LOAN AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.18
THIS LOAN
AGREEMENT ("Agreement") is made and entered into as of the 31St day of
January, 2007, by and among Lightning Poker, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation
(the "Company"), and those entities and persons listed on Schedule I
(collectively, the "Lenders" and individually, a
"Lender").
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS,
the Company is in need of working capital, and the Lenders are willing to loan
the necessary funds to the Company on the terms and conditions hereinafter set
forth.
NOW,
THEREFORE, intending to be legally bound, the parties hereby agree as
follows:
1. Loans.
(a)
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Subject
to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, each Lender
severally agrees to loan to the Company the principal amount set forth
opposite its name on Schedule I
(collectively, the "Loans" and individually, a "Loan"). The Loans
will be evidenced by the Company's Promissory Notes in substantially the
form attached hereto as Exhibit A
(collectively, the "Notes" and individually, a "Note"). The Loans
shall be secured by a Security Agreement among the Company and the Lenders
in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D (the
"Security Agreement"), an Intellectual Property Security Agreement for
Patents and Trademarks in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit E (the
"Intellectual Property Security Agreement for Patents and Trademarks"),
and an Intellectual Property Security Agreement for Copyrights and Mask
Works in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit F (the
"Intellectual Property Security Agreement for Copyrights and Mask Works").
The Security Agreement, the Intellectual Property Security Agreement for
Patents and Trademarks and the Intellectual Property Security Agreement
for Copyrights and Mask Works are hereinafter sometimes referred to
collectively as the "Security Agreements." This Agreement, the Notes, the
Warrants (as defined below) and the Security Agreements may hereinafter be
referred to collectively as the "Loan Documents, and individually as a
"Loan Document."
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(b)
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Subject
to the conditions set forth herein, at the Closing (as hereinafter
defined) each Lender listed on Schedule I
under the heading "Closing Date" shall advance its respective Loan
amount to the Company as specified for the Closing Date (as
hereinafter defined). The consummation of the
transactions referred to in this Section 1 by the Lenders shall constitute
the Closing (the "Closing"). The date on which the Closing takes place is
referred to herein as the "Closing Date." The Closing shall take place via
telecopier (or similar means of electronic transmission) and overnight
mail at the offices of Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx, P.C., Xxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx 00000, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Standard
Time on the date hereof, or at such other place and time or on such other
date as the Requisite Lenders (as hereinafter defined) and the Company may
agree. At the Closing, the Company shall deliver to each Lender the
deliverables as required hereunder and each Lender shall advance, by way
of check or wire transfer, in immediately available funds, its respective
Loan amount to the Company.
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2. Warrants.
(a)
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As
partial consideration for the Loans, the Company shall issue and deliver
to each Lender on the Closing Date a warrant to purchase $500,000 worth of
the shares of the Company's capital stock issued in the next equity
financing ("Stock") in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the
"Warrants"). The exercise price for each share of Stock shall be at a 50%
of the price per share of Stock issued in the Company's next equity
financing in which the Company issues and sells shares of its preferred
stock.
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(b)
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The
Company and the Lenders hereby agree that the entire issue price for the
Notes and the Warrants shall be allocated to the Notes for purposes of
Treasury Regulation Section
1.1273-2(h).
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3.
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Use of Proceeds.
The Company shall use the proceeds of the Loans for working capital
purposes in a manner approved by the Company's Board of
Directors.
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4. Lenders'
Agent.
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(a)
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The
Lenders hereby appoint The Co-Investment Fund II, L.P. ("CI-II") to act as
Lenders' Agent (the "Lenders' Agent") as herein specified for the Lenders
under this Agreement and the Notes. Each of the Lenders does hereby accept
and agree to all the terms and conditions of the Loan Documents. Each of
the Lenders hereby irrevocably authorizes, and each holder of any Note by
the acceptance of a Note shall be deemed irrevocably to authorize the
Lenders' Agent to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of
the Loan Documents and any other instruments and agreements referred to
herein, and to exercise such powers and to perform such duties hereunder
and thereunder, as are specifically delegated to or required of the
Lenders' Agent by the terms hereof and thereof, together with such powers
as are reasonably incidental thereto. CI-II agrees to act as the Lenders'
Agent on behalf of the Lenders to the extent provided in the Loan
Documents.
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(b)
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The
Lenders' Agent may perform any of its duties under the Loan Documents by
or through agents or employees and shall be entitled to advice of counsel
concerning all matters pertaining to its duties under the Loan
Documents.
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(c)
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The
Lenders' Agent shall not have duties or responsibilities except those
expressly set forth in the Loan Documents. The duties of the Lenders'
Agent shall be mechanical and administrative in nature; the Lenders' Agent
shall not have by reason of any Loan Document a fiduciary relationship in
respect of any Lender; and nothing in any Loan Document, expressed or
implied, is intended to or shall be so construed as to impose upon the
Lenders' Agent any obligations in respect of any Loan Document, except as
expressly set forth herein or therein. Each Lender expressly acknowledges
(i) that the Lenders' Agent has not made any representations or warranties
to it and that no act by the Lenders' Agent hereafter taken, including any
review of the affairs of the Company, shall be deemed to constitute any
representation or warranty by the Lenders' Agent to any Lender; (ii) that
it has made and will make its own independent investigation of the
financial condition and affairs and its own appraisal of the
credit-worthiness of the Company in connection with the making of the
Loans hereunder; (iii) that it has made its own independent investigation
of the legal matters relating to the Loan
Documents.
