SECURITY AGREEMENT as Administrative and Collateral Agent THE LENDERS From Time to Time Party Hereto NEWMARKET TECHNOLOGY, INC. IP GLOBAL VOICE, INC. NETSCO, INC.
LV
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, INC.,
as
Administrative and Collateral Agent
THE
LENDERS
From
Time
to Time Party Hereto
NEWMARKET
TECHNOLOGY, INC.
IP
GLOBAL
VOICE, INC.
NETSCO,
INC.
NEWMARKET
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC.
NEWMARKET
BROADBAND, INC.
and
NEWMARKET
CHINA, INC.
Dated:
November 30, 2007
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General
Definitions and Terms; Rules of Construction.
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2. |
Loan
Facility.
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3. | Repayment of the Loans |
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4. | Procedure for Revolving Loans |
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5. |
Interest
and Payments.
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6. | Security Interest. |
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7. |
Representations,
Warranties and Covenants Concerning the
Collateral
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8. |
Payment
of Accounts.
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9. |
Collection
and Maintenance of Xxxxxxxxxx.
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00. | Inspections and Appraisals |
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11. |
Financial
Reporting
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12. | Additional Representations and Warranties |
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13. | Covenants |
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14. |
Further
Assurances
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15. | Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Lenders |
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16. | Confidentiality |
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17. |
Power
of Attorney
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18. |
Term
of Agreement
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00. | Events of Xxxxxxx |
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00. | Waivers |
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23. | Expenses |
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24. | Assignment; Register. |
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25. | No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies |
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26. |
Application
of Payments
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27. |
Indemnity
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Borrowing
Agency Provisions.
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30. |
Notices
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31. | Governing Law, Jurisdiction and Waiver of Jury Trial. |
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32. |
Limitation
of Liability
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33. | Entire Understanding; Maximum Interest |
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34. | Severability |
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35. |
Survival
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36. |
Captions
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37. | Counterparts; Telecopier Signatures |
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38. | Construction |
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39. | Publicity |
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40. |
Joinder
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41. | Legends |
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42. |
Agency
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This
SECURITY AGREEMENT is made as of November 30, 2007 by and among the lenders
from
time to time party hereto (the “Lenders”), LV ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES,
INC., a Delaware corporation, as administrative and collateral agent for the
Lenders (in such capacity, the “Agent” and together with the Lenders, the
“Creditor Parties”), NEWMARKET TECHNOLOGY, INC., a Nevada corporation
(the “Parent”), and each party listed on Exhibit A attached hereto
(each an “Eligible Subsidiary” and collectively, the “Eligible
Subsidiaries”; the Parent and each Eligible Subsidiary, each a
“Company” and collectively, the “Companies”).
BACKGROUND
The
Companies have requested that the Lenders make advances available to the
Companies and purchase term notes from the Companies; and
The
Lenders have agreed to make such advances and purchase such notes on the terms
and conditions set forth in this Agreement.
AGREEMENT
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and undertakings and the
terms and conditions contained herein, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
1. General
Definitions and Terms; Rules of Construction.
(a) General
Definitions. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have
the meanings assigned to them in Annex A.
(b) Accounting
Terms. Any accounting terms used in this Agreement which are not
specifically defined shall have the meanings customarily given them in
accordance with GAAP and all financial computations shall be computed, unless
specifically provided herein, in accordance with GAAP consistently
applied.
(c) Other
Terms. All other terms used in this Agreement and defined in the
UCC, shall have the meaning given therein unless otherwise defined
herein.
(d) Rules
of Construction. All Schedules, Addenda, Annexes and Exhibits
hereto or expressly identified to this Agreement are incorporated herein by
reference and taken together with this Agreement constitute but a single
agreement. The words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder” or other
words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole, including the
Exhibits, Addenda, Annexes and Schedules thereto, as the same may be from time
to time amended, modified, restated or supplemented, and not to any particular
section, subsection or clause contained in this Agreement. Wherever
from the context it appears appropriate, each term stated in either the singular
or plural shall include the singular and the plural, and pronouns stated in
the
masculine, feminine or neuter gender shall include the masculine, the feminine
and the neuter. The term “or” is not exclusive. The term
“including” (or any form thereof) shall not be limiting or
exclusive. All references to statutes and related regulations shall
include any amendments of same and any successor statutes and
regulations. All references in this Agreement or in the Schedules,
Addenda, Annexes and Exhibits to this Agreement to sections, schedules,
disclosure schedules, exhibits, and attachments shall refer to the corresponding
sections, schedules, disclosure schedules, exhibits, and attachments of or
to
this Agreement. All references to any instruments or agreements,
including references to any of this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements shall
include any and all modifications or amendments thereto and any and all
extensions or renewals thereof.
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2. Loan
Facility.
(a) Revolving
Loans.
(i) Subject
to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Ancillary Agreements,
each Lender, severally and not jointly, may make revolving loans (the
“Revolving Loans”) to the Companies from time to time during the Term
which, in the aggregate at any time outstanding, will not exceed such Lender’s
Revolving Commitment Percentage of the lesser of (x) (I) the Capital
Availability Amount minus (II) the Reserves and (y) an amount equal to (I)
the
Accounts Availability minus (II) the Reserves. The amount derived at
any time from Section 2(a)(i)(y)(I) minus 2(a)(i)(y)(II) shall be referred
to as
the “Formula Amount.” The Companies shall, jointly and
severally, execute and deliver to each Lender on the Closing Date a Secured
Revolving Note evidencing such Lender’s Revolving Commitment Percentage of the
Capital Availability Amount. The Companies hereby each acknowledge
and agree that each Lender’s obligation to purchase a Secured Revolving Note
from the Companies on the Closing Date shall be contingent upon the satisfaction
(or waiver by the Agent) of the items and matters set forth in the closing
checklist provided by the Agent to the Companies on or prior to the Closing
Date. The Companies hereby each further acknowledge and agree that,
immediately prior to each borrowing hereunder and immediately after giving
effect thereto, the Companies shall be deemed to have certified to the Lenders
that at the time of each such proposed borrowing and also after giving effect
thereto (i) there shall exist no Event of Default, (ii) all representations,
warranties and covenants made by the Companies in connection with this Agreement
and the Ancillary Agreements are true, correct and complete and (iii) all of
each Company’s and its respective Subsidiaries’ covenant requirements under this
Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements have been met. The Companies
hereby agree to provide a certificate confirming the foregoing concurrently
with
each request for a borrowing hereunder.
(ii) Notwithstanding
the limitations set forth above, if requested by any Company, the Agent may
determine in its sole discretion to permit Revolving Loans in excess of the
Formula Amount (the aggregate of Revolving Loans in excess of the Formula Amount
at any time, an “Overadvance”) to be made and/or to remain outstanding;
provided that any Overadvance made on or after the Specified Assignment
Date shall constitute a Permitted Overadvance. For purposes hereof,
“Permitted Overadvance” means an Overadvance that, as determined by the
Agent in its reasonable discretion, (i) is made solely to maintain, protect
or
preserve the Collateral and/or the Lenders’ rights under this Agreement and the
Ancillary Agreements and is necessary in order to avoid a material adverse
effect on the Collateral and/or the Lenders’ rights under this Agreement and the
Ancillary Agreements; (ii) does not exceed fifty percent (50%) of the Formula
Amount at any time; and (iii) remains outstanding for not more than forty-five
(45) consecutive Business Days, unless in case of this clause (iii), the
Required Lenders otherwise agree. In connection with each such
request by one or more Companies, the Companies shall be deemed to have
certified, as of the time of such proposed borrowing and immediately after
giving effect thereto, to the satisfaction of all Overadvance
Conditions. For purposes hereof, “Overadvance Conditions”
means (i) no Event of Default shall exist and be continuing as of such
date;
(ii) all representations, warranties and covenants made by the Companies in
connection with the Security Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements shall be
true, correct and complete as of such date; and (iii) the Companies and their
respective Domestic Subsidiaries shall have taken all action necessary to grant
the Agent “control” over all of the Companies’ and their respective Domestic
Subsidiaries’ Deposit Accounts (the “Control Accounts”), with any
agreements establishing “control” to be in form and substance satisfactory to
the Agent. “Control” over such Control Accounts shall be
released upon the indefeasible repayment in full and termination of the
Overadvance (together with all accrued interest and fees which remain unpaid
in
respect thereof). The Companies hereby agree to provide a certificate
confirming the satisfaction of the Overadvance Conditions concurrently with
the
request for same.
