Exhibit 10.108
AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
by and between
CONGRESS FINANCIAL CORPORATION
as Lender
and
I.C. XXXXXX & COMPANY L.P.
as Borrower
Dated: December 20, 2002
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS 1
SECTION 2. CREDIT FACILITIES 18
2.1 Revolving Loans 18
2.2 Letter of Credit Accommodations 19
SECTION 3. INTEREST AND FEES 23
3.1 Interest. 23
3.2 Closing Fee 23
3.3 Servicing Fee 23
3.4 Unused Line Fee 23
3.5 Changes in Laws and Increased Costs of Loans. 23
SECTION 4. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT 24
4.1 Conditions Precedent to Initial Loans and Letter of
Credit Accommodations 24
4.2 Conditions Precedent to All Loans and Letter of
Credit Accommodations 26
SECTION 5. GRANT AND PERFECTION OF SECURITY INTEREST 26
5.1 Grant of Security Interest 26
5.2 Perfection of Security Interests. 28
SECTION 6. COLLECTION AND ADMINISTRATION 31
6.1 Borrower's Loan Account 31
6.2 Statements 31
6.3 Collection of Accounts 32
6.4 Payments 33
6.5 Authorization to Make Loans 34
6.6 Use of Proceeds 34
SECTION 7. COLLATERAL REPORTING AND COLLATERAL COVENANTS 34
7.1 Collateral Reporting 34
7.2 Accounts Covenants 35
7.3 Inventory Covenants 36
7.4 Equipment and Real Property Covenants 37
7.5 Power of Attorney 37
7.6 Right to Cure 38
7.7 Access to Premises 38
SECTION 8. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES 39
8.1 Existence; Power and Authority 39
8.2 Name; State of Organization; Chief Executive Office;
Collateral Locations. 39
8.3 Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Change. 40
8.4 Priority of Liens; Title to Properties 40
8.5 Tax Returns 40
8.6 Litigation 40
8.7 Compliance with Other Agreements and Applicable Laws 41
8.8 Environmental Compliance 41
8.9 Employee Benefits. 41
8.10 Bank Accounts 42
8.11 Intellectual Property 42
8.12 Subsidiaries; Affiliates; Capitalization; Solvency 43
8.13 Labor Disputes 43
8.14 Restrictions on Subsidiaries 44
8.15 Material Contracts 44
8.16 Payable Practices 44
8.17 Accuracy and Completeness of Information. 44
8.18 Survival of Warranties; Cumulative 44
SECTION 9. AFFIRMATIVE AND NEGATIVE COVENANTS 45
9.1 Maintenance of Existence 45
9.2 New Collateral Locations 45
9.3 Compliance with Laws, Regulations, Etc. 45
9.4 Payment of Taxes and Claims 46
9.5 Insurance 47
9.6 Financial Statements and Other Information 47
9.7 Sale of Assets, Consolidation, Merger, Dissolution, Etc. 48
9.8 Encumbrances 49
9.9 Indebtedness 50
9.10 Loans, Investments, Etc. 53
9.11 Dividends and Redemptions 54
9.12 Transactions with Affiliates 55
9.13 Compliance with ERISA. 55
9.14 End of Fiscal Years; Fiscal Quarters 55
9.15 Change in Business 55
9.16 Limitation of Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries 55
9.17 Net Worth 56
9.18 Working Capital 56
9.19 License Agreements 56
9.20 After Acquired Real Property 57
9.21 Costs and Expenses 57
9.22 Further Assurances 58
SECTION 10. EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES 58
10.1 Events of Default 58
10.2 Remedies 60
SECTION 11. JURY TRIAL WAIVER; OTHER WAIVERS AND CONSENTS; GOVERNING LAW 63
11.1 Governing Law; Choice of Forum; Service of Process;
Jury Trial Waiver 63
11.2 Waiver of Notices 65
11.3 Amendments and Waivers 65
11.4 Waiver of Counterclaims 65
11.5 Indemnification 65
SECTION 12. TERM OF AGREEMENT; MISCELLANEOUS 66
12.1 Term 66
12.2 Interpretative Provisions 68
12.3 Notices 69
12.4 Partial Invalidity 70
12.5 Successors 70
12.6 Entire Agreement 70
SECTION 13. ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND RESTATEMENT 71
13.1 Acknowledgment of Security Interests 71
13.2 Existing Financing Agreements 71
13.3 Restatement 71
INDEX TO
EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES
Exhibit A Information Certificate
Exhibit B Form of Compliance Certificate
Schedule 1.30 Existing Letter of Credit Accommodations
AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
This Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated December 20,
2002 (this "Agreement"), is entered into by and between Congress Financial
Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Lender") and I.C. Xxxxxx & Company L.P., a
Delaware limited partnership ("Borrower").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, Lender and Borrower have entered into certain financing
arrangements pursuant to which Lender made loans and advances and provided other
financial accommodations to Borrower as set forth in the Accounts Financing
Agreement [Security Agreement], dated June 16, 1992, between Lender and
Borrower, as amended (the "Accounts Agreement"), the Covenant Supplement to
Accounts Financing Agreement [Security Agreement], dated June 16, 1992, between
Lender and Borrower, as amended (the "Covenant Supplement"), the Inventory and
Equipment Security Agreement Supplement to the Accounts Financing Agreement
[Security Agreement], dated as of June 16, 1992, between Lender and Borrower, as
amended (the "Inventory and Equipment Agreement"), the Trade Financing Agreement
Supplement to the Accounts Financing Agreement [Security Agreement], dated as of
June 16, 1992, between Lender and Borrower, as amended (the "Trade Financing
Agreement Supplement"), the letter re Inventory Loans, dated December 31, 1994,
between Lender and Borrower, as amended (the "Inventory Loan Letter") and all
supplements thereto, and all other agreements, documents and instruments related
thereto and executed in connection therewith (collectively, all of the
foregoing, as the same now exist or may hereafter be further amended, modified,
supplemented, extended, renewed, restated or replaced, the "Existing Financing
Agreements");
WHEREAS, Borrower and Lender have agreed to amend and restate the Existing
Financing Agreements and continue the financing arrangements with Borrower
pursuant to which Lender may make loans and provide other financial
accommodations to Borrower; and
WHEREAS, Lender is willing to make such loans and provide such financial
accommodations on the terms and conditions set forth herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual conditions and agreements
set forth herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS
For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
respective meanings given to them below:
1.1 "Accounts" shall mean all present and future rights of Borrower to
payment of a monetary obligation, whether or not earned by performance, which is
not evidenced by chattel paper or an instrument, (a) for property that has been
or is to be sold, leased, licensed, assigned, or otherwise disposed of, (b) for
services rendered or to be rendered, (c) for a secondary obligation incurred or
to be incurred, or (d) arising out of the use of a credit or charge card or
information contained on or for use with the card.
1.2 "Affiliate" shall mean, with respect to a specified Person, any other
Person which directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries,
controls or is controlled by or is under common control with such Person, and
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, includes (a) any Person which
beneficially owns or holds five (5%) percent or more of any class of Voting
Stock of such Person or other equity interests in such Person, (b) any Person of
which such Person beneficially owns or holds five (5%) percent or more of any
class of Voting Stock or in which such Person beneficially owns or holds five
(5%) percent or more of the equity interests and (c) any director or executive
officer of such Person. For the purposes of this definition, the term "control"
(including with correlative meanings, the terms "controlled by" and "under
common control with"), as used with respect to any Person, means the possession,
directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of Voting
Stock, by agreement or otherwise.
1.3 "Ambra" shall mean Ambra Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its
successors and assigns.
1.4 "Blocked Accounts" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.3
hereof.
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1.5 "Borrowing Base" shall mean, at any time, the amount equal to: (a)
eighty (80%) percent of the Net Amount of Eligible Accounts, plus (b) the lesser
of (i) fifty (50%) percent of the Value of Eligible Imported Inventory or (ii)
eighty (80%) percent of the Net Recovery Percentage with respect to Eligible
Imported Inventory multiplied by the Value of the Eligible Imported Inventory,
plus (c) the lesser of (i) forty (40%) percent of the Value of Eligible Domestic
Inventory or (ii) seventy (70%) percent of the Net Recovery Percentage with
respect to Eligible Domestic Inventory multiplied by the Value of the Eligible
Domestic Inventory or (iii) the Domestic Inventory Loan Limit; provided, that,
Eligible Domestic Inventory shall only be included in the calculation of the
Borrowing Base during the Seasonal Period, less (d) any Reserves. For purposes
only of applying the Inventory Loan Limit, Lender may treat the then undrawn
amounts of outstanding Letter of Credit Accommodations for the purpose of
purchasing Eligible Inventory as Revolving Loans to the extent Lender is in
effect basing the issuance of the Letter of Credit Accommodations on the Value
of the Eligible Inventory being purchased with such Letter of Credit
Accommodations. In determining the actual amounts of such Letter of Credit
Accommodations to be so treated for purposes of the sublimit, the outstanding
Revolving Loans and Reserves shall be attributed first to any components of the
lending formulas set forth above that are not subject to such sublimit, before
being attributed to the components of the lending formulas subject to such
sublimit.
1.6 "Business Day" shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday, or
other day on which commercial banks are authorized or required to close under
the laws of the State of New York or the State of North Carolina, and a day on
which the Reference Bank and Lender are open for the transaction of business.
1.7 "Capital Leases" shall mean, as applied to any Person, any lease of (or
any agreement conveying the right to use) any property (whether real, personal
or mixed) by such Person as lessee which in accordance with GAAP, is required to
be reflected as a liability on the balance sheet of such Person.
1.8 "Capital Stock" shall mean, with respect to any Person, any and all
shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of
such Person's capital stock or partnership, limited liability company or other
equity interests at any time outstanding, and any and all rights, warrants or
options exchangeable for or convertible into such capital stock or other
interests (but excluding any debt security that is exchangeable for or
convertible into such capital stock).
1.9 "Cash Equivalents" shall mean, at any time, (a) any evidence of
Indebtedness with a maturity date of ninety (90) days or less issued or directly
and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States of America or any agency or
instrumentality thereof; provided, that, the full faith and credit of the United
States of America is pledged in support thereof; (b) certificates of deposit or
bankers' acceptances with a maturity of ninety (90) days or less of any
financial institution that is a member of the Federal Reserve System having
combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than
$250,000,000; (c) commercial paper (including variable rate demand notes) with a
maturity of ninety (90) days or less issued by a corporation (except an
Affiliate of Borrower) organized under the laws of any State of the United
States of America or the District of Columbia and rated at least A-1 by Standard
& Poor's Ratings Service, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc. or at
least P-1 by Xxxxx'x Investors Service, Inc.; (d) repurchase obligations with a
term of not more than thirty (30) days for underlying securities of the types
described in clause (a) above entered into with any financial institution having
combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than
$250,000,000; (e) repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements
relating to marketable direct obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed
by the United States of America or issued by any governmental agency thereof and
backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America, in each
case maturing within ninety (90) days or less from the date of acquisition;
provided, that, the terms of such agreements comply with the guidelines set
forth in the Federal Financial Agreements of Depository Institutions with
Securities Dealers and Others, as adopted by the Comptroller of the Currency on
October 31, 1985; and (f) investments in money market funds and mutual funds
which invest substantially all of their assets in securities of the types
described in clauses (a) through (e) above.
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1.10 "Change of Control" shall mean (a) the transfer (in one transaction or
a series of transactions) of all or substantially all of the assets of Borrower
to any Person or group (as such term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange
Act); (b) the liquidation or dissolution of Borrower or the adoption of a plan
by the partners of Borrower relating to the dissolution or liquidation of
Borrower; (c) the acquisition by any Person or group (as such term is used in
Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) of beneficial ownership, directly or
indirectly, of a majority of the limited partnership interests of Borrower; or
(d) during any period of two (2) consecutive years, individuals who at the
beginning of such period constituted the Board of Directors of Xxxxxx Inc.
(together with any new directors whose nomination for election by the
stockholders of Xxxxxx Inc. was approved by a vote of at least sixty-six and
two-thirds (66 2/3%) percent of the directors then still in office who were
either directors at the beginning of such period or whose election or nomination
for election was previously so approved) cease for any reason to constitute a
majority of the Board of Directors of Xxxxxx Inc. then still in office; or (e)
the failure of Xxxxxx Inc. to own at least ninety-nine (99%) percent of the
voting power of the total outstanding Voting Stock of Borrower.
1.11 "Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as the same now
exists or may from time to time hereafter be amended, modified, recodified or
supplemented, together with all rules, regulations and interpretations
thereunder or related thereto.
1.12 "Collateral" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5 hereof.
1.13 "Collateral Access Agreement" shall mean an agreement in writing, in
form and substance satisfactory to Lender, from any lessor of premises to
Borrower, or any other person to whom any Collateral (including Inventory,
Equipment, bills of lading or other documents of title) is consigned or who has
custody, control or possession of any such Collateral or is otherwise the owner
or operator of any premises on which any of such Collateral is located, pursuant
to which such lessor, consignee or other person, inter alia, acknowledges the
first priority security interest of Lender in such Collateral, agrees to waive
any and all claims such lessor, consignee or other person may, at any time, have
against such Collateral, whether for processing, storage or otherwise, and
agrees to permit Lender access to, and the right to remain on, the premises of
such lessor, consignee or other person so as to exercise Lender's rights and
remedies and otherwise deal with such Collateral and, in the case of any
consignee or other person who at any time has custody, control or possession of
any Collateral, acknowledges that it holds and will hold possession of the
Collateral for the benefit of Lender and agrees to follow all instructions of
Lender with respect thereto.
1.14 "Default" shall mean an act, condition or event which with notice or
passage of time or both would constitute an Event of Default.
1.15 "Deposit Account Control Agreement" shall mean an agreement in
writing, in form and substance satisfactory to Lender, by and among Lender,
Borrower and any bank at which any deposit account of Borrower is at any time
maintained which provides that such bank will comply with instructions
originated by Lender directing disposition of the funds in the deposit account
without further consent by Borrower and such other terms and conditions as
Lender may require.
1.16 "Domestic Inventory Loan Limit" shall mean $1,000,000.
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1.17 "Eligible Accounts" shall mean Accounts created by Borrower which are
and continue to be acceptable to Lender based on the criteria set forth below.
In general, Accounts shall be Eligible Accounts if:
(a) such Accounts arise from the actual and bona fide sale and delivery of
goods by Borrower or rendition of services by Borrower in the ordinary course of
its business which transactions are completed in accordance with the terms and
provisions contained in any documents related thereto;
(b) such Accounts are not unpaid more than ninety (90) days after the date
of the original invoice for them;
(c) such Accounts comply with the terms and conditions contained in Section
7.2(b) of this Agreement;
(d) such Accounts do not arise from sales on consignment, guaranteed sale,
sale and return, sale on approval, or other terms under which payment by the
account debtor may be conditional or contingent;
(e) the chief executive office of the account debtor with respect to such
Accounts is located in the United States of America or Canada (provided, that,
at any time promptly upon Lender's request, Borrower shall execute and deliver,
or cause to be executed and delivered, such other agreements, documents and
instruments as may be required by Lender to perfect the security interests of
Lender in those Accounts of an account debtor with its chief executive office or
principal place of business in Canada in accordance with the applicable laws of
the Province of Canada in which such chief executive office or principal place
of business is located and take or cause to be taken such other and further
actions as Lender may request in good faith to enable Lender as secured party
with respect thereto to collect such Accounts under the applicable Federal or
Provincial laws of Canada) or, at Lender's option, if the chief executive office
and principal place of business of the account debtor with respect to such
Accounts is located other than in the United States of America or Canada, then
if either: (i) the account debtor has delivered to Borrower an irrevocable
letter of credit issued or confirmed by a bank satisfactory to Lender and
payable only in the United States of America and in U.S. dollars, sufficient to
cover such Account, in form and substance satisfactory to Lender and if required
by Lender, the original of such letter of credit has been delivered to Lender or
Lender's agent and Borrower has complied with the terms of Section 5.2(f) hereof
with respect to the assignment of the proceeds of such letter of credit to
Lender or naming Lender as transferee beneficiary thereunder, as Lender may
specify, or (ii) such Account is subject to credit insurance payable to Lender
issued by an insurer and on terms and in an amount acceptable to Lender, or
(iii) such Account is otherwise acceptable in all respects to Lender (subject to
such lending formula with respect thereto as Lender may determine);
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(f) such Accounts do not consist of progress xxxxxxxx (such that the
obligation of the account debtors with respect to such Accounts is conditioned
upon Borrower's satisfactory completion of any further performance under the
agreement giving rise thereto), xxxx and hold invoices or retainage invoices,
except as to xxxx and hold invoices, if Lender shall have received an agreement
in writing from the account debtor, in form and substance satisfactory to
Lender, confirming the unconditional obligation of the account debtor to take
the goods related thereto and pay such invoice;
(g) the account debtor with respect to such Accounts has not asserted a
counterclaim, defense or dispute and does not have, and does not engage in
transactions which may give rise to any right of setoff or recoupment against
such Accounts (but the portion of the Accounts of such account debtor in excess
of the amount at any time and from time to time owed by Borrower to such account
debtor or claimed owed by such account debtor may be deemed Eligible Accounts);
(h) there are no facts, events or occurrences which would impair the
validity, enforceability or collectability of such Accounts or reduce the amount
payable or delay payment thereunder;
(i) such Accounts are subject to the first priority, valid and perfected
security interest of Lender and any goods giving rise thereto are not, and were
not at the time of the sale thereof, subject to any liens except those permitted
in this Agreement;
(j) neither the account debtor nor any officer or employee of the account
debtor with respect to such Accounts is an officer, employee, agent or other
Affiliate of Borrower;
(k) the account debtors with respect to such Accounts are not any foreign
government, the United States of America, any State, political subdivision,
department, agency or instrumentality thereof, unless, if the account debtor is
the United States of America, any State, political subdivision, department,
agency or instrumentality thereof, upon Lender's request, the Federal Assignment
of Claims Act of 1940, as amended or any similar State or local law, if
applicable, has been complied with in a manner satisfactory to Lender;
(l) there are no proceedings or actions which are threatened or pending
against the account debtors with respect to such Accounts which might result in
any material adverse change in any such account debtor's financial condition
(including, without limitation, any bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation,
reorganization or similar proceeding);
(m) such Accounts are not evidenced by or arising under any instrument or
chattel paper;
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(n) such Accounts of a single account debtor or its affiliates do not
constitute more than twenty-five (25%) percent of all otherwise Eligible
Accounts (but the portion of the Accounts not in excess of such percentage may
be deemed Eligible Accounts);
(o) such Accounts are not owed by an account debtor who has Accounts unpaid
more than ninety (90) days after the original invoice date for them which
constitute more than fifty (50%) percent of the total Accounts of such account
debtor;
(p) the account debtor is not located in a state requiring the filing of a
Notice of Business Activities Report or similar report in order to permit
Borrower to seek judicial enforcement in such State of payment of such Account,
unless Borrower has qualified to do business in such state or has filed a Notice
of Business Activities Report or equivalent report for the then current year or
such failure to file and inability to seek judicial enforcement is capable of
being remedied without any material delay or material cost;
(q) such Accounts are owed by account debtors whose total indebtedness to
Borrower does not exceed the credit limit with respect to such account debtors
as determined by Borrower from time to time in the ordinary course of business
consistent with its current practices as of the date hereof and as is reasonably
acceptable to Lender (but the portion of the Accounts not in excess of such
credit limit may be deemed Eligible Accounts); and
(r) such Accounts are owed by account debtors deemed creditworthy at all
times by Lender in good faith.
The criteria for Eligible Accounts set forth above may only be changed and
any new criteria for Eligible Accounts may only be established by Lender in good
faith based on either: (i) an event, condition or other circumstance arising
after the date hereof, or (ii) an event, condition or other circumstance
existing on the date hereof to the extent Lender has no written notice thereof
from Borrower prior to the date hereof, in either case under clause (i) or (ii)
which adversely affects or could reasonably be expected to adversely affect the
Accounts in the good faith determination of Lender. Any Accounts which are not
Eligible Accounts shall nevertheless be part of the Collateral.
1.18 "Eligible Domestic Inventory" shall mean Inventory of Borrower which
is otherwise Eligible Inventory and which is not Imported Inventory. Eligible
Domestic Inventory shall include all Inventory of Borrower manufactured in
Mexico which is otherwise Eligible Inventory.
1.19 "Eligible Imported Inventory" shall mean Inventory of Borrower which
is otherwise Eligible Inventory and consists of finished goods inventory
imported by Borrower from outside the United States or which are covered by
letters of credit or guaranties issued or indemnified by Lender; provided, that,
Eligible Imported Inventory shall not include inventory purchased in the United
States from United States vendors which is not covered by a letter of credit or
guaranty issued or indemnified by Lender.
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1.20 "Eligible Inventory" shall mean Inventory consisting of finished goods
held for resale in the ordinary course of the business of Borrower which are
acceptable to Lender based on the criteria set forth below. In general, Eligible
Inventory shall not include (a) work-in-process; (b) raw materials; (c)
components which are not part of finished goods; (d) spare parts for equipment;
(e) packaging and shipping materials; (f) supplies used or consumed in
Borrower's business; (g) Inventory at premises other than those owned and
controlled by Borrower, except any Inventory which would otherwise be deemed
Eligible Inventory that is not located at premises owned and operated by
Borrower may nevertheless be considered Eligible Inventory: (i) as to locations
which are leased by Borrower, if Lender shall have received a Collateral Access
Agreement from the owner and lessor of such location, duly authorized, executed
and delivered by such owner and lessor, or if Lender shall not have received
such Collateral Access Agreement (or Lender shall determine to accept a
Collateral Access Agreement that does not include all required provisions or
provisions in the form otherwise required by Lender), Lender may, at its option,
nevertheless consider Inventory at such location to be Eligible Inventory to the
extent Lender shall have established such Reserves in respect of amounts at any
time payable by Borrower to the owner and lessor thereof as Lender shall
determine, and (ii) as to locations owned and operated by a third person, (A) if
Lender shall have received a Collateral Access Agreement from such owner and
operator with respect to such location, duly authorized, executed and delivered
by such owner and operator, or if Lender shall not have received such Collateral
Access Agreement (or Lender shall determine to accept a Collateral Access
Agreement that does not include all required provisions or provisions in the
form otherwise required by Lender), Lender may, at its option, nevertheless
consider Inventory at such location to be Eligible Inventory to the extent
Lender shall have established such Reserves in respect of amounts at any time
payable by Borrower to the owner and operator thereof as Lender shall determine,
and (B) in addition, as to locations owned and operated by a third person,
Lender shall have received, if required by Lender: (1) UCC-1 financing
statements between the owner and operator, as consignee or bailee, and Borrower,
as consignor or xxxxxx, in form and substance satisfactory to Lender, which are
duly assigned to Lender and (2) a written notice to any lender to the owner and
operator of the first priority security interest of Lender in such Inventory;
(h) Inventory subject to a security interest or lien in favor of any person
other than Lender except those permitted in this Agreement (but without limiting
the right of Lender to establish any Reserves with respect to amounts secured by
such security interest or lien in favor of any Person even if permitted herein);
(i) xxxx and hold goods; (j) unserviceable, obsolete or slow moving Inventory;
(k) Inventory which is not subject to the first priority, valid and perfected
security interest of Lender; (l) returned, damaged and/or defective Inventory;
(m) Inventory purchased or sold on consignment, (n) Inventory located outside
the United States of America; (n) Inventory bearing the trademark "BOSS", and
(o) Inventory which, in the ordinary course of business is not sold during the
current season. The criteria for Eligible Inventory set forth above may only be
changed and any new criteria for Eligible Inventory may only be established by
Lender in good faith based on either: (i) an event, condition or other
circumstance arising after the date hereof, or (ii) an event, condition or other
circumstance existing on the date hereof to the extent Lender has no written
notice thereof from Borrower prior to the date hereof, in either case under
clause (i) or (ii) which adversely affects or could reasonably be expected to
adversely affect the Inventory in the good faith determination of Lender. Any
Inventory which is not Eligible Inventory shall nevertheless be part of the
Collateral.
