LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT Dated as of December 6, 2007 between SEQUOIA MEDIA GROUP, LC, As Borrower and SECURE ALLIANCE HOLDINGS CORPORATION, As Lender
Exhibit
10.18
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Dated
as of December 6, 2007
between
SEQUOIA
MEDIA GROUP, LC,
As
Borrower
and
SECURE
ALLIANCE HOLDINGS CORPORATION,
As
Lender
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Table
of Contents
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ARTICLE
I.
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DEFINITIONS
AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
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1
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SECTION
1.1.
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Certain
Defined Terms
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1
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SECTION
1.2.
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Terms
Generally
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6
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SECTION
1.3.
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Computation
of Time Periods
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6
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SECTION
1.4.
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Accounting
Terms
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ARTICLE
II.
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AMOUNTS
AND TERMS OF THE ADVANCE
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7
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SECTION
2.1.
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Advances
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SECTION
2.2.
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The
Notes
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7
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SECTION
2.3.
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Interest
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ARTICLE
III.
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PAYMENTS,
PREPAYMENTS, INCREASED COSTS AND TAXES
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SECTION
3.1.
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Payments
and Computations.
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8
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SECTION
3.2.
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Mandatory
Prepayments
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8
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SECTION
3.3.
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Voluntary
Prepayments
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8
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SECTION
3.4.
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Taxes
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ARTICLE
IV.
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SECURITY
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9
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SECTION
4.1.
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Grant
of Security Interest.
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9
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SECTION
4.2.
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Delivery
of Additional Documentation Required
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9
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SECTION
4.3.
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Lender
Appointed Attorney-in-Fact
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9
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SECTION
4.4.
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Lender’s
Duties
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ARTICLE
V.
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CONDITIONS
OF LENDING
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SECTION
5.1.
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Conditions
Precedent to the Advance
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ARTICLE
VI.
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
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12
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SECTION
6.1.
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Representations
in merger Agreement are True and Correct
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12
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SECTION
6.2.
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Authority,
Due Execution, Binding Obligation
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12
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SECTION
6.3.
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Location
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13
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SECTION
6.4.
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Organization
and Name
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13
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SECTION
6.5.
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No
Liens
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13
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SECTION
6.6.
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No
Claims
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13
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SECTION
6.7.
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Non-Contravention
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13
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SECTION
6.8.
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No
Default or Event of Default
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ARTICLE
VII.
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AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS OF THE BORROWER
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14
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SECTION
7.1.
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Compliance
with Laws, Etc
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SECTION
7.2.
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Reporting
and Notice Requirements
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14
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SECTION
7.3.
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Use
of Proceeds
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14
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SECTION
7.4.
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Taxes
and Liens
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14
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SECTION
7.5.
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Maintenance
of Property
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14
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SECTION
7.6.
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Right
of Inspection
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of Contents
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SECTION
7.7.
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Insurance
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SECTION
7.8.
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Notice
of Litigation
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SECTION
7.9.
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Maintenance
of Office
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15
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SECTION
7.10.
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Existence
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15
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SECTION
7.11.
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Financial
Statements
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SECTION
7.12.
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Further
Assurances
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ARTICLE
VIII.
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NEGATIVE
COVENANTS
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SECTION
8.1.
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Impairment
of Rights
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SECTION
8.2.
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Restrictions
on Debt
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SECTION
8.3.
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Restrictions
on Liens
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SECTION
8.4.
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Mergers
and Acquisitions
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SECTION
8.5.
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Issuance
of Equity Interests
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ARTICLE
IX.
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EVENTS
OF DEFAULT
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SECTION
9.1.
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Events
of Default
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SECTION
9.2.
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Remedies
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SECTION
9.3.
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Remedies
Cumulative
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SECTION
9.4.
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Marshaling
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ARTICLE
X.
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MISCELLANEOUS
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SECTION
10.1.
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Survival
of Representations and Warranties
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SECTION
10.2.
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Amendments,
Etc
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SECTION
10.3.
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Notices,
Etc
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SECTION
10.4.
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No
Waiver; Remedies
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SECTION
10.5.
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Expenses
and Attorneys’ Fees
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SECTION
10.6.
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Indemnity
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SECTION
10.7.
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Right
of Set-off
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SECTION
10.8.
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Binding
Effect
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SECTION
10.9.
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Assignments
and Participations
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SECTION
10.10.
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Limitation
on Agreements
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SECTION
10.11.
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Severability
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SECTION
10.12.
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Governing
Law
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SECTION
10.13.
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SUBMISSION
TO JURISDICTION; WAIVERS
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SECTION
10.14.
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Reserved.
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SECTION
10.15.
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Execution
in Counterparts
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EXHIBITS:
Exhibit
A -
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Form
of Note
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ii
This
Loan
and Security Agreement, dated as of December 6, 2007 (this “Agreement”), is made
between Sequoia Media Group, LC, a Utah limited liability company (“Borrower”),
and Secure Alliance Holdings Corporation, a Delaware corporation
(“Lender”).
RECITALS:
WHEREAS,
Borrower, Lender and SMG Utah, LC, a Utah limited liability company and a wholly
owned subsidiary of Lender (“SMG”) have entered into a Plan and Agreement of
Merger dated December 6, 2007 (the “Merger Agreement”) wherein upon closing of
the Merger Agreement (the “Closing”), SMG shall be merged with and into Borrower
(the “Merger”), with Borrower becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lender, upon
the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger
Agreement.
WHEREAS,
Lender has agreed to loan money to the Borrower as a bridge loan for working
capital purposes from the date hereof until the Closing, on the terms and
subject to the provisions contained herein.
NOW
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual promises contained
herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
ARTICLE
I.
DEFINITIONS
AND ACCOUNTING TERMS
SECTION
1.1. Certain Defined
Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall
have the following meanings:
“Advance”
means
an
advance under Section 2.1.
“Affiliate”
means
any
Person which, directly or indirectly, controls or is controlled by or is under
common control with another Person. For purposes of this definition,
“control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlled by” and
“under common control with”), as used with respect to any Person, means the
power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such
Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting
securities or by contract or otherwise.
“Bankruptcy
Code”
means The Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978, as amended, and codified as
11 U.S.C.
Sections 101 et
seq.
“Borrower”
has
the
meaning in the preamble.
“Business
Day” means a
day of the year on which banks are not required or authorized to close in New
York, New York.
“Capital
Lease” means
any obligation to pay rent or other amounts under a lease of (or other agreement
conveying the right to use) any property (whether real, personal or mixed,
immovable or movable) that is required to be classified and accounted for as
a
capitalized lease obligation under GAAP.
"Change
of Control"
shall be deemed to have occurred, other than upon the occurrence of the Merger,
at such time as:
(i)
any "person" (as that term is
used
in Section 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the
“Exchange Act”)) (other than Lender or its Affiliates) becomes, directly or
indirectly, the "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange
Act as in effect on the date hereof) of securities representing fifty percent
(50%) or more of the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting
membership interests of the Borrower or any successor of the
Borrower;
(ii)
during any period of two (2)
consecutive years or less, individuals who at the beginning of such period
constituted the Board of Managers of the Borrower cease, for any reason, to
constitute at least a majority of such Board of Managers, unless the election
or
nomination for election of each new member of such Board of Managers was
approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the members of such Board of
Managers then still in office who were members of such Board of Managers at
the
beginning of the period;
(iii) the
members of the Borrower approve any
merger or consolidation to which any of the Borrower is a party as a result
of
which the persons who were members of the Borrower immediately prior to the
effective date of the merger or consolidation (and excluding, however, any
shares held by any party to such merger or consolidation and its Affiliates)
shall have beneficial ownership of less than fifty percent (50%) of the combined
voting power for election of members of the Board of Managers (or equivalent)
of
the surviving entity following the effective date of such merger or
consolidation; or
(iv) the
members of the Borrower approve any
merger or consolidation as a result of which the equity interests of the
Borrower shall be changed, converted or exchanged (other than a merger with
a
wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Borrower) or any liquidation of the Borrower
or
any sale or other disposition of fifty percent (50%) or more of the assets
or
earnings power of the Borrower.
“Code”
means
the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and any successor
statute.
“Collateral”
means
all
right, title and interest in, to and under, all of the property and assets
currently owned or owing to, or hereafter acquired or arising in favor of,
Borrower and its Subsidiaries, wherever located, including, but not limited
to,
all accounts, deposit accounts, chattel paper, instruments, documents,
securities, letter of credit rights, contract rights, receivables, equipment,
goods, inventory, investment property, goodwill, general intangibles,
intellectual property, patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark
applications, trade names, copyrights, copyright applications, Internet domain
names, service marks, trade secrets, know-how, technology, software, hardware,
commercial tort claims, warranties and guarantees, as any of the foregoing
terms
may be defined in the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Utah (the “UCC”),
and including any products, proceeds (including insurance proceeds) or income
derived therefrom, whether by disposition or otherwise.
