THE ORCHARD ENTERPRISES, INC. DIGITAL RIGHTS AGENCY, INC. ORCHARD ENTERPRISES NY, INC. PENINSULA BANK BUSINESS FUNDING, A DIVISION OF THE PRIVATE BANK OF THE PENINSULA LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
DIGITAL
RIGHTS AGENCY, INC.
ORCHARD
ENTERPRISES NY, INC.
PENINSULA
BANK BUSINESS FUNDING,
A
DIVISION OF THE PRIVATE BANK OF THE PENINSULA
This
Loan
And Security Agreement is entered into as of February 5, 2009, by and
between Peninsula
Bank Business Funding, a division of The Private Bank of the Peninsula
(“Bank”) and The
Orchard
Enterprises, Inc. (“Orchard” or “Lead Borrower”), a corporation formed
under the laws of the State of Delaware, Digital
Rights Agency, Inc. (“Digital”), a corporation formed under the laws of
the State of California and a wholly owned subsidiary of Orchard, and Orchard
Enterprises NY, Inc. (“Orchard NY” and collectively with Digital and
Orchard, “Borrowers” and each a “Borrower”), a corporation formed under the laws
of the State of New York and a wholly owned subsidiary of Orchard.
Recitals
Borrowers
wish to obtain credit from time to time from Bank, and Bank desires to extend
credit to Borrowers. This Agreement sets forth the terms on which
Bank will advance credit to Borrowers, and Borrowers will repay the amounts
owing to Bank.
Agreement
The
parties agree as follows:
1. Definitions
and Construction.
1.1 Definitions. As
used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following respective
definitions:
“Accounts”
means all presently existing and hereafter arising accounts, contract rights,
payment intangibles and all other forms of obligations owing to Borrowers
arising out of the sale or lease of goods (including, without limitation, the
licensing of software and other technology) or the rendering of services by
Borrowers, whether or not earned by performance, and any and all credit
insurance, guaranties and other security therefor, as well as all merchandise
returned to or reclaimed by Borrowers and Borrowers’ Books relating to any of
the foregoing.
“Advance”
or “Advances” means a cash advance or cash advances under the Revolving
Facility.
“Affiliate”
means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person that owns or
controls directly or indirectly such specified Person and any other Person that
controls or is controlled by or is under common control with such specified
Person, and each of such Person’s senior executive officers, directors, and
partners.
“Bank
Expenses” means all: reasonable costs or expenses (including
reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred in connection with the
preparation, negotiation, administration and enforcement of the Loan Documents;
reasonable Collateral audit fees (provided, however, that “Bank Expenses”
(exclusive of any incurred prior to the execution and delivery of this
Agreement) shall not include in excess of an aggregate of five thousand dollars
($5,000) of costs, fees or expenses with respect to any one or more audits
conducted in any 12-month period, except to the extent any such audit giving
rise to such costs, fees or expenses is conducted after the occurrence and
during the continuation of an Event of Default); and Bank’s reasonable
attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred in amending, enforcing or defending the
Loan Documents (including fees and expenses of appeal), incurred before, during
and after an Insolvency Proceeding against any Borrower, whether or not suit is
brought.
“Borrower’s
Books” means all of Borrower’s books and records, including: ledgers; records
concerning a Borrower’s assets or liabilities, the Collateral, business
operations or financial condition; and all computer programs or tape files, and
the equipment, containing such information.
“Borrowing
Base” means an amount equal to eighty percent (80%) of Eligible Accounts, as
determined in good faith by Bank with reference to the sales figures delivered
by Lead Borrower.
“Business
Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banks in
the State of California or New York are authorized or required to
close.
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“Change
in Control” shall mean a transaction in which any “person” or “group” (within
the meaning of Section 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934) who or that was not, prior to such transaction, the “beneficial owner” (as
defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), directly or
indirectly, of a sufficient number of shares of all classes of stock then
outstanding of a Borrower ordinarily entitled to vote in the election of
directors, empowering such “person” or “group” to elect a majority of the Board
of Directors of such Borrower becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule
13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), directly or indirectly, of a
sufficient number of shares of all classes of stock then outstanding of such
Borrower ordinarily entitled to vote in the election of directors, empowering
such “person” or “group” to elect a majority of the Board of Directors of such
Borrower, who did not have such power before such transaction; provided however
that a transfer in beneficial ownership of any Borrower from any Borrower to
another Borrower shall not constitute a Change in Control.
“Closing
Date” means the date of this Agreement.
“Code”
means the California Uniform Commercial Code.
“Collateral”
means the property described on Exhibit A attached
hereto.
“Collateral
Account” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2.3(d).
“Contingent
Obligation” means, as applied to any Person, any direct or indirect liability,
contingent or otherwise, of that Person with respect to (i) any
indebtedness, lease, dividend, letter of credit or other obligation of another;
(ii) any obligations with respect to undrawn letters of credit, corporate
credit cards or merchant services issued or provided for the account of that
Person; and (iii) all obligations arising under any agreement or
arrangement designed to protect such Person against fluctuation in interest
rates, currency exchange rates or commodity prices; provided, however, that the term
“Contingent Obligation” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit
in the ordinary course of business. The amount of any Contingent
Obligation of any Person shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or
determined amount of the primary obligation in respect of which such Contingent
Obligation is assumed or made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum
reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by Bank in
good faith; provided,
however, that such
amount shall not in any event exceed the maximum amount of the obligations of
such Person under the guarantee or other support arrangement with respect to
such primary obligation.
“Copyrights”
means any and all copyright rights, copyright applications, copyright
registrations and like protections in each work or authorship and derivative
work thereof.
“Credit
Extension” means each Advance or any other extension of credit by Bank for the
benefit of Borrowers hereunder.
“Daily
Balance” means the amount of the Obligations owed at the end of a given
day.
“Eligible
Accounts” means those outstanding Accounts that have arisen in the ordinary
course of the relevant Borrower’s business and that are in compliance with all
of such Borrower’s representations and warranties to Bank set forth in
Section 5.4 with respect to such Accounts;
provided, that
standards of eligibility may be fixed and revised from time to time by Bank in
Bank’s reasonable judgment and upon notification thereof to Borrower in
accordance with the provisions hereof. Unless otherwise agreed to by
Bank, Eligible Accounts shall not include the following:
(a) an
outstanding Account that the relevant account debtor has failed to pay within
ninety (90) days following the date on which the invoice covering such Account
was sent by the relevant Borrower to such account debtor (any outstanding
Account that the relevant account debtor has failed to pay within ninety (90)
days following the date on which the invoice covering such Account was sent by
the relevant Borrower to such account debtor is hereinafter referred to as a
“Delinquent Account”);
(b) outstanding
Accounts with respect to any account debtor if more than twenty-five percent
(25%) of the aggregate amount of all outstanding Accounts then owed by such
account debtor to Borrowers are Delinquent Accounts;
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(c) outstanding
Accounts with respect to which the account debtor is an officer, employee or
agent of any Borrower (with it being agreed and understood that xXxxxx.xxx, Inc,
shall not be deemed to be an officer, employee or agent of any
Borrower);
(d) outstanding
Accounts with respect to which goods are placed on consignment, guaranteed sale,
sale or return, sale on approval, xxxx and hold or other terms by reason of
which the payment by the relevant account debtor may be
conditional;
(e) outstanding
Accounts with respect to which the relevant account debtor is an Affiliate of
any Borrower (with it being agreed and understood that xXxxxx.xxx, Inc. shall
not be deemed to be an Affiliate of any Borrower);
(f) pre-xxxxxxxx
or progress xxxxxxxx (provided, however, that any pre-billing
or progress billing shall be excluded from being an Eligible Accounts only to
the extent that the amount of such pre-billing or progress billing exceeds the
billing for goods or services that have been provided or rendered);
(g) outstanding
Accounts (other than Eligible Foreign Accounts) with respect to which the
relevant account debtor does not have its principal place of business in the
United States or Canada;
(h) outstanding
Accounts with respect to which the relevant account debtor is the United States
or any department, agency or instrumentality of the United States;
(i) outstanding
Accounts with respect to which any Borrower is liable to the relevant account
debtor for goods sold or services rendered by such account debtor to such
Borrower or for deposits or other property of such account debtor held by such
Borrower, but only to the extent of any amounts so owing by such Borrower to
such account debtor;
(j) except
as approved in writing by Bank, outstanding Accounts that are owed to one or
more of Borrowers by an account debtor and that, when aggregated with all other
outstanding Accounts that are owed to one or more of Borrowers by Subsidiaries
and Affiliates of such account debtor, exceed thirty percent (30%) of all
outstanding Accounts (“Concentration Limit”), but only to the extent that such
Accounts exceed the Concentration Limit; provided, however, that for purposes of
the foregoing, Accounts owed by iTunes and its domestic Subsidiaries and
Affiliates (as account debtors) shall not be excluded pursuant to this clause
(j) except to the extent the aggregate amount of such Accounts exceeds the
greater of the Concentration Limit or $2,500,000;
(k) Accounts
with respect to which the account debtor is iTunes or any of its domestic
Subsidiaries and Affiliates, to the extent such obligations exceed
$2,500,000;
(l) outstanding
Accounts with respect to which the relevant account debtor disputes liability to
the relevant Borrower or makes any claim against the relevant Borrower with
respect thereto and as to which Bank in good faith believes, in its sole
discretion that there is a valid claim (but only to the extent of the amount of
such valid claim);
(m) outstanding
Accounts with respect to which the relevant account debtor is subject to any
Insolvency Proceeding, has become insolvent or has gone out of business or is in
the process of winding down its business;
(n) outstanding
Accounts arising out of the disposition of any interest in, including any
licenses of, any Intellectual Property owned by a Borrower (for the sake of
clarity, this does not apply to any Accounts arising out of Intellectual
Property licensed to a Borrower) (“IP Accounts”) as set forth on Exhibit E;
and
(o) outstanding
Accounts to the extent Bank has in good faith determined the same to be doubtful
or uncollectible.
