigned to them in the UCC. References to Articles, Sections, subsections,
Exhibits, Schedules and the like, are to Articles, Sections and subsections of,
or Exhibits or Schedules attached to, this Agreement unless otherwise expressly
provided. The words "include", "includes" and "including" shall be deemed to be
followed by the phrase "without limitation". Unless the context in which used
herein otherwise clearly requires, "or" has the inclusive meaning represented by
the phrase "and/or". Defined terms include in the singular number the plural and
in the plural number the singular. Reference to any agreement (including the
Loan Documents), document or instrument means such agreement, document or
instrument as amended or modified and in effect from time to time in accordance
with the terms thereof (and, if applicable, in accordance with the terms hereof
and the other Loan Documents), except where otherwise explicitly provided, and
reference to any promissory note includes any promissory note which is an
extension or renewal thereof or a substitute or replacement therefor. Reference
to any law, rule, regulation, order, decree, requirement, policy, guideline,
directive or interpretation means as amended, modified, codified, replaced or
reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect on the determination date,
including rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
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ARTICLE II
AMOUNT AND TERMS OF THE CREDIT FACILITY
Section 2.1 Revolving Advances. The Lender agrees, subject to the terms
and conditions of this Agreement, to make advances ("Revolving Advances") to the
Borrowers from time to time from the date that all of the conditions set forth
in Section 4.1 are satisfied (the "Funding Date") to and until (but not
including) the Termination Date in an amount not in excess of the Maximum Line
Amount. The Lender shall have no obligation to make a Revolving Advance to the
extent that the amount of the requested Revolving Advance exceeds Availability.
The Borrowers' obligation to pay the Revolving Advances shall be evidenced by
the Revolving Note and shall be secured by the Collateral. Within the limits set
forth in this Section 2.1, the Borrowers may borrow, prepay pursuant to Section
2.10, and reborrow.
Section 2.2 Procedures for Requesting Advances. The Borrowers shall
comply with the following procedures in requesting Revolving Advances:
(a) TYPE OF ADVANCES. Each Advance shall be funded as a Floating Rate
Advance.
(b) TIME FOR REQUESTS. The Borrowers shall request each Advance not
later than the Cut-off Time on the Business Day on which the Advance is to be
made. Each request that conforms to the terms of this Agreement shall be
effective upon receipt by the Lender, shall be in writing or by telephone or
telecopy transmission, and shall be confirmed in writing by the Borrowers if so
requested by the Lender, by (i) an Officer of the Borrowers; or (ii) a Person
designated as the Borrowers' agent by an Officer of the Borrowers in a writing
delivered to the Lender; or (iii) a Person whom the Lender reasonably believes
to be an Officer of a Borrower or such a designated agent. The Borrowers shall
repay all Advances even if the Lender does not receive such confirmation and
even if the Person requesting an Advance was not in fact authorized to do so.
Any request for an Advance, whether written or telephonic, shall be deemed to be
a representation by the Borrowers that the conditions set forth in Section 4.2
have been satisfied as of the time of the request.
(c) DISBURSEMENT. Upon fulfillment of the applicable conditions set
forth in Article IV, the Lender shall disburse the proceeds of the requested
Advance by crediting the same to the Borrowers' demand deposit account
maintained with Bank of New York unless the Lender and the Borrowers shall agree
in writing to another manner of disbursement.
Section 2.3 Increased Costs.
(a) If the Lender shall determine that, after the date hereof, the
adoption of any applicable law, rule or regulation, 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 the Lender or its parent corporation
with any requirement or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of
any such governmental authority, central bank or comparable agency:
(i) shall subject the Lender or its parent corporation to any
tax, duty or other similar charge with respect to any Advances or the
Revolving Note or shall change the
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basis of taxation of payments to the Lender or its parent corporation of
the principal of or interest on the Advances or of any other amounts due
under this Agreement in respect of any Advances or the Revolving Note
(except for any change in respect of any tax imposed on the overall income
of the Lender or its parent corporation); or
(ii) shall impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special
deposit or similar requirement (including, without limitation, any such
requirement imposed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System) against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit
extended by, the Lender or its parent corporation or shall impose on the
Lender or its parent corporation any other condition affecting any
Advances or the Revolving Note;
and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to the
Lender or its parent corporation of making or maintaining any Advances, or to
reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by the Lender or its parent
corporation under this Agreement or the Revolving Note with respect thereto, by
an amount deemed by the Lender or its parent corporation to be material, then
upon demand by the Lender, the Borrowers shall pay to the Lender such additional
amount or amounts as will compensate the Lender or its parent corporation for
such increased cost or reduction.
(b) If the Lender shall determine that the adoption after the date
hereof of any applicable law, rule or regulation regarding capital adequacy, or
any change therein after the date hereof, or any change after the date hereof 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 the Lender or its parent corporation
with any guideline or request issued after the date hereof regarding capital
adequacy (whether nor not having the force of law) of any such governmental
authority, central bank or comparable agency, has or would have the effect of
reducing the rate of return on the Lender's or the Lender's parent corporation's
capital as a consequence of any Advances or the Lender's obligations hereunder
to a level below that which the Lender or its parent corporation could have
achieved but for such adoption, change or compliance (taking into consideration
the Lender's policies with respect to capital adequacy and those of the Lender's
parent corporation) by an amount deemed by the Lender or its parent corporation
to be material, then from time to time on demand by the Lender, the Borrowers
shall pay to the Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate the
Lender or its parent corporation for such reduction.
(c) Certificates of the Lender sent to the Borrowers from time to time
claiming compensation under this Section, stating the reason therefor and
setting forth in reasonable detail the calculation of the additional amount or
amounts to be paid to the Lender hereunder shall be conclusive absent
demonstrable error. In determining such amounts, the Lender or its parent
corporation may use any reasonable averaging and attribution methods.
Section 2.4 Intentionally Omitted.
Section 2.5 Intentionally Omitted.
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Section 2.6 Interest; Default Interest Rate; Application of Payments;
Participations; Usury.
(a) INTEREST. Except as provided in Section 2.6(d) and Section 2.6(g),
the principal amount of each Advance shall bear interest as a Floating Rate
Advance.
(b) Intentionally Omitted.
(c) Intentionally Omitted.
(d) DEFAULT INTEREST RATE. At any time during any Default Period or
following the Termination Date, in the Lender's sole discretion and without
waiving any of its other rights or remedies, the principal of the Revolving Note
shall bear interest at the Default Rate or such lesser rate as the Lender may
determine, effective as of the first day of the month in which any Default
Period begins through the last day of such Default Period, or any shorter time
period that the Lender may determine. The decision of the Lender to impose a
rate that is less than the Default Rate or to not impose the Default Rate for
the entire duration of the Default Period shall be made by the Lender in its
sole discretion and shall not be a waiver of any of its other rights and
remedies, including its right to retroactively impose the full Default Rate for
the entirety of any such Default Period or following the Termination Date.
(e) APPLICATION OF PAYMENTS. Payments shall be applied to the
Indebtedness on the Business Day of receipt by the Lender in the Lender's
general account, but the amount of principal paid shall continue to accrue
interest at the interest rate applicable under the terms of this Agreement from
the calendar day the Lender receives the payment, and continuing through the end
of the second Business Day following receipt of the payment.
(f) PARTICIPATIONS. If any Person shall acquire a participation in the
Advances, the Borrowers shall be obligated to the Lender to pay the full amount
of all interest calculated under this Section 2.6, along with all other fees,
charges and other amounts due under this Agreement, regardless if such Person
elects to accept interest with respect to its participation at a lower rate than
that calculated under this Section 2.6, or otherwise elects to accept less than
its pro rata share of such fees, charges and other amounts due under this
Agreement.
(g) USURY. In any event no rate change shall be put into effect which
would result in a rate greater than the highest rate permitted by law.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Loan Document, all
agreements which either now are or which shall become agreements between the
Borrowers and the Lender are hereby limited so that in no contingency or event
whatsoever shall the total liability for payments in the nature of interest,
additional interest and other charges exceed the applicable limits imposed by
any applicable usury laws. If any payments in the nature of interest, additional
interest and other charges made under any Loan Document are held to be in excess
of the limits imposed by any applicable usury laws, it is agreed that any such
amount held to be in excess shall be considered payment of principal hereunder,
and the indebtedness evidenced hereby shall be reduced by such amount so that
the total liability for payments in the nature of interest, additional interest
and other charges shall not exceed the applicable limits imposed by any
applicable usury laws, in compliance with the desires of the Borrowers and the
Lender. This provision shall never be superseded or waived
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and shall control every other provision of the Loan Documents and all agreements
between the Borrowers and the Lender, or their successors and assigns.
Section 2.7 Fees.
(a) ORIGINATION FEE. The Borrowers shall pay the Lender a fully earned
and non-refundable origination fee of $35,000, due and payable upon the
execution of this Agreement.
(b) UNUSED LINE FEE. For the purposes of this Section 2.7(b), "Unused
Amount" means the Maximum Line Amount reduced by the greater of (a) the Minimum
Loan Amount and (b) outstanding Revolving Advances. The Borrowers agrees to pay
to the Lender an unused line fee at the rate of one half of one percent (.50%)
per annum on the average daily Unused Amount from the date of this Agreement to
and including the Termination Date, due and payable monthly in arrears on the
first day of the month and on the Termination Date.
(c) Intentionally Omitted.
(d) COLLATERAL EXAM FEES. The Borrowers shall pay the Lender fees in
connection with any collateral exams, audits or inspections conducted by or on
behalf of the Lender of any Collateral or the Borrowers' operations or business
at the rates established from time to time by the Lender as its collateral exam
fees (which fees are currently $950 per day per collateral examiner), together
with all actual out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in conducting any such
collateral examination or inspection.
(e) CSI FEES. With respect to services to be provided by Collateral
Services, Inc. ("CSI") related to Borrower's accounts receivable agings and
inventory reports, the Borrower shall pay to Lender (i) a set-up fee of $850,
which fee shall be charged to Borrowers' account and shall be deemed fully
earned and payable on the date hereof, and (ii) a monthly service fee of $100,
payable monthly on the first date of each month.
(f) Intentionally Omitted.
(g) TERMINATION AND LINE REDUCTION FEES. If (i) the Lender terminates
the Credit Facility during a Default Period, or if (ii) the Borrowers terminate
or reduce the Credit Facility on a date prior to the Maturity Date, then the
Borrowers shall pay the Lender as liquidated damages and not as a penalty a
termination fee in an amount equal to a percentage of the Maximum Line Amount
(or the reduction of the Maximum Line Amount, as the case may be) calculated as
follows: (A) three percent (3%) if the termination or reduction occurs on or
before the first anniversary of the Funding Date; (B) two percent (2%) if the
termination or reduction occurs after the first anniversary of the Funding Date,
but on or before the second anniversary of the Funding Date; and (C) one percent
(1%) if the termination or reduction occurs after the second anniversary of the
Funding Date.
(h) Intentionally Omitted.
(i) Intentionally Omitted.
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(j) OVERADVANCE FEES. The Borrowers shall pay an Overadvance fee in the
amount of $500.00 for each day or portion thereof during which an Overadvance
exists, regardless of how the Overadvance arises or whether or not the
Overadvance has been agreed to in advance by the Lender. The acceptance of
payment of an Overadvance fee by the Lender shall not be deemed to constitute
either consent to the Overadvance or a waiver of the resulting Event of Default,
unless the Lender specifically consents to the Overadvance in writing and waives
the Event of Default on whatever conditions the Lender deems appropriate.
(k) OTHER FEES AND CHARGES. The Lender may from time to time impose
additional fees and charges as consideration for Advances made in excess of
Availability or for other events that constitute an Event of Default or a
Default hereunder, including fees and charges for the administration of
Collateral by the Lender, and fees and charges for the late delivery of reports,
which may be assessed in the Lender's sole discretion on either an hourly,
periodic, or flat fee basis, and in lieu of or in addition to imposing interest
at the Default Rate.
(l) Intentionally Omitted.
(m) MONITORING FEES. The Borrowers shall pay Lender a Collateral
monitoring fee in the amount of $500 per month, payable monthly on the first day
of each month (the "Monitoring Fee").
(n) MINIMUM LOAN FEE. In the event the average closing daily unpaid
balance of all Advances hereunder during any calendar month is less than the
Minimum Loan Amount, the Borrowers shall pay to the Lender a minimum loan fee
(the "Minimum Loan Fee") at a rate per annum equal to the Floating Rate on the
amount by which the Minimum Loan Amount exceeds such average closing daily
unpaid balance. Such fee shall be calculated on the basis of a year of 360 days
and actual days elapsed.
Section 2.8 Time for Interest Payments; Payment on Non-Business Days;
Computation of Interest and Fees.