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(d)
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The
Lenders' Agent agrees, upon the written instructions of the Lenders
holding a majority of the outstanding aggregate principal balance of the
Notes (the "Requisite Lenders") to take any action of the type specified
as being within the Lenders' Agent's rights, powers or discretion herein.
In the absence of instructions by the Requisite Lenders, the Lenders'
Agent shall have authority, in its sole discretion, to take or not to take
any such action, unless the Loan Documents specifically require the
consent of the Requisite Lenders. Any action taken pursuant to such
instructions or discretion shall be binding on all the Lenders and on all
holders of Notes. No Lender shall have any right of action whatsoever
against the Lenders' Agent as a result of the Lenders' Agent acting or
refraining from acting under the Loan Documents in accordance with the
instructions of the Requisite Lenders, or in the absence of such
instructions, in the absolute discretion of the Lenders' Agent except for
actions resulting from gross negligence or willful
misconduct.
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(e)
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Neither
the Lenders' Agent nor any of its directors, officers, partners, members,
managers, employees or agents shall be liable to any Lender for any action
taken or omitted to be taken by it or them hereunder or under the Loan
Documents, or in connection herewith or therewith, unless caused by its or
their own gross negligence or willful misconduct. In performing its
functions and duties hereunder on behalf of the Lenders, the Lenders'
Agent shall exercise the same care which it would exercise in dealing with
loans for its own account, but it shall not (i) be responsible in any
manner to any of the Lenders for the effectiveness, enforceability,
genuineness, validity or the due execution of the Loan Documents, or for
any recital, representation, warranty, document, certificate, report or
statement herein or made or furnished under or in connection with the Loan
Documents, or (ii) be under any obligation to any of the Lenders to
ascertain or to inquire as to the performance or observance of any of the
terms, covenants or conditions hereof or thereof on the part of the
Company, or the financial condition of the Company, or the existence or
possible existence of an event of
default.
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(f)
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The
Lenders' Agent shall be entitled to rely upon any writing, email,
telegram, telecopy, telex or teletype message, resolution, notice,
consent, certificate, letter, cablegram, statement, or order or other
document or phone conversation by telephone or otherwise believed by it to
be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by an
authorized person, and upon opinions of counsel and other professional
advisers selected by the Lenders'
Agent.
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(g)
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The
Lenders' Agent may deem and treat any payee of any Note as the owner
thereof for all purposes hereof unless and until written notice of the
assignment or transfer thereof shall have been filed with the Lenders'
Agent. Any request, authority or consent of any legal entity who at the
time of making such request or giving such authority or consent is the
holder of any Note shall be conclusive and binding on any subsequent
holder, transferee or assignee of such Note or of any Note or Notes issued
in exchange therefor.
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(h)
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The
Lenders agree among themselves that, with respect to all amounts received
by any Lender for application on any obligation hereunder or on the Notes,
equitable adjustment will be made so that, in effect, all such amounts
will be shared ratably among the Lenders, in proportion to the sum of the
amounts then outstanding under the Notes, whether received by voluntary
payment, by realization upon security, by the exercise of the right of
set-off or banker's lien, by counterclaim or cross action or any other
non-pro rata source.
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(i)
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The
Lenders' Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to
the Lenders and to the Company. Upon any such resignation, the Lenders
holding at least a majority of the outstanding aggregate principal balance
of the Loans shall have the right to appoint a successor Lenders' Agent.
If a successor Lenders' Agent is not appointed, or has not accepted such
appointment within 30 days after the retiring Lenders' Agent's giving of
notice of resignation, then the retiring Lenders' Agent may (but shall not
be required to), on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Lenders'
Agent which shall be a holder of one or more of the Notes. Upon the
acceptance by a successor Lenders' Agent of its appointment as Lenders'
Agent hereunder, such successor Lenders' Agent shall thereupon succeed to
and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of
the retiring Lenders' Agent, and the retiring Lenders' Agent shall be
discharged from its duties under this Agreement. After any retiring
Lenders' Agent's resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 4
shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted by it while,
it was Lenders' Agent under this
Agreement.
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(j)
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No
Lender shall have any right of action whatsoever against the Company as a
result of the Lenders' Agent or the Company acting or refraining from
acting hereunder or under the Loan Documents in accordance with the
instructions of the Requisite Lenders or the Lenders' Agent, except for
actions resulting from gross negligence or willful misconduct. Neither the
Company nor any of its directors, officers, partners, members, managers,
employees or agents shall be liable to any Lender for any action taken or
omitted to be taken by it or them under the Loan Documents, or in
connection herewith or therewith, as a result of reliance on any request
or instruction given to it or them by Lenders' Agent, unless caused by its
or their own gross negligence or willful
misconduct.