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“Commitment”
means
a
total of $2,500,000, which shall be advanced to Borrower as follows: (i)
$1,000,000 at the time of the execution of this Agreement; (ii) $1,000,000
on
January 15, 2008; and (iii) $500,000 on February 15, 2008.
“Control”
when
used
with respect to any Person means the power to direct the management and policies
of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and
“controlled”
have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
“Debt”
means
(without
duplication), for any Person, (a) indebtedness of such Person for borrowed
money
or arising out of any extension of credit to or for the account of such Person
(including, without limitation, extensions of credit in the form of
reimbursement or payment obligations of such Person relating to letters of
credit issued for the account of such Person) or for the deferred purchase
price
of property or services; (b) indebtedness of the kind described in clause (a)
of
this definition which is secured by (or for which the holder of such debt has
any existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien upon
or
in Property (including, without limitation, accounts and contract rights) owned
by such Person, whether or not such Person has assumed or become liable for
the
payment of such indebtedness or obligations; (c) all obligations as lessee
under
any Capital Lease; (d) all contingent liabilities and obligations under direct
or indirect guarantees in respect of, and obligations (contingent or otherwise)
to purchase or otherwise acquire, or otherwise to assure a creditor against
loss
in respect of, indebtedness or obligations of others of the kinds referred
to in
clauses (a) through (c) above; and (e) any monetary obligation of a Person
under
or in connection with a sale-leaseback or similar arrangement.
“Debtor
Laws” means
all applicable liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, moratorium,
arrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws including
the Bankruptcy Code, or general equitable principles from time to time in effect
affecting the rights of creditors generally.
“Default”
means
any
event the occurrence of which does, or with the lapse of time or giving of
notice or both would, constitute an Event of Default.
“Equity
Interests” of
any Person shall mean any and all shares, rights to purchase, options, warrants,
general, limited or limited liability partnership interests, membership
interests, participation or other equivalents of or interest in (regardless
of
how designated) equity of such Person, whether voting or nonvoting, including
common stock, preferred stock, convertible securities or any other “equity
security” (as such term is defined in Rule 3a11-1 under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934).
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“Events
of Default”
has the meaning specified in Section 9.1.
“Fee”
has
the meaning
specified in Section 2.3.
“GAAP”
means
generally
accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements
of
the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants, and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting
Standards Board.
“Governmental
Authority” means any (domestic or foreign) federal, state, county,
municipal, parish, provincial, or other government, or any department,
commission, board, court, agency, or any other instrumentality of any of them
or
any other political subdivision thereof, and any entity exercising executive,
legislative, judicial, regulatory, or administrative functions of, or pertaining
to, government, including, without limitation, any arbitration panel, any court,
or any commission.
“Highest
Lawful Rate”
means the maximum nonusurious interest rate, if any, that at any time
or from
time to time may be contracted for, taken, reserved, charged, or received with
respect to any Note or on other amounts, if any, due to the Lender pursuant
to
this Agreement or any other Loan Document under laws applicable to the Lender
which are presently in effect or, to the extent allowed by law, under such
applicable laws which may hereafter be in effect.
“Insolvency
Proceeding” means in any case or proceeding commenced by or against a
Person under any state, federal or foreign law for, or any agreement of such
Person to, (a) the entry of an order for relief under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code,
or any other insolvency, debtor relief or debt adjustment law; (b) the
appointment of a receiver, trustee, liquidator, administrator, conservator
or
other custodian for such Person or any part of its Property; or (c) an
assignment or trust mortgage for the benefit of creditors.
“Interest
Rate” has
the meaning specified in Section 2.3.
“Issue
Date” means the
date on which a Note is issued pursuant to this Agreement. The Commitment shall
be Advanced on three separate Issue dates as to in Section 2.1.
“Legal
Requirement”
means any order, constitution, law, ordinance, principle of common law,
regulation, rule, statute or treaty of any applicable Governmental
Authority.
“Lien”
means
any
security interest, mortgage, pledge,
hypothecation, charge, claim, option, right to acquire, adverse interest,
assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, restriction, statutory or other
lien, preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential
arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale
or
other title retention agreement, any financing lease involving substantially
the
same economic effect as any of the foregoing, and the filing of any financing
statement under the Uniform Commercial Code or comparable law of any
jurisdiction).
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“Loan
Documents” means
this Agreement, the Notes, and each other certificate, instrument, agreement
or
document delivered by any Loan Party in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
“Loan
Party” means the
Borrower and any Borrower’s Subsidiary.
“Material
Adverse Effect” means (i) a
material adverse effect on the transactions contemplated hereby (including
a
material adverse effect on the ability of any party hereto to perform its
obligations hereunder) or (ii) an adverse effect on the business, Property,
assets, liabilities, operations, results of operations, condition (financial
or
otherwise) or prospects of the Loan Parties, if any, that is material to the
Loan Parties, taken as a whole, other than as a result of adverse economic
conditions in the United States generally or as a result of any act or omission
contemplated by this Agreement.
“Maturity
Date” means
the earliest to occur of (a) December 31, 2008 or (b) such earlier time to
which
the Obligations may be accelerated under Section 9.1 hereof.
“Merger”
has
the
meaning in the recitals.
“Merger
Termination
Date” means the earliest to occur of (a) May 31, 2008, or (b) the date
the Merger Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9.1 thereof.
“Note”
means
each
promissory note issued under this Agreement evidencing an Advance
pursuant to Section 2.2.
“Obligations”
means
all of the obligations of the Borrower now or hereafter existing under the
Loan
Documents, whether for principal, interest, fees, expenses, indemnification
or
otherwise.
“Ordinary Course
of
Business” means the ordinary course of business consistent with past
custom and practice (including with respect to quantity and
frequency).
“Permitted
Liens” has
the meaning specified in Section 8.3.
“Person”
means
an
individual, partnership, limited liability company (including a business trust
or a real estate investment trust), joint stock company, trust, unincorporated
association, corporation, joint venture or other entity, or a government or
any
political subdivision or agency thereof.
“Property”
means
any
interest or right in any kind of property or asset, whether real, personal,
or
mixed, owned or leased, tangible or intangible, and whether now held or
hereafter acquired.
“Responsible
Officer”
means with the chief financial officer or the chief accounting officer
of
Borrower, as designated in reports filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (“SEC”).
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“Solvent”
means
as to
any Person, such Person (a) owns Property whose fair salable value is greater
than the amount required to pay all of its debts (including contingent,
subordinated, unmatured and unliquidated liabilities); (b) owns Property whose
present fair salable value (as defined below) is greater than the probable
total
liabilities (including contingent, subordinated, unmatured and unliquidated
liabilities) of such Person as they become absolute and matured; (c) is able
to
pay all of its debts as they mature; (d) has capital that is not unreasonably
small for its business and is sufficient to carry on its business and
transactions and all business and transactions in which it is about to engage;
(e) is not "insolvent" within the meaning of Section 101(32) of the U.S.
Bankruptcy Code; and (f) has not incurred (by way of assumption or otherwise)
any obligations or liabilities (contingent or otherwise) under any Loan
Documents, or made any conveyance in connection therewith, with actual intent
to
hinder, delay or defraud either present or future creditors of such Person
or
any of its Affiliates. "Fair salable value" means the amount that
could be obtained for assets within a reasonable time, either through collection
or through sale under ordinary selling conditions by a capable and diligent
seller to an interested buyer who is willing (but under no compulsion) to
purchase.
“Subsidiary”
when
used
with respect to any Person, shall mean any corporation or other organization,
whether incorporated or unincorporated, of which (i) such Person or any other
Subsidiary of such Person is a general partner or (ii) at least such number
and
kind of the securities or other interests having by their terms ordinary voting
power to elect at least 50% of the board of directors or others performing
similar functions with respect to such corporation or other organization is
directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person, by any one or more
of
its Subsidiaries, or by such Person and one or more of its
Subsidiaries.
SECTION
1.2. Terms
Generally. The definitions in Section 1.1 apply equally to
both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the
context requires, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine,
feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”, “includes” and
“including” shall be construed as if followed by the words “without
limitation”. The words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder” and words
of similar import refer to this Agreement (including the Exhibits hereto) in
its
entirety and not to any part hereof, unless the context otherwise
requires. All references herein to Articles, Sections, and Exhibits
are references to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits to, this Agreement
unless the context otherwise requires. Unless the context otherwise
requires, any references to any agreement or other instrument or statute or
regulation are to such agreement, instrument, statute or regulation as amended
and supplemented from time to time (and, in the case of a statute or regulation,
to any successor provisions). Any reference in this Agreement to a
“day” or number of “days” (without the explicit qualification of “business”)
shall mean a calendar day or number of calendar days. If any action
or notice is to be taken or given on or by a particular day, and such day is
not
a business day, then such action or notice shall be deferred until, or may
be
taken or given on, the next Business Day.