(a) TIME FOR INTEREST PAYMENTS. Accrued and unpaid interest accruing on
Floating Rate Advances shall be due and payable on the first day of each month
and on the Termination Date (each an "Interest Payment Date"), or if any such
day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day. Interest will
accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no
interest has been paid, from the date of advance to the Interest Payment Date.
If an Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day, payment shall be made on the
next succeeding Business Day.
(b) PAYMENT ON NON-BUSINESS DAYS. Whenever any payment to be made
hereunder shall be stated to be due on a day which is not a Business Day, such
payment may be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and such extension of
time shall in such case be included in the computation of interest on the
Advances or the fees hereunder, as the case may be.
(c) COMPUTATION OF INTEREST AND FEES. Interest accruing on the
outstanding principal balance of the Advances and fees hereunder outstanding
from time to time shall be computed on the basis of actual number of days
elapsed in a year of 360 days.
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Section 2.9 Lockbox and Collateral Account; Sweep of Funds.
(a) LOCKBOX AND COLLATERAL ACCOUNT.
(i) The Borrowers shall instruct all account debtors to pay all
Accounts directly to the Lockbox. If, notwithstanding such instructions,
the Borrowers receive any payments on Accounts, the Borrowers shall
deposit such payments into the Collateral Account. The Borrowers shall
also deposit all other cash proceeds of Collateral regardless of source or
nature directly into the Collateral Account. Until so deposited, the
Borrowers shall hold all such payments and cash proceeds in trust for and
as the property of the Lender and shall not commingle such property with
any of its other funds or property. All deposits in the Collateral Account
shall constitute proceeds of Collateral and shall not constitute payment
of the Indebtedness.
(ii) All items deposited in the Collateral Account shall be
subject to final payment. If any such item is returned uncollected, the
Borrowers will immediately pay the Lender, or, for items deposited in the
Collateral Account, the bank maintaining such account, the amount of that
item, or such bank at its discretion may charge any uncollected item to
the Borrowers' commercial account or other account. The Borrowers shall be
liable as an endorser on all items deposited in the Collateral Account,
whether or not in fact endorsed by the Borrowers.
(b) SWEEP OF FUNDS. The Lender shall from time to time, in accordance
with the Wholesale Lockbox and Collection Account Agreement, cause funds in the
Collateral Account to be transferred to the Lender's general account for payment
of the Indebtedness. Amounts deposited in the Collateral Account shall not be
subject to withdrawal by the Borrowers, except after payment in full and
discharge of all Indebtedness.
Section 2.10 Voluntary Prepayment; Reduction of the Maximum Line Amount;
Termination of the Credit Facility by the Borrowers. Except as otherwise
provided herein, the Borrowers may prepay the Advances in whole at any time or
from time to time in part. The Borrowers may terminate the Credit Facility or
reduce the Maximum Line Amount at any time if they (i) give the Lender at least
90 days advance written notice prior to the proposed Termination Date, and (ii)
pay the Lender applicable termination prepayment and contracted funds breakage
fees and Maximum Line Amount reduction fees in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement. Any reduction in the Maximum Line Amount shall be in multiples of
$100,000, and with a minimum reduction of at least $500,000. If the Borrowers
terminate the Credit Facility or reduce the Maximum Line Amount to zero, all
Indebtedness shall be immediately due and payable, and if the Borrowers give the
Lender less than the required 90 days advance written notice, then the interest
rate applicable to borrowings evidenced by the Revolving Note shall be the
Default Rate for the period of time commencing 90 days prior to the proposed
Termination Date through the date that the Lender actually receives such written
notice. If the Borrowers do not wish the Lender to consider renewal of the
Credit Facility on the next Maturity Date, then the Borrowers shall give the
Lender at least 90 days written notice prior to the Maturity Date that it will
not be requesting renewal. If the Borrowers fail to give the Lender such timely
notice, then the interest rate applicable to borrowings evidenced by the
Revolving Note shall be the Default Rate for the
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period of time commencing 90 days prior to the Maturity Date through the date
that the Lender actually receives such written notice.
Section 2.11 Mandatory Prepayment. Without notice or demand, if the sum
of the outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Advances shall at any time
exceed the Borrowing Base, the Borrowers shall immediately prepay the Revolving
Advances to the extent necessary to eliminate such excess. Any voluntary or
mandatory prepayment received by the Lender may be applied to the Indebtedness,
in such order and in such amounts as the Lender in its sole discretion may
determine from time to time.
Section 2.12 Revolving Advances to Pay Indebtedness. Notwithstanding the
terms of Section 2.1, the Lender may, in its discretion at any time or from time
to time, without the Borrowers' request and even if the conditions set forth in
Section 4.2 would not be satisfied, make a Revolving Advance in an amount equal
to the portion of the Indebtedness from time to time due and payable.
Section 2.13 Use of Proceeds. The Borrowers shall use the proceeds of
Advances for ordinary working capital purposes, except that Advances in an
amount not to exceed One Million Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,200,000) may
be used for the redemption of shares of Acoustic Marketing Research, Inc. from
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx.
Section 2.14 Liability Records. The Lender may maintain from time to
time, at its discretion, records as to the Indebtedness. All entries made on any
such record shall be presumed correct until the Borrowers establish the
contrary. Upon the Lender's demand, the Borrowers will admit and certify in
writing the exact principal balance of the Indebtedness that the Borrowers then
assert to be outstanding. Any billing statement or accounting rendered by the
Lender shall be conclusive and fully binding on the Borrowers unless the
Borrowers give the Lender specific written notice of exception within 30 days
after receipt.
ARTICLE III
SECURITY INTEREST; OCCUPANCY; SETOFF
Section 3.1 Grant of Security Interest. The Borrowers hereby pledge,
assign and grant to the Lender a lien and security interest (collectively
referred to as the "Security Interest") in the Collateral, as security for the
payment and performance of: (a) all present and future Indebtedness of the
Borrowers to the Lender; (b) all obligations of the Borrowers and rights of the
Lender under this Agreement; and (c) all present and future obligations of the
Borrowers to the Lender of other kinds. Upon written request by the Lender, the
Borrowers will grant to the Lender a security interest in all commercial tort
claims that the Borrowers may have against any Person.
Section 3.2 Notification of Account Debtors and Other Obligors. The
Lender may at any time (whether or not a Default Period then exists) notify any
account debtor or other Person obligated to pay the amount due that such right
to payment has been assigned or transferred to the Lender for security and shall
be paid directly to the Lender. The Borrowers will join in giving such notice if
the Lender so requests. At any time after the Borrowers or the Lender gives
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such notice to an account debtor or other obligor, the Lender may, but need not,
in the Lender's name or in the Borrowers' name, demand, xxx for, collect or
receive any money or property at any time payable or receivable on account of,
or securing, any such right to payment, or grant any extension to, make any
compromise or settlement with or otherwise agree to waive, modify, amend or
change the obligations (including collateral obligations) of any such account
debtor or other obligor. The Lender may, in the Lender's name or in the
Borrowers' name, as the Borrowers' agent and attorney-in-fact, notify the United
States Postal Service to change the address for delivery of the Borrowers' mail
to any address designated by the Lender, otherwise intercept the Borrower's
mail, and receive, open and dispose of the Borrower's mail, applying all
Collateral as permitted under this Agreement and holding all other mail for the
Borrowers' account or forwarding such mail to the Borrowers' last known address.
Section 3.3 Assignment of Insurance. As additional security for the
payment and performance of the Indebtedness, the Borrowers hereby assign to the
Lender any and all monies (including proceeds of insurance and refunds of
unearned premiums) due or to become due under, and all other rights of the
Borrowers with respect to, any and all policies of insurance now or at any time
hereafter covering the Collateral or any evidence thereof or any business
records or valuable papers pertaining thereto, and the Borrowers hereby direct
the issuer of any such policy to pay all such monies directly to the Lender. At
any time, whether or not a Default Period then exists, the Lender may (but need
not), in the Lender's name or in the Borrowers' name, execute and deliver proof
of claim, receive all such monies, endorse checks and other instruments
representing payment of such monies, and adjust, litigate, compromise or release
any claim against the issuer of any such policy. Any monies received as payment
for any loss under any insurance policy mentioned above (other than liability
insurance policies) or as payment of any award or compensation for condemnation
or taking by eminent domain, shall be paid over to the Lender to be applied, at
the option of the Lender, either to the prepayment of the Indebtedness or shall
be disbursed to the Borrowers under staged payment terms reasonably satisfactory
to the Lender for application to the cost of repairs, replacements, or
restorations. Any such repairs, replacements, or restorations shall be effected
with reasonable promptness and shall be of a value at least equal to the value
of the items or property destroyed prior to such damage or destruction.
Section 3.4 Occupancy.
(a) The Borrowers hereby irrevocably grant to the Lender the right to
take exclusive possession of the Premises at any time during a Default Period
without notice or consent.
(b) The Lender may use the Premises only to hold, process, manufacture,
sell, use, store, liquidate, realize upon or otherwise dispose of goods that are
Collateral and for other purposes that the Lender may in good xxxxx xxxx to be
related or incidental purposes.
(c) The Lender's right to hold the Premises shall cease and terminate
upon the earlier of (i) payment in full and discharge of all Indebtedness and
termination of the Credit Facility, and (ii) final sale or disposition of all
goods constituting Collateral and delivery of all such goods to purchasers.
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(d) The Lender shall not be obligated to pay or account for any rent or
other compensation for the possession, occupancy or use of any of the Premises;
provided, however, that if the Lender does pay or account for any rent or other
compensation for the possession, occupancy or use of any of the Premises, the
Borrowers shall reimburse the Lender promptly for the full amount thereof. In
addition, the Borrowers will pay, or reimburse the Lender for, all taxes, fees,
duties, imposts, charges and expenses at any time incurred by or imposed upon
the Lender by reason of the execution, delivery, existence, recordation,
performance or enforcement of this Agreement or the provisions of this Section
3.4.
Section 3.5 License. Without limiting the generality of any other
Security Document, the Borrowers hereby grant to the Lender a non-exclusive,
worldwide and royalty-free license to use or otherwise exploit all Intellectual
Property Rights of the Borrowers for the purpose of: (a) completing the
manufacture of any in-process materials during any Default Period so that such
materials become saleable Inventory, all in accordance with the same quality
standards previously adopted by the Borrowers for their own manufacturing and
subject to the Borrowers' reasonable exercise of quality control; and (b)
selling, leasing or otherwise disposing of any or all Collateral during any
Default Period.
Section 3.6 Financing Statement. The Borrowers authorize the Lender to
file from time to time, such financing statements against collateral described
as "all personal property" or "all assets" or describing specific items of
collateral including commercial tort claims as the Lender deems necessary or
useful to perfect the Security Interest. All financing statements filed before
the date hereof to perfect the Security Interest were authorized by the
Borrowers and are hereby re-authorized. A carbon, photographic or other
reproduction of this Agreement or of any financing statements signed by the
Borrowers are sufficient as a financing statement and may be filed as a
financing statement in any state to perfect the security interests granted
hereby. For this purpose, the Borrowers represent and warrant that the following
information is true and correct:
Name and address of Debtor:
MISONIX, INC.
0000 Xxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Federal Employer Identification No. 00-0000000
Organizational Identification No. none
Acoustic Marketing Research, Inc.
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Federal Employer Identification No. 00-0000000
Organizational Identification No. 19911016571
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Hearing Innovations Incorporated
0000 Xxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Federal Employer Identification No. 00-0000000
Organizational Identification No. none
Name and address of Secured Party:
Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association
000 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Section 3.7 Setoff. The Lender may at any time or from time to time, at
its sole discretion and without demand and without notice to anyone, setoff any
liability owed to the Borrowers by the Lender, whether or not due, against any
Indebtedness, whether or not due. In addition, each other Person holding a
participating interest in any Indebtedness shall have the right to appropriate
or setoff any deposit or other liability then owed by such Person to the
Borrowers, whether or not due, and apply the same to the payment of said
participating interest, as fully as if such Person had lent directly to the
Borrowers the amount of such participating interest.
Section 3.8 Collateral. This Agreement does not contemplate a sale of
accounts, contract rights or chattel paper, and, as provided by law, the
Borrowers are entitled to any surplus and shall remain liable for any
deficiency. The Lender's duty of care with respect to Collateral in its
possession (as imposed by law) shall be deemed fulfilled if it exercises
reasonable care in physically keeping such Collateral, or in the case of
Collateral in the custody or possession of a bailee or other third Person,
exercises reasonable care in the selection of the bailee or other third Person,
and the Lender need not otherwise preserve, protect, insure or care for any
Collateral. The Lender shall not be obligated to preserve any rights the
Borrowers may have against prior parties, to realize on the Collateral at all or
in any particular manner or order or to apply any cash proceeds of the
Collateral in any particular order of application. The Lender has no obligation
to clean-up or otherwise prepare the Collateral for sale. The Borrowers waive
any right they may have to require the Lender to pursue any third Person for any
of the Indebtedness.