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(k)
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Financing Statements
and Governmental Filings. The
Company agrees to execute all financing statements and other governmental
filings describing the property in which the Lenders have a security
interest under the Security Agreements. The Company irrevocably appoints
the Lenders' Agent as its agent and attorney to execute any such financing
statements and other governmental filings in the Company's name. The
Company further agrees that a carbon, photographic or other reproduction
of a financing statement or other governmental filing, or the Security
Agreements, shall be sufficient as a financing statement or other
governmental filing, as the case may be, and may be
filed.
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5.
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Representations and
Warranties of the Company. Except as set forth on the Schedule of
Exceptions attached hereto as Exhibit C, the
Company hereby represents and warrants to each of the Lenders as of the
Closing Date (except where a representation and warranty is only made as
of a specific date) as follows:
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(a)
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The
Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The Company
does not have any wholly or partially owned subsidiaries. The Company has
all requisite corporate power and authority and, except as set forth on
Exhibit C,
holds all licenses, permits and other required authorizations from
governmental authorities necessary to own its properties and assets and to
conduct its businesses as presently conducted, except where the failure to
hold such licenses, permits and other authorizations would not have a
material adverse effect on the business, operations or, financial
condition of the Company (a "Material Adverse Effect"). The Company is
duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good
standing in each jurisdiction in which the failure to so qualify would
have a Material Adverse Effect. True and complete copies of the Company's
Articles of Incorporation, as amended, and its bylaws, as presently in
effect, have been delivered to counsel for the
Lenders.
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(b)
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The
Company's authorized capital stock consists of 50,000,000 shares of Stock,
no par value per share ("Stock"), of which [3,933,0001 shares are
issued and outstanding as of the date of this Agreement. All of the issued
and outstanding shares of Stock have been duly authorized and validly
issued and are fully paid and nonassessable and were issued in compliance
with all applicable state and federal laws concerning the issuance of
securities.
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(c)
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Except
as set forth herein (including Exhibit C), and
except for [1,000,0001 shares of Stock reserved for issuance to employees,
directors and consultants of the Company upon exercise of options granted
or to be granted pursuant to the Company's 2006 Equity Incentive Plan (A)
no subscription, warrant, option, convertible or exchangeable security or
other right (contingent or otherwise) to purchase or acquire any
securities from the Company is authorized or outstanding, (B) there is not
any commitment of the Company to issue any subscription, warrant, option,
convertible or exchangeable security or other such right or to issue or
distribute to the holders of any securities of the Company any evidences
of indebtedness or any assets of the Company, (C) the Company does not
have any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to purchase, redeem or
otherwise acquire any of its securities or to pay any dividend or make any
other distribution in respect thereof, (D) no person or entity is entitled
to any preemptive or similar right with respect to the issuance of any
securities of the Company, and (E) no person or entity has any rights to
require the registration of any securities of the Company under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Act").
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(d)
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The
Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents- to which the Company is a party,
and to carry out the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. The
execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and
the other Loan Documents to which the Company is a party, and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been
duly authorized and approved by all necessary corporate action. This
Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which the Company is a party,
when executed, will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of
the Company, enforceable against it in accordance with their respective
terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws and subject to
general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and except as the
indemnification provisions contained in the documents executed in
connection herewith are limited by applicable laws and principles of
public policy.
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(e)
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The
Company has .obtained all consents and waivers necessary to execute the
Loan Documents and any other material agreements or instruments
contemplated herein and therein, to issue the Notes, and to carry out the
transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby.
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(f)
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To
its knowledge, the Company is not in, nor shall the conduct of its
business as presently conducted result in, any violation, breach or
default of any term of the Company's Articles of Incorporation, as
amended, or its bylaws, or in any material respect of any term or
provision of any material mortgage, indenture, contract, agreement or
instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it may be bound
(the "Company Contracts"), or of any provision of any foreign or domestic
state or federal judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or regulation
applicable to or binding upon the Company, except such violations,
breaches or defaults, which, individually or in the aggregate, would not
have a Material Adverse Effect. The execution, delivery and performance of
and compliance with this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby will not result in any such violation,
breach or default, or be in conflict with or constitute, with or without
the passage of time or the giving of notice or both, either a default
under the Company's Articles of Incorporation, as amended, or its bylaws
or the Company Contracts or, to the Company's knowledge, a violation of
any statutes, laws, regulations or orders, or an event which results in
the creation of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any asset of the
Company.
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(g)
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As
of the date of this Agreement, except as set forth on Exhibit C:
there is no action, suit or proceeding at law or in equity ("Action")
pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against the
Company or any of its properties before any court or governmental
commission, foreign or domestic; and, there is no such proceeding pending
or, to the knowledge of the
Company,
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threatened,
in arbitration or before any administrative agency. As of the date of this
Agreement, there is no judgment, consent decree, injunction, rule or other
judicial or administrative order outstanding against the Company. As of
the date of this Agreement, the Company is not a party to or subject to
the provisions of any order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree of any
court or government agency or instrumentality and there is no Action by
the Company currently pending or which the Company intends to
initiate.
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The
Company has timely filed all tax returns and reports required by law,
except where the failure to file such a return or report would not have a
Material Adverse Effect and such returns and reports are true and correct
in all material respects. The Company has paid all taxes and other
assessments due as shown on such
returns.
