Contract
Exhibit
10.1
United
Commercial Bank
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Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Facilities
“B”&“C”
THIS
AGREEMENT,
dated
as of August
12, 2005
is
entered into between
Sigma Designs, Inc.
(hereinafter collectively called “Borrower”) whose principal place of business
is the address set forth in the Loan Term Sheet, and United Commercial Bank
(hereinafter called “Bank”), with its place of business located at the address
set forth above.
The
Parties hereby agree as follows:
1.
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DEFINITIONS
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As
used
in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following
definitions:
1.1. The
term
“this Agreement” means and includes this Loan and Security Agreement, the Loan
Term Sheet and any extensions, supplements, amendments or modifications
thereto.
1.2. The
term
“Application for Irrevocable Documentary Credit” means a Bank standard form
application for Commercial Letters of Credit.
1.3. The
term
"Bank Expenses" means and includes, without limitation: all costs or expenses
required to be paid by Borrower under this Agreement which are paid or advanced
by Bank; taxes and insurance premiums of Borrower of every nature and kind
paid
by Bank; filing, recording, publication, search fees and audit costs paid
or
incurred by Bank in connection with Bank's transactions with Borrower; costs
and
expenses incurred by Bank in collecting the Receivables (with or without
suit),
to correct any default or enforce any provision of this Agreement, or in
gaining
possession of, maintaining, handling, preserving, storing, shipping, selling,
disposing of, preparing for sale and/or advertising to sell the Collateral,
whether or not a sale is consummated; costs and expenses of suit incurred
by
Bank in any proceeding enforcing, defending or relating to this Agreement
or any
portion hereof, including, but not limited to, expenses incurred by Bank
in
attempting to obtain relief from any stay, restraining order, injunction
or
similar process which prohibits Bank from exercising any of its rights or
remedies; and attorneys' fees and expenses incurred by Bank in structuring,
drafting, reviewing, amending, terminating, enforcing, defending or concerning
this Agreement, or any portion hereof or any agreement related hereto, whether
or not suit is brought. Bank Expenses shall include Bank's in-house legal
charges at reasonable rates.
1.4. The
term
“Borrower’s Books” means and includes all of Borrower’s books and records
including, but not limited to: minute books; ledgers; records indicating,
summarizing or evidencing Borrower’s assets, liabilities, the Collateral and all
information relating thereto; records indicating, summarizing or evidencing
Borrower’s business operations or financial condition; and all computer
programs, disc or tape files, printouts, runs, and other computer prepared
information and the equipment containing such information.
1.5. The
term
“Borrowing Base” has the meaning giving to that term in the Loan Term
Sheet.
1.6. The
term
“the Code” means the California Uniform Commercial Code, and any and all terms
used in this Agreement which are defined in the code and not specifically
defined herein shall be construed and defined in accordance with the meaning
and
definition ascribed to such terms under the Code.
1.7. The
term
“Collateral” means and includes each and all of the following: the Real
Property; the Receivables; the Intangibles; the Negotiable Collateral; the
Inventory; all money, deposit accounts and all other assets of Borrower in
which
Bank receives a security interest or which hereafter come into the possession,
custody or control of Bank; and the proceeds of any of the foregoing, including,
but not limited to, proceeds of insurance covering the Collateral and any
and
all Receivables, Intangibles, Negotiable Collateral, Inventory, equipment,
money
deposit accounts or other tangible and intangible property of Borrower resulting
from the sale or other disposition of the Collateral, and the proceeds thereof
including all proceeds of any type described above acquired with cash proceeds
and all causes of action, and all sums due or payable to Borrower for injury
or
damage to Borrower’s Receivables, Intangibles, Negotiable Collateral, and
Inventory, or as damages incurred in connection with the transactions in
which
the Credit was made, including causes of action and damages for breach of
contract, fraud, concealment, or other torts, are hereby assigned, and all
proceeds from such causes of action and all such sums shall be paid to Bank
for
credit upon the Obligations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, Collateral shall not include any waste or other materials, which
have
been or may be designated as toxic or hazardous by Bank.
1.8. The
term
“Credit” means all Obligations of Borrower to Bank except those obligations
arising pursuant to any letter of credit issued or bankers acceptances created
or discounted under Section 3.1 of this Agreement and those obligations arising
pursuant to any other separate contract, instrument, note, or other separate
agreement which, by its terms, provides for a specified interest rate and
term.
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1.9. The
term
“Current Ratio” is defined as current assets divided by current
liabilities.
1.10. The
term
“Daily Balance” shall mean the amount determined by taking the amount of the
Credit owed at the beginning of a given day, adding any new Credit advanced
or
incurred on such date, and subtracting any payments or collections which
are
deemed to be paid and are applied by Bank in reduction of the Credit on that
date under the provisions of this Agreement.
1.11. The
term
"Documentary Collection" means and includes a documentary collection, in
form
and substance acceptable to Bank (i) which has been drawn on parties acceptable
to Bank and (ii) in which Bank has validly perfected assignment of the proceeds
thereof first in priority.
1.12. The
term
“Event of Default” means the occurrence of any one of the events set forth in
Article 8 of this Agreement.
1.13. The
term
"Export Letter of Credit" means and includes a letter of credit, in form
and
substance acceptable to Bank, delivered by Borrower to Bank; (i) which has
been
issued for Borrower's benefit by a bank acceptable to Bank and (ii) in which
Bank has a validly perfected assignment of the proceeds thereof first in
priority.
1.14. The
term
“Insolvency Proceeding” means and includes any proceeding, commenced by or
against any person or entity, including borrower, under any provision of
the
federal Bankruptcy Code, as amended, or under any other bankruptcy or insolvency
law, including, but not limited to, assignments for the benefit of creditors,
formal or informal moratoriums, compositions or extensions with some or all
creditors.
1.15. The
term
“Intangibles” means and includes all of Borrower’s present and future general
intangibles and other personal property (including, without limitation, any
and
all choses or things in action, goodwill, patents, trade names, copyrights,
trademarks, service marks, blueprints, drawings, purchase orders, computer
programs, computer discs, computer tapes, literature, reports, catalogs,
deposit
accounts and tax refunds) other than Inventory and Receivables, but including
Borrower’s Books relating to any of the foregoing.
1.16. The
term
“Inventory” means and includes all present and future inventory in which
Borrower has any interest, including, but not limited to, goods held by Borrower
for sale or lease or to be furnished under a contract of service and all
of
Borrower’s present and future raw materials, work in process, finished goods,
advertising materials, and equipment, fixtures or other property used in
the
storing, moving, preserving, identifying, accounting for and shipping or
preparing for the shipping of Inventory, and any and all other items hereafter
acquired by Borrower by way of substitution, replacement, return, repossession
or otherwise, and all additions and accessions thereto, and the resulting
product or mass, and any documents of title respecting any of the
above.
1.17. The
term
“Judicial Officer or Assignee” means and includes any trustee, receiver,
controller, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors or any other
person
or entity having powers or duties like or similar to the powers and duties
of a
trustee, receiver, controller, custodian or assignee for the benefit of
creditors.
1.18. The
term
"L/C Backed Commercial Letters of Credit" means and includes commercial letters
of credit issued by Bank for Borrower's account, each in the face amount
no
greater than ninety percent (90%) of the undrawn amount of an Export Letter
of
Credit.
1.19. The
term
“Leverage Ratio” is defined as total liabilities net of subordinated debt
divided by Tangible Net Worth.
1.20. The
term
“Loan Term Sheet” means the currently effective Loan Term Sheet, in form similar
to the page entitled Loan Term Sheet executed and attached to this Agreement
that has been executed by the parties to this Agreement and is made a part
of
the Agreement. The terms listed in the Loan Term Sheet, and any amendments
to
the Loan Term Sheet are incorporated herein and made a part hereof.
1.21. The
term
“Maximum Credit Limit” means the total amount of credit committed to Borrower as
detailed in the Loan Term Sheet.
1.22. The
term
“Maximum Sublimit” means the total available to Borrower for specific purposes
within the Maximum Credit Limit as detailed in the Loan Term Sheet.
1.23. The
term
“Negotiable Collateral” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.1 of this
Agreement.
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1.24. The
term
“Obligations” means and includes any and all loans, advances, overdrafts, debts,
liabilities (including, without limitation, any and all amounts charged to
Borrower’s account pursuant to any agreement authorizing Bank to charge
Borrower’s account), obligations, lease payments, guaranties, covenants and
duties of any kind and description owing by Borrower to Bank (whether advanced
pursuant to or evidenced by this Agreement, by any note or other instrument,
or
by any other agreement between Bank and Borrower and whether or not for the
payment of money), whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due
or to
become due, now existing or hereafter arising, and including, without
limitation, any debt, liability or obligation owing from Borrower to others
which Bank may have obtained by assignment, merger, participation, purchase
or
otherwise, and further including, without limitation, all interest and fees
not
paid when due and all Bank Expenses which Borrower is required to pay or
reimburse by this Agreement and the Loan Term Sheet, the Promissory Note,
by
law, or otherwise.
1.25. The
term
“Over Line” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1 and 3.1 of this
Agreement.
1.26. The
term
“Over Advance” means if the aggregate of advances made under Section 2.1 and
acceptances created under Section 3.1 of this Agreement exceed the prescribed
Borrowing Base, if any, as defined in the Loan Term Sheet.
1.27. The
term
"Person" shall mean and include natural persons, corporations, partnerships,
unincorporated associations, joint ventures and any other form of legal
entity.
1.28. The
term
"Prime Rate" shall mean the variable rate of interest, expressed as an annual
rate, called the Prime Rate of interest for Corporate Loans as published
by the
Wall Street Journal (Western Edition) in its Money Rates Section. This Prime
Rate is the base rate on corporate loans posted by at least 75% of the nation’s
30 largest banks.
1.29. The
term
“Quick Ratio” is defined as cash, cash equivalents plus Accounts Receivable
divided by Current Liabilities.
1.30. The
term
“Rate” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.4 of this Agreement and in
the Loan Term Sheet.
1.31. The
term
“Receivables” means and includes all presently existing and hereafter arising
accounts, general intangibles, contract rights, instruments, documents, chattel
paper, and all other forms of obligations owing to Borrower, 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
Borrower, and Borrower’s Books (except minute books) relating to any of the
foregoing.
1.32. The
term
“Tangible Net Worth” means net worth as determined in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles consistently applied, increased by debt
subordinated to Bank if any, and decreased by the following: patents, licenses,
goodwill, subscription lists, organization expenses and monies due from
affiliates (including officers, directors, shareholders, parents, partners,
joint ventures, subsidiaries and commonly held companies).
1.33. The
term
"Value of Finished Goods" as used in this Agreement means the lesser of the
cost
of Borrower's finished goods inventory as shown on monthly lists of inventory
given by Borrower to Bank hereunder or the value of such finished goods as
determined by Bank in its sole and absolute discretion based on the age,
seasonability or other factors that may affect the value of such finished
goods."
1.34. The
term
“Working Capital” is defined as Current Assets minus Current
Liabilities.
1.35. All
accounting terms and computations shall be based on generally accepted
accounting principles, consistently applied.
2.
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LOANS
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2.1. At
the
request of Borrower, made at anytime and from time to time during the term
of
this Agreement, and so long as no Event of Default has occurred hereunder
and
Borrower is in full, faithful and timely compliance with each and all the
covenants, conditions, warranties and representations contained in this
Agreement and the Loan Term Sheet and/or any other agreement between Bank
and
Borrower, Bank will make advances as provided in the Loan Term Sheet, provided,
however, all advances made, letters of credit issued and other financial
accommodations extended by Bank to or for the account or benefit of Borrower
under this Agreement and the Loan Term Sheet shall be added to and deemed
part
of the Obligations and Credit when made and/or issued. Notwithstanding any
other
provisions of this Agreement, at no time shall Bank be obligated to provide
any
financial accommodations whenever the Maximum Credit Limit or sublimits provided
for in the Loan Term Sheet are exceeded.
If,
at
any time for any reason such Maximum Credit Limit is exceeded or if any Maximum
Sublimit on any subcomponent of the Credit, as provided in the Loan Term
Sheet,
is exceeded, then Borrower shall immediately pay to Bank, in cash, the amount
by
which such Maximum Credit Limit or Maximum Sublimit is exceeded (“Over
Line”).
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If,
at
any time for any reason the aggregate of advances made hereunder exceeds
the
prescribed Borrowing Base, if any, then Borrower shall immediately pay to
Bank,
in cash, the amount by which such Borrowing Base is exceeded (“Over
Advance”).