SECTION
1.3. Computation of
Time Periods. In this Agreement in the computation of periods
of time from a specified date to a later specified date, unless otherwise
specified herein the word “from” means “from and including” and the words “to”
and “until” each means “to but excluding”.
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SECTION
1.4. Accounting
Terms. All accounting terms not specifically defined herein
shall be construed in accordance with GAAP consistent with those applied in
the
preparation of the financial statements filed by Borrower with the SEC under
the
Exchange Act.
ARTICLE
II.
AMOUNTS
AND TERMS OF THE ADVANCE
SECTION
2.1. Advances. Lender
agrees, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, to make an advance
(“Advance”) on
each of the following Issue Dates:
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(i)
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$1,000,000
on the date of the execution of this Agreement;
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(ii)
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$1,000,000
on January 15, 2008; and
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(iii)
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$500,000
on February 15, 2008 .
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The
amount outstanding on each of such Advance shall be payable in accordance with
Section 3.1 hereof and shall mature and all outstanding principal thereof,
together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon, shall be due and payable
on
the Maturity Date.
SECTION
2.2. The Notes.
To evidence each Advance, the Borrower shall execute and deliver to the Lender
,
a term note (the “Note”) in the
amount
of the Advance. Each Note shall be substantially in the form of
Exhibit A hereto with the blanks appropriately filled, and shall mature on
the
Maturity Date, at which time all principal and accrued and unpaid interest
then
outstanding thereunder shall become due and payable.
SECTION
2.3. Interest. Each
Advance shall bear interest from and including the respective Issue Date of
such
Advance, at a rate per annum equal at all times to ten percent (10%) (the “Interest
Rate”). Subject to Section 3.3, interest shall be payable in
full at the Maturity Date.
After
the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default the Advance and
all
other Obligations shall, at the election of the Lenders, bear interest at a
rate
per annum equal to two percent (2%) plus the Interest
Rate (the “Default
Rate”). The additional interest amount shall be paid in cash
monthly in arrears.
In
addition, if the Obligations have not been paid in full or prior to the Maturity
Date, a monthly fee equal to 10% of the outstanding Obligations (the “Fee”) shall be
paid
in cash on the last day of each calendar month for which the Obligations remain
outstanding, to be paid by Borrower to Lender.
All
computations of interest hereunder pursuant to this Article II shall be made
on
the basis of a year of 360 days, in each case including the first day but
excluding the last day occurring in the period for which such interest is
payable.
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ARTICLE
III.
PAYMENTS,
PREPAYMENTS, INCREASED COSTS AND TAXES
SECTION
3.1. Payments and
Computations.
(a) The
outstanding principal balance of each Advance shall be payable on the Maturity
Date, when all unpaid principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, each
Advance shall be due and payable.
(b) Interest
due under the Notes shall be payable in cash on the Maturity Date.
(c) Whenever
any payment under any Note shall be stated to be due on a day other than a
Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day,
and such extension of time shall in such case be included in the computation
of
payment of interest.
SECTION
3.2. Mandatory
Prepayments. If, while any amount of principal or accrued but
unpaid interest remain outstanding on any Note, the Borrower receives additional
capital or conducts any sale of its assets, other than sales made in the
Ordinary Course of Business, and other sales permitted under the Loan Documents,
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall, immediately upon receipt of the net
proceeds of such capital contribution or sale, pay to the Lender all of such
net
proceeds up to an amount equal to the aggregate amount of principal of and
accrued interest on the Notes. Lender shall apply any such proceeds,
in its sole discretion, to prepay amounts of principal of and/or accrued
interest on the Notes then outstanding, without any penalty or
premium.
SECTION
3.3. Voluntary
Prepayments. The Borrower may, upon at least five (5) Business
Days’ prior written notice to the Lender, prepay all or any portion of the
principal balance of the Obligations without penalty or premium. Such
notice shall be irrevocable and the payment amount specified in such notice
shall be due and payable on the prepayment date described in such
notice. Any portion of the principal amount of an Advance which is
prepaid in accordance with this Section shall reduce the principal amount of
the
Note evidencing such Advance and may not be reborrowed. Any
prepayment of principal under this Section 3.3 shall be accompanied by a payment
of all accrued interest.
SECTION
3.4. Taxes
(a) Any
and all payments by the Borrower under the Notes shall be made, in accordance
with Section 3.1, free and clear of and without deduction for any and all
present or future taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings,
and all liabilities with respect thereto, excluding, in the case of the Lender,
taxes imposed on its income, and franchise taxes imposed on it, by the
jurisdiction under the laws of which the Lender is organized or any political
subdivision thereof. If the Borrower shall be required by law to deduct any
such
amounts from or in respect of any sum payable under the Notes to the Lender,
(i)
the sum payable shall be increased as may be necessary so that after making
all
required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable
under this Section 3.4) the Lender receives an amount equal to the sum it would
have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) the Borrower shall make
such deductions and (iii) the Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to
the
relevant taxation authority or other authority in accordance with applicable
law. The Borrower further agree to pay any present or future stamp or
documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar
levies which arise from any payment made under the Notes or from the execution,
delivery or registration of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or
the
Notes.
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(b) The
Borrower will indemnify the Lender for the full amounts payable pursuant to
Section 3.4(a) (including, without limitation, any taxes or such other amounts
imposed by any Governmental Authority on amounts payable under this Section
3.4)
paid by the Lender and any liability (including penalties, interest and
expenses) arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such amounts
were correctly or legally asserted.
Without
prejudice to the survival of any other agreement of the Borrower hereunder,
the
agreements and obligations of the Borrower contained in this Section 3.4 shall
survive the payment in full of principal and interest under the
Notes.
ARTICLE
IV.
SECURITY
SECTION
4.1. Grant of Security
Interest.
(a) The
Borrower hereby pledges to Lender, as security for the Obligations, and grants
to Lender a continuing security interest in, lien on and right of set-off
against the Collateral, subject only to those Liens described in Section 8.3(a),
(b), (c), (d), and (e), to secure prompt repayment of any and all Obligations
and in order to secure prompt performance by the Borrower of its covenants
and
duties under the Loan Documents.
SECTION
4.2. Delivery of
Additional Documentation Required. Borrower shall execute and
deliver to the Lender, prior to or concurrently with the Borrower’s execution
and delivery of this Agreement and at any time thereafter at the request of
the
Lender, all financing statements, continuation financing statements, fixture
filings, security agreements, assignments, endorsements of certificates of
title, applications for title, affidavits, reports, notices, schedules of
accounts, letters of authority, and all other documents that the Lender may
reasonably request, in form satisfactory to Lender, to perfect and maintain
perfected the Lender’s security interests in the Collateral and in order to
fully consummate all of the transactions contemplated under the Loan
Documents.
SECTION
4.3. Lender Appointed
Attorney-in-Fact. Borrower hereby irrevocably appoints Lender
its attorney-in-fact, with full authority in the place and stead of Borrower
and
in the name of Borrower or otherwise, at such time as an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing hereunder, to take any action and to execute any
instrument which Lender may reasonably deem necessary or advisable to accomplish
the purposes of this Agreement, including, without limitation:
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(a) to
ask, demand, collect, xxx for, recover, compromise, receive and give acquittance
and receipts for moneys due and to become due under or in connection with the
accounts or any other collateral of Borrower;
(b) to
receive, indorse, and collect any drafts or other instruments, documents,
negotiable collateral or chattel paper;
(c) to
file any claims or take any action or institute any proceedings which Lender
may
deem necessary or desirable for the collection of any of the collateral of
Borrower or otherwise to enforce the rights of Lender with respect to any of
the
collateral;
(d) to
repair, alter, or supply goods, if any, necessary to fulfill in whole or in
part
the purchase order of any person obligated to Borrower in respect of any account
of Borrower;
(e) to
use any labels, patents, trademarks, trade names, URLs, domain names, industrial
designs, copyrights, advertising matter or other industrial or intellectual
property rights, in advertising for sale and selling Inventory and other
Collateral and to collect any amounts due under accounts, contracts or
negotiable collateral of Borrower; and
(f) Lender
shall have the right, but shall not be obligated, to bring suit in its own
name
to enforce the trademarks, patents, copyrights and intellectual property
licenses and, if Lender shall commence any such suit shall, at the request
of
Lender, do any and all lawful acts and execute any and all proper documents
reasonably required by Lender in aid of such enforcement.
To
the
extent permitted by law, Borrower hereby ratifies all that such attorney-in-fact
shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of
attorney is coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable until this
Agreement is terminated.