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1.21 "Environmental Laws" shall mean all foreign, Federal, State and local
laws (including common law), legislation, rules, codes, licenses, permits
(including any conditions imposed therein), authorizations, judicial or
administrative decisions, injunctions or agreements between Borrower and any
Governmental Authority, (a) relating to pollution and the protection,
preservation or restoration of the environment (including air, water vapor,
surface water, ground water, drinking water, drinking water supply, surface
land, subsurface land, plant and animal life or any other natural resource), or
to human health or safety, (b) relating to the exposure to, or the use, storage,
recycling, treatment, generation, manufacture, processing, distribution,
transportation, handling, labeling, production, release or disposal, or
threatened release, of Hazardous Materials, or (c) relating to all laws with
regard to recordkeeping, notification, disclosure and reporting requirements
respecting Hazardous Materials. The term "Environmental Laws" includes (i) the
Federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of
1980, the Federal Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act, the Federal
Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, the Federal Clean Water Act, the Federal
Clean Air Act, the Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976
(including the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments thereto), the Federal Solid
Waste Disposal and the Federal Toxic Substances Control Act, the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, and the Federal Safe Drinking Water
Act of 1974, (ii) applicable state counterparts to such laws, and (iii) any
common law or equitable doctrine that may impose liability or obligations for
injuries or damages due to, or threatened as a result of, the presence of or
exposure to any Hazardous Materials.
1.22 "Equipment" shall mean all of Borrower's now owned and hereafter
acquired equipment, wherever located, including machinery, data processing and
computer equipment and computer hardware and software, whether owned or
licensed, and including embedded software, vehicles, tools, furniture, fixtures,
all attachments, accessions and property now or hereafter affixed thereto or
used in connection therewith, and substitutions and replacements thereof,
wherever located.
1.23 "ERISA" shall mean the United States Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, together with all rules, regulations and interpretations
thereunder or related thereto.
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1.24 "ERISA Affiliate" shall mean any person required to be aggregated with
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries under Sections 414(b), 414(c), 414(m) or
414(o) of the Code.
1.25 "ERISA Event" shall mean (a) any "reportable event", as defined in
Section 4043 of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder, with respect to a
Plan; (b) the adoption of any amendment to a Plan that would require the
provision of security pursuant to Section 401(a)(29) of the Code or Section 307
of ERISA; (c) the existence with respect to any Plan of an "accumulated funding
deficiency" (as defined in Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA),
whether or not waived; (d) the filing pursuant to Section 412 of the Code or
Section 303(d) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding
standard with respect to any Plan; (e) the occurrence of a "prohibited
transaction" with respect to which Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is a
"disqualified person" (within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code) or with
respect to which Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries could otherwise be liable;
(f) a complete or partial withdrawal by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from
a Multiemployer Plan or a cessation of operations which is treated as such a
withdrawal or notification that a Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization; (g)
the filing of a notice of intent to terminate, the treatment of a Plan amendment
as a termination under Section 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, or the commencement of
proceedings by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation to terminate a Plan; (h)
an event or condition which might reasonably be expected to constitute grounds
under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a
trustee to administer, any Plan; (i) the imposition of any liability under Title
IV of ERISA, other than the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation premiums due
but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon Borrower or any ERISA
Affiliate; and (j) any other event or condition with respect to a Plan including
any Plan subject to Title IV of ERISA maintained, or contributed to, by any
ERISA Affiliate that could reasonably be expected to result in liability of
Borrower.
1.26 "Event of Default" shall mean the occurrence or existence of any event
or condition described in Section 10.1 hereof.
1.27 "Excess Availability" shall mean the amount, as determined by Lender,
calculated at any time, equal to: (a) the lesser of: (i) the Borrowing Base
(without regard to any Reserves) and (ii) the Maximum Credit, minus (b) the sum
of: (i) the amount of all then outstanding and unpaid Obligations, plus (ii) the
amount of all Reserves, plus (iii) the aggregate amount of all then outstanding
and unpaid trade payables and other obligations of Borrower which are more than
sixty (60) days past due as of such time, plus (iv) the amount of checks issued
by Borrower to pay trade payables and other obligations which are more than
sixty (60) days past due as of such time, but not yet sent (but without
duplication of clause (b)(iii) and the book overdraft of Borrower.
1.28 "Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
together with all rules, regulations and interpretations thereunder or related
thereto.
1.29 "Existing Letter of Credit Accommodations" shall mean the letters of
credit issued pursuant to the Existing Financing Agreements and outstanding on
the date hereof, which are set forth on Schedule 1.30 hereto.
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1.30 "Financing Agreements" shall mean, collectively, this Agreement and
all notes, guarantees, security agreements, deposit account control agreements,
investment property control agreements, intercreditor agreements, and all other
agreements, documents and instruments now or at any time hereafter executed
and/or delivered by Borrower or any Obligor in connection with this Agreement,
as all of the foregoing now exist or may hereafter be amended, modified,
supplemented, extended, renewed, restated or replaced.
1.31 "GAAP" shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in the
United States of America as in effect from time to time as set forth in the
opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the statements and pronouncements
of the Financial Accounting Standards Board which are applicable to the
circumstances as of the date of determination consistently applied, except that,
for purposes of Sections 9.17 and 9.18 hereof, GAAP shall be determined on the
basis of such principles in effect on the date hereof and consistent with those
used in the preparation of the most recent audited financial statements
delivered to Lender prior to the date hereof.
1.32 "Governmental Authority" shall mean any nation or government, any
state, province, or other political subdivision thereof, any central bank (or
similar monetary or regulatory authority) thereof, any entity exercising
executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or
pertaining to government, and any corporation or other entity owned or
controlled, through stock or capital ownership or otherwise, by any of the
foregoing.
1.33 "Hazardous Materials" shall mean any hazardous, toxic or dangerous
substances, materials and wastes, including hydrocarbons (including naturally
occurring or man-made petroleum and hydrocarbons), flammable explosives,
asbestos, urea formaldehyde insulation, radioactive materials, biological
substances, polychlorinated biphenyls, pesticides, herbicides and any other kind
and/or type of pollutants or contaminants (including materials which include
hazardous constituents), sewage, sludge, industrial slag, solvents and/or any
other similar substances, materials, or wastes and including any other
substances, materials or wastes that are or become regulated under any
Environmental Law (including any that are or become classified as hazardous or
toxic under any Environmental Law).
1.34 "Indebtedness" shall mean, with respect to any Person, any liability,
whether or not contingent, (a) in respect of borrowed money (whether or not the
recourse of the lender is to the whole of the assets of such Person or only to a
portion thereof) or evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar
instruments; (b) representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase
price of any property or services (except any such balance that constitutes an
account payable to a trade creditor (whether or not an Affiliate) created,
incurred, assumed or guaranteed by such Person in the ordinary course of
business of such Person in connection with obtaining goods, materials or
services that is not overdue by more than ninety (90) days, unless the trade
payable is being contested in good faith); (c) representing all obligations as
lessee under leases which have been, or should be, in accordance with GAAP
recorded as Capital Leases; (d) representing any contractual obligation,
contingent or otherwise, of such Person to pay or be liable for the payment of
any indebtedness described in this definition of another Person, including,
without limitation, any such indebtedness, directly or indirectly guaranteed, or
any agreement to purchase, repurchase, or otherwise acquire such indebtedness,
obligation or liability or any security therefor, or to provide funds for the
payment or discharge thereof, or to maintain solvency, assets, level of income,
or other financial condition; (e) representing all obligations with respect to
redeemable stock and redemption or repurchase obligations under any Capital
Stock or other equity securities issued by such Person; (f) representing all
reimbursement obligations and other liabilities of such Person with respect to
surety bonds (whether bid, performance or otherwise), letters of credit,
banker's acceptances, drafts or similar documents or instruments issued for such
Person's account; (g) representing all indebtedness of such Person in respect of
indebtedness of another Person for borrowed money or indebtedness of another
Person otherwise described in this definition which is secured by any consensual
lien, security interest, collateral assignment, conditional sale, mortgage, deed
of trust, or other encumbrance on any asset of such Person, whether or not such
obligations, liabilities or indebtedness are assumed by or are a personal
liability of such Person, all as of such time; (h) representing all obligations,
liabilities and indebtedness of such Person (marked to market) arising under
swap agreements, cap agreements and collar agreements and other agreements or
arrangements designed to protect such person against fluctuations in interest
rates or currency or commodity values and (i) representing all obligations owed
by such Person under License Agreements with respect to non-refundable, advance
or minimum guarantee royalty payments.
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1.35 "Xxxxxx Inc." shall mean I.C. Xxxxxx & Company, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, and its successors and assigns.
1.36 "Information Certificate" shall mean the Information Certificate of
Borrower constituting Exhibit A hereto containing material information with
respect to Borrower, its business and assets provided by or on behalf of
Borrower to Lender in connection with the preparation of this Agreement and the
other Financing Agreements and the financing arrangements provided for herein.
1.37 "Intellectual Property" shall mean Borrower's now owned and hereafter
arising or acquired: patents, patent rights, patent applications, copyrights,
works which are the subject matter of copyrights, copyright registrations,
trademarks, trade names, trade styles, trademark and service xxxx applications,
and licenses and rights to use any of the foregoing; all extensions, renewals,
reissues, divisions, continuations, and continuations-in-part of any of the
foregoing; all rights to xxx for past, present and future infringement of any of
the foregoing; inventions, trade secrets, formulae, processes, compounds,
drawings, designs, blueprints, surveys, reports, manuals, and operating
standards; goodwill (including any goodwill associated with any trademark or the
license of any trademark); customer and other lists in whatever form maintained;
and trade secret rights, copyright rights, rights in works of authorship, domain
names and domain name registrations; software and contract rights relating to
software, in whatever form created or maintained.
1.38 "Interest Rate" shall mean a rate equal to one (1%) percent per annum
in excess of the Prime Rate; provided, that, notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained herein, the Interest Rate shall mean the rate of three (3%)
percent per annum in excess of the Prime Rate, at Lender's option, without
notice, (a) either (i) for the period on and after the date of termination or
non-renewal hereof until such time as all Obligations are indefeasibly paid and
satisfied in full in immediately available funds, or (ii) for the period from
and after the date of the occurrence of any Event of Default, and for so long as
such Event of Default is continuing as determined by Lender and (b) on the
Revolving Loans at any time outstanding in excess of the amounts available to
Borrower under Section 2 (whether or not such excess(es) arise or are made with
or without Lender's knowledge or consent and whether made before or after an
Event of Default).
1.39 "Inventory" shall mean all of Borrower's now owned and hereafter
existing or acquired goods, wherever located, which (a) are leased by Borrower
as lessor; (b) are held by Borrower for sale or lease or to be furnished under a
contract of service; (c) are furnished by Borrower under a contract of service;
or (d) consist of raw materials, work in process, finished goods or materials
used or consumed in its business.
1.40 "Inventory Loan Limit" shall mean (a) $6,000,000 during the Seasonal
Period and (b) $5,000,000 at all other times.
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1.41 "Investment Property Control Agreement" shall mean an agreement in
writing, in form and substance satisfactory to Lender, by and among Lender,
Borrower and any securities intermediary, commodity intermediary or other person
who has custody, control or possession of any investment property of Borrower
acknowledging that such securities intermediary, commodity intermediary or other
person has custody, control or possession of such investment property on behalf
of Lender, that it will comply with entitlement orders originated by Lender with
respect to such investment property, or other instructions of Lender, or (as the
case may be) apply any value distributed on account of any commodity contract as
directed by Lender, in each case, without the further consent of Borrower and
including such other terms and conditions as Lender may require.
1.42 "Lender Payment Account" shall mean account no. 5000000030279 of
Lender at Wachovia Bank, National Association or such other account of Lender as
Lender may from time to time designate to Borrower as the Lender Payment Account
for purposes of this Agreement.
1.43 "Letter of Credit Accommodations" shall mean, collectively, (a) the
letters of credit, merchandise purchase or other guaranties which are from time
to time either (i) issued or opened by Lender for the account of Borrower or any
Obligor or (ii) with respect to which Lender has agreed to indemnify the issuer
or guaranteed to the issuer the performance by Borrower of its obligations to
such issuer and (b) the Existing Letter of Credit Accommodations; sometimes
being referred to herein individually as "Letter of Credit Accommodation".
1.44 "License Agreements" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.11
hereof.
1.45 "License Creditor" shall mean Textile Investment International S.A.
and its successors and assigns.
1.46 "License Note" shall mean the Amended and Restated Subordinated
Secured Promissory Note, dated as of May 21, 2002, in the original principal
amount of $6,557,908.53 issued by Borrower in favor of License Creditor in
substitution for the Subordinated Secured Promissory Note, dated as of March 15,
2001, in the original principal amount of $7,200,000 issued by Borrower in favor
of Ambra.
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1.47 "License Note Agreements" shall mean, collectively, (a) the License
Note, (b) the Security Agreement, dated March 15, 2001, by Borrower in favor of
Ambra and assigned to License Creditor, and (c) all agreements, financing
statements, documents and instruments at any time executed and/or delivered by
Borrower or any other person to, with or in favor of License Creditor in
connection therewith or related thereto, as all of the foregoing now exist or
may hereafter be amended, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed, restated or
replaced.
1.48 "Loans" shall mean the Revolving Loans.
1.49 "Material Contract" shall mean (a) any contract or other agreement
(other than the Financing Agreements), written or oral, of Borrower involving
monetary liability of or to any Person in an amount in excess of $500,000 in any
fiscal year and (b) any other contract or other agreement (other than the
Financing Agreements), whether written or oral, to which Borrower is a party as
to which the breach, nonperformance, cancellation or failure to renew by any
party thereto would have a material adverse effect on the business, assets,
condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations or prospects of
Borrower or the validity or enforceability of this Agreement, any of the other
Financing Agreements, or any of the rights and remedies of Lender hereunder or
thereunder.
1.50 "Maximum Credit" shall mean the amount of $20,000,000.
1.51 "Mortgages" shall mean, individually and collectively, each of the
following: (a) the Mortgage and Security Agreement, dated as of June 16, 1992,
by Borrower in favor of Lender with respect to the Real Property and related
assets of Borrower located in Sussex-Kent County, Delaware (the "Delaware
Property"), (b) the Deed of Trust, dated as of June 16, 1992, by Borrower in
favor of Lender with respect to the Real Property and related assets of Borrower
located in Baltimore County, Maryland (the "Maryland Property"), and (c) the
Leasehold Assignment, dated as of June 16, 1992, by Borrower in favor of Lender
with respect to the Real Property and related assets of Borrower located in
Xxxxxx County, Mississippi (the "Mississippi Property"), as all of the foregoing
now exist or may hereafter be amended, modified, supplemented, extended,
renewed, restated or replaced.
1.52 "Multiemployer Plan" shall mean a "multi-employer plan" as defined in
Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA which is or was at any time during the current year
or the immediately preceding six (6) years contributed to by Borrower or any
ERISA Affiliate.
1.53 "Net Amount of Eligible Accounts" shall mean the gross amount of
Eligible Accounts less (a) sales, excise or similar taxes included in the amount
thereof and (b) returns, discounts, claims, credits and allowances of any nature
at any time issued, owing, granted, outstanding, available or claimed with
respect thereto.
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1.54 "Net Recovery Percentage" shall mean the fraction, expressed as a
percentage, (a the numerator of which is the amount equal to the amount of the
recovery in respect of the Inventory at such time on a "net orderly liquidation
value" basis as set forth in the most recent acceptable appraisal of Inventory
received by Lender in accordance with Section 7.3 hereof, net of operating
expenses, liquidation expenses and commissions, and (b) the denominator of which
is the applicable original cost of the aggregate amount of the Inventory subject
to such appraisal.
1.55 "Net Worth" shall mean as to any Person, at any time, in accordance
with GAAP (except as otherwise specifically set forth below), on a consolidated
basis for such Person and its Subsidiaries (if any), the amount equal to the
difference between: (a) the aggregate net book value of all assets of such
Person and its Subsidiaries, calculating the book value of inventory for this
purpose on a first-in-first-out basis, after deducting from such book values all
appropriate reserves in accordance with GAAP (including all reserves for
doubtful receivables, obsolescence, depreciation and amortization), minus the
amount of the aggregate net book value of all common and preferred stock of such
Person and its Subsidiaries issued for any consideration (including reduction of
Indebtedness) other than cash and cash equivalents, and (b) the aggregate amount
of the Indebtedness and other liabilities of such Person and its Subsidiaries
(including tax and other proper accruals).
1.56 "Obligations" shall mean any and all Revolving Loans, Letter of Credit
Accommodations and all other obligations, liabilities and indebtedness of every
kind, nature and description owing by Borrower to Lender and/or its affiliates,
including principal, interest, charges, fees, costs and expenses, however
evidenced, whether as principal, surety, endorser, guarantor or otherwise,
whether arising under this Agreement or otherwise, whether now existing or
hereafter arising, whether arising before, during or after the initial or any
renewal term of this Agreement or after the commencement of any case with
respect to Borrower under the United States Bankruptcy Code or any similar
statute (including the payment of interest and other amounts which would accrue
and become due but for the commencement of such case, whether or not such
amounts are allowed or allowable in whole or in part in such case), whether
direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, joint or several, due or not due,
primary or secondary, liquidated or unliquidated, secured or unsecured, and
however acquired by Lender.
1.57 "Obligor" shall mean any guarantor, endorser, acceptor, surety or
other person liable on or with respect to the Obligations or who is the owner of
any property which is security for the Obligations, other than Borrower.
1.58 "Person" or "person" shall mean any individual, sole proprietorship,
partnership, corporation (including any corporation which elects subchapter S
status under the Code), limited liability company, limited liability
partnership, business trust, unincorporated association, joint stock
corporation, trust, joint venture or other entity or any government or any
agency or instrumentality or political subdivision thereof.
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1.59 "Plan" means an employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of
ERISA) which Borrower sponsors, maintains, or to which it makes, is making, or
is obligated to make contributions, or in the case of a Multiemployer Plan has
made contributions at any time during the immediately preceding six (6) plan
years.
1.60 "Prime Rate" shall mean the rate from time to time publicly announced
by Wachovia Bank, National Association, or its successors, as its prime rate,
whether or not such announced rate is the best rate available at such bank.
1.61 "Real Property" shall mean all now owned and hereafter acquired real
property of Borrower, including leasehold interests, together with all
buildings, structures, and other improvements located thereon and all licenses,
easements and appurtenances relating thereto, wherever located, including the
real property and related assets more particularly described in the Mortgages.
1.62 "Receivables" shall mean all of the following now owned or hereafter
arising or acquired property of Borrower: (a) all Accounts; (b) all interest,
fees, late charges, penalties, collection fees and other amounts due or to
become due or otherwise payable in connection with any Account; (c) all payment
intangibles of Borrower and other contract rights, chattel paper, instruments,
notes, and other forms of obligations owing to Borrower, whether from the sale
and lease of goods or other property, licensing of any property (including
Intellectual Property or other general intangibles), rendition of services or
from loans or advances by Borrower or to or for the benefit of any third person
(including loans or advances to any Affiliates or Subsidiaries of Borrower) or
otherwise associated with any Accounts, Inventory or general intangibles of
Borrower (including, without limitation, choses in action, causes of action, tax
refunds, tax refund claims, any funds which may become payable to Borrower in
connection with the termination of any Plan or other employee benefit plan and
any other amounts payable to Borrower from any Plan or other employee benefit
plan, rights and claims against carriers and shippers, rights to
indemnification, business interruption insurance and proceeds thereof, casualty
or any similar types of insurance and any proceeds thereof and proceeds of
insurance covering the lives of employees on which Borrower is a beneficiary).
1.63 "Records" shall mean all of Borrower's present and future books of
account of every kind or nature, purchase and sale agreements, invoices, ledger
cards, bills of lading and other shipping evidence, statements, correspondence,
memoranda, credit files and other data relating to the Collateral or any account
debtor, together with the tapes, disks, diskettes and other data and software
storage media and devices, file cabinets or containers in or on which the
foregoing are stored (including any rights of Borrower with respect to the
foregoing maintained with or by any other person).
1.64 "Reference Bank" shall mean Wachovia Bank, National Association, or
such other bank as Lender may from time to time designate.
1.65 "Renewal Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 12.1
hereof.
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1.66 "Reserves" shall mean as of any date of determination, such amounts as
Lender may from time to time establish and revise in good faith reducing the
amount of Revolving Loans and Letter of Credit Accommodations which would
otherwise be available to Borrower under the lending formula(s) provided for
herein: (a) to reflect events, conditions, contingencies or risks which, as
determined by Lender in good faith, adversely affect, or would have a reasonable
likelihood of adversely affecting, either (i) the Collateral or any other
property which is security for the Obligations or its value, (ii) the assets,
business or prospects of Borrower or any Obligor or (iii) the security interests
and other rights of Lender in the Collateral (including the enforceability,
perfection and priority thereof) or (b) to reflect Lender's good faith belief
that any collateral report or financial information furnished by or on behalf of
Borrower or any Obligor to Lender is or may have been incomplete, inaccurate or
misleading in any material respect or (c) to reflect outstanding Letter of
Credit Accommodations as provided in Section 2.2 hereof or (d) to reflect the
amount of the Special Availability Reserve or (e) in respect of any state of
facts which Lender determines in good faith constitutes a Default or an Event of
Default. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Reserves may be
established to reflect that dilution with respect to the Accounts (based on the
ratio of the aggregate amount of non-cash reductions in Accounts for any period
to the aggregate dollar amount of the sales of Borrower for such period) as
calculated by Lender for any period is or is reasonably anticipated to be
greater than ten (10%) percent. To the extent Lender may revise the lending
formulas used to determine the Borrowing Base or establish new criteria or
revise existing criteria for Eligible Accounts or Eligible Inventory so as to
address any circumstances, condition, event or contingency in a manner
satisfactory to Lender, Lender shall not establish a Reserve for the same
purpose. The amount of any Reserve established by Lender shall have a reasonable
relationship to the event, condition or other matter which is the basis for such
reserve as determined by Lender in good faith.
1.67 "Revolving Loans" shall mean the loans now or hereafter made by Lender
to or for the benefit of Borrower on a revolving basis (involving advances,
repayments and readvances) as set forth in Section 2.1 hereof.
1.68 "Seasonal Period" shall mean for each calendar year, the period
commencing June 1st and ending October 31st of the same calendar year.
1.69 "Solvent" shall mean, at any time with respect to any Person, that at
such time such Person (a) is able to pay its debts as they mature and has (and
has a reasonable basis to believe it will continue to have) sufficient capital
(and not unreasonably small capital) to carry on its business consistent with
its practices as of the date hereof, and (b) the assets and properties of such
Person at a fair valuation (and including as assets for this purpose at a fair
valuation all rights of subrogation, contribution or indemnification arising
pursuant to any guarantees given by such Person) are greater than the
Indebtedness of such Person, and including subordinated and contingent
liabilities computed at the amount which, such person has a reasonable basis to
believe, represents an amount which can reasonably be expected to become an
actual or matured liability (and including as to contingent liabilities arising
pursuant to any guarantee the face amount of such liability as reduced to
reflect the probability of it becoming a matured liability).
1.70 "Special Availability Reserve" shall mean the special Reserve which
may be established by Lender reducing the amount of Loans and Letter of Credit
Accommodations which would otherwise be available to Borrower in an amount equal
to $1,000,000.