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(i)
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The
Company has provided to the Lenders its unaudited consolidated balance
sheet and income statement as of December 31, 2005, and its unaudited
consolidated income statement for the twelve month period ended December
31, 2006 (collectively, the "Financial Statements"). The Financial
Statements (i) are prepared in
accordance with the books and records of the Company, (ii) present fairly,
in all material respects, the financial condition of the Company at the
date or dates therein indicated and the results of operations for the
period or periods therein specified, and (iii) have been prepared in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a
consistent basis ("GAAP"), except for the omission of notes thereto and
year-end audit adjustments which shall not be material in the aggregate.
Since December 31, 2006, (i) there has been no adverse change in the
assets, liabilities or financial condition of the Company from that
reflected in the Financial Statements except for changes in the ordinary
course of business or which have not been material and (ii) none of the
business, financial conditions, operations or properties of the Company
have been materially adversely affected by any occurrence individually or
in the aggregate, whether or not insured against. Except for liabilities
under Company Contracts or any other contracts or agreements entered into
the ordinary course of business or payables incurred in the ordinary
course of business and except as disclosed in the Financial Statements or
as otherwise disclosed in this Agreement (including the Schedule of
Exceptions), as of the date of this Agreement, the Company has no
knowledge of any liabilities of any type which individually exceed
$25,000, or in the aggregate exceed $50,000, whether matured or unmatured,
absolute or contingent or otherwise that would be required by GAAP to be
disclosed in the Financial
Statements.
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(j)
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For
purposes of this Agreement, "Proprietary Assets" shall mean all patents,
patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights,
moral rights, maskworks, trade secrets, (all of the foregoing collectively
referred to as the "Intellectual Property Rights"), confidential and
proprietary information, compositions of matter, formulas, designs,
proprietary rights, know-how and processes used in the business of the
Company.
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(i)
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The
Company has full title and ownership of, or has license to, all
Proprietary Assets, to the knowledge of the Company (except as set forth
on Exhibit C)
without any conflict with or infringement of the rights of others. Except
as provided in license agreements entered into in the ordinary course of
the Company's business, to the Company's knowledge, no third party has any
ownership right, title, interest, claim in or lien on any of the
Proprietary Assets owned by the Company and the Company has taken, and in
the future the Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to take,
all steps reasonably necessary to preserve its legal rights in, and the
secrecy of, all Proprietary Assets it owns, except those for which
disclosure is required for legitimate business or legal
reasons.
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(ii)
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Except
as disclosed on Exhibit C, the
Company has not granted, and there are not outstanding, any material
options, licenses or agreements relating to any Proprietary Assets of the
Company, nor is the Company bound by or a party to any material option,
license or agreement with respect to any of Proprietary Assets it owns,
except in both cases, as contained in nondisclosure agreements, agreements
with employees or consultants, or other agreements entered into in the
ordinary course of the Company's business. Except as disclosed on Exhibit
C, the Company is not obligated to pay any royalties or other payments to
third parties with respect to the marketing, sale, distribution,
manufacture, license or use of any Proprietary Assets or any other
property or rights, other than commissions payable under broker agreements
entered into the ordinary course of business and other payables incurred
in the ordinary course of business.
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(iii)
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To
the Company's knowledge (except as set forth on Exhibit
C), the
Company has not violated or infringed, and is not currently violating or
infringing any Intellectual Property Rights of any other person or entity.
The Company has not received any communications alleging that the Company
(or any of its employees or consultants) has violated or infringed or, by
conducting its business as currently proposed, would violate or infringe,
any Intellectual Property Rights of any other person or
entity.
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(iv)
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The
Company is not aware that any key employee or consultant of the Company is
obligated under any agreement (including licenses, covenants or
commitments of any nature) or subject to any judgment, decree or order of
any court or administrative agency, or any other restriction that would
interfere with carrying out his or her duties for the Company or to
promote the interest of the Company or that would conflict with the
Company's business as currently conducted. The carrying on of the
Company's. business by the employees and contractors of the Company and
the conduct of the Company's business as presently conducted, will not, to
the Company's knowledge, conflict with or result in a breach of the terms,
conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any Company
Contract under which any of such key employees or contractors or the
Company is now obligated. The Company does not believe it is or will be
necessary to utilize any inventions of any employees of the Company (or
persons the Company currently intends to hire or retain) made prior to
their employment or retention by the Company. To the Company's knowledge,
at no time during the conception of or reduction of any of the Company's
Proprietary Assets to practice was any developer, inventor or other
contributor to such patents operating under any grants from any
governmental entity or agency or private source, performing research
sponsored by any governmental entity or agency or private source or
subject to any employment agreement or invention assignment or
nondisclosure agreement or other obligation with any third party, in each
case that might reasonably be expected to adversely affect the Company's
rights in such Proprietary Assets.