ARTICLE IV
CONDITIONS OF LENDING
Section 4.1 Conditions Precedent to the Initial Advances. The Lender's
obligation to make the initial Advances shall be subject to the condition
precedent that the Lender shall have received all of the following, each
properly executed by the appropriate party and in form and substance
satisfactory to the Lender:
(a) This Agreement.
(b) The Revolving Note.
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(c) Intentionally Omitted.
(d) A true and correct copy of any and all leases pursuant to which the
Borrowers are leasing the Premises, together with a landlord's disclaimer and
consent with respect to each such lease.
(e) A true and correct copy of any and all mortgages pursuant to which
the Borrowers have mortgaged the Premises, together with a mortgagee's
disclaimer and consent with respect to each such mortgage.
(f) A true and correct copy of any and all agreements pursuant to which
the Borrowers' property is in the possession of any Person other than the
Borrowers, together with, in the case of any goods held by such Person for
resale, (i) a consignee's acknowledgment and waiver of Liens, (ii) UCC financing
statements sufficient to protect the Borrowers' and the Lender's interests in
such goods, and (iii) UCC searches showing that no other secured party has filed
a financing statement against such Person and covering property similar to the
Borrowers' other than the Borrowers, or if there exists any such secured party,
evidence that each such secured party has received notice from the Borrowers and
the Lender sufficient to protect the Borrowers' and the Lender's interests in
the Borrowers' goods from any claim by such secured party.
(g) An acknowledgment and waiver of Liens from each warehouse in which
the Borrowers are storing Inventory.
(h) A true and correct copy of any and all agreements pursuant to which
the Borrowers' property is in the possession of any Person other than the
Borrowers, together with, (i) an acknowledgment and waiver of Liens from each
subcontractor who has possession of the Borrowers' goods from time to time, (ii)
UCC financing statements sufficient to protect the Borrowers' and the Lender's
interests in such goods, and (iii) UCC searches showing that no other secured
party has filed a financing statement covering such Person's property other than
the Borrowers, or if there exists any such secured party, evidence that each
such secured party has received notice from the Borrowers and the Lender
sufficient to protect the Borrowers' and the Lender's interests in the
Borrowers' goods from any claim by such secured party.
(i) An acknowledgment and agreement from each licensor in favor of the
Lender, together with a true, correct and complete copy of all license
agreements.
(j) Intentionally Omitted.
(k) The Wholesale Lockbox and Collection Account Agreement.
(l) Control agreements with each bank at which the Borrowers maintain
deposit accounts.
(m) Patent and Trademark Security Agreements.
(n) Intentionally Omitted.
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(o) Intentionally Omitted.
(p) Intentionally Omitted.
(q) Current searches of appropriate filing offices showing that (i) no
Liens have been filed and remain in effect against the Borrowers except
Permitted Liens or Liens held by Persons who have agreed in writing that upon
receipt of proceeds of the initial Advances, they will satisfy, release or
terminate such Liens in a manner satisfactory to the Lender, and (ii) the Lender
has duly filed all financing statements necessary to perfect the Security
Interest, to the extent the Security Interest is capable of being perfected by
filing.
(r) A certificate of each Borrowers' Secretary or Assistant Secretary
certifying that attached to such certificate are (i) the resolutions of each
Borrower's Directors and, if required, Owners, authorizing the execution,
delivery and performance of the Loan Documents, (ii) true, correct and complete
copies of each Borrower's Constituent Documents, and (iii) examples of the
signatures of each Borrower's Officers or agents authorized to execute and
deliver the Loan Documents and other instruments, agreements and certificates,
including Advance requests, on each Borrower's behalf.
(s) A current certificate issued by the Secretary of State of New York
certifying that Misonix, Inc. is in compliance with all applicable
organizational requirements of the State of New York.
(t) A current certificate issued by the Secretary of State of Delaware,
certifying that Hearing Innovations Incorporated is in compliance with all
applicable organizational requirements of the State of Delaware.
(u) A current certificate issued by the Secretary of State of Colorado,
certifying that Acoustic Marketing Research, Inc. is in compliance with all
applicable organizational requirements of the State of Colorado.
(v) Evidence that the Borrowers are duly licensed or qualified to
transact business in all jurisdictions where the character of the property owned
or leased or the nature of the business transacted by it makes such licensing or
qualification necessary.
(w) A certificate of an Officer of each Borrower confirming, in his
personal capacity, the representations and warranties set forth in Article V.
(x) Intentionally Omitted.
(y) Certificates of the insurance required hereunder, with all hazard
insurance containing a lender's loss payable endorsement in the Lender's favor
and with all liability insurance naming the Lender as an additional insured.
(z) The separate Guaranty of each Guarantor, pursuant to which each
Guarantor unconditionally guarantees the full and prompt payment of all
Indebtedness.
(aa) Intentionally Omitted.
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(bb) Intentionally Omitted.
(cc) Payment of all fees due under the terms of this Agreement through
the date of the initial Advance hereunder, and payment of all expenses incurred
by the Lender through such date and that are required to be paid by the
Borrowers under this Agreement.
(dd) Evidence that after making the initial Revolving Advance, satisfying
all obligations owed to the Borrowers' prior lender, satisfying all trade
payables older than 60 days from invoice date, book overdrafts and closing
costs, Availability shall be not less than $1,250,000.
(ee) A Customer Identification Information form and such other forms and
verification as the Lender may need to comply with the U.S.A. Patriot Act.
(ff) Satisfactory verification of Borrowers' accounts receivable.
(gg) Satisfactory test account of Borrowers' Inventory located at BW
Manufacturing Company Inc.
(hh) Such other documents as the Lender in its sole discretion may
require.
Section 4.2 Conditions Precedent to All Advances. The Lender's
obligation to make each Advance shall be subject to the further conditions
precedent that:
(a) the representations and warranties contained in Article V are
correct on and as of the date of such Advance as though made on and as of such
date, except to the extent that such representations and warranties relate
solely to an earlier date; and
(b) no event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such
Advance which constitutes a Default or an Event of Default.
ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
The Borrower represents and warrants to the Lender as follows:
Section 5.1 Existence and Power; Name; Chief Executive Office;
Inventory and Equipment Locations; Federal Employer Identification Number and
Organizational Identification Number. MISONIX INC. is a corporation, duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of
New York and is duly licensed or qualified to transact business in all
jurisdictions where the character of the property owned or leased or the nature
of the business transacted by it makes such licensing or qualification
necessary. Acoustic Marketing Research, Inc. is a corporation, duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Colorado
and is duly licensed or qualified to transact business in all jurisdictions
where the character of the property owned or leased or the nature of the
business transacted by it makes such licensing or qualification necessary.
Hearing Innovations Incorporated is a corporation, duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware
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and is duly licensed or qualified to transact business in all jurisdictions
where the character of the property owned or leased or the nature of the
business transacted by it makes such licensing or qualification necessary. The
Borrowers have all requisite power and authority to conduct their businesses, to
own their properties and to execute and deliver, and to perform all of their
obligations under, the Loan Documents. During their existence, the Borrowers
have done business solely under the names set forth in Schedule 5.1. The
Borrowers' chief executive offices and principal places of business are located
at the addresses set forth in Schedule 5.1, and all of the Borrowers' records
relating to their businesses or the Collateral are kept at such locations. All
Inventory and Equipment is located at such locations or at one of the other
locations listed in Schedule 5.1. The Borrowers' federal employer identification
numbers and organization identification numbers are correctly set forth in
Section 3.6.
Section 5.2 Capitalization. Schedule 5.2 constitutes a correct and
complete list of all Persons holding ownership interests and rights to acquire
ownership interests which if fully exercised would cause such Person to hold
more than five percent (5%) of all ownership interests of the Borrowers on a
fully diluted basis, and an organizational chart showing the ownership structure
of all Subsidiaries of the Borrowers.
Section 5.3 Authorization of Borrowing; No Conflict as to Law or
Agreements. The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrowers of the Loan
Documents and the borrowings from time to time hereunder have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate action and do not and will not (i) require
any consent or approval of the Borrowers' Owners; (ii) require any
authorization, consent or approval by, or registration, declaration or filing
with, or notice to, any governmental department, commission, board, bureau,
agency or instrumentality, domestic or foreign, or any third party, except such
authorization, consent, approval, registration, declaration, filing or notice as
has been obtained, accomplished or given prior to the date hereof; (iii) violate
any provision of any law, rule or regulation (including Regulation X of the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) or of any order, writ,
injunction or decree presently in effect having applicability to the Borrower or
of the Borrowers' Constituent Documents; (iv) result in a breach of or
constitute a default under any indenture or loan or credit agreement or any
other material agreement, lease or instrument to which the Borrowers are a party
or by which they or their properties may be bound or affected; or (v) result in,
or require, the creation or imposition of any Lien (other than the Security
Interest) upon or with respect to any of the properties now owned or hereafter
acquired by the Borrowers.
Section 5.4 Legal Agreements. This Agreement constitutes and, upon due
execution by the Borrowers, the other Loan Documents will constitute, the legal,
valid and binding obligations of the Borrowers, enforceable against the
Borrowers in accordance with their respective terms.
Section 5.5 Subsidiaries. Except as set forth in Schedule 5.5 hereto,
the Borrowers have no Subsidiaries.
Section 5.6 Financial Condition; No Adverse Change. The Borrowers have
furnished to the Lender their audited financial statements for their fiscal year
ended June 30, 2006 and unaudited financial statements for the
fiscal-year-to-date period ended September 30, 2006, and those statements fairly
present the Borrowers' financial condition on the dates thereof and the
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results of their operations and cash flows for the periods then ended and were
prepared in accordance with GAAP. Since the date of the most recent financial
statements, there has been no change in the Borrowers' businesses, properties or
conditions (financial or otherwise) which has had a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.7 Litigation. Except as listed in Schedule 5.7, there are no
actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the Borrowers' knowledge,
threatened against or affecting the Borrowers or any of their Affiliates or the
properties of the Borrowers or any of their Affiliates before any court or
governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality,
domestic or foreign, which, if determined adversely to the Borrowers or any of
their Affiliates, would have a Material Adverse Effect on the financial
condition, properties or operations of the Borrowers or any of their Affiliates.
Section 5.8 Regulation U. The Borrowers are not engaged in the business
of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock
(within the meaning of Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System), and no part of the proceeds of any Advance will be used to
purchase or carry any margin stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose
of purchasing or carrying any margin stock.
Section 5.9 Taxes. Except as listed on Schedule 5.9, the Borrowers and
their Affiliates have paid or caused to be paid to the proper authorities when
due all federal, state and local taxes required to be withheld by each of them.
The Borrowers and their Affiliates have filed all federal, state and local tax
returns which to the knowledge of the Officers of the Borrowers or any
Affiliate, as the case may be, are required to be filed, and the Borrowers and
their Affiliates have paid or caused to be paid to the respective taxing
authorities all taxes as shown on said returns or on any assessment received by
any of them to the extent such taxes have become due; provided, that the
Borrowers shall not be required to pay any tax to the extent the amount,
applicability or validity is being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings and for which proper reserves have been made.
Section 5.10 Titles and Liens. The Borrowers have good and absolute
title to all Collateral free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens.
No financing statement naming the Borrowers as debtors are on file in any office
except to perfect only Permitted Liens.
Section 5.11 Intellectual Property Rights.
(a) OWNED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. Schedule 5.11 is a complete list of all
patents, applications for patents, trademarks, applications to register
trademarks, service marks, applications to register service marks, mask works,
trade dress and copyrights for which the Borrower is the owner of record (the
"Owned Intellectual Property"). Except as disclosed on Schedule 5.11, (i) the
Borrowers own the Owned Intellectual Property free and clear of all restrictions
(including covenants not to xxx a third party), court orders, injunctions,
decrees, writs or Liens, whether by written agreement or otherwise, (ii) no
Person other than the Borrowers own or have been granted any right in the Owned
Intellectual Property, (iii) all Owned Intellectual Property is valid,
subsisting and enforceable and (iv) the Borrowers have taken all commercially
reasonable action necessary to maintain and protect the Owned Intellectual
Property.
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(b) AGREEMENTS WITH EMPLOYEES AND CONTRACTORS. The Borrowers have
entered into a legally enforceable agreement with each of their employees and
subcontractors obligating each such Person to assign to the Borrowers, without
any additional compensation, any Intellectual Property Rights created,
discovered or invented by such Person in the course of such Person's employment
or engagement with the Borrowers (except to the extent prohibited by law), and
further requiring such Person to cooperate with the Borrowers, without any
additional compensation, in connection with securing and enforcing any
Intellectual Property Rights therein; provided, however, that the foregoing
shall not apply with respect to employees and subcontractors whose job
descriptions are of the type such that no such assignments are reasonably
foreseeable.