SECTION
4.4. Lender’s
Duties. The powers conferred on Lender hereunder are solely to
protect Lender’s interest in the Collateral, and shall not impose any duty upon
Lender to exercise any such powers. Except for the safe custody of
any Collateral in its actual possession and the accounting for moneys actually
received by it hereunder, Lender shall have no duty as to any Collateral or
as
to the taking of any necessary steps to preserve rights against prior parties
or
any other rights pertaining to any Collateral. Lender shall be deemed
to have exercised reasonable care in the custody and preservation of any
Collateral in its actual possession if such Collateral is accorded treatment
substantially equal to that which Lender accords its own property.
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ARTICLE
V.
CONDITIONS
OF LENDING
SECTION
5.1. Conditions
Precedent to the Advance. The obligation of the Lender to make
an Advance is subject to the condition precedent that the Lender shall have
received, in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender:
(a) Note. A
Note representing the aggregate amount of the Advance, duly executed by Borrower
and payable to the order of the Lender.
(b) Executed
Loan and Security
Agreement. This Agreement, duly executed by the
Borrower.
(c) Authorizations. Resolutions
of the Board of Managers of the Borrower approving and authorizing the
execution, delivery, and performance by the Borrower of each Loan Document,
the
notices and other documents to be delivered by the Borrower pursuant to each
Loan Document, and the transactions contemplated thereunder.
(d) Good
Standing. Certificates of appropriate officials as to the
existence and good standing of the Borrower in its jurisdiction of
organization.
(e) Closing
Deliveries. Lender shall have received, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to Lender, all other agreements, notes, certificates,
orders, authorizations, financing statements, and other documents which Lender
may at any time reasonably request.
(f) Security
Interests. Lender shall have received satisfactory evidence
that all security interests and liens granted to Lender for the benefit of
Lender pursuant to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents have been duly
perfected and constitute first priority liens on the Collateral, subject only
to
Permitted Liens.
(g) Representations
and
Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Borrower
contained herein and in the Loan Documents shall be true, correct and complete
on and as of the Issue Date to the same extent as though made on and as of
that
date, except for any representation or warranty limited by its terms to a
specific date.
(h) No
Default. No event shall have occurred and be continuing or
would result from funding the Advance that would constitute an Event of Default
or a Default.
(i)
Performance of
Agreements. Each Loan Party shall have performed in all
material respects all agreements and satisfied all conditions which any Loan
Document provides shall be performed by it on or before the Issue Date, in
each
case to the satisfaction of the Lender.
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(j)
No
Prohibition. No order, judgment or decree of any court,
arbitrator or Governmental Authority shall purport to enjoin or restrain Lender
from making the Advance.
(k) No
Litigation. There shall not be pending or, to the knowledge of
any Loan Party, threatened, any action, charge, claim, demand, suit, proceeding,
petition, governmental investigation or arbitration by, against or affecting
any
Loan Party or any Property of any Loan Party that has not been disclosed to
Lender by Loan Parties in writing, and there shall have occurred no development
in any such action, charge, claim, demand, suit, proceeding, petition,
governmental investigation or arbitration that, in the reasonable opinion of
Lender, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(l)
Insurance. Lender
shall receive, within ten business days following the Issue Date, certificates
of insurance, insurance policies or binders for insurance with respect to each
Loan Party in types and amounts, under terms and conditions satisfactory to
Lender with appropriate endorsements naming Lender as loss payee and/or
additional insured, as appropriate.
(m) Material
Adverse
Change. Since December 31, 2006, there shall have been no
material adverse change in the business, operations, assets, properties,
liabilities, profits, prospects or financial position of the Loan Parties taken
as a whole as determined by the Lender in its sole discretion
(n) Solvency. Each
Loan Party shall have demonstrated to Lender that after giving effect to the
transactions contemplated hereby, such Loan Party is solvent, able to meet
its
obligations (including the Obligations) as they mature and has sufficient
capital to enable it to operate its business as currently conducted or proposed
to be conducted.
ARTICLE
VI.
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
In
order
to induce the Lender to enter into this Agreement, the Borrower represents
and
warrants to the Lender as of the date hereof and as of the Issue Date
that:
SECTION
6.1. Representations
in Merger Agreement are True and Correct. Each of the Representations and
Warranties made by Borrower in Article III of the Merger Agreement are true
and
correct as of the date of execution of this Agreement.
SECTION
6.2. Authority, Due Execution,
Binding Obligation. Borrower has the requisite limited liability company
and all other power and authority to enter into this Agreement and otherwise
to
carry out its obligations hereunder. The execution, delivery and performance
by
the Borrower of this Agreement and the filings contemplated therein have been
duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Borrower and no
further action is required by the Borrower. This Agreement has been
duly executed by the Borrower. This Agreement constitutes the legal,
valid and binding obligation of the Borrower, enforceable against the Borrower
in accordance with its terms except as such enforceability may be limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and similar laws of general
application relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors and
by
general principles of equity.
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SECTION
6.3. Location. The
Borrower has no place of business or offices where its books of account and
records are kept or places where Collateral is stored or located, except its
executive offices.
SECTION
6.4. Organization and
Name. The Borrower was organized and remains organized solely under the
laws of the State of Utah. The Borrower has no trade
name. The Borrower was formed under the name of Life Dimensions, LC
but changed its name to Sequoia Media Group, LC on August 8, 2003.
SECTION
6.5. No
Liens. Except for Permitted Liens, the Borrower is the sole owner of the
Collateral (except for non-exclusive licenses granted by the Borrower in the
ordinary course of business), free and clear of any liens, security interests,
encumbrances, rights or claims, and are fully authorized to grant the Security
Interests. There is not on file in any governmental or regulatory
authority, agency or recording office an effective financing statement, security
agreement, license or transfer or any notice of any of the foregoing (other
than
those that will be filed in favor of the Lender pursuant to this Agreement)
covering or affecting any of the Collateral.
SECTION
6.6. No
Claims. No written claim has been received that any Collateral or the
Borrower’s use of any Collateral violates the rights of any third party. There
has been no adverse decision to the Borrower's claim of ownership rights in
or
exclusive rights to use the Collateral in any jurisdiction or to the Borrower's
right to keep and maintain such Collateral in full force and effect, and there
is no proceeding involving said rights pending or, to the best knowledge of
the
Borrower, threatened before any court, judicial body, administrative or
regulatory agency, arbitrator or other governmental authority.
SECTION
6.7. Non-Contravention.
The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Borrower does
not (i) violate any of the provisions of any organizational document of the
Borrower or any judgment, decree, order or award of any court, governmental
body
or arbitrator or any applicable law, rule or regulation applicable to the
Borrower or (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event that with
notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others
any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation (with or
without notice, lapse of time or both) of, any agreement, credit facility,
debt
or other instrument (evidencing the Borrower's debt or otherwise) or other
understanding to which the Borrower is a party or by which any property or
asset
of the Borrower is bound or affected. If any, all required consents (including,
without limitation, from stockholders or creditors of the Borrower) necessary
for the Borrower to enter into and perform its obligations hereunder have been
obtained.
SECTION
6.8. No Default or
Event of Default. No event has occurred or is continuing which
constitutes a Default or Event of Default hereunder.
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ARTICLE
VII.
AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS OF THE BORROWER
Until
such time as all Obligations shall be indefeasibly paid in full, the Borrower
covenants and agrees that, unless the Lender shall otherwise consent in
writing:
SECTION
7.1. Compliance
with Laws, Etc. The Borrower will comply, in all material
respects with all applicable Legal Requirements; provided, however, that the
Borrower will comply in full with any applicable Legal Requirements the failure
with which to comply could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
SECTION
7.2. Reporting and Notice
Requirements. The Borrower will furnish to the
Lender:
(a) Notice
of
Default. Promptly after any officer of the Borrower knows or
has reason to know that any Default or Event of Default has occurred, a written
statement of such officer of the Borrower setting forth the details of such
Default or Event of Default and the action which the Borrower has taken or
proposes to take with respect thereto.
(b) Notification
of Claim
against the Collateral. The Borrower will, immediately upon
becoming aware thereof, notify the Lender in writing of any setoff, withholdings
or other defenses to which any of the Collateral, or the Lender’s rights with
respect to the Collateral, are subject.
SECTION
7.3. Use of
Proceeds. The proceeds of the Advance will be exclusively used by the
Borrower for (i) general working capital purposes, (ii) to fund the Borrower’s
operations conducted in the Ordinary Course of Business, and (iii) to pay
expenses incurred in connection with the Merger Agreement.
SECTION
7.4. Taxes and
Liens. The Borrower will pay and discharge, or will cause to
be paid and discharged, promptly all taxes, assessments, and governmental
charges or levies imposed upon the Borrower or upon the income of any Property
of the Borrower as well as all claims of any kind (including, without
limitation, claims for labor, materials, supplies, and rent) which, if unpaid,
might become a Lien upon any Property of the Borrower, except such taxes,
assessments, governmental charges or levies contested in good faith by the
Borrower and which adequate reserves are maintained in accordance with
GAAP.