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(k)
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Except
as disclosed on Exhibit C, as
contemplated by this Agreement or as would not have a Material Adverse
Effect, since December 31, 2006, the Company has not (i) borrowed any
funds or incurred or become subject to any material obligations or
liabilities (absolute or contingent), except as incurred in the ordinary
course of business, (ii) discharged or satisfied any material lien or
encumbrance or paid any material obligation or liability (absolute or
contingent) other than liabilities in the ordinary course of business and
obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business referred to in
clause (i) above, (iii) declared or paid any dividends or distributions to
its shareholders of any assets of any kind whatsoever, (iv) entered into
any agreements or arrangements granting any preferential rights to
purchase all or substantially all of the assets, properties or rights of
the Company (including management and control thereof), or requiring the
consent of any party to a transfer or assignment of such assets,
properties or rights (or change in the management or control thereof), or
providing for the merger or consolidation of the Company into or with
another corporation, or sold any substantial product line, (v) except in
the ordinary course of business, made or permitted any material amendment
or termination of any material contract, agreement or license to which it
is a party, (vi) changed any material accounting method or practice,
including without limitation, any change in depreciation or amortization
policies or rates, (vii) made any loan to any officer, director or
employee of the Company, or increased the compensation or benefits
payable, or to become payable, to any of the officers or directors of the
Company, including but not limited to any bonus payment or deferred
compensation, other than increases and bonuses in the ordinary course of
business (viii) entered into any material transaction that has not been
approved by the Board of Directors other than in the ordinary course of
business, or (ix) entered into an agreement to do any of the things
described in clauses (i) through (viii)
above.
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(1)
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No
representation or warranty by the Company contained in this Agreement or
any Schedule or Exhibit hereto, or any certificate or other instrument
referred to herein or otherwise furnished or to be furnished to the
Lenders or their counsel by the Company with respect to the transactions
contemplated hereby, contains any untrue statement of a material fact or
omits or will omit to state any material fact which is necessary in order
to make the statements contained herein or therein, not misleading in
light of the circumstances in which they were made. There is no fact known
to the Company relating to the business, affairs, operations, or
conditions of the Company which materially adversely affects the same and
which has not been disclosed to the Lenders or Lenders' counsel by the
Company or its agents.
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6.
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Representations and
Warranties of the Lenders. Each
Lender, severally and not jointly, represents and warrants to the Company
that:
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(a)
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All
action, corporate or otherwise, on the part of such Lender, and its
officers, directors, and shareholders or partners, as the case may be,
necessary for the authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement
and the performance of all obligations of such Lender hereunder, has been
taken or will be taken prior to the Closing Date and this Agreement and
the Loan Documents to which such Lender is a party, when executed,
constitute valid and legally binding obligations of such Lender,
enforceable against such Lender in accordance with their respective terms,
except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws and subject to
general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). The execution and
delivery of this Agreement, including the Loan Documents to which such
Lender is a party, will not conflict with, or result in a breach of any of
the terms of, or constitute a default under, the charter, bylaws or other
organizational documents of such
Lender.
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(b)
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It
has made such independent investigation of the Company, its management,
and related matters as it deems to be necessary or advisable in connection
with an investment in the Notes and the Warrants; and each Lender has
received all information and data which it believes to be necessary in
order to reach an informed decision as to the advisability of an
investment in the Notes and the
Warrants.
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(c)
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It
has made such independent investigation of the Company, its management,
and related matters as it deems to be necessary or advisable in connection
with an investment in the Notes and the Warrants; and each Lender has
received all information and data which it believes to be necessary in
order to reach an informed decision as to the advisability of an
investment in the Notes and the
Warrants.
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(d)
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It
had the opportunity to discuss the Company's business with the Company's
senior executives.
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(e)
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The
Notes and the Warrants are being acquired for investment only and not for
resale or with a view to the distribution thereof, except as the same may
be made in compliance with all applicable securities
laws.
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(f)
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It
has been advised that the Notes and the Warrants are not being registered
under the Act on the grounds that this transaction is exempt under the Act
as not involving any public
offering.
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(g)
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It
has been advised that the Notes and the Warrants may not be sold or
offered for sale in the absence of an effective registration statement as
to the securities under the Act and any applicable state securities acts
or the availability of an exemption from the registration requirements
under the Act and any applicable state securities
acts.
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(h)
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It
is an "accredited investor" within the meaning of Rule 501 under the
Act.
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(i)
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Such
Lender understands that the Notes and the Warrants will be "restricted
securities" under the federal securities laws inasmuch as they are being
acquired from the Company in a transaction not involving a public offering
and that under such laws and applicable regulations such securities may be
resold without registration under the Act only in certain limited
circumstances. Such Lender acknowledges that the securities must be held
indefinitely unless subsequently registered under the Act or an exemption
from such registration is available. Such Lender is aware of the
provisions of Rule 144 promulgated under the Act which permit limited
resale of shares purchased in a private placement subject to the
satisfaction of certain conditions.
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7.
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Lenders' Closing
Conditions. The
obligations of each of the Lenders to make the Loans is subject to the
performance by the Company of its obligations under the Loan Documents and
to the satisfaction of the following further conditions on or prior to the
date of the making of the Loans at the
Closing.
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(a)
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At
the Closing, such Lender shall have completed its due diligence, with
results satisfactory to such
Lender.
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(b)
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At
the Closing, the Company shall have executed and delivered to each Lender
this Agreement.