1.71 "Subsidiary" or "subsidiary" shall mean, with respect to any Person,
any corporation, limited liability company, limited liability partnership or
other limited or general partnership, trust, association or other business
entity of which an aggregate of at least a majority of the outstanding Capital
Stock or other interests entitled to vote in the election of the board of
directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether, at the time, Capital
Stock of any other class or classes of such corporation shall have or might have
voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency), managers, trustees
or other controlling persons, or an equivalent controlling interest therein, of
such Person is, at the time, directly or indirectly, owned by such Person and/or
one or more subsidiaries of such Person.
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1.72 "UCC" shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State
of New York, and any successor statute, as in effect from time to time (except
that terms used herein which are defined in the Uniform Commercial Code as in
effect in the State of New York on the date hereof shall continue to have the
same meaning notwithstanding any replacement or amendment of such statute except
as Lender may otherwise determine).
1.73 "Value" shall mean, as determined by Lender in good faith, with
respect to Inventory, the lower of (a) cost computed on a first-in first-out
basis in accordance with GAAP or (b) market value provided, that, for purposes
of the calculation of the Borrowing Base, (i) the Value of the Inventory shall
not include: (A) the portion of the value of Inventory equal to the profit
earned by any Affiliate on the sale thereof to Borrower or (B) write-ups or
write-downs in value with respect to currency exchange rates and (ii)
notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the cost of the
Inventory shall be computed in the same manner and consistent with the most
recent appraisal of the Inventory received and accepted by Lender prior to the
date hereof, if any.
1.74 "Voting Stock" shall mean with respect to any Person, (a) one (1) or
more classes of Capital Stock of such Person having general voting powers to
elect at least a majority of the board of directors, managers or trustees of
such Person, irrespective of whether at the time Capital Stock of any other
class or classes have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of
any contingency, and (b) any Capital Stock of such Person convertible or
exchangeable without restriction at the option of the holder thereof into
Capital Stock of such Person described in clause (a) of this definition.
1.75 "Working Capital" shall mean as to any Person, at any time, in
accordance with GAAP, on a consolidated basis for such Person and its
subsidiaries (if any), the amount equal to the difference between: (a) the
aggregate net book value of all current assets of such Person and its
subsidiaries (as determined in accordance with GAAP), calculating the book value
of inventory for this purpose on a first-in-first-out basis, and (b) all current
liabilities of such Person and its subsidiaries (as determined in accordance
with GAAP), provided, that, as to Borrower, for purposes of Section 9.18 hereof,
the liabilities of Borrower and its Subsidiaries to Lender under this Agreement
shall not be considered current liabilities (whether or not classified as
current liabilities in accordance with GAAP).
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SECTION 2. CREDIT FACILITIES
2.1 Revolving Loans.
(a Subject to and upon the terms and conditions contained herein, Lender
agrees to make Revolving Loans to Borrower from time to time in amounts
requested by Borrower up to the amount equal to the lesser of: (i) the Borrowing
Base or (ii) the Maximum Credit.
(b Lender may, in its discretion, from time to time, upon not less than
five (5) days prior notice to Borrower, reduce the lending formula(s) with
respect to Eligible Inventory to the extent that Lender determines that: (i) the
number of days of the turnover of the Inventory for any period has changed or
(ii) the liquidation value of the Eligible Inventory, or any category thereof,
has decreased, including any such decrease attributable to any change in the
nature, quality or mix of the Inventory. The amount of any decrease in the
lending formulas shall have a reasonable relationship to the event, condition or
circumstance which is the basis for such decrease as determined by Lender in
good faith. In determining whether to reduce the lending formula(s), Lender may
consider events, conditions, contingencies or risks which are also considered in
determining Eligible Accounts, Eligible Inventory or in establishing Reserves.
(c Except in Lender's discretion, (i) the aggregate amount of the Loans and
the Letter of Credit Accommodations outstanding at any time shall not exceed the
Maximum Credit, (ii the aggregate amount of Revolving Loans and Letter of Credit
Accommodations outstanding at any time based on Eligible Inventory shall not
exceed the Inventory Loan Limit, and (iii) the aggregate amount of Revolving
Loans and Letter of Credit Accommodations outstanding at any time based on
Eligible Domestic Inventory shall not exceed the Domestic Inventory Loan Limit.
(d In the event that the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Loans
and Letter of Credit Accommodations outstanding exceeds the Borrowing Base, or
the aggregate principal amount of Revolving Loans and Letter of Credit
Accommodations based on Eligible Inventory exceeds the Inventory Loan Limit, or
the aggregate principal amount of Revolving Loans and Letter of Credit
Accommodations based on Eligible Domestic Inventory exceeds the Domestic
Inventory Loan Limit, or the aggregate amount of the outstanding Letter of
Credit Accommodations exceeds the sublimit for Letter of Credit Accommodations
set forth in Section 2.2(e) hereof, or the aggregate amount of the outstanding
Loans and Letter of Credit Accommodations exceed the Maximum Credit, as
applicable, such event shall not limit, waive or otherwise affect any rights of
Lender in that circumstance or on any future occasions and Borrower shall, upon
demand by Lender, which may be made at any time or from time to time,
immediately repay to Lender the entire amount of any such excess(es) for which
payment is demanded.
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2.2 Letter of Credit Accommodations.
(a Subject to and upon the terms and conditions contained herein, at the
request of Borrower, Lender agrees to provide or arrange for Letter of Credit
Accommodations for the account of Borrower containing terms and conditions
acceptable to Lender and the issuer thereof. Any payments made by Lender to any
issuer thereof and/or related parties in connection with the Letter of Credit
Accommodations shall constitute additional Revolving Loans to Borrower pursuant
to this Section 2. The parties hereto agree that, for purposes of this
Agreement, the Existing Letter of Credit Accommodations shall be deemed to be
Letter of Credit Accommodations issued and provided for hereunder and shall be
subject to all of the terms and conditions hereof.
(b In addition to any charges, fees or expenses charged by any bank or
issuer in connection with the Letter of Credit Accommodations, Borrower shall
pay to Lender a letter of credit fee at a rate equal to two (2%) percent per
annum on the daily outstanding balance of the Letter of Credit Accommodations
for the immediately preceding month (or part thereof), payable in arrears as of
the first day of each succeeding month, except that Borrower shall pay to Lender
such letter of credit fee, at Lender's option, without notice, at a rate equal
to four (4%) percent per annum on such daily outstanding balance for: (i) the
period from and after the date of termination or non-renewal hereof until Lender
has received full and final payment of all Obligations (notwithstanding entry of
a judgment against Borrower) and (ii) the period from and after the date of the
occurrence of an Event of Default for so long as such Event of Default is
continuing as determined by Lender. Such letter of credit fee shall be
calculated on the basis of a three hundred sixty (360) day year and actual days
elapsed and the obligation of Borrower to pay such fee shall survive the
termination or non-renewal of this Agreement.
(c Borrower shall give Lender two (2) Business Days' prior written notice
of Borrower's request for the issuance of a Letter of Credit Accommodation. Such
notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the original face amount of the
Letter of Credit Accommodation requested, the effective date (which date shall
be a Business Day) of issuance of such requested Letter of Credit Accommodation,
whether such Letter of Credit Accommodations may be drawn in a single or in
partial draws, the date on which such requested Letter of Credit Accommodation
is to expire (which date shall be a Business Day), the purpose for which such
Letter of Credit Accommodation is to be issued, and the beneficiary of the
requested Letter of Credit Accommodation. Borrower shall attach to such notice
the proposed terms of the Letter of Credit Accommodation.
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(d In addition to being subject to the satisfaction of the applicable
conditions precedent contained in Section 4 hereof and the other terms and
conditions contained herein, no Letter of Credit Accommodations shall be
available unless each of the following conditions precedent have been satisfied
in a manner satisfactory to Lender: (i) Borrower shall have delivered to the
proposed issuer of such Letter of Credit Accommodation at such times and in such
manner as such proposed issuer may require, an application in form and substance
satisfactory to such proposed issuer and Lender for the issuance of the Letter
of Credit Accommodation and such other documents as may be required pursuant to
the terms thereof, and the form and terms of the proposed Letter of Credit
Accommodation shall be satisfactory to Lender and such proposed issuer, (ii) as
of the date of issuance, no order of any court, arbitrator or other Governmental
Authority shall purport by its terms to enjoin or restrain money center banks
generally from issuing letters of credit of the type and in the amount of the
proposed Letter of Credit Accommodation, and no law, rule or regulation
applicable to money center banks generally and no request or directive (whether
or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with
jurisdiction over money center banks generally shall prohibit, or request that
the proposed issuer of such Letter of Credit Accommodation refrain from, the
issuance of letters of credit generally or the issuance of such Letters of
Credit Accommodation; and (iii) the Excess Availability, prior to giving effect
to any Reserves with respect to such Letter of Credit Accommodations, on the
date of the proposed issuance of any Letter of Credit Accommodations, shall be
equal to or greater than: (A) if the proposed Letter of Credit Accommodation is
for the purpose of purchasing Eligible Inventory and the documents of title with
respect thereto are consigned to the issuer, the sum of (1) the percentage equal
to one hundred (100%) percent minus the then applicable percentage with respect
to Eligible Inventory set forth in the definition of the term Borrowing Base
multiplied by the Value of such Eligible Inventory, plus (2) freight, taxes,
duty and other amounts which Lender estimates must be paid in connection with
such Inventory upon arrival and for delivery to one of Borrower's locations for
Eligible Inventory within the United States of America and (B) if the proposed
Letter of Credit Accommodation is for any other purpose or the documents of
title are not consigned to the issuer in connection with a Letter of Credit
Accommodation for the purpose of purchasing Inventory, an amount equal to one
hundred (100%) percent of the face amount thereof and all other commitments and
obligations made or incurred by Lender with respect thereto. Effective on the
issuance of each Letter of Credit Accommodation, a Reserve shall be established
in the applicable amount set forth in Section 2.2(d)(iii)(A) or Section
2.2(d)(iii)(B).
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(e Except in Lender's discretion, the amount of all outstanding Letter of
Credit Accommodations and all other commitments and obligations made or incurred
by Lender in connection therewith shall not at any time exceed $6,000,000.
(f Borrower shall indemnify and hold Lender harmless from and against any
and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs and expenses which Lender
may suffer or incur in connection with any Letter of Credit Accommodations and
any documents, drafts or acceptances relating thereto, including any losses,
claims, damages, liabilities, costs and expenses due to any action taken by any
issuer or correspondent with respect to any Letter of Credit Accommodation.
Borrower assumes all risks with respect to the acts or omissions of the drawer
under or beneficiary of any Letter of Credit Accommodation and for such purposes
the drawer or beneficiary shall be deemed Borrower's agent. Borrower assumes all
risks for, and agrees to pay, all foreign, Federal, State and local taxes,
duties and levies relating to any goods subject to any Letter of Credit
Accommodations or any documents, drafts or acceptances thereunder. Borrower
hereby releases and holds Lender harmless from and against any acts, waivers,
errors, delays or omissions, whether caused by Borrower, by any issuer or
correspondent or otherwise with respect to or relating to any Letter of Credit
Accommodation, except for the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of Lender as
determined pursuant to a final, non-appealable order of a court of competent
jurisdiction. The provisions of this Section 2.2(f) shall survive the payment of
Obligations and the termination or non-renewal of this Agreement.
(g In connection with Inventory purchased pursuant to Letter of Credit
Accommodations, Borrower shall, at Lender's request, instruct all suppliers,
carriers, forwarders, customs brokers, warehouses or others receiving or holding
cash, checks, Inventory, documents or instruments in which Lender holds a
security interest to deliver them to Lender and/or subject to Lender's order,
and if they shall come into Borrower's possession, to deliver them, upon
Lender's request, to Lender in their original form. Borrower shall also, at
Lender's request, designate Lender as the consignee on all bills of lading and
other negotiable and non-negotiable documents.
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(h Borrower hereby irrevocably authorizes and directs any issuer of a
Letter of Credit Accommodation to name Borrower as the account party therein and
to deliver to Lender all instruments, documents and other writings and property
received by issuer pursuant to the Letter of Credit Accommodations and to accept
and rely upon Lender's instructions and agreements with respect to all matters
arising in connection with the Letter of Credit Accommodations or the
applications therefor. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed or construed to
grant Borrower any right or authority to pledge the credit of Lender in any
manner. Lender shall have no liability of any kind with respect to any Letter of
Credit Accommodation provided by an issuer other than Lender unless Lender has
duly executed and delivered to such issuer the application or a guarantee or
indemnification in writing with respect to such Letter of Credit Accommodation.
Borrower shall be bound by any interpretation made in good faith by Lender, or
any other issuer or correspondent under or in connection with any Letter of
Credit Accommodation or any documents, drafts or acceptances thereunder,
notwithstanding that such interpretation may be inconsistent with any
instructions of Borrower. Lender shall have the sole and exclusive right and
authority to, and Borrower shall not: (i) at any time an Event of Default exists
or has occurred and is continuing, (A) approve or resolve any questions of
non-compliance of documents, (B) give any instructions as to acceptance or
rejection of any documents or goods or (C) execute any and all applications for
steamship or airway guaranties, indemnities or delivery orders, and (ii) at all
times, (A) grant any extensions of the maturity of, time of payment for, or time
of presentation of, any drafts, acceptances, or documents, and (B) agree to any
amendments, renewals, extensions, modifications, changes or cancellations of any
of the terms or conditions of any of the applications, Letter of Credit
Accommodations, or documents, drafts or acceptances thereunder or any letters of
credit included in the Collateral. Lender may take such actions either in its
own name or in Borrower's name.
(i Any rights, remedies, duties or obligations granted or undertaken by
Borrower to any issuer or correspondent in any application for any Letter of
Credit Accommodation, or any other agreement in favor of any issuer or
correspondent relating to any Letter of Credit Accommodation, shall be deemed to
have been granted or undertaken by Borrower to Lender. Any duties or obligations
undertaken by Lender to any issuer or correspondent in any application for any
Letter of Credit Accommodation, or any other agreement by Lender in favor of any
issuer or correspondent relating to any Letter of Credit Accommodation, shall be
deemed to have been undertaken by Borrower to Lender and to apply in all
respects to Borrower.
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SECTION 3. INTEREST AND FEES
3.1 Interest.
(a Borrower shall pay to Lender interest on the outstanding principal
amount of the Loans at the Interest Rate. All interest accruing hereunder on and
after the date of any Event of Default or termination or non-renewal hereof
shall be payable on demand.
(b Interest shall be payable by Borrower to Lender monthly in arrears not
later than the first day of each calendar month and shall be calculated on the
basis of a three hundred sixty (360) day year and actual days elapsed. The
interest rate on non-contingent Obligations shall increase or decrease by an
amount equal to each increase or decrease in the Prime Rate effective on the
first day of the month after any change in such Prime Rate is announced based on
the Prime Rate in effect on the last day of the month in which any such change
occurs. In no event shall charges constituting interest payable by Borrower to
Lender exceed the maximum amount or the rate permitted under any applicable law
or regulation, and if any such part or provision of this Agreement is in
contravention of any such law or regulation, such part or provision shall be
deemed amended to conform thereto.
3.2 Closing Fee. Borrower shall pay to Lender as a closing fee the amount
of $250,000, which shall be fully earned as of the date hereof and payable as
follows: (a) $125,000 shall be due and payable on the date hereof and (b)
$125,000 shall be due and payable on May 1, 2003.
3.3 Servicing Fee. Borrower shall pay to Lender monthly a servicing fee in
an amount equal to $1,500 in respect of Lender's services for each month (or
part thereof) while this Agreement remains in effect and for so long thereafter
as any of the Obligations are outstanding, which fee shall be fully earned as of
and payable in advance on the date hereof and on the first day of each month
hereafter.
3.4 Unused Line Fee. Borrower shall pay to Lender monthly an unused line
fee at a rate equal to one-half (1/2%) percent per annum calculated upon the
amount by which the Maximum Credit exceeds the average daily principal balance
of the outstanding Revolving Loans and Letter of Credit Accommodations during
the immediately preceding month (or part thereof) while this Agreement is in
effect and for so long thereafter as any of the Obligations are outstanding,
which fee shall be payable on the first day of each month in arrears.
3.5 Changes in Laws and Increased Costs of Loans. If after the date hereof,
either (i any change in, or in the interpretation of, any law or regulation is
introduced, including, without limitation, with respect to reserve requirements,
applicable to Lender or any banking or financial institution from whom Lender
borrows funds or obtains credit (a "Funding Bank"), or (ii a Funding Bank or
Lender complies with any future guideline or request from any central bank or
other Governmental Authority or (iii) a Funding Bank or Lender determines that
the adoption of any applicable law, rule or regulation regarding capital
adequacy, or any change therein, or any change in the interpretation or
administration thereof by any Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable
agency charged with the interpretation or administration thereof has or would
have the effect described below, or a Funding Bank or Lender complies with any
request or directive regarding capital adequacy (whether or not having the force
of law) of any such authority, central bank or comparable agency, and in the
case of any event set forth in this clause (iii), such adoption, change or
compliance has or would have the direct or indirect effect of reducing the rate
of return on Lender's capital as a consequence of its obligations hereunder to a
level below that which Lender could have achieved but for such adoption, change
or compliance (taking into consideration the Funding Bank's or Lender's policies
with respect to capital adequacy) by an amount deemed by Lender to be material,
and the result of any of the foregoing events described in clauses (i), (ii) or
(iii) is or results in an increase in the cost to Lender of funding or
maintaining the Loans or the Letter of Credit Accommodations, then Borrower
shall from time to time upon demand by Lender pay to Lender additional amounts
sufficient to indemnify Lender against such increased cost on an after-tax basis
(after taking into account applicable deductions and credits in respect of the
amount indemnified). A certificate as to the amount of such increased cost shall
be submitted to Borrower by Lender and shall be conclusive, absent manifest
error.
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SECTION 4. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT.
4.1 Conditions Precedent to Initial Loans and Letter of Credit
Accommodations. Each of the following is a condition precedent to the
effectiveness of this Agreement:
(a all requisite limited partnership action and proceedings in connection
with this Agreement and the other Financing Agreements shall be satisfactory in
form and substance to Lender, and Lender shall have received all information and
copies of all documents, including records of requisite limited partnership
action and proceedings which Lender may have requested in connection therewith,
such documents where requested by Lender or its counsel to be certified by
appropriate officers or Governmental Authority (and including a copy of the
Certificate of Limited Partnership of Borrower certified by the Secretary of
State (or equivalent Governmental Authority) which shall set forth the same
complete limited partnership name of Borrower as is set forth herein and such
document as shall set forth the organizational identification number of
Borrower, if one is issued in its jurisdiction of organization);
(b no material adverse change shall have occurred in the assets, business
or prospects of Borrower since the date of Lender's latest field examination
(not including for this purpose the field review referred to in clause (d)
below) and no change or event shall have occurred which would impair the ability
of Borrower or any Obligor to perform its obligations hereunder or under any of
the other Financing Agreements to which it is a party or of Lender to enforce
the Obligations or realize upon the Collateral;
(c Lender shall have completed a field review of the Records and such other
information with respect to the Collateral as Lender may require to determine
the amount of Revolving Loans available to Borrower (including, without
limitation, current perpetual inventory records and/or roll-forwards of Accounts
and Inventory through the date of closing and test counts of the Inventory in a
manner satisfactory to Lender, together with such supporting documentation as
may be necessary or appropriate, and other documents and information that will
enable Lender to accurately identify and verify the Collateral), the results of
which each case shall be satisfactory to Lender, not more than three (3)
Business Days prior to the date hereof;
(d Lender shall have received, in form and substance satisfactory to
Lender, all consents, waivers, acknowledgments and other agreements from third
persons which Lender may deem necessary or desirable in order to permit, protect
and perfect its security interests in and liens upon the Collateral or to
effectuate the provisions or purposes of this Agreement and the other Financing
Agreements, including, without limitation, Collateral Access Agreements by
owners and lessors of leased premises of Borrower and by warehouses at which
Collateral is located;
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(e Lender shall have received, in form and substance satisfactory to
Lender, Deposit Account Control Agreements by and among Lender, Borrower and
each bank where Borrower has a deposit account, in each case, duly authorized,
executed and delivered by such bank and Borrower (or Lender shall be the bank's
customer with respect to such deposit account, as Lender may specify);
(f Lender shall have received evidence, in form and substance satisfactory
to Lender, that Lender has a valid perfected first priority security interest in
all of the Collateral;
(g Lender shall have received evidence of insurance and loss payee
endorsements required hereunder and under the other Financing Agreements, in
form and substance satisfactory to Lender, and certificates of insurance
policies and/or endorsements naming Lender as loss payee;
(h Lender shall have received, in form and substance satisfactory to
Lender, an intercreditor and subordination agreement, duly authorized, executed
and delivered by License Creditor, as acknowledged and agreed to by Borrower,
providing for, inter alia, the subordination of the obligations of Borrower to
License Creditor and of all security interests and liens granted to or for the
benefit of License Creditor in the Collateral and related matters;
(i Lender shall have received a licensor agreement, in form and substance
satisfactory to Lender, duly authorized, executed and delivered by Latitude
Licensing Corp. in favor of Lender, pursuant to which, among other things,
Lender shall have the right to use certain tradenames, trademarks and service
marks in connection with the disposition of Collateral;
(j Lender shall have received, in form and substance satisfactory to
Lender, such opinion letters of counsel to Borrower with respect to the
Financing Agreements and such other matters as Lender may request in good faith;
and
(k the other Financing Agreements and all instruments and documents
hereunder and thereunder shall have been duly executed and delivered to Lender,
in form and substance satisfactory to Lender.
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4.2 Conditions Precedent to All Loans and Letter of Credit Accommodations.
Each of the following is an additional condition precedent to Lender making any
future Loans and/or providing Letter of Credit Accommodations to Borrower:
(a all representations and warranties contained herein and in the other
Financing Agreements shall be true and correct in all material respects with the
same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on and
as of the date of the making of each such Loan or providing each such Letter of
Credit Accommodation and after giving effect thereto, except to the extent that
such representations and warranties expressly relate solely to an earlier date
(in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and
accurate on and as of such earlier date);
(b no law, regulation, order, judgment or decree of any Governmental
Authority shall exist, and no action, suit, investigation, litigation or
proceeding shall be pending or threatened in any court or before any arbitrator
or Governmental Authority, which (i) purports to enjoin, prohibit, restrain or
otherwise affect (A) the making of the Loans or providing the Letter of Credit
Accommodations, or (B) the consummation of the transactions contemplated
pursuant to the terms hereof or the other Financing Agreements or (ii) has or
could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the assets,
business or prospects of Borrower or would impair the ability of Borrower to
perform its obligations hereunder or under any of the other Financing Agreements
or of Lender to enforce any Obligations or realize upon any of the Collateral;
and
(c no Default or Event of Default shall exist or have occurred and be
continuing on and as of the date of the making of such Loan or providing each
such Letter of Credit Accommodation and after giving effect thereto.