(c) INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS LICENSED FROM OTHERS. Schedule 5.11 is
a complete list of all agreements under which the Borrowers have licensed
Intellectual Property Rights from another Person ("Licensed Intellectual
Property") other than readily available, non-negotiated licenses of computer
software and other intellectual property used solely for performing accounting,
word processing and similar administrative tasks ("Off-the-shelf Software") and
a summary of any ongoing payments the Borrowers are obligated to make with
respect thereto. Except as disclosed on Schedule 5.11 and in written agreements,
copies of which have been given to the Lender, the Borrowers' licenses to use
the Licensed Intellectual Property are free and clear of all restrictions,
Liens, court orders, injunctions, decrees, or writs, whether by written
agreement or otherwise. Except as disclosed on Schedule 5.11, the Borrowers are
not obligated or under any liability whatsoever to make any payments of a
material nature by way of royalties, fees or otherwise to any owner of, licensor
of, or other claimant to, any Intellectual Property Rights.
(d) OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY NEEDED FOR BUSINESS. Except for
Off-the-shelf Software and as disclosed on Schedule 5.11, the Owned Intellectual
Property and the Licensed Intellectual Property constitute all Intellectual
Property Rights used or necessary to conduct the Borrowers' business as it is
presently conducted or as the Borrowers reasonably foresee conducting it.
(e) INFRINGEMENT. Except as disclosed on Schedule 5.11, the Borrowers
have no knowledge of, and have not received any written claim or notice
alleging, any Infringement of another Person's Intellectual Property Rights
(including any written claim that the Borrowers must license or refrain from
using the Intellectual Property Rights of any third party) nor, to the
Borrowers' knowledge, is there any threatened claim or any reasonable basis for
any such claim.
Section 5.12 Plans. Except as disclosed to the Lender in writing prior
to the date hereof, neither the Borrowers nor any ERISA Affiliate (a) maintain
or have maintained any Pension Plan, (b) contribute or have contributed to any
Multiemployer Plan or (c) provide or have provided post-retirement medical or
insurance benefits with respect to employees or former employees (other than
benefits required under Section 601 of ERISA, Section 4980B of the IRC or
applicable state law). Neither the Borrowers nor any ERISA Affiliate have
received any notice or have any knowledge to the effect that they are not in
full compliance with any of the requirements of ERISA, the IRC or applicable
state law with respect to any Plan. No Reportable Event exists in connection
with any Pension Plan. Each Plan which is intended to qualify under the IRC is
so qualified, and no fact or circumstance exists which may have an adverse
effect on
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the Plan's tax-qualified status. Neither the Borrowers nor any ERISA Affiliate
have (i) any accumulated funding deficiency (as defined in Section 302 of ERISA
and Section 412 of the IRC) under any Plan, whether or not waived, (ii) any
liability under Section 4201 or 4243 of ERISA for any withdrawal, partial
withdrawal, reorganization or other event under any Multiemployer Plan or (iii)
any liability or knowledge of any facts or circumstances which could result in
any liability to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, the Internal Revenue
Service, the Department of Labor or any participant in connection with any Plan
(other than routine claims for benefits under the Plan).
Section 5.13 Default. The Borrowers are in compliance with all
provisions of all agreements, instruments, decrees and orders to which they are
a party or by which they or their property is bound or affected, the breach or
default of which could have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.14 Environmental Matters.
(a) Except as disclosed on Schedule 5.14, there are not present in, on
or under the Premises any Hazardous Substances in such form or quantity as to
create any material liability or obligation for either the Borrowers or the
Lender under the common law of any jurisdiction or under any Environmental Law,
and no Hazardous Substances have ever been stored, buried, spilled, leaked,
discharged, emitted or released in, on or under the Premises in such a way as to
create any such material liability.
(b) Except as disclosed on Schedule 5.14, the Borrowers have not
disposed of Hazardous Substances in such a manner as to create any material
liability under any Environmental Law.
(c) Except as disclosed on Schedule 5.14, there have not existed in the
past, nor are there any threatened or impending requests, claims, notices,
investigations, demands, administrative proceedings, hearings or litigation
relating in any way to the Premises or the Borrowers, alleging material
liability under, violation of, or noncompliance with any Environmental Law or
any license, permit or other authorization issued pursuant thereto.
(d) Except as disclosed on Schedule 5.14, the Borrowers' businesses are
and have in the past always been conducted in accordance with all Environmental
Laws and all licenses, permits and other authorizations required pursuant to any
Environmental Law and necessary for the lawful and efficient operation of such
businesses are in the Borrowers' possession and are in full force and effect,
nor have the Borrowers been denied insurance on grounds related to potential
environmental liability. No permit required under any Environmental Law is
scheduled to expire within 12 months and there is no threat that any such permit
will be withdrawn, terminated, limited or materially changed.
(e) Except as disclosed on Schedule 5.14, the Premises are not and never
have been listed on the National Priorities List, the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Information System or any
similar federal, state or local list, schedule, log, inventory or database.
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(f) The Borrowers have delivered to the Lender all environmental
assessments, audits, reports, permits, licenses and other documents describing
or relating in any way to the Premises or the Borrowers' businesses.
Section 5.15 Submissions to Lender. All financial and other information
provided to the Lender by or on behalf of the Borrowers in connection with the
Borrowers' request for the credit facilities contemplated hereby (i) is true and
correct in all material respects, (ii) does not omit any material fact necessary
to make such information not misleading and (iii) as to projections, valuations
or proforma financial statements, presents a good faith opinion as to such
projections, valuations and proforma condition and results.
Section 5.16 Financing Statements. The Borrowers have authorized the
filing of financing statements sufficient when filed to perfect the Security
Interest and the other security interests created by the Security Documents.
When such financing statements are filed in the offices noted therein, the
Lender will have a valid and perfected security interest in all Collateral which
is capable of being perfected by filing financing statements. None of the
Collateral is or will become a fixture on real estate, unless a sufficient
fixture filing is in effect with respect thereto.
Section 5.17 Rights to Payment. Each right to payment and each
instrument, document, chattel paper and other agreement constituting or
evidencing Collateral is (or, in the case of all future Collateral, will be when
arising or issued) the valid, genuine and legally enforceable obligation,
subject to no defense, setoff or counterclaim, of the account debtor or other
obligor named therein or in the Borrowers' records pertaining thereto as being
obligated to pay such obligation.
Section 5.18 Financial Solvency. Both before and after giving effect to
all of the transactions contemplated in the Loan Documents, none of the
Borrowers or their Affiliates:
(a) Was or will be "insolvent", as that term is used and defined in
Section 101(32) of the United States Bankruptcy Code and Section 2 of the
Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act;
(b) Has unreasonably small capital or is engaged or about to engage in a
business or a transaction for which any remaining assets of the Borrowers or
such Affiliate are unreasonably small;
(c) By executing, delivering or performing its obligations under the
Loan Documents or other documents to which it is a party or by taking any action
with respect thereto, intends to, nor believes that it will, incur debts beyond
its ability to pay them as they mature;
(d) By executing, delivering or performing its obligations under the
Loan Documents or other documents to which it is a party or by taking any action
with respect thereto, intends to hinder, delay or defraud either its present or
future creditors; and
(e) At this time contemplates filing a petition in bankruptcy or for an
arrangement or reorganization or similar proceeding under any law of any
jurisdiction, nor, to the best knowledge of the Borrowers, is the subject of any
actual, pending or threatened bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceedings
under any law of any jurisdiction.
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ARTICLE VI
COVENANTS
So long as the Indebtedness shall remain unpaid, or the Credit Facility
shall remain outstanding, the Borrowers will comply with the following
requirements, unless the Lender shall otherwise consent in writing:
Section 6.1 Reporting Requirements. The Borrowers will deliver, or
cause to be delivered, to the Lender each of the following, which shall be in
form and detail acceptable to the Lender:
(a) ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. As soon as available, and in any event
within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrowers, the
Borrowers' audited financial statements with the unqualified opinion of
independent certified public accountants selected by the Borrowers and
acceptable to the Lender, which annual financial statements shall include the
Borrowers' balance sheet as at the end of such fiscal year and the related
statements of the Borrowers' income, retained earnings and cash flows for the
fiscal year then ended, prepared, if the Lender so requests, on a consolidated
basis to include any Affiliates, all in reasonable detail and prepared in
accordance with GAAP, together with (i) copies of all management letters
prepared by such accountants; (ii) a loan compliance letter prepared by such
accountants; and (iii) a certificate of the Borrowers' chief financial officer
stating that such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with
GAAP, fairly represent the Borrowers' financial position and the results of
their operations, and whether or not such Officer has knowledge of the
occurrence of any Default or Event of Default and, if so, stating in reasonable
detail the facts with respect thereto.
(b) MONTHLY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. As soon as available and in any event
within 30 days after the end of each month, the unaudited/internal balance sheet
and statements of income and retained earnings of the Borrowers as at the end of
and for such month and for the year to date period then ended, prepared, if the
Lender so requests, on a consolidating and consolidated basis to include any
Affiliates, in reasonable detail and stating in comparative form the figures for
the corresponding date and periods in the previous year, all prepared in
accordance with GAAP, subject to year-end audit adjustments and which fairly
represent the Borrowers' financial position and the results of their operations;
and accompanied by certificates of the Borrowers' chief financial officers,
substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto stating (i) that such financial
statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP, subject to year-end audit
adjustments, and fairly represent the Borrowers' financial position and the
results of their operations, (ii) whether or not such Officer has knowledge of
the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default not theretofore reported and
remedied and, if so, stating in reasonable detail the facts with respect
thereto, and (iii) all relevant facts in reasonable detail to evidence, and the
computations as to, whether or not the Borrowers are in compliance with the
Financial Covenants.
(c) COLLATERAL REPORTS. Within 10 days after the end of each month or
more frequently if the Lender so requires, the Borrowers' accounts receivable
and their accounts payable, a detailed inventory report, an inventory
certification report, and a calculation of the
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Borrowers' Accounts, Eligible Accounts, Inventory and Eligible Inventory as at
the end of such month or shorter time period. Such reports shall be sent to
Lender and CSI, in form acceptable to Lender.
(d) PROJECTIONS. No later than thirty (30) days prior to the beginning
of the next fiscal year, the Borrowers' projected balance sheets, income
statements and statements of cash flow for each quarter of the succeeding fiscal
year, each in reasonable detail. Such items will be certified by the Officer or
Officers who is or are the Borrowers' chief financial officer as being the most
accurate projections available and identical to the projections used by the
Borrowers for internal planning purposes and be delivered with a statement of
underlying assumptions and such supporting schedules and information as the
Lender may in its discretion require.
(e) SUPPLEMENTAL REPORTS. Weekly, or more frequently if the Lender so
requires, the Borrowers' "daily collateral reports", receivables schedules,
collection reports, copies of invoices to account debtors, signed and dated
shipment documents and delivery receipts for goods sold to said account debtors.
(f) LITIGATION. Immediately after the commencement thereof, notice in
writing of all litigation and of all proceedings before any governmental or
regulatory agency affecting the Borrower (i) of the type described in Section
5.14(c) or (ii) which seek a monetary recovery against the Borrower in excess of
$100,000.
(g) DEFAULTS. When any Officer of the Borrowers become aware of the
probable occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, and no later than 3 days
after such Officer becomes aware of such Default or Event of Default, notice of
such occurrence, together with a detailed statement by a responsible Officer of
the Borrowers of the steps being taken by the Borrowers to cure the effect
thereof.
(h) PLANS. As soon as possible, and in any event within 30 days after
the Borrowers know or have reason to know that any Reportable Event with respect
to any Pension Plan has occurred, a statement signed by the Officer or Officers
who is or are the Borrowers' chief financial officer setting forth details as to
such Reportable Event and the action which the Borrowers propose to take with
respect thereto, together with a copy of the notice of such Reportable Event to
the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. As soon as possible, and in any event
within 10 days after the Borrowers fail to make any quarterly contribution
required with respect to any Pension Plan under Section 412(m) of the IRC, the
Borrowers will deliver to the Lender a statement signed by the Officer or
Officers who is or are the Borrowers' chief financial officer setting forth
details as to such failure and the action which the Borrowers propose to take
with respect thereto, together with a copy of any notice of such failure
required to be provided to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. As soon as
possible, and in any event within ten days after the Borrowers know or have
reason to know that it has or is reasonably expected to have any liability under
Sections 4201 or 4243 of ERISA for any withdrawal, partial withdrawal,
reorganization or other event under any Multiemployer Plan, the Borrowers will
deliver to the Lender a statement of the Borrowers' chief financial officer(s)
setting forth details as to such liability and the action which the Borrowers
propose to take with respect thereto.