2.2. Bank
is
hereby authorized to make the loans and the extensions of credit provided
for in
this Agreement based upon telephone or other instructions received from anyone
purporting to be an authorized representative of Borrower or, at the discretion
of Bank, if said loans are necessary to satisfy any Obligation of Borrower
to
Bank. Bank shall have no duty to make inquiry or verify the authority of
any
such party, and Borrower shall hold Bank harmless from any damages, claims,
or
liability by reason of Bank’s honor of, or failure to honor, any such
instructions. Nevertheless, Bank reserves the right to withhold advancing
any
loan hereunder pending receipt of such additional information as Bank may,
from
time to time, request.
2.3. Except
as
hereinbelow provided, the Credit shall bear interest, on the Daily Balance
owing, at the Rate provided in the Loan Term Sheet. From and after the
occurrence of an Event of Default and without constituting a waiver of any
such
Event of Default, the Credit shall bear interest at the Default Rate provided
for in the Loan Term Sheet. All Over Advances shall bear additional interest
on
the amount thereof at the rate equal to the Default Rate provided for in
the
Loan Term Sheet, payable from the date incurred and for each month the
hereafter, until repaid in full. All interest chargeable under this Agreement
that is based upon a per annum calculation shall be computed on the basis
of a
360-day year and actual days elapsed.
All
interest payable by Borrower under the Credit shall be due and payable on
the
fifth (5th)
day of
each calendar month during the term of this Agreement, and Bank may, at its
option, elect to treat such interest and any and all Bank Expenses as advances
under the Credit, which amounts shall thereupon constitute Obligations and
shall
thereafter accrue interest at the rate applicable to the Credit under the
terms
of this Agreement and the Loan Term Sheet.
2.4. In
the
event that the Prime Rate published is, from time to time hereafter, changed,
adjustment in the Rate shall be made and based on the Prime Rate in effect
on
the date of such change. The Rate, as adjusted, shall apply to the Credit
owed
until the Prime Rate is adjusted again. All interest payable by Borrower
under
the Credit shall be due and payable on the fifth (5th)
day of
each calendar month during the term of this Agreement, and Bank may, at its
option, elect to treat such interest and any and all Bank Expenses as advances
under the Credit, which amounts shall thereupon constitute Obligations and
shall
thereafter accrue interest at the rate applicable to the Credit under the
terms
of this Agreement.
2.5. Bank
or
Bank's designee may, at any time following an Event of Default, notify customers
or account debtors of Borrower that the Receivables have been assigned to
Bank,
that Bank has a security interest therein, collect them directly, and charge
the
collection costs and expenses to Borrower's account, but, unless and until
Bank
does so or gives Borrower other written instructions, Borrower shall collect
all
Receivables for Bank, receive in trust all payments thereon as Bank's trustee
and immediately deliver said payments to Bank in their original form as received
from the account debtor. The receipt of any check or other item of payment
by
Bank shall not be considered a payment on account until such check or other
item
of payment is honored when presented for payment, in which event said check
or
other item of payment shall be deemed to have been paid to Bank in accordance
with Bank's rules and regulations relating to credits to deposit accounts
or, in
Bank's discretion, two (2) calendar days after the date Bank actually receives
possession of such check or other item of payment.
2.6. Notwithstanding
the absolute and irrevocable assignment to Bank of the Receivables, Bank
hereby
grants permission to Borrower to collect and retain the Receivable as they
become due and payable; however, such permission to Borrower shall be
automatically revoked upon the occurrence of any Event of Default, and Lender
shall have the right to notify customers or account debtors of Borrower that
the
Receivables have been assigned to Bank, that Bank has a security interest
therein, collect them directly, and charge the collection costs and expenses
to
Borrower’s account, but, unless and until Bank does so or gives Borrower other
written instructions, Borrower shall collect all Receivables for Bank, receive
in trust all payments thereon as Bank’s trustee and immediately deliver said
payments to Bank in their original form as received from the account debtor.
The
receipt of any check or other item of payment by Bank shall not be considered
a
payment on account until such check or other item of payment is honored when
presented for payment, in which event said check or other item of payment
shall
be deemed to have been paid to Bank in accordance with Bank’s rules and
regulations relating to credits to deposit accounts or, in Bank’s discretion,
two (2) calendar days after the date Bank actually receives possession of
such
check or other item of payment.
2.7. Bank
may
exercise its rights hereunder, without notice to Borrower, and irrespective
of
whether notice of default has been delivered to Borrower, and without regard
to
the adequacy of the Collateral for the indebtedness secured hereby, either
personally or by attorney or agent, without bringing any action or proceeding,
or by receiver appointed by the Court, to take, receive and collect all or
any
part of the said Receivables, and after paying such costs of collection,
including attorney’s fees, as in its judgment it may deem proper, to apply the
balance upon the entire indebtedness owed Bank by Borrower.
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It
is
expressly understood and agreed by Borrower that Bank shall have no liability
to
Borrower or any other person for Bank’s failure or inability to collect
Receivables.
2.8. Bank
shall retain its security interest in all Collateral until all Obligations
have
been fully repaid. Returns and allowances, if any, as between Borrower and
Borrower’s customers, will be on the same basis and in accordance with the usual
customary practices of Borrower, as they exist at this time. Borrower shall
promptly notify Bank of all returns and recoveries and promptly notify Bank
of
all disputes and claims. After an Event of Default, unless Bank shall otherwise
agree in writing, no discount, credit or allowance shall be granted by Borrower
to any account debtor and no return of merchandise shall be accepted by Borrower
without Bank’s written consent. Bank may, after an Event of Default, settle or
adjust disputes and claims directly with account debtors for amounts and
upon
terms which Bank considers advisable, and in such cases, Bank will credit
in
reduction of the Obligations only the net amounts received by Bank in payment
of
such disputed Receivables, after deducting all Bank Expenses incurred or
expended in connection therewith.
2.9. Bank
shall render monthly statements of the Credit owing by Borrower to Bank,
including statements of all principal, interest, fees and Bank Expenses owing,
and such statements shall be conclusively presumed to be correct and accurate
and constitute an account stated between Borrower and Bank unless, within
thirty
(30) days after receipt thereof by Borrower, Borrower shall deliver to Bank,
by
registered or certified mail, at Bank’s place of business indicated hereinabove,
written objection thereto specifying the error or errors, if any, contained
in
any such statement. No failure by Bank to render any such monthly statements
shall be deemed to impair or otherwise affect the Credit.
2.10. Term
Loan.
If
Borrower executes a Term Promissory Note, all amounts due and owning under
said
Term Promissory Note shall be part of the Obligations hereunder and shall
be
secured by the Collateral.
3.
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LETTER
OF CREDIT AND BANKER’S ACCEPTANCE
FACILITIES
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3.1. If
the
Loan Term Sheet provides for a Letter of Credit facility, upon the request
of
Borrower, made at any time and from time to time during the term hereof,
subject
to the Maximum Credit Limit and Maximum Sublimit set forth in the Loan Term
Sheet, and so long as no Event of Default has occurred, and Borrower is in
full,
faithful and timely compliance with each and all the covenants, conditions,
warranties and representations contained in this Agreement and/or any other
agreement between Bank and Borrower, Bank, on a revolving basis will issue
Letters of Credit, create and discount banker’s acceptances for Borrower’s
account if and as provided for in the Loan Term Sheet; provided, however,
in no
event shall Bank be obligated to issue Letters of Credit and create or discount
banker’s acceptances whenever the total of undrawn Letters of Credit and/or
banker’s acceptances exceed the Maximum Sublimits provided in the Loan Term
Sheet.
If,
at
any time and for any reason, the total of the undrawn amount of all Letters
of
Credit or the total of all outstanding banker’s acceptances exceeds the Maximum
Sublimit provided in the Loan Term Sheet (“L/C Over Line” or “B/A Over Line”),
Borrower shall immediately pay to Bank, in cash, the amount of such L/C and/or
B/A Over Line. Bank may, in its sole discretion, elect to treat an L/C and/or
B/A Over Line as an advance under the Credit.
3.2. Each
Commercial Letter of Credit issued under Section 3.1 shall (i) be issued
pursuant to the terms and conditions on this Agreement and of a Bank standard
form Application for Irrevocable Documentary Credit executed by Borrower;
(ii)
expire on or before ninety (90) days after the date such letter of credit
is
issued, but not later than the termination of this Agreement; (iii) require
drafts payable at sight; and (iv) be otherwise in form and substance and
in
favor of beneficiaries satisfactory to Bank. In the event of any inconsistency
between the Terms of this Agreement and the terms of such Application for
Irrevocable Documentary Credit, the terms of such Application for Irrevocable
Documentary Credit shall control.
3.3. Borrower
shall pay to Bank Commercial Letter of Credit fees as defined in the Loan
Term
Sheet.
3.4. Each
Standby Letter of Credit issued under Section 3.1 shall be issued pursuant
to
the terms and conditions as contained in the Loan Term Sheet and on a Bank
standard form Application for Standby Letter of Credit and Agreement (Standby
Letter of Credit) executed by Borrower and be in form and substance and in
favor
of beneficiaries satisfactory to Bank.
3.5. Borrower
shall pay to Bank Standby Letter of Credit fees as defined in the Loan Term
Sheet.
3.6. In
the
event of any inconsistency between the terms of this Agreement, the Loan
Term
Sheet and the terms of Borrower’s Application for Standby Letter of Credit and
Agreement (Standby Letter of Credit), the terms of such Application for Standby
Letter of Credit and Agreement (Standby Letter of Credit) shall
control.
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3.7. All
advances made, letters of credit issued, banker’s acceptances created or
discounted and other financial accommodations extended by Bank to or for
the
account or benefit of Borrower under this Section 3, hereof shall be added
to
and deemed part of the Obligations when made issued, created and/or
extended.
3.8. If
the
Loan Term Sheet provides for a Banker’s Acceptances facility, the creation of
banker’s acceptances shall be pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof and
the Loan Term Sheet, and such other documents as Bank deems necessary in
order
to verify that Bank’s creation thereof is in compliance with all applicable
laws, regulations and administrative orders, and Borrower agrees to execute
and
deliver all such documents to Bank. Bank shall not be obligated to create
any
banker’s acceptance that is not eligible for discount by a Federal Reserve Bank,
or which, if created, would become a liability subject to reserve requirements
under any regulation of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,
or
would cause the Bank to violate any lending limit imposed upon Bank by law,
regulation or administrative order.
3.9. Discount
of Acceptances. If the Loan Term Sheet provides for the discount of Banker’s
Acceptances, Bank agrees to discount any acceptance that is created and
presented to it for discount at a rate quoted by Bank at the time the acceptance
is presented to Bank for discount and for a similar dollar amount and a similar
maturity as the draft being presented to Bank by Borrower for acceptance
(the
“Acceptance Discount Rate”). On the date any such acceptance is presented for
discount, Bank shall: (a) cause the aggregate discounted amount (less any
commission then payable by Borrower to Bank under this Agreement) to be made
available to Borrower by crediting such amount to Borrower’s demand deposit
account maintained with Bank, unless the acceptance is created by a beneficiary
under a Letter of Credit, in which event Bank will cause the amount to be
paid
to such beneficiary and will notify Borrower as to the creation of the
acceptance; and (b) advise Borrower of the Acceptance Discount Rate at which
Bank discounted such acceptance. Bank shall have the right, in its sole
discretion, to sell, rediscount, hold, or otherwise deal with or dispose
of any
such acceptance discounted by it.
3.10. The
commission for each banker’s acceptance issued hereunder shall be at the rate
disclosed in the Loan Term Sheet and shall be payable at the time of the
issuance of the banker’s acceptance.
3.11. Unpaid
Acceptances. In the event Borrower fails to repay Bank the principal amount
of
any acceptance at maturity, without limiting the rights of the Bank under
this
Agreement or waiving any Event of Default caused thereby, the principal amount
of such acceptance shall bear interest (from the date the acceptance matured
until the date Bank is paid in full) at the default rate provided in the
Loan
Term Sheet. Borrower hereby promises to pay and shall pay Bank, on demand
the
unpaid amount of principal together with interest thereon.
3.12. All
advances made, letters of credit issued, banker’s acceptances and other
financial accommodations extended by Bank to or for the account or benefit
of
Borrower under this Section 3, hereof shall be added to and deemed part of
the
Obligations when made issued, created and/or extended.
4.
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TERM
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4.1. This
Agreement shall remain in full force and effect until the Maturity Date as
detailed in the Loan Term Sheet. Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the
occurrence of an Event of Default, Bank may terminate its obligations under
this
Agreement without notice. On the date of termination, all Obligations owed
by
Borrower to Bank shall become immediately due and payable without notice
or
demand and shall be repaid to Bank in cash or by a wire transfer of immediately
available funds. Notwithstanding termination, until all Obligations have
been
fully repaid, Bank shall retain its security interest in all existing collateral
and collateral arising thereafter, and Borrower shall continue to perform
all
Obligations.