SECTION 5. GRANT AND PERFECTION OF SECURITY INTEREST
5.1 Grant of Security Interest. To secure payment and performance of all
Obligations, Borrower hereby grants to Lender a continuing security interest in,
a lien upon, and a right of set off against, and hereby assigns to Lender as
security, all personal and real property and fixtures and interests in property
and fixtures of Borrower, whether now owned or hereafter acquired or existing,
and wherever located (together with all other collateral security for the
Obligations at any time granted to or held or acquired by Lender, collectively,
the "Collateral"), including:
(a all Accounts;
(b all general intangibles, including, without limitation, all Intellectual
Property;
(c all goods, including, without limitation, Inventory and Equipment;
(d all Real Property and fixtures;
(e all chattel paper (including all tangible and electronic chattel paper);
(f all instruments (including all promissory notes);
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(g all documents;
(h all deposit accounts;
(i all letters of credit, banker's acceptances and similar instruments and
including all letter-of-credit rights;
(j all supporting obligations and all present and future liens, security
interests, rights, remedies, title and interest in, to and in respect of
Receivables and other Collateral, including (i) rights and remedies under or
relating to guaranties, contracts of suretyship, letters of credit and credit
and other insurance related to the Collateral, (ii) rights of stoppage in
transit, replevin, repossession, reclamation and other rights and remedies of an
unpaid vendor, lienor or secured party, (iii) goods described in invoices,
documents, contracts or instruments with respect to, or otherwise representing
or evidencing, Receivables or other Collateral, including returned, repossessed
and reclaimed goods, and (iv) deposits by and property of account debtors or
other persons securing the obligations of account debtors;
(k all (i) investment property (including securities, whether certificated
or uncertificated, securities accounts, security entitlements, commodity
contracts or commodity accounts) and (ii) monies, credit balances, deposits and
other property of Borrower now or hereafter held or received by or in transit to
Lender or its Affiliates or at any other depository or other institution from or
for the account of Borrower, whether for safekeeping, pledge, custody,
transmission, collection or otherwise;
(l all commercial tort claims, including, without limitation, those
identified in the Information Certificate;
(m to the extent not otherwise described above, all Receivables;
(n all Records; and
(o all products and proceeds of the foregoing, in any form, including
insurance proceeds and all claims against third parties for loss or damage to or
destruction of or other involuntary conversion of any kind or nature of any or
all of the other Collateral.
5.2 Perfection of Security Interests.
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(a Borrower irrevocably and unconditionally authorizes Lender (or its
agent) to file at any time and from time to time such financing statements with
respect to the Collateral naming Lender or its designee as the secured party and
Borrower as debtor, as Lender may require, and including any other information
with respect to Borrower or otherwise required by part 5 of Article 9 of the
Uniform Commercial Code of such jurisdiction as Lender may determine, together
with any amendment and continuations with respect thereto, which authorization
shall apply to all financing statements filed on, prior to or after the date
hereof. Borrower hereby ratifies and approves all financing statements naming
Lender or its designee as secured party and Borrower as debtor with respect to
the Collateral (and any amendments with respect to such financing statements)
filed by or on behalf of Lender prior to the date hereof and ratifies and
confirms the authorization of Lender to file such financing statements (and
amendments, if any). Borrower hereby authorizes Lender to adopt on behalf of
Borrower any symbol required for authenticating any electronic filing. In the
event that the description of the collateral in any financing statement naming
Lender or its designee as the secured party and Borrower as debtor includes
assets and properties of Borrower that do not at any time constitute Collateral,
whether hereunder, under any of the other Financing Agreements or otherwise, the
filing of such financing statement shall nonetheless be deemed authorized by
Borrower to the extent of the Collateral included in such description and it
shall not render the financing statement ineffective as to any of the Collateral
or otherwise affect the financing statement as it applies to any of the
Collateral. In no event shall Borrower at any time file, or permit or cause to
be filed, any correction statement or termination statement with respect to any
financing statement (or amendment or continuation with respect thereto) naming
Lender or its designee as secured party and Borrower as debtor.
(b Borrower does not have any chattel paper (whether tangible or
electronic) or instruments as of the date hereof, except as set forth in the
Information Certificate. In the event that Borrower shall be entitled to or
shall receive any chattel paper or instrument after the date hereof, Borrower
shall promptly notify Lender thereof in writing. Promptly upon the receipt
thereof by or on behalf of Borrower (including by any agent or representative),
Borrower shall deliver, or cause to be delivered to Lender, all tangible chattel
paper and instruments that Borrower or may at any time acquire, accompanied by
such instruments of transfer or assignment duly executed in blank as Lender may
from time to time specify, in each case except as Lender may otherwise agree. At
Lender's option, Borrower shall, or Lender may at any time on behalf of
Borrower, cause the original of any such instrument or chattel paper to be
conspicuously marked in a form and manner acceptable to Lender with the
following legend referring to chattel paper or instruments as applicable: "This
[chattel paper][instrument] is subject to the security interest of Congress
Financial Corporation and any sale, transfer, assignment or encumbrance of this
[chattel paper][instrument] violates the rights of such secured party."
(c In the event that Borrower shall at any time hold or acquire an interest
in any electronic chattel paper or any "transferable record" (as such term is
defined in Section 201 of the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and
National Commerce Act or in Section 16 of the Uniform Electronic Transactions
Act as in effect in any relevant jurisdiction), Borrower shall promptly notify
Lender thereof in writing. Promptly upon Lender's request, Borrower shall take,
or cause to be taken, such actions as Lender may reasonably request to give
Lender control of such electronic chattel paper under Section 9-105 of the UCC
and control of such transferable record under Section 201 of the Federal
Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act or, as the case may
be, Section 16 of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, as in effect in such
jurisdiction.
(d Borrower does not have any deposit accounts as of the date hereof,
except as set forth in the Information Certificate. Borrower shall not, directly
or indirectly, after the date hereof open, establish or maintain any deposit
account unless each of the following conditions is satisfied: (i) Lender shall
have received not less than five (5) Business Days prior written notice of the
intention of Borrower to open or establish such account which notice shall
specify in reasonable detail and specificity acceptable to Lender the name of
the account, the owner of the account, the name and address of the bank at which
such account is to be opened or established, the individual at such bank with
whom Borrower is dealing and the purpose of the account, (ii the bank where such
account is opened or maintained shall be acceptable to Lender, and (iii on or
before the opening of such deposit account, Borrower shall as Lender may specify
either (A) deliver to Lender a Deposit Account Control Agreement with respect to
such deposit account duly authorized, executed and delivered by Borrower and the
bank at which such deposit account is opened and maintained or (B) arrange for
Lender to become the customer of the bank with respect to the deposit account on
terms and conditions acceptable to Lender. The terms of this subsection (d)
shall not apply to deposit accounts specifically and exclusively used for
payroll, payroll taxes and other employee wage and benefit payments to or for
the benefit of Borrower's salaried employees.
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(e Borrower does not own or hold, directly or indirectly, beneficially or
as record owner or both, any investment property, as of the date hereof, or have
any investment account, securities account, commodity account or other similar
account with any bank or other financial institution or other securities
intermediary or commodity intermediary as of the date hereof, in each case
except as set forth in the Information Certificate.
(i In the event that Borrower shall be entitled to or shall at any time
after the date hereof hold or acquire any certificated securities, Borrower
shall promptly endorse, assign and deliver the same to Lender, accompanied by
such instruments of transfer or assignment duly executed in blank as Lender may
from time to time specify. If any securities, now or hereafter acquired by
Borrower are uncertificated and are issued to Borrower or its nominee directly
by the issuer thereof, Borrower shall immediately notify Lender thereof and
shall as Lender may specify, either (A) cause the issuer to agree to comply with
instructions from Lender as to such securities, without further consent of
Borrower or such nominee, or (B) arrange for Lender to become the registered
owner of the securities.
(ii Borrower shall not, directly or indirectly, after the date hereof open,
establish or maintain any investment account, securities account, commodity
account or any other similar account (other than a deposit account) with any
securities intermediary or commodity intermediary unless each of the following
conditions is satisfied: (A) Lender shall have received not less than five (5)
Business Days prior written notice of the intention of Borrower to open or
establish such account which notice shall specify in reasonable detail and
specificity acceptable to Lender the name of the account, the owner of the
account, the name and address of the securities intermediary or commodity
intermediary at which such account is to be opened or established, the
individual at such intermediary with whom Borrower is dealing and the purpose of
the account, (B) the securities intermediary or commodity intermediary (as the
case may be) where such account is opened or maintained shall be acceptable to
Lender, and (C) on or before the opening of such investment account, securities
account or other similar account with a securities intermediary or commodity
intermediary, Borrower shall as Lender may specify either (1) execute and
deliver, and cause to be executed and delivered to Lender, an Investment
Property Control Agreement with respect thereto duly authorized, executed and
delivered by Borrower and such securities intermediary or commodity intermediary
or (2) arrange for Lender to become the entitlement holder with respect to such
investment property on terms and conditions acceptable to Lender.
(f) Borrower is not the beneficiary or otherwise entitled to any right to
payment under any letter of credit, banker's acceptance or similar instrument as
of the date hereof, except as set forth in the Information Certificate. In the
event that Borrower shall be entitled to or shall receive any right to payment
under any letter of credit, banker's acceptance or any similar instrument,
whether as beneficiary thereof or otherwise after the date hereof, Borrower
shall promptly notify Lender thereof in writing. Borrower shall immediately, as
Lender may specify, either (i) deliver, or cause to be delivered to Lender, with
respect to any such letter of credit, banker's acceptance or similar instrument,
the written agreement of the issuer and any other nominated person obligated to
make any payment in respect thereof (including any confirming or negotiating
bank), in form and substance satisfactory to Lender, consenting to the
assignment of the proceeds of the letter of credit to Lender by Borrower and
agreeing to make all payments thereon directly to Lender or as Lender may
otherwise direct or (ii) cause Lender to become, at Borrower's expense, the
transferee beneficiary of the letter of credit, banker's acceptance or similar
instrument (as the case may be).
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(g) Borrower has no commercial tort claims as of the date hereof, except as
set forth in the Information Certificate. In the event that Borrower shall at
any time after the date hereof have any commercial tort claims, Borrower shall
promptly notify Lender thereof in writing, which notice shall (i) set forth in
reasonable detail the basis for and nature of such commercial tort claim and
(ii) include the express grant by Borrower to Lender of a security interest in
such commercial tort claim (and the proceeds thereof). In the event that such
notice does not include such grant of a security interest, the sending thereof
by Borrower to Lender shall be deemed to constitute such grant to Lender. Upon
the sending of such notice, any commercial tort claim described therein shall
constitute part of the Collateral and shall be deemed included therein. Without
limiting the authorization of Lender provided in Section 5.2(a) hereof or
otherwise arising by the execution by Borrower of this Agreement or any of the
other Financing Agreements, Lender is hereby irrevocably authorized from time to
time and at any time to file such financing statements naming Lender or its
designee as secured party and Borrower as debtor, or any amendments to any
financing statements, covering any such commercial tort claim as Collateral. In
addition, Borrower shall promptly upon Lender's request, execute and deliver, or
cause to be executed and delivered, to Lender such other agreements, documents
and instruments as Lender may require in connection with such commercial tort
claim.
(h) Borrower does not have any goods, documents of title or other
Collateral in the custody, control or possession of a third party as of the date
hereof, except as set forth in the Information Certificate and except for goods
located in the United States in transit to a location of Borrower permitted
herein in the ordinary course of business of Borrower in the possession of the
carrier transporting such goods. In the event that any goods, documents of title
or other Collateral are at any time after the date hereof in the custody,
control or possession of any other person not referred to in the Information
Certificate or such carriers, Borrower shall promptly notify Lender thereof in
writing. Promptly upon Lender's request, Borrower shall deliver to Lender a
Collateral Access Agreement duly authorized, executed and delivered by such
person and Borrower.
(i) Borrower shall take any other actions reasonably requested by Lender
from time to time to cause the attachment, perfection and first priority of, and
the ability of Lender to enforce, the security interest of Lender in any and all
of the Collateral, including, without limitation, (i) executing, delivering and,
where appropriate, filing financing statements and amendments relating thereto
under the UCC or other applicable law, to the extent, if any, that Borrower's
signature thereon is required therefor, (ii) causing Lender's name to be noted
as secured party on any certificate of title for a titled good if such notation
is a condition to attachment, perfection or priority of, or ability of Lender to
enforce, the security interest of Lender in such Collateral, (iii) complying
with any provision of any statute, regulation or treaty of the United States as
to any Collateral if compliance with such provision is a condition to
attachment, perfection or priority of, or ability of Lender to enforce, the
security interest of Lender in such Collateral, (iv) obtaining the consents and
approvals of any Governmental Authority or third party, including, without
limitation, any consent of any licensor, lessor or other person obligated on
Collateral, and taking all actions required by any earlier versions of the UCC
or by other law, as applicable in any relevant jurisdiction.
SECTION 6. COLLECTION AND ADMINISTRATION
6.1 Borrower's Loan Account. Lender shall maintain one or more loan
account(s) on its books in which shall be recorded (a) all Loans, Letter of
Credit Accommodations and other Obligations and the Collateral, (b) all payments
made by or on behalf of Borrower and (c) all other appropriate debits and
credits as provided in this Agreement, including fees, charges, costs, expenses
and interest. All entries in the loan account(s) shall be made in accordance
with Lender's customary practices as in effect from time to time.
6.2 Statements. Lender shall render to Borrower each month a statement
setting forth the balance in the Borrower's loan account(s) maintained by Lender
for Borrower pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, including principal,
interest, fees, costs and expenses. Each such statement shall be subject to
subsequent adjustment by Lender but shall, absent manifest errors or omissions,
be considered correct and deemed accepted by Borrower and conclusively binding
upon Borrower as an account stated except to the extent that Lender receives a
written notice from Borrower of any specific exceptions of Borrower thereto
within thirty (30) days after the date such statement has been mailed by Lender.
Until such time as Lender shall have rendered to Borrower a written statement as
provided above, the balance in Borrower's loan account(s) shall be presumptive
evidence of the amounts due and owing to Lender by Borrower.
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6.3 Collection of Accounts.
(a) Borrower shall establish and maintain, at its expense, blocked accounts
or lockboxes and related blocked accounts (in either case, "Blocked Accounts"),
as Lender may specify, with such banks as are acceptable to Lender into which
Borrower shall promptly deposit and direct its account debtors to directly remit
all payments on Receivables and all payments constituting proceeds of Inventory
or other Collateral in the identical form in which such payments are made,
whether by cash, check or other manner. Borrower shall deliver, or cause to be
delivered to Lender, a Depository Account Control Agreement duly authorized,
executed and delivered by each bank where a Blocked Account is maintained as
provided in Section 5.2 hereof or at any time and from time to time Lender may
become bank's customer with respect to the Blocked Accounts and promptly upon
Lender's request, Borrower shall execute and deliver such agreements or
documents as Lender may require in connection therewith. Borrower agrees that
all payments made to such Blocked Accounts or other funds received and collected
by Lender, whether in respect of the Receivables, as proceeds of Inventory or
other Collateral or otherwise shall be treated as payments to Lender in respect
of the Obligations and therefore shall constitute the property of Lender to the
extent of the then outstanding Obligations.
(b) For purposes of calculating the amount of the Loans available to
Borrower, such payments will be applied (conditional upon final collection) to
the Obligations on the Business Day of receipt by Lender of immediately
available funds in the Lender Payment Account provided such payments and notice
thereof are received in accordance with Lender's usual and customary practices
as in effect from time to time and within sufficient time to credit Borrower's
loan account on such day, and if not, then on the next Business Day. For the
purposes of calculating interest on the Obligations, such payments or other
funds received will be applied (conditional upon final collection) to the
Obligations one (1) Business Day following the date of receipt of immediately
available funds by Lender in the Lender Payment Account provided such payments
or other funds and notice thereof are received in accordance with Lender's usual
and customary practices as in effect from time to time and within sufficient
time to credit Borrower's loan account on such day, and if not, then on the next
Business Day.
(c) Borrower and its partners, directors, employees, agents, Subsidiaries
or other Affiliates shall, acting as trustee for Lender, receive, as the
property of Lender, any monies, checks, notes, drafts or any other payment
relating to and/or proceeds of Accounts or other Collateral which come into
their possession or under their control and immediately upon receipt thereof,
shall deposit or cause the same to be deposited in the Blocked Accounts, or
remit the same or cause the same to be remitted, in kind, to Lender. In no event
shall the same be commingled with Borrower's own funds. Borrower agrees to
reimburse Lender on demand for any amounts owed or paid to any bank at which a
Blocked Account is established or any other bank or person involved in the
transfer of funds to or from the Blocked Accounts arising out of Lender's
payments to or indemnification of such bank or person. The obligation of
Borrower to reimburse Lender for such amounts pursuant to this Section 6.3 shall
survive the termination or non-renewal of this Agreement.
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6.4 Payments.
(a) All Obligations shall be payable to the Lender Payment Account as
provided in Section 6.3 or such other place as Lender may designate from time to
time. Lender shall apply payments received or collected from Borrower or for the
account of Borrower (including the monetary proceeds of collections or of
realization upon any Collateral) as follows: first, to pay any fees, indemnities
or expense reimbursements then due to Lender from Borrower; second, to pay
interest due in respect of any Loans; third, to pay principal due in respect of
the Loans; fourth, to pay or prepay any other Obligations whether or not then
due, in such order and manner as Lender determines. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary contained in this Agreement, to the extent Borrower uses any
proceeds of the Loans or Letter of Credit Accommodations to acquire rights in or
the use of any Collateral or to repay any Indebtedness used to acquire rights in
or the use of any Collateral, payments in respect of the obligations shall be
deemed applied first to the Obligations arising from Loans and Letter of Credit
Accommodations that were not used for such purposes and second to the
Obligations arising from Loans and Letter of Credit Accommodations the proceeds
of which were used to acquire rights in or the use of any Collateral in the
chronological order in which Borrower acquired such rights or use.
(b) At Lender's option, all principal, interest, fees, costs, expenses and
other charges provided for in this Agreement or the other Financing Agreements
may be charged directly to the loan account(s) of Borrower. Borrower shall make
all payments to Lender on the Obligations free and clear of, and without
deduction or withholding for or on account of, any setoff, counterclaim,
defense, duties, taxes, levies, imposts, fees, deductions, withholding,
restrictions or conditions of any kind. If after receipt of any payment of, or
proceeds of Collateral applied to the payment of, any of the Obligations, Lender
is required to surrender or return such payment or proceeds to any Person for
any reason, then the Obligations intended to be satisfied by such payment or
proceeds shall be reinstated and continue and this Agreement shall continue in
full force and effect as if such payment or proceeds had not been received by
Lender. Borrower shall be liable to pay to Lender, and does hereby indemnify and
hold Lender harmless for the amount of any payments or proceeds surrendered or
returned. This Section 6.4 shall remain effective notwithstanding any contrary
action which may be taken by Lender in reliance upon such payment or proceeds.
This Section 6.4 shall survive the payment of the Obligations and the
termination or non-renewal of this Agreement.
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6.5 Authorization to Make Loans. Lender is authorized to make the Loans and
provide the Letter of Credit Accommodations based upon telephonic or other
instructions received from anyone purporting to be an officer of Borrower or
other authorized person or, at the discretion of Lender, if such Loans are
necessary to satisfy any Obligations. All requests for Loans or Letter of Credit
Accommodations hereunder shall specify the date on which the requested advance
is to be made or Letter of Credit Accommodations established (which day shall be
a Business Day) and the amount of the requested Loan. Requests received after
11:00 a.m. New York City time on any day shall be deemed to have been made as of
the opening of business on the immediately following Business Day. All Loans and
Letter of Credit Accommodations under this Agreement shall be conclusively
presumed to have been made to, and at the request of and for the benefit of,
Borrower when deposited to the credit of Borrower or otherwise disbursed or
established in accordance with the instructions of Borrower or in accordance
with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
6.6 Use of Proceeds. Borrower shall use the initial proceeds of the Loans
provided by Lender to Borrower hereunder only for: (a) payments to each of the
persons listed in the disbursement direction letter furnished by Borrower to
Lender on or about the date hereof and (b) costs, expenses and fees in
connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the other Financing Agreements. All other Loans made or Letter of
Credit Accommodations provided by Lender to Borrower pursuant to the provisions
hereof shall be used by Borrower only for general operating, working capital and
other proper corporate purposes of Borrower not otherwise prohibited by the
terms hereof. None of the proceeds will be used, directly or indirectly, for the
purpose of purchasing or carrying any margin security or for the purposes of
reducing or retiring any indebtedness which was originally incurred to purchase
or carry any margin security or for any other purpose which might cause any of
the Loans to be considered a "purpose credit" within the meaning of Regulation U
of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as amended.
SECTION 7. COLLATERAL REPORTING AND COLLATERAL COVENANTS
7.1 Collateral Reporting.
(a) Borrower shall provide Lender with the following documents in a form
satisfactory to Lender:
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(i) on a regular basis as required by Lender, a schedule of sales made,
credits issued and cash received;
(ii) as soon as possible after the end of each week (but in any event by
each Wednesday after the end thereof), on a weekly basis or more frequently as
Lender may request in good faith, (A) perpetual inventory reports, (B) inventory
reports by location and category (including identifying Inventory at locations
owned and operated by third parties or on consignment), and (C) agings of
accounts receivable (together with a reconciliation to the previous month's
aging and general ledger);
(iii) as soon as possible after the end of each month (but in any event
within ten (10) days after the end thereof), on a monthly basis or more
frequently as Lender may request in good faith, agings of accounts payable (and
including information indicating the status of payments to owners and lessors of
the leased premises of Borrower);
(iv) upon Lender's request, (A) copies of customer statements and credit
memos, remittance advices and reports, and copies of deposit slips and bank
statements, (B) copies of shipping and delivery documents, and (C) copies of
purchase orders, invoices and delivery documents for Inventory and Equipment
acquired by Borrower;
(v) such other reports as to the Collateral as Lender shall request from
time to time; and
(b) If any of Borrower's records or reports of the Collateral are prepared
or maintained by an accounting service, contractor, shipper or other agent,
Borrower hereby irrevocably authorizes such service, contractor, shipper or
agent to deliver such records, reports, and related documents to Lender and to
follow Lender's instructions with respect to further services at any time that
an Event of Default exists or has occurred and is continuing.
7.2 Accounts Covenants.
(a) Borrower shall notify Lender promptly of: (i) any material delay in
Borrower's performance of any of its obligations to any account debtor or the
assertion of any claims, offsets, defenses or counterclaims by any account
debtor, or any disputes with account debtors, or any settlement, adjustment or
compromise thereof, (ii) all material adverse information relating to the
financial condition of any account debtor and (iii) any event or circumstance
which, to Borrower's knowledge would cause Lender to consider any then existing
Accounts as no longer constituting Eligible Accounts. No credit, discount,
allowance or extension or agreement for any of the foregoing shall be granted to
any account debtor without Lender's consent, except in the ordinary course of
Borrower's business in accordance with practices and policies previously
disclosed in writing to Lender and except as set forth in the schedules
delivered to Lender pursuant to Section 7.1(a) above. So long as no Event of
Default exists or has occurred and is continuing, Borrower shall settle, adjust
or compromise any claim, offset, counterclaim or dispute with any account
debtor. At any time that an Event of Default exists or has occurred and is
continuing, Lender shall, at its option, have the exclusive right to settle,
adjust or compromise any claim, offset, counterclaim or dispute with account
debtors or grant any credits, discounts or allowances.
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(b) With respect to each Account: (i) the amounts shown on any invoice
delivered to Lender or schedule thereof delivered to Lender shall be true and
complete, (ii) no payments shall be made thereon except payments immediately
delivered to Lender pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, (iii) no credit,
discount, allowance or extension or agreement for any of the foregoing shall be
granted to any account debtor except as reported to Lender in accordance with
this Agreement and except for credits, discounts, allowances or extensions made
or given in the ordinary course of Borrower's business in accordance with
practices and policies previously disclosed to Lender, (iv)there shall be no
setoffs, deductions, contras, defenses, counterclaims or disputes existing or
asserted with respect thereto except as reported to Lender in accordance with
the terms of this Agreement, (v) none of the transactions giving rise thereto
will violate any applicable foreign, Federal, State or local laws or
regulations, all documentation relating thereto will be legally sufficient under
such laws and regulations and all such documentation will be legally enforceable
in accordance with its terms.
(c) Lender shall have the right at any time or times, in Lender's name or
in the name of a nominee of Lender, to verify the validity, amount or any other
matter relating to any Account or other Collateral, by mail, telephone,
facsimile transmission or otherwise.