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(c)
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At
the Closing, the Company shall have executed and delivered to each Lender
a Note in the principal amount of such Lender's
Loan.
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(d)
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At
the Closing, the Company shall have executed and delivered to each Lender
a Warrant.
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(e)
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At
the Closing, the Company shall have executed and delivered to the Lenders'
Agent the Security Agreement.
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(f)
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At
the Closing, the Company shall have executed and delivered to the Lenders'
Agent the Intellectual Property Security Agreement for Patents and
Trademarks.
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(g)
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At
the Closing, the Company shall have execute and delivered to the Lenders'
Agent the Intellectual Property Security Agreement for Copyrights and Mask
Works.
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(h)
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At
the Closing the Lenders' Agent shall have filed UCC-1 financing statements
and other governmental filings to be filed pursuant to the Security
Agreements.
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(i)
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At
the Closing, the Lenders shall have obtained all necessary approvals of
their governing bodies.
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8.
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Company's
Closing
Conditions. The
obligations of the Company hereunder are subject to the performance by the
Lenders of their obligations under the Loan Documents and to the
satisfaction of the following further conditions on or prior to the
Closing:
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(a)
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Each
Lender shall have delivered to the Company by check or wire transfer, in
immediately available funds, an amount equal to the principal amount of
each Lender's Loan.
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9. Covenants. The
Company covenants to the Lenders as follows:
(a)
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The
Company shall promptly notify the Lenders' Agent in writing in the event
that a material adverse change has occurred with respect to the assets,
business, operations or financial condition of the Company, or that the
prospect of payment or performance of any covenant, agreement or duty
under the Loan Documents or any of the other agreements or undertakings in
connection with any of its obligations to the Lenders is impaired in any
material respect.
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(b)
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The
Company shall promptly notify the Lenders' Agent in writing in the event
of a loss, suspension, revocation or failure to renew any license or
permit now held or acquired after the date hereof shall occur, which loss,
suspension, revocation or failure to renew would reasonably be expected to
have a material adverse affect on the business, profits, assets or
condition (financial or otherwise) of the
Company.
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(c)
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The
Company shall promptly notify the Lenders' Agent in writing if the Company
is in breach of any material agreement, document or instrument, whether
formerly, now or after the date hereof, existing between the Company and
any other person, firm or entity, if such breach would reasonably be
expected to have a material adverse affect on the business, profits,
assets or condition (financial or otherwise) of the
Company.
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(d)
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The
Company shall not make any prepayment of any Note or agree to the
amendment of any such Note, and no Lender shall accept any prepayment of
its Note, or agree to any amendment of such Note, unless a proportionate
prepayment is made to all of the Notes and in the case of an amendment,
such amendment is approved by the Requisite
Lenders.
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(e)
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The
Company shall not at any time create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any
Lien on any of its property or assets, tangible or intangible, now owned
or acquired in the future, or agree to become liable to do so without the
consent of the Requisite Investors,
except:
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(i)
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Liens
existing on the Closing Date and described in Schedule C to
this Agreement;
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(ii)
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Liens
arising from taxes, assessments, charges, levies or claims that are not
yet due or that remain payable without
penalty;
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(iii)
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Deposits
or pledges to secure workmen's compensation, unemployment insurance, old
age benefits or other social security obligations, or in connection with
or to secure the performance of bids, tenders, trade contracts or leases,
or to secure statutory obligations, or stay, surety or appeal bonds, or
other pledges or deposits of like nature and all in the ordinary course of
business;
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(iv)
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Mechanics',
carriers', workmen's, repairmen's or similar liens arising in the ordinary
course of business in respect of obligations which are not overdue, or
deposits made to obtain the release of such mechanics', carriers',
workmen's, repairmen's or similar liens which are being contested in good
faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which the Company has
created reserves which are determined to be adequate by the application of
GAAP consistently applied; and
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(v)
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Zoning
restrictions, easements, minor restrictions on the use of real property,
minor irregularities in title to real property and other minor liens that
do not in the aggregate materially detract from the value of a property or
asset to, or materially impair its use in the business of, the
Company.
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(f)
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The
Company will not at any time create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any
debt without the consent of the Requisite Investors,
except:
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(i)
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Debt
under this Agreement, the Notes, the other Loan Documents or under any
other document, instrument or agreement between the Company and the
Lenders;
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(ii)
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Debt
existing on the Closing Date and described in Schedule
C. to this
Agreement; provided, however, that none of such indebtedness shall be
extended, renewed or refinanced without the prior written consent of the
Requisite Lenders; and
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(iii)
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Current
accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current items arising out of
transactions (other than borrowings) in the ordinary course of
business.
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(g)
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The
Company will not at any time directly or indirectly assume, guarantee,
endorse or otherwise agree, become or remain directly or contingently
liable upon or with respect to any obligation or liability of any other
person, firm or entity.