4.2. After
termination and when Bank has received payment in full of all Obligations
and
upon the execution and delivery by Borrower to Bank of a general release
in
favor of Bank, Bank shall execute a termination of all security agreements
and
security interests given by Borrower to Bank.
5.
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CREATION
OF SECURITY INTEREST
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5.1. Borrower
hereby grants to Bank a continuing security interest in senior position in
all
presently existing and hereafter arising Collateral in order to secure prompt
repayment of any and all Obligations owed by Borrower to Bank and in order
to
secure prompt performance by Borrower of each and all of Borrower’s covenants
and obligations under this Agreement and otherwise created. Bank’s security
interest in the Collateral shall attach to all Collateral without further
act on
the part of Bank or Borrower. Nevertheless, Borrower hereby authorizes Bank
to
file and/or record a financing statement with the appropriate governmental
agency. In the event that any Collateral, including proceeds, is evidenced
by or
consists of a letter of credit, advice of credit, instrument, money, negotiable
documents, chattel paper, or similar property (collectively, “Negotiable
Collateral”), Borrower shall, immediately upon receipt thereof, endorse and
assign such Negotiable Collateral over to Bank and deliver actual physical
possession of the Negotiable Collateral to Bank.
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5.2. From
time
to time, and at Bank’s request, Borrower shall provide Bank with agings and
schedules describing all Receivables created or acquired by Borrower and
shall
execute and deliver written assignments of such Receivables to Bank, whether
or
not Bank makes advances against such Receivables; provided, however, that
Borrower’s failure to execute and deliver such schedules and/or assignments
shall not affect or limit Bank’s security interest and other rights in and to
the Receivables. Together with each schedule, Borrower shall, if requested
by
Bank, furnish Bank with copies of Borrower’s sales journals or invoices,
customers’ purchase orders, or the equivalent, and original shipping or delivery
receipts for all merchandise sold, and Borrower warrants the genuineness
thereof. Absent a request, Borrower shall maintain all such documents as
custodian for Bank.
5.3. Upon
Bank’s request, Borrower will hold the Inventory in trust for Bank; store the
same in a warehouse in Bank’s name; deliver to Bank documents of title
representing the Inventory; or evidence Bank’s security interest in some other
manner acceptable to Bank. Until the occurrence of an Event of Default Borrower
may, subject to the provisions hereof and consistent herewith, sell the
Inventory, but only in the ordinary course of Borrower’s business. A sale of
Inventory in Borrower’s ordinary course of business does not include an exchange
or a transfer in partial or total satisfaction of a debt owing by Borrower,
nor
does it include an exchange for less than a present fair
consideration.
5.4. Borrower
shall execute and deliver to Bank, concurrent with Borrower’s execution of this
Agreement and the Loan Term Sheet, and at any time or times hereafter at
the
request of Bank, all financing statements, continuation of financing statements,
fixture filings, security agreements, chattel mortgages, assignments,
endorsements or certificates of title, affidavits, reports, notices, schedules
of accounts, letters of authority and all other documents that Bank may
reasonably request, in form, satisfactory to Bank, to perfect and maintain
perfected Bank’s security interest in the Collateral and in order to fully
consummate all of the transactions contemplated under this Agreement. Borrower
hereby irrevocably makes, constitutes and appoints Bank (and any of Bank’s
officers, employees or agents designated by Bank) as Borrower’s true and lawful
attorney-in-fact with power to sign the name of Borrower on any of the
above-described documents or on any other similar documents which, in Bank’s
judgment, need to be executed, recorded, and/or filed in order to perfect
or
continue perfected Bank’s security interest in the Collateral.
Bank
(through any of its officers, employees or agents) shall have the right,
at any
time or times hereafter, during Borrower’s usual business hours, or during the
usual business hours of any third party having control over the records of
Borrower, to inspect and verify Borrower’s Books in order to verify the amount
or condition of, or any other matter relating to, the Collateral and Borrower’s
financial condition. In addition, Borrower hereby appoints Bank (and any
of
Bank’s officers, employees or agents designated by Bank) as Borrower’s
attorney-in-fact, with power: to endorse Borrower’s name on any checks, notes,
acceptances, money orders, drafts or other forms of payment or security that
may
come into Bank’s possession; to sign Borrower’s name on any invoice or xxxx of
lading relating to any Collateral, on drafts, against account debtors, on
schedules and assignments of Receivables, on verifications of Receivables
and on
notices to account debtors; and upon the occurrence of any Event of Default
which shall not have been waived by Bank, to establish a lock box arrangement
and/or to notify the post office authorities to change the address for delivery
of Borrower’s mail to an address designated by Bank, to receive and open all
mail addressed to Borrower, and to retain all mail relating to the Collateral
and forward all other mail to Borrower; and to send, whether in writing or
by
telephone, requests for verification of Collateral and to do all things
necessary to carry out this Agreement. Borrower ratifies and approves all
acts
of the attorney-in-fact and releases and holds harmless Bank and its
attorney-in-fact from any liability for any acts or omissions or for any
error
of judgment or mistake of fact or law made in good faith. The appointment
of
Bank as Borrower’s attorney-in-fact, and each and every one of Bank’s rights and
powers, being coupled with an interest, are durable and
irrevocable.
6.
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CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT
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As
conditions precedent to the making of the loans and the extension of the
financial accommodations hereunder, Borrower shall execute, or cause to be
executed, and deliver to Bank, in form and substance satisfactory to Bank
and
its counsel, the following:
(a)
This
Agreement, the Loan Term Sheet and other documents required by
Bank;
(b) Financing
statements (Form UCC-1) in form satisfactory to Bank for filing and recording
with the appropriate government authorities;
(c) A
certificate of good standing showing that Borrower is in good standing under
the
laws of the state of its incorporation and indicating that Borrower has
qualified to transact business and is in good standing in any other state
in
which it conducts business;
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(d) UCC
searches, tax lien and litigation searches, fictitious business name statement
filings, insurance certificates, notices or other similar documents which
Bank
may require and in such form as Bank may require, in order to reflect, perfect
or protect Bank’s first priority security interest in the Collateral and in
order to fully consummate all of the transactions contemplated under this
Agreement.
7.
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WARRANTIES,
REPRESENTATIONS AND
COVENANTS
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In
order
to induce Bank to enter into this Agreement and to make the loans and extensions
of credit contemplated hereunder, Borrower warrants, represents and agrees
that
until all of the Obligations are fully paid and performed:
7.1. Borrower
has good and marketable title to the Collateral. Bank has and shall continue
to
have a first priority perfected security interest in and to the Collateral.
The
Collateral shall at all times remain free and clear of all liens, encumbrances
and security interests (expect those already in existence).
7.2. All
accounts are and will, at all times pertinent hereto, be bona fide existing
obligations created by the sale and delivery of merchandise or the rendition
of
services to account debtors in the ordinary course of business, free of all
liens, claims, encumbrances and security interests (except as held by Bank
and
except as may be consented to, in writing, by Bank) and are unconditionally
owed
to Borrower without defenses, disputes, offsets, counterclaims, rights of
return
or cancellation, and Borrower shall have received no notice of actual or
imminent bankruptcy or insolvency of any account debtor at the time an account
due from such account debtor is assigned to Bank.
7.3. Borrower
covenants and agrees that Borrower shall keep the Inventory only at the address
provided in the Loan Term Sheet. In addition, Borrower covenants and agrees
that:
(a) All
Inventory is now and at all times hereafter shall be of good and merchantable
quality, free from defects;
(b) As
provided in the Loan Term Sheet or at Bank’s request, Borrower shall, from time
to time hereafter, execute and deliver to Bank designations of Inventory,
in
form acceptable to Bank, specifying Borrower’s cost and the wholesale market
value of Borrower’s raw materials, work in process, finished goods, and further
specifying any other category which Bank may request, as well as such other
matters and information relating to the Inventory as Bank may
request;
(c) All
of
the Inventory is and shall remain free from all liens, claims, encumbrances,
and
purchase money or other security interests (except as held by Bank and except
as
may be consented to, in writing, by Bank);
(d) Borrower
does now keep and hereafter at all times shall keep correct and accurate
records
itemizing and describing the kind, type, quality and quantity of the Inventory,
and the cost therefor, all of which records shall be available upon demand
to
any of Bank’s officers, agents and employees for inspection and copying;
and
(e) Bank
shall have the right, during Borrower’s usual business hours, to inspect and
examine the Inventory and to check and test the same as to quality, quantity,
value and condition.
7.4. Borrower
will not, without Bank’s prior written consent:
(a) Sell,
lease, or otherwise dispose of, move, relocate, or transfer, whether by sale
or
otherwise, any of Borrower’s assets, provided, however, that Borrower may sell
Inventory in the ordinary course of Borrower’s business consistent with the
provisions of Section 5.3 hereinabove;
(b) Change
Borrower’s name, business structure, or identity, or add any new fictitious
name;
(c) Acquire,
merge or consolidate with or into any other business organization;
(d) Enter
into any transaction not in the normal course of Borrower’s business as
presently conducted;
(e) Guaranty
or otherwise become in any way liable with respect to the obligations of
any
third party except by endorsement of instruments or items of payment for
deposit
to the general account of Borrower or which are transmitted or turned over
to
Bank;
(f) Make
any
change in Borrower’s financial structure or in any of Borrower’s business
objective, purposes, or operations, which could adversely affect the ability
of
Borrower to repay the Obligations;
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(g) Incur
any
debts outside the ordinary course of Borrower’s business, except for renewals or
extensions of existing debts;
(h) Make
any
advance or loan to any other person or entity including those to any officer,
director, employee or shareholder or any indebtedness for borrowed money
except
in the ordinary course of business as presently conducted;
(i) Prepay
any existing indebtedness owing to any third party;
(j) Suspend
or go out of business;
(k) Make
any
plant or fixed capital expenditure, or any commitment therefor, or purchase,
finance or lease any real or personal property or replacement equipment in
any
fiscal year, in excess of one hundred thousand and no cents dollars
($100,000.00);
(l) Grant
any
security interests in or permit a lien, claim or encumbrance upon all or
any
portion of Borrower’s assets, except in favor of or agreed to by Bank;
and
(m) Transfer
or suffer the transfer of effective ownership or control of
Borrower.
7.5. Borrower’s
sole place of business or chief executive office is located at the address
set
forth in the Loan Term Sheet and Borrower covenants and agrees that Borrower
will not, during the term of this Agreement, without prior written notification
to Bank, relocate said sole place of business or chief executive
office.
7.6. Borrower
is and shall at all times hereafter be a duly organized and existing legal
entity and qualified and licensed to do business, and in good standing, in
any
state in which it conducts its business.
7.7. Borrower
has the right and power and is duly authorized to enter into this
Agreement.
7.8. The
execution by Borrower of this Agreement shall not constitute a breach of
any
provision contained in Borrower’s Articles of Incorporation or
bylaws.
7.9. Borrower
will not, without Bank’s prior written consent, make any distribution or declare
or pay any dividends (in cash or stock) on, or purchase, acquire, redeem
or
retire any of its capital stock, of any class, whether now or hereafter
outstanding, except as detailed in the Loan Term Sheet.
7.10. The
execution of and performance by Borrower of all of the terms and provisions
contained in this Agreement shall not result in a breach of or constitute
an
event of default under any agreement to which Borrower is now or hereafter
becomes a party.
7.11. Borrower
shall promptly notify Bank in writing of Borrower’s acquisition by purchase,
lease or otherwise of any after-acquired tangible property, with the exception
of purchases of Inventory in the ordinary course of business.
7.12. All
assessments and taxes, whether real, personal or otherwise, due or payable
by,
or imposed, levied or assessed against, Borrower or any of Borrower’s property
have been paid, and shall hereafter be paid in full, before delinquency.
Borrower shall make due and timely payment or deposit of all federal, state
and
local taxes, assessment or contributions required of Borrower by law, and
will
execute and deliver to Bank, on demand, appropriate certificates attesting
to
the payment or deposit thereof. Borrower will make timely payment or deposit
of
all F.I.C.A. payments and withholding taxes required by Borrower by applicable
laws, and will, upon request, furnish Bank with proof satisfactory to Bank
that
Borrower has made such payments or deposits. If Borrower fails to pay any
such
assessment, tax, contribution, or make such deposit, or furnish the required
proof, Bank may, in Bank’s sole and absolute discretion and without notice to
Borrower, (a) make payment of the same or any part thereof, or (b) set up
such
reserves in Borrower’s account as Bank deems necessary to satisfy the liability
therefore, or both. Bank may conclusively rely on the usual statements of
the
amount owing or other official statements issued by the appropriate governmental
agency. Each amount paid or deposited by Bank shall constitute Bank Expenses
and
an advance to Borrower. Nothing herein contained shall preclude Borrower
from
contesting, in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, the imposition
of any
assessments and taxes and to withhold payment of such contested amounts pending
the resolution of such proceedings.