7.3 Inventory Covenants. With respect to the Inventory: (a) Borrower shall
at all times maintain inventory records reasonably satisfactory to Lender,
keeping correct and accurate records itemizing and describing the kind, type,
quality and quantity of Inventory, Borrower's cost therefor and daily
withdrawals therefrom and additions thereto; (b) Borrower shall conduct a
physical count of the Inventory at least once each year, but at any time or
times as Lender may request on or after an Event of Default, and promptly
following such physical inventory shall supply Lender with a report in the form
and with such specificity as may be reasonably satisfactory to Lender concerning
such physical count; (c) Borrower shall not remove any Inventory from the
locations set forth or permitted herein, without the prior written consent of
Lender, except for sales of Inventory in the ordinary course of Borrower's
business and except to move Inventory directly from one location set forth or
permitted herein to another such location and except for Inventory shipped from
the manufacturer thereof to Borrower which is in transit to the locations set
forth or permitted herein; (d) upon Lender's request, Borrower shall, at its
expense, no more than two (2) times in any twelve (12) month period, but at any
time or times as Lender may request on or after an Event of Default, deliver or
cause to be delivered to Lender written appraisals as to the Inventory in form,
scope and methodology acceptable to Lender and by an appraiser acceptable to
Lender, addressed to Lender and upon which Lender is expressly permitted to
rely; (e) Borrower shall produce, use, store and maintain the Inventory with all
reasonable care and caution and in accordance with applicable standards of any
insurance and in conformity with applicable laws (including the requirements of
the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended and all rules,
regulations and orders related thereto); (f) none of the Inventory or other
Collateral constitutes farm products or the proceeds thereof; (g) Borrower
assumes all responsibility and liability arising from or relating to the
production, use, sale or other disposition of the Inventory; (h) Borrower shall
not sell Inventory to any customer on approval, or any other basis which
entitles the customer to return or may obligate Borrower to repurchase such
Inventory; (i) Borrower shall keep the Inventory in good and marketable
condition; and (j) Borrower shall not, without prior written notice to Lender or
the specific identification of such Inventory with respect thereto provided by
Borrower to Lender pursuant to Section 7.1(a) hereof, acquire or accept any
Inventory on consignment or approval.
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7.4 Equipment and Real Property Covenants. With respect to the Equipment
and Real Property: (a) at any time or times as Lender may request on or after an
Event of Default, deliver or cause to be delivered to Lender written appraisals
as to the Equipment and/or the Real Property in form, scope and methodology
acceptable to Lender and by an appraiser acceptable to Lender, addressed to
Lender and upon which Lender is expressly permitted to rely; (b) Borrower shall
keep the Equipment in good order, repair, running and marketable condition
(ordinary wear and tear excepted); (c) Borrower shall use the Equipment and Real
Property with all reasonable care and caution and in accordance with applicable
standards of any insurance and in conformity with all applicable laws; (d) the
Equipment is and shall be used in Borrower's business and not for personal,
family, household or farming use; (e) Borrower shall not remove any Equipment
from the locations set forth or permitted herein, except to the extent necessary
to have any Equipment repaired or maintained in the ordinary course of the
business of Borrower or to move Equipment directly from one location set forth
or permitted herein to another such location and except for the movement of
motor vehicles used by or for the benefit of Borrower in the ordinary course of
business; (f) the Equipment is now and shall remain personal property and
Borrower shall not permit any of the Equipment to be or become a part of or
affixed to real property; and (g) Borrower assumes all responsibility and
liability arising from the use of the Equipment and Real Property.
7.5 Power of Attorney. Borrower hereby irrevocably designates and appoints
Lender (and all persons designated by Lender) as Borrower's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact, and authorizes Lender, in Borrower's or Lender's name, to: (a)
at any time an Event of Default exists or has occurred and is continuing (i)
demand payment on Receivables or other Collateral, (ii) enforce payment of
Receivables by legal proceedings or otherwise, (iii) exercise all of Borrower's
rights and remedies to collect any Receivable or other Collateral, (iv) sell or
assign any Receivable upon such terms, for such amount and at such time or times
as the Lender deems advisable, (v) settle, adjust, compromise, extend or renew
an Account, (vi) discharge and release any Receivable, (vii) prepare, file and
sign Borrower's name on any proof of claim in bankruptcy or other similar
document against an account debtor or other obligor in respect of any
Receivables or other Collateral, (viii) notify the post office authorities to
change the address for delivery of remittances from account debtors or other
obligors in respect of Receivables or other proceeds of Collateral to an address
designated by Lender, and open and dispose of all mail addressed to Borrower and
handle and store all mail relating to the Collateral; and (ix) do all acts and
things which are necessary, in Lender's determination, to fulfill Borrower's
obligations under this Agreement and the other Financing Agreements and (b) at
any time to (i) take control in any manner of any item of payment in respect of
Receivables or constituting Collateral or otherwise received in or for deposit
in the Blocked Accounts or otherwise received by Lender, (ii) have access to any
lockbox or postal box into which remittances from account debtors or other
obligors in respect of Receivables or other proceeds of Collateral are sent or
received, (iii) endorse Borrower's name upon any items of payment in respect of
Receivables or constituting Collateral or otherwise received by Lender and
deposit the same in Lender's account for application to the Obligations, (iv)
endorse Borrower's name upon any chattel paper, document, instrument, invoice,
or similar document or agreement relating to any Receivable or any goods
pertaining thereto or any other Collateral, including any warehouse or other
receipts, or bills of lading and other negotiable or non-negotiable documents,
(v) clear Inventory the purchase of which was financed with Letter of Credit
Accommodations through U.S. Customs or foreign export control authorities in
Borrower's name, Lender's name or the name of Lender's designee, and to sign and
deliver to customs officials powers of attorney in Borrower's name for such
purpose, and to complete in Borrower's or Lender's name, any order, sale or
transaction, obtain the necessary documents in connection therewith and collect
the proceeds thereof, (vi) sign Borrower's name on any verification of
Receivables and notices thereof to account debtors or any secondary obligors or
other obligors in respect thereof. Borrower hereby releases Lender and its
officers, employees and designees from any liabilities arising from any act or
acts under this power of attorney and in furtherance thereof, whether of
omission or commission, except as a result of Lender's own gross negligence or
wilful misconduct as determined pursuant to a final non-appealable order of a
court of competent jurisdiction.
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7.6 Right to Cure. Lender may, at its option, (a) upon notice to Borrower,
cure any default by Borrower under any material agreement with a third party
that affects the Collateral, its value or the ability of Lender to collect, sell
or otherwise dispose of the Collateral or the rights and remedies of Lender
therein or the ability of Borrower to perform its obligations hereunder or under
the other Financing Agreements, (b) pay or bond on appeal any judgment entered
against Borrower, (c) discharge taxes, liens, security interests or other
encumbrances at any time levied on or existing with respect to the Collateral
and (d) pay any amount, incur any expense or perform any act which, in Lender's
judgment, is necessary or appropriate to preserve, protect, insure or maintain
the Collateral and the rights of Lender with respect thereto. Lender may add any
amounts so expended to the Obligations and charge Borrower's account therefor,
such amounts to be repayable by Borrower on demand. Lender shall be under no
obligation to effect such cure, payment or bonding and shall not, by doing so,
be deemed to have assumed any obligation or liability of Borrower. Any payment
made or other action taken by Lender under this Section shall be without
prejudice to any right to assert an Event of Default hereunder and to proceed
accordingly.
7.7 Access to Premises. From time to time as requested by Lender, at the
cost and expense of Borrower, (a) Lender or its designee shall have complete
access to all of Borrower's premises during normal business hours and after
notice to Borrower, or at any time and without notice to Borrower if an Event of
Default exists or has occurred and is continuing, for the purposes of
inspecting, verifying and auditing the Collateral and all of Borrower's books
and records, including the Records, and (b) Borrower shall promptly furnish to
Lender such copies of such books and records or extracts therefrom as Lender may
request in good faith, and (c) Lender or its designee may use during normal
business hours such of Borrower's personnel, equipment, supplies and premises as
may be reasonably necessary for the foregoing and if an Event of Default exists
or has occurred and is continuing for the collection of Receivables and
realization of other Collateral.
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SECTION 8. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Borrower hereby represents and warrants to Lender the following (which
shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement), the truth and
accuracy of which are a continuing condition of the making of Loans and
providing Letter of Credit Accommodations by Lender to Borrower:
8.1 Existence; Power and Authority. Borrower is a limited partnership duly
organized and in good standing under the laws of its state of organization and
is duly qualified as a foreign limited partnership and in good standing in all
states or other jurisdictions where the nature and extent of the business
transacted by it or the ownership of assets makes such qualification necessary,
except for those jurisdictions in which the failure to so qualify would not have
a material adverse effect on Borrower's financial condition, results of
operation or business or the rights of Lender in or to any of the Collateral.
The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the other Financing
Agreements and the transactions contemplated hereunder and thereunder (a) are
all within Borrower's limited partnership powers, (b) have been duly authorized,
(c) are not in contravention of law or the terms of Borrower's Certificate of
Limited Partnership, limited partnership agreement or other organizational
documentation, or any indenture, agreement or undertaking to which Borrower is a
party or by which Borrower or its property are bound and (d) will not result in
the creation or imposition of, or require or give rise to any obligation to
grant, any lien, security interest, charge or other encumbrance upon any
property of Borrower. This Agreement and the other Financing Agreements
constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of Borrower enforceable in
accordance with their respective terms.
8.2 Name; State of Organization; Chief Executive Office; Collateral
Locations.
(a) The exact legal name of Borrower is as set forth on the signature page
of this Agreement and in the Information Certificate. Borrower has not, during
the past five years, been known by or used any other corporate or fictitious
name or been a party to any merger or consolidation, or acquired all or
substantially all of the assets of any Person, or acquired any of its property
or assets out of the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in the
Information Certificate.
(b) Borrower is an organization of the type and organized in the
jurisdiction set forth in the Information Certificate. The Information
Certificate accurately sets forth the organizational identification number of
Borrower or accurately states that Borrower has none and accurately sets forth
the federal employer identification number of Borrower.
(c) The chief executive office and mailing address of Borrower and
Borrower's Records concerning Accounts are located only at the address
identified as such in Schedule 8.2 to the Information Certificate and its only
other places of business and the only other locations of Collateral, if any, are
the addresses set forth in Schedule 8.2 to the Information Certificate, subject
to the right of Borrower to establish new locations in accordance with Section
9.2 below. The Information Certificate correctly identifies any of such
locations which are not owned by Borrower and sets forth the owners and/or
operators thereof.
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8.3 Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Change. All financial
statements relating to Borrower which have been or may hereafter be delivered by
Borrower to Lender have been prepared in accordance with GAAP (except as to any
interim financial statements, to the extent such statements are subject to
normal year-end adjustments and do not include any notes) and fairly present the
financial condition and the results of operation of Borrower as at the dates and
for the periods set forth therein. Except as disclosed in any interim financial
statements furnished by Borrower to Lender prior to the date of this Agreement,
there has been no material adverse change in the assets, liabilities, properties
and condition, financial or otherwise, of Borrower, since the date of the most
recent audited financial statements furnished by Borrower to Lender prior to the
date of this Agreement.
8.4 Priority of Liens; Title to Properties. The security interests and
liens granted to Lender under this Agreement and the other Financing Agreements
constitute valid and perfected first priority liens and security interests in
and upon the Collateral subject only to the liens indicated on Schedule 8.4 to
the Information Certificate and the other liens permitted under Section 9.8
hereof. Borrower has good and marketable fee simple title to or valid leasehold
interests in all of its Real Property and good, valid and merchantable title to
all of its other properties and assets subject to no liens, mortgages, pledges,
security interests, encumbrances or charges of any kind, except those granted to
Lender and such others as are specifically listed on Schedule 8.4 to the
Information Certificate or permitted under Section 9.8 hereof.
8.5 Tax Returns. Borrower has filed, or caused to be filed, in a timely
manner all tax returns, reports and declarations which are required to be filed
by it. All information in such tax returns, reports and declarations is complete
and accurate in all material respects. Borrower has paid or caused to be paid
all taxes due and payable or claimed due and payable in any assessment received
by it, except taxes the validity of which are being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings diligently pursued and available to Borrower and with
respect to which adequate reserves have been set aside on its books. Adequate
provision has been made for the payment of all accrued and unpaid Federal,
State, county, local, foreign and other taxes whether or not yet due and payable
and whether or not disputed.
8.6 Litigation. Except as set forth in Schedule 8.6 to the Information
Certificate, there is no present investigation by any Governmental Authority
pending, or to the best of Borrower's knowledge threatened, against or affecting
Borrower, its assets or business and there is no action, suit, proceeding or
claim by any Person pending, or to the best of Borrower's knowledge threatened,
against Borrower or its assets or goodwill, or against or affecting any
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, which if adversely determined
against Borrower would result in any material adverse change in the assets,
business or prospects of Borrower or would impair the ability of Borrower to
perform its obligations hereunder or under any of the other Financing Agreements
to which it is a party or of Lender to enforce any Obligations or realize upon
any Collateral.
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8.7 Compliance with Other Agreements and Applicable Laws. Borrower is not
in default in any material respect under, or in violation in any material
respect of any of the terms of, any agreement, contract, instrument, lease or
other commitment to which it is a party or by which it or any of its assets are
bound and Borrower is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable
provisions of laws, rules, regulations, licenses, permits, approvals and orders
of any foreign, Federal, State or local Governmental Authority.
8.8 Environmental Compliance.
(a) Except as set forth on Schedule 8.8 to the Information Certificate,
Borrower and any Subsidiary have not generated, used, stored, treated,
transported, manufactured, handled, produced or disposed of any Hazardous
Materials, on or off its premises (whether or not owned by it) in any manner
which at any time violates any applicable Environmental Law or any license,
permit, certificate, approval or similar authorization thereunder and the
operations of Borrower and any Subsidiary complies in all material respects with
all Environmental Laws and all licenses, permits, certificates, approvals and
similar authorizations thereunder.
(b) Except as set forth on Schedule 8.8 to the Information Certificate,
there has been no investigation, proceeding, complaint, order, directive, claim,
citation or notice by any Governmental Authority or any other person nor is any
pending or to the best of Borrower's knowledge threatened, with respect to any
non-compliance with or violation of the requirements of any Environmental Law by
Borrower and any Subsidiary or the release, spill or discharge, threatened or
actual, of any Hazardous Material or the generation, use, storage, treatment,
transportation, manufacture, handling, production or disposal of any Hazardous
Materials or any other environmental, health or safety matter, which affects
Borrower or its business, operations or assets or any properties at which
Borrower has transported, stored or disposed of any Hazardous Materials.
(c) Borrower and its Subsidiaries have no material liability (contingent or
otherwise) in connection with a release, spill or discharge, threatened or
actual, of any Hazardous Materials or the generation, use, storage, treatment,
transportation, manufacture, handling, production or disposal of any Hazardous
Materials.
(d) Borrower and its Subsidiaries have all licenses, permits, certificates,
approvals or similar authorizations required to be obtained or filed in
connection with the operations of Borrower under any Environmental Law and all
of such licenses, permits, certificates, approvals or similar authorizations are
valid and in full force and effect.
8.9 Employee Benefits.
(a) Each Plan is in compliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the
Code and other federal or state law. Each Plan which is intended to qualify
under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter
from the Internal Revenue Service and to the best of Borrower's knowledge,
nothing has occurred which would cause the loss of such qualification. Borrower
and its ERISA Affiliates have made all required contributions to any Plan
subject to Section 412 of the Code, and no application for a funding waiver or
an extension of any amortization period pursuant to Section 412 of the Code has
been made with respect to any Plan.
(b) There are no pending or to the best of Borrower's knowledge, threatened
claims, actions or lawsuits, or action by any Governmental Authority, with
respect to any Plan. There has been no prohibited transaction or violation of
the fiduciary responsibility rules with respect to any Plan.
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(c)(i) No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur; (ii)
the current value of each Plan's assets (determined in accordance with the
assumptions used for funding such Plan pursuant to Section 412 of the Code) are
not less than such Plan's liabilities under Section 4001(a)(16) of ERISA; (iii)
Borrower and its ERISA Affiliates have not incurred and do not reasonably expect
to incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to any Plan (other
than premiums due and not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA); (iv) Borrower
and its ERISA Affiliates have not incurred and do not reasonably expect to
incur, any liability (and no event has occurred which, with the giving of notice
under Section 4219 of ERISA, would result in such liability) under Section 4201
or 4243 of ERISA with respect to a Multiemployer Plan; and (v) Borrower and its
ERISA Affiliates have not engaged in a transaction that could be subject to
Section 4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA.
8.10 Bank Accounts. All of the deposit accounts, investment accounts or
other accounts in the name of or used by Borrower maintained at any bank or
other financial institution are set forth in Schedule 8.10 to the Information
Certificate, subject to the right of Borrower to establish new accounts in
accordance with Section 5.2 hereof.
8.11 Intellectual Property. Borrower owns or licenses or otherwise has the
right to use all Intellectual Property necessary for the operation of its
business as presently conducted or proposed to be conducted. As of the date
hereof, Borrower does not have any Intellectual Property registered, or subject
to pending applications, in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or any
similar office or agency in the United States, any State thereof, any political
subdivision thereof or in any other country, other than those described in
Schedule 8.11 to the Information Certificate hereto and has not granted any
licenses with respect thereto other than as set forth in Schedule 8.11 to the
Information Certificate. No event has occurred which permits or would permit
after notice or passage of time or both, the revocation, suspension or
termination of such rights. To the best of Borrower's knowledge, no slogan or
other advertising device, product, process, method, substance or other
Intellectual Property or goods bearing or using any Intellectual Property
presently contemplated to be sold by or employed by Borrower infringes any
patent, trademark, servicemark, tradename, copyright, license or other
Intellectual Property owned by any other Person presently and no claim or
litigation is pending or threatened against or affecting Borrower contesting its
right to sell or use any such Intellectual Property. Schedule 8.11 to the
Information Certificate sets forth all of the agreements or other arrangements
of Borrower pursuant to which Borrower has a license or other right to use any
trademarks, logos, designs, representations or other Intellectual Property owned
by another person as in effect on the date hereof and the dates of the
expiration of such agreements or other arrangements of Borrower as in effect on
the date hereof (collectively, together with such agreements or other
arrangements as may be entered into by Borrower after the date hereof,
collectively, the "License Agreements" and individually, a "License Agreement").
No trademark, servicemark or other Intellectual Property at any time used by
Borrower which is owned by another person, or owned by Borrower subject to any
security interest, lien, collateral assignment, pledge or other encumbrance in
favor of any person other than Lender, is affixed to any Eligible Inventory,
except to the extent permitted under the term of the License Agreements listed
on Schedule 8.11 to the Information Certificate.
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8.12 Subsidiaries; Affiliates; Capitalization; Solvency.
(a) Borrower does not have any direct or indirect Subsidiaries or
Affiliates and is not engaged in any joint venture or partnership except as set
forth in Schedule 8.12 to the Information Certificate, subject to the right of
Borrower to form or acquire Subsidiaries in accordance with Section 9.10 hereof.
(b) Borrower is the record and beneficial owner of all of the issued and
outstanding shares of Capital Stock of each of the Subsidiaries listed on
Schedule 8.12 to the Information Certificate as being owned by Borrower and
there are no proxies, irrevocable or otherwise, with respect to such shares and
no equity securities of any of the Subsidiaries are or may become required to be
issued by reason of any options, warrants, rights to subscribe to, calls or
commitments of any kind or nature and there are no contracts, commitments,
understandings or arrangements by which any Subsidiary is or may become bound to
issue additional shares of its Capital Stock or securities convertible into or
exchangeable for such shares.
(c) The limited partnership interests of Borrower are directly and
beneficially owned and held by the persons indicated in the Information
Certificate, and in each case all of such interests have been duly authorized
and are fully paid and non-assessable, free and clear of all claims, liens,
pledges and encumbrances of any kind, except as disclosed in writing to Lender
prior to the date hereof.
(d) Borrower is Solvent and will continue to be Solvent after the creation
of the Obligations, the security interests of Lender and the other transaction
contemplated hereunder.
8.13 Labor Disputes.
(a) Set forth on Schedule 8.13 to the Information Certificate is a list
(including dates of termination) of all collective bargaining or similar
agreements between or applicable to Borrower and any union, labor organization
or other bargaining agent in respect of the employees of Borrower on the date
hereof.
(b) There is (i) no significant unfair labor practice complaint pending
against Borrower or, to the best of Borrower's knowledge, threatened against it,
before the National Labor Relations Board, and no significant grievance or
significant arbitration proceeding arising out of or under any collective
bargaining agreement is pending on the date hereof against Borrower or, to best
of Borrower's knowledge, threatened against it, and (ii) no significant strike,
labor dispute, slowdown or stoppage is pending against Borrower or, to the best
of Borrower's knowledge, threatened against Borrower.
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8.14 Restrictions on Subsidiaries. Except for restrictions contained in
this Agreement or any other agreement with respect to Indebtedness of Borrower
permitted hereunder as in effect on the date hereof, there are no contractual or
consensual restrictions on Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries which prohibit or
otherwise restrict (a) the transfer of cash or other assets (i) between Borrower
and any of its Subsidiaries or (ii) between any Subsidiaries of Borrower or (b)
the ability of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to incur Indebtedness or
grant security interests to Lender in the Collateral.
8.15 Material Contracts. Schedule 8.15 to the Information Certificate sets
forth all Material Contracts to which Borrower is a party or is bound as of the
date hereof. Borrower has delivered true, correct and complete copies of such
Material Contracts to Lender on or before the date hereof. Borrower is not in
breach of or in default under any Material Contract and has not received any
notice of the intention of any other party thereto to terminate any Material
Contract.
8.16 Payable Practices. Borrower has not made any material change in the
historical accounts payable practices from those in effect immediately prior to
the date hereof.
8.17 Accuracy and Completeness of Information. All information furnished by
or on behalf of Borrower in writing to Lender in connection with this Agreement
or any of the other Financing Agreements or any transaction contemplated hereby
or thereby, including all information on the Information Certificate is true and
correct in all material respects on the date as of which such information is
dated or certified and does not omit any material fact necessary in order to
make such information not misleading. No event or circumstance has occurred
which has had or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse affect
on the business, assets or prospects of Borrower, which has not been fully and
accurately disclosed to Lender in writing prior to the date hereof.
8.18 Survival of Warranties; Cumulative. All representations and warranties
contained in this Agreement or any of the other Financing Agreements shall
survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and shall be deemed to have
been made again to Lender on the date of each additional borrowing or other
credit accommodation hereunder and shall be conclusively presumed to have been
relied on by Lender regardless of any investigation made or information
possessed by Lender. The representations and warranties set forth herein shall
be cumulative and in addition to any other representations or warranties which
Borrower shall now or hereafter give, or cause to be given, to Lender.
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SECTION 9. AFFIRMATIVE AND NEGATIVE COVENANTS
9.1 Maintenance of Existence.
(a) Borrower shall at all times preserve, renew and keep in full force and
effect its limited partnership existence and rights and franchises with respect
thereto and maintain in full force and effect all permits, licenses, trademarks,
tradenames, approvals, authorizations, leases and contracts necessary to carry
on the business as presently or proposed to be conducted.
(b) Borrower shall not change its name unless each of the following
conditions is satisfied: (i) Lender shall have received not less than thirty
(30) days prior written notice from Borrower of such proposed change in its
limited partnership name, which notice shall accurately set forth the new name;
and (ii) Lender shall have received a copy of the amendment to the Certificate
of Limited Partnership and/or limited partnership agreement of Borrower
providing for the name change certified by the Secretary of State of the
jurisdiction of organization of Borrower as soon as it is available.