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(h) The
Company shall furnish to each Holder:
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(i)
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Within
30 days after the end of each calendar month, an unaudited balance sheet
of the Company as at the end of such month and unaudited statements of
income and cash flow of the Company for such month and for the current
fiscal year to the end of such month setting forth in comparative form the
Company's financial statements for the corresponding periods for the prior
fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and certified by an authorized
financial officer of the Company stating that such statements are in
accordance with the books and records of the Company, have been prepared
in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis (except as noted and
on the accompanying notes) and fairly present the financial condition of
the Company at the date thereof and for the periods covered thereby,
subject to changes resulting from year end adjustments and accruals;
and
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(ii)
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At
least 30 days prior to the end of each fiscal year, an annual budget for
the next fiscal year.
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(i)
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The
Company shall permit each Lender and any authorized representative
thereof, at such Lender's expense, to visit and inspect the properties of
the Company, including its corporate and financial records, to examine its
records and make copies thereof and to discuss its affairs, finances and
accounts with its officers, all at such reasonable times and upon
reasonable notice. The Lenders and their representatives shall treat all
information with respect to the Company and its business that is not in
the public domain as confidential and shall not use information for any
purpose other than to monitor the Company's performance hereunder and
shall not disclose same except as required by court
order.
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10.
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Next Equity Financing.
At the discretion of the Requisite Lenders, all principal and
interest outstanding on each of the Notes shall be converted into shares
of the Company's capital stock issued in the Company's next equity
financing at the same price and upon the same terms as the shares issued
in the next equity financing.
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11.
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Successors and
Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.
It is expressly understood and agreed that CI-II may assign and transfer
any of its rights hereunder, or the Note or the Warrant, from time to
time, to any of its affiliates, whether now in existence or hereafter
formed.
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12.
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Expenses. Each
party hereto shall bear its own costs and expenses that it incurs with
respect to the negotiation, execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, except that the
Company shall pay the fees and disbursements of Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx &
Xxxxxx, P.C, counsel to the Lenders (not to exceed $20,000 in fees without
the consent of the Company). The foregoing payments shall be made within
15 days after a statement for such fees and expenses has been received by
the Company.
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13.
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Notices. All
notices, requests, consents and other communications hereunder shall be in
writing and shall be personally delivered or delivered by overnight
courier or mailed by first-class mail, postage prepaid, return receipt
requested,
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(a)
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If
to a Lender, to the address set forth on Schedule
I, to the
Lenders' Agent at the following address, or at such other address as may
have been furnished to the Company by the Lenders' Agent or a Lender in
writing:
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The
Co-Investment Fund II, L.P. Five Radnor Corporate Center Xxxxx 000
000
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx, XX 00000
with a
copy to:
Xxxx X.
Xxxxxx, Esq.
Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxxxx, P.C. 00xx Xxxxx,
Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000 Email:
xxxx.xx-xxxx@xxxx.xxx
(b)
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If
to the Company at:
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Lightning
Poker, Inc.
000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attn:
Chief Executive Officer
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14.
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Integration; Amendments and
Waiver. This
Agreement, together with all Schedules and Exhibits hereto, embodies the
entire agreement and understanding between the parties hereto and
supersedes all prior agreements and understandings relating to the subject
matter hereof. Any term of this Agreement may be amended and the
observance of any term of this Agreement may be waived (either generally
or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively),
with the written consent of the Company and the Requisite Lenders. No
waivers of or exceptions to any term, condition or provision of this
Agreement, in any one or more instances, shall be deemed to be, or
construed as, a further or continuing waiver of any such term, condition
or provision.
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15.
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Severability.
The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this
Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other
provisions of this Agreement.
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16.
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Governing Law.
This Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with
the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania without reference to its
principles of conflicts of laws.
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17.
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Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall
constitute one and the same
instrument.
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WITNESS
the due execution of this Loan Agreement as of the day and year first above
written.
LIGHTNING
POKER, INC.
By:
____________________________________
Title:
___________________________________
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LENDERS
THE CO-INVESTMENT FUND II,
L.P.
By: Co-Invest
Management II, L.P.
its
general partner
By: Co-Invest
Capital Partners, Inc.
its
general partner
By:
______________________________
Title:
_____________________________
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Schedule
I
Lenders
Closing
Date
Name and
Address Principal Amount of
Loan
The
Co-Investment Fund II,
L.P. $1,000,000
Five
Radnor Corporate Center
Xxxxx
000
000
Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxx,
XX 00000
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EXHIBIT
A
Form of Promissory
Note
EXHIBIT
B
Form of
Warrant
EXHIBIT
C
Schedule of
Exceptions
EXHIBIT
D
Security
Agreement
EXHIBIT
E
Intellectual Property
Security Agreement for Patents and Trademarks
EXHIBIT
F
Intellectual Property
Security Agreement for Copyrights and Mask Works
PROMISSORY
NOTE
$1,000,000 January
31, 2007
FOR VALUE
RECEIVED, the undersigned, Lightning Poker, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation
(hereinafter referred to as "Maker") hereby promises to pay to the order of The
Co-Investment Fund, II, L.P. or its successors and assigns (hereinafter referred
to as "Payee") the principal sum of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000), together
with interest on the unpaid principal amount of this Promissory Note ("Note")
outstanding at the rate of 8% per annum in the manner and upon the terms and
conditions set forth below.