7.13. There
are
not at present, any action or proceeding pending by or against Borrower or
any
guarantor of Borrower before any court or administrative agency, and Borrower
has no knowledge of any pending, threatened or imminent litigation, governmental
investigations or claims, complaints, actions or prosecutions involving Borrower
or any guarantor of Borrower, except for ongoing collection matters and except
as heretofore disclosed, in writing, to Bank.
7.14. Borrower
represents and warrants to Bank that:
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(a) The
Borrower is not in violation of or subject to any existing, pending, or
threatened investigation by any governmental authority under any law, statute,
ordinance, or regulation pertaining to health, industrial hygiene, or the
environment (collectively referred to as “Environmental Laws”), including
without limitation, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,
and
Liability Act of 1980 (‘CERCLA”) as amended, 42 U.S.C. Section 9601 et seq., the
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (“RCRA”), 42 U.S.C. Sections 6901
et seq., the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, 49 U.S.C. Sections 1801
et
seq., the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C. Sections 1251 et
seq.,
the Clear Air Act, 42 U.S.C. Sections 7401 et seq., the Toxic Substances
Control
Act, 15 U.S.C. Sections 2601 et seq., the Refuse Act, 33 U.S.C. Sections
407 et
seq., the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act, 42 U.S.C. Sections
11001 et seq., the provisions of the California Health and Safety Code
§§25100,
et
seq., §§25220,
et
seq., §§25249.5
et seq., §§25280,
et
seq., the Xxxxxxxxx-Xxxxxxx-Xxxxxx Hazardous Substance Account Act, Health
and
Safety Code, §§25300,
et
seq., the California Expedited Remedial Action Reform Act of 1994, Health
and
Safety Xxxx, §§00000
et
seq., and the Xxxxxx-Cologne Water Quality Control Act, Water Code §§13000,
et
seq.;
(b) Borrower
has not and is not required by any Environmental Law to obtain any permits
or
license to conduct business;
(c) No
investigation, administrative order, consent order and agreement, litigation
or
settlement with respect to Hazardous Substances or Hazardous Substances
contamination is proposed, threatened, anticipated or in existence with respect
to the Borrower;
(d) Borrower
has not received any notice from any governmental authority with respect
to any
violation of any Environmental Laws;
(e) The
use
which Borrower makes and intends to make of the Collateral will not result
in
the disposal or release of any Hazardous Substances; and
(f) Borrower
will not generate, manufacture, transport, store, release, discharge, or
dispose
of any hazardous Substance and Borrower shall not cause any violation of
any
Environmental Laws.
The
term
“Hazardous Substance” shall include: (i) those substances included within the
definitions of “hazardous substances,”“hazardous materials,”“toxic substances,”
or “solid waste” in CERCLA, RCRA, and the Hazardous Materials Transportation
Act, 49 U.S.C. Section 1801, et seq.,
and in
the regulations promulgated pursuant to said laws; (ii) those substances
defined
as “hazardous wastes” in Section 25117 of the California Health & Safety
Code, and in the regulations promulgated pursuant to said laws; (iii) those
substances defined as “hazardous substances listed in Section 2929.5 of the
California Civil Code; (iv) those substances listed in the United States
Department of Transportation Table (49 CFR 172.101 and amendments thereto);
(v)
those substances defined as “medical wastes” in the Medical Waste Management
Act, Chapter 6.1 of the California Health & Safety Code; (vi) asbestos
containing materials; (vii) polychlorinated biphenyl; (viii) underground
storage
tanks, whether empty, filled or partially filled with any substance; and
(ix)
such other substances, materials and wastes which are or become regulated
under
applicable local, state or federal law, or which are classified as hazardous
or
toxic under federal, state, or local laws or regulations or which, even if
not
so regulated, are known to pose a hazard to the health and safety of the
occupants of the Property or of property adjacent to the Property.
Borrower
shall give prompt written notice to Lender of:
(1)
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any
proceeding or inquiry by any governmental authority (including,
without
limitation, the California State Department of Health Services)
with
respect to the violation of any Environmental Law by Borrower;
and
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(2)
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all
claims made or threatened by any third party against Borrower relating
to
any loss or injury resulting from any Hazardous
Substance.
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Bank
shall have the right, at its option, to join and participate in, as a party
if
it so elects, any legal proceedings or actions initiated by or against Borrower
in connection with any Environmental Law.
Borrower
shall indemnify and hold harmless Bank, its directors, officers, employees,
agents, successors and assigns from and against, any loss, damages, cost,
expense or liability directly or indirectly arising out of or attributable
to
the use, generation, manufacture, production, storage, release, threatened
release, discharge, disposal, or presence of a Hazardous Substance on, under
or
about the Borrower’s business property, or any order, consent decree or
settlement relating to the cleanup of a Hazardous Substance, or any claims
of
loss, damage, liability, expense or injury relating to or arising from, directly
or indirectly, any disclosure by Lender to anyone of information, whether
true
or not, relative to a Hazardous Substance and/or Environment Law violation,
including without limitation, attorneys’ fees. This indemnity shall survive the
termination of this Agreement (whether by payment of the Obligations or action
in lieu thereof).
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7.15. Borrower,
at Borrower’s expense, shall keep and maintain Borrower’s assets insured against
loss or damage by fire, theft, explosion, sprinklers and all other hazards
and
risks ordinarily insured against by other owners who use such properties
in
similar businesses in an amount not less than one hundred percent (100%)
of the
full insurable value thereof on a replacement cost basis, with an inflation
guard endorsement, if available. Borrower shall also keep and maintain public
liability and property damage insurance relating to Borrower’s ownership and use
of the Collateral and Borrower’s other assets. All such policies of insurance
shall be in such form, with such companies, and in such amounts as detailed
in
the Loan Term Sheet and as may be satisfactory to Bank. Borrower shall deliver
to Bank copies of such policies of insurance. Copies of all renewal and
replacement policies shall be delivered to Bank at least thirty (30) days
before
the expiration of the policies. All such policies of insurance (except those
of
public liability and property damage) shall contain an endorsement in a form
satisfactory to Bank showing Bank as a loss payee thereof, with a waiver
of
warranties (Form 438-BFU), and all proceeds payable thereunder shall be payable
to Bank and, upon receipt by Bank, shall be applied on account of the
Obligations owing to Bank. To secure the payment of the Obligations, Borrower
grants Bank a security interest in and to all such policies of insurance
(except
those of public liability and property damage) and the proceeds thereof,
and
Borrower shall direct all insurers under such policies of insurance to pay
all
proceeds thereof directly to Bank.
Borrower
hereby irrevocably appoints Bank (and any of Bank’s officers, employees or
agents designated by Bank) as Borrower’s attorney-in-fact for the purpose of
making, settling and adjusting claims under such policies of insurance,
endorsing the name of Borrower on any check, draft, instrument or other item
of
payment for the proceeds of such policies of insurance and for making all
determinations and decisions with respect to such policies of insurance.
Borrower will not cancel any of such policies without Bank’s prior written
consent. Each such insurer shall agree by endorsement upon the policy or
policies of insurance issued by it to Borrower as required above, or by
independent instruments furnished to Bank, that it will give Bank at least
ten
(10) days written notice before any such policy or policies of insurance
shall
be altered or canceled, and that no act or default of Borrower, or any other
person, shall affect the right of Bank to recover under such policy or policies
of insurance required above or to pay any premium in whole or in part relating
hereto. Bank, without waiving or releasing any Obligations or any Event of
Default, may, but shall have no obligation to do so, obtain and maintain
such
policies of insurance and pay such premiums and take any other action with
respect to such policies which Bank deems advisable. All sums so disbursed
by
Bank, as well as reasonable attorneys’ fees, court costs, expenses and other
charges relating thereto, shall constitute Bank Expenses and are payable
on
demand. Bank shall not by the fact of approving, disapproving, accepting,
preventing, obtaining, or failing to notify Borrower or to obtain any insurance,
incur any liability for or with respect to the existence of insurance, the
amount of insurance carried, the form or legal sufficiency of insurance
contracts, solvency of insurance companies, or payment or defense of lawsuits,
and Borrower hereby expressly assumes full responsibility therefor and all
liability, if any, with respect thereto.
7.16. All
financial statements and information relating to Borrower which have been
or may
hereafter be delivered by Borrower to Bank are true and correct and have
been
prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles
consistently applied, and there has been no material adverse change in the
financial condition of Borrower since the submission of such financial
information to Bank.
7.17. Borrower
at all times hereafter shall maintain a standard and modern system of accounting
in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently
applied, and records pertaining to all Collateral for the obligations which
contain information as may from time to time be requested by Bank. Borrower
shall not modify or change Borrower’s method of accounting or enter into,
modify, or terminate any agreement presently existing, or at any time hereafter
entered into with any third party accounting firm and/or service bureau for
the
preparation and/or storage of Borrower’s accounting records without giving Bank
ten (10) days prior written notice of any such change, and without said
accounting firm and/or service bureau agreeing to provide to Bank information
regarding the Collateral and Borrower’s financial condition. In this regard,
Borrower agrees to use Borrower’s best efforts to secure a tripartite agreement,
in Bank’s standard form, between Bank, Borrower and Borrower’s accounting firm
and/or service bureau. Borrower agrees to permit Bank and any of Bank’s
employees, officers or agents, upon demand, during Borrower’s usual business
hours, or the usual business hours of third persons having control thereof,
to
have access to and examine all of Borrower’s Books relating to the Collateral,
the Obligations, Borrower’s financial condition and the results of Borrower’s
operations, and, in connection therewith, permit Bank or any of Bank’s agents,
employees or officers to copy and make extracts therefrom. Borrower agrees
to
pay Bank for audits as detailed in the Loan Term Sheet.
Borrower
agrees to deliver to Bank financial information or other data as detailed
in the
Loan Term Sheet or any other report requested by Bank relating to the Collateral
and the financial condition of Borrower, together with a certificate signed
by
an authorized employee of Borrower to the effect that all reports, statements,
computer disc or tape files, printouts, runs, or other computer prepared
information of any kind or nature relating to the foregoing, or documents
delivered or caused to be delivered to Bank under this subsection, are complete,
correct, and thoroughly present the financial condition of Borrower and that
there exists on the date of delivery to Bank no condition or event which
constitutes a breach or Event of Default under this Agreement. Borrower shall
comply with any request and shall treat any written request as a continuing
obligation until expressly modified or terminated in writing.
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All
accounting terms and computations shall be based upon generally accepted
accounting principles consistently applied.
7.18. Borrower
shall promptly supply and cause any guarantor to supply Bank with such other
information, including tax returns, concerning Borrower’s and any guarantor’s
affairs as Bank may request from time to time hereafter, and shall promptly
notify Bank of any material adverse change in Borrower’s financial condition and
of any condition or event which constitutes a breach of or an event which
constitutes an Event of Default under this Agreement.
7.19. Borrower
is now and shall be at all times hereafter solvent and able to pay Borrower’s
debts (including trade debts) as they mature.
7.20. Borrower
shall maintain financial ratios as provided in the Loan Term Sheet.
7.21. Borrower
shall immediately and without demand reimburse Bank for all sums expended
by
Bank, which constitute Bank Expenses, and Borrower hereby authorizes and
approves all advances and payments by Bank for items constituting Bank
expenses.
7.22. Borrower
shall furnish to Bank: (a) as soon as possible, but in no event later than
thirty (30) days after Borrower knows or has reason to know that any reportable
event with respect to any deferred compensation plan has occurred, a statement
of the chief financial officer of Borrower setting forth the details concerning
such reportable event and the action which Borrower proposes to take with
respect thereto, together with a copy of the notice of such reportable event
given to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, if a copy of such notice
is
available to Borrower; (b) promptly after the filling thereof with the United
States Secretary of Labor or the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, copies
of
each annual report with respect to each deferred compensation plan; (c) promptly
after receipt thereof, a copy of any notice Borrower may receive from the
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or the Internal Revenue Service with
respect to any deferred compensation plan; provided, however, this subparagraph
shall not apply to notice of general application issued by the Pension Benefit
Guaranty Corporation or the Internal Revenue Service; and (d) when the same
is
made available to participants in the deferred compensation plan, all notices
and other forms of information from time to time disseminated to the
participants by the administrator of the deferred compensation
plan.