(c) Borrower shall not change its chief executive office or its mailing
address or organizational identification number (or if it does not have one,
shall not acquire one) unless Lender shall have received not less than thirty
(30) days' prior written notice from Borrower of such proposed change, which
notice shall set forth such information with respect thereto as Lender may
require and Lender shall have received such agreements as Lender may reasonably
require in connection therewith. Borrower shall not change its type of
organization, jurisdiction of organization or other legal structure.
9.2 New Collateral Locations. Borrower may only open any new location
within the continental United States provided Borrower (a) gives Lender thirty
(30) days prior written notice from Borrower of the intended opening of any such
new location and (b) executes and delivers, or causes to be executed and
delivered, to Lender such agreements, documents, and instruments as Lender may
deem necessary or desirable to protect its interests in the Collateral at such
location.
9.3 Compliance with Laws, Regulations, Etc.
(a) Borrower shall, and shall cause any Subsidiary to, at all times, comply
in all material respects with all laws, rules, regulations, licenses, permits,
approvals and orders applicable to it and duly observe all requirements of any
foreign, Federal, State or local Governmental Authority, including ERISA, the
Code, the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, as amended, the Fair Labor
Standards Act of 1938, as amended, and all statutes, rules, regulations, orders,
permits and stipulations relating to environmental pollution and employee health
and safety, including all of the Environmental Laws.
(b) Borrower shall give written notice to Lender immediately upon
Borrower's receipt of any notice of, or Borrower's otherwise obtaining knowledge
of, (i) the occurrence of any event involving the release, spill or discharge,
threatened or actual, of any Hazardous Material or (ii) any investigation,
proceeding, complaint, order, directive, claims, citation or notice with respect
to: (A) any non-compliance with or violation of any applicable Environmental Law
by Borrower or (B) the release, spill or discharge, threatened or actual, of any
Hazardous Material other than in the ordinary course of business and other than
as permitted under any applicable Environmental Law. Copies of all environmental
surveys, audits, assessments, feasibility studies and results of remedial
investigations shall be promptly furnished, or caused to be furnished, by
Borrower to Lender. Borrower shall take prompt and appropriate action to respond
to any non-compliance with any of the Environmental Laws and shall regularly
report to Lender on such response.
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(c) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, whenever Lender
reasonably determines that there is non-compliance, or any condition which
requires any action by or on behalf of Borrower in order to avoid any material
non-compliance, with any Environmental Law, Borrower shall, at Lender's request
and Borrower's expense: (i) cause an independent environmental engineer
acceptable to Lender to conduct such tests of the site where Borrower's
non-compliance or alleged non-compliance with such Environmental Laws has
occurred as to such non-compliance and prepare and deliver to Lender a report as
to such non-compliance setting forth the results of such tests, a proposed plan
for responding to any environmental problems described therein, and an estimate
of the costs thereof and (ii) provide to Lender a supplemental report of such
engineer whenever the scope of such non-compliance, or Borrower's response
thereto or the estimated costs thereof, shall change in any material respect.
(d) Borrower shall indemnify and hold harmless Lender, its directors,
officers, employees, agents, invitees, representatives, successors and assigns,
from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs, and
expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and legal expenses) directly or
indirectly arising out of or attributable to the use, generation, manufacture,
reproduction, storage, release, threatened release, spill, discharge, disposal
or presence of a Hazardous Material, including the costs of any required or
necessary repair, cleanup or other remedial work with respect to any property of
Borrower and the preparation and implementation of any closure, remedial or
other required plans. All representations, warranties, covenants and
indemnifications in this Section 9.3 shall survive the payment of the
Obligations and the termination or non-renewal of this Agreement.
9.4 Payment of Taxes and Claims. Borrower shall, and shall cause any
Subsidiary to, duly pay and discharge all taxes, assessments, contributions and
governmental charges upon or against it or its properties or assets which exceed
$10,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding, except for taxes the validity
of which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently
pursued and available to Borrower or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, and
with respect to which adequate reserves have been set aside on its books.
Borrower shall be liable for any tax or penalties imposed on Lender as a result
of the financing arrangements provided for herein and Borrower agrees to
indemnify and hold Lender harmless with respect to the foregoing, and to repay
to Lender on demand the amount thereof, and until paid by Borrower such amount
shall be added and deemed part of the Loans, provided, that, nothing contained
herein shall be construed to require Borrower to pay any income or franchise
taxes attributable to the income of Lender from any amounts charged or paid
hereunder to Lender. The foregoing indemnity shall survive the payment of the
Obligations and the termination or non-renewal of this Agreement.
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9.5 Insurance. Borrower shall, and shall cause any Subsidiary to, at all
times, maintain with financially sound and reputable insurers insurance with
respect to the Collateral against loss or damage and all other insurance of the
kinds and in the amounts customarily insured against or carried by corporations
of established reputation engaged in the same or similar businesses and
similarly situated. Said policies of insurance shall be reasonably satisfactory
to Lender as to form, amount and insurer. Borrower shall furnish certificates,
policies or endorsements to Lender as Lender shall reasonably require as proof
of such insurance, and, if Borrower fails to do so, Lender is authorized, but
not required, to obtain such insurance at the expense of Borrower. All policies
shall provide for at least thirty (30) days prior written notice to Lender of
any cancellation or reduction of coverage and that Lender may act as attorney
for Borrower in obtaining, and at any time an Event of Default exists or has
occurred and is continuing, adjusting, settling, amending and canceling such
insurance. Borrower shall cause Lender to be named as a loss payee and an
additional insured (but without any liability for any premiums) under such
insurance policies and Borrower shall obtain non-contributory lender's loss
payable endorsements to all insurance policies in form and substance
satisfactory to Lender. Such lender's loss payable endorsements shall specify
that the proceeds of such insurance shall be payable to Lender as its interests
may appear and further specify that Lender shall be paid regardless of any act
or omission by Borrower or any of its Affiliates. At its option, Lender may
apply any insurance proceeds received by Lender at any time to the cost of
repairs or replacement of Collateral and/or to payment of the Obligations,
whether or not then due, in any order and in such manner as Lender may determine
or hold such proceeds as cash collateral for the Obligations.
9.6 Financial Statements and Other Information.
(a) Borrower shall, and shall cause any Subsidiary to, keep proper books
and records in which true and complete entries shall be made of all dealings or
transactions of or in relation to the Collateral and the business of Borrower
and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP. Borrower shall promptly furnish to
Lender all such financial and other information as Lender shall reasonably
request relating to the Collateral and the assets, business and operations of
Borrower, and to notify the auditors and accountants of Borrower that Lender is
authorized to obtain such information directly from them. Without limiting the
foregoing, Borrower shall furnish or cause to be furnished to Lender, the
following: (i) within thirty (30) days after the end of each fiscal month,
monthly unaudited consolidated financial statements and unaudited consolidating
financial statements (including in each case balance sheets, statements of
income and loss, statements of cash flow, and statements of partners' equity),
all in reasonable detail, fairly presenting the financial position and the
results of the operations of Xxxxxx Inc. and its Subsidiaries as of the end of
and through such fiscal month, certified to be correct by the chief financial
officer of Xxxxxx Inc., subject to normal year-end adjustments and accompanied
by a compliance certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, along
with a schedule in form reasonably satisfactory to Lender of the calculations
used in determining, as of the end of such month, whether Borrower was in
compliance with the covenants set forth in Sections 9.17 and 9.18 of this
Agreement for such month and (ii) within ninety (90) days after the end of each
fiscal year, audited consolidated financial statements and unaudited
consolidating financial statements of Xxxxxx Inc. and its Subsidiaries
(including in each case balance sheets, statements of income and loss,
statements of cash flow and statements of partners' equity), and the
accompanying notes thereto, all in reasonable detail, fairly presenting the
financial position and the results of the operations of Xxxxxx Inc. and its
Subsidiaries as of the end of and for such fiscal year, together with the
unqualified opinion of independent certified public accountants, which
accountants shall be an independent accounting firm selected by Xxxxxx Inc. and
reasonably acceptable to Lender, that such financial statements have been
prepared in accordance with GAAP, and present fairly the results of operations
and financial condition of Xxxxxx Inc. and its Subsidiaries as of the end of and
for the fiscal year then ended.
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(b) Borrower shall promptly notify Lender in writing of the details of (i)
any loss, damage, investigation, action, suit, proceeding or claim relating to
the Collateral or any other property which is security for the Obligations or
which would result in any material adverse change in Borrower's business,
properties, assets, goodwill or condition, financial or otherwise, (ii) any
Material Contract of Borrower being terminated or amended or any new Material
Contract entered into (in which event Borrower shall provide Lender with a copy
of such Material Contract), (iii) any order, judgment or decree in excess of
$50,000 shall have been entered against Borrower or any of its properties or
assets, (iv) any notification of violation of laws or regulations received by
Borrower, (v) any ERISA Event, and (vi) the occurrence of any Default or Event
of Default.
(c) Borrower shall promptly after the sending or filing thereof furnish or
cause to be furnished to Lender copies of all reports which Borrower sends to
its partners generally and copies of all reports and registration statements
which Borrower files with the Securities and Exchange Commission, any national
securities exchange or the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
(d) Borrower shall furnish or cause to be furnished to Lender such budgets,
forecasts, projections and other information respecting the Collateral and the
business of Borrower, as Lender may, from time to time, reasonably request.
Lender is hereby authorized to deliver a copy of any financial statement or any
other information relating to Borrower to any court or other Governmental
Authority, to any Affiliate of Lender or to any participant or assignee or
prospective participant or assignee. Borrower hereby irrevocably authorizes and
directs all accountants or auditors to deliver to Lender, at Borrower's expense,
copies of the financial statements of Borrower and any reports or management
letters prepared by such accountants or auditors on behalf of Borrower and to
disclose to Lender such information as they may have regarding the business of
Borrower. Any documents, schedules, invoices or other papers delivered to Lender
may be destroyed or otherwise disposed of by Lender one (1) year after the same
are delivered to Lender, except as otherwise designated by Borrower to Lender in
writing.
9.7 Sale of Assets, Consolidation, Merger, Dissolution, Etc. Borrower shall
not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary to (and Lender does not authorize
Borrower to), directly or indirectly,
(a) merge into or with or consolidate with any other Person or permit any
other Person to merge into or with or consolidate with it; or
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(b) sell, issue, assign, lease, license, transfer, abandon or otherwise
dispose of any Capital Stock or Indebtedness to any other Person or any of its
assets to any other Person, except for (i) sales of Inventory in the ordinary
course of business, (ii) the disposition of worn-out or obsolete Equipment so
long as (A) any proceeds are paid to Lender and (B) such sales do not involve
Equipment having an aggregate fair market value in excess of $50,000 for all
such Equipment disposed of in any fiscal year of Borrower and (iii) the issuance
and sale by Borrower of Capital Stock of Borrower after the date hereof;
provided, that, (A) Lender shall have received not less than ten (10) Business
Days prior written notice of such issuance and sale by Borrower, which notice
shall specify the parties to whom such Capital Stock is to be sold, the terms of
such sale, the total amount which it is anticipated will be realized from the
issuance and sale of such stock and the net cash proceeds which it is
anticipated will be received by Borrower from such sale, (B) Borrower shall not
be required to pay any cash dividends or repurchase or redeem such Capital Stock
or make any other payments in respect thereof, (C) the terms of such Capital
Stock, and the terms and conditions of the purchase and sale thereof, shall not
include any terms that include any limitation on the right of Borrower to
request or receive Loans or Letter of Credit Accommodations or the right of
Borrower to amend or modify any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement or
any of the other Financing Agreements or otherwise in any way relate to or
affect the arrangements of Borrower with Lender or are more restrictive or
burdensome to Borrower than the terms of any Capital Stock in effect on the date
hereof, (D) except as Lender may otherwise agree in writing, all of the proceeds
from such sale and issuance shall be paid to Lender for application to the
Obligations in such order and manner as Lender may determine, and (E) as of the
date of such issuance and sale and after giving effect thereto, no Default or
Event of Default shall exist or have occurred;
(c) wind up, liquidate or dissolve; or
(d) agree to do any of the foregoing.
9.8 Encumbrances. Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary
to, create, incur, assume, suffer or permit to exist any security interest,
mortgage, pledge, lien, charge or other encumbrance of any nature whatsoever on
any of its assets or properties, including the Collateral, or file or permit the
filing of, or permit to remain in effect, any financing statement or other
similar notice of any security interest or lien with respect to any such assets
or properties, except:
(a) the security interests and liens of Lender;
(b) liens securing the payment of taxes, either not yet overdue or the
validity of which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings
diligently pursued and available to Borrower or such Subsidiary, as the case may
be and with respect to which adequate reserves have been set aside on its books;
(c) non-consensual statutory liens (other than liens securing the payment
of taxes) arising in the ordinary course of Borrower's or such Subsidiary's
business to the extent: (i) such liens secure Indebtedness which is not overdue
or (ii) such liens secure Indebtedness relating to claims or liabilities which
are fully insured and being defended at the sole cost and expense and at the
sole risk of the insurer or being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings diligently pursued and available to Borrower or such Subsidiary, in
each case prior to the commencement of foreclosure or other similar proceedings
and with respect to which adequate reserves have been set aside on its books;
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(d) zoning restrictions, easements, licenses, covenants and other
restrictions affecting the use of Real Property which do not interfere in any
material respect with the use of such Real Property or ordinary conduct of the
business of Borrower or such Subsidiary as presently conducted thereon or
materially impair the value of the Real Property which may be subject thereto;
(e) purchase money security interests in Equipment (including Capital
Leases) and purchase money mortgages on Real Property to secure Indebtedness
permitted under Section 9.9(b) hereof;
(f) the liens or security interests in favor of License Creditor to secure
the Indebtedness of Borrower to License Creditor permitted under Section 9.9(g)
of this Agreement, provided, that, such security interests and liens are and
shall be junior and subordinate to the security interests and liens of Lender on
terms and conditions acceptable to Lender; and
(g) the security interests and liens set forth on Schedule 8.4 to the
Information Certificate.
9.9 Indebtedness. Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary
to, incur, create, assume, become or be liable in any manner with respect to,
suffer or permit to exist, any Indebtedness or guarantee, assume, endorse, or
otherwise become responsible for (directly or indirectly) the performance,
dividends or other obligations of any Person, except:
(a) the Obligations;
(b) purchase money Indebtedness (including Capital Leases) arising after
the date hereof to the extent secured by purchase money security interests in
Equipment (including Capital Leases) and purchase money mortgages on Real
Property not to exceed $250,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding so long
as such security interests and mortgages do not apply to any property of
Borrower or any Subsidiary other than the Equipment or Real Property so
acquired, and the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the cost of the
Equipment or Real Property so acquired, as the case may be;
(c) guarantees by any Subsidiaries of Borrower of the Obligations in favor
of Lender;
(d) Indebtedness of Borrower under interest swap agreements, interest rate
cap agreements, interest rate collar agreements, interest rate exchange
agreements and similar contractual agreements entered into for the purpose of
protecting a Person against fluctuations in interest rates; provided, that, such
arrangements are with banks or other financial institutions that have combined
capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than $250,000,000 and are
not for speculative purposes and such Indebtedness shall be unsecured;
(e) unsecured Indebtedness of Borrower arising after the date hereof to any
third person (other than Indebtedness otherwise permitted under this Section
9.9), provided, that, each of the following conditions is satisfied as
determined by Lender:
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(i) such Indebtedness shall be on terms and conditions acceptable to Lender
and shall be subject and subordinate in right of payment to the right of Lender
to receive the prior indefeasible payment and satisfaction in full payment of
all of the Obligations pursuant to the terms of an intercreditor agreement
between Lender and such third party, in form and substance satisfactory to
Lender,
(ii) Lender shall have received not less than ten (10) days prior written
notice of the intention of Borrower to incur such Indebtedness, which notice
shall set forth in reasonable detail satisfactory to Lender the amount of such
Indebtedness, the person or persons to whom such Indebtedness will be owed, the
interest rate, the schedule of repayments and maturity date with respect thereto
and such other information as Lender may reasonably request with respect
thereto,
(iii) Lender shall have received true, correct and complete copies of all
agreements, documents and instruments evidencing or otherwise related to such
Indebtedness,
(iv) except as Lender may otherwise agree in writing, all of the proceeds
of the loans or other accommodations giving rise to such Indebtedness shall be
paid to Lender for application to the Obligations in such order and manner as
Lender may determine,
(v) on and before the date of incurring such Indebtedness and after giving
effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default shall exist or have occurred,
(vi) Borrower shall not, directly or indirectly (A) amend, modify, alter or
change the terms of such Indebtedness or any agreement, document or instrument
related thereto, except, that, Borrower may, after prior written notice to
Lender, amend, modify, alter or change the terms thereof so as to extend the
maturity thereof, or defer the timing of any payments in respect thereof, or to
forgive or cancel any portion of such Indebtedness (other than pursuant to
payments thereof), or to reduce the interest rate or any fees in connection
therewith, or (B) redeem, retire, defease, purchase or otherwise acquire such
Indebtedness (except pursuant to regularly scheduled payments permitted herein),
or set aside or otherwise deposit or invest any sums for such purpose, and
(vii) Borrower shall furnish to Lender all notices or demands in connection
with such Indebtedness either received by Borrower or on its behalf promptly
after the receipt thereof, or sent by Borrower or on its behalf concurrently
with the sending thereof, as the case may be;
(f) the Indebtedness set forth on Schedule 9.9 to the Information
Certificate; provided, that:
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(i) Borrower may only make regularly scheduled payments of principal and
interest in respect of such Indebtedness in accordance with the terms of the
agreement or instrument evidencing or giving rise to such Indebtedness as in
effect on the date hereof,
(ii) Borrower shall not, directly or indirectly, (A) amend, modify, alter
or change the terms of such Indebtedness or any agreement, document or
instrument related thereto as in effect on the date hereof except, that,
Borrower may, after prior written notice to Lender, amend, modify, alter or
change the terms thereof so as to extend the maturity thereof, or defer the
timing of any payments in respect thereof, or to forgive or cancel any portion
of such Indebtedness (other than pursuant to payments thereof), or to reduce the
interest rate or any fees in connection therewith, or (B) redeem, retire,
defease, purchase or otherwise acquire such Indebtedness, or set aside or
otherwise deposit or invest any sums for such purpose, and
(iii) Borrower shall furnish to Lender all notices or demands in connection
with such Indebtedness either received by Borrower or on its behalf, promptly
after the receipt thereof, or sent by Borrower or on its behalf, concurrently
with the sending thereof, as the case may be;
(g) the Indebtedness of Borrower to License Creditor arising pursuant to
the License Note Agreements, provided, that:
(i) the principal amount of such Indebtedness shall not exceed in the
aggregate $6,557,908.53, less the aggregate amount of all repayments or
repurchases, whether optional or mandatory, of principal in respect thereof,
plus interest thereon at the rate provided for in the License Note Agreements as
in effect on the date hereof,
(ii) the principal amount of such Indebtedness outstanding as of the date
hereof is evidenced by the License Note as in effect on the date hereof,
(iii) Lender shall have received true, correct and complete copies of the
License Note Agreements and all other agreements, documents and instruments
executed by Borrower or any Obligor with, to or in favor of License Creditor in
connection therewith,
(iv) Borrower shall not, directly or indirectly, make, or be required to
make, any payments of principal or interest in respect of such Indebtedness,
except in accordance with the terms of the License Note Agreements as in effect
on the date hereof, provided, that, on the date of any such payment and after
giving effect thereto, no Event of Default, or act, condition or event which
with notice or passage of time or both would constitute an Event of Default
shall exist or have occurred and be continuing,
(v) Borrower shall not, directly or indirectly, (A) amend, modify, alter or
change any terms of the License Note Agreements, except that Borrower may, after
prior written notice to Lender, amend, modify, alter or change the terms thereof
so as to (1) extend the maturity thereof or defer the timing of any payments in
respect thereof, or (2) to forgive or cancel any portion of such Indebtedness
other than pursuant to payments thereof, or (3) to reduce the interest rate or
any fees in connection therewith, or to release any liens or security interests
in any assets and properties of Borrower with respect thereto, or (B) redeem,
retire, defease, purchase or otherwise acquire such Indebtedness, or set aside
or otherwise deposit or invest any sums for such purpose except as permitted in
clause (iv) immediately above, and
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(vi) Borrower shall furnish to Lender all material notices, demands or
other materials concerning such Indebtedness either received by Borrower or on
its behalf, promptly after receipt thereof, or sent by Borrower, or on its
behalf, concurrently with the sending thereof, as the case may be; and
(h) the Indebtedness of Borrower arising pursuant to the License Agreements
with respect to non-refundable, advance or minimum guarantee royalty payments.
9.10 Loans, Investments, Etc. Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any
Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, make, or suffer or permit to exist, any
loans or advance money or property to any person, or any investment in (by
capital contribution, dividend or otherwise) or purchase or repurchase the
Capital Stock or Indebtedness or all or a substantial part of the assets or
property of any person, or form or acquire any Subsidiaries, or agree to do any
of the foregoing, except:
(a) the endorsement of instruments for collection or deposit in the
ordinary course of business;
(b) investments in cash or Cash Equivalents, provided, that, (i) no
Revolving Loans are then outstanding and (ii) the terms and conditions of
Section 5.2 hereof shall have been satisfied with respect to the deposit account
or investment account in which such cash or Cash Equivalents are held;
(c) the existing equity investments of Borrower as of the date hereof in
its Subsidiaries, provided, that, Borrower shall have no obligation to make any
other investment in, or loans to, or other payments in respect of, any such
Subsidiaries;
(d) stock or obligations issued to Borrower by any Person (or the
representative of such Person) in respect of Indebtedness of such Person owing
to Borrower in connection with the insolvency, bankruptcy, receivership or
reorganization of such Person or a composition or readjustment of the debts of
such Person; provided, that, the original of any such stock or instrument
evidencing such obligations shall be promptly delivered to Lender, upon Lender's
request, together with such stock power, assignment or endorsement by Borrower
as Lender may request;
(e) obligations of account debtors to Borrower arising from Accounts which
are past due evidenced by a promissory note made by such account debtor payable
to Borrower; provided, that, promptly upon the receipt of the original of any
such promissory note by Borrower, such promissory note shall be endorsed to the
order of Lender by Borrower and promptly delivered to Lender as so endorsed; and
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(f) the loans and advances set forth on Schedule 9.10 to the Information
Certificate; provided, that, as to such loans and advances, (i) Borrower shall
not, directly or indirectly, amend, modify, alter or change the terms of such
loans and advances or any agreement, document or instrument related thereto and
(ii) Borrower shall furnish to Lender all notices or demands in connection with
such loans and advances either received by Borrower or on its behalf, promptly
after the receipt thereof, or sent by Borrower or on its behalf, concurrently
with the sending thereof, as the case may be.
9.11 Dividends and Redemptions. Borrower shall not, directly or indirectly,
declare, make or pay any distributions in respect of any partnership interest in
Borrower now or hereafter outstanding, or set aside or otherwise deposit or
invest any sums for such purpose, or redeem, retire, defease, purchase or
otherwise acquire any partnership interest in Borrower (or set aside or
otherwise deposit or invest any sums for such purpose) for any consideration or
apply or set apart any sum, or make any other distribution (by reduction of
capital or otherwise) in respect of any such partnership interest or agree to do
any of the foregoing; provided, that, upon not less than ten (10) days' prior
written notice from Borrower to Lender, accompanied by supporting calculations
evidencing compliance with this Section:
(a) any Subsidiary of Borrower may make or pay any distributions to
Borrower; and
(b) Borrower may make and pay distributions from legally available funds
therefor to its general and limited partners, to be used by such partners to pay
cash distributions to their respective shareholders during any fiscal quarter of
such partners, in an amount equal to the Federal and State (if any) income taxes
estimated to be owed by each such direct or indirect shareholder of such
partners in respect of such shareholders' taxable share of such partners'
taxable income or gains attributable to Borrower for the immediately preceding
fiscal quarter; provided, that, (i) Borrower shall provide Lender with thirty
(30) days prior written notice of any such intended distribution, (ii) such
distribution is not in violation of applicable law or any agreement to which
Borrower is a party or by which Borrower is bound; and (iii) no Event of
Default, or event which with notice or passage of time or both would constitute
an Event of Default, exists or has occurred and is continuing or would occur or
exist after giving effect to such payment.