SECTION
7.5. Maintenance
of Property. The Borrower will at all times maintain,
preserve, protect, and keep, or cause to be maintained, preserved, protected,
and kept, its Property in good repair, working order, and condition (ordinary
wear and tear excepted) and consistent with past practice.
SECTION
7.6. Right of
Inspection. From time to time upon reasonable notice to the
Borrower, the Borrower will permit any officer or employee of, or agent
designated by, the Lender to visit and inspect any of the Properties of any
Loan
Party, examine such Loan Party’s corporate books or financial records, take
copies and extracts therefrom, and discuss the affairs, finances, and accounts
of such Loan Party with its officers, certified public accountants and legal
counsel, all as often as the Lender may reasonably desire, provided that such
visits and inspections shall be made only during business hours and so as not
to
interfere unreasonably with the business and operations of such Loan
Party. All confidential or proprietary information provided to or
obtained by the Lender under this section or under any other provision of this
Agreement shall be held in confidence by the Lender in the same manner and
with
the same degree of protection as the Lender exercises with respect to its own
confidential or proprietary information. For purposes of this
section, all information provided to the Lender pursuant hereto shall be
presumed to constitute “confidential and proprietary information” unless (i) the
Borrower indicates otherwise in writing, (ii) the information was or becomes
generally available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure in
violation of this section by the Lender or its representatives, (iii) the
information was or becomes available to the Lender or its representatives on
a
non-confidential basis from a source other than such Loan Party, (iv) the
information was within the possession of the Lender or any of its
representatives prior to being furnished by or on behalf of such Loan Party,
provided that in each case the source of such information was not bound by
a
confidentiality agreement known to Lender in respect thereof preventing
disclosure to the Lender or its representatives or (v) the information is
independently developed by the Lender (but only if it does not contain or
reflect, and is not based upon, in whole or in part, any information furnished
hereunder which constitutes “confidential or proprietary
information”).
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SECTION
7.7. Insurance. The
Borrower will maintain insurance of similar types and coverages as maintained
on
the date hereof and consistent with past practice with financially sound and
reputable insurance companies and associations acceptable to the Lender based
on
the Lender’s reasonable judgment (or as to workers’ compensation or similar
insurance, in an insurance fund or by self-insurance authorized by the
jurisdiction in which its operations are carried on).
SECTION
7.8. Notice of
Litigation. The Borrower will promptly notify Lender in
writing of any litigation, legal proceeding or dispute, other than disputes
in
the ordinary course of business or, whether or not in the ordinary course of
business, involving amounts in excess of $25,000, and any investigation of
the
Borrower by any Governmental Authority, which could reasonably be expected
to
adversely affect the Borrower or any Loan Party whether or not fully covered
by
insurance, and regardless of the subject matter thereof.
SECTION
7.9. Maintenance
of Office. The Borrower will maintain its chief executive
office at 00000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxx, Xxxx 00000, or at such
other place in the United States of America as it shall designate upon written
notice to the Lender, where notices, presentations and demands to or upon the
Borrower in respect of the Loan Documents to which it is a party may be given
or
made. The Borrower shall notify the Lender in writing of its intent
to relocate any of its Property at least ten Business Days prior to the date
of
such proposed relocation, specifying the Property to be relocated and the
location to which it will be relocated.
SECTION
7.10. Existence. The
Borrower will, and will cause each Loan Party to preserve and maintain its
legal
existence and all of its material rights, privileges, licenses, contracts and
Property and assets used or useful to its business.
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SECTION
7.11. Financial
Statements. Borrower shall furnish Lender within one hundred
and five (105) days after the end of each fiscal year of Borrower, financial
statements of Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis including,
but not limited to, statements of income and stockholders’ equity and cash flow
from the beginning of the current fiscal year to the end of such fiscal year
and
the balance sheet as at the end of such fiscal year, all prepared in accordance
with GAAP applied on a basis consistent with prior practices, and in reasonable
detail and reported upon without qualification by the Borrower’ public
accountants. Buyer’s annual financial statements required hereunder
shall be accompanied by a certificate of Borrower’s Chief Financial Officer
which shall state that, based on an examination sufficient to permit him to
make
an informed statement, no Default or Event of Default exists, or, if such is
not
the case, specifying such Default or Event of Default, its nature, when it
occurred, whether it is continuing and the steps being taken by Borrower with
respect to such event.
In
addition, Borrower shall furnish Lender within thirty (30) days after the end
of
each month, an unaudited balance sheet of Borrower and its Subsidiaries on
a
consolidated basis and unaudited statements of income and stockholders’ equity
and cash flow of Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis
reflecting results of operations from the beginning of the fiscal year to the
end of such month and for such month, prepared on a basis consistent with prior
practices and complete and correct in all material respects, subject to normal
and recurring year end adjustments that individually and in the aggregate are
not material to the business of Borrower. Each such balance sheet, statement
of
income and stockholders’ equity and statement of cash flow shall set forth a
comparison of the figures for (w) the current fiscal period and (x) the current
year-to-date with the figures for (y) the same fiscal period and year-to-date
period of the immediately preceding fiscal year and (z) the projections for
such
fiscal period and year-to-date period. The monthly financial
statements shall be accompanied by a certificate of Borrower’ Chief Financial
Officer, which shall state that, based on an examination sufficient to permit
him to make an informed statement, no Default or Event of Default exists, or,
if
such is not the case, specifying such Default or Event of Default, its nature,
when it occurred, whether it is continuing and the steps being taken by Borrower
with respect to such event.
SECTION
7.12. Further
Assurances. The Borrower will cooperate with the Lender and
execute, and will cause each Loan Party to execute, such further instruments
and
documents as the Lender shall reasonably request to carry out to its
satisfaction the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other
Loan
Documents.
ARTICLE
VIII.
NEGATIVE
COVENANTS
Until
such time as all Obligations shall be indefeasibly paid in full, the Borrower
covenants and agrees that, without the written consent of the
Lender:
SECTION
8.1. Impairment of
Rights. The Borrower will not undertake, or permit any Loan
Party to undertake, any action or engage in any transaction or activity the
intent or reasonably expected consequences of which may be to impair the
Lender’s rights hereunder.
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SECTION
8.2. Restrictions on
Debt. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries will not create,
incur, assume, guarantee or be or remain liable, contingently or otherwise,
with
respect to any Debt other than:
(a) Debt
to the Lender arising under any of the Loan Documents;
(b) liabilities
of Borrower or its Subsidiaries incurred in the ordinary course of business
not
incurred through (i) the borrowing of money, or (ii) the obtaining of
credit except for credit on an open account basis customarily extended and
in
fact extended in connection with normal purchases of goods and
services;
(c) outstanding
liabilities of Borrower as of the date of execution of this Agreement all of
which are listed on Schedule 8.2 attached hereto;
(d) Debt
incurred in the Ordinary Course of Business in respect of taxes, assessments,
governmental charges or levies and claims for labor, materials and supplies
to
the extent that payment therefor shall not at the time be required to be made
in
accordance with the provisions of Section 7.4;
(e) Debt
in respect of judgments or awards that have been in force for less than the
applicable period for taking an appeal so long as execution is not levied
thereunder or in respect of which the Borrower or any its Subsidiaries shall
at
the time in good faith be prosecuting an appeal or proceedings for review and
in
respect of which a stay of execution shall have been obtained pending such
appeal or review;
(f)
endorsements for collection, deposit or negotiation and warranties of products
or services, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business;
and
(g) Debt
owed by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries to trade vendors, in the amount of
the
cost to the Loan Party of inventory held on consignment from such trade vendors,
including, without limitation, in connection with and pursuant to agreements
with such trade vendors.