(iii) The
Companies acknowledge that the exercise of the Agent’s discretionary rights
hereunder may result during the Term in one or more increases or decreases
in
the advance percentages used in determining Accounts Availability and each
of
the Companies hereby consent to any such increases or decreases which may limit
or restrict advances requested by the Companies.
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(iv) If
any
interest, fees, costs or charges payable to the Credit Parties hereunder are
not
paid when due, each of the Companies shall thereby be deemed to have requested,
and each of the Lenders will be deemed to have made and the Agent will charge
to
the Companies’ account with a Revolving Loan immediately due and payable as of
such date in an amount equal to such unpaid interest, fees, costs or charges;
provided, however, that the Agent may elect to extend the maturity
of all or a portion of any such Revolving Loan at any time prior to the
Specified Assignment Date to a date that is on or prior to the maturity of
the
Loans made other than pursuant to this clause (iv).
(v) If
any
Company at any time fails to perform or observe any of the covenants contained
in this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, the Agent may, but need not,
perform or observe such covenant on behalf and in the name, place and stead
of
such Company (or, at the Agent’s option, in the Agent’s name) and may, but need
not, take any and all other actions which the Agent may deem necessary to cure
or correct such failure (including the payment of taxes, the satisfaction of
Liens, the performance of obligations owed to Account Debtors, lessors or other
obligors, the procurement and maintenance of insurance, the execution of
assignments, security agreements and financing statements, and the endorsement
of instruments). The amount of all monies expended and all costs and
expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and legal expenses) incurred by
the Agent in connection with or as a result of the performance or observance
of
such agreements or the taking of such action by the Agent shall be charged
to
the Companies’ account as a Loan and added to the Obligations. To
facilitate the Agent’s performance or observance of such covenants by each
Company, each Company hereby irrevocably appoints the Agent, or the Agent’s
delegate, acting alone, as such Company’s attorney in fact (which appointment is
coupled with an interest) with the right (but not the duty) from time to time
to
create, prepare, complete, execute, deliver, endorse or file in the name and
on
behalf of such Company any and all instruments, documents, assignments, security
agreements, financing statements, applications for insurance and other
agreements and writings required to be obtained, executed, delivered or endorsed
by such Company.
(vi) The
Agent
will account to Company Agent monthly with a statement of all Loans and other
advances, charges and payments made pursuant to this Agreement, and such account
rendered by the Agent shall be deemed final, binding and conclusive absent
manifest error unless the Agent is notified by Company Agent in writing to
the
contrary within thirty (30) days of the date each account was rendered
specifying the item or items to which objection is made.
(vii) During
the Term, the Companies may borrow and prepay Loans in accordance with the
terms
and conditions hereof.
(viii) If
any
Eligible Account is not paid by the Account Debtor within ninety (90) days
after
the date that such Eligible Account was invoiced or if any Account Debtor
asserts a deduction, dispute, contingency, set-off, or counterclaim with respect
to any Eligible Account, (a “Delinquent Account”), the Companies shall
jointly and severally (i) reimburse the Lenders for the amount of the Revolving
Loans made with respect to such Delinquent Account or (ii) immediately replace
such Delinquent Account with an otherwise Eligible Account.
(b) Term
Loan. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in
the Ancillary Agreements, each Lender shall make a term loan to Company Agent
(for the benefit of Companies) in such Lender’s Term Loan Commitment Percentage
of $4,000,000 (the “Term Loan”). The Term Loan shall be
advanced on the Closing Date and shall be, with respect to principal, payable
in
consecutive monthly installments of principal commencing on June 1, 2008 and
on
the first day of each month thereafter, subject to acceleration upon the
occurrence of an Event of Default or termination of this
Agreement. The Term Loan shall be evidenced by the Secured Term
Notes. The Companies hereby acknowledge and agree that each Lender’s
obligation to purchase a Secured Term Note on the Closing Date shall be
contingent upon the satisfaction (or waiver by the Agent) of the items and
matters set forth in the closing checklist provided by the Agent to the
Companies on or prior to the Closing Date.
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3. Repayment
of the Loans. The Companies (a) may prepay the Obligations from
time to time in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Notes (and
Section 17 hereof if such prepayment is due to a termination of this Agreement);
(b) shall repay on the Maturity Date (as defined in the Secured Term Notes)
(i)
the then aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Term Loan together
with
accrued and unpaid interest, fees and charges; and (ii) all other amounts owed
the Lenders under the Secured Term Notes; (c) shall repay on the expiration
of
the Term (i) the then aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Revolving
Loans together with accrued and unpaid interest, fees and charges; and (ii)
all
other amounts owed the Creditor Parties under this Agreement and the Ancillary
Agreements; and (d) subject to Section 2(a)(ii), shall repay on any day on
which
the then aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Loans are
in
excess of the Formula Amount at such time, the Revolving Loans in an amount
equal to such excess. Any payments of principal, interest, fees or
any other amounts payable hereunder or under any Ancillary Agreement shall
be
made prior to 12:00 noon (New York time) on the due date thereof in immediately
available funds.
4. Procedure
for Revolving Loans. Company Agent may by written notice request
a borrowing of Revolving Loans prior to 12:00 noon (New York time) on the
Business Day of its request to incur, on the next Business Day, a Revolving
Loan. Together with each request for a Revolving Loan (or at such
other intervals as the Agent may request), Company Agent shall deliver to the
Agent a Borrowing Base Certificate in the form of Exhibit B attached
hereto, which shall be certified as true and correct by the Chief Executive
Officer or Chief Financial Officer of Company Agent together with all supporting
documentation relating thereto. All Revolving Loans shall be
disbursed from whichever office or other place the Agent may designate from
time
to time and shall be charged to the Companies’ account on the Agent’s
books. The proceeds of each Revolving Loan made by the Lenders shall
be made available to Company Agent on the Business Day following the Business
Day so requested in accordance with the terms of this Section 4 by way of credit
to the applicable Company’s operating account maintained with such bank as
Company Agent designated to the Agent. Any and all Obligations due
and owing hereunder may be charged to the Companies’ account and shall
constitute Revolving Loans.
5. Interest
and Payments.
(a) Interest.
(i) Except
as
modified by Section 5(a)(iii) below, the Companies shall jointly and severally
pay interest at the Contract Rate on the unpaid principal balance of each Loan
until such time as such Loan is collected in full in good funds in dollars
of
the United States of America.
(ii) Interest
and payments shall be computed on the basis of actual days elapsed in a year
of
360 days. At the Agent’s option, the Lenders may charge the
Companies’ account for said interest.
(iii) Effective
upon the occurrence of any Event of Default and for so long as any Event of
Default shall be continuing, the Contract Rate shall automatically be increased
as set forth in the Notes (such increased rate, the “Default Rate”), and
all outstanding Obligations, including unpaid interest, shall continue to accrue
interest from the date of such Event of Default at the Default Rate applicable
to such Obligations.
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(iv) In
no
event shall the aggregate interest payable hereunder or under any Note exceeds
the maximum rate permitted under any applicable law or regulation, as in effect
from time to time (the “Maximum Legal Rate”), and if any provision of
this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement is in contravention of any such law
or
regulation, interest payable under this Agreement and each Ancillary Agreement
shall be computed on the basis of the Maximum Legal Rate (so that such interest
will not exceed the Maximum Legal Rate).