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9.12 Transactions with Affiliates. Borrower shall not, directly or
indirectly, (a) purchase, acquire or lease any property from, or sell, transfer
or lease any property to, any officer, director, agent or other person
affiliated with Borrower, except in the ordinary course of and pursuant to the
reasonable requirements of Borrower's business and upon fair and reasonable
terms no less favorable to the Borrower than Borrower would obtain in a
comparable arm's length transaction with an unaffiliated person or (b) make any
payments of management, consulting or other fees for management or similar
services, or of any Indebtedness owing to any officer, employee, partner,
director or other Affiliate of Borrower except (i) reasonable compensation to
officers, employees and directors for services rendered to Borrower in the
ordinary course of business and (ii) payments provided for under the License
Agreements.
9.13 Compliance with ERISA. Borrower shall and shall cause each of its
ERISA Affiliates to: (a) maintain each Plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) in
compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the
Code and other Federal and State law; (b) cause each Plan which is qualified
under Section 401(a) of the Code to maintain such qualification; (c) not
terminate any of such Plans so as to incur any liability to the Pension Benefit
Guaranty Corporation; (d) not allow or suffer to exist any prohibited
transaction involving any of such Plans or any trust created thereunder which
would subject Borrower or such ERISA Affiliate to a tax or penalty or other
liability on prohibited transactions imposed under Section 4975 of the Code or
ERISA; (e) make all required contributions to any Plan which it is obligated to
pay under Section 302 of ERISA, Section 412 of the Code or the terms of such
Plan; (f) not allow or suffer to exist any accumulated funding deficiency,
whether or not waived, with respect to any such Plan; or (g) not allow or suffer
to exist any occurrence of a reportable event or any other event or condition
which presents a material risk of termination by the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation of any such Plan that is a single employer plan, which termination
could result in any liability to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
9.14 End of Fiscal Years; Fiscal Quarters. Borrower shall, for financial
reporting purposes, cause its, and each of its Subsidiaries' (a) fiscal years to
end on December 31 of each year and (b) fiscal quarters to end on March 31, June
30, September 30 and December 31 of each year.
9.15 Change in Business. Borrower shall not engage in any business other
than the business of Borrower on the date hereof and any business reasonably
related, ancillary or complementary to the business in which Borrower is engaged
on the date hereof.
9.16 Limitation of Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries. Borrower shall not,
directly, or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist any
encumbrance or restriction which prohibits or limits the ability of any
Subsidiary of Borrower to (a) pay dividends or make other distributions or pay
any Indebtedness owed to Borrower or any Subsidiary of Borrower; (b) make loans
or advances to Borrower or any Subsidiary of Borrower, (c) transfer any of its
properties or assets to Borrower or any Subsidiary of Borrower; or (d) create,
incur, assume or suffer to exist any lien upon any of its property, assets or
revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, other than encumbrances and
restrictions arising under (i) applicable law, (ii) this Agreement, (iii)
customary provisions restricting subletting or assignment of any lease governing
a leasehold interest of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, (iv) customary
restrictions on dispositions of real property interests found in reciprocal
easement agreements of Borrower or its Subsidiary, (v) any agreement relating to
permitted Indebtedness incurred by a Subsidiary of Borrower prior to the date on
which such Subsidiary was acquired by Borrower and outstanding on such
acquisition date, and (vi) the extension or continuation of contractual
obligations in existence on the date hereof; provided, that, any such
encumbrances or restrictions contained in such extension or continuation are no
less favorable to Lender than those encumbrances and restrictions under or
pursuant to the contractual obligations so extended or continued.
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9.17 Net Worth. Borrower shall, at all times, maintain Net Worth of not
less than $6,000,000.
9.18 Working Capital. Borrower shall, at all times, maintain Working
Capital of not less than $10,000,000.
9.19 License Agreements.
(a) Borrower shall (i) promptly and faithfully observe and perform all of
the material terms, covenants, conditions and provisions of the material License
Agreements to be observed and performed by it, at the times set forth therein,
if any, (ii) not do, permit, suffer or refrain from doing anything could
reasonably be expected to result in a default under or breach of any of the
terms of any material License Agreement, (iii) not cancel, surrender, modify,
amend, waive or release any material License Agreement in any material respect
or any term, provision or right of the licensee thereunder in any material
respect, or consent to or permit to occur any of the foregoing; except, that,
subject to Section 9.20(b) below, Borrower may cancel, surrender or release any
material License Agreement in the ordinary course of the business of Borrower;
provided, that, Borrower shall give Lender not less than thirty (30) days prior
written notice of its intention to so cancel, surrender and release any such
material License Agreement, (iv) give Lender prompt written notice of any
material License Agreement entered into by Borrower after the date hereof,
together with a true, correct and complete copy thereof and such other
information with respect thereto as Lender may request in good faith, (v) give
Lender prompt written notice of any material breach of any obligation, or any
default, by any party under any material License Agreement, and deliver to
Lender (promptly upon the receipt thereof by Borrower in the case of a notice to
Borrower, and concurrently with the sending thereof in the case of a notice from
Borrower) a copy of each notice of default and every other notice and other
communication received or delivered by Borrower in connection with any material
License Agreement which relates to the right of Borrower to continue to use the
property subject to such License Agreement, and (vi) furnish to Lender, promptly
upon the request of Lender, such information and evidence as Lender may require
from time to time concerning the observance, performance and compliance by
Borrower or the other party or parties thereto with the terms, covenants or
provisions of any material License Agreement.
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(b) Borrower will either exercise any option to renew or extend the term of
each material License Agreement in such manner as will cause the term of such
material License Agreement to be effectively renewed or extended for the period
provided by such option and give prompt written notice thereof to Lender or give
Lender prior written notice that Borrower does not intend to renew or extend the
term of any such material License Agreement or that the term thereof shall
otherwise be expiring, not less than sixty (60) days prior to the date of any
such non-renewal or expiration. In the event of the failure of Borrower to
extend or renew any material License Agreement, Lender shall have, and is hereby
granted, the irrevocable right and authority, at its option, to renew or extend
the term of such material License Agreement, whether in its own name and behalf,
or in the name and behalf of a designee or nominee of Lender or in the name and
behalf of Borrower, as Lender shall determine at any time that an Event of
Default shall exist or have occurred and be continuing. Lender may, but shall
not be required to, perform any or all of such obligations of Borrower under any
of the License Agreements, including, but not limited to, the payment of any or
all sums due from Borrower thereunder. Any sums so paid by Lender shall
constitute part of the Obligations.
9.20 After Acquired Real Property. If Borrower hereafter acquires any Real
Property, fixtures or any other property that is of the kind or nature described
in the Mortgages and such Real Property, fixtures or other property at any one
location has a fair market value in an amount equal to or greater than $100,000
(or if a Default or Event of Default exists, then regardless of the fair market
value of such assets), without limiting any other rights of Lender, or duties or
obligations of Borrower, upon Lender's request, Borrower shall execute and
deliver to Lender a mortgage, deed of trust or deed to secure debt, as Lender
may determine, in form and substance substantially similar to the Mortgages and
as to any provisions relating to specific state laws satisfactory to Lender and
in form appropriate for recording in the real estate records of the jurisdiction
in which such Real Property or other property is located granting to Lender a
first and only lien and mortgage on and security interest in such Real Property,
fixtures or other property (except as Borrower would otherwise be permitted to
incur hereunder or under the Mortgages or as otherwise consented to in writing
by Lender) and such other agreements, documents and instruments as Lender may
require in connection therewith.
9.21 Costs and Expenses. Borrower shall pay to Lender on demand all costs,
expenses, filing fees and taxes paid or payable in connection with the
preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery, recording, administration,
collection, liquidation, enforcement and defense of the Obligations, Lender's
rights in the Collateral, this Agreement, the other Financing Agreements and all
other documents related hereto or thereto, including any amendments, supplements
or consents which may hereafter be contemplated (whether or not executed) or
entered into in respect hereof and thereof, including: (a) all costs and
expenses of filing or recording (including Uniform Commercial Code financing
statement filing taxes and fees, documentary taxes, intangibles taxes and
mortgage recording taxes and fees, if applicable); (b) costs and expenses and
fees for insurance premiums, environmental audits, surveys, assessments,
engineering reports and inspections, appraisal fees and search fees, costs and
expenses of remitting loan proceeds, collecting checks and other items of
payment, and establishing and maintaining the Blocked Accounts, together with
Lender's customary charges and fees with respect thereto; (c) charges, fees or
expenses charged by any bank or issuer in connection with the Letter of Credit
Accommodations; (d) costs and expenses of preserving and protecting the
Collateral; (e) costs and expenses paid or incurred in connection with obtaining
payment of the Obligations, enforcing the security interests and liens of
Lender, selling or otherwise realizing upon the Collateral, and otherwise
enforcing the provisions of this Agreement and the other Financing Agreements or
defending any claims made or threatened against Lender arising out of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including preparations for and
consultations concerning any such matters); (f) all out-of-pocket expenses and
costs heretofore and from time to time hereafter incurred by Lender during the
course of periodic field examinations of the Collateral and Borrower's
operations, plus a per diem charge at the then standard rate of Lender per
person per day for Lender's examiners in the field and office (which rate is
currently $750); and (g) the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel
(including legal assistants) to Lender in connection with any of the foregoing.
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9.22 Further Assurances. At the good faith request of Lender at any time
and from time to time, Borrower shall, at its expense, duly execute and deliver,
or cause to be duly executed and delivered, such further agreements, documents
and instruments, and do or cause to be done such further acts as may be
necessary or proper to evidence, perfect, maintain and enforce the security
interests and the priority thereof in the Collateral and to otherwise effectuate
the provisions or purposes of this Agreement or any of the other Financing
Agreements. Lender may at any time and from time to time request a certificate
from an officer of Borrower representing that all conditions precedent to the
making of Loans and providing Letter of Credit Accommodations contained herein
are satisfied. In the event of such request by Lender, Lender may, at its
option, cease to make any further Loans or provide any further Letter of Credit
Accommodations until Lender has received such certificate and, in addition,
Lender has determined that such conditions are satisfied.
SECTION 10. EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
10.1 Events of Default. The occurrence or existence of any one or more of
the following events are referred to herein individually as an "Event of
Default", and collectively as "Events of Default":
(a) (i) Borrower fails to pay when due any of the Obligations or (ii)
Borrower or any Obligor fails to perform any of the covenants contained in
Sections 9.3, 9.4, 9.13, 9.14, 9.15, and 9.16 of this Agreement and such failure
shall continue for ten (10) days; provided, that, such ten (10) day period shall
not apply in the case of: (A) any failure to observe any such covenant which is
not capable of being cured at all or within such ten (10) day period or which
has been the subject of a prior failure within a six (6) month period or (B) an
intentional breach by Borrower or any Obligor of any such covenant or (iii)
Borrower or any Obligor fails to perform any of the terms, covenants, conditions
or provisions contained in this Agreement or any of the other Financing
Agreements other than those described in Sections 10.1(a)(i) and 10.1(a)(ii)
above;
(b) any representation, warranty or statement of fact made by Borrower to
Lender in this Agreement, the other Financing Agreements or any other agreement,
schedule, confirmatory assignment or otherwise shall when made or deemed made be
false or misleading in any material respect;
(c) any Obligor revokes or terminates, or purports to revoke or terminate,
or fails to perform any of the terms, covenants, conditions or provisions of,
any guarantee, endorsement or other agreement of such party in favor of Lender;
(d) any judgment for the payment of money is rendered against Borrower or
any Obligor in excess of $100,000 in any one case or in excess of $250,000 in
the aggregate and shall remain undischarged or unvacated for a period in excess
of thirty (30) days or execution shall at any time not be effectively stayed, or
any judgment other than for the payment of money, or injunction, attachment,
garnishment or execution is rendered against Borrower or any Obligor or any of
their assets;
(e) any Obligor (being a natural person or a general partner of an Obligor
which is a partnership) dies or Borrower or any Obligor, which is a partnership,
limited liability company, limited liability partnership or a corporation,
dissolves or suspends or discontinues doing business;
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(f) Borrower or any Obligor becomes insolvent (however defined or
evidenced), makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors, makes or sends
notice of a bulk transfer or calls a meeting of all of its creditors or its
principal creditors;
(g) a case or proceeding under the bankruptcy laws of the United States of
America now or hereafter in effect or under any insolvency, reorganization,
receivership, readjustment of debt, dissolution or liquidation law or statute of
any jurisdiction now or hereafter in effect (whether at law or in equity) is
filed against Borrower or any Obligor or all or any part of its properties and
such petition or application is not dismissed within thirty (30) days after the
date of its filing or Borrower or any Obligor shall file any answer admitting or
not contesting such petition or application or indicates its consent to,
acquiescence in or approval of, any such action or proceeding or the relief
requested is granted sooner;
(h) a case or proceeding under the bankruptcy laws of the United States of
America now or hereafter in effect or under any insolvency, reorganization,
receivership, readjustment of debt, dissolution or liquidation law or statute of
any jurisdiction now or hereafter in effect (whether at a law or equity) is
filed by Borrower or any Obligor or for all or any part of its property;
(i) (i) any default in respect of any Indebtedness of Borrower or any
Obligor (other than Indebtedness owing to Lender), or any capitalized lease
obligations, contingent Indebtedness in connection with any guarantee, letter of
credit, indemnity or similar type of instrument in favor of any person other
than Lender, which default continues for more than the applicable cure period,
if any, with respect thereto, in any case in an amount in excess of $200,000,
(ii) any default or Event of Default under the License Note Agreements, which
default continues for more than the applicable cure period, if any, with respect
thereto, or (iii) any default by Borrower or any Obligor under any Material
Contract, which default continues for more than the applicable cure period, if
any, with respect thereto;
(j) any material provision hereof or of any of the other Financing
Agreements shall for any reason cease to be valid, binding and enforceable with
respect to any party hereto or thereto (other than Lender) in accordance with
its terms, or any such party shall challenge the enforceability hereof or
thereof, or shall assert in writing, or take any action or fail to take any
action based on the assertion that any provision hereof or of any of the other
Financing Agreements has ceased to be or is otherwise not valid, binding or
enforceable in accordance with its terms, or any security interest provided for
herein or in any of the other Financing Agreements shall cease to be a valid and
perfected first priority security interest in any of the Collateral purported to
be subject thereto (except as otherwise permitted herein or therein);
(k) an ERISA Event shall occur which results in or could reasonably be
expected to result in liability of Borrower in an aggregate amount in excess of
$200,000;
(l) any Change of Control;
(m) the indictment by any Governmental Authority, or as Lender may
reasonably and in good faith determine, the threatened indictment by any
Governmental Authority of Borrower or any Obligor of which Borrower, any Obligor
or Lender receives notice, in either case, as to which there is a reasonable
possibility of an adverse determination, in the good faith determination of
Lender, under any criminal statute, or commencement or threatened commencement
of criminal or civil proceedings against Borrower pursuant to which statute or
proceedings the penalties or remedies sought or available include forfeiture of
(i) any of the Collateral or (ii) any other property of Borrower which is
necessary or material to the conduct of its business;
(n) there shall be a material adverse change in the business, assets or
prospects of Borrower or any Obligor after the date hereof;
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(o) any bank at which any deposit account of Borrower is maintained shall
fail to comply with any of the material terms of any Deposit Account Control
Agreement to which such bank is a party; or
(p) there shall be an event of default under any of the other Financing
Agreements.
10.2 Remedies.
(a) At any time an Event of Default exists or has occurred and is
continuing, Lender shall have all rights and remedies provided in this
Agreement, the other Financing Agreements, the UCC and other applicable law, all
of which rights and remedies may be exercised without notice to or consent by
Borrower or any Obligor, except as such notice or consent is expressly provided
for hereunder or required by applicable law. All rights, remedies and powers
granted to Lender hereunder, under any of the other Financing Agreements, the
UCC or other applicable law, are cumulative, not exclusive and enforceable, in
Lender's discretion, alternatively, successively, or concurrently on any one or
more occasions, and shall include, without limitation, the right to apply to a
court of equity for an injunction to restrain a breach or threatened breach by
Borrower of this Agreement or any of the other Financing Agreements. Lender may,
at any time or times, proceed directly against Borrower or any Obligor to
collect the Obligations without prior recourse to any Obligor or any of the
Collateral.
(b) Without limiting the foregoing, at any time an Event of Default exists
or has occurred and is continuing, Lender may, in its discretion and, without
limitation, (i) accelerate the payment of all Obligations and demand immediate
payment thereof to Lender (provided, that, upon the occurrence of any Event of
Default described in Sections 10.1(g) and 10.1(h), all Obligations shall
automatically become immediately due and payable), (ii) with or without judicial
process or the aid or assistance of others, enter upon any premises on or in
which any of the Collateral may be located and take possession of the Collateral
or complete processing, manufacturing and repair of all or any portion of the
Collateral, (iii) require Borrower, at Borrower's expense, to assemble and make
available to Lender any part or all of the Collateral at any place and time
designated by Lender, (iv) collect, foreclose, receive, appropriate, setoff and
realize upon any and all Collateral, (v) remove any or all of the Collateral
from any premises on or in which the same may be located for the purpose of
effecting the sale, foreclosure or other disposition thereof or for any other
purpose, (vi) sell, lease, transfer, assign, deliver or otherwise dispose of any
and all Collateral (including entering into contracts with respect thereto,
public or private sales at any exchange, broker's board, at any office of Lender
or elsewhere) at such prices or terms as Lender may deem reasonable, for cash,
upon credit or for future delivery, with the Lender having the right to purchase
the whole or any part of the Collateral at any such public sale, all of the
foregoing being free from any right or equity of redemption of Borrower, which
right or equity of redemption is hereby expressly waived and released by
Borrower and/or (vii) terminate this Agreement. If any of the Collateral is sold
or leased by Lender upon credit terms or for future delivery, the Obligations
shall not be reduced as a result thereof until payment therefor is finally
collected by Lender. If notice of disposition of Collateral is required by law,
ten (10) days prior notice by Lender to Borrower designating the time and place
of any public sale or the time after which any private sale or other intended
disposition of Collateral is to be made, shall be deemed to be reasonable notice
thereof and Borrower waives any other notice. In the event Lender institutes an
action to recover any Collateral or seeks recovery of any Collateral by way of
prejudgment remedy, Borrower waives the posting of any bond which might
otherwise be required. At any time an Event of Default exists or has occurred
and is continuing, upon Lender's request, Borrower will either, as Lender shall
specify, furnish cash collateral to the issuer to be used to secure and fund
Lender's reimbursement obligations to the issuer in connection with any Letter
of Credit Accommodations or furnish cash collateral to Lender for the Letter of
Credit Accommodations. Such cash collateral shall be in the amount equal to one
hundred ten (110%) percent of the amount of the Letter of Credit Accommodations
plus the amount of any fees and expenses payable in connection therewith through
the end of the expiration of such Letter of Credit Accommodations.
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(c) Lender may, at any time or times that an Event of Default exists or has
occurred and is continuing, enforce Borrower's rights against any account
debtor, secondary obligor or other obligor in respect of any of the Accounts or
other Receivables. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Lender may
at such time or times (i) notify any or all account debtors, secondary obligors
or other obligors in respect thereof that the Receivables have been assigned to
Lender and that Lender has a security interest therein and Lender may direct any
or all account debtors, secondary obligors and other obligors to make payment of
Receivables directly to Lender, (ii) extend the time of payment of, compromise,
settle or adjust for cash, credit, return of merchandise or otherwise, and upon
any terms or conditions, any and all Receivables or other obligations included
in the Collateral and thereby discharge or release the account debtor or any
secondary obligors or other obligors in respect thereof without affecting any of
the Obligations, (iii) demand, collect or enforce payment of any Receivables or
such other obligations, but without any duty to do so, and Lender shall not be
liable for its failure to collect or enforce the payment thereof nor for the
negligence of its agents or attorneys with respect thereto and (iv) take
whatever other action Lender may deem necessary or desirable for the protection
of its interests. At any time that an Event of Default exists or has occurred
and is continuing, at Lender's request, all invoices and statements sent to any
account debtor shall state that the Accounts and such other obligations have
been assigned to Lender and are payable directly and only to Lender and Borrower
shall deliver to Lender such originals of documents evidencing the sale and
delivery of goods or the performance of services giving rise to any Accounts as
Lender may require. In the event any account debtor returns Inventory when an
Event of Default exists or has occurred and is continuing, Borrower shall, upon
Lender's request, hold the returned Inventory in trust for Lender, segregate all
returned Inventory from all of its other property, dispose of the returned
Inventory solely according to Lender's instructions, and not issue any credits,
discounts or allowances with respect thereto without Lender's prior written
consent.
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(d) To the extent that applicable law imposes duties on Lender to exercise
remedies in a commercially reasonable manner (which duties cannot be waived
under such law), Borrower acknowledges and agrees that it is not commercially
unreasonable for Lender (i) to fail to incur expenses reasonably deemed
significant by Lender to prepare Collateral for disposition or otherwise to
complete raw material or work in process into finished goods or other finished
products for disposition, (ii) to fail to obtain third party consents for access
to Collateral to be disposed of, or to obtain or, if not required by other law,
to fail to obtain consents of any Governmental Authority or other third party
for the collection or disposition of Collateral to be collected or disposed of,
(iii) to fail to exercise collection remedies against account debtors, secondary
obligors or other persons obligated on Collateral or to remove liens or
encumbrances on or any adverse claims against Collateral, (iv) to exercise
collection remedies against account debtors and other persons obligated on
Collateral directly or through the use of collection agencies and other
collection specialists, (v) to advertise dispositions of Collateral through
publications or media of general circulation, whether or not the Collateral is
of a specialized nature, (vi) to contact other persons, whether or not in the
same business as Borrower for expressions of interest in acquiring all or any
portion of the Collateral, (vii) to hire one or more professional auctioneers to
assist in the disposition of Collateral, whether or not the collateral is of a
specialized nature, (viii) to dispose of Collateral by utilizing Internet sites
that provide for the auction of assets of the types included in the Collateral
or that have the reasonable capability of doing so, or that match buyers and
sellers of assets, (ix) to dispose of assets in wholesale rather than retail
markets, (x) to disclaim disposition warranties, (xi) to purchase insurance or
credit enhancements to insure Lender against risks of loss, collection or
disposition of Collateral or to provide to Lender a guaranteed return from the
collection or disposition of Collateral, or (xii) to the extent deemed
appropriate by Lender, to obtain the services of other brokers, investment
bankers, consultants and other professionals to assist Lender in the collection
or disposition of any of the Collateral. Borrower acknowledges that the purpose
of this Section is to provide non-exhaustive indications of what actions or
omissions by Lender would not be commercially unreasonable in Lender's exercise
of remedies against the Collateral and that other actions or omissions by Lender
shall not be deemed commercially unreasonable solely on account of not being
indicated in this Section. Without limitation of the foregoing, nothing
contained in this Section shall be construed to grant any rights to Borrower or
to impose any duties on Lender that would not have been granted or imposed by
this Agreement or by applicable law in the absence of this Section.