SECTION
8.3. Restrictions on
Liens. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall not
(i) create or incur or suffer to be created or incurred or to exist any
Lien upon any of their respective Property, or upon the income or profits
therefrom; (ii) transfer any of such Property or the income or profits
therefrom for the purpose of subjecting the same to the payment of Debt or
performance of any other obligation in priority to payment of its general
creditors; (iii) except in the Ordinary Course of Business, acquire, or
agree or have an option to acquire, any property or assets upon conditional
sale
or other title retention or purchase money security agreement, device or
arrangement; (iv) suffer to exist for a period of more than
thirty (30) days after the same shall have been incurred any Debt or claim
or demand against it that if unpaid might by law or upon bankruptcy or
insolvency, or otherwise, be given any priority whatsoever over its general
creditors; or (v) except in the Ordinary Course of Business, sell, assign,
pledge or otherwise transfer any accounts, contract rights, general intangibles,
chattel paper or instruments, with or without recourse; provided that the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries may create or incur or suffer to be created or
incurred or to exist (the “Permitted
Liens”):
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(a) liens
to secure taxes, assessments and other government charges in respect of
obligations not overdue or liens on properties to secure claims for labor,
material or supplies in respect of obligations not overdue;
(b)
deposits or pledges made in connection with, or to secure payment of, workmen’s
compensation, unemployment insurance, old age pensions or other social security
obligations;
(c) liens
on properties in respect of judgments or awards, the Debt with respect to which
is permitted by Section 8.2(d);
(d) encumbrances
on real estate consisting of easements, rights of way, zoning restrictions,
restrictions on the use of real property and defects and irregularities in
the
title thereto, landlord’s or lessor’s liens under leases to which the Borrower
or its Subsidiaries is a party, and other minor liens or encumbrances none
of
which in the opinion of the Lender interferes materially with the use of the
Property affected in the ordinary conduct of the business of the such Loan
Party, which defects do not individually or in the aggregate have a Material
Adverse Effect on the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries,
individually or on a consolidated basis; and
(e) purchase
money security interests incurred in the ordinary course.
SECTION
8.4. Mergers and
Acquisitions. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries will not
become a party to any merger or consolidation, or agree to or effect any asset
acquisition or stock acquisition (other than the acquisition of assets in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practices) other than the
Merger, unless such transaction expressly requires the repayment of the Notes
and any and all outstanding interest and the Notes and all interest thereon
are
in fact paid in full at the closing of such transaction.
The
Borrower and its Subsidiaries will not agree to or effect any asset acquisition,
except for raw materials and inventory in the Ordinary Course of Business,
or
issue additional membership interest, other than pursuant to the Merger
Agreement, without the prior written consent of the Lender, unless such
transaction expressly requires the repayment of the Note and any and all
outstanding interest at the closing of such transaction and the Notes and all
interest thereon are in fact paid in full at the closing of such transaction.
The Borrower and its Subsidiaries will not create or form any new Subsidiaries
without the prior written consent of Lender.
SECTION
8.5. Issuance of
Equity Interests. Except for the Equity
Interests set
forth in Section
3.3 of
the Sequoia Disclosure Schedule to the Merger Agreement,
the Borrower
and its Subsidiaries will not issue any Equity Interests, as the case may be,
including, without limitation, any issuance of warrants, options or subscription
or conversion rights (other than under any existing employee compensation
scheme), unless (i) the Borrower or its Subsidiaries receives solely cash
proceeds from each such issuance, (ii) the net proceeds from such issuance
are applied in accordance with Section 3.2 hereof and (iii) no Default
or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time any such issuance
is consummated and none would exist (whether or not after the expiration of
time
or giving of notice or both) after giving effect thereto. The parties
agree that any proceeds received by Borrower pursuant to the exercise of Equity
Interests set forth in Section
3.3 of the
Sequoia
Disclosure Schedule to
the Merger Agreement, need not be
applied in accordance with Section 3.2 and may be retained by Borrower for
use
in its operations.
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ARTICLE
IX.
EVENTS
OF
DEFAULT
SECTION
9.1. Events of
Default. If any of the following events (“Events of
Default”)
shall occur and shall not have been cured within one calendar day (in the case
of monetary defaults) or 7 calendar days (in the case of all other defaults)
unless a shorter period of time is specified below:
(a) the
Borrower shall fail to pay principal of or interest on the Notes or other
amounts due under the Notes or this Agreement or any other Loan Document, when
the same becomes due and payable; or
(b) any
representation or warranty made any Loan Party (or any of its officers) under
or
in connection with any Loan Document shall prove to have been untrue or
incorrect in any material respects, when made or deemed made; or
(c) any
Loan Party shall fail to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement
contained herein or in any other Loan Document within 15 days after a senior
officer has knowledge thereof or receives notice thereof, written notice from
the Lender to cure same, whichever is sooner; or
(d) any
Loan Party shall fail to pay any principal of, or premium or interest on, any
Debt in excess of $25,000 when the same becomes due and payable (whether by
scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand or otherwise)
unless being contested in good faith, and such failure shall continue after
the
applicable grace period, if any, specified in the agreement or instrument
relating to such Debt; or any other event constituting a default (however
defined) shall occur or condition shall exist under any agreement or instrument
relating to any such Debt and shall continue after the applicable grace period,
if any, specified in such agreement or instrument, which would give rise to
a
right to accelerate such Debt; or
(e) the
Borrower fails to use the proceeds from the Advance in accordance with the
stated use therefor as contemplated by Section 7.3; or
(f) any
Loan Party is enjoined, restrained or in any way prevented by any Governmental
Authority from conducting any material part of its business; any Loan Party
suffers the loss, revocation or termination of any material license, permit,
lease or agreement necessary to its business; there is a cessation of any
material part of an Loan Party's business for a material period of time; any
material Collateral or Property of an Loan Party is taken or impaired through
condemnation; any Loan Party agrees to or commences any liquidation, dissolution
or winding up of its affairs; or any Loan Party ceases to be
Solvent;
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(g) any
Insolvency Proceeding is commenced by any Loan Party; an Insolvency Proceeding
is commenced against any Loan Party and: such Loan Party consents to the
institution of the proceeding against it, the petition commencing the proceeding
is not timely controverted by such Loan Party, such petition is not dismissed
within 30 days after its filing, or an order for relief is entered in the
proceeding; a trustee (including an interim trustee) is appointed to take
possession of any substantial Property of or to operate any of the business
of
any Loan Party; or any Loan Party makes an offer of settlement, extension or
composition to its unsecured creditors generally;
(h) the
Borrower shall attempt to liquidate or dissolve itself, without the prior
written consent of the Lender; or
(i)
there shall occur any Change of Control.
then,
and
in any such event, Lender (after providing the notice and opportunity to cure
set forth in the first clause of this Section) may, by notice to the Borrower,
declare the principal amount of the Note, all interest thereon and all other
Obligations or amounts payable under this Agreement or any other Loan Document
to be forthwith due and payable, whereupon the Note, all such interest and
all
such amounts shall become and be forthwith due and payable, without presentment,
demand, protest or further notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly
waived by the Borrower and all interest on and principal of all other Debt
owed
by the Borrower to the Lender shall likewise become and be forthwith due and
payable without presentment, demand, protest or further notice of any kind,
all
of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower; provided however,
that in the case of any Default pursuant to Subsections (g), and (j) of this
Section 9.1, all such interest and all such amounts shall automatically become
and be due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest, right to cure
or
any notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the
Borrower.
SECTION
9.2. Remedies. Upon
the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(a) Lender
may exercise in respect of the Collateral, in addition to other rights and
remedies provided for herein, in the other Loan Documents, or otherwise
available to it, all the rights and remedies of a secured party on default
under
the UCC or any other applicable law. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, Borrower expressly agrees that, in any such event, Lender without
demand of performance or other demand, advertisement or notice of any kind
(except a notice specified below of time and place of public or private sale)
to
or upon Borrower or any other Person (all and each of which demands,
advertisements and notices are hereby expressly waived to the maximum extent
permitted by the UCC or any other applicable law), may take immediate possession
of all or any portion of the Collateral and (i) require Borrower to, and
Borrower hereby agrees that it will at its own expense and upon request of
Lender forthwith, assemble all or part of the Collateral as directed by Lender
and make it available to Lender at one or more locations where Borrower
regularly maintains inventory, and (ii) without notice except as specified
below, sell the Collateral or any part thereof in one or more parcels at public
or private sale, at any of Lender’s offices or elsewhere, for cash, on credit,
and upon such other terms and at such prices as Lender may deem commercially
reasonable. Borrower agrees that, to the extent notice of sale shall
be required by law, at least 10 days notice to Borrower of the time and place
of
any public sale or the time after which any private sale is to be made shall
constitute reasonable notification and specifically such notice shall constitute
a reasonable “authenticated notification of disposition” within the meaning of
Section 9-611 of the UCC. Lender shall not be obligated to make any
sale of Collateral regardless of notice of sale having been
given. Lender may adjourn any public or private sale from time to
time by announcement at the time and place fixed therefor, and such sale may,
without further notice, be made at the time and place to which it was so
adjourned.
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(b) Lender
is hereby granted an irrevocable license or other right to use, without
liability for royalties or any other charge, Borrower’s labels, patents,
copyrights, rights of use of any name, trade secrets, trade names, trademarks,
service marks and advertising matter, URLs, domain names, industrial designs,
other industrial or intellectual property or any property of a similar nature,
whether owned by any Borrower or with respect to which any Borrower has rights
under license, sublicense, or other agreements, as it pertains to the
Collateral, in preparing for sale, advertising for sale and selling any
Collateral, and Borrower’s rights under all licenses and all franchise
agreements shall inure to the benefit of Lender.