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“Eligible
Foreign Accounts” means Accounts with respect to which the relevant account
debtor does not have its principal place of business in the United States or
Canada and that (i) are supported by one or more letters of credit in an
amount and of a tenor, and issued by a financial institution, reasonably
acceptable to Bank or (ii) Bank approves on a case-by-case
basis.
“Equipment”
means, with respect to any Borrower, all present and future machinery,
equipment, tenant improvements, furniture, fixtures, vehicles, tools, parts and
attachments in which such Borrower has any interest, exclusive, however, of the
foregoing, that under the terms of any lease or other agreement, are the
property of a landlord, lessor or other Person.
“Equipment
Financer” means any Person from which any Borrower has acquired, or with which
Borrower had entered into an agreement (including a capital lease) to acquire,
any Equipment or any Person that has provided financing for the acquisition of
any Equipment.
“ERISA”
means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the
regulations thereunder.
“Event of
Default” has the meaning assigned thereto in Article 8.
“GAAP”
means generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time;
provided, however, that, when applied
to any financial statements prepared on a basis other than a fiscal year basis
or as of any date other than as of the end of any fiscal year, any such
financial statements shall be deemed to comply with GAAP notwithstanding the
lack of footnote disclosure and the absence of year-end
adjustments.
“Indebtedness”
means (a) all indebtedness for borrowed money or the deferred purchase
price of property or services, including, without limitation, reimbursement and
other obligations with respect to surety bonds and letters of credit,
(b) all obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar
instruments, (c) all capital lease obligations and (d) all Contingent
Obligations.
“Insolvency
Proceeding” means, with respect to any Person, any proceeding commenced by or
against such Person before a court of competent jurisdiction under any provision
of the United States Bankruptcy Code, as amended, or under any other bankruptcy
or insolvency law, including assignments for the benefit of creditors, formal or
informal moratoria, compositions, extension generally with its creditors or
proceedings seeking reorganization, arrangement, or other relief.
“Intellectual Property” means all of a
Borrower’s right, title, and interest in and to the following: Copyrights,
Trademarks and Patents; all trade secrets, all design rights, claims for damages
by way of past, present and future infringement of any of the rights included
above, all licenses or other rights to use any of the Copyrights, Patents or
Trademarks, and all license fees and royalties arising from such use to the
extent permitted by such license or rights; all amendments, renewals and
extensions of any Copyrights, Trademarks or Patents; and all proceeds and
products of the foregoing, including, without limitation, all payments under
insurance or any indemnity or warranty payable in respect of any of the
foregoing.
“Inventory”
means, with respect to any Borrower, all inventory in which such Borrower has or
acquires any interest, including work in process and finished products intended
for sale or lease or to be furnished under a contract of service, of every kind
and description now or at any time hereafter owned by such Borrower, including
such inventory as is temporarily out of its custody or possession or in transit
and including any returns upon any Accounts or other proceeds, including
insurance proceeds, resulting from the sale or disposition of any of the
foregoing and any documents of title representing any of the above, and such
Borrower’s Books relating to any of the foregoing.
“Investment”
means any beneficial ownership of (including stock, partnership interest or
other securities) any Person or any loan, advance or capital contribution to any
Person.
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“IRC”
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations
thereunder.
“Lien”
means any mortgage, lien, deed of trust, charge, pledge, security interest or
other encumbrance.
“Loan
Documents” means, collectively, this Agreement, any note or notes executed by
any Borrower to or to the order of Bank or Bank’s affiliates as provided
hereunder and any other agreement entered into by any Borrower in connection
with this Agreement, all as amended or extended from time to time.
“Material
Adverse Effect” means a material and adverse effect on (i) the business
operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Borrowers
taken as a whole. (ii) the ability of Borrowers (taken as a whole) to repay
the Obligations or otherwise perform their obligations under the Loan Documents
or (iii) the value of, or the validity or priority of Bank’s security
interests in, the Collateral.
“Negotiable
Collateral” means all letters of credit of which any Borrower is a beneficiary,
notes, drafts, instruments, securities, documents of title and chattel paper and
such Borrower’s Books relating to any of the foregoing.
“Obligations”
means all debt, principal, interest, Bank Expenses and other amounts owed to
Bank by any Borrower pursuant to this Agreement or any other agreement (not
including any obligations owing from any Borrower to others that Bank may have
obtained by assignment), whether absolute or contingent, due or to become due,
now existing or hereafter arising, including any interest that accrues after the
commencement of an Insolvency Proceeding and against any Borrower, including any
debt, liability.
“Patents”
means all patents, patent applications and like protections, including, without
limitation, improvements, divisions, continuations, renewals, reissues,
extensions and continuations-in-part of the same.
“Periodic
Payments” means all installments or similar recurring payments that Borrowers
may now or hereafter become obligated to pay to Bank pursuant to the terms and
provisions of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.
“Permitted
Contingent Obligations” means any of the following: (a) any obligation any
Borrower may have with respect to charges made by any director, officer or
employee on any credit card issued at the request or for the account of such
Borrower in the ordinary course of business; (b) royalty payments and similar
advances made in the ordinary course of business; and (c) any obligation of any
Borrower with respect to any obligation or liability of another
Borrower.
“Permitted
Indebtedness” means:
(a) Indebtedness
of Borrowers in favor of Bank arising under this Agreement or any other Loan
Document;
(b) Indebtedness
existing on the Closing Date and disclosed in the Schedule on the Closing
Date;
(c) Indebtedness
secured by a Lien described in clause (c) of the defined term “Permitted
Liens” or clause (d) of the defined term “Permitted Liens” in so far as such
clause (d) relates to any extension, renewal or refinancing of the indebtedness
secured by Liens of the type described in said clause (c), provided
(i) such Indebtedness does not exceed the lesser of the cost or fair market
value (determined as of the date of acquisition) of the equipment financed with
such Indebtedness and (ii) such Indebtedness does not exceed $250,000 in
the aggregate at any given time;
(d) Indebtedness
of any Borrower to any other Borrower;
(e) Permitted
Contingent Obligations; and
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(f) Subordinated
Debt.
“Permitted
Investment” means:
(a) stock
or other interests in any other Borrower or any Subsidiary and other Investments
existing on the Closing Date and disclosed in the Schedule on the Closing Date;
and
(b) (i) marketable
direct obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the United States of
America or any agency or any State thereof maturing within one (1) year from the
date of acquisition thereof, (ii) commercial paper maturing no more than
one (1) year from the date of creation thereof and at the time the same is
acquired having rating of at least A-2 or P-2 from either
Standard & Poor’s Corporation or Xxxxx’x Investors Service,
(iii) certificates of deposit maturing no more than one (1) year from the
date of investment therein issued by Bank or any other banking institution
having aggregate net assets (as of the last reported quarterly period prior to
the purchase of such certificates of deposit) comparable to Bank, and (iv)
money market, checking or savings accounts of Bank or any other banking
institution referred to in the foregoing clause (iii);
(c) Royalty
Advances; and
(d) stock
or other equity securities issued by vendors or suppliers to a Borrower without
any outlay of cash by a Borrower to such vendor or supplier.
“Permitted
Liens” means the following:
(a) Any
Liens existing on the Closing Date and disclosed in the Schedule on the Closing
Date or arising under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents;
(b) Liens
for taxes, fees, assessments or other governmental charges or levies, either not
delinquent or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, provided
the same have no priority over any of Bank’s security interests;
(c) Liens
(i) upon or in any Equipment acquired or held by any Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries to secure the purchase price of such Equipment, (ii) under or with
respect to any indebtedness incurred solely for the purpose of financing the
acquisition of such Equipment, or (ii) existing on such Equipment at the
time of its acquisition, provided that the Lien is confined solely to the
property so acquired and improvements thereon, the products and proceeds (which
may include any related insurance proceeds) of such Equipment and any Books
related thereto;
(d) Liens
incurred in connection with the extension, renewal or refinancing of the
indebtedness secured by Liens of the type described in clauses (a) through (c)
above, provided that any extension, renewal or replacement Lien shall be limited
to the property encumbered by the existing Lien and the principal amount of the
indebtedness being extended, renewed or refinanced does not
increase;
(e) statutory
Liens, including those of landlords, carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, workmen,
repairmen, bailees, attorneys and/or materialmen;
(f) other
Liens imposed by law or that arise by operation of law in the ordinary course of
business from the date of creation thereof, in each case only for amounts not
yet due or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings;
(g) any
lease, license or similar arrangement entered into by any Borrower in the
ordinary course of business;
(h) Liens
on any deposit or bond (whether under any lease or similar arrangement or made
under any escrow arrangement or under any bid);
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(i) Liens
that, in the aggregate, do not secure obligations in excess of two hundred and
fifty thousand dollars ($250,000);
(j) zoning,
building codes and other land use laws or other restrictions regulating the use
or occupancy of any real property or the activities conducted
thereon;
(k) easements,
covenants, conditions, restrictions and other similar matters of record
affecting title to any real property;
(l) Liens
incurred or deposits made in the ordinary course of business (including, without
limitation, surety bonds and appeal bonds) to secure the performance of tenders,
bids, leases, contracts (other than for the repayment of Indebtedness),
statutory obligations and other similar obligations;
(m) Liens
that secure obligations that, pursuant to a written subordination agreement that
has been executed and delivered to Bank and that is in form and substance
satisfactory to Bank, have been subordinated to the Obligations;
and
(n) Liens
created pursuant to the terms of any of the Loan Documents or otherwise arising
in favor of Bank.