7.23. Except
for permitted investments, Borrower shall keep Borrower’s principal bank
accounts with Bank.
7.24. Borrower
is now and shall at all times hereafter remain in compliance with all federal,
state and municipal laws, regulations and ordinances relating to the handling,
treatment and disposal of toxic substances, wastes and hazardous materials
and
shall maintain all necessary authorizations and permits.
7.25. Each
warranty, representation and agreement contained in this Agreement and the
Loan
Term Sheet shall be automatically deemed repeated with each financial
accommodation and shall be conclusively presumed to have been relied on by
Bank
regardless of any investigation made or information possessed by Bank. The
warranties, representations and agreements set forth herein and the Loan
Term
Sheet shall be cumulative and in addition to any and all other warranties,
representations and agreements which Borrower shall give, or cause to be
given,
to Bank, either now or hereafter.
8.
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EVENTS
OF DEFAULT
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Any
one
or more of the following shall constitute an Event of Default by Borrower
under
this Agreement:
8.1. If
Borrower fails to pay when due and payable, or when declared due and payable,
all or any portion of the Obligations owing to Bank (whether of principal,
interest, taxes, reimbursement of Bank Expenses, or otherwise) due pursuant
to
the Promissory Note, this Agreement and the Loan Term Sheet;
8.2. If
Borrower fails or neglects to perform, keep or observe any term, provision,
condition, covenant, agreement, warranty or representation contained in the
Promissory Note, this Agreement and the Loan Term Sheet, or any other present
or
future agreement between Borrower and Bank;
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8.3. If
any
representation, statement, report, or certificate made or delivered by Borrower,
or any of Borrower’s officers, employees or agents, to Bank is not true and
correct to the best of Borrower’s knowledge;
8.4. If
there
is a material impairment of the prospect of repayment of all or any portion
of
the Obligations owning to Bank or a material impairment of the value or priority
of Banks security interests in the collateral;
8.5. If
all or
any of Borrower’s assets are attached, seized, subjected to a writ or distress
warrant, or are levied upon, or come into the possession of any Judicial
Officer
or Assignee;
8.6. If
an
Insolvency Proceeding is commenced by or against Borrower;
8.7. If
Borrower is enjoined, restrained or in any way prevented by court order from
continuing to conduct all or any material part of Borrower’s business
affairs;
8.8. If
a
notice of lien, levy or assessment is filed of record with respect to any
or all
of Borrower’s material assets by the Unites States of America, or any
department, agency or instrumentality thereof, or by any state, county,
municipal or other governmental agency, or if any taxes or debts owing at
any
time hereafter to any one or more of such entities becomes a lien, whether
chosen or otherwise, upon any or all of the Borrower’s assets and or the same is
not paid on the payment date thereof and such lien, levy or assessment shall
not
have been discharged by payment in full within thirty (30) days;
8.9. If
a
judgment or other claim becomes a lien or encumbrance upon any or all of
Borrower’s assets;
8.10. If
there
is a default in any material agreement to which Borrower is a party with
third
parties resulting in a right by such third parties to accelerate the maturity
of
Borrower’s indebtedness;
8.11. If
Borrower makes any payment on account of indebtedness that has been subordinated
to the Obligations that has not been authorized by Bank;
8.12. If
any
material or intentional misrepresentation exists now or hereafter in any
warranty or representation made to Bank by any officer or director of Borrower,
or if any such warranty or representation is withdrawn or denied by any officer
or director;
8.13. If
any
party subordinating a claim to those of Bank or guarantying the Obligations,
or
any part thereof dies, terminates that subordination or guaranty, or becomes
the
subject of an Insolvency Proceeding; and
8.14. If
any
reportable event, which the Bank determines constitutes grounds for the
termination of any deferred compensation plan by the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation or for the appointment by the appropriate United States District
Court of a trustee to administer any such plan, shall have occurred and be
continuing thirty (30) days after written notice of such determination shall
have been given to Borrower by Bank, or any such plan shall be terminated
within
the meaning of Title IV of the Employment Retirement Income Security Act
(“ERISA”), or a trustee shall be appointed by the appropriate United States
District Court to administer any such plan, or the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation shall institute proceedings to terminate any plan and in case
of an
event described in this Section 8.14, the aggregate amount of Borrower’s
liability to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation under Sections 4062,
4063
or 4064 of ERISA shall exceed five percent (5%) of Borrower’s Tangible Net
Worth.
Notwithstanding
anything contained in this Article 8 to the contrary, Bank shall refrain
from
exercising its rights and remedies and an Event of Default shall thereafter
not
be deemed to have occurred by reason of the occurrence of any of the events
set
forth in Sections 8.5, 8.7 or 8.10 of this Agreement if, within ten (10)
days
from the date thereof, the same is released, discharged, dismissed, bonded
against or satisfied; provided, however, if any such event has occurred,
Bank
shall not be obligated to extend any credit accommodations to Borrower during
such cure period.
9.
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BANK’S
RIGHTS AND REMEDIES
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9.1. Upon
the
occurrence of an Event of Default by Borrower under this Agreement, Bank
may, at
Bank’s election, without notice of such election and without demand, do any one
or more of the following, all of which are authorized by Borrower:
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(a) Declare
all Obligations, whether evidenced by this Agreement, by notes, or otherwise,
immediately due and payable;
(b) Cease
advancing money or extending credit to or for the benefit of Borrower under
this
Agreement, or any other agreement between Borrower and Bank;
(c) Terminate
this Agreement as to any future liability or obligation of Bank, but without
affecting Bank’s rights and security interest in the Collateral and without
affecting the Obligations owning by Borrower to Bank;
(d) Without
notice to or demand upon Borrower or any guarantor, make such payments and
do
such acts as Bank considers necessary or reasonable to protect Bank’s security
interest in the Collateral. Borrower agrees to assemble the Collateral if
Bank
so requires, and to make the Collateral available to Bank as Bank may designate.
Borrower authorizes Bank to enter the premises where the Collateral is located,
take and maintain possession of the Collateral and the premises (at no charge
to
Bank), or any part thereof, and to pay, purchase, contest or compromise any
encumbrance, charge or lien which in the opinion of Bank appears to be prior
or
superior to Bank’s security interest and to pay all expenses incurred in
connection therewith;
(e) Without
constituting a retention of collateral in satisfaction of an obligation within
the meaning of Section 9505 of the Code or an action under California Code
of
Civil Procedure Section 726, apply any and all amounts maintained by Borrower
with Bank as deposit accounts (as that term is defined under Section 9105
of the
Code) or other accounts against the Obligations;
(f) Without
limiting Bank’s rights under any security interest, Bank is hereby granted a
license or other right to use, without charge, Borrower’s labels, patents,
copyrights, rights of use of any name, trade secrets, trade names, trademarks
and advertising matter, or any property of a similar nature, as it pertains
to
the Collateral, in completing production of, advertising for sale and selling
any Collateral, and Borrower’s rights under all licenses and all franchise
agreements shall inure to Bank’s benefit, and Bank shall have the right and
power to enter into sublicense agreements with respect to all such rights
with
third parties on terms acceptable to Bank;
(g) Ship,
reclaim, recover, store, finish, maintain, repair, prepare for sale, advertise
for sale, sell or dispose of (in the manner provided for herein) the Collateral;
and
(h) Sell
or
dispose of the Collateral at either public or private sales, or both, by
way of
one or more contracts or transactions, for cash or on terms, in such manner
and
at such places (including Borrower’s premises) as are commercially reasonable in
the opinion of Bank. It is not necessary that the Collateral be present at
any
such sale.
9.2. Bank
shall give notice of the disposition of the Collateral as follows:
(a) Bank
shall give Borrower, and each holder of a security interest in the Collateral
who has filed with Bank a written request for notice, a notice in writing
of the
time and place of public sale, or, if the sale is a private sale or some
other
disposition other than a public sale is to be made of the Collateral, the
time
on or after which the private sale or other disposition is to be
made;
(b) The
notice shall be personally delivered or mailed, postage prepaid, to Borrower
as
provided in Article 12 of this Agreement, at least five (5) calendar days
before
the date fixed for the sale, or at least five (5) calendar days before the
date
on or after which the private sale or other disposition is to be made, unless
the Collateral is perishable or threatens to decline speedily in value. Notice
to persons other than Borrower claiming an interest in the Collateral shall
be
sent to such addresses as they have furnished to Bank;
(c) If
the
sale is to be a public sale, Bank shall also give notice of the time and
place
by publishing notice one time at least five (5) calendar days before the
date of
the sale in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the
sale
is to be held; and Bank may credit bid and purchase at any public sale;
and
(d) Borrower
shall pay all reasonable and customary Bank Expenses incurred in connection
with
Bank’s enforcement and exercise of any of Bank’s rights and remedies as herein
provided, whether or not suit is commenced by Bank.
Any
deficiency, which exists after disposition of the Collateral as provided
above,
will be paid immediately by Borrower. Any excess will be returned, without
interest and subject to the rights of third parties, to Borrower by Bank,
or, in
Bank’s discretion, to any party who Bank believes, in good faith, is entitled
to
such excess.
9.3. Bank’s
rights and remedies under this Agreement 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
default on Borrower’s part shall be deemed a continuing waiver. No delay by Bank
shall constitute a waiver, election or acquiescence by Bank.
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10.
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TAXES
AND EXPENSES REGARDING THE
COLLATERAL
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If
Borrower fails to pay promptly when due, to any other person or entity, monies
which Borrower is required to pay by reason of any provision in this Agreement,
Bank may (after consultation with Borrower), but need not, pay the same and
charge Borrower’s account therefor, and Borrower shall promptly reimburse Bank.
All such sums shall become additional Obligations owning to Bank, shall bear
interest at the Default Rate hereinabove provided, and shall be secured by
the
Collateral. Any payments made by Bank shall not constitute: (a) an agreement
by
bank to make similar payments in the future, or (b) a waiver by bank of any
default under this Agreement. Bank need not inquire as to, or contest the
validity of, any such expense, tax, security interest, encumbrance or lien
and
the receipt of the usual official notice for the payment thereof shall be
conclusive evidence that the same was validly due and owing.
11.
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WAIVER
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11.1. Borrower
waives the right to direct the application of any and all payments, collections
or proceeds at any time or times hereafter received by Bank and Borrower
agrees
that Bank shall have the continuing exclusive right to apply and reapply
such
payments, collections or proceeds to the Obligations in any manner as Bank
may
deem advisable, notwithstanding any entry by Bank upon Bank’s
books.
11.2. Borrower
waives demand, protest, notice of protest, notice of default or dishonor,
notice
of payment and nonpayment, notice of any extension or renewal of any or all
commercial paper, accounts, documents, instruments, chattel paper, and
guaranties at any time held by Bank on which Borrower may in any way be
liable.
11.3. Bank
shall not in any way or manner be liable or responsible for: (a) the safekeeping
of the 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
Collateral shall be borne by Borrower.
11.4. Borrower
waives the right to assert a confidential relationship, if any, Borrower
may
have with any and all accountants, service bureaus and/or consultants in
connection with any information requested by Bank pursuant to or in accordance
with this Agreement, and agrees that Bank may contact directly and accountant,
service bureau and/or consultant in order to obtain such
information.
11.5. Borrower
and Bank each waive any right to trial by jury in any action or proceeding
relating to this Agreement or any transaction hereunder, or contemplated
hereunder, or any claim (including tort or breach of duty claims) or dispute
howsoever arising between Bank and Borrower.
11.6. In
the
event that Bank elects to waive any rights or remedies hereunder, or compliance
with any of the terms hereof, or delays or fails to pursue or enforce any
term,
such waiver, delay or failure to pursue or enforce shall only be effective
with
respect to that single act and shall not be construed to affect any subsequent
transactions or Bank’s right to later pursue such rights and
remedies.
11.7. Waiver
of Trial by Jury.
BORROWER AND BY ITS ACCEPTANCE OF THE BENEFITS HEREOF, BANK AGREES TO WAIVE
THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED
UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT. The scope of this waiver is intended
to
be all-encompassing of any and all disputes that may be filed in any court
and
that relate to the subject matter of this transaction, including without
limitation contract claims, tort claims, breach of duty claims and all other
common law and statutory claims. Borrower and, by its acceptance of the benefits
hereof, Bank each (i) acknowledges that this waiver is a material inducement
for
Borrower and Bank to enter into a business relationship, that Borrower and
Bank
have already relied on this waiver in entering into this Agreement or accepting
the benefits thereof, as the case may be, and that each will continue to
rely on
this waiver in their related future dealings, and (ii) further warrants and
represents that each has reviewed this waiver with its legal counsel, and
that
each knowingly and voluntarily waives its jury trial rights following
consultation with legal counsel. THIS WAIVER IS IRREVOCABLE, MEANING THAT
IT MAY
NOT BE MODIFIED EITHER ORALLY OR IN WRITING, AND THIS WAIVER SHALL APPLY
TO ANY
SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS TO THIS AGREEMENT.