(v) The
Companies shall jointly and severally pay principal, interest and all other
amounts payable hereunder, or under any Ancillary Agreement, without any
deduction whatsoever, including any deduction for any set-off or
counterclaim.
(vi) All
payments made by any Company under this Agreement shall be made free and clear
of, and without deduction or withholding for or on account of, any present
or
future Taxes now or hereafter imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed
by any Governmental Authority, other than Excluded Taxes. If any
Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes are required to be withheld from any amounts
payable to any Creditor Party hereunder, the amounts so payable to such Creditor
Party shall be increased to the extent necessary to yield to such Creditor
Party
(after payment of all Non-Excluded Taxes and Other Taxes, including those
imposed on payments made pursuant to this paragraph (vi) of this Section 5(a))
interest or any such other amounts payable hereunder at the rates or in the
amounts specified in this Agreement, provided, however, that no Company shall
be
required to increase any such amounts payable to any Lender with respect to
any
Non-Excluded Taxes that are directly attributable to such Lender’s failure to
comply with the requirements of paragraph (ix) of this Section
5(a).
(vii) In
addition, the Companies shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental
Authority in accordance with applicable law.
(viii) Whenever
any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes are payable by any Company, as promptly
as
possible thereafter such Company shall send to the Agent for its own account
or
for the account of the relevant Lender, as the case may be, a certified copy
of
an original official receipt received by such Company showing payment thereof
(or such other evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Agent). If
such Company fails to pay any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes when due to
the
appropriate taxing authority or fails to remit to the Agent the required
receipts or other required documentary evidence, the Companies shall indemnify
the Creditor Parties for any incremental taxes, interest or penalties that
may
become payable by any Creditor Party as a result of any such
failure.
(ix) Each
Lender (or its assignee) that is not a “United States Person,” as defined in
Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code (a “Non-U.S. Lender”) shall deliver to
the Company Agent and the Agent two completed originals of an appropriate
U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8, as applicable, or any
subsequent versions thereof or successors thereto, properly completed and duly
executed by such Non-U.S. Lender. Such forms shall be
delivered by each Non-U.S. Lender on or before the date it becomes a
party to this Agreement. In addition, each Non-U.S. Lender
shall deliver such forms promptly upon the obsolescence or invalidity of any
form previously delivered by such Non-U.S. Lender. Each
Non-U.S. Lender shall promptly notify the Company Agent at any time
it determines that it is no longer in a position to provide any previously
delivered certificate to the Company Agent (or any other form of certification
adopted by the U.S. taxing authorities for such
purpose). Notwithstanding any other provision of this paragraph, a
Non-U.S. Lender shall not be required to deliver any form pursuant to
this paragraph that such Non-U.S. Lender is not legally able to
deliver.
(x) The
agreements in this Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement
and
the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder or under any
other Ancillary Agreement.
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(b) Payment;
Certain Closing Conditions.
(i) Payment. Subject
to the terms of Section 5(b)(ii) below, the Companies shall, jointly and
severally, pay (A) to Valens Capital Management, LLC, the investment manager
of
the Lenders (“VCM”), a non-refundable payment in an amount equal to
$233,500; (B) to each Lender a non-refundable payment in an amount equal to
one
percent (1.00%) of the aggregate principal amount of such Lender’s Note; and (C)
to each Lender an advance prepayment discount deposit equal to one percent
(1.00%) of the aggregate principal amount of such Lender’s Note. The
payments set forth in clauses (i)(A) and (B) above shall be deemed fully earned
on the Closing Date and shall not be subject to rebate or proration for any
reason. The payments set forth in clauses (i)(A) (net of any deposits
previously paid by the Companies), (i)(B) and (i)(C) above shall be paid at
closing out of funds held pursuant to a funds escrow agreement and a
disbursement letter executed in connection herewith.
(ii) Overadvance
Payment. Without affecting the Lenders’ rights hereunder, each
Overadvance shall bear additional interest at a rate equal to one percent (1%)
per month of the amount of such Overadvance for all times such amounts shall
be
in excess of the Formula Amount. All amounts that are incurred
pursuant to this Section 5(b)(iii) shall be due and payable by the Companies
monthly, in arrears, on the first business day of each calendar month and upon
expiration of the Term.
(iii) Financial
Information Default. Without affecting the Lenders’ other rights
and remedies, in the event any Company fails to deliver the financial
information required by Section 11 on or before the date required by this
Agreement, the Companies shall jointly and severally pay each Lender its pro
rata share of an aggregate fee in the amount of $500.00 per week (or portion
thereof) for each such failure until such failure is cured to the Agent’s
satisfaction or waived in writing by the Agent. All amounts that are
incurred pursuant to this Section 5(b)(iv) shall be due and payable by the
Companies monthly, in arrears, on the first business day of each calendar month
and upon expiration of the Term.
6. Security
Interest.
(a) To
secure
the prompt payment to the Creditor Parties of the Obligations, each Company
hereby assigns, pledges and grants to the Agent, for the ratable benefit of
the
Creditor Parties, a continuing security interest in and Lien upon all of the
Collateral. All of each Company’s Books and Records relating to the
Collateral shall, until delivered to or removed by the Agent, be kept by such
Company in trust for the Creditor Parties until the termination of this
Agreement and the payment in full of all Obligations. Each
confirmatory assignment schedule or other form of assignment hereafter executed
by each Company shall be deemed to include the foregoing grant, whether or
not
the same appears therein.
(b) Each
Company hereby (i) authorizes the Agent to file any financing statements,
continuation statements or other amendments thereto that (x) indicate the
Collateral (1) as all assets and personal property of such Company or words
of
similar effect, regardless of whether any particular asset comprised in the
Collateral falls within the scope of Article 9 of the UCC of such jurisdiction,
or (2) as being of an equal or lesser scope or with greater detail, and (y)
contain any other information required by Part 5 of Article 9 of the UCC for
the
sufficiency or filing office acceptance of any financing statement, continuation
statement or other amendment and (ii) ratifies its authorization for the Agent
to have filed any initial financial statements, or amendments thereto if filed
prior to the date hereof. Each Company acknowledges that it is not
authorized to file, and will not give any authorization to anyone other than
the
Agent (including pursuant to Section 9-509(b) of the UCC) to file, any financing
statement or amendment or termination statement with respect to any financing
statement without the prior written consent of the Agent and agrees that it
will
not do so without the prior written consent of the Agent, subject to such
Company’s rights under Section 9-509(d)(2) of the UCC.
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(c) Each
Company hereby grants to the Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Creditor
Parties, an irrevocable, non-exclusive, worldwide license (exercisable upon
termination of this Agreement following the occurrence of an Event of Default),
without payment of royalty or other compensation to such Company to use or
otherwise exploit in any manner as to which authorization of the holder of
such
Intellectual Property would be required, and to license or sublicense such
rights in to and under any Intellectual Property now or hereafter owned by
or
licensed to, such Company, and wherever the same may be located, and including
in such license access to all media in which any of such Intellectual Property
may be recorded or stored and to all software and hardware used for the
compilation or printout thereof, and represents, promises and agrees that any
such license or sublicense is not and will not be in conflict with the
contractual or commercial rights of any third Person and subject, in the case
of
trademarks and service marks, to sufficient rights to quality control and
inspection in favor of such Company to avoid the risk of invalidation of said
trademarks and service marks.
(d) Any
proceeds received by the Agent from the foreclosure, sale, lease or other
disposition of any of the Collateral shall be paid over to the Agent for
application in accordance with Section 21.
7. Representations,
Warranties and Covenants Concerning the Collateral. Each Company
represents, warrants (each of which such representations and warranties shall
be
deemed repeated upon the making of each request for a Loan and made as of the
time of each and every Loan hereunder) and covenants as follows:
(a) all
of
the Collateral (i) is owned by it free and clear of all
Liens (including any claim of infringement) except those in the
Agent’s favor and Permitted Liens and (ii) is not subject to any agreement
prohibiting the granting of a Lien or requiring notice of or consent to the
granting of a Lien.