The
principal and interest on the unpaid principal amount of this Note,
or any portion thereof, shall be paid in full in cash on January, 31,
2008.
The
amount of interest accruing hereunder shall be computed on an actual day,
365/366 day year basis. All payments hereunder shall be made in lawful currency
of the United States in federal or other immediately available funds at the
office of Payee, or at such other place as the holder hereof may designate in
writing.
This Note
is one of a series of Maker's Notes issued pursuant to that certain Loan
Agreement dated as of January 31, 2007, by and among Maker, Payee and the
persons named therein, (collectively, the "Loan Agreement") and is subject to
the terms and conditions thereof. Capitalized terms used herein and not defined
herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Loan Agreement.
With the
prior written consent of the Requisite Lenders, Maker may prepay this Note at
any time in whole or in part without payment of penalty or unearned interest;
provided, however, that any such prepayment of principal shall be accompanied by
the payment of interest accrued to the date of such prepayment and all costs,
expenses or charges then owed to Payee pursuant to this Note; and further
provided, that any prepayment shall be applied proportionately to all of the
Notes issued pursuant to the Loan Agreement. In the event the Payee receives
payments in excess of its pro rata share of Maker's payments to the holders of
all of the Notes, then Payee shall hold in trust all such excess payments for
the benefit of the holders of the other Notes and shall pay such amounts held in
trust to such other payees upon demand by such payees.
With the
consent of the Requisite Lenders (as defined in the Loan Agreement), the
principal and accrued interest due and owing under this Note may be converted
into shares of capital stock issued in the next equity financing of the Company
upon the same terms and conditions and at the same purchase price as such shares
may be issued in the next equity financing.
Maker
hereby expressly waives presentment, demand, protest and notice of any
kind.
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Upon the
occurrence of any one of the following events (the "Events of Default"), the
entire principal amount outstanding hereunder and accrued interest together with
all other sums due hereunder shall at the option of the Requisite Lenders,
without any prior notice, presentment or demand, become immediately due and
payable in full:
(i) Failure
of Maker to make principal or interest payments when due or otherwise to fail to
perform or comply with any of its material obligations under this Note or the
Loan Agreement where such failure continues for 10 days in the case of a payment
failure and 30 days in the case of any other failure after notice is sent to
Maker by the Requisite Lenders; or
(ii) An
assignment by Maker for the benefit of its creditors, or the commencement by or
against Maker of any bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation, receivership or
similar proceedings; or
(iii) Maker
shall assign or transfer its obligations under this Note without the prior
written consent of the Requisite Lenders; or
(iv) The
dissolution of Maker; or
(v) After
delivery by Maker of written notice in accordance with Section 10(a) of the Loan
Agreement, the Requisite Lenders shall determine (which determination shall be
made in good faith after giving Maker an opportunity to make a presentation and
provide a plan to Lenders) that a material adverse change has occurred with
respect to the assets, business, operations or financial condition of Maker and
that the prospect of payment or performance of any covenant, agreement or duty
under this Note, the Loan Agreement or any of the other agreements, instruments,
documents or undertakings arising under or in connection with any of the
obligations of Maker owing to Payee is impaired in any material respect;
or
(vi) Maker
shall be in breach of any material agreement, document or instrument, whether
formerly, now or after the date of this Note, existing between Maker and any
other person, firm or entity if such breach would reasonably be expected to have
a material adverse affect on the business, profits, assets or condition
(financial or other) of Maker, and where such breach continues after any
applicable cure period; or
(vii) The loss,
suspension, revocation or failure to renew any license or permit now held or
acquired after The date of this Note by Maker shall occur or exist, which loss,
suspension, revocation or failure to renew would reasonably be expected to have
a material adverse effect on the business, profits, assets or condition
(financial or other) of Maker, and which continues uncured for any cure period
or otherwise for 30 days after notice is sent to Maker by the Requisite Lenders;
or
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(viii)
The entry of a judgment against Maker in excess of $50,000, which judgment shall
remain unstayed or undischarged for a period of 60 days.
In
addition to the rights and remedies given it by this Note, Payee shall have all
those rights and remedies allowed by applicable laws. The rights and remedies of
Payee are cumulative and recourse to one or more right or remedy shall not
constitute a waiver of the others. Maker shall be liable for all costs, expenses
and attorneys' fees incurred by Payee in connection with the collection of the
indebtedness evidenced by the Note.
No delay
or omission of Payee or its assignee in exercising any power or right hereunder,
and no partial exercise of such power or right, shall operate in any way as a
waiver or impairment of any subsequent or further exercise thereof. Payee or its
assignee shall not be liable for or prejudiced by failure to collect or lack of
diligence in bringing suit on this Note or any renewal or extension
hereof.
Maker may
not assign or transfer its obligation hereunder without the prior written
consent of the Requisite Lenders. This Note may be assigned by Payee without the
consent of Maker.
This Note
may be amended only by a written instrument executed by Maker, Payee and the
Requisite Lenders.
This Note
shall be governed by, and shall be construed and enforced in accordance with,
the internal laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
WITNESS
the due execution of this Note, intending to be legally bound, on the day and
year written above.
Lightning
Poker, Inc.
By:
__________________________
Title:
_________________________