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(i) DISPUTES. Promptly upon knowledge thereof, notice of (i) any
disputes or claims by the Borrowers' customers in excess of $30,000 in the
aggregate; (ii) credit memos; and (iii) any goods returned to or recovered by
the Borrower.
(j) OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS. Promptly upon knowledge thereof, notice of
any change in the persons constituting the Borrowers' Officers and Directors.
(k) COLLATERAL. Promptly upon knowledge thereof, notice of any material
loss of or material damage to any Collateral or of any substantial adverse
change in any Collateral or the prospect of payment thereof.
(l) COMMERCIAL TORT CLAIMS. Promptly upon knowledge thereof, notice of
any commercial tort claims they may bring against any Person, including the name
and address of each defendant, a summary of the facts, an estimate of the
Borrowers' damages, copies of any complaint or demand letter submitted by the
Borrowers, and such other information as the Lender may request.
(m) INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.
(i) 30 days prior written notice of a Borrower's intent to
acquire material Intellectual Property Rights; except for transfers
permitted under Section 6.18, such Borrower will give the Lender 30 days
prior written notice of its intent to dispose of material Intellectual
Property Rights and upon request shall provide the Lender with copies of
all proposed documents and agreements concerning such rights.
(ii) Promptly upon knowledge thereof, notice of (A) any
Infringement of their Intellectual Property Rights by others, (B) claims
that the Borrowers are Infringing another Person's Intellectual Property
Rights and (C) any threatened cancellation, termination or material
limitation of their Intellectual Property Rights.
(iii) Promptly upon receipt, copies of all registrations and
filings with respect to their Intellectual Property Rights.
(n) REPORTS TO OWNERS. Promptly upon their distribution, copies of all
financial statements, reports and proxy statements which a Borrower shall have
sent to its Owners.
(o) SEC FILINGS. Promptly after the sending or filing thereof, copies of
all regular and periodic reports which the Borrowers shall file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission or any national securities exchange.
(p) TAX RETURNS OF BORROWERS. As soon as possible, and in any event no
later than five days after they are due to be filed, copies of the state and
federal income tax returns and all schedules thereto of the Borrowers.
(q) INTENTIONALLY OMITTED.
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(r) VIOLATIONS OF LAW. Promptly upon knowledge thereof, notice of the
Borrowers' violation of any law, rule or regulation, the non-compliance with
which could have a Material Adverse Effect on the Borrower.
(s) OTHER REPORTS. From time to time, with reasonable promptness, any
and all receivables schedules, inventory reports, collection reports, deposit
records, equipment schedules, copies of invoices to account debtors, shipment
documents and delivery receipts for goods sold, and such other material,
reports, records or information as the Lender may reasonably request.
Section 6.2 Financial Covenants.
(a) Intentionally Omitted.
(b) MINIMUM NET INCOME/NET LOSS. The Borrowers on a consolidated basis
shall not have a Net Loss of more than $700,000 for the fiscal quarter ending
December 31, 2006 and no more than $340,000 for the fiscal quarter ending March
31, 2007 and no more than $150,000 for the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2007.
(c) Intentionally Omitted.
(d) Intentionally Omitted.
(e) Intentionally Omitted.
(f) Intentionally Omitted.
(g) CAPITAL EXPENDITURES. The Borrowers will not incur or contract to
incur Capital Expenditures of more than $1,000,000 in the aggregate during any
fiscal year, or more than $1,000,000 in any one transaction.
(h) Intentionally Omitted.
(i) Intentionally Omitted.
Section 6.3 Permitted Liens; Financing Statements.
(a) The Borrowers will not create, incur or suffer to exist any Lien
upon or of any of their assets, now owned or hereafter acquired, to secure any
indebtedness; excluding, however, from the operation of the foregoing, the
following (each a "Permitted Lien"; collectively, "Permitted Liens"):
(i) In the case of any of the Borrowers' property which is not
Collateral, covenants, restrictions, rights, easements and minor
irregularities in title which do not materially interfere with the
Borrowers' business or operations as presently conducted;
(ii) Liens in existence on the date hereof and listed in Schedule
6.3 hereto, securing indebtedness for borrowed money permitted under this
Agreement;
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(iii) The Security Interest and Liens created by the Security
Documents; and
(iv) Purchase money Liens relating to the acquisition of
machinery and equipment of the Borrowers not exceeding the lesser of cost
or fair market value thereof and so long as no Default Period is then in
existence and none would exist immediately after such acquisition.
(b) The Borrowers will not amend any financing statements in favor of
the Lender except as permitted by law. Any authorization by the Lender to any
Person to amend financing statements in favor of the Lender shall be in writing.
Section 6.4 Indebtedness. The Borrowers will not incur, create, assume
or permit to exist any indebtedness or liability on account of deposits or
advances or any indebtedness for borrowed money or letters of credit issued on
the Borrowers' behalf, or any other indebtedness or liability evidenced by
notes, bonds, debentures or similar obligations, except:
(a) Any existing or future Indebtedness or any other obligations of the
Borrowers to the Lender;
(b) Any indebtedness of the Borrowers in existence on the date hereof
and listed in Schedule 6.4 hereto; and
(c) Any indebtedness relating to Permitted Liens.
Section 6.5 Guaranties. The Borrowers will not assume, guarantee,
endorse or otherwise become directly or contingently liable in connection with
any obligations of any other Person, except:
(a) The endorsement of negotiable instruments by the Borrowers for
deposit or collection or similar transactions in the ordinary course of
business; and
(b) Guaranties, endorsements and other direct or contingent liabilities
in connection with the obligations of other Persons, in existence on the date
hereof and listed in Schedule 6.4 hereto.
Section 6.6 Investments and Subsidiaries. The Borrowers will not make
or permit to exist any loans or advances to, or make any investment or acquire
any interest whatsoever in, any other Person or Affiliate, including any
partnership or joint venture, nor purchase or hold beneficially any stock or
other securities or evidence of indebtedness of any other Person or Affiliate,
except:
(a) Investments in direct obligations of the United States of America or
any agency or instrumentality thereof whose obligations constitute full faith
and credit obligations of the United States of America having a maturity of one
year or less, commercial paper issued by U.S. corporations rated "A-1" or "A-2"
by Standard & Poor's Ratings Services or "P-1" or "P-2" by Xxxxx'x Investors
Service or certificates of deposit or bankers' acceptances having a maturity of
one year or less issued by members of the Federal Reserve System having deposits
in excess of
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$100,000,000 (which certificates of deposit or bankers' acceptances are fully
insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation);
(b) Travel advances or loans to the Borrowers' Officers and employees
not exceeding at any one time an aggregate of $100,000;
(c) Prepaid rent not exceeding one month or security deposits;
(d) Current investments in the Subsidiaries in existence on the date
hereof and listed in Schedule 5.5 hereto; and
(e) Loans to any Borrower or Guarantor not to exceed $100,000 in the
aggregate.
Section 6.7 Dividends and Distributions. The Borrowers will not declare
or pay any dividends (other than dividends payable solely in stock of the
Borrowers) on any class of its stock, or make any payment on account of the
purchase, redemption or other retirement of any shares of such stock, or other
securities or evidence of their indebtedness or make any distribution in respect
thereof, either directly or indirectly.
Section 6.8 Salaries. The Borrowers will not pay excessive or
unreasonable salaries, bonuses, commissions, consultant fees or other
compensation; or, in any year in which the Borrowers were not profitable on a
consolidated basis, increase the salary, bonus, commissions, consultant fees or
other compensation of any Director, Officer or consultant, or any member of
their families, by more than ten percent (10%) in any one year, either
individually or for all such persons in the aggregate, or pay any such increase
from any source other than profits earned in the year of payment.
Section 6.9 Intentionally Omitted.
Section 6.10 Books and Records; Collateral Examination, Inspection and
Appraisals.
(a) Each Borrower will keep accurate books of record and account for
itself pertaining to the Collateral and pertaining to the Borrowers' business
and financial condition and such other matters as the Lender may from time to
time request in which true and complete entries will be made in accordance with
GAAP and, upon the Lender's request, will permit any officer, employee,
attorney, accountant or other agent of the Lender to audit, review, make
extracts from or copy any and all company and financial books and records of the
Borrowers at all times during ordinary business hours, to send and discuss with
account debtors and other obligors requests for verification of amounts owed to
the Borrowers, and to discuss the Borrowers' affairs with any of their
Directors, Officers, employees or agents.
(b) Each Borrower hereby irrevocably authorizes all accountants and
third parties to disclose and deliver to the Lender or its designated agent, at
the Borrowers' expense, all financial information, books and records, work
papers, management reports and other information in their possession regarding
the Borrowers.
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(c) Each Borrower will permit the Lender or its employees, accountants,
attorneys or agents, to examine and inspect any Collateral or any other property
of the Borrowers at any time during ordinary business hours and upon reasonable
notice.
(d) The Lender may also, from time to time, no more than two times each
calendar year, obtain at the Borrowers' expense an appraisal of Inventory by an
appraiser acceptable to the Lender in its sole discretion.
Section 6.11 Account Verification.
(a) The Lender or its agent may at any time and from time to time send
or require the Borrowers to send requests for verification of accounts or
notices of assignment to account debtors and other obligors. The Lender or its
agent may also at any time and from time to time telephone account debtors and
other obligors to verify accounts.
(b) The Borrowers shall pay when due each account payable due to a
Person holding a Permitted Lien (as a result of such payable) on any Collateral.
Section 6.12 Compliance with Laws.
(a) The Borrowers shall (i) comply and cause each Subsidiary to comply,
with the requirements of applicable laws and regulations, the non-compliance
with which would have a Material Adverse Effect and (ii) use and keep the
Collateral, and require that others use and keep the Collateral, only for lawful
purposes, without violation of any federal, state or local law, statute or
ordinance.
(b) Without limiting the foregoing undertakings, the Borrowers
specifically agree that they will comply and cause each Subsidiary to comply,
with all applicable Environmental Laws and obtain and comply with all permits,
licenses and similar approvals required by any Environmental Laws, and will not
generate, use, transport, treat, store or dispose of any Hazardous Substances in
such a manner as to create any material liability or obligation under the common
law of any jurisdiction or any Environmental Law.
(c) The Borrowers shall (i) ensure and cause each Subsidiary to ensure,
that no Owner shall be listed on the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked
Person List or other similar lists maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets
Control ("OFAC"), the Department of the Treasury or included in any Executive
Orders, (ii) not use or permit the use of the proceeds of the Credit Facility or
any other financial accommodation from the Lender to violate any of the foreign
asset control regulations of OFAC or other applicable law, (iii) comply and
cause each Subsidiary to comply, with all applicable Bank Secrecy Act laws and
regulations, as amended from time to time, and (iv) otherwise comply with the
USA Patriot Act as required by federal law and the Lender's policies and
practices.
Section 6.13 Payment of Taxes and Other Claims. The Borrowers will pay
or discharge, when due, (a) all taxes, assessments and governmental charges
levied or imposed upon them or upon their income or profits, upon any properties
belonging to them (including the Collateral) or upon or against the creation,
perfection or continuance of the Security Interest,
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prior to the date on which penalties attach thereto, (b) all federal, state and
local taxes required to be withheld by them, and (c) all lawful claims for
labor, materials and supplies which, if unpaid, might by law become a Lien upon
any properties of the Borrowers; provided, that the Borrowers shall not be
required to pay any such tax, assessment, charge or claim whose amount,
applicability or validity is being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings and for which proper reserves have been made.
Section 6.14 Maintenance of Properties.
(a) Each Borrower will keep and maintain the Collateral and all of its
other properties necessary or useful in its business in good condition, repair
and working order (normal wear and tear excepted) and will from time to time
replace or repair any worn, defective or broken parts; provided, however, that
nothing in this covenant shall prevent the Borrower from discontinuing the
operation and maintenance of any of its properties if such discontinuance is, in
the Borrower's judgment, desirable in the conduct of the Borrowers' business and
not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Lender. Each Borrower will
take all commercially reasonable steps necessary to protect and maintain its
Intellectual Property Rights.
(b) Each Borrower will defend the Collateral against all Liens, claims
or demands of all Persons (other than the Lender) claiming the Collateral or any
interest therein. Each Borrower will keep all Collateral free and clear of all
Liens except Permitted Liens. Each Borrower will take all commercially
reasonable steps necessary to prosecute any Person Infringing its Intellectual
Property Rights and to defend itself against any Person accusing it of
Infringing any Person's Intellectual Property Rights.