(b) it
shall
not encumber, mortgage, pledge, assign or grant any security interest in or
Lien
upon any Collateral or any other assets to anyone other than the Agent and
except for Permitted Liens.
(c) the
Liens
granted pursuant to this Agreement, upon the filing of UCC-1 financing
statements in respect of each Company (or the District of Columbia Recorder
of
Deeds Office for each Company that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction
outside of the United States of America) in favor of the Agent in the applicable
filing office of the state of organization of such Company (or the District
of
Columbia Recorder of Deeds Office for each Company that is organized under
the
laws of a jurisdiction outside of the United States of America), the recording
of the Liens in favor of the Agent in the U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office and the U.S. Copyright Office, as applicable, the taking of
any actions required under the laws of jurisdictions outside the United States
with respect to Intellectual Property included in the Collateral which is
created under such laws, and the completion of the other filings and actions
listed on Schedule 7(c) (which, in the case of all filings and other
documents referred to in said Schedule, have been delivered to the Agent in
duly
executed form) constitute valid perfected security interests in all of the
Collateral in favor of the Agent as security for the prompt payment of the
Obligations, enforceable in accordance with the terms hereof against any and
all
of its creditors and purchasers and such security interest is prior to all
other
Liens in existence on the date hereof.
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(d) no
effective security agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, financing statement,
equivalent security or Lien instrument or continuation statement covering all
or
any part of the Collateral is or will be on file or of record in any public
office, except those relating to Permitted Liens.
(e) it
shall
not dispose of any of the Collateral whether by sale, lease or otherwise, except
for the sale of Inventory in the ordinary course of business and the disposition
or transfer in the ordinary course of business during any fiscal year of
Equipment and/or motor vehicles having an aggregate fair market value of not
more than $25,000 and only to the extent that (i) the proceeds of any such
disposition are used to acquire replacement Equipment and/or motor vehicles
which is subject to the Agent’s first priority security interest or are used to
repay Loans or to pay general corporate expenses, or (ii) following the
occurrence of an Event of Default which continues to exist the proceeds of
which
are remitted to the Agent to be held as cash collateral for the
Obligations.
(f) it
shall
defend the right, title and interest of the Agent in and to the Collateral
against the claims and demands of all Persons whomsoever, and take such actions,
including (i) all actions necessary to grant the Agent “control” of any
Investment Property, Deposit Accounts, Letter-of-Credit Rights or electronic
Chattel Paper owned by it, with any agreements establishing control to be in
form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, (ii) the prompt (but in no event
later than five (5) Business Days following the Agent’s request therefor)
delivery to the Agent of all original Instruments, Chattel Paper, negotiable
Documents and certificated Equity Interests owned by it (in each case,
accompanied by stock powers, allonges or other instruments of transfer executed
in blank), (iii) notification to third parties of the Agent’s interest in
Collateral at the Agent’s request, and (iv) the institution of litigation
against third parties as shall be prudent in order to protect and preserve
its
and/or the Agent’s respective and several interests in the
Collateral.
(g) it
shall
promptly, and in any event within five (5) Business Days after the same is
acquired by it, notify the Agent of any commercial tort claim (as defined in
the
UCC) acquired by it and unless otherwise consented to by the Agent, it shall
enter into a supplement to this Agreement granting to the Agent a Lien in such
commercial tort claim.
(h) it
shall
place notations upon its Books and Records and any of its financial statements
to disclose the Agent’s Lien in the Collateral.
(i) if
it
retains possession of any Chattel Paper or Instrument with the Agent’s consent,
such Chattel Paper and Instruments shall be marked with the following
legend: “This writing and obligations evidenced or secured hereby are
subject to the security interest of LV Administrative Services, Inc., as agent.”
Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the reasonable request of the Agent, such
Chattel Paper and Instruments shall be delivered to the Agent.
(j) it
shall
perform in a reasonable time all other steps requested by the Agent to create
and maintain in the Agent’s favor a valid perfected first Lien in all Collateral
subject only to Permitted Liens.
(k) it
shall
notify the Agent promptly and in any event within five (5) Business Days after
obtaining knowledge thereof (i) of any event or circumstance that, to its
knowledge, would cause the Agent to consider any then existing Account as no
longer constituting an Eligible Account; (ii) of any material delay in its
performance of any of its obligations to any Account Debtor; (iii) of any
assertion by any Account Debtor of any material claims, offsets or
counterclaims; (iv) of any allowances, credits and/or monies granted by it
to
any Account Debtor; (v) of all material adverse information relating to the
financial condition of an Account Debtor; (vi) of any material return of goods;
and (vii) of any loss, damage or destruction of any of the
Collateral.
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(l) all
Eligible Accounts (i) represent complete bona fide transactions which require
no
further act under any circumstances on its part to make such Accounts payable
by
the Account Debtors, (ii) are not subject to any present, future contingent
offsets or counterclaims, and (iii) do not represent xxxx and hold sales,
consignment sales, guaranteed sales, sale or return or other similar
understandings or obligations of any Affiliate or Subsidiary of such
Company. It has not made, nor will it make, any agreement with any
Account Debtor for any extension of time for the payment of any Account, any
compromise or settlement for less than the full amount thereof, any release
of
any Account Debtor from liability therefor, or any deduction therefrom except
a
discount or allowance for prompt or early payment allowed by it in the ordinary
course of its business consistent with historical practice and as previously
disclosed to the Agent in writing.
(m) it
shall
keep and maintain its Equipment in good operating condition, except for ordinary
wear and tear, and shall make all necessary repairs and replacements thereof
so
that the value and operating efficiency shall at all times be maintained and
preserved. It shall not permit any such items to become a Fixture to
real estate or accessions to other personal property.
(n) it
shall
maintain and keep all of its Books and Records concerning the Collateral at
its
executive offices listed in Schedule 12(aa).
(o) it
shall
maintain and keep the tangible Collateral at the addresses listed in Schedule
12(aa), provided, that it may change such locations or open a new location,
provided that it provides the Agent at least thirty (30) days prior written
notice of such changes or new location and (ii) prior to such change or opening
of a new location where Collateral having a value of more than $50,000 will
be
located, it executes and delivers to the Agent such agreements as are deemed
reasonably necessary or prudent by the Agent, including landlord agreements,
mortgagee agreements and warehouse agreements, each in form and substance
satisfactory to the Agent, to adequately protect and maintain the Agent’s
security interest in such Collateral.
(p) Schedule
7(p) lists all banks and other financial institutions at which it maintains
deposits and/or other accounts, and such Schedule correctly identifies the
name,
address and telephone number of each such depository, the name in which the
account is held, a description of the purpose of the account, and the complete
account number. It shall not establish any depository or other bank
account with any financial institution (other than the accounts set forth on
Schedule 7(p)) without the Agent’s prior written consent.
(q) On
the
date hereof, its exact legal name (as indicated in the public record of its
jurisdiction of organization), jurisdiction of organization, organizational
identification number, if any, from the jurisdiction of organization, and the
location of its chief executive office or sole place of business or principal
residence, as the case may be, are specified on
Schedule 7(q). It has furnished to the Agent a certified
charter, certificate of incorporation or other organization document and
long-form good standing certificate as of a date which is recent to the date
hereof. It is organized solely under the law of the jurisdiction so
specified and has not filed any certificates of domestication, transfer or
continuance in any other jurisdiction. Except as otherwise indicated
on Schedule 7(q), the jurisdiction of its organization of formation
is required to maintain a public record showing it to have been organized or
formed. Except as specified on Schedule 7(q), it has not
changed its name, jurisdiction of organization, chief executive office or sole
place of business or its corporate structure in any way (e.g., by merger,
consolidation, change in corporate form or otherwise) within the past five
years
and has not within the last five years become bound (whether as a result of
merger or otherwise) as a grantor under a security agreement entered into by
another Person, which has not heretofore been terminated.