(c) Any
cash held by Lender as Collateral and all cash proceeds received by Lender
in
respect of any sale of, collection from, or other realization upon all or any
part of the Collateral shall be applied against the Obligations in the order
set
forth in the Credit Agreement. In the event the proceeds of Collateral are
insufficient to satisfy all of the Obligations in full, Borrower shall remain
jointly and severally liable for any such deficiency.
(d) Borrower
hereby acknowledges that the Obligations arose out of a commercial transaction,
and agrees that if an Event of Default shall occur Lender shall have the right
to an immediate writ of possession without notice of a hearing. Lender shall
have the right to the appointment of a receiver for the properties and assets
of
Borrower, and Borrower hereby consents to such rights and such appointment
and
hereby waives any objection Borrower may have thereto or the right to have
a
bond or other security posted by Lender.
SECTION
9.3. Remedies
Cumulative. Each right, power, and remedy of Lender as
provided for in this Agreement or in the other Loan Documents or now or
hereafter existing at law or in equity or by statute or otherwise shall be
cumulative and concurrent and shall be in addition to every other right, power,
or remedy provided for in this Agreement or in the other Loan Documents or
now
or hereafter existing at law or in equity or by statute or otherwise, and the
exercise or beginning of the exercise by Lender, of any one or more of such
rights, powers, or remedies shall not preclude the simultaneous or later
exercise by Lender of any or all such other rights, powers, or
remedies.
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SECTION
9.4. Marshaling. Lender
shall not be required to marshal any present or future collateral security
(including but not limited to the Collateral) for, or other assurances of
payment of, the Obligations or any of them or to resort to such collateral
security or other assurances of payment in any particular order, and all of
its
rights and remedies hereunder and in respect of such collateral security and
other assurances of payment shall be cumulative and in addition to all other
rights and remedies, however existing or arising. To the extent that
it lawfully may, Borrower hereby agrees that it will not invoke any law relating
to the marshaling of collateral which might cause delay in or impede the
enforcement of Lender’s rights and remedies under this Agreement or under any
other instrument creating or evidencing any of the Obligations or under which
any of the Obligations is outstanding or by which any of the Obligations is
secured or payment thereof is otherwise assured, and, to the extent that it
lawfully may, Borrower hereby irrevocably waives the benefits of all such
laws.
ARTICLE
X.
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION
10.1. Survival of
Representations and Warranties. All representations and
warranties in each Loan Document shall survive the delivery of the Notes and
the
making of the Advance, and shall continue after the repayment of the Notes
and
the Maturity Date until all Obligations are indefeasibly paid in full, and
any
investigation at any time made by or on behalf of the Lender shall not diminish
the Lender’s right to rely thereon.
SECTION
10.2. Amendments,
Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement
or the Note, or any other Loan Document, nor consent by Lender to any departure
by the Borrower therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same
shall
be in writing and signed by the Lender, and then such waiver or consent shall
be
effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which
given.
SECTION
10.3. Notices,
Etc. All notices and other communications provided for
hereunder shall be in writing (including by telex or telefacsimile transmission)
and shall be effective when actually delivered, or in the case of telex notice,
when sent, answerback received, or in the case of telefacsimile transmission,
when received and telephonically confirmed, addressed as follows: if
to Borrower or any other Loan Party, to Sequoia Media Group, LC at its address
at 00000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxx, Xxxx 00000,
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Facsimile Number: (000) 000-0000; if to
the Lender, at its address at 0000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx
00000, Attention: Chief Executive Officer, Facsimile Number: (713)
895- 7773 ; or as to the Borrower or the Lender at such other address as shall
be designated by such party in a written notice to the other
parties.
SECTION
10.4. No Waiver;
Remedies. No failure on the part of the Lender to exercise,
and no delay in exercising, any right under any Loan Document shall operate
as a
waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right
preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other
right. The remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive
of any remedies provided by law.
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SECTION
10.5. Expenses and
Attorneys’ Fees. Whether or not the transactions contemplated
hereby shall be consummated, each Loan Party agrees to promptly pay all fees,
costs and expenses incurred in connection with any matters contemplated by
or
arising out of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents including the
following, and all such fees, costs and expenses shall be part of the
Obligations, payable on demand and secured by the Collateral: (a) fees, costs
and expenses incurred by Lender (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and
expenses and fees of consultants, accountants and other professionals retained
by Lender) incurred in connection with the examination, review, due diligence
investigation, documentation and closing of the financing arrangements evidenced
by the Loan Documents; (b) fees, costs and expenses incurred by Lender
(including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, the allocated costs of
Lender’s internal legal staff and fees of environmental consultants, accountants
and other professionals retained by Lender) incurred in connection with the
review, negotiation, preparation, documentation, execution, syndication and
administration of the Loan Documents, the Loans, and any amendments, waivers,
consents, forbearances and other modifications relating thereto or any
subordination or intercreditor agreements, including reasonable documentation
charges assessed by Lender for amendments, waivers, consents and any other
documentation prepared by Lender’s internal legal staff; (c) fees, costs and
expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) incurred on behalf of Lender in
creating, perfecting and maintaining perfection of Liens in favor of Lender;
(d)
fees, costs and expenses incurred by Lender in connection with forwarding to
Borrower the proceeds of Loans including Lender’s bank’s standard wire transfer
fee; (e) fees, costs, expenses and bank charges, including bank charges for
returned checks, incurred by Lender in establishing, maintaining and handling
lock box accounts, blocked accounts or other accounts for collection of the
Collateral; and (f) fees, costs, expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees
and allocated costs of internal legal staff) of Lender and costs of settlement
incurred in collecting upon or enforcing rights against the Collateral or
incurred in any action to enforce this Agreement or the other Loan Documents
or
to collect any payments due from the Borrower or any other Loan Party under
this
Agreement or any other Loan Document or incurred in connection with any
refinancing or restructuring of the credit arrangements provided under this
Agreement, whether in the nature of a “workout” or in connection with any
insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings or otherwise.
SECTION
10.6. Indemnity. In
addition to the payment of expenses pursuant to Section 10.5, whether or not
the
transactions contemplated hereby shall be consummated, each Loan Party agrees
to
indemnify, pay and hold Lender, and the officers, directors, and employees
of,
or consultants, auditors and other persons engaged by Lender, to evaluate or
monitor the Collateral, affiliates and attorneys of Lender and such holders
(collectively called the “Indemnitees”)
harmless from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages,
penalties, actions, judgments, suits, claims, costs, expenses and
disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever (including the fees and
disbursements of counsel for such Indemnitees in connection with any
investigative, administrative or judicial proceeding commenced or threatened,
whether or not such Indemnitee shall be designated a party thereto) that may
be
imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against that Indemnitee, in any manner
relating to or arising out of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the statements
contained in the commitment letters, if any, delivered by Lender, and the
Lender’s agreement to make the Loans hereunder, the use or intended use of the
proceeds of any of the Loans or the exercise of any right or remedy hereunder
or
under the other Loan Documents (the “Indemnified
Liabilities”); provided that no Loan Party shall have any obligation to
an Indemnitee hereunder with respect to Indemnified Liabilities arising from
the
gross negligence or willful misconduct of that Indemnitee as determined by
a
final non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction.
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SECTION
10.7. Right of
Set-off. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any
Event of Default, the Lender is hereby authorized at any time and from time
to
time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and
all
deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any
time
held and other Debt at any time owing by the Lender to or for the credit or
the
account of the Borrower against any and all of the obligations of the Borrower
now or hereafter existing under any Loan Document, whether or not the Lender
shall have made any demand under the Notes and although such obligations may
be
unmatured. Lender agrees promptly to notify Borrower after any such
set-off and application made by such Lender, provided that the failure to give
such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and
application. The rights of the Lender under this Section are in
addition to other rights and remedies (including, without limitation, other
rights of set-off) which such the Lender may have.
SECTION
10.8. Binding
Effect. This Agreement shall become effective when it shall
have been executed by the Borrower and the Lender and thereafter shall be
binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Borrower, the Lender and their
respective successors and assigns, except that neither the Borrower nor the
Lender (except as provided in Section 10.9) shall have the right to assign
its
rights hereunder or any interest herein without the prior written consent of
the
other.
SECTION
10.9. Assignments and
Participations. The Lender may assign all or a portion of its
rights and obligations under this Agreement (including, without limitation,
all
or a portion of the Notes held by it), whether pursuant to a sale of
participations or otherwise.