“Person”
means any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability
company, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization, association,
corporation, institution, public benefit corporation, firm, joint stock company,
estate, entity or governmental agency.
“Prime
Rate” means the variable rate of interest, per annum, that appears in The Wall Street
Journal from time to time, whether or not such announced rate is the
lowest rate available from Bank, provided, however, at no time
shall the Prime Rate be less than the prime rate that appears in The Wall Street
Journal on the Closing Date.
“Responsible
Officer” means any of the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer
and the VP of Finance of Lead Borrower.
“Revolving
Facility” means the facility under which Borrowers may request Bank to issue
Advances, as specified in Section 2.1(a)
hereof.
“Revolving
Line” means a credit extension of up to Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000);
provided, however, upon Bank’s grant(s) of participation in its interest in the
Loan Documents or upon Bank’s approval of an increase to the credit extension to
Borrowers based on an increase in Bank’s lending limit, and upon Lead Borrower’s
consent, Revolving Line shall mean a credit extension of up to Four Million
Dollars ($4,000,000) (the “Increased Revolving Line”).
“Revolving
Maturity Date” means the day before the first anniversary of the Closing
Date. Borrowers may request, and Bank may approve, an annual renewal
of Revolving Line, subject to Bank’s normal internal credit review and approval
processes.
“Royalty
Advances” means advance payments of royalties or similar obligations made in the
ordinary course of business.
“Schedule”
means the schedule attached hereto, as the same may be amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time by written notice from any Borrower to
Bank.
“Subordinated
Debt” means any debt incurred by any Borrower that is subordinated to the debt
owing by such Borrower to Bank on terms acceptable to Bank (and identified as
being such by such Borrower and Bank).
“Subsidiary”
means, with respect to any specified Person, (i) any partnership in which
such specified Person owns, directly or indirectly, any general partnership
interest or (ii) any corporation, limited liability company or business
trust in which such specified Person owns, directly or indirectly, a majority
equity interest, the ownership of which equity interest entitles such specified
Person to elect a majority of the board of directors, managers or trustees of
such corporation, limited liability company or business trust.
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“Trademarks”
means any trademark and servicemark rights, whether registered or not,
applications to register and registrations of the same and like protections, and
the entire goodwill of the business of Borrower connected with and symbolized by
such trademarks.
“Transfer”
has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 7.1.
1.2 Accounting
Terms. All accounting terms not specifically defined herein
shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, and all calculations made hereunder
shall be made in accordance with GAAP. When used herein, the terms
“financial statements” shall include any notes and schedules
thereto.
2. Loan and
Terms Of Payment.
2.1 Credit
Extensions. Each Borrower promises to pay to the order of
Bank, in lawful money of the United States of America, the aggregate unpaid
principal amount of all outstanding Credit Extensions made by Bank to Borrowers
hereunder. Borrowers shall also pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of
such Credit Extensions at rates in accordance with the terms
hereof.
(a) Revolving
Advances.
(i) Subject
to and upon the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Lead Borrower may (on
its own behalf and on behalf of other Borrowers) request Advances in an
aggregate outstanding amount not to exceed the lesser of (i) the Revolving
Line or (ii) the Borrowing Base. Subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, amounts borrowed pursuant to this
Section 2.1(a) may be repaid and reborrowed at any time prior to the
Revolving Maturity Date, at which time all Advances under this
Section 2.1(a) shall be immediately due and payable. Borrowers
may prepay any Advances without penalty or premium.
(ii) Whenever
Lead Borrower desires an Advance, Lead Borrower will notify Bank by facsimile
transmission or telephone no later than 11:00 a.m. Pacific time, on the Business
Day that the Advance is to be made. Each such notification shall be
promptly confirmed by a Payment/Advance Form in substantially the form of Exhibit B
hereto. Lead Borrower will deliver copies of invoices in connection
with any Advance request and all supporting documents, plus transaction files
for all invoices and payment application in an electronic format reasonably
acceptable to Bank for processing. Documents received by 11:00 a.m.
Pacific time and reasonably acceptable to Bank will be processed on the same
Business Day. Documents received after then will be processed on the
next Business Day. Bank is authorized to make Advances under this
Agreement, based upon instructions received from a Responsible Officer or a
designee of a Responsible Officer, or without instructions if in Bank’s
reasonable discretion such Advances are necessary to meet Obligations that have
become due and remain unpaid. Bank shall be entitled to rely on any
telephonic notice given by an individual who Bank reasonably believes to be a
Responsible Officer or a designee thereof, and Borrowers shall indemnify and
hold Bank harmless for any damages or loss suffered by Bank as a result of such
reliance. Bank will credit the amount of Advances made under this
Section 2.1 to such deposit account(s) as Lead Borrower may have
specified.
2.2 Overadvances. If
the aggregate amount of the outstanding Advances exceeds the lesser of the
Revolving Line or the Borrowing Base at any time, Borrowers shall immediately
pay to Bank, in cash or other immediately available funds, the amount of such
excess. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the outstanding Advances
exceeds the Borrowing Base as a result of a change in the standards of
eligibility made by Bank pursuant to the proviso in the definition of “Eligible
Accounts,” Borrowers shall have thirty (30) days to pay to Bank, in cash or
other immediately available funds, the amount of such excess.
2.3 Interest Rates, Payments, and
Calculations.
(a) Interest
Rates. Except as set forth in Section 2.3(b), the Advances
shall bear interest, on the outstanding Daily Balance thereof, at a rate equal
to four percent (4%) above the Prime Rate; provided, however, that (i) at no time
shall the rate be less than eight percent (8%) or greater than ten percent (10%)
and (ii) the minimum interest payable with respect to any calendar quarter shall
be $20,000 (pro rated
for any partial calendar quarter during which any Advances are outstanding
hereunder or Bank is obligated hereunder to make Advances).
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(b) Late Fee; Default
Rate. If any payment is not made within ten (10) days after
the date such payment is due, Borrower shall pay Bank (in addition to the
increased interest provided for in the following sentence) a late fee equal to
two percent (2%) of the amount of such overdue payment. All
Obligations that are outstanding shall bear interest, from and after the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, at a rate equal to
five (5) percentage points above the interest rate applicable immediately prior
to the occurrence of such Event of Default.
(c) Payments. Interest
hereunder shall be due and payable on the last Business Day of each calendar
month during the term hereof. Bank shall, at its option, charge such
interest, all Periodic Payments and all Bank Expenses against the Collateral
Account or against the Revolving Line, in which case those amounts shall
thereafter accrue interest at the rate then applicable hereunder. Any
interest not paid when due shall be compounded by becoming a part of the
Obligations, and such interest shall thereafter accrue interest at the rate then
applicable hereunder. All payments shall be free and clear of any
taxes, withholdings, duties, impositions or other charges, to the end that Bank
will receive the entire amount of any Obligations payable hereunder, regardless
of source of payment.
(d) Lockbox. Borrowers
shall direct all account debtors to wire any amounts owing to Borrower to an
account established by Borrowers and Bank at Citibank (such account, the
“Collateral Account”) or to mail all payments made by check to a post office box
under Citibank’s control for deposit into the Collateral Account. All
invoices shall specify such post office box as the payment
address. If any Borrower receives any amount despite such
instructions, such Borrower shall promptly, and in any event within one (1)
Business Day, following its receipt, deliver such payment, in the form received
(except for an endorsement to the order of Citibank), to Citibank for deposit
into the Collateral Account and, pending such delivery, shall hold such payment
in trust for Bank. Borrowers shall enter into such lockbox agreement
with respect to the Collateral Account as Bank shall reasonably request,
subject, however, to approval thereof by Citibank.
(e) Computation. In the
event the Prime Rate is changed from time to time hereafter, the applicable rate
of interest hereunder shall be increased or decreased, effective as of the day
the Prime Rate is changed, by an amount equal to such change in the Prime
Rate. All interest chargeable under the Loan Documents shall be
computed on the basis of a three hundred sixty (360) day year of twelve (12)
thirty-day months for the actual number of days elapsed.
2.4 Crediting
Payments. Except during the continuation of, Bank shall credit
a wire transfer of funds, check or other item of payment to such deposit account
or Obligation as Lead Borrower specifies. After the occurrence and
during the continuation of an Event of Default, the receipt by Bank of any wire
transfer of funds, check or other item of payment shall be immediately applied
to conditionally reduce Obligations, but shall not be considered a payment on
account unless such payment is of immediately available funds or unless and
until such check or other item of payment is honored when presented for
payment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein,
any wire transfer or payment received by Bank after 1:00 PM Pacific time shall
be deemed to have been received by Bank as of the opening of business on the
immediately following Business Day. Whenever any payment to Bank
under the Loan Documents would otherwise be due (except by reason of
acceleration) on a date that is not a Business Day, such payment shall instead
be due on the next Business Day, and additional fees or interest, as the case
may be, shall accrue and be payable for the period of such
extension.
2.5 Fees. Borrowers
shall pay to Bank the following:
(a) Facility Fee. On
the Closing Date, a Facility Fee equal to $30,000, which shall be
nonrefundable. Upon the availability of the Increased Revolving Line,
Borrowers shall pay to Bank an additional Facility Fee of in an amount equal to
one percent (1%) of the amount by which the amount of the Increased Revolving
Line exceeds $3,000,000, which shall be nonrefundable.
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(b) Bank Expenses.
(i) On
the Closing Date, all Bank Expenses (exclusive of any Bank Expenses in excess of
$5,000 related to the audit of Borrowers’ Accounts) incurred through the Closing
Date and invoiced to Borrowers, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and
expenses (subject to the foregoing limitation).