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(r) It
will
not, except upon 30 days’ prior written notice to the Agent and delivery to the
Agent of (a) all additional financing statements and other documents reasonably
requested by the Agent to maintain the validity, perfection and priority of
the
security interests provided for herein and (b) if applicable, a written
supplement to Schedule 12(aa) showing any additional location at
which Inventory or Equipment in excess of $10,000 in the aggregate shall be
kept: (i) change its jurisdiction of organization or the location of
its chief executive office or sole place of business or principal residence
from
that referred to in Section 7(q); (ii) change its name, identity or
organizational structure; or (iii) permit any of the Inventory or Equipment
in
excess of $10,000 in the aggregate to be kept at a location other than those
listed on Schedule 12(aa).
8. Payment
of Accounts.
(a) Each
Company will irrevocably direct all of its present and future Account Debtors
and other Persons obligated to make payments constituting Collateral to make
such payments directly to the lockboxes maintained by such Company (the
“Lockboxes”) with Sterling Bank and Community Bank of the Bay or such
other financial institution accepted by the Agent in writing as may be selected
by such Company (each, a “Lockbox Bank”) pursuant to the terms of the
certain agreements among one or more Companies, the Agent and/or the Lockbox
Bank. On or prior to the Closing Date, each Company shall and shall
cause each Lockbox Bank to enter into all such documentation acceptable to
the
Agent pursuant to which, among other things, such Lockbox Bank agrees
to: (a) sweep the Lockbox on a daily basis and deposit all checks
received therein to an account designated by the Agent in writing and (b) comply
only with the instructions or other directions of the Agent concerning the
Lockbox. All of each Company’s invoices, account statements and other
written or oral communications directing, instructing, demanding or requesting
payment of any Account of any Company or any other amount constituting
Collateral shall conspicuously direct that all payments be made to the Lockbox
or such other address as the Agent may direct in writing. If,
notwithstanding the instructions to Account Debtors, any Company receives any
payments, such Company shall immediately remit such payments to the Agent in
their original form with all necessary endorsements. Until so
remitted, such Company shall hold all such payments in trust for and as the
property of the Agent for the ratable benefit of the Creditor Parties and shall
not commingle such payments with any of its other funds or
property.
(b) At
the
Agent’s election, following the occurrence of an Event of Default which is
continuing, the Agent may notify each Company’s Account Debtors of the Agent’s
security interest in the Accounts, collect them directly and charge the
collection costs and expenses thereof to Company’s and the Eligible Subsidiaries
joint and several account.
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9. Collection
and Maintenance of Collateral.
(a) The
Agent
may verify each Company’s Accounts from time to time, but not more often than
once every three (3) months, unless an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, utilizing an audit control company or any other agent of the Agent
or the Lenders.
(b) Proceeds
of Accounts received by the Agent will be deemed received on the Business Day
after the Agent’s receipt of such proceeds in good funds in dollars of the
United States of America to an account designated by the Agent. Any
amount received by the Agent after 12:00 noon (New York time) on any Business
Day shall be deemed received on the next Business Day.
(c) As
the
Agent receives the proceeds of Accounts of any Company, it shall (i) apply
such
proceeds, as required, to amounts outstanding under the Notes, and (ii) remit
all such remaining proceeds (net of interest, fees and other amounts then due
and owing to Creditor Parties hereunder) to Company Agent (for the benefit
of
the applicable Companies) upon request (but no more often than twice a
week). Notwithstanding the foregoing, following the occurrence and
during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Agent, at its option, may
(a)
apply such proceeds to the Obligations in such order as the Agent shall elect,
(b) hold all such proceeds as cash collateral for the Obligations and each
Company hereby grants to the Agent for the ratable benefit of the Creditor
Parties a security interest in such cash collateral amounts as security for
the
Obligations and/or (c) do any combination of the foregoing.
10. Inspections
and Appraisals. At all times during normal business hours and
upon at least three (3) Business Days prior notice (provided that no such prior
notice shall be required, in the event the Agent, in its good faith judgment,
believes such action is necessary to preserve or protect the Collateral or
following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default),
the
Agent, and/or any representative of the Agent shall have the right to (a) have
access to, visit, inspect, review, evaluate and make physical verification
and
appraisals of each Company’s properties and the Collateral, (b) inspect, audit
and copy (or take originals if necessary) and make extracts from each Company’s
Books and Records, including management letters prepared by the Accountants,
and
(c) discuss with each Company’s directors, principal officers, and independent
accountants, each Company’s business, assets, liabilities, financial condition,
results of operations and business prospects. Each Company will
deliver to the Agent any instrument necessary for the Agent to obtain records
from any service bureau maintaining records for such Company. So long
as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, such
inspection and appraisal rights shall be limited to once per fiscal
quarter. If any internally prepared financial information, including
that required under this Section is unsatisfactory in any manner to the Agent,
the Agent may request that the Accountants review the same.
11. Financial
Reporting. Company Agent will deliver, or cause to be delivered,
to the Creditor Parties each of the following, which shall be in form and detail
acceptable to the Agent:
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(a) As
soon
as available, and in any event within ninety (90) days after the end of each
fiscal year of the Parent (unless the Company has filed a form 12B-25 with
the
SEC in which case it will be one hundred and five (105) days after the end
of
the applicable fiscal year), each Company’s audited financial statements with a
report of Xxxxxxx-Xxxxxx Auditing Services, Inc. or such other independent
certified public accountants of recognized standing selected by the Parent
and
reasonably acceptable to the Agent (the “Accountants”), which annual
financial statements shall be without qualification and shall include each
of
the Parent’s and each of its Subsidiaries’ balance sheet as at the end of such
fiscal year and the related statements of each of the Parent’s and each of its
Subsidiaries’ income, retained earnings and cash flows for the fiscal year then
ended, prepared on a consolidating and consolidated basis to include the Parent,
each Subsidiary of the Parent and each of their respective affiliates, all
in
reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with GAAP, together with, if and
when available, copies of any management letters prepared by the
Accountants;
(b) As
soon
as available and in any event within forty five (45) days after the end of
each
fiscal quarter of the Parent (unless the Company has filed a form 12B-25 with
the SEC in which case it will be fifty (50) days after the end of the applicable
fiscal quarter), an unaudited/internal balance sheet and statements of income,
retained earnings and cash flows of each of the Parent’s and each of its
Subsidiaries’ as at the end of and for such quarter and for the year to date
period then ended, prepared on a consolidating and consolidated basis to include
the Parent, each Subsidiary of the Parent and each of their respective
affiliates, in reasonable detail and stating in comparative form the figures
for
the corresponding date and periods in the previous year, all prepared in
accordance with GAAP, subject to year-end adjustments;
(c) As
soon
as available and in any event within fifteen (15) days after the end of each
calendar month, an unaudited/internal balance sheet and statements of income,
retained earnings and cash flows of each of the Parent and its Subsidiaries
as
at the end of and for such month and for the year to date period then ended,
prepared on a consolidating and consolidated basis to include the Parent, each
Subsidiary of the Parent and each of their respective affiliates, in reasonable
detail and stating in comparative form the figures for the corresponding date
and periods in the previous year, all prepared in accordance with GAAP, subject
to year-end adjustments;
(d) Within
twenty (20) days after the end of each month (or more frequently if the Agent
reasonably requests), (i) agings of each Company’s Accounts, unaudited trial
balances and their accounts payable and a calculation of each Company’s Accounts
and Eligible Accounts, (ii) a detailed schedule of the outstanding intercompany
loans made by each Company to any Foreign Subsidiary which shall include the
outstanding principal amount of each such intercompany loan, the aggregate
amount of Loan proceeds, if any, utilized by such Company to make each such
intercompany loan and the aggregate amount of Loan proceeds utilized by the
Companies during the Term to make intercompany loans to the Foreign Subsidiaries
and (iii) a detailed schedule of the Notes Receivable which shall include the
name of each Person obligated under each such Note Receivable and the
outstanding principal amount thereof; provided, however, that if the Agent
shall
request the foregoing information more often than as set forth in the
immediately preceding clauses, each Company shall have fifteen (15) days from
each such request to comply with the Agent’s demand;
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(e) Promptly
after (i) the filing thereof, copies of the Parent’s most recent registration
statements and annual, quarterly, monthly or other regular reports which the
Parent files with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), and
(ii) the issuance thereof, copies of such financial statements, reports and
proxy statements as the Parent shall send to its stockholders
(f) Together
with each delivery of any financial statement pursuant to Section 11(a), 11(b)
or 11(c), a Compliance Certificate duly executed by the President or Chief
Executive Officer of the Parent that, among other things, (i) states that such
financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP, subject to
year-end audit adjustments, (ii) shows in reasonable detail the calculations
used in determining each financial covenant contained in Section 13(aa) and
(iii) states that no Default or Event of Default is continuing as of the date
of
delivery of such Compliance Certificate or, if a Default or Event of Default
is
continuing, states the nature thereof and the action that the Companies propose
to take with respect thereto; and
(g) Each
Company shall deliver, or cause the applicable Subsidiary of each Company to
deliver, such other information as the Agent shall reasonably
request.