Section 6.15 Insurance. Each Borrower will obtain and at all times
maintain insurance with insurers acceptable to the Lender, in such amounts, on
such terms (including any deductibles) and against such risks as may from time
to time be required by the Lender, but in all events in such amounts and against
such risks as is usually carried by companies engaged in similar business and
owning similar properties in the same general areas in which the Borrower
operates. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Borrower will
at all times keep all tangible Collateral insured against risks of fire
(including so-called extended coverage), theft, collision (for Collateral
consisting of motor vehicles) and such other risks and in such amounts as the
Lender may reasonably request, with any loss payable to the Lender to the extent
of its interest, and all policies of such insurance shall contain a lender's
loss payable endorsement for the Lender's benefit. All policies of liability
insurance required hereunder shall name the Lender as an additional insured.
Section 6.16 Preservation of Existence. Each Borrower will preserve and
maintain its existence and all of its rights, privileges and franchises
necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business and shall conduct
its business in an orderly, efficient and regular manner.
Section 6.17 Delivery of Instruments, etc. Upon written request by the
Lender, the Borrowers will promptly deliver to the Lender in pledge all
instruments, documents and chattel paper constituting Collateral, duly endorsed
or assigned by the Borrowers.
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Section 6.18 Sale or Transfer of Assets; Suspension of Business
Operations. No Borrower will sell, lease, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose
of (i) the stock of any Subsidiary, (ii) all or a substantial part of its
assets, or (iii) any Collateral or any interest therein (whether in one
transaction or in a series of transactions) to any other Person other than the
sale of Inventory in the ordinary course of business and will not liquidate,
dissolve or suspend business operations. No Borrower will transfer any part of
its ownership interest in any Intellectual Property Rights and will not permit
any agreement under which it has licensed Licensed Intellectual Property to
lapse, except that a Borrower may transfer such rights or permit such agreements
to lapse if it shall have reasonably determined that the applicable Intellectual
Property Rights are no longer useful in its business. If any Borrower transfers
any Intellectual Property Rights for value, the Borrower will pay over the
proceeds to the Lender for application to the Indebtedness. No Borrower will
license any other Person to use any of the Borrower's Intellectual Property
Rights, except that the Borrower may grant licenses in the ordinary course of
its business in connection with sales of Inventory or provision of services to
its customers.
Section 6.19 Consolidation and Merger; Asset Acquisitions. No Borrower
will consolidate with or merge into any Person, or permit any other Person to
merge into it, or acquire (in a transaction analogous in purpose or effect to a
consolidation or merger) all or substantially all the assets of any other
Person.
Section 6.20 Sale and Leaseback. No Borrower will enter into any
arrangement, directly or indirectly, with any other Person whereby any Borrower
shall sell or transfer any real or personal property, whether now owned or
hereafter acquired, and then or thereafter rent or lease as lessee such property
or any part thereof or any other property which such Borrower intends to use for
substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property being sold or
transferred.
Section 6.21 Restrictions on Nature of Business. The Borrowers will not
engage in any line of business materially different from that presently engaged
in by the Borrowers and will not purchase, lease or otherwise acquire assets not
related to its business.
Section 6.22 Accounting. The Borrowers will not adopt any material
change in accounting principles other than as required by GAAP. The Borrowers
will not adopt, permit or consent to any change in its fiscal year.
Section 6.23 Discounts, etc. After notice from the Lender, the
Borrowers will not grant any discount, credit or allowance to any customer of
the Borrower or accept any return of goods sold. The Borrowers will not at any
time modify, amend, subordinate, cancel or terminate the obligation of any
account debtor or other obligor of the Borrowers outside the ordinary course of
business.
Section 6.24 Plans. Except as disclosed to the Lender in writing prior
to the date hereof, neither the Borrowers nor any ERISA Affiliate will (i)
adopt, create, assume or become a party to any Pension Plan, (ii) incur any
obligation to contribute to any Multiemployer Plan, (iii) incur any obligation
to provide post-retirement medical or insurance benefits with respect to
employees or former employees (other than benefits required by law) or (iv)
amend any Plan in a manner that would materially increase its funding
obligations.
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Section 6.25 Place of Business; Name. The Borrowers will not transfer
their chief executive office or principal place of business, or move, relocate,
close or sell any business location. The Borrowers will not permit any tangible
Collateral or any records pertaining to the Collateral to be located in any
state or area in which, in the event of such location, a financing statement
covering such Collateral would be required to be, but has not in fact been,
filed in order to perfect the Security Interest. No Borrower will change its
name or jurisdiction of organization.
Section 6.26 Constituent Documents; S Corporation Status. The Borrowers
will not amend their Constituent Documents. No Borrower will become an S
Corporation.
Section 6.27 Performance by the Lender. If the Borrowers at any time
fail to perform or observe any of the foregoing covenants contained in this
Article VI or elsewhere herein, and if such failure shall continue for a period
of ten calendar days after the Lender gives the Borrowers written notice thereof
(or in the case of the agreements contained in Section 6.13 and Section 6.15,
immediately upon the occurrence of such failure, without notice or lapse of
time), the Lender may, but need not, perform or observe such covenant on behalf
and in the name, place and stead of the Borrowers (or, at the Lender's option,
in the Lender's name) and may, but need not, take any and all other actions
which the Lender may reasonably deem necessary to cure or correct such failure
(including the payment of taxes, the satisfaction of Liens, the performance of
obligations owed to account debtors or other obligors, the procurement and
maintenance of insurance, the execution of assignments, security agreements and
financing statements, and the endorsement of instruments); and the Borrowers
shall thereupon pay to the Lender on demand the amount of all monies expended
and all costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and legal
expenses) incurred by the Lender in connection with or as a result of the
performance or observance of such agreements or the taking of such action by the
Lender, together with interest thereon from the date expended or incurred at the
Default Rate. To facilitate the Lender's performance or observance of such
covenants of the Borrowers, the Borrowers hereby irrevocably appoint the Lender,
or the Lender's delegate, acting alone, as the Borrowers' attorney in fact
(which appointment is coupled with an interest) with the right (but not the
duty) from time to time to create, prepare, complete, execute, deliver, endorse
or file in the name and on behalf of the Borrowers any and all instruments,
documents, assignments, security agreements, financing statements, applications
for insurance and other agreements and writings required to be obtained,
executed, delivered or endorsed by the Borrowers hereunder.
ARTICLE VII
EVENTS OF DEFAULT, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES
Section 7.1 Events of Default. "Event of Default", wherever used
herein, means any one of the following events:
(a) Default in the payment of the Revolving Note or any default with
respect to any other Indebtedness due from Borrowers to Lender as such
Indebtedness becomes due and payable;
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(b) Default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or agreement
of any Borrowers contained in this Agreement;
(c) An Overadvance arises as the result of any reduction in the
Borrowing Base, or arises in any manner on terms not otherwise approved of in
advance by the Lender in writing;
(d) A Change of Control shall occur;
(e) Any Financial Covenant shall become inapplicable due to the lapse of
time and the failure of the Lender and any Borrower to come to any agreement to
amend any such covenant to cover future periods that is acceptable to the Lender
in the Lender's sole discretion;
(f) Any Borrower or any Guarantor shall be or become insolvent, or admit
in writing its or his inability to pay its or his debts as they mature, or make
an assignment for the benefit of creditors; or any Borrower or any Guarantor
shall apply for or consent to the appointment of any receiver, trustee, or
similar officer for it or him or for all or any substantial part of its or his
property; or such receiver, trustee or similar officer shall be appointed
without the application or consent of any Borrower or such Guarantor, as the
case may be; or any Borrower or any Guarantor shall institute (by petition,
application, answer, consent or otherwise) any bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, arrangement, readjustment of debt, dissolution, liquidation or
similar proceeding relating to it or him under the laws of any jurisdiction; or
any such proceeding shall be instituted (by petition, application or otherwise)
against any Borrower or any such Guarantor, for which such Borrower or Guarantor
has not sought to dismiss within 15 days and which is not in fact dismissed
within 45 days; or any judgment, writ, warrant of attachment or execution or
similar process shall be issued or levied against a substantial part of the
property of any Borrower or any Guarantor;
(g) A petition shall be filed by or against any Borrower or any
Guarantor under the United States Bankruptcy Code or the laws of any other
jurisdiction naming any Borrower or such Guarantor as debtor, except that, with
respect to an involuntary petition being filed against any Borrower or Guarantor
for which an order for relief has not been entered, such Borrower or Guarantor
shall have a period of 15 days within which to seek to dismiss the petition and
a period of 45 days within which such petition must be dismissed;
(h) Intentionally Omitted;
(i) Any representation or warranty made by any Borrower in this
Agreement, by any Guarantor in any Guaranty delivered to the Lender, or by any
Borrower (or any of its Officers) or any Guarantor in any agreement,
certificate, instrument or financial statement or other statement contemplated
by or made or delivered pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or any
such Guaranty shall be incorrect in any material respect;
(j) The rendering against any Borrower of an arbitration award, a final
judgment, decree or order for the payment of money in excess of $100,000 and the
continuance of such arbitration award, judgment, decree or order unsatisfied and
in effect for any period of 30 consecutive days without a stay of execution;
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(k) A default under any bond, debenture, note or other evidence of
material indebtedness of any Borrower owed to any Person other than the Lender,
or under any indenture or other instrument under which any such evidence of
indebtedness has been issued or by which it is governed, or under any material
lease or other contract, and the expiration of the applicable period of grace,
if any, specified in such evidence of indebtedness, indenture, other instrument,
lease or contract;
(l) Any Reportable Event, which the Lender determines in good faith
might constitute grounds for the termination of any Pension Plan or for the
appointment by the appropriate United States District Court of a trustee to
administer any Pension Plan, shall have occurred and be continuing 30 days after
written notice to such effect shall have been given to any Borrower by the
Lender; or a trustee shall have been appointed by an appropriate United States
District Court to administer any Pension Plan; or the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation shall have instituted proceedings to terminate any Pension Plan or
to appoint a trustee to administer any Pension Plan; or any Borrower or any
ERISA Affiliate shall have filed for a distress termination of any Pension Plan
under Title IV of ERISA; or any Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate shall have
failed to make any quarterly contribution required with respect to any Pension
Plan under Section 412(m) of the IRC, which the Lender determines in good faith
may by itself, or in combination with any such failures that the Lender may
reasonably determine are likely to occur in the future, result in the imposition
of a Lien on any Borrower's assets in favor of the Pension Plan; or any
withdrawal, partial withdrawal, reorganization or other event occurs with
respect to a Multiemployer Plan which results or could reasonably be expected to
result in a material liability of any Borrower to the Multiemployer Plan under
Title IV of ERISA;
(m) An event of default shall occur under any Security Document which
continues beyond any applicable cure period, if any;
(n) Default in the payment of any amount owed by any Borrower to the
Lender other than any Indebtedness arising hereunder;
(o) Any Guarantor shall repudiate, purport to revoke or fail to perform
any obligation under such Guaranty in favor of the Lender, any individual
Guarantor shall die or any other Guarantor shall cease to exist;
(p) Intentionally Omitted;
(q) The Lender believes in good faith that the prospect of payment in
full of any part of the Indebtedness, or that full performance by any Borrower
under the Loan Documents, is impaired, or that there has occurred any material
adverse change in the business or financial condition of any Borrower;
(r) There has occurred any breach, default or event of default by or
attributable to, any Affiliate under any agreement between the Affiliate and the
Lender;
(s) The indictment of any Director, Officer, Guarantor, or any Owner of
at least twenty percent (20%) of the issued and outstanding common stock of any
Borrower for a felony offence under state or federal law; or
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(t) A Default or Event of Default under the Foreign Credit Agreement or
any document, instrument or agreement executed in connection therewith.
Section 7.2 Rights and Remedies. During any Default Period, the Lender
may exercise any or all of the following rights and remedies:
(a) The Lender may, by notice to any Borrower, declare the Commitment to
be terminated, whereupon the same shall forthwith terminate;
(b) The Lender may, by notice to any Borrower, declare the Indebtedness
to be forthwith due and payable, whereupon all Indebtedness shall become and be
forthwith due and payable, without presentment, notice of dishonor, protest or
further notice of any kind, all of which the Borrowers hereby expressly waive;
(c) The Lender may, without notice to the Borrowers and without further
action, apply any and all money owing by the Lender to the Borrowers to the
payment of the Indebtedness;
(d) The Lender may exercise and enforce any and all rights and remedies
available upon default to a secured party under the UCC, including the right to
take possession of Collateral, or any evidence thereof, proceeding without
judicial process or by judicial process (without a prior hearing or notice
thereof, which the Borrowers hereby expressly waive) and the right to sell,
lease or otherwise dispose of any or all of the Collateral (with or without
giving any warranties as to the Collateral, title to the Collateral or similar
warranties), and, in connection therewith, the Borrowers will on demand assemble
the Collateral and make it available to the Lender at a place to be designated
by the Lender which is reasonably convenient to all parties;
(e) Intentionally Omitted;
(f) The Lender may exercise and enforce its rights and remedies under
the Loan Documents;
(g) The Lender may without regard to any waste, adequacy of the security
or solvency of the Borrowers, apply for the appointment of a receiver of the
Collateral, to which appointment the Borrowers hereby consent, whether or not
foreclosure proceedings have been commenced under the Security Documents and
whether or not a foreclosure sale has occurred; and
(h) The Lender may exercise any other rights and remedies available to
it by law or agreement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default
described in Section 7.1(f) or (g), the Indebtedness shall be immediately due
and payable automatically without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any
kind. If the Lender sells any of the Collateral on credit, the Indebtedness will
be reduced only to the extent of payments actually received. If the purchaser
fails to pay for the Collateral, the Lender may resell the Collateral and shall
apply any proceeds actually received to the Indebtedness.