(ii) After
the Closing Date, all Bank Expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and
expenses that, pursuant to the terms hereof, are payable by Borrowers within ten
(10) Business Days of receipt of
invoice.
2.6 Term. This
Agreement shall become effective on the Closing Date and, subject to
Section 12.8, shall continue in full force and
effect for so long as any Obligations remain outstanding or Bank has any
obligation to make Credit Extensions under this
Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Bank shall have the right
to terminate its obligation to make Credit Extensions under this Agreement
immediately and without notice upon the occurrence and during the continuance of
an Event of Default. Notwithstanding termination, Bank’s Lien on the
Collateral shall remain in effect for so long as any Obligations are
outstanding.
3. Conditions
of Loans.
3.1 Conditions Precedent to Initial
Credit Extension. The obligation of Bank to make the initial
Credit Extension is subject to the condition precedent that Bank shall have
received, in form and substance satisfactory to Bank, the
following:
(a) this
Agreement;
(b) a
certificate of the Secretary of each Borrower with respect to incumbency and
resolutions authorizing the execution and delivery of this Agreement by such
Borrower;
(c) UCC
National Form Financing Statement, covering the Collateral, in favor of
Bank;
(d) guaranties
executed by Borrower’s Subsidiaries that are not party to this
Agreement;
(e) account
control agreement with Citibank;
(f) payment
of the fees and Bank Expenses then due as specified in Section 2.5 hereof;
(g) current
consolidated financial statements of Lead Borrower;
(h) Lead
Borrower’s consolidated financial plan for fiscal year 2009;
(i) an
audit of the Collateral, the results of which shall be satisfactory to Bank;
and
(j) such
other documents, and completion of such other matters, as Bank may reasonably
deem necessary or appropriate.
3.2 Conditions Precedent to all Credit
Extensions. The obligation of Bank to make each Credit
Extension, including the initial Credit Extension, is further subject to the
following conditions:
(a) timely
receipt by Bank of the Payment/Advance Form as provided in Section 2.1;
and
(b) the
representations and warranties contained in Section 5 shall be true and correct in all material respects
on and as of the date of such Payment/Advance Form and on the effective date of
each Credit Extension as though made at and as of each such date, and no Event
of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would exist as a result of
giving effect to such Credit Extension. The making of each Credit
Extension shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by Borrowers on
the date of such Credit Extension as to the accuracy of the facts referred to in
this Section 3.2.
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4. Creation of
Security Interest.
4.1 Grant of Security
Interest. Each Borrower grants and pledges to Bank a
continuing security interest in all presently existing and hereafter acquired or
arising Collateral of such Borrower in order to secure prompt repayment of any
and all Obligations and in order to secure prompt performance by such Borrower
of each of its covenants and duties under the Loan Documents. Except
as set forth in the Schedule on the Closing Date, such security interest
constitutes a valid, first priority security interest in the presently existing
Collateral of such Borrower (subject to any Permitted Liens) and will constitute
a valid, first priority security interest in Collateral of such Borrower
acquired after the date hereof (subject to any Permitted Liens).
4.2 Delivery of Additional Documentation
Required. Each Borrower shall from time to time execute and
deliver to Bank, at the request of Bank, all Negotiable Collateral, all
financing statements and other documents that Bank may reasonably request, in
form reasonably satisfactory to Bank, to perfect and continue the perfection of
Bank’s security interests in the Collateral of such Borrower and in order to
fully consummate all of the transactions contemplated under the Loan
Documents.
4.3 Right to
Inspect. Bank (through any of its officers, employees or
agents) shall have the right, upon reasonable prior notice, from time to time
during the relevant Borrower’s usual business hours but no more than twice a
year (unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing), to inspect
such Borrower’s Books and to make copies thereof and to check, test, and
appraise the such Borrower’s Collateral in order to verify such Borrower’s
financial condition or the amount, condition of, or any other matter relating
to, the such Borrower’s Collateral. Notwithstanding anything
contained herein to the contrary, Borrowers shall not with respect to any year
be charged or be required to bear any costs, fees or expenses related to any
audit or appraisal (exclusive of any costs, fees or expenses that have been
incurred prior to the date of this Agreement or are incurred with respect to any
audit or appraisal that has been conducted after the occurrence and during the
continuation of an Event of Default), whether under this Section 4.3, Section
6.3(d) or any other provision of the Loan Documents, in excess of five thousand
dollars ($5,000).
5. Representations
and Warranties.
Each
Borrower represents and warrants as follows:
5.1 Due Organization and
Qualification. Except as disclosed on the Schedule, such
Borrower is a corporation duly existing under the laws of its state of
incorporation and is qualified or licensed to do business in any state in which
the conduct of its business or its ownership of property requires that it be so
qualified, exclusive of any such state in which its failure to be so qualified
or licensed would not constitute a Material Adverse Effect.
5.2 Due Authorization; No
Conflict. The execution, delivery and performance of the Loan
Documents by such Borrower are within such Borrower’s powers, have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate or other action on the part of such
Borrower and are not in material conflict with nor constitute a material breach
of, any provision contained in such Borrower’s Articles or Certificate of
Incorporation or Bylaws, nor do they constitute an event of default under any
material agreement to which such Borrower is a party or by which such Borrower
is bound. Such Borrower is not in default under any material
agreement to which it is a party or by which it is bound.
5.3 No Prior
Encumbrances. Except as disclosed on the Schedule, each
Borrower has good and marketable title to its property, free and clear of Liens,
except for Permitted Liens.
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5.4 Bona Fide Eligible
Accounts. The outstanding Eligible Accounts of such Borrower
are bona fide existing obligations. The property and services giving
rise to such Eligible Accounts have been delivered or rendered to the account
debtor or to the account debtor’s agent or designee for immediate and
unconditional acceptance by the account debtor. Such Borrower has not
received any notice of actual or imminent Insolvency Proceeding of any account
debtor that is liable with respect to any Account of such Borrower that is
included as an Eligible Account in the most recent Borrowing Base
Certificate.
5.5 Merchantable
Inventory. All Inventory owned by it is in all material
respects of good and marketable quality, free from all material defects, except
for Inventory for which adequate reserves have been made (provided that this
representation shall not apply with respect to any Inventory produced prior to
July 3, 2008 as part of Borrower’s acquisition of assets from TeeVee Toons, Inc.
and or its affiliates (“TVT Inventory”).
5.6 Intellectual
Property. Such Borrower is the sole owner of its Intellectual
Property, except for non-exclusive licenses granted by Borrower to its customers
in the ordinary course of business and except for any Intellectual Property with
respect to which Borrower is the licensee. Each of such
Borrower’s Patents, if any, is valid and enforceable, and no part of
such Borrower’s Intellectual Property has been judged invalid or unenforceable,
in whole or in part, and no claim has been made that any part of such Borrower’s
Intellectual Property violates the rights of any third party. Except
as set forth in the Schedule or on the Compliance Certificate or other report
provided to Bank on a quarterly basis, such Borrower’s rights as licensee of its
Intellectual Property do not give rise to more than ten percent (10%) of
Borrowers’ gross revenues for any of their prior four most recent fiscal
quarters, including, without limitation, revenues derived from the sale,
licensing, rendering or disposition of any product or
service.
5.7 Name; Location of Chief Executive
Office. Except as disclosed in the Schedule, such Borrower has
not done business under any name other than that specified on the signature page
hereof. The chief executive office of such Borrower is located at the
address thereof indicated in the Schedule. All of such Borrower’s
Inventory (other than that in transit) is located only at the location set forth
in the Schedule.
5.8 Litigation. Except
as set forth in the Schedule, there are no actions or proceedings pending by or
against any Borrower before any court or administrative agency of competent
jurisdiction in which an adverse decision could have a Material Adverse Effect,
or a material adverse effect on such Borrower’s interest or Bank’s security
interest in the Collateral.
5.9 No Material Adverse Change in
Financial Statements. All consolidated financial statements of
Lead Borrower that Bank has received from Lead Borrower fairly present in all
material respects Lead Borrower’s financial condition as of the date thereof and
Lead Borrower’s consolidated results of operations for the period then
ended. There has not been a material and adverse change in the
consolidated financial condition of Lead Borrower since the date of the most
recent of such financial statements submitted to Bank.
5.10 Solvency, Payment of
Debts. Such Borrower is solvent and able to pay its debts
(including trade debts) as they mature.
5.11 Regulatory
Compliance. Such Borrower has met its minimum funding
requirements of ERISA with respect to any employee benefit plans subject to
ERISA, and no event has occurred resulting from such Borrower’s failure to
comply with ERISA that could result in such Borrower’s incurring any material
liability. Such Borrower is not an “investment company” or a company
“controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment
Company Act of 1940. Such Borrower is not engaged principally, or as
one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the
purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of
Regulations T and U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System). Each Borrower has complied in material respects with all the
provisions of the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act (to the extent the same are
applicable to such Borrower). No Borrower has violated any statutes,
laws, ordinances or rules applicable to it where such violation could have a
Material Adverse Effect.
5.12 Environmental
Condition. Except as disclosed in the Schedule, none of such
Borrower’s properties or assets has ever been used by such Borrower or, to the
best of Lead Borrower’s knowledge, by previous owners or operators, in the
disposal of, or to produce, store, handle, treat, release or transport, any
hazardous waste or hazardous substance other than in accordance with applicable
law; to the best of Lead Borrower’s knowledge, none of Borrowers’ properties or
assets has ever been designated or identified in any manner pursuant to any
environmental protection statute as a hazardous waste or hazardous substance
disposal site, or a candidate for closure pursuant to any environmental
protection statute; no lien arising under any environmental protection statute
has attached to any revenues or to any real or personal property owned by
Borrowers; and no Borrower has received a summons, citation, notice or directive
from the Environmental Protection Agency or any other federal, state or other
governmental agency concerning any action or omission by such Borrower resulting
in the releasing, or otherwise disposing, of hazardous waste or hazardous
substances into the environment.