12. Additional
Representations and Warranties. Each Company hereby represents
and warrants to each Creditor Party as follows:
(a) Organization,
Good Standing and Qualification. It and each of its Domestic
Subsidiaries is a corporation, partnership or limited liability company, as
the
case may be, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the
laws of its jurisdiction of organization. It and each of its Domestic
Subsidiaries has the corporate, limited liability company or partnership, as
the case may be, power and authority to own and operate its
properties and assets and, insofar as it is or shall be a party thereto, to
(i)
execute and deliver this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements, (ii) to issue
and sell the Notes and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion
of
the Secured Term Notes (the “Note Shares”), (iii) to issue and sell the
Warrants and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants
(the “Warrant Shares”), and to (iv) carry out the provisions of this
Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements and to carry on its business as presently
conducted. It and each of its Domestic Subsidiaries is duly qualified
and is authorized to do business and is in good standing as a foreign
corporation, partnership or limited liability company, as the case may be,
in
all jurisdictions in which the nature or location of its activities and of
its
properties (both owned and leased) makes such qualification necessary, except
for those jurisdictions in which failure to do so has not had, or could not
reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material
Adverse Effect.
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(b) Subsidiaries. Each
direct and indirect Subsidiary of each Company, the direct owner of such
Subsidiary and its percentage ownership thereof, is set forth on Schedule
12(b).
(c) Capitalization;
Voting Rights.
(i) The
authorized capital stock of the Parent, as of the date hereof, consists of
350,000,000 shares, of which 300,000,000 are shares of Common Stock, par value
$0.001 per share, 199,478,763 shares of which are issued and outstanding,
10,000,000 are shares of Series C Preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share
of
which 425 shares are issued and outstanding, 10,000,000 are shares of Series
E
Preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share of which 51 shares are issued and
outstanding, 10,000,000 are shares of Series F Preferred stock, par value $0.01
per share of which 1,700 shares are issued and outstanding, 10,000,000 are
shares of Series H Preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share of which 1,035
shares are issued and outstanding and 10,000,000 are shares of Series I
Preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share of which 541 shares are issued and
outstanding. The authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock of
each other Company and each Subsidiary of each Company is set forth on
Schedule 12(c).
(ii) Except
as
disclosed on Schedule 12(c), other than: (i) the shares
reserved for issuance under the Parent’s stock option plans; and (ii) shares
which may be issued pursuant to this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements,
there are no outstanding options, warrants, rights (including conversion or
preemptive rights and rights of first refusal), proxy or stockholder agreements,
or arrangements or agreements of any kind for the purchase or acquisition from
the Parent of any of its securities. Except as disclosed on
Schedule 12(c), neither the offer or issuance of any of the Notes or the
Warrants, or the issuance of any of the Warrant Shares or Note Shares, nor
the
consummation of any transaction contemplated hereby will result in a change
in
the price or number of any securities of the Parent outstanding, under
anti-dilution or other similar provisions contained in or affecting any such
securities.
(iii) All
issued and outstanding shares of the Parent’s Common Stock: (i) have
been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable;
and (ii) were issued in compliance with all applicable state and federal laws
concerning the issuance of securities.
(iv) The
rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions of the shares of the Common
Stock are as stated in the Parent’s Certificate of Incorporation (the
“Charter”). The Warrant Shares and the Note Shares have been
duly and validly reserved for issuance. When issued in compliance
with the provisions of this Agreement and the Parent’s Charter, the Securities
will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and will be free of
any
liens or encumbrances; provided, however, that the Securities may
be subject to restrictions on transfer under state and/or federal securities
laws as set forth herein or as otherwise required by such laws at the time
a
transfer is proposed.
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(d) Authorization;
Binding Obligations. All corporate, partnership or limited
liability company, as the case may be, action on its and its Domestic
Subsidiaries’ part (including their respective officers and directors) necessary
for the authorization of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements, the
performance of all of its and its Domestic Subsidiaries’ obligations hereunder
and under the Ancillary Agreements on the Closing Date and, the authorization,
issuance and delivery of the Notes and the Warrants has been taken or will
be
taken prior to the Closing Date. This Agreement and the Ancillary
Agreements, when executed and delivered and to the extent it is a party thereto,
will be its and its Domestic Subsidiaries’ valid and binding obligations
enforceable against each such Person in accordance with their terms,
except:
(i) as
limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or
other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights;
and
(ii) general
principles of equity that restrict the availability of equitable or legal
remedies.
The
issuance of the Notes and the subsequent conversion of the Secured Term Notes
into Note Shares are not and will not be subject to any preemptive rights or
rights of first refusal that have not been properly waived or complied
with. The issuance of the Warrants and the subsequent exercise of the
Warrants for Warrant Shares are not and will not be subject to any preemptive
rights or rights of first refusal that have not been properly waived or complied
with.
(e) Liabilities;
Solvency.
(i) Neither
it nor any of its Domestic Subsidiaries has any liabilities, except current
liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business and liabilities
disclosed in any Exchange Act Filings.
(ii) Both
before and after giving effect to (a) the Loans incurred on the Closing Date
or
such other date as Loans requested hereunder are made or incurred, (b) the
disbursement of the proceeds of, or the assumption of the liability in respect
of, such Loans pursuant to the instructions or agreement of any Company, (c)
the
payment and accrual of all transaction costs in connection with the foregoing,
and (d) the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and in the
Ancillary Agreements, each Company and each Domestic Subsidiary of each Company,
is and will be, Solvent.
(f) Agreements;
Action. Except as set forth on Schedule 12(f) or as
disclosed in any Exchange Act Filings:
(i) There
are
no agreements, understandings, instruments, contracts, proposed transactions,
judgments, orders, writs or decrees to which it or any of its Domestic
Subsidiaries is a party or to its knowledge by which it is bound which may
involve: (i) obligations (contingent or otherwise) of, or payments
to, it or any of its Domestic Subsidiaries in excess of $50,000 (other than
obligations of, or payments to, it or any of its Domestic Subsidiaries arising
from purchase or sale agreements entered into in the ordinary course of
business); or (ii) the transfer or license of any patent, copyright, trade
secret or other proprietary right to or from it (other than licenses arising
from the purchase of “off the shelf” or other standard products); or (iii)
provisions restricting the development, manufacture or distribution of its
or
any of its Domestic Subsidiaries’ products or services; or (iv) indemnification
by it or any of its Domestic Subsidiaries with respect to infringements of
proprietary rights.