SECTION
10.10. Limitation on
Agreements. All agreements between the Borrower or the Lender,
whether now existing or hereafter arising and whether written or oral, are
hereby expressly limited so that in no contingency or event whatsoever, whether
by reason of demand being made in respect of an amount due under any Loan
Document or otherwise, shall the amount paid, or agreed to be paid, to the
Lender for the use, forbearance, or detention of the money to be loaned under
the Notes or any other Loan Document or otherwise or for the payment or
performance of any covenant or obligation contained herein or in any other
Loan
Document exceed the Highest Lawful Rate. If, as a result of any
circumstance whatsoever, fulfillment of or compliance with any provision hereof
or of any of such Loan Documents at the time performance of such provision
shall
be due or at any other time shall involve exceeding the amount permitted to
be
contracted for, taken, reserved, charged or received by the Lender under
applicable usury law, then, ipso facto, the obligation to be fulfilled or
complied with shall be reduced to the limit prescribed by such applicable usury
law, and if, from any such circumstance, the Lender shall ever receive interest
or anything which might be deemed interest under applicable law which would
exceed the Highest Lawful Rate, such amount which would be excessive interest
shall be applied, in the Lender’s sole discretion, to the reduction of the
principal amount owing on account of the Notes or the amounts owing on other
Obligations of the Loan Parties to the Lender under any Loan Document and not
to
the payment of interest, or if such excessive interest exceeds the unpaid
principal balance of the Notes and the amounts owing on other Obligations of
the
Borrower to the Lender under any Loan Document, as the case may be, such excess
shall be refunded to the Borrower. All sums paid or agreed to be paid
to the Lender for the use, forbearance, or detention of the indebtedness of
the
Borrower to the Lender shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be
amortized, prorated, allocated, and spread throughout the full term of such
indebtedness until payment in full of the principal (including the period of
any
renewal or extension thereof) so that the interest on account of such
indebtedness shall not exceed the Highest Lawful
Rate. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Loan
Document, it is understood and agreed that if at any time the rate of interest
which accrues on the outstanding principal balance of the Notes shall exceed
the
Highest Lawful Rate, the rate of interest which accrues on the outstanding
principal balance of the Notes shall be limited to the Highest Lawful Rate,
but
any subsequent reductions in the rate of interest which accrues on the
outstanding principal balance of the Notes shall not reduce the rate of interest
which accrues on the outstanding principal balance of such Notes below the
Highest Lawful Rate until the total amount of interest accrued on the
outstanding principal balance of the Notes, taken in the aggregate, equals
the
amount of interest which would have accrued if such interest rate had at all
times been in effect and not been reduced. In the event that any rate
of interest under the Notes or any Loan Document is reduced due to the effect
of
this Section 10.10 and there is a subsequent increase in the Highest Lawful
Rate, such interest rate shall, automatically without any action of the Borrower
or Lender, be increased to the then applicable Highest Lawful
Rate. The terms and provisions of this Section 10.10 shall control
and supersede every other provision of all Loan Documents.
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SECTION
10.11. Severability. In
case any one or more of the provisions contained in any Loan Document to which
the Borrower is a party or in any instrument contemplated thereby, or any
application thereof, shall be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any respect,
the validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained
therein, and any other application thereof, shall not in any way be affected
or
impaired thereby.
SECTION
10.12. Governing
Law. This Agreement and the Notes shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York applicable
to
contracts made and to be performed entirely within such state.
SECTION
10.13. SUBMISSION TO
JURISDICTION; WAIVERS. THE BORROWER AND THE LENDER IRREVOCABLY
AND UNCONDITIONALLY:
(a) SUBMITS
FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS
AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR FOR RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF
ANY
JUDGMENT IN RESPECT THEREOF, TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE GENERAL JURISDICTION OF THE
COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, THE COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
FOR
THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND APPELLATE COURTS FROM ANY
THEREOF;
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(b) WAIVES
ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH ACTION
OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT OR THAT SUCH PROCEEDING WAS BROUGHT IN AN
INCONVENIENT FORUM AND AGREES NOT TO PLEAD OR CLAIM THE SAME;
(c) AGREES
THAT SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY SUCH LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE EFFECTED
BY MAILING OF A COPY THEREOF (BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL OR ANY
SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR FORM OF MAIL POSTAGE PREPAID) TO THE ADDRESS SET FORTH
IN
SECTION 10.3 HEREOF OR AT SUCH OTHER ADDRESS OF WHICH THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO
SHALL HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED IN WRITING PURSUANT TO SECTION 10.3.
(d) THE
BORROWER AND THE LENDER EACH WAIVES ITS RIGHT TO JURY TRIAL WITH RESPECT TO
ANY
LEGAL ACTION ARISING UNDER THIS AGREEMENT.
SECTION
10.14. Reserved.
SECTION
10.15. Execution in
Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts and by facsimile, each of which when so executed shall be deemed
to
be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the
same
agreement.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed
by
their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above
written.
SEQUOIA
MEDIA GROUP, LC
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
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Title:
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Secretary/Treasurer/CEO
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By:
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/S/
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name:
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X. Xxxxxx
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Title:
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President
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SECURED
NOTE
$1,000,000
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__________,
2007
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FOR
VALUE
RECEIVED, the undersigned (the “Borrower”), HEREBY
PROMISES TO PAY to the order of Secure Alliance Holdings Corporation (the “Lender”), on or
before the Maturity Date (as such term is defined in the Loan Agreement), the
principal sum of One Million and No/100 Dollars ($1,000,000.00) in accordance
with the terms and provisions of that certain Loan and Security Agreement dated
as of ________, 2007 by and between the Borrower and the Lender (as same may
be
amended, modified, increased, supplemented and/or restated from time to time,
the “Loan
Agreement”; capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined
herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Loan
Agreement).
The
outstanding principal balance of this Note, together with all accrued and unpaid
interest thereon, shall be due and payable on the Maturity Date. The
Borrower promise to pay interest on the unpaid principal balance of this Note
from the Issue Date until the principal balance thereof is paid in
full. Interest shall accrue on the outstanding principal balance of
this Note from and including the Issue Date to and including the Maturity Date
at the rate or rates, and shall be due and payable on the dates and paid in
accordance with the terms and conditions, set forth in the Loan
Agreement.
Payments
of principal and interest, and all Fees, and amounts due with respect to costs
and expenses pursuant to the Loan Agreement, shall be made in lawful money
of
the United States of America in immediately available funds, without deduction,
set-off or counterclaim to the Lender to the account maintained by the Lender
not later than 11:59 a.m. (New York time) on the dates on which such payments
shall become due pursuant to the terms and provisions set forth in the Loan
Agreement. Interest due under the Note shall be payable monthly in
arrears on the first day of each succeeding month, commencing one month from
the
Issue Date, at the Interest Rate, in cash. All interest payable on the Maturity
Date shall be paid in cash. Lender is hereby authorized by Borrower
to enter and record on the schedule attached hereto the amount outstanding
from
time to time under this Note and each payment and prepayment of principal
thereon without any further authorization on the part of Borrower.
After
the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, interest shall
be
payable at the Default Rate.
At
its
option, Borrower may make prepayments of principal hereof without penalty,
in
whole or in part, at any time, provided that on the date of each such prepayment
Borrower shall pay all then accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount
hereof. The Obligations of the Borrower under this Note and any
additional note issued hereunder are secured by the Liens and security interests
granted pursuant to the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents and are
entitled to the benefit of the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents,
and
are subject to all of the agreements, terms and conditions therein
combined.
If
any
payment of principal or cash interest on this Note shall become due on a day
that is not a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding
Business Day and such extension of time shall in such case be included in
computing cash interest in connection with such payment.
This
Note
is the Note provided for in, and is entitled to the benefits of the Loan and
Security Agreement, which, among other things, contain provisions for
acceleration of the maturity hereof upon the happening of certain stated events,
for prepayments on account of principal hereof prior to the maturity hereof
upon
the terms and conditions and with the effect therein specified, and provisions
to the effect that no provision of the Loan Agreement or this Note shall require
the payment or permit the collection of interest in excess of the Highest Lawful
Rate.
The
Borrower and any and all endorsers, guarantors and sureties severally waive
grace, demand, presentment for payment, notice of dishonor or default, protest,
notice of protest, notice of intent to accelerate, notice of acceleration and
diligence in collecting and bringing of suit against any party hereto, and
agree
to all renewals, extensions or partial payments hereon and to any release or
substitution of security hereof, in whole or in part, with or without notice,
before or after maturity.
THIS
NOTE
SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE
OF
NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED WHOLLY WITHIN SUCH
STATE.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrower has caused this Note to be duly executed and
delivered effective as of the date first above written.
SEQUOIA
MEDIA GROUP, LC
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Name:
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Title:
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SCHEDULE
TO NOTE
Borrower: Sequoia
Media Group, LC
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Date
of Note: _______, 2007
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DATE
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AMOUNT
OF INTEREST
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PRINCIPAL
PAYMENTS
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UNPAID
PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF NOTE
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NAME
OF PERSON MAKING NOTATION
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