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5.13 Taxes. Such
Borrower has filed or caused to be filed all tax returns heretofore required to
be filed by such Borrower and has paid, or has made adequate provision for the
payment of, all taxes reflected therein.
5.14 Subsidiaries. Such
Borrower does not own any stock, partnership interest or other equity securities
of any Person, except for Permitted Investments.
5.15 Government
Consents. Such Borrower has obtained all material consents,
approvals and authorizations of, made all declarations or filings with, and
given all notices to, all governmental authorities that are necessary for the
continued operation of such Borrower’s businesses as currently
conducted.
5.16 Accounts. None of
such Borrower’s nor any Subsidiary’s property is maintained or invested with a
Person other than Bank, Citibank or Bank of America.
5.17 Full Disclosure. No
representation, warranty or other statement made by a Borrower in any Loan
Document, including the Borrowing Base Certificate, Compliance Certificate or
any other certificate or written statement furnished to Bank, contains any
untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary
in order to make the statements contained therein not misleading.
6. Affirmative
Covenants.
Each
Borrower shall do all of the following:
6.1 Good Standing. Such
Borrower shall maintain its corporate or other existence in good standing in its
jurisdiction of incorporation or other formation and maintain qualification or
licensing in each jurisdiction in which it is required under applicable law,
exclusive of any such jurisdiction in which its failure to be so qualified or
licensed would not constitute a Material Adverse Effect. Such
Borrower shall maintain, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain,
in force all licenses, approvals and agreements the loss of which could have a
Material Adverse Effect.
6.2 Government
Compliance. Such Borrower shall meet, and shall cause each
Subsidiary to meet, the minimum funding requirements of ERISA with respect to
any employee benefit plans subject to ERISA. Such Borrower shall
comply, and shall cause each Subsidiary to comply, with all statutes, laws,
ordinances and government rules and regulations to which it is subject,
exclusive of any such statutes, laws, ordinances and government rules and
regulations where the noncompliance therewith could not have a Material Adverse
Effect.
6.3 Financial Statements, Reports,
Certificates. Lead Borrower shall deliver the following to
Bank: (a) as soon as available, but in any event within thirty
(30) days, after the end of each calendar month, a company prepared consolidated
balance sheet as at the end of such calendar month and income and cash flow
statement covering Lead Borrower’s consolidated operations during such calendar
month, prepared in accordance with Lead Borrower’s ordinary practices,
consistently applied, in a form reasonably acceptable to Bank and certified by a
Responsible Officer; (b) as soon as available, but in any event within
forty-five (45) days after the end of each quarter (other than the last fiscal
quarter of any calendar year), consolidated financial statements of Lead
Borrower prepared in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied, and reviewed by
Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP or by another independent certified public accounting
firm reasonably acceptable to Bank; (c) as soon as available, but in any event
within one hundred twenty (120) days after the end of Lead Borrower’s fiscal
year, audited consolidated financial statements of Lead Borrower prepared in
accordance with GAAP, consistently applied, together with an unqualified opinion
on such financial statements of Xxxxxx & Kliegman LLP or by another
independent certified public accounting firm reasonably acceptable to Bank; (d)
if not available through the internet, copies of all reports (if any) on
Forms 10-K and 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and
all other statements, reports and notices sent or made generally available by
Lead Borrower to its security holders or to any holders of Subordinated Debt;
(e) promptly following receipt of notice thereof, a report of any legal
actions pending or threatened against any Borrower that could result in damages
or costs to such Borrower of Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000)
or more; and (f) such budgets, sales projections, operating plans and other
financial information (including information related to the verification of any
Borrower’s Accounts) as Bank may reasonably request from time to
time.
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(g) Within
twenty (20) days after the last day of each calendar month, Lead Borrower shall
deliver to Bank an aged listings of Accounts and accounts payable; and on a
weekly basis, Lead Borrower shall report to Bank Borrowers’ total sales figures,
as adjusted for IP Accounts.
(h) Lead
Borrower shall deliver to Bank with the monthly, quarterly and annual financial
statements a Compliance Certificate signed by a Responsible Officer in
substantially the form of Exhibit C
hereto.
(i) Bank
shall have a right from time to time hereafter to audit Borrowers’ Accounts and
appraise Collateral at Borrowers’ expense, provided that such audits will be
conducted no more often than every six (6) months unless an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing. Borrowers’ obligation to pay any related
costs, fees or expenses shall be limited as provide for in Section
4.3.
6.4 Inventory;
Returns. Such Borrower shall keep all its Inventory in good
and marketable condition, free from all material defects except for (a)
Inventory for which adequate reserves have been made and (b) TVT
Inventory. Returns and allowances, if any, as between such Borrower
and its account debtors shall be on the same basis and in accordance with the
usual customary practices of such Borrower, as they exist at the time of the
execution and delivery of this Agreement, except for TVT
Inventory. Such Borrower shall promptly notify Bank of all returns
and recoveries and of all disputes and claims, where such return, recovery,
dispute or claim involves more than Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000) in
the aggregate.
6.5 Taxes. Such
Borrower shall make due and timely payment or deposit of all material federal,
state and local taxes, assessments or contributions required of it by applicable
law and will execute and deliver to Bank, promptly following such Borrower’s
receipt of demand therefor from Bank, appropriate certificates attesting to the
payment or deposit thereof; and such Borrower will make timely payment or
deposit of all material tax payments and withholding taxes required of it by
applicable laws, including, but not limited to, those laws concerning F.I.C.A.,
F.U.T.A., state disability and local, state and federal income taxes, and will,
promptly following such Borrower’s receipt of request therefor from Bank,
furnish Bank with proof reasonably satisfactory to Bank indicating that such
Borrower has made such payments or deposits; provided that such Borrower shall
not be required to make any payment if the amount or validity of such payment is
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and is reserved against (to
the extent required by GAAP) by such Borrower.
6.6 Insurance. Such
Borrower, at its expense, shall keep its Collateral insured against loss or
damage by fire, theft, explosion, sprinklers and all other hazards and risks,
and in such amounts, as ordinarily insured against by other owners in similar
businesses conducted in the locations where such Borrower’s business is
conducted on the date hereof. Such Borrower shall also maintain
insurance relating to such Borrower’s business, ownership and use of its
Collateral in amounts and of a type that are customary to businesses similar to
such Borrower’s.
6.7 Accounts. For each
account at or with any bank or financial institution other than Bank or Bank’s
Affiliates that any Borrower at any time maintains, such Borrower shall cause
the applicable bank or financial institution to execute and deliver an account
control agreement or other appropriate instrument with respect to such account
to perfect Bank’s Lien in such account in accordance with the terms
hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an account control
agreement shall not be required for Borrowers’ accounts with Bank of America
(“BofA Accounts”) provided that (a) the BofA Accounts shall be closed by April
1, 2009 and (b) Borrowers shall transfer any and all funds in the BofA Accounts
on a bi-weekly basis to the Collateral Account until the closure of the BofA
Accounts.
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6.8 Minimum
Cash. Commencing with the calendar month ended January 31,
2009, Borrowers shall maintain an average daily balance (determined on an
aggregate basis for all Borrowers) of unrestricted cash and cash equivalents in
an aggregate amount that is not less than the lesser of (a) 90% of the aggregate
amounts of unrestricted cash and cash equivalents that are set forth in the
projections in Lead Borrower’s Consolidated Financial Plan attached hereto as
Exhibit D as of the end
of such calendar month or (b) $2,500,000.
6.9 Net
Income/Loss. Borrowers shall achieve average quarterly
income/loss (determined on an aggregate basis for all Borrowers) for each fiscal
quarter, beginning with the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2009, that is not
less than 90% of the fiscal quarterly projections of income/loss for the
Borrowers (determined on an aggregate basis for all Borrowers) for such fiscal
quarter as set forth in Lead Borrower’s Financial Plan attached hereto as Exhibit D, measured on a
fiscal quarterly basis beginning with quarter ending March 31,
2009.
6.10 Intellectual Property. Such
Borrower shall (i) protect, defend and maintain the validity and enforceability
of its material trade secrets, Trademarks, Patents and Copyrights, (ii) use
commercially reasonable efforts to detect infringements of its material
Trademarks, Patents and Copyrights and promptly advise Bank in writing of
material infringements detected and (iii) not allow any of its material
Trademarks, Patents or Copyrights to be abandoned, forfeited or dedicated to the
public. For the purpose of this Section 6.10, “material” shall mean a
value in excess of $250,000 in the aggregate.
6.11 Subsidiary. Any
Subsidiary of any Borrower in existence as of the
Closing Date or at any time hereafter shall (unless such Subsidiary is a
Borrower hereunder) execute a guaranty in form and substance satisfactory to
Bank.
6.12 Further
Assurances. At any time and from time to time Borrowers shall
execute and deliver such further instruments and take such further action as may
reasonably be requested by Bank to effect the purposes of this
Agreement.
7. Negative
Covenants.
Unless
otherwise consented to in writing by Bank, no Borrower will do any of the
following:
7.1 Dispositions. Convey,
sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of (collectively, a “Transfer”), or
permit any of its Subsidiaries to Transfer, all or any part of its business or
property, other than: (i) Transfers of Inventory in the ordinary
course of business; (ii) Transfers of non-exclusive licenses and similar
arrangements for the use of the property of such Borrower or its Subsidiaries in
the ordinary course of business; (iii) Transfers of worn-out or obsolete
Equipment which was not financed by Bank; or (iv) Transfers not to exceed
$200,000 in the aggregate per fiscal year.