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(ii) Since
December 31, 2006 (the “Balance Sheet Date”), neither it nor any of its
Domestic Subsidiaries has: (i) declared or paid any dividends, or
authorized or made any distribution upon or with respect to any class or series
of its capital stock; (ii) incurred any indebtedness for money borrowed or
any
other liabilities (other than ordinary course obligations) individually in
excess of $50,000 or, in the case of indebtedness and/or liabilities
individually less than $50,000, in excess of $100,000 in the aggregate; (iii)
made any loans or advances to any Person not in excess, individually or in
the
aggregate, of $100,000, other than ordinary advances for travel expenses; or
(iv) sold, exchanged or otherwise disposed of any of its assets or rights,
other
than the sale of its Inventory in the ordinary course of business.
(iii) For
the
purposes of subsections (i) and (ii) of this Section 12(f), all indebtedness,
liabilities, agreements, understandings, instruments, contracts and proposed
transactions involving the same Person (including Persons it or any of its
applicable Domestic Subsidiaries has reason to believe are affiliated therewith
or with any Domestic Subsidiary thereof) shall be aggregated for the purpose
of
meeting the individual minimum dollar amounts of such subsections.
(iv) the
Parent maintains disclosure controls and procedures (“Disclosure
Controls”) designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by
the Parent in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is
recorded, processed, summarized, and reported, within the time periods specified
in the rules and forms of the SEC.
(v) The
Parent makes and keeps books, records, and accounts, that, in reasonable detail,
accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of its
assets. It maintains internal control over financial reporting
(“Financial Reporting Controls”) designed by, or under the supervision
of, its principal executive and principal financial officers, and effected
by
its board of directors, management, and other personnel, to provide reasonable
assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation
of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP, including
that:
(1) transactions
are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific
authorization;
(2) unauthorized
acquisition, use, or disposition of the Parent’s assets that could have a
material effect on the financial statements are prevented or timely
detected;
(3) transactions
are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in
accordance with GAAP, and that its receipts and expenditures are being made
only
in accordance with authorizations of the Parent’s management and board of
directors;
(4) transactions
are recorded as necessary to maintain accountability for assets;
and
(5) the
recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at
reasonable intervals, and appropriate action is taken with respect to any
differences.
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(vi) There
is
no weakness in any of its Disclosure Controls or Financial Reporting Controls
that is required to be disclosed in any of the Exchange Act Filings, except
as
so disclosed.
(g) Obligations
to Related Parties. Except as set forth on Schedule 12(g),
neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries has any obligations to their respective
officers, directors, stockholders or employees other than:
(i) for
payment of salary for services rendered and for bonus payments;
(ii) reimbursement
for reasonable expenses incurred on its or its Subsidiaries’
behalf;
(iii) for
other
standard employee benefits made generally available to all employees (including
stock option agreements outstanding under any stock option plan approved by
its
and its Subsidiaries’ Board of Directors, as applicable); and
(iv) obligations
listed in its and each of its Subsidiary’s financial statements or disclosed in
any of the Parent’s Exchange Act Filings.
Except
as
described above or set forth on Schedule 12(g), none of its officers,
directors or, to the best of its knowledge, key employees or stockholders,
any
of its Subsidiaries or any members of their immediate families, are indebted
to
it or any of its Subsidiaries, individually or in the aggregate, in excess
of
$50,000 or have any direct or indirect ownership interest in any Person with
which it or any of its Subsidiaries is affiliated or with which it or any of
its
Subsidiaries has a business relationship, or any Person which competes with
it
or any of its Subsidiaries, other than passive investments in publicly traded
companies (representing less than one percent (1%) of such company) which may
compete with it or any of its Subsidiaries. Except as described
above, none of its officers, directors or stockholders, or any member of their
immediate families, is, directly or indirectly, interested in any material
contract with it or any of its Subsidiaries and no agreements, understandings
or
proposed transactions are contemplated between it or any of its Subsidiaries
and
any such Person. Except as set forth on Schedule 12(g),
neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries is a guarantor or indemnitor of any
indebtedness of any other Person.
(h) Changes. Since
the Balance Sheet Date, except as disclosed in any Schedule to this Agreement
or
to any of the Ancillary Agreements, there has not been:
(i) any
change in its or any of its Subsidiaries’ business, assets, liabilities,
condition (financial or otherwise), properties, operations or prospects, which,
individually or in the aggregate, has had, or could reasonably be expected
to
have, a Material Adverse Effect;
(ii) any
resignation or termination of any of its or its Subsidiaries’ officers, key
employees or groups of employees;
(iii) any
material change, except in the ordinary course of business, in its or any of
its
Subsidiaries’ contingent obligations by way of guaranty, endorsement, indemnity,
warranty or otherwise;
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(iv) any
damage, destruction or loss, whether or not covered by insurance, which has
had,
or could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate,
a
Material Adverse Effect;
(v) any
waiver by it or any of its Domestic Subsidiaries of a valuable right or of
a
material debt owed to it;
(vi) any
direct or indirect material loans made by it or any of its Domestic Subsidiaries
to any of its or any of its Domestic Subsidiaries’ stockholders, employees,
officers or directors, other than advances made in the ordinary course of
business;
(vii) any
material change in any compensation arrangement or agreement with any employee,
officer, director or stockholder;
(viii) any
declaration or payment of any dividend or other distribution of its or any
of
its Domestic Subsidiaries’ assets;
(ix) any
labor
organization activity related to it or any of its Domestic
Subsidiaries;
(x) any
debt,
obligation or liability incurred, assumed or guaranteed by it or any of its
Subsidiaries, except those for immaterial amounts and for current liabilities
incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(xi) any
sale,
assignment, transfer, abandonment or other disposition of any Intellectual
Property or other intangible assets owned by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries;
(xii) any
change in any material agreement to which it or any of its Subsidiaries is
a
party or by which either it or any of its Subsidiaries is bound which, either
individually or in the aggregate, has had, or could reasonably be expected
to
have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect;
(xiii) any
other
event or condition of any character that, either individually or in the
aggregate, has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, individually or
in
the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect; or
(xiv) any
arrangement or commitment by it or any of its Subsidiaries to do any of the
acts
described in subsection (i) through (xiii) of this Section 12(h).
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(i) Title
to Properties and Assets; Liens, Etc. Except as set forth on
Schedule 12(i), it and each of its Subsidiaries has good and
marketable title to their respective properties and assets (tangible or
intangible), and good title to its leasehold interests, in each case subject
to
no Lien, other than Permitted Liens. All facilities, Equipment,
Fixtures, vehicles and other properties owned, leased or used by it or any
of
its Domestic Subsidiaries are in good operating condition and repair and are
reasonably fit and usable for the purposes for which they are being
used. Except as set forth on Schedule 12(i), it and each of
its Domestic Subsidiaries is in compliance with all material terms of each
lease
to which it is a party or is otherwise bound.
(j) Intellectual
Property.
(i) Each
Company and each of its Domestic Subsidiaries owns or possesses sufficient
legal
rights to use all Intellectual Property necessary for its business as now
conducted and, to the Company’s knowledge, as presently proposed to be
conducted. There are no settlements or consents, covenants not to
xxx, non-assertion assurances, or releases to which any Company or any of its
Domestic Subsidiaries is bound which adversely affects its rights to own or
use
any Intellectual Property.
(ii) To
each
Company’s knowledge, the conduct of such Company’s and each of its Domestic
Subsidiaries’ business as now conducted, and as presently proposed to be
conducted, does not (and will not) result in any infringement or other violation
of the rights of others.
(iii) Schedule 12(j)
(as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time) sets forth
a
true and complete list of (i) all registrations and applications for
Intellectual Property owned by each Company or any of its Domestic Subsidiaries
filed or issued by any Intellectual Property registry and (ii) all Intellectual
Property licenses which are either material to the business of any Company
or
any of its Domestic Subsidiaries or relate to any material portion of a
Company’s or any of its Domestic Subsidiaries’ inventory, including licenses for
standard software having a replacement value of more than
$10,000. None of such Intellectual Property licenses are reasonably
likely to be construed as an assignment of the licensed Intellectual Property
to
such Company or any of its Domestic Subsidiaries.