In the event of litigation, this Agreement may be filed as a written consent
to
a trial by the court.
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12.
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NOTICES
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Except
for any notice required by applicable law to be given in another manner:
(a) all
notices provided for in this Agreement shall be in writing unless otherwise
provided in this Agreement; (b) each such notice to Borrower shall be given
by
mailing such notice by first-class mail, to Borrower’s address specified in the
Loan Term Sheet, or to such other address as Borrower may designate by notice
given to Bank in the manner provided herein; and (c) each such notice to
Bank
shall be given by mailing such notice by certified mail, return receipt
requested, to Bank’s address specified in the Loan Term Sheet, or to such other
address as Bank may designate by notice given to Borrower in the manner provided
herein. All notices provided for in this Agreement shall be deemed to have
been
given to Borrower or Bank if given in the manner specified herein.
13.
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DESTRUCTION
OF BORROWER’S DOCUMENTS
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Any
documents, schedules, invoices or other papers delivered to Bank may be
destroyed or otherwise disposed of by Bank six (6) months after they are
delivered to or received by Bank, unless Borrower does request, in writing,
the
return of said documents, schedules, invoices or other papers and makes
arrangements, at Borrower’s expense, for their return.
14.
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CHOICE
OF LAW AND VENUE
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This
Agreement shall be deemed to have been made in the State of California and
the
validity of this Agreement, its construction, interpretation and enforcement,
and the rights of the parties hereunder and concerning the Collateral, shall
be
determined under, governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of
the
State of California. The parties agree that all actions or proceedings arising
in connection with this Agreement shall be tried and litigated only in the
state
courts located in the City and County of San Francisco, State of California,
or
the federal courts located in the Northern District of California. Borrower
waives any right Borrower may have to assert the doctrine of forum non
conveniens or to object to such venue and hereby consents to any court-ordered
relief.
15.
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GENERAL
PROVISIONS
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15.1. This
Agreement shall be binding and deemed effective when executed by Borrower
and
accepted and executed by Bank.
15.2. This
Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of the respective successors
and
assigns of each of the parties; provided, however, that Borrower may not
assign
this Agreement or any rights hereunder without Bank’s prior written consent and
any prohibited assignment shall be absolutely void. No consent to an assignment
by Bank shall release Borrower or any guarantor from any of their respective
obligations to Bank. Bank may assign this Agreement and its rights and duties
hereunder. Bank reserves the right to sell, assign, transfer, negotiate or
grant
participation in all or any part of, or any interest in, Bank’s rights and
benefits hereunder. In connection therewith, Bank may disclose all documents
and
information which Bank now or hereafter may have relating to Borrower or
Borrower’s business.
15.3. Article
headings and section numbers have been set forth herein for convenience only.
Unless the contrary is compelled by the context, everything contained in
each
section applies equally to this entire Agreement.
15.4. Neither
this Agreement, nor any uncertainty or ambiguity herein shall be construed
or
resolved against Bank or Borrower, whether under any rule of construction
or
otherwise. On the contrary, this Agreement has been reviewed by all parties
and
shall be construed and interpreted according to the ordinary meaning of the
words used so as to fairly accomplish the purposes and intentions of the
parties
hereto.
15.5. Each
definition contained in this Loan and Security Agreement and/or Loan Term
Sheet
shall apply equally to both the singular and plural form of the term defined.
Each pronoun shall include the masculine, the feminine and neuter form,
whichever is appropriate to the context. The words “included”, “hereby”,
“hereof”, and “hereunder” shall each be deemed to refer to this entire Loan and
Security Agreement and not to any particular Section hereof. The word
“including” shall mean “including but not limited to”. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if any law is amended so as to broaden the meaning of any term
defined in it, such broader meaning shall apply subsequent to the effective
date
of such amendment. Where a defined term derives its meaning from a statutory
reference, and any reference or citation to a statute or regulation shall
be
deemed to include any amendments to that statute or regulation and judicial
and
administrative interpretations of it.
15.6. The
relationship of the parties hereto is that of creditor and debtor, and it
is
expressly understood and agreed that nothing contained herein or in the loan
documents shall be interpreted or construed to make the parties partners,
joint
venturers, or participants in any legal relationship other than as creditor
and
debtor. It is further expressly understood that Bank owes no fiduciary duties
to
Borrower.
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15.7. 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.
15.8. This
Agreement cannot be changed or terminated orally. Except as to currently
existing Obligations owing by Borrower to Bank, all prior agreements,
understandings, representations, warranties, and negotiations, if any, are
merged into this Agreement.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the
undersigned has caused this agreement to be executed by its officer thereunto
duly authorized and directed by a resolution of its Board f Directors duly
passed and adopted by a majority of said Board at a meeting thereof duly
called,
noticed and held.
Borrower
Sigma
Designs, Inc.
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Bank |
By:
Kit Tsui
Its:
Chief Financial Officer/Secretary
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Xxxxxx
Xxxx
Vice
President & Relationship Manager
Technology
Business Group
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LOAN
TERM SHEET NO. 2
(“Basic
Loan Information”)
Date:
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August
12, 2005
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Loan
Number:
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000-000000-0
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Borrower:
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Sigma
Designs, Inc.
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Borrower’s
Address:
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1221
California Circle
Milpitas,
CA 95035
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Maximum
Credit Limit:
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The
Maximum Credit Limit is $15,522,592.41,
and consists of the following credit facilities:
Facility
“A” :
·
$522,592.41
Thirty-Six (36) Months Fully Amortized Equipment Term Loan.
Facility
“B” consists of the following sublimits:
·
A
$15,000,000.00
Revolving Line of Credit sublimit for working capital financing
but in no
event
greater
than $15,000,000.00
or
the Borrowing Base limit whichever amount is lower.
·
A
$3,000,000.00
Revolving Line of Credit sublimit for the issuance of commercial
letters
of credit
and/or
Standby letters of credit, but in no event greater than $3,000,000.00
or
the Borrowing Base
limit
whichever amount is lower.
Facility
“C” consists of the following sublimit:
·
A
$5,000,000.00
Revolving Line of Credit sublimit for working capital financing.
This
sublimit
is
available so long as Borrower’s unrestricted cash at Bank exceeds
$10,000,000.00 at all
times
and the borrowing base under Facility “B” has been fully utilized.
· A
$3,000,000.00 Revolving Line of Credit sublimit for issuance
of commercial
letters of
credit
and/or Standby letters of credit provided that the borrowing
base under
Facility “B” has
been
fully utilized.
The
total outstanding balances under both Facilities “B” and “C” can not
exceed $15,000,000.00 at any one time.
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FACILITY
“A”
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TERM
LOAN FACILITY
|
Term
Loan Maximum Credit:
|
Five
Hundred Twenty Two Thousand Five Hundred Ninety-Two and 41/100
Dollars
($522,592.41).
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Index:
|
Wall
Street Journal Prime Rate (currently at 6.25%).
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Margin:
|
One-Half
of One Percentage Point (0.50%).
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Rate
(Index plus Margin):
|
Wall
Street Journal Prime Rate (currently at 6.25%) plus One-Half
of One
Percentage Point (0.50%) per annum, floating.
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Loan
Payment Method:
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By
monthly invoice.
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Payment
Date:
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The
5th day of the following month after the initial advance is
made.
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1
Maturity
Date:
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February
28, 2008.
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Loan
Term:
|
Thirty
Six (36) months.
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Amortization
Period:
|
Thirty
Six (36) months.
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Default
Interest Rate:
|
Two
Percentage Points (2.00%) plus Term Loan Rate.
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Late
Charge Percent:
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Five
Percentage Points (5.00%) times the overdue payment, Minimum
of
$50.00.
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Initial
Monthly Payment:
|
$19,002.22
(Principal and Interest)
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Collateral/Properties:
|
(1)
Specific
UCC-1 purchase
money security interest filing on the financed equipment.
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FACILITY
“B”
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REVOLVING
LOAN - ABL FACILITY
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Revolving
Line of Credit
Maximum
Credit:
|
Fifteen
Million and 00/100 Dollars ($15,000,000.00).
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Borrowing
Base Definitions:
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· The
term “Borrowing Base” is defined as the sum of the following:
(a) 80%
of the eligible accounts receivable. This
80% advance rate is subject to a collateral
audit
and its findings must be satisfactory to Bank. The advance
rate can be
reduced as
result
of the collateral audit as it will also review the quality
of the accounts
receivable and
any
related dilution based on a field examination of Borrower’s
assets.
(b) Credit
insured foreign receivables will be considered as eligible
accounts
receivable
but
advances on qualified foreign receivables cannot exceed $4,000,000.00.
Advance on
qualified
foreign receivables is subject to the satisfactory receipt
of the
Bank/Lender
Policy
Beneficiary endorsement, naming Bank as the beneficiary in
the Credit
Insurance Policy.
· All
receivables are eligible except for the following:
(a) The
amount of any unpaid trade invoices more than 90 days from
the invoice
date.
(b) Accounts
due from one account debtor representing 25%
or
more of total receivables.
Exceptions
may be allowed on accounts pre-approved by lender.
(c) Cross
aged accounts making up 50%
or
more. Exceptions may be allowed on accounts
pre-approved
by lender.
(d) Foreign
open accounts not insured by the credit insurance.
(e) Contra
accounts, inter-company accounts, consignment, promotion/demo
accounts,
affiliate
accounts, employee accounts, and credit memo.
(f) Government
accounts. Contracts with US government will require perfection
under the
Assignment
of Claims Act.
(g) Customer
deposits, account not arising out of normal course of trade
or
business.
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Index:
|
Wall
Street Journal Prime Rate (currently at 6.25%).
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Margin:
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One-Quarter
of One Percentage Point (0.25%).
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Rate
(Index plus Margin):
|
Wall
Street Journal Prime Rate (currently at 6.25%) plus One-Quarter
of One
Percentage Point (0.25%) per annum, floating.
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Loan
Payment Method:
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By
monthly invoice.
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Payment
Date:
|
The
5th day of the following month after the initial advance
is
made.
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2
Maturity
Date:
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August
_____,
2007.
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Default
Interest Rate:
|
Two
Percentage Points (2.00%) above the Rate.
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Late
Charge Percent:
|
Five
Percentage Points (5.00%) times the overdue payment, Minimum
of
$50.00.
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Collateral/Properties:
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(1)
UCC-1,
1st
position on all company assets with negative pledge on
Intellectual
Properties.
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FACILITY
“C”
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REVOLVING
LOAN - NON FORMULA LINE OF CREDIT
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Revolving
Line of Credit
Maximum
Credit:
|
Five
Million and 00/100 Dollars ($5,000,000.00).
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Definitions:
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The
full amount of the facility will be available so long as
Borrower’s
unrestricted cash at Bank exceeding $10million at all times
and Facility
“B” should be fully utilized (max out the borrowing
base).
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Index:
|
Wall
Street Journal Prime Rate (currently at 6.25%).
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Margin:
|
One-Quarter
of One Percentage Point (0.25%).
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Rate
(Index plus Margin):
|
Wall
Street Journal Prime Rate (currently at 6.25%) plus One-Quarter
of One
Percentage Point (0.25%) per annum, floating.
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Loan
Payment Method:
|
By
monthly invoice.
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Payment
Date:
|
The
5th day of the following month after the initial advance
is
made.
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Maturity
Date(s):
|
August
_____,
2007.
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Default
Interest Rate:
|
Two
Percentage Points (2%) above the Rate.
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Late
Charge Percent:
|
Five
Percentage Points (5.00%) times the overdue payment, Minimum
of
$50.00.
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Collateral/Properties:
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(1)
UCC-1,
1st
position on all company assets with negative pledge on
Intellectual
Properties.
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TERMS
COMMON TO REVOLVING LOAN - ABL FACILITY AND REVOLVING LOAN
- NON FORMULA
LINE OF CREDIT (Facilities “B”&“C”)
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Renewal
Fees:
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All
fees, charges and out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Bank
in connection
with the review and renewal of this facility, including
but not limited to
Collateral audits, documentation and legal fees, are for
the account of
the Borrower.
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Loan
Fees:
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$15,000.00
up front to Bank. (Facility “B” and Facility “C”) plus other out-of-pocket
expenses. An additional $15,000.00 will be due at the end
of the first
anniversary of the proposed line.