7.2 Change in Business; Change in Control
or Executive Office. Engage in any business other than the
businesses currently engaged in by such Borrower and any business substantially
similar or related thereto (or incidental thereto); cease to conduct business
substantially in the manner conducted by such Borrower as of the Closing Date;
or suffer or permit a Change in Control; or without at least thirty (30) days’
prior written notice to Bank, relocate its chief executive office or state of
incorporation or change its legal name; or without Bank’s prior written consent,
change the date on which its fiscal year ends. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, Borrowers may (without any consent by Bank) cease to conduct a
business line that accounts for less than 10% of Borrowers’ gross revenues in
the prior fiscal year.
7.3 Mergers or
Acquisitions. Merge or consolidate with or into any other
business organization (other than a Subsidiary, another Borrower or a Subsidiary
of another Borrower as long as the surviving entity becomes or continues to be a
Borrower, and an Event of Default does not exist after giving effect to that
merger or consolidation), or acquire all or substantially all of the capital
stock or property of another Person (other than any other Borrower or any
Subsidiary).
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7.4 Indebtedness. Create,
incur, assume or be or remain liable with respect to any Indebtedness other than
Permitted Indebtedness.
7.5 Encumbrances. Create,
incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien (other than any Permitted Lien) with
respect to any of its property, or assign or otherwise convey any right to
receive products, proceeds or income, including the sale of any Accounts (except
for Permitted Liens), or agree with any Person other than Bank not to grant a
security interest in, or otherwise encumber, any of its property.
7.6 Distributions. Pay
any dividends or make any other distribution or payment on account of or in
redemption, retirement or purchase of its capital stock, except that such
Borrower may repurchase the stock of former employees pursuant to stock
repurchase agreements as long as an Event of Default does not exist at the time
of such repurchase and would not exist as a consequence of such repurchase;
provided, however, that the foregoing
shall not be deemed to restrict or preclude any Borrower from (a) declaring or
making any dividends or similar distributions to another Borrower or (b)
cancelling deferred stock awards and making payments with respect thereto for
the payment of taxes that are payable in connection with the grant or vesting of
restricted stock awards.
7.7 Investments. Directly
or indirectly acquire or own, or make any Investment in or to any Person, other
than Permitted Investments; or maintain or invest any of its property with a
Person other than Bank or permit any of its Subsidiaries to do so unless such
Person has entered into an account control agreement with Bank in form and
substance satisfactory to Bank; or enter into any agreement (other than the Loan
Documents or any agreement with any Equipment Financer) that restricts such
Borrower from paying dividends or otherwise distributing property to any other
Borrower.
7.8 Transactions with
Affiliates. Directly or indirectly enter into or permit to
exist any material transaction with any Affiliate of such Borrower except for
transactions that are in the ordinary course of such Borrower’s business, upon
fair and reasonable terms that are either (a) no less favorable to such Borrower
than would be obtained in an arm’s length transaction with a non-affiliated
Person or (b) approved by such Borrower’s Board of Directors or an authorized
committee of such Borrower’s Board of Directors; provided, however, that the Borrowers
shall be free, without restriction, to enter into agreements and transactions
with any other Borrower or Borrowers.
7.9 Subordinated
Debt. Make any payment in respect of any Subordinated Debt
except in compliance with the terms of such Subordinated Debt, or amend any
provision contained in any documentation relating to the Subordinated Debt
without Bank’s prior written consent.
7.10 Inventory. Store the Inventory
in excess of $750,000 with a bailee, warehouseman, or other third party unless
the third party has been notified of Bank’s security interest and Bank (a) has
received an acknowledgment from the third party that it is holding or will hold
the Inventory for Bank’s benefit or (b) is in pledge possession of the warehouse
receipt, where negotiable, covering such Inventory. Store or maintain any
Inventory at a location other than the location set forth in Section 10 of this
Agreement.
7.11 Compliance. Become
an “investment company” or be controlled by an “investment company,” within the
meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, or become principally engaged in,
or undertake as one of its important activities, the business of extending
credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock, or use the
proceeds of any Credit Extension for such purpose. Fail to meet its
minimum funding requirements of ERISA, permit a Reportable Event or Prohibited
Transaction (as defined in ERISA) to occur with respect to such Borrower or any
plan of such Borrower regulated under ERISA, fail to comply with the Federal
Fair Labor Standards Act (to the extent the same is applicable to such Borrower)
or violate any law or regulation, which violation could have a Material Adverse
Effect, or a material adverse effect on the Collateral or the priority of Bank’s
Lien on the Collateral, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to do any of the
foregoing.
8. Events of
Default.
Any one
or more of the following events shall constitute an Event of Default under this
Agreement:
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8.1 Payment Default. If
Borrowers fails to pay, when due, any of the Obligations;
8.2 Covenant Default.
(a) If
any Borrower fails to perform any obligation under Article 6 or violates any of
the covenants contained in Article 7 of this Agreement; provided however that
Borrowers’ failure to timely pay taxes in an aggregate amount not to exceed
$250,000 at any time shall not constitute a violation of Section 6.6;
or
(b) If
any Borrower fails or neglects to perform or observe any other material term,
provision, condition or covenant that is applicable to such Borrower and is
contained in this Agreement, in any of the Loan Documents, or in any other
present or future agreement between Borrower and Bank and, as to any default
under such other term, provision, condition or covenant that can be cured, such
Borrower has failed to cure such default within twenty (20) days following such
Borrower’s receipt of written notice thereof from Bank or any officer of such
Borrower becomes aware thereof; provided, however, that, if such
default cannot by its nature be cured within such 20-day period or cannot, after
diligent attempts by such Borrower, be cured within such 20-day period and such
default is likely to be cured within a reasonable time, then such Borrower shall
have an additional reasonable period (which shall not in any case exceed an
additional 20 days) to attempt to cure such default, and within such reasonable
time period the failure to have cured such default shall not be deemed an Event
of Default, but no Credit Extensions will be made.
8.3 Material Adverse
Effect. If there occurs any circumstance or circumstances that
could have a Material Adverse Effect;
8.4 Attachment. If any
portion of a Borrower’s assets is attached, seized, subjected to a writ or
distress warrant or is levied upon, or comes into the rightful possession of any
trustee, receiver or person acting in a similar capacity and such attachment,
seizure, writ or distress warrant or levy has not been removed, discharged or
rescinded within twenty (20) days, if any Borrower is enjoined, restrained or in
any way prevented by court order from a court of competent jurisdiction from
continuing to conduct all or any material part of its business affairs, if a
judgment or other claim becomes a lien or encumbrance (other than a Permitted
Lien) upon any material portion of Borrower’s assets, or if a notice of lien,
levy or assessment (other than with respect to a Permitted Lien) is filed of
record with respect to any of Borrower’s assets by the United States Government
or any department, agency or instrumentality thereof or by any state, county,
municipal or governmental agency, and the same is not paid within ten (10) days
after such Borrower receives notice thereof, provided that none of the foregoing
shall constitute an Event of Default where such action or event is stayed or an
adequate bond has been posted pending a good faith contest by the relevant
Borrower(s) (provided that no Credit Extensions will be required to be made
during such cure period);
8.5 Insolvency. If any
Borrower becomes insolvent, if an Insolvency Proceeding is commenced by any
Borrower or if an Insolvency Proceeding is commenced against any Borrower before
a court of competent jurisdiction and is not dismissed or stayed within thirty
(30) days (provided that no Credit Extensions will be made prior to the
dismissal or stay of such Insolvency Proceeding);
8.6 Other
Agreements. If a default or other failure to perform by any
Borrower has occurred under any agreement to which such Borrower is a party or
by which it is bound (a) results in a right by a third party or parties, whether
or not exercised, to accelerate the maturity of any Indebtedness in an amount in
excess of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) or (b) could have a
Material Adverse Effect;
8.7 Judgments. If a
judgment or judgments for the payment of money in an amount, individually or in
the aggregate, of at least Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars
($250,000) shall be
rendered against any Borrower and shall remain unsatisfied and unstayed for a
period of twenty (20) days (provided that no Credit Extensions will be made
prior to the satisfaction or stay of such judgment); or
8.8 Misrepresentations. If
any material misrepresentation or material misstatement exists now or hereafter
in any warranty or representation set forth herein or in any certificate
delivered to Bank by any Responsible Officer pursuant to this Agreement or to
induce Bank to enter into this Agreement or any other Loan
Document.
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8.9 Guaranty. If any
guaranty of all or a portion of the Obligations (a “Guaranty”) ceases for any
reason to be in full force and effect, or any guarantor fails to perform any
obligation under any Guaranty or a security agreement (if any) securing any
Guaranty (collectively, the “Guaranty Documents”), or any event of default
occurs under any Guaranty Document or any guarantor revokes or purports to
revoke a Guaranty, or any material misrepresentation or material misstatement
exists now or hereafter in any warranty or representation set forth in any
Guaranty Document or in any certificate delivered to Bank in connection with any
Guaranty Document.
9. Bank’s
Rights and Remedies.