(e) For the purpose of enabling Lender to exercise the rights and remedies
hereunder, Borrower hereby grants to Lender, to the extent assignable, an
irrevocable, non-exclusive license (exercisable without payment of royalty or
other compensation to Borrower) to use, assign, license or sublicense any of the
patents, patent rights, trademarks, service-marks, trade names, business names,
trade styles, designs, logos and other source of business identifiers and other
Intellectual Property and general intangibles now owned or hereafter acquired by
Borrower, wherever the same may be located, including in such license reasonable
access to all media in which any of the licensed items may be recorded or stored
and to all computer programs used for the compilation or printout thereof.
(f) Lender may apply the cash proceeds of Collateral actually received by
Lender from any sale, lease, foreclosure or other disposition of the Collateral
to payment of the Obligations, in whole or in part and in such order as Lender
may elect, whether or not then due. Borrower shall remain liable to Lender for
the payment of any deficiency with interest at the highest rate provided for
herein and all costs and expenses of collection or enforcement, including
reasonable attorneys' fees and legal expenses.
(g) Without limiting the foregoing, upon the occurrence of a Default or
Event of Default, Lender may, at its option, without notice, (i) cease making
Loans or arranging for Letter of Credit Accommodations or reduce the lending
formulas or amounts of Revolving Loans and Letter of Credit Accommodations
available to Borrower (ii) terminate any provision of this Agreement providing
for any future Loans or Letter of Credit Accommodations to be made by Lender to
Borrower and/or (iii) establish such Reserves as Lender determines without
limitation or restriction, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein.
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SECTION 11. JURY TRIAL WAIVER; OTHER WAIVERS AND CONSENTS; GOVERNING LAW
11.1 Governing Law; Choice of Forum; Service of Process; Jury Trial Waiver.
(a) The validity, interpretation and enforcement of this Agreement and the
other Financing Agreements (other than the Mortgages to the extent provided
therein) and any dispute arising out of the relationship between the parties
hereto, whether in contract, tort, equity or otherwise, shall be governed by the
internal laws of the State of New York but excluding any principles of conflicts
of law or other rule of law that would cause the application of the law of any
jurisdiction other than the laws of the State of New York.
(b) Borrower and Lender irrevocably consent and submit to the non-exclusive
jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York in New York County
and the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York,
whichever Lender may elect, and waive any objection based on venue or forum non
conveniens with respect to any action instituted therein arising under this
Agreement or any of the other Financing Agreements or in any way connected with
or related or incidental to the dealings of the parties hereto in respect of
this Agreement or any of the other Financing Agreements or the transactions
related hereto or thereto, in each case whether now existing or hereafter
arising, and whether in contract, tort, equity or otherwise, and agree that any
dispute with respect to any such matters shall be heard only in the courts
described above (except that Lender shall have the right to bring any action or
proceeding against Borrower or its property in the courts of any other
jurisdiction which Lender deems necessary or appropriate in order to realize on
the Collateral or to otherwise enforce its rights against Borrower or its
property).
(c) Borrower hereby waives personal service of any and all process upon it
and consents that all such service of process may be made by certified mail
(return receipt requested) directed to its address set forth herein and service
so made shall be deemed to be completed five (5) days after the same shall have
been so deposited in the U.S. mails, or, at Lender's option, by service upon
Borrower in any other manner provided under the rules of any such courts. Within
thirty (30) days after such service, Borrower shall appear in answer to such
process, failing which Borrower shall be deemed in default and judgment may be
entered by Lender against Borrower for the amount of the claim and other relief
requested.
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(d) BORROWER AND LENDER EACH HEREBY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY OF
ANY CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION (i) ARISING UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR
ANY OF THE OTHER FINANCING AGREEMENTS OR (ii) IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR
RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES HERETO IN RESPECT OF THIS
AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER FINANCING AGREEMENTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED
HERETO OR THERETO IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND
WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, EQUITY OR OTHERWISE. BORROWER AND LENDER EACH HEREBY
AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL
BE DECIDED BY COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY AND THAT BORROWER OR LENDER MAY FILE AN
ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OF A COPY OF THIS AGREEMENT WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN
EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF THE PARTIES HERETO TO THE WAIVER OF THEIR RIGHT TO
TRIAL BY JURY.
(e) Lender shall not have any liability to Borrower (whether in tort,
contract, equity or otherwise) for losses suffered by Borrower in connection
with, arising out of, or in any way related to the transactions or relationships
contemplated by this Agreement, or any act, omission or event occurring in
connection herewith, unless it is determined by a final and non-appealable
judgment or court order binding on Lender, that the losses were the result of
acts or omissions constituting gross negligence or willful misconduct of Lender.
In any such litigation, Lender shall be entitled to the benefit of the
rebuttable presumption that it acted in good faith and with the exercise of
ordinary care in the performance by it of the terms of this Agreement. Except as
prohibited by law, Borrower waives any right which it may have to claim or
recover in any litigation with Lender any special, exemplary, punitive or
consequential damages or any damages other than, or in addition to, actual
damages. Borrower: (i) certifies that neither Lender nor any representative,
agent or attorney acting for or on behalf of Lender has represented, expressly
or otherwise, that Lender would not, in the event of litigation, seek to enforce
any of the waivers provided for in this Agreement or any of the other Financing
Agreements and (ii) acknowledges that in entering into this Agreement and the
other Financing Agreements, Lender is relying upon, among other things, the
waivers and certifications set forth in this Section 11.1 and elsewhere herein
and therein.
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11.2 Waiver of Notices. Borrower hereby expressly waives demand,
presentment, protest and notice of protest and notice of dishonor with respect
to any and all instruments and chattel paper, included in or evidencing any of
the Obligations or the Collateral, and any and all other demands and notices of
any kind or nature whatsoever with respect to the Obligations, the Collateral
and this Agreement, except such as are expressly provided for herein. No notice
to or demand on Borrower which Lender may elect to give shall entitle Borrower
to any other or further notice or demand in the same, similar or other
circumstances.
11.3 Amendments and Waivers. Neither this Agreement nor any provision
hereof shall be amended, modified, waived or discharged orally or by course of
conduct, but only by a written agreement signed by an authorized officer of
Lender, and as to amendments, as also signed by an authorized officer of
Borrower. Lender shall not, by any act, delay, omission or otherwise be deemed
to have expressly or impliedly waived any of its rights, powers and/or remedies
unless such waiver shall be in writing and signed by an authorized officer of
Lender. Any such waiver shall be enforceable only to the extent specifically set
forth therein. A waiver by Lender of any right, power and/or remedy on any one
occasion shall not be construed as a bar to or waiver of any such right, power
and/or remedy which Lender would otherwise have on any future occasion, whether
similar in kind or otherwise.
11.4 Waiver of Counterclaims. Borrower waives all rights to interpose any
claims, deductions, setoffs or counterclaims of any nature (other then
compulsory counterclaims) in any action or proceeding with respect to this
Agreement, the Obligations, the Collateral or any matter arising therefrom or
relating hereto or thereto.
11.5 Indemnification. Borrower shall indemnify and hold Lender, and its
directors, agents, employees and counsel, harmless from and against any and all
losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs or expenses imposed on, incurred by
or asserted against any of them in connection with any litigation,
investigation, claim or proceeding commenced or threatened related to the
negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery, enforcement, performance or
administration of this Agreement, any other Financing Agreements, or any
undertaking or proceeding related to any of the transactions contemplated hereby
or any act, omission, event or transaction related or attendant thereto,
including amounts paid in settlement, court costs, and the fees and expenses of
counsel. To the extent that the undertaking to indemnify, pay and hold harmless
set forth in this Section may be unenforceable because it violates any law or
public policy, Borrower shall pay the maximum portion which it is permitted to
pay under applicable law to Lender in satisfaction of indemnified matters under
this Section. To the extent permitted by applicable law, Borrower shall not
assert, and Borrower hereby waives, any claim against Lender, on any theory of
liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed
to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result
of, this Agreement, any of the other Financing Agreements or any undertaking or
transaction contemplated hereby. The foregoing indemnity shall survive the
payment of the Obligations and the termination or non-renewal of this Agreement.
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SECTION 12. TERM OF AGREEMENT; MISCELLANEOUS
12.1 Term.
(a) This Agreement and the other Financing Agreements shall become
effective as of the date set forth on the first page hereof and shall continue
in full force and effect for a term ending on December 31, 2004 (the "Renewal
Date"), and from year to year thereafter, unless sooner terminated pursuant to
the terms hereof. Lender or Borrower may terminate this Agreement and the other
Financing Agreements effective on the Renewal Date or on the anniversary of the
Renewal Date in any year by giving to the other party at least sixty (60) days
prior written notice; provided, that, this Agreement and all other Financing
Agreements must be terminated simultaneously. In addition, Borrower may
terminate this Agreement at any time upon ten (10) days prior written notice to
Lender (which notice shall be irrevocable) and Lender may terminate this
Agreement at any time on or after an Event of Default. Upon the effective date
of termination or non-renewal of this Agreement, Borrower shall pay to Lender,
in full, all outstanding and unpaid Obligations and shall furnish cash
collateral to Lender (or at Lender's option, a letter of credit issued for the
account of Borrower and at Borrower's expense, in form and substance
satisfactory to Lender, by an issuer acceptable to Lender and payable to Lender
as beneficiary) in such amounts as Lender determines are reasonably necessary to
secure (or reimburse) Lender from loss, cost, damage or expense, including
reasonable attorneys' fees and legal expenses, in connection with any contingent
Obligations, including issued and outstanding Letter of Credit Accommodations
and checks or other payments provisionally credited to the Obligations and/or as
to which Lender has not yet received final and indefeasible payment. Such
payments in respect of the Obligations and cash collateral shall be remitted by
wire transfer in Federal funds to such bank account of Lender, as Lender may, in
its discretion, designate in writing to Borrower for such purpose. Interest
shall be due until and including the next business day, if the amounts so paid
by Borrower to the bank account designated by Lender are received in such bank
account later than 12:00 noon, New York City time.
(b) No termination of this Agreement or the other Financing Agreements
shall relieve or discharge Borrower of its respective duties, obligations and
covenants under this Agreement or the other Financing Agreements until all
Obligations have been fully and finally discharged and paid, and Lender's
continuing security interest in the Collateral and the rights and remedies of
Lender hereunder, under the other Financing Agreements and applicable law, shall
remain in effect until all such Obligations have been fully and finally
discharged and paid. Accordingly, Borrower waives any rights which it may have
under the UCC to demand the filing of termination statements with respect to the
Collateral, and Lender shall not be required to send such termination statements
to Borrower, or to file them with any filing office, unless and until this
Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms and all of the Obligations
are paid and satisfied in full in immediately available funds.
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(c) If for any reason this Agreement is terminated prior to the end of the
then current term or renewal term of this Agreement, in view of the
impracticality and extreme difficulty of ascertaining actual damages and by
mutual agreement of the parties as to a reasonable calculation of Lender's lost
profits as a result thereof, Borrower agrees to pay to Lender, upon the
effective date of such termination, an early termination fee in the amount set
forth below if such termination is effective in the period indicated:
Amount
Period
(i)
one (1%) percent of
the Maximum Credit
From the date hereof to and including December 31, 2003
(ii)
one-half (1/2%) percent of the Maximum Credit
From January 1, 2004 to but not including December 31, 2004 or if the term
of this Agreement is extended, at any time prior to the end of the then current
term.
Such early termination fee shall be presumed to be the amount of damages
sustained by Lender as a result of such early termination and Borrower agrees
that it is reasonable under the circumstances currently existing. In addition,
Lender shall be entitled to such early termination fee upon the occurrence of
any Event of Default described in Sections 10.1(g) and 10.1(h) hereof, even if
Lender does not exercise its right to terminate this Agreement, but elects, at
its option, to provide financing to Borrower or permit the use of cash
collateral under the United States Bankruptcy Code. The early termination fee
provided for in this Section 12.1 shall be deemed included in the Obligations.
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12.2 Interpretative Provisions.
(a) All terms used herein which are defined in Article 1 or Article 9 of
the UCC shall have the meanings given therein unless otherwise defined in this
Agreement.
(b) All references to the plural herein shall also mean the singular and to
the singular shall also mean the plural unless the context otherwise requires.
(c) All references to Borrower and Lender pursuant to the definitions set
forth in the recitals hereto, or to any other person herein, shall include their
respective successors and assigns.
(d) The words "hereof", "herein", "hereunder", "this Agreement" and words
of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a
whole and not any particular provision of this Agreement and as this Agreement
now exists or may hereafter be amended, modified, supplemented, extended,
renewed, restated or replaced.
(e) The word "including" when used in this Agreement shall mean "including,
without limitation".
(f) All references to the term "good faith" used herein when applicable to
Lender shall mean, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or
in the UCC, honesty in fact in the conduct or transaction concerned. Borrower
shall have the burden of proving any lack of good faith on the part of Lender
alleged by Borrower at any time.
(g) An Event of Default shall exist or continue or be continuing until such
Event of Default is waived in accordance with Section 11.3 or is cured in a
manner satisfactory to Lender, if such Event of Default is capable of being
cured as determined by Lender.
(h) Any accounting term used in this Agreement shall have, unless otherwise
specifically provided herein, the meaning customarily given in accordance with
GAAP, and all financial computations hereunder shall be computed unless
otherwise specifically provided herein, in accordance with GAAP as consistently
applied and using the same method for inventory valuation as used in the
preparation of the financial statements of Borrower most recently received by
Lender prior to the date hereof.
(i) In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later
specified date, the word "from" means "from and including", the words "to" and
"until" each mean "to but excluding" and the word "through" means "to and
including".
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(j) Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, (i) references herein to
any agreement, document or instrument shall be deemed to include all subsequent
amendments, modifications, supplements, extensions, renewals, restatements or
replacements with respect thereto, but only to the extent the same are not
prohibited by the terms hereof or of any other Financing Agreement, and (ii)
references to any statute or regulation are to be construed as including all
statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing,
recodifying, supplementing or interpreting the statute or regulation.
(k) The captions and headings of this Agreement are for convenience of
reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement.
(l) This Agreement and other Financing Agreements may use several different
limitations, tests or measurements to regulate the same or similar matters. All
such limitations, tests and measurements are cumulative and shall each be
performed in accordance with their terms.
(m) This Agreement and the other Financing Agreements are the result of
negotiations among and have been reviewed by counsel to Lender and the other
parties, and are the products of all parties. Accordingly, this Agreement and
the other Financing Agreements shall not be construed against Lender merely
because of Lender's involvement in their preparation.
12.3 Notices. All notices, requests and demands hereunder shall be in
writing and deemed to have been given or made: if delivered in person,
immediately upon delivery; if by telex, telegram or facsimile transmission,
immediately upon sending and upon confirmation of receipt; if by nationally
recognized overnight courier service with instructions to deliver the next
Business Day, one (1) Business Day after sending; and if by certified mail,
return receipt requested, five (5) days after mailing. All notices, requests and
demands upon the parties are to be given to the following addresses (or to such
other address as any party may designate by notice in accordance with this
Section):
If to Borrower: I.C. Xxxxxx & Company L.P.
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xx. Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Telephone No.: 000-000-0000
Telecopy No.: 000-000-0000
with a copy to: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx LLP
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxx, Esq.
Telephone No.: 000-000-0000
Telecopy No.: 000-000-0000
If to Lender: Congress Financial Corporation
0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Portfolio Manager
Telephone No.: 000-000-0000
Telecopy No.: 000-000-0000
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12.4 Partial Invalidity. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be
invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not
invalidate this Agreement as a whole, but this Agreement shall be construed as
though it did not contain the particular provision held to be invalid or
unenforceable and the rights and obligations of the parties shall be construed
and enforced only to such extent as shall be permitted by applicable law.
12.5 Successors. This Agreement, the other Financing Agreements and any
other document referred to herein or therein shall be binding upon and inure to
the benefit of and be enforceable by Lender, Borrower and their respective
successors and assigns, except that Borrower may not assign its rights under
this Agreement, the other Financing Agreements and any other document referred
to herein or therein without the prior written consent of Lender. Lender may,
after notice to Borrower, assign its rights and delegate its obligations under
this Agreement and the other Financing Agreements and further may assign, or
sell participations in, all or any part of the Loans, the Letter of Credit
Accommodations or any other interest herein to another financial institution or
other person, in which event, the assignee or participant shall have, to the
extent of such assignment or participation, the same rights and benefits as it
would have if it were the Lender hereunder, except as otherwise provided by the
terms of such assignment or participation.
12.6 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the other Financing Agreements, any
supplements hereto or thereto, and any instruments or documents delivered or to
be delivered in connection herewith or therewith represents the entire agreement
and understanding concerning the subject matter hereof and thereof between the
parties hereto, and supersede all other prior agreements, understandings,
negotiations and discussions, representations, warranties, commitments,
proposals, offers and contracts concerning the subject matter hereof, whether
oral or written. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms of this
Agreement and any schedule or exhibit hereto, the terms of this Agreement shall
govern.
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12.7 Counterparts, Etc. This Agreement or any of the other Financing
Agreements may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be
an original, but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same
agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Agreement or any of the
other Financing Agreements by telefacsimile shall have the same force and effect
as the delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Agreement or any of
such other Financing Agreements. Any party delivering an executed counterpart of
any such agreement by telefacsimile shall also deliver an original executed
counterpart, but the failure to do so shall not affect the validity,
enforceability or binding effect of such agreement.
SECTION 13. ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND RESTATEMENT
13.1 Acknowledgment of Security Interests.
(a) Borrower hereby acknowledges, confirms and agrees that Lender, has and
shall continue to have a security interest in and lien upon the Collateral
heretofore granted to Lender pursuant to the Existing Financing Agreements to
secure the Obligations, as well as any Collateral granted under this Agreement
or under any of the other Financing Agreements or otherwise granted to or held
by Lender.
(b) The liens and security interests of Lender in the Collateral shall be
deemed to be continuously granted and perfected from the earliest date of the
granting and perfection of such liens and security interests, whether under the
Existing Financing Agreements, this Agreement or any other Financing Agreements.
13.2 Existing Financing Agreements. Borrower hereby acknowledges, confirms
and agrees that: (a) the Existing Financing Agreements have been duly executed
and delivered by Borrower and are in full force and effect as of the date hereof
and (b) the agreements and obligations of Borrower contained in the Existing
Financing Agreements constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of
Borrower against it in accordance with their respective terms and Borrower has
no valid defense to the enforcement of such obligations and (c) Lender is
entitled to all of the rights and remedies provided for in the Existing
Financing Agreements.
13.3 Restatement.
(a) Except as otherwise stated in Section 13.1 hereof and this Section
13.3, as of the date hereof, the terms, conditions, agreements, covenants,
representations and warranties set forth in the Existing Financing Agreements
are hereby amended and restated in their entirety, and as so amended and
restated, replaced and superseded, by the terms, conditions, agreements,
covenants, representations and warranties set forth in this Agreement and the
other Financing Agreements, except that nothing herein or in the other Financing
Agreements shall impair or adversely affect the continuation of the liability of
Borrower for the Obligations heretofore granted, pledged and/or assigned to
Lender. The amendment and restatement contained herein shall not, in any manner,
be construed to constitute payment of, or impair, limit, cancel or extinguish,
or constitute a novation in respect of, the Indebtedness and other obligations
and liabilities of Borrower evidenced by or arising under the Existing Financing
Agreements, and the liens and security interests securing such Indebtedness and
other obligations and liabilities, which shall not in any manner be impaired,
limited, terminated, waived or released.
(b) The principal amount of the Loans and Letters of Credit outstanding as
of the date hereof under the Existing Financing Agreements shall be allocated to
the Loans and Letters of Credit hereunder in such manner and in such amounts as
Lender shall determine.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Lender and Borrower have caused these presents to be
duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
LENDER
CONGRESS FINANCIAL CORPORATION
By:
Title:
Address:
0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
BORROWER
I.C. XXXXXX & COMPANY L.P.
By: I.C. Xxxxxx & Company, Inc., general partner
By:
Title:
Chief Executive Office:
0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
SCHEDULE 1.30
TO
LOAN AGREEMENT
Existing Letter of Credit Accommodations
See attached
EXHIBIT A
TO
LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
Information Certificate
See attached
EXHIBIT B
TO
LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
Compliance Certificate
To: Congress Financial Corporation
0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
I hereby certify to you pursuant to Section 9.6 of the Loan Agreement (as
defined below) as follows:
1. I am the duly elected Chief Financial Officer of I.C. Xxxxxx & Company
L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("Borrower"). Capitalized terms used herein
without definition shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Amended
and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated December 20, 2002, by and
between Congress Financial Corporation ("Lender") and Borrower (as such Amended
and Restated Loan and Security Agreement is amended, modified or supplemented,
from time to time, the "Loan Agreement").
2. I have reviewed the terms of the Loan Agreement, and have made, or have
caused to be made under my supervision, a review in reasonable detail of the
transactions and the financial condition of Borrower and each of its
Subsidiaries, during the immediately preceding fiscal month.
3. The review described in Section 2 above did not disclose the existence
during or at the end of such fiscal month, and I have no knowledge of the
existence and continuance on the date hereof, of any condition or event which
constitutes a Default or an Event of Default, except as set forth on Schedule I
attached hereto. Described on Schedule I attached hereto are the exceptions, if
any, to this Section 3 listing, in detail, the nature of the condition or event,
the period during which it has existed and the action which Borrower or any
Obligor has taken, is taking, or proposes to take with respect to such condition
or event.
4. I further certify that, based on the review described in Section 2
above, Borrower and Obligors have not at any time during or at the end of such
fiscal month, except as specifically described on Schedule II attached hereto or
as permitted by the Loan Agreement, done any of the following:
(a) Changed its limited partnership name, or transacted business under any
trade name, style, or fictitious name, other than those previously described to
you and set forth in the Financing Agreements.
(b) Changed the location of its chief executive office, changed its
jurisdiction of organization, changed its type of organization or changed the
location of or disposed of any of its properties or assets (other than pursuant
to the sale of Inventory in the ordinary course of its business or as otherwise
permitted by Section 9.7 of the Loan Agreement), or established any new asset
locations.
(c) Materially changed the terms upon which it sells goods (including sales
on consignment) or provides services, nor has any vendor or trade supplier to
Borrower or any Obligor during or at the end of such period materially adversely
changed the terms upon which it supplies goods to Borrower or such Obligor.
(d) Permitted or suffered to exist any security interest in or liens on any
of its properties, whether real or personal, other than as specifically
permitted in the Financing Agreements.
(e) Received any notice of, or obtained knowledge of any of the following
not previously disclosed to Lender: (i) the occurrence of any event involving
the release, spill or discharge of any Hazardous Material in violation of
applicable Environmental Law in a material respect or (ii) any investigation,
proceeding, complaint, order, directive, claims, citation or notice with respect
to: (A) any non-compliance with or violation of any applicable Environmental Law
by Borrower or any Obligor in any material respect or (B) the release, spill or
discharge of any Hazardous Material in violation of applicable Environmental Law
in a material respect or (C) the generation, use, storage, treatment,
transportation, manufacture, handling, production or disposal of any Hazardous
Materials in violation of applicable Environmental Laws in a material respect or
(D) any other environmental, health or safety matter, which has a material
adverse effect on Borrower or any Obligor or its business, operations or assets
or any properties at which Borrower or such Obligor transported, stored or
disposed of any Hazardous Materials.
(f) Become aware of, obtained knowledge of, or received notification of,
any breach or violation of any material covenant contained in any instrument or
agreement in respect of Indebtedness for money borrowed by Borrower or any
Obligor.
5. Attached hereto as Schedule III are the calculations used in
determining, as of the end of such fiscal month whether Borrower is in
compliance with the covenants set forth in Section 9.17 and 9.18 of the Loan
Agreement for such fiscal month.
The foregoing certifications are made and delivered this day of
___________, 20__.
Very truly yours,
I.C. XXXXXX & COMPANY L.P.
By: I.C. Xxxxxx & Company, Inc., general partner
By: ________________________
Title: _______________________
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