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Documentation
Transaction fees:
|
Bank’s
standard fees as announced from time to time are to be
paid by the
Borrower and 0.40% per annum for Standby L/C issued.
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Negative
Covenant:
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Without
the Bank’s prior written consent, no material change in management
is
allowed.
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Subordination:
|
All
amounts due to officers, directors, shareholders and note
payables due to
affiliates, if any, will be subordinated to Borrower’s obligations owing
to Bank, in form and substance that is satisfactory to
Bank.
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3
Unrestricted
Cash:
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“Unrestricted
Cash” is defined as monies on deposit with Bank that is not
pledged or
secured.
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Restricted
Cash:
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“Restricted
Cash” is defined as monies on deposit with Bank that is pledged
or
secured.
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Reporting
Requirements:
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Borrower
agrees to deliver the following to Bank:
(1)
Monthly
interim financial statements with compliance certificate
within 30 days
after month end.
(2)
Monthly
Xxxxxx Micro Sell Through Report within 30 days after
month
end.
(3)
Monthly
Accounts Receivable aging, Accounts Payable aging and
borrowing base
certificate
within
30 days after month end.
(4)
Annual
CPA-Audited financial statements with compliance certificate
within 120
days after fiscal
year
end.
(5)
Annual
Field Examination.
(6)
Annual
projections or budget within 30 days prior to fiscal
year
end.
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Financial
Covenants:
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Borrower
agrees to maintain the following financial covenants
for all three
facilities unless otherwise stipulated:
(1)
Minimum
Monthly Adjusted Quick Ratio of 2.00 to 1.00
-
Prior to the transfer of primary depository and investment
relationships
to
Bank:
(Adjusted
Quick Ratio is defined as [Unrestricted Cash and Cash
Equivalent plus
Accounts
Receivable] divided by Current Liabilities).
-
After
the transfer of primary depository and investment relationships
to
Bank:
(Adjusted
Quick Ratio is defined as [Unrestricted Cash and Cash
Equivalent at
Bank
plus Accounts Receivable] divided by Current
Liabilities).
(2)
Minimum
Quarterly Debt Service Coverage Ratio of 2.00 to 1.00.
(Debt
Service Coverage Ratio is defined as “Annualized Earnings Before
tax,
depreciation
and amortization on a trailing four-quarter basis divided
by
annual
debt
repayment under the proposed facility”.
Bank
waives a potential DSC covenant violation for only the
quarter ending
7/31/2005.
(3)
Maximum
Monthly Leverage Ratio of 1.50 to 1.00 (Facility B- ABL
Facility)
(Leverage
Ratio is defined as Total Liabilities [net of any Subordinated
Debts]
divided
by Tangible Net Worth ). Tangible Net Worth is Net Worth
plus
Subordinated
Debts minus Intangible Assets including Restricted Cash.
(4)
Quarterly
profitability of exceeding 1.00. (Facility B - ABL Facility)
(One
quarterly loss per fiscal year up to $1,000,000.00 is
allowed,
provided
profitability
is achieved for that fiscal year. Quarterly Profitability
will be
tested
for
the reporting period after August 1, 2005).
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Insurance
Requirements:
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· Borrower
to purchase and maintain business insurance with business
personal
property
coverage
and naming Bank as Lender Loss Payee.
· Insurance
policy must be issued by carrier acceptable to Bank.
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Audit:
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Lender
reserves the right to conduct on-site examination on
the Borrower’s
account receivables and inventories, in addition to other
books and
records, at any time through Lender’s appointed auditor once
a year
at
Borrower’s cost.
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Conditions
Precedent:
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· Satisfactory
review of collateral audit by Bank.
· The
Company is required to transfer the primary depository
and investment
relationships
to
Bank so long as Bank could effectively provide all banking
services to the
Company.
Once
the primary depository and investment relationship is
transferred to
Bank,
Borrower
shall maintain its primary operating and investment accounts
at or through
Bank
including at least 85% of the Company’s domestic cash and
investment.
To
the extent that Borrower maintains cash/investments elsewhere,
an Account
Control
Agreement
shall be executed by Bank, Borrower, and Borrower’s
Brokerage/other
financial
institutions in order that Bank can perfect its security
interest.
· Receipt
of UCC termination from Silicon Valley Bank.
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Collateral/Properties:
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UCC-1
first position filing on all of the Borrower’s with negative pledge on
Intellectual Properties.
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Events
of Default:
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In
addition to the Events of Default given in the Loan and
Security Agreement
the following are also Events of Default:
(a) Facilities
“A”, “B” and “C” are cross-collateralized with each other, and, should
Borrower’s
failure
to comply with any of the terms and conditions of Facilities
“A”, “B” and
“C” of
this
loan will constitute an Event of Default.
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Miscellaneous:
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“Intellectual
Property” means all present and future (a) copyrights, copyright
rights,
copyright applications, copyright registrations and like
protections in
each work of authorship and derivative work thereof,
whether published or
unpublished, (b) trade secret rights, including all rights
to unpatented
inventions and know-how, and confidential information;
(c) mask work or
similar rights available for the protection of semiconductor
chips; (d)
patents, patent applications and like protections including
without
limitation improvements, divisions, continuations, renewals,
reissues,
extensions and continuations-in-part of the same; (e)
trademarks,
servicemarks, trade styles, and trade names, whether
or not any of the
foregoing are registered, and all 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 any such
trademarks; (f) computer software and computer software
products; (g)
designs and design rights; (h) technology; (I) all claims
for damages by
way of past, present and future infringement of any of
the rights included
above; (j) all licenses or other rights to use any property
or rights of a
type described above.
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This
Loan Term Sheet dated No. 2 as of August
12, 2005
supercedes the previous Loan Term Sheet and forms an integral part of the
Loan
and Security Agreement and Term Promissory Note each dated February
8, 2005 and
the Revolving
Promissory Note, and
Loan and Security Agreement ( For Facilities B & C) dated
August
12, 2005.
Any capitalized terms used in this Loan Term Sheet No. 2 if not defined
herein
shall have the meanings given to such terms in the said Loan and Security
Agreements, Term Promissory Note and/or Revolving Promissory Note.
Borrower
Sigma
Designs, Inc.
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Bank
United
Commercial Bank
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By:
Kit Tsui
Its:
Chief Financial Officer/Secretary
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Xxxxxx
Xxxx
Vice
President & Relationship Manager
Technology
Business Group
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UNITED
COMMERCIAL BANK
000
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
REVOLVING
PROMISSORY NOTE
Loan No.: |
000-000000-0
Facilities “B’ and “C”
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August 12, 0000
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx
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BASIC
LOAN INFORMATION.
The
information set forth in the then current Loan Term Sheet executed
by
Sigma
Designs, Inc. (“Borrower”)
and United
Commercial Bank
(“Bank”)
as such term is defined in the Loan and Security Agreement dated
as of
August
12, 2005
executed
by Borrower and Bank (sometimes referred to as the "Basic Loan
Information") is
intended to supplement and/or summarize the provisions set forth
in this
Revolving Promissory Note (the “Note”). Each reference in this Note to any of
the terms set forth in the then current Loan Term Sheet shall mean
the
respective information set forth next to such term as amplified,
construed or
supplemented by the particular section(s) of this Note pertaining
to such
information. In the event of a conflict between the provisions
of the Loan Term
Sheet and this Note, this Note shall control.
1.
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BORROWER'S
PROMISE TO PAY.
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1.1.
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For
value received, the above named Borrower promises to
pay the Maximum
Credit Limit, or such lesser amount as shall be advanced
hereunder, plus
interest, to the order of United Commercial Bank or its
assign (the
"Bank"), on the Maturity Date, at 000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx, or at such other place as the holder of this
Note may from
time to time require.
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1.2.
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This
Note is secured by the Collateral and any Properties
listed in the Loan
Term Sheet and evidenced by the Loan and Security Agreement,
UCC-1
Financing Statements covering the Collateral and Deed(s)
of Trust covering
the Properties, if any.
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2. |
INTERESTRATE
AND PAYMENT
TERMS.
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2.1.
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Adjustable
Interest Rate.
The Interest Rate will be based on the Index and will
be adjusted
periodically as the Index changes. The Interest Rate
is a variable or
floating rate and shall be the sum of the Wall
Street Journal Prime Rate (the “Index”) and One-Quarter of One Percentage
Point (0.25%) (the “Margin”),
(The Index and Margin are collectively the Rate). The
interest rate
determined shall be adjusted from time to time on the
effective date of
any changes to the Index as stated by the Wall Street
Journal. If at any
time the index is no longer available, Bank, with notice
to Borrower, will
choose a new Index that is based on comparable
information.
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2.2.
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Computation
of Interest.
Interest shall be computed on the basis of a three hundred
sixty (360) day
year and actual days elapsed, which results in more interest
than if a
three hundred sixty-five (365) day year were
used.
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2.3.
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Payment
Terms.
Borrower shall make payments on the Loan as provided
in the Payment Method
starting on the First Payment Date and continuing on
the same date of each
succeeding Payment Period thereafter with a final payment
of all remaining
unpaid principal, interest and other sums due under this
Note due and
payable on the Maturity Date.
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2.4.
|
Notice
of Changes.
Bank will give Borrower notice of any changes in the
payments as from time
to time necessary, but the effectiveness and date of
such changes shall
not be affected by such notice or the lack
thereof.
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2.5.
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Loan
Payments:
Borrower agrees to make all payments of principal and
interest in lawful
money of the United States of America free from any offset,
deduction, or
counterclaim and expressly waives all rights to compensation
of cross
demand it might otherwise have. Checks constitute payment
only when
collected. Each payment, when received, shall be applied
in the following
order: if an Event of Default exists: (1) reasonable
costs, fees, charges,
and advances paid or incurred by Bank or payable by Bank
and interest
thereon pursuant to any provision of this Note, the Loan
and Security
Agreement or any Deed of Trust or any other loan document
securing this
Note, in such order as Bank, in Bank's sole discretion,
elects, (2)
interest payable under this Note and the Loan and Security
Agreement, and
(3) principal payable under this Note and the Loan and
Security Agreement;
if no Event of Default exists: (1) interest payable under
this Note and
the Loan and Security Agreement, and (2) principal payable
under this Note
and the Loan and Security
Agreement.
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3. |
PREPAYMENTS.
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Borrower
has the right to prepay principal in whole or in part, without
fee or premium,
at any time. Bank will use all of the prepayments to reduce the
amount of
principal that is owed under this Note. Unless Bank otherwise agrees
in writing,
a partial prepayment will not be applied to, nor permit Borrower
to delay, the
next regularly scheduled payment due hereunder.
4. |
LATE
PAYMENTS.
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If
Bank
has not received the full amount of any periodic payment by the
end of 15
calendar days after the date it is due, Borrower will pay a late
charge to Bank.
The amount of the late charge will be equal to the Late Charge
Percent times the
overdue payment (whether the overdue payment is an interest only
payment or a
principal and interest payment). Borrower will pay this late charge
only once on
any late payment. It is agreed that the late payment charges provided
for herein
are made for the purpose of compensating Bank for the expense and
damages Bank
will suffer as a result of the failure of Borrower to make such
payments when
due. Such expenses and damages include, but are not limited to,
additional costs
in servicing the loan, including sending out notices of delinquency,
computing
delinquent interest, making additional inspections of the Collateral
and any
Properties, segregating delinquent sums from sums not delinquent
on all account,
loan and data processing records, loss to Bank of use of the sums
not paid when
due, and the loss, difficulty, and expense suffered by Bank in
meeting its
financial commitments. Borrower agrees further that it is extremely
difficult
and impractical to ascertain the extent and monetary amount of
such damages;
therefore, it is agreed further that the late charges provided
for herein
constitute a reasonable estimate of the fair and reasonable average
loss and
damages Bank will suffer as a result of such default and that such
amount is
presumed to be the amount of damages sustained by Bank in the event
of default
in making said payments when due. In the event any payment of interest
is not
paid when due, at the option of Bank, such interest shall be added
to the unpaid
principal sum and thereafter earn interest at the rate of interest
herein
provided.
5.
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LOAN
CHARGES.
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If
a law
that applies to this loan and which sets maximum loan charges is
finally
interpreted so that the interest or other loan charges collected
or to be
collected in connection with this loan exceed the permitted limits,
then: (i)
any such loan charge shall be reduced by the amount necessary to
reduce the
charge to the permitted limit; and (ii) any sums already collected
which
exceeded permitted limits will be refunded. The Bank may choose
to make this
refund by reducing the principal owed under this Note or by making
a direct
payment to Borrower. If a refund reduces principal, the reduction
will be
treated as a partial prepayment but shall not give rise to any
prepayment
fee.
6.