9.1 Rights and
Remedies. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an
Event of Default, Bank may, at its election, without notice of its election and
without demand, do any one or more of the following, all of which are authorized
by each Borrower:
(a) Declare
all Obligations, whether evidenced by this Agreement or any of the other Loan
Documents, immediately due and payable (provided that, upon the occurrence of an
Event of Default described in Section 8.5, all Obligations shall become
immediately due and payable without any action by Bank);
(b) Cease
advancing money or extending credit to or for the benefit of such Borrower under
this Agreement or under any other agreement between such Borrower and
Bank;
(c) Settle
or adjust disputes and claims directly with account debtors for amounts, upon
terms and in whatever order that are commercially reasonable and that Bank
reasonably considers advisable;
(d) Make
such payments and do such acts as are commercially reasonable and as Bank
considers necessary or reasonable to protect its security interest in the
Collateral. Such Borrower agrees to assemble its Collateral if Bank
so requires and to make its Collateral available to Bank at such location as
Bank may reasonably designate. Each Borrowers authorizes Bank to
enter the premises where its Collateral is located, to take and maintain
possession of its Collateral or any part of it and to pay, purchase, contest or
compromise any encumbrance, charge or lien that in Bank’s reasonable
determination appears to be prior or superior to its security interest and to
pay all reasonable expenses incurred in connection therewith. With
respect to any of such Borrower’s owned premises, such Borrower hereby grants
Bank a license to enter into possession of such premises and to occupy the same,
without charge, in order to exercise any of Bank’s rights or remedies provided
herein, at law, in equity or otherwise;
(e) Set
off and apply to the Obligations any and all (i) balances and deposits of
such Borrower held by Bank or (ii) indebtedness at any time owing to or for
the credit or the account of such Borrower held by Bank;
(f) Ship,
reclaim, recover, store, finish, maintain, repair, prepare for sale, advertise
for sale and sell (in the manner provided for herein) such Borrower’s
Collateral. Bank is hereby granted a license or other right, solely
pursuant to the provisions of this Section 9.1, to use, without charge, such Borrower’s labels,
patents, copyrights, rights of use of any name, trade secrets, trade names,
trademarks, service marks and advertising matter, or any property of a similar
nature, as it pertains to such Borrower’s Collateral, in completing production
of, advertising for sale and selling any of such Borrower’s Collateral and, in
connection with Bank’s exercise of its rights under this Section 9.1, such Borrower’s rights under all licenses and all
franchise agreements shall (subject to the terms and conditions of such licenses
and franchise agreements) inure to Bank’s
benefit;
(g) Dispose
of the Borrowers’ Collateral by way of one or more contracts or transactions,
for cash or on terms, in such manner and at such places (including Borrowers’
premises) as Bank determines is commercially reasonable and apply any proceeds
to the Obligations in whatever manner or order Bank reasonably deems
appropriate;
(h) Bank
may credit bid and purchase at any public sale; and
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(i) Any
deficiency that exists after disposition of the Borrowers’ Collateral as
provided above will be paid immediately by Borrowers.
9.2 Power of
Attorney. Effective only upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default, each Borrower hereby irrevocably appoints
Bank (and any of Bank’s designated officers or employees) as such Borrower’s
true and lawful attorney to: (a) send requests for verification of
Accounts or notify account debtors of Bank’s security interest in the Accounts;
(b) endorse such Borrower’s name on any checks or other forms of payment or
security that may come into Bank’s possession; (c) sign such Borrower’s name on
any invoice or xxxx of lading relating to any Account, drafts against account
debtors, schedules and assignments of Accounts, verifications of Accounts and
notices to account debtors; (d) dispose of any Collateral; (e) make, settle and
adjust all claims under and decisions with respect to any Borrower’s policies of
insurance; (f) settle and adjust disputes and claims respecting the Accounts
directly with account debtors, for amounts and upon terms which Bank determines
to be commercially reasonable; and (g) to file, in its sole
discretion, one or more financing or continuation statements and amendments
thereto, relative to any of the Collateral. The appointment of Bank
as each Borrower’s attorney in fact, and each and every one of Bank’s rights and
powers, being coupled with an interest, is irrevocable until all of the
Obligations have been fully repaid and performed and Bank’s obligation to
provide Credit Extensions hereunder is terminated.
9.3 Accounts
Collection. At any time after the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default, Bank may notify any Person owing funds to a
Borrower of Bank’s security interest in such funds and verify the amount of such
Account. Any Borrower shall collect all amounts owing to such
Borrower for Bank, receive in trust all payments as Bank’s trustee and
immediately deliver such payments to Bank in their original form as received
from the account debtor, with proper endorsements for deposit.
9.4 Bank Expenses. If a
Borrower fails to pay any amounts or furnish any required proof of payment due
to third persons or entities, as required under the terms of this Agreement,
then Bank may do any or all of the following after reasonable notice to such
Borrower: (a) make payment of the same or any part thereof;
(b) set up such reserves under a loan facility in Section 2.1 as Bank deems
necessary to protect Bank from the exposure created by such failure; or
(c) obtain and maintain insurance policies of the type discussed in
Section 6.6 of this Agreement and take any action with respect to such
policies as Bank deems prudent. Any reasonable amounts so paid or
deposited by Bank shall constitute Bank Expenses, shall be due and payable
within ten (10) Business Days following Borrowers’ receipt of an invoice
therefor and shall thereafter bear interest at the then applicable rate
hereinabove provided and shall be secured by the Collateral. Any
payments made by Bank shall not constitute an agreement by Bank to make similar
payments in the future or a waiver by Bank of any Event of Default under this
Agreement.
9.5 Bank’s Liability for
Collateral. So long as Bank complies with reasonable banking
practices and complies with applicable laws, Bank shall not in any way or manner
be liable or responsible for: (a) the safekeeping of the
Borrowers’ Collateral; (b) any loss or damage thereto occurring or arising
in any manner or fashion from any cause; (c) any diminution in the value
thereof; or (d) any act or default of any carrier, warehouseman, bailee,
forwarding agency or other person whomsoever. All risk of loss,
damage or destruction of the Borrowers’ Collateral shall be borne by
Borrowers.
9.6 Remedies
Cumulative. Bank’s rights and remedies under this Agreement
the Loan Documents, and all other agreements shall be
cumulative. Bank shall have all other rights and remedies not
inconsistent herewith as provided under the Code, by law or in
equity. No exercise by Bank of one right or remedy shall be deemed an
election, and no waiver by Bank of any Event of Default on a Borrower’s part
shall be deemed a continuing waiver. No delay by Bank shall
constitute a waiver, election or acquiescence by it. No waiver by
Bank or any Borrower shall be effective unless made in a written document signed
on behalf of Bank or such Borrower, respectively, and then shall be effective
only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which it was
given.
9.7 Demand;
Protest. Except as herein otherwise provided, each Borrower
waives demand, protest, notice of protest, notice of default or dishonor, notice
of payment and nonpayment, notice of any default, nonpayment at maturity,
release, compromise, settlement, extension or renewal of accounts, documents,
instruments, chattel paper and guarantees at any time held by Bank on which
Borrowers may in any way be liable.
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10. Notices.
Unless
otherwise provided in this Agreement, all notices, requests or demands by any
party relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be in writing
and (except for financial statements and other informational documents that may
be sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid) shall be personally delivered or
sent by a recognized overnight delivery service, certified mail, postage
prepaid, return receipt requested, or by telefacsimile to the relevant Borrower
or to Bank, as the case may be, at its addresses set forth below:
If
to Lead Borrower:
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00 X. 0xx
Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx,
XX 00000
Attn: Xxxx
Xxxxxx, Chief Executive Officer
FAX: (000)
000-0000
If
to Digital:
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Digital
Rights Agency, Inc.
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00 X. 0xx
Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx,
XX 00000
Attn: Xxxx
Xxxxxx, President
FAX: (000)
000-0000
If
to Orchard NY:
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Orchard
Enterprises NY, Inc.
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00 X. 0xx
Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx,
XX 00000
Attn:
Xxxx Xxxxxx, President
FAX: (000)
000-0000
If
to Bank:
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Peninsula
Bank Business Funding,
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a
division of The Private Bank of the Peninsula
000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxx
Xxxxxx
FAX: (000)
000-0000
The
parties hereto may change the address at which they are to receive notices
hereunder, by notice in writing in the foregoing manner given to the
other.
11. CHOICE OF
LAW AND VENUE; JURY TRIAL WAIVER.
This
Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal
laws of the State of California, without regard to principles of conflicts of
law. Each of Borrowers and Bank hereby submits to the exclusive
jurisdiction of the state and Federal courts located in the County of Santa
Xxxxx, State of California. EACH OF BORROWERS AND BANK HEREBY WAIVES
ITS RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON
OR ARISING OUT OF ANY OF THE LOAN DOCUMENTS OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS
CONTEMPLATED THEREIN, INCLUDING CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY
CLAIMS AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW OR STATUTORY CLAIMS. EACH PARTY
RECOGNIZES AND AGREES THAT THE FOREGOING WAIVER CONSTITUTES A MATERIAL
INDUCEMENT FOR IT TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT. EACH PARTY REPRESENTS
AND WARRANTS THAT IT HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER WITH ITS LEGAL COUNSEL AND THAT IT
KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION
WITH LEGAL COUNSEL.
If the
jury waiver set forth in Section is not enforceable, then any dispute,
controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the other
Loan Documents or any of the transactions contemplated herein or therein shall
be settled by judicial reference pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure Section
638 et seq. before a
referee sitting without a jury, such referee to be mutually acceptable to the
parties or, if no agreement is reached, by a referee appointed by the Presiding
Judge of the California Superior Court for Santa Xxxxx County. This
Section shall not restrict a party from exercising remedies under the Code or
from exercising pre-judgment remedies under applicable law.
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12. General
Provisions.
12.1 Repayment
and Termination. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the
contrary, Borrowers may (without any prepayment obligation or other penalty,
including, without limitation, any obligation with respect to any minimum
interest that would become payable thereafter during the unexpired term of this
Agreement) at any time terminate this Agreement by (a) repaying to Bank all
outstanding Advances and all interest and Bank Expenses accrued through the date
of payment and (b) agreeing that Bank has no further obligations to make any
Credit Extensions to Borrowers under this Agreement.