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Section 7.3 Certain Notices. If notice to the Borrowers of any intended
disposition of Collateral or any other intended action is required by law in a
particular instance, such notice shall be deemed commercially reasonable if
given (in the manner specified in Section 8.3) at least ten calendar days before
the date of intended disposition or other action.
ARTICLE VIII
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 8.1 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies; Compliance with Laws. No
failure or delay by the Lender in exercising any right, power or remedy under
the Loan Documents shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or
partial exercise of any such right, power or remedy preclude any other or
further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy
under the Loan Documents. The remedies provided in the Loan Documents are
cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law. The Lender may
comply with any applicable state or federal law requirements in connection with
a disposition of the Collateral and such compliance will not be considered
adversely to affect the commercial reasonableness of any sale of the Collateral.
Section 8.2 Amendments, Etc. No amendment, modification, termination or
waiver of any provision of any Loan Document or consent to any departure by the
Borrowers therefrom or any release of a Security Interest shall be effective
unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Lender, and then such
waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the
specific purpose for which given. No notice to or demand on the Borrowers in any
case shall give rise to an entitlement of the Borrowers to any other or further
notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.
Section 8.3 Notices; Communication of Confidential Information;
Requests for Accounting. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all
notices, requests, demands and other communications provided for under the Loan
Documents shall be in writing and shall be (a) personally delivered, (b) sent by
first class United States mail, (c) sent by overnight courier of national
reputation, (d) transmitted by telecopy, or (e) sent as electronic mail, in each
case delivered or sent to the party to whom notice is being given to the
business address, telecopier number, or e mail address set forth below next to
its signature, and with respect to any Borrower, to its counsel, Xxxx Xxxxx,
Esq. by facsimile at (000) 000-0000, or, as to each party, at such other
business address, telecopier number, or e mail address as it may hereafter
designate in writing to the other party(ies) pursuant to the terms of this
Section. All such notices, requests, demands and other communications shall be
deemed to be an authenticated record communicated or given on (a) the date
received if personally delivered, (b) two days following when deposited in the
mail if delivered by mail, (c) one day following the date delivered to the
courier if delivered by overnight courier, or (d) the date of transmission if
sent by telecopy or by e mail, except that notices or requests delivered to the
Lender pursuant to any of the provisions of Article II shall not be effective
until received by the Lender. All notices, financial information, or other
business records sent by any party to this Agreement may be transmitted, sent,
or otherwise communicated via such medium as the sending party may deem
appropriate and commercially reasonable; provided, however, that the risk that
the confidentiality or privacy of such notices, financial information, or other
business records sent by any party may be compromised shall be
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borne exclusively by the Borrowers. All requests for an accounting under Section
9-210 of the UCC (i) shall be made in a writing signed by a Person authorized
under Section 2.2(b), (ii) shall be personally delivered, sent by registered or
certified mail, return receipt requested, or by overnight courier of national
reputation, (iii) shall be deemed to be sent when received by the Lender and
(iv) shall otherwise comply with the requirements of Section 9-210. The
Borrowers request that the Lender respond to all such requests which on their
face appear to come from an authorized individual and release the Lender from
any liability for so responding. The Borrowers shall pay the Lender the maximum
amount allowed by law for responding to such requests.
Section 8.4 Further Documents. The Borrowers will from time to time
execute, deliver, endorse and authorize the filing of any and all instruments,
documents, conveyances, assignments, security agreements, financing statements,
control agreements and other agreements and writings that the Lender may
reasonably request in order to secure, protect, perfect or enforce the Security
Interest or the Lender's rights under the Loan Documents (but any failure to
request or assure that the Borrowers execute, deliver, endorse or authorize the
filing of any such item shall not affect or impair the validity, sufficiency or
enforceability of the Loan Documents and the Security Interest, regardless of
whether any such item was or was not executed, delivered or endorsed in a
similar context or on a prior occasion).
Section 8.5 Costs and Expenses. The Borrowers shall pay on demand all
costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees, incurred by the Lender
in connection with the Indebtedness, this Agreement, the Loan Documents, and any
other document or agreement related hereto or thereto, and the transactions
contemplated hereby, including all such costs, expenses and fees incurred in
connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution, amendment,
administration, performance, collection of the Indebtedness, and enforcement of
the Loan Documents and all such documents and agreements and the creation,
perfection, protection, satisfaction, foreclosure or enforcement of the Security
Interest.
Section 8.6 Indemnity. In addition to the payment of expenses pursuant
to Section 8.5, the Borrowers shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the
Lender, and any of its participants, parent corporations, subsidiary
corporations, affiliated corporations, successor corporations, and all present
and future officers, directors, employees, attorneys and agents of the foregoing
(the "Indemnitees") from and against any of the following (collectively,
"Indemnified Liabilities"):
(i) Any and all transfer taxes, documentary taxes, assessments
or charges made by any governmental authority by reason of the execution
and delivery of the Loan Documents or the making of the Advances;
(ii) Any claims, loss or damage to which any Indemnitee is
subjected if any representation or warranty contained in Section 5.14
proves to be incorrect in any respect or as a result of any violation of
the covenant contained in Section 6.12(b) ; and
(iii) Any and all other liabilities (except for any income tax
liability incurred by Lender), losses, damages, penalties, judgments,
suits, claims, costs and expenses of any kind or nature whatsoever
(including the reasonable fees and disbursements of
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counsel) in connection with the foregoing and any other investigative,
administrative or judicial proceedings, whether or not such Indemnitee
shall be designated a party thereto, which may be imposed on, incurred by
or asserted against any such Indemnitee, in any manner related to or
arising out of or in connection with the making of the Advances and the
Loan Documents or the use or intended use of the proceeds of the Advances,
except for any such liabilities, losses, and damages caused by Lender's
gross negligence or willful misconduct.
If any investigative, judicial or administrative proceeding arising from any of
the foregoing is brought against any Indemnitee, upon such Indemnitee's request,
the Borrowers, or counsel designated by the Borrowers and satisfactory to the
Indemnitee, will resist and defend such action, suit or proceeding to the extent
and in the manner directed by the Indemnitee, at the Borrowers' sole cost and
expense. Each Indemnitee will cooperate in the defense of any such action, suit
or proceeding. If the foregoing undertaking to indemnify, defend and hold
harmless may be held to be unenforceable because it violates any law or public
policy, the Borrowers shall nevertheless make the maximum contribution to the
payment and satisfaction of each of the Indemnified Liabilities which is
permissible under applicable law. The Borrowers' obligations under this Section
8.6 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the discharge of the
Borrowers' other obligations hereunder.
Section 8.7 Participants. The Lender and its participants, if any, are
not partners or joint venturers, and the Lender shall not have any liability or
responsibility for any obligation, act or omission of any of its participants.
All rights and powers specifically conferred upon the Lender may be transferred
or delegated to any of the Lender's participants, successors or assigns.
Section 8.8 Execution in Counterparts; Telefacsimile Execution. This
Agreement and other Loan Documents may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be
an original and all of which counterparts, taken together, shall constitute but
one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this
Agreement by telefacsimile shall be equally as effective as delivery of an
original executed counterpart of this Agreement. Any party delivering an
executed counterpart of this Agreement by telefacsimile also shall deliver an
original executed counterpart of this Agreement but the failure to deliver an
original executed counterpart shall not affect the validity, enforceability, and
binding effect of this Agreement.
Section 8.9 Retention of Borrowers' Records. The Lender shall have no
obligation to maintain any electronic records or any documents, schedules,
invoices, agings, or other papers delivered to the Lender by the Borrowers or in
connection with the Loan Documents for more than 30 days after receipt by the
Lender. If there is a special need to retain specific records, the Borrowers
must inform the Lender of its need to retain those records with particularity,
which must be delivered in accordance with the notice provisions of Section 8.3
within 30 days of the Lender taking control of same.
Section 8.10 Binding Effect; Assignment; Complete Agreement; Sharing
Information. The Loan Documents shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit
of the Borrowers and the Lender and their respective successors and assigns,
except that the Borrowers shall not have the right to assign their rights
thereunder or any interest therein without the Lender's prior written
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consent. To the extent permitted by law, the Borrowers waive and will not assert
against any assignee any claims, defenses or set-offs which the Borrowers could
assert against the Lender. This Agreement shall also bind all Persons who become
a party to this Agreement as a borrower. This Agreement, together with the Loan
Documents, comprises the complete and integrated agreement of the parties on the
subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements, written or oral, on
the subject matter hereof. To the extent that any provision of this Agreement
contradicts other provisions of the Loan Documents, this Agreement shall
control. Without limiting the Lender's right to share information regarding the
Borrowers and their Affiliates with the Lender's participants, accountants,
lawyers and other advisors, the Lender and Xxxxx Fargo Bank may share any and
all information they may have in their possession regarding the Borrowers and
their Affiliates, and the Borrowers waive any right of confidentiality they may
have with respect to such sharing of information.
Section 8.11 Severability of Provisions. Any provision of this
Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable shall be ineffective to the
extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the
remaining provisions hereof.
Section 8.12 Headings. Article, Section and subsection headings in this
Agreement are included herein for convenience of reference only and shall not
constitute a part of this Agreement for any other purpose.
Section 8.13 Governing Law; Jurisdiction, Venue; Waiver of Jury Trial.
The Loan Documents shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
substantive laws (other than conflict laws) of the State of New York. The
parties hereto hereby (i) consent to the personal jurisdiction of the state and
federal courts located in the State of New York in connection with any
controversy related to this Agreement; (ii) waive any argument that venue in any
such forum is not convenient; (iii) agree that any litigation initiated by the
Lender or the Borrowers in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan
Documents may be venued in either the state or federal courts located in the
County of New York, New York and (iv) agree that a final judgment in any such
suit, action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other
jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.
SECTION 8.14 INTENTIONALLY OMITTED
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THE BORROWERS AND THE LENDER WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION AT
LAW OR IN EQUITY OR IN ANY OTHER PROCEEDING BASED ON OR PERTAINING TO THIS
AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the date
first above written.
MISONIX, INC. MISONIX, INC.
0000 Xxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Telecopier: 000-000-0000 By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx -------------------
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Senior Vice President
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Acoustic Marketing Research, Inc. ACOUSTIC MARKETING RESEARCH, INC.
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Telecopier: 000-000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
-------------------
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Senior Vice President
Hearing Innovations Incorporated HEARING INNOVATIONS INCORPORATED
0000 Xxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Telecopier: 000-000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
-------------------
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Senior Vice President
Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National XXXXX FARGO BANK,
Association NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
000 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Telecopier: 000-000-0000
Attention: Portfolio Manager for By: /s/ Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
MISONIX, INC. -------------------------
Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Senior Vice
President
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TABLE OF EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES
Exhibit A Form of Revolving Note
Exhibit B Compliance Certificate
Exhibit C Premises
Schedule 5.1 Trade Names, Chief Executive Office, Principal Place of
Business, and Locations of Collateral
Schedule 5.2 Capitalization and Organizational Chart
Schedule 5.5 Subsidiaries
Schedule 5.7 Litigation Matters
Schedule 5.9 Taxes
Schedule 5.11 Intellectual Property Disclosures
Schedule 5.14 Environmental Matters
Schedule 6.3 Permitted Liens
Schedule 6.4 Permitted Indebtedness and Guaranties
EXHIBIT A TO CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
REVOLVING NOTE
$8,000,000 December 29, 2006
For value received, the undersigned, MISONIX, INC., a New York
corporation, Acoustic Marketing Research, Inc. d/b/a Sonora Medical Systems, a
Colorado corporation, Hearing Innovations Incorporated, a Delaware corporation
(collectively, the "Borrower"), jointly and severally, hereby promise to pay to
the order of XXXXX FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (the "Lender"), acting
through its Xxxxx Fargo Business Credit operating division, on the Termination
Date referenced in the Credit and Security Agreement dated the same date as this
Revolving Note that was entered into by the Lender and the Borrower (as amended
from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"), at Lender's office located at 000
Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, or at any other place designated at
any time by the holder hereof, in lawful money of the United States of America
and in immediately available funds, the principal sum of Eight Million Dollars
($8,000,000) or the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Revolving Advances
(as defined in the Credit Agreement) made by the Lender to the Borrower under
the Credit Agreement, together with interest on the principal amount hereunder
remaining unpaid from time to time, computed on the basis of the actual number
of days elapsed and a 360-day year, from the date hereof until this Revolving
Note is fully paid at the rate from time to time in effect under the Credit
Agreement.