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INTEREST
AFTER DEFAULT OR MATURITY.
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In
the
event any portion of the principal sum remains unpaid after the
Maturity Date or
if any event has occurred or failed to occur which, after notice,
passage of
time or both, shall constitute an Event of Default under this Note,
or under the
Loan and Security Agreement or any Deed of Trust securing this
Note, or under
any other instrument or agreement securing this Note or relating
to the loan
evidenced by this Note and the Loan and Security Agreement, or
the Properties
described in any Deeds of Trust, Borrower agrees to pay interest
on such
principal sum at the Default Interest Rate. Nothing contained in
this paragraph
shall be deemed to renew or extend the term of this Note or constitute
a waiver
or release of any right Bank may have to enforce collection of
this Note or its
security thereof.
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7.
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EVENTS
OF DEFAULT.
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The
occurrence of any of the Events of Default provided in the Loan
and Security
Agreement and Loan Term Sheet shall, at the option of the holder
of this Note,
make all sums of interest and principal under this Note immediately
due and
payable without notice of default, presentment or demand for payment,
protest or
notice of nonpayment or dishonor, or other notices or demands of
any kind or
character.
8.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
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8.1.
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Giving
of Notices.
Except for any notice required by applicable law to be
given in another
manner: (a) all notices provided for in this Note shall
be in writing
unless otherwise provided in this Note or the Loan and
Security Agreement;
(b) each such notice to Borrower shall be given by mailing
such notice by
first-class mail, to Borrower’s address specified in the Loan Term Sheet,
or to such other address as Borrower may designate by
notice given to Bank
in the manner provided herein; and (c) each such notice
to Bank shall be
given by mailing such notice by certified mail, return
receipt requested,
to Bank’s address specified in the Loan Term Sheet, or to such
other
address as Bank may designate by notice given to Borrower
in the manner
provided herein. All notices provided for in this Note
and the Loan and
Security Agreement shall be deemed to have been given
to Borrower or Bank
if given in the manner specified
herein.
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8.2.
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Fees
and Costs.
If Bank refers this Note to any attorney for collection
or seeks legal
advice following a default under this Note or under the
Loan and Security
Agreement or any Deeds of Trust or other security agreements
securing this
Note, or if an action is instituted on this Note, or
if any other judicial
or non-judicial action is instituted by Bank or by any
other person and an
attorney is employed by Bank to appear in any such action
or proceeding or
to reclaim, sequester, protect, preserve, or enforce
Bank's interest in
the real property security or any other security for
this Note including,
but not limited to, proceedings to foreclose the loan
evidenced hereby,
proceedings under the federal Bankruptcy Code, or in
eminent domain, or
under the probate code, or in connection with any state
or federal tax
lien, or in connection with disputes regarding the proper
disbursement of
construction loan funds, the undersigned Borrower and
every endorser and
guarantor hereof and every person who assumes the obligations
evidenced by
this Note, the Loan and Security Agreement and the loan
documents securing
the same, jointly and severally promise to pay reasonable
attorney's fees
for services performed by the Bank’s attorney, including but not limited
to staff counsel, and all costs and expense incurred
incident to such
employment.
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8.3.
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Governing
Law.
This Note shall be deemed to have been made in the State
of California and
the validity of this Note, its construction, interpretation
and
enforcement, and the rights of the parties hereunder
and concerning the
Collateral and Properties, if any, shall be determined
under, governed by
and construed in accordance with the laws of the State
of California. The
parties agree that all actions or proceedings arising
in connection with
this Note shall be tried and litigated only in the state
courts located in
the City and County of San Francisco, State of California,
or the federal
courts located in the Northern District of California.
Borrower waives any
right Borrower may have to assert the doctrine of forum
non conveniens or
to object to such venue and hereby consents to any court-ordered
relief.
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8.4.
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Severability.
If any provision of this Note or any of the other loan
documents is
construed or interpreted by a court of competent jurisdiction
to be void,
invalid or unenforceable, such decision shall affect
only those provisions
so construed or interpreted and shall not affect the
remaining provisions
of this Note or the other loan documents.
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8.5.
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Number
and Gender; Definitions.
Any capitalized terms which are not defined herein but
are defined in the
Loan and Security Agreement and/or Loan Term Sheet shall
have the meanings
ascribed to them in the Loan and Security Agreement and/or
Loan Term
Sheet. Each definition contained in this Note, the Loan
and Security
Agreement or Loan Term Sheet shall apply equally to both
the singular and
plural form of the term defined. Each pronoun shall include
the masculine,
the feminine and neuter form, whichever is appropriate
to the context. The
words “included”, “hereby”, “hereof”, and “hereunder” shall each be deemed
to refer to this entire Note and not to any particular
Section hereof. The
word “including” shall mean “including but not limited to”.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any law is amended
so as to broaden the
meaning of any term defined in it, such broader meaning
shall apply
subsequent to the effective date of such amendment. Where
a defined term
derives its meaning from a statutory reference, and any
reference or
citation to a statute or regulation shall be deemed to
include any
amendments to that statute or regulation and judicial
and administrative
interpretations of it.
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8.6.
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Borrower
and Bank; No Joint Venture.
The relationship of the parties hereto is that of creditor
and debtor, and
it is expressly understood and agreed that nothing contained
herein or in
the loan documents shall be interpreted or construed
to make the parties
partners, joint venturers, or participants in any legal
relationship other
than as creditor and debtor. It is further expressly
understood that Bank
owes no fiduciary duties to
Borrower.
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8.7.
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Remedies.
No right, power, or remedy given to Bank by the terms
of this Note or in
the loan documents is intended to be exclusive of any
other right, power,
or remedy, and each and every such right, power, or remedy
shall be
cumulative and in addition to every other right, power,
or remedy given to
Bank by the terms of any of the loan documents or by
any statute against
Borrower or any other person. Every right, power, and
remedy of Bank shall
continue in full force and effect until such right, power,
or remedy is
specifically waived by an instrument in writing, executed
by
Bank.
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8.8.
|
Headings.
The subject headings of the paragraphs of this Note are
included for
purposes of convenience only and shall not affect the
construction or
interpretation of any of its provisions.
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8.9.
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Time
of Essence.
Time is of the essence of this
Note.
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8.10.
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Joint
Liability.
The obligations of the undersigned under this Note, if
there is more than
one signing this Note as Borrower, are joint and
several.
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8.11.
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Assignment.
Bank or other holder of this Note may assign all of its
rights, title and
interest in this Note to any person, firm, corporation
or other entity
without the consent of Borrower. Borrower has no right
to assign any of
its rights hereunder.
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8.12.
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Waivers.
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8.12.1.
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Other
than as provided herein, Borrower waives the right to
direct the
application of any and all payments, collections or proceeds
at any time
or times hereafter received by Bank and Borrower agrees
that Bank shall
have the continuing exclusive right to apply and reapply
such payments,
collections or proceeds to the Obligations in any manner
as Bank may deem
advisable, notwithstanding any entry by Bank upon Bank’s
books.
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8.12.2.
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Borrower
waives demand, protest, notice of protest, notice of
default or dishonor,
notice of payment and nonpayment, notice of any extension
or renewal of
any or all commercial paper, accounts, documents, instruments,
chattel
paper, and guaranties at any time held by Bank on which
Borrower may in
any way be liable.
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8.12.3.
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In
the event that Bank elects to waive any rights or remedies
hereunder, or
compliance with any of the terms hereof, or delays or
fails to pursue or
enforce any term, such waiver, delay or failure to pursue
or enforce shall
only be effective with respect to that single act and
shall not be
construed to affect any subsequent transactions or Bank’s right to later
pursue such rights and remedies.
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8.12.4.
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Waiver
of Trial by Jury.
BORROWER AND, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE OF THE BENEFITS HEREOF,
BANK AGREE TO
WAIVE THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY
CLAIM OR CAUSE OF
ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS NOTE. The scope
of this waiver is
intended to be all-encompassing of any and all disputes
that may be filed
in any court and that relate to the subject matter of
this transaction,
including without limitation contract claims, tort claims,
breach of duty
claims and all other common law and statutory claims.
Borrower and, by its
acceptance of the benefits hereof, Bank each (i) acknowledges
that this
waiver is a material inducement for Borrower and Bank
to enter into a
business relationship, that Borrower and Bank have already
relied on this
waiver in entering into this Agreement or accepting the
benefits thereof,
as the case may be, and that each will continue to rely
on this waiver in
their related future dealings, and (ii) further warrants
and represents
that each has reviewed this waiver with its legal counsel,
and that each
knowingly and voluntarily waives its jury trial rights
following
consultation with legal counsel. THIS WAIVER IS IRREVOCABLE,
MEANING THAT
IT MAY NOT BE MODIFIED EITHER ORALLY OR IN WRITING, AND
THIS WAIVER SHALL
APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS
OR MODIFICATIONS
TO THIS AGREEMENT. In the event of litigation, this Note
may be filed as a
written consent to a trial by the
court.
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9.
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REVOLVING
NOTE.
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During
the term of this Note, Borrower may borrow, repay principal amounts
and
re-borrow them so long as the outstanding principal balance does
not exceed the
amount set forth as the Maximum Credit Limit in the Loan Term Sheet
and so long
as no Event of Default has occurred under the Loan and Security
Agreement and
Loan Term Sheet and Borrower is in full, faithful and timely compliance
with
each and all the covenants, conditions, warranties and representations
contained
in the Loan and Security Agreement, Loan Term Sheet, this Note,
any Deeds of
Trust and/or any other agreement between Bank and Borrower, Bank
will make
advances, on a revolving basis, for working capital, provided,
however, in no
event shall Bank be obligated to make advances to Borrower whenever
the Daily
Balance exceeds the Maximum Credit Limit subject to the Borrowing
Base, if any,
or will be exceeded if a further advance is made pursuant to this
Note and the
Loan and Security Agreement and Loan Term Sheet.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,
the
undersigned have caused this Note to be executed by its officer
thereunto duly
authorized and directed by a resolution of its Board of Directors
duly passed
and adopted by a majority of said Board at a meeting thereof duly
called,
noticed and held.
Borrower
Sigma
Designs, Inc.
By
: Kit
Tsui
Its
:
Chief financial Officer/Secretary
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NEGATIVE
PLEDGE AGREEMENT
This
Negative Pledge Agreement is made as of August
12, 2005,
by and
between Sigma Designs, Inc. (“Borrower”) and United Commercial Bank (“UCB” or
“Bank”).
In
connection with, Loan
No.
000-000000-0:
the Loan
and Security Agreements, Loan Term
Sheets No. 1 & 2,
Revolving Promissory Note and
other
documents executed by Bank
and
Borrower
(Collectively known as “Loan Documents”) being concurrently executed herewith
between Borrower and Bank, Borrower agrees as follows:
1. |
Borrower
shall not sell, transfer, assign, mortgage, pledge, lease, grant
a
security interest in or encumber any of Borrower’s intellectual property,
including, without limitation, the following:
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a.
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Any
and all copyright rights, copyright applications, copyright registrations
and like protections in each work or authorship and derivative
work
thereof, whether published or unpublished and whether or not
the same also
constitutes a trade secret, now or hereafter existing, created,
acquired
or held;
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b.
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Any
and all trade secrets, and any and all intellectual property
rights in
computer software and computer software products now or hereafter
existing, created, acquired or
held;
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c.
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Any
and all design rights which may be available to Borrower now
or hereafter
existing, created, acquired or
held;
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d.
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All
patents, patent applications and like protections including,
without
limitation, improvements, divisions, continuations, renewals,
reissues,
extensions and continuations-in-part of the same, including without
limitation the patents and patent
applications;
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e.
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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 any
symbolized
by such trademarks, including without
limitation;
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f.
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Any
and all claims for damages by way of past, present and future
infringements of any of the rights included above, with the right,
but not
the obligation, to xxx for and collect such damages for said
use or
infringement of the intellectual property rights identified above;
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g.
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All
licenses or other rights to use any of the Copyrights, Patent
or
Trademarks, and all license fees and royalties arising from such
use to
the extent permitted by such license or rights; and
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h.
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All
amendments, extensions, renewals and extensions of any of the
Copyrights,
Trademarks or Patents; and
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i.
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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;
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2.
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It
shall be an event of default under the Loan Documents between
Borrower and
Bank if there is a breach of any term of this Negative Pledge
Agreement.
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3.
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Capitalized
terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the same
meaning as
in the Loan Documents.
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BORROWER:
SIGMA
DESIGNS, INC.
By:
____________________________
Name:
__________________________
Title:
___________________________
Bank:
UNITED
COMMERCIAL BANK
By:
___________________________
Name:
_________________________
Title:
__________________________