12.2 Successors and
Assigns. This Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of
the respective successors and permitted assigns of each of the parties;
provided, however, that neither this Agreement nor any rights hereunder may be
assigned by Borrower without Bank’s prior written consent, which consent may be
granted or withheld in Bank’s sole discretion. Bank shall have the
right without the consent of or notice to Borrowers to sell, transfer,
negotiate, or grant participation in all or any part of, or any interest in,
Bank’s obligations, rights and benefits hereunder.
12.3 Indemnification. Each
Borrower shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless Bank and its officers,
employees and agents against: (a) all obligations, demands,
claims and liabilities claimed or asserted by any other party in connection with
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and (b) (subject to the
limitations set forth herein) all losses or Bank Expenses in any way suffered,
incurred or paid by Bank as a result of or in any way arising out of, following
or consequential to transactions between Bank and Borrowers under the Loan
Documents (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and
expenses), except for losses caused by Bank’s gross negligence or willful
misconduct.
12.4 Time of
Essence. Time is of the essence for the performance of all
obligations set forth in this Agreement.
12.5 Severability of
Provisions. Each provision of this Agreement shall be
severable from every other provision of this Agreement for the purpose of
determining the legal enforceability of any specific provision.
12.6 Amendments in Writing,
Integration. Neither this Agreement nor the other Loan
Documents can be amended or terminated orally. All prior agreements,
understandings, representations, warranties and negotiations between the parties
hereto with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents are merged into this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents.
12.7 Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties
on separate counterparts, each of which, when executed and delivered, shall be
deemed to be an original, and all of which, when taken together, shall
constitute but one and the same agreement.
12.8 Survival. All
covenants, representations and warranties made in this Agreement shall continue
in full force and effect so long as any Obligations remain outstanding or Bank
has any obligation hereunder to make Credit Extensions to
Borrowers. The obligations of Borrowers to indemnify Bank with
respect to the expenses, damages, losses, costs and liabilities described in
Section 12.3 shall survive until all
applicable statute of limitations periods with respect to actions that may be
brought against Bank have run.
12.9 Confidentiality. In
handling any confidential information of Borrowers, Bank shall, and its shall
cause its subsidiaries and affiliates, the employees and agents (including, but
not limited, to accountants) of Bank and its subsidiaries or affiliates to,
exercise the same degree of care as Bank exercises with respect to its own
confidential information, except that disclosure of such confidential
information may be made (i) to the subsidiaries or affiliates of Bank in
connection with their present or prospective business relations with Borrowers,
(ii) to prospective transferees or purchasers of any interest in the Credit
Extensions, provided that they shall have entered into a comparable
confidentiality agreement in favor of Borrowers and have delivered a copy to
Borrowers, (iii) as required by law, regulations, rule or order, subpoena,
judicial order or similar order, (iv) as may be required in connection with
the examination, audit or similar investigation of Bank and (v) may be
reasonably necessary in connection with the enforcement of any remedies
hereunder. Confidential information hereunder shall not include
information that (a) is in, or has become part of, the public domain or (b) is
disclosed to Bank by a third party, provided Bank does not have actual knowledge
that such third party is prohibited from disclosing such
information. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize
Bank to disclose to any other person or entity any non-public information, in
violation of federal and state securities laws or any other applicable laws,
related to Borrowers (or any of them), the business, affairs, financial results
or condition of, or any other matter related to, Borrowers (or any of them) any
transaction or any other matter.
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12.10 Patriot Act. To
help the government fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering
activities, Federal law requires all financial institutions to obtain, verify
and record information that identifies each person who opens an
account. WHAT THIS MEANS FOR YOU: when you open an
account, we may ask your name, address, date of birth and other information that
will allow us to identify you. We may also ask to see your driver’s
license or other identifying documents.
13. CO-BORROWERS.
13.1 Primary
Obligation. This Agreement is a primary and original
obligation of each Borrower and shall remain in effect notwithstanding future
changes in conditions, including any change of law or any invalidity or
irregularity in the creation or acquisition of any Obligations or in the
execution or delivery of any agreement between Bank and any
Borrower. Each Borrower shall be liable for existing and future
Obligations as fully as if all of the Credit Extensions were advanced to such
Borrower. Bank may rely on any certificate or representation made by
any Borrower as made on behalf of, and binding on, all Borrowers, including
without limitation disbursement and/or advance request forms including
Commercial Loan Transaction Request forms, Borrowing Base Certificates and
Compliance Certificates.
13.2 Enforcement of
Rights. Borrowers are jointly and severally liable for the
Obligations and Bank may proceed against one or more of the Borrowers to enforce
the Obligations without waiving its right to proceed against any of the other
Borrowers.
13.3 Lead Borrower as
Agent. Each Borrower appoints Lead Borrower as its agent with
all necessary power and authority to give and receive notices, certificates or
demands for and on behalf of both Borrowers, to act as disbursing agent for
receipt of any Credit Extensions on behalf of each Borrower and to apply to Bank
on behalf of each Borrower for Credit Extensions, any waivers and any
consents. This authorization cannot be revoked, and Bank need not
inquire as Lead Borrower’s authority to act for or on behalf of another
Borrower.
13.4 Subrogation and Similar
Rights. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement
or any other Loan Document, each Borrower irrevocably waives all rights that it
may have at law or in equity (including, without limitation, any law subrogating
such Borrower to the rights of Bank under the Loan Documents) to seek
contribution, indemnification or any other form of reimbursement from any other
Borrower, or any other Person now or hereafter primarily or secondarily liable
for any of the Obligations, for any payment made by such Borrower with respect
to the Obligations in connection with the Loan Documents or otherwise and all
rights that it might have to benefit from, or to participate in, any security
for the Obligations as a result of any payment made by such Borrower with
respect to the Obligations in connection with the Loan Documents or
otherwise. Any agreement providing for indemnification, reimbursement
or any other arrangement prohibited under this Section shall be null and
void. If any payment is made to a Borrower in contravention of this
Section, such Borrower shall hold such payment in trust for Bank and such
payment shall be promptly delivered to Bank for application to the Obligations,
whether matured or unmatured.
13.5 Waivers of
Notice. Each Borrower waives, to the extent permitted by law,
notice of acceptance hereof; notice of the existence, creation or acquisition of
any of the Obligations; notice of an Event of Default except as set forth
herein; notice of the amount of the Obligations outstanding at any time; notice
of intent to accelerate; notice of acceleration; notice of any adverse change in
the financial condition of any other Borrower or of any other fact that might
increase such Borrower’s risk; presentment for payment; demand; protest and
notice thereof as to any instrument; default; and all other notices and demands
to which such Borrower would otherwise be entitled. Each Borrower
waives any defense arising from any defense of any other Borrower, or by reason
of the cessation from any cause whatsoever of the liability of any other
Borrower. Bank’s failure at any time to require strict performance by
any Borrower of any provision of the Loan Documents shall not waive, alter or
diminish any right of Bank thereafter to demand strict compliance and
performance therewith. Nothing contained herein shall prevent Bank
from foreclosing on the Lien of any deed of trust, mortgage or other security
instrument, or exercising any rights available thereunder, and the exercise of
any such rights shall not constitute a legal or equitable discharge of any
Borrower. Each Borrower also waives any defense arising from any act
or omission of Bank that changes the scope of such Borrower’s risks
hereunder. Each Borrower hereby waives any right to assert against
Bank any defense (legal or equitable), setoff, counterclaim or claims that such
Borrower individually may now or hereafter have against another Borrower or any
other Person liable to Bank with respect to the Obligations in any manner or
whatsoever.
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13.6 Subrogation
Defenses. Each Borrower hereby waives any defense based on
impairment or destruction of its subrogation or other rights against any other
Borrower and waives all benefits that might otherwise be available to it under
California Civil Code Sections 2809, 2810, 2819, 2839, 2845, 2848, 2849, 2850,
2899, and 3433 and California Code of Civil Procedure Sections 580a, 580b, 580d
and 726, as those statutory provisions are now in effect and hereafter amended,
and under any other similar statutes now and hereafter in effect.
13.7 Right
to Settle, Release.
(a) The
liability of Borrowers hereunder shall not be diminished by (i) any agreement,
understanding or representation that any of the Obligations is or was to be
guaranteed by another Person or secured by other property or (ii) any release or
unenforceability, whether partial or total, of rights, if any, that Bank may now
or hereafter have against any other Person, including another Borrower, or
property with respect to any of the Obligations.
(b) Without
notice to any Borrower and without affecting the liability of any Borrower
hereunder, Bank may (i) compromise, settle, renew, extend the time for
payment, change the manner or terms of payment, discharge the performance of,
decline to enforce, or release all or any of the Obligations with respect to a
Borrower, (ii) grant other indulgences to a Borrower in respect of the
Obligations, (iii) modify in any manner any documents relating to the
Obligations with respect to a Borrower, (iv) release, surrender or exchange
any deposits or other property securing the Obligations, whether pledged by a
Borrower or any other Person, or (v) compromise, settle, renew, or extend
the time for payment, discharge the performance of, decline to enforce, or
release all or any obligations of any guarantor, endorser or other Person who is
now or may hereafter be liable with respect to any of the
Obligations.
13.8 Subordination. All
indebtedness of a Borrower now or hereafter arising held by another Borrower is
subordinated to the Obligations and the Borrower holding the indebtedness shall
take all actions reasonably requested by Bank to effect, to enforce and to give
notice of such subordination.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto
have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first above
written.
Digital
Rights Agency, Inc.
By:
/s/ Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Title:
President
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By:
/s/ Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Title:
President
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Orchard
Enterprises NY, Inc.
By:
/s/ Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Title:
President
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Peninsula
Bank Business Funding,
A
Division Of The Private Bank of the Peninsula
By:
/s/ Xxxxxx
Xxxxx
Title:
Vice
President
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