This Revolving Note is the Revolving Note referenced in the Credit
Agreement, and is subject to the terms of the Credit Agreement, which provides,
among other things, for acceleration hereof. Principal and interest due
hereunder shall be payable as provided in the Credit Agreement, and this
Revolving Note may be prepaid only in accordance with the terms of the Credit
Agreement. This Revolving Note is secured, among other things, pursuant to the
Credit Agreement and the Security Documents as therein defined, and may now or
hereafter be secured by one or more other security agreements, mortgages, deeds
of trust, assignments or other instruments or agreements.
The Borrower shall pay all costs of collection, including reasonable
attorneys' fees and legal expenses, if this Revolving Note is not paid when due,
whether or not legal proceedings are commenced.
Presentment or other demand for payment, notice of dishonor and protest
are expressly waived.
MISONIX, INC. ACOUSTIC MARKETING RESEARCH, INC.
D/B/A SONORA MEDICAL SYSTEMS
By: ________________________ By: _________________________
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx,
Senior Vice President Senior Vice President
HEARING INNOVATIONS INCORPORATED
By: ________________________
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx,
Senior Vice President
A-1
EXHIBIT B TO CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
To: Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association
Date: ___________________, 200____
Subject: Financial Statements
In accordance with our Credit and Security Agreement dated as of December
___, 2006 (as amended from time to time, the "Credit Agreement"), attached are
the financial statements of ___________________ (the "Borrower") as of and for
_________________, 200__ (the "Reporting Date") and the year-to-date period then
ended (the "Current Financials"). All terms used in this certificate have the
meanings given in the Credit Agreement.
I certify that the Current Financials have been prepared in accordance
with GAAP, subject to year-end audit adjustments, and fairly present the
Borrower's financial condition as of the date thereof.
I further hereby certify as follows: Events of Default. (Check one):
[ ] The undersigned does not have knowledge of the occurrence of a
Default or Event of Default under the Credit Agreement except as
previously reported in writing to the Lender.
[ ] The undersigned has knowledge of the occurrence of a Default or
Event of Default under the Credit Agreement not previously reported
in writing to the Lender and attached hereto is a statement of the
facts with respect to thereto. The Borrower acknowledges that
pursuant to Section 2.6(d) of the Credit Agreement, the Lender may
impose the Default Rate at any time during the resulting Default
Period.
Material Adverse Change in Litigation Matters of the Borrower. I further
hereby certify as follows (check one):
[ ] The undersigned has no knowledge of any material adverse change to
the litigation exposure of the Borrower or any of its Affiliates or
of any Guarantor.
[ ] The undersigned has knowledge of material adverse changes to the
litigation exposure of the Borrower or any of its Affiliates or of
any Guarantor not previously disclosed in Schedule 5.7. Attached to
this Certificate is a statement of the facts with respect thereto.
Financial Covenants. I further hereby certify as follows (check and
complete each of the following):
1. MINIMUM NET INCOME/NET LOSS. The Borrower shall not have a Net Loss
of more than $700,000 for the fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2006 and no
more than $340,000
B-1
for the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2007 and no more than $150,000 for the
quarter ending June 30, 2007.
2. CAPITAL EXPENDITURES. Pursuant to Section 6.2(g) of the Credit
Agreement, for the year-to-date period ending on the Reporting Date, the
Borrower has expended or contracted to expend during the fiscal year ended
_______________, 200___, for Capital Expenditures, $_______________ in the
aggregate and at most $_______________ in any one transaction, which [ ]
satisfies [ ] does not satisfy the requirement that such expenditures not exceed
$1,000,000 in the aggregate and $1,000,000 for any one transaction during such
year.
3. SALARIES. As of the Reporting Date, the Borrower has not paid
excessive or unreasonable salaries, bonuses, commissions, consultant fees or
other compensation, or, in any year in which the Borrowers were not profitable
on a consolidated basis, increased the salary, bonus, commissions, consultant
fees or other compensation of any Director, Officer or consultant, or any member
of their families, by more than ten percent (10%) over the amount paid in the
Borrower's previous fiscal year, either individually or for all such persons in
the aggregate, and has not paid any increase from any source other than profits
earned in the year of payment, and as a consequence [ ] is [ ] is not in
compliance with Section 6.8 of the Credit Agreement.
Attached hereto are all relevant facts in reasonable detail to evidence,
and the computations of the financial covenants referred to above. These
computations were made in accordance with GAAP.
_________________________________
By: _____________________________
Its Chief Financial Officer
B-2
EXHIBIT C TO CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
PREMISES
The Premises referred to in the Credit and Security Agreement are legally
described as follows:
0000 Xxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
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SCHEDULE 5.1 TO CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
TRADE NAMES, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICE, PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS,
AND LOCATIONS OF COLLATERAL
TRADE NAMES
Sonora Medical Systems
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICE/PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS
0000 Xxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
OTHER INVENTORY AND EQUIPMENT LOCATIONS
XXXXXX INDUSTRIES INC.
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxx.
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
GEOTEC INC.
00 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
FOCUS SURGERY INC.
0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
BW MANUFACTURING COMPANY INC.
000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
MOLDED RUBBER AND PLASTICS CORP.
00000 X Xxxxxxxx Xxx.
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
UK HIFU
00 Xxxx Xxxxx XxxxxxxxxxXxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx XX00 0XX
S-5.1-1
MISONIX LTD.
000 Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
XX00 0XX Xxxxxxx
IMAGING EQUIPMENT LIMITED
00 Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx XX00 0XX
LABCAIRE SYSTEMS LIMITED
000 Xxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
XX00 0XX Xxxxxxx
S-5.1-2
SCHEDULE 5.2 TO CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
CAPITALIZATION AND ORGANIZATIONAL CHART
NO. OF SHARES (AFTER PERCENT INTEREST ON A
EXERCISE OF ALL RIGHTS TO FULLY DILUTED BASIS
HOLDER TYPE OF RIGHTS/STOCK ACQUIRE SHARES)
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Xx. Common 1,203,251 15.1
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Common 495,608 7.0
Xxxx Xxxxxx Common 458,947 6.6
Bonanza Capital, Ltd. Common 411,600 6.0
Attach organizational chart showing the ownership structure of all Subsidiaries
of the Borrower.
1. Hearing Innovations Incorporated 100%
2. Acoustic Marketing Research, Inc. 90%
3. Fibra-Sonics (NY) Inc. 100%
4. Labcaire Systems Limited 100%
5. UKHIFU 60%
6. MISONIX, LTD. 100%
S-5.2-1
SCHEDULE 5.5 TO CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
SUBSIDIARIES
Hearing Innovations Incorporated
Acoustic Marketing Research, Inc.
Fibra-Sonics (NY) Inc.
Labcaire Systems Limited
UKHIFU
. MISONIX, LTD.
S-5.5-1
SCHEDULE 5.7 TO CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
LITIGATION MATTERS IN EXCESS OF $100,000.00
A jury in the District Court of Boulder County, Colorado has returned a verdict
against Sonora Medical Systems during the Company's Fiscal 2005 fourth quarter
in the amount of $419,000. The case involved royalties claimed on recoating of
transesophogeal probes, which is a process by Sonora. Approximately 80% of the
judgment was based on the jury's estimate of royalties for potential sales of
the product in the future. Sonora has moved for judgment notwithstanding the
verdict based on, among other things, the award of damages for future royalties.
Sonora has also moved for a new trial in the case.
Xxxxxx v. MISONIX, INC., Index No. 06-20957 (N.Y. Sup. Ct., Suffolk Cty.)
Innovative Engineering Solutions, Inc. v. MISONIX, INC. and Xxxxx Components,
Inc., Case No. 3:05-CV-1592-PK (D. Oreg.).
S-5.9-1
SCHEDULE 5.9 TO CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
TAXES
TEXAS
The State of Texas has asserted liability for unpaid sales taxes estimated
to be in the amount of $100,000.
DELAWARE
Outstanding franchise taxes of Hearing Innovations Incorporated in the
approximate amount of $38,000 have been paid. Evidence thereof to be delivered
by Borrowers.
S-5.9-2
SCHEDULE 5.11 TO CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DISCLOSURES
UNITED STATES PATENTS
Title Serial Number Filing Date
----- ------------- -----------
Cavitation Device 4,920,954 5/01/1990
Fluid Processing 5,026,167 6/25/1991
Fluid Processing 5,032,027 7/16/1991
Wire with Sheath 5,248,296 9/23/1993
Guidewire Guides 5,306,261 4/26/1994
Guidewire Guides 5,443,456 8/22/1995
Flow-thru Transducer 5,371,429 12/06/1994
Catheter Sheath 5,397,293 3/14/1995
Liposuction 5,419,761 5/30/1995
Flow-thru Transducer 5,465,468 11/14/1995
Atomizer Horn 5,516,043 5/14/1996
Ultrasonic Probes 5,527,273 6/18/1996
Autoclavable Switch 5,769,211 6/23/1998
Shock Wave Hydrophone 5,072,426 12/10/1991
Vented Ultrasonic Transducer 4,741,731 5/03/1988
Apparatus for Eliminating Air Bubbles 5,151,083 9/29/1992
Ultrasonic Needle with Sleeve 5,151,084 9/29/1992
Bubble Control Device 5,486,162 1/23/1996
Ultrasonic Surgical Probe 5,562,609 10/08/1996
Needle for Ultrasonic Surgical Probe 5,562,610 10/08/1996
Magnetic Ball Valves 5,904,669 05/18/1999
S-5.11-1
Ultrasonic Probe 6,270,471 8/07/2001
Ultrasonic Blade 6,443,969 9/03/2002
Ultrasonic Blade 6,379,371 4/30/2002
Infiltration Cannula with Teflon 6,375,648 4/23/2002
Skinless Sausage or Frankfurter 6,326,039 12/04/2001
Manufacturing Method & Apparatus 6,322,832 11/27/2001
Method & Device for Manufacturing 6,146,674 11/14/2000
Ultrasonic Dissection & Coagulation 6,063,050 5/16/2000
Ultrasonic Dissection & Coagulation 6,036,667 3/14/2000
Non-clogging Catheter 6,582,440 6/24/2003
Ultrasonic Horn Assembly 6,578,659 6/17/2003
Thermal Film Ultrasonic 6,454,730 9/24/2002
Ultrasonic Probe with Low Friction 6,613,056 9/02/2003
Ultrasonic Medical Treatment Device 6,648,839 11/18/2003
Fingerprint Processing Chamber 6,660,054 12/09/2003
Ultrasonic Medical Treatment Device 6,736,814 5/18/2004
Ultrasonic Cleaning Probe 6,799,729 10/05/2004
RF Cauterization 6,902,536 6/07/2005
Ultrasonic Horn 7,004,282 2/28/2006
UNITED STATES ISSUED TRADEMARKS, SERVICE MARKS
AND COLLECTIVE MEMBERSHIP MARKS
REGISTRATIONS
S-5.11-2
Registration Number Registration Date
Xxxx Serial Number Filing Date
---- ------------------- -----------------
Sonicone 76647416 9/26/2005
Sonatheim 7667414 8/13/2004
Misonix 2812718 2/10/2004
Mystaire 2611532 8/27/2000
Aura 2320805 2/22/2000
Misonix 2051093 3/27/2003
Misonix 74467619 12/09/1993
Misonix 74467609 2/13/2003
Water Web 73325806 4/03/2002
Sonimist 73263563 12/07/1982
Astrason 73263562 7/14/2002
S-5.11-3
SCHEDULE 5.14 TO CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS
NONE
S-5.14-1
SCHEDULE 6.3 TO CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
PERMITTED LIENS
MISONIX, INC.
Creditor Collateral Jurisdiction Filing Date Filing No.
-------- ---------- ------------ ----------- ----------
SMB Leasing Computer New York 06/02/2003 20030602109
Solutions Equipment 4696
S-6.3-1
SCHEDULE 6.4 TO CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
PERMITTED INDEBTEDNESS AND GUARANTIES
INDEBTEDNESS
Principal Maturity Monthly
Creditor Amount Date Payment Collateral
-------- ---------- ------------ ----------- ----------
SMB Leasing
Solutions
GUARANTIES
NONE
S-6.4-1