(iv) There
are
no claims pending or, to best of any Company’s knowledge, threatened and neither
any Company nor any of its Domestic Subsidiaries has received any other
communications, alleging that, any Company or any of its Domestic Subsidiaries
has infringed, diluted, misappropriated, or otherwise violated any Intellectual
Property of any other person or entity, nor is any Company aware of any basis
therefore.
(v) No
Company is aware of any infringement diluted, misappropriated, or other
violation of its Intellectual Property by any other person or
entity.
(vi) No
Company nor any of its Domestic Subsidiaries utilizes any inventions, trade
secrets or other Intellectual Property of any of its employees, officers or
contractors (or former employees, officers, or contractors) except for
inventions, trade secrets or other Intellectual Property that is owned by a
Company or any of its Subsidiaries as a matter of law or have been rightfully
assigned to a Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
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(k) Compliance
with Other Instruments. Neither it nor any of its Domestic
Subsidiaries is in violation or default of (x) any term of its Charter or
Bylaws, or (y) any provision of any indebtedness, mortgage, indenture, contract,
agreement or instrument to which it is party or by which it is bound or of
any
judgment, decree, order or writ, which violation or default, in the case of
this
clause (y), has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, either
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. The
execution, delivery and performance of and compliance with this Agreement and
the Ancillary Agreements to which it is a party, and the issuance of the Notes
and the other Securities each pursuant hereto and thereto, will not, with or
without the passage of time or giving of notice, result in any such material
violation, or be in conflict with or constitute a default under any such term
or
provision, or result in the creation of any Lien upon any of its or any of
its
Domestic Subsidiary’s properties or assets or the suspension, revocation,
impairment, forfeiture or non-renewal of any permit, license, authorization
or
approval applicable to it or any of its Domestic Subsidiaries, their businesses
or operations or any of their assets or properties.
(l) Litigation. Except
as set forth on Schedule 12(l), there is no action, suit, proceeding or
investigation pending or, to its knowledge, currently threatened against it
or
any of its Subsidiaries that prevents it or any of its Domestic Subsidiaries
from entering into this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements, or from
consummating the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or which has
had,
or could reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, or could result in any change in its
or
any of its Domestic Subsidiaries’ current equity ownership, nor is it aware that
there is any basis to assert any of the foregoing. Neither it nor any
of its Domestic Subsidiaries is a party to or subject to the provisions of
any
order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree of any court or government agency
or
instrumentality. There is no action, suit, proceeding or
investigation by it or any of its Domestic Subsidiaries currently pending or
which it or any of its Domestic Subsidiaries intends to initiate.
(m) Tax
Returns and Payments. It and each of its Domestic Subsidiaries
has timely filed all tax returns (federal, state and local) required to be
filed
by it. All taxes shown to be due and payable on such returns, any
assessments imposed, and all other taxes due and payable by it and each of
its
Domestic Subsidiaries on or before the Closing Date, have been paid or will
be
paid prior to the time they become delinquent. Except as set forth on
Schedule 12(m), neither it nor any of its Domestic Subsidiaries has been
advised:
(i) that
any
of its returns, federal, state or other, have been or are being audited as
of
the date hereof; or
(ii) of
any
adjustment, deficiency, assessment or court decision in respect of its federal,
state or other taxes.
Neither
it nor any of its Domestic Subsidiaries has any knowledge of any liability
of
any tax to be imposed upon its properties or assets as of the date of this
Agreement that is not adequately provided for.
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(n) Employees. Except
as set forth on Schedule 12(n), neither it nor any of its Domestic
Subsidiaries has any collective bargaining agreements with any of its
employees. There is no labor union organizing activity pending or, to
its knowledge, threatened with respect to it or any of its Domestic
Subsidiaries. Except as disclosed in the Exchange Act Filings or on
Schedule 12(n), neither it nor any of its Domestic Subsidiaries is a
party to or bound by any currently effective employment contract, deferred
compensation arrangement, bonus plan, incentive plan, profit sharing plan,
retirement agreement or other employee compensation plan or
agreement. To its knowledge, none of its or any of its Domestic
Subsidiaries’ employees, nor any consultant with whom it or any of its Domestic
Subsidiaries has contracted, is in violation of any term of any employment
contract, proprietary information agreement or any other agreement relating
to
the right of any such individual to be employed by, or to contract with, it
or
any of its Domestic Subsidiaries because of the nature of the business to be
conducted by it or any of its Domestic Subsidiaries; and to its knowledge the
continued employment by it and its Domestic Subsidiaries of their present
employees, and the performance of its and its Domestic Subsidiaries contracts
with its independent contractors, will not result in any such
violation. Neither it nor any of its Domestic Subsidiaries is aware
that any of its or any of its Domestic Subsidiaries’ employees is obligated
under any contract (including licenses, covenants or commitments of any nature)
or other agreement, or subject to any judgment, decree or order of any court
or
administrative agency that would interfere with their duties to it or any of
its
Domestic Subsidiaries. Neither it nor any of its Domestic
Subsidiaries has received any notice alleging that any such violation has
occurred. Except for employees who have a current effective
employment agreement with it or any of its Domestic Subsidiaries, none of its
or
any of its Domestic Subsidiaries’ employees has been granted the right to
continued employment by it or any of its Domestic Subsidiaries or to any
material compensation following termination of employment with it or any of
its
Domestic Subsidiaries. Except as set forth on
Schedule 12(n), neither it nor any of its Domestic Subsidiaries is
aware that any officer, key employee or group of employees intends to terminate
his, her or their employment with it or any of its Domestic Subsidiaries, as
applicable, nor does it or any of its Domestic Subsidiaries have a present
intention to terminate the employment of any officer, key employee or group
of
employees.
(o) Registration
Rights and Voting Rights. Except as set forth on
Schedule 12(o) and except as disclosed in Exchange Act Filings,
neither it nor any of its Domestic Subsidiaries is presently under any
obligation, and neither it nor any of its Domestic Subsidiaries has granted
any
rights, to register any of its or any of its Domestic Subsidiaries’ presently
outstanding securities or any of its securities that may hereafter be
issued. Except as set forth on Schedule 12(o) and except
as disclosed in Exchange Act Filings, to its knowledge, none of its or any
of
its Domestic Subsidiaries’ stockholders has entered into any agreement with
respect to its or any of its Domestic Subsidiaries’ voting of equity
securities.
(p) Compliance
with Laws; Permits. Neither it nor any of its Domestic
Subsidiaries is in violation of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002 or any SEC
related regulation or rule or any rule of the Principal Market promulgated
thereunder or any other applicable statute, rule, regulation, order or
restriction of any domestic or foreign government or any instrumentality or
agency thereof in respect of the conduct of its business or the ownership of
its
properties which has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, either
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. No
governmental orders, permissions, consents, approvals or authorizations are
required to be obtained and no registrations or declarations are required to
be
filed in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or any
Ancillary Agreement and the issuance of any of the Securities, except such
as
have been duly and validly obtained or filed, or with respect to any filings
that must be made after the Closing Date, as will be filed in a timely
manner. It and each of its Subsidiaries has all material franchises,
permits, licenses and any similar authority necessary for the conduct of its
business as now being conducted by it, the lack of which could, either
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
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(q) Environmental
and Safety Laws. There are no pending actions, suits or
proceedings by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending,
or to
the knowledge of any Company threatened against or affecting any Company or
any
of its Domestic Subsidiaries under Environmental Law. Each Company
and each of its Domestic Subsidiaries (i) are and have been in full compliance
with Environmental Law and have no knowledge of any material expenditure that
will be required to maintain such compliance in the future; (ii) have not
received any notice or claim alleging that they are not in full compliance
with
or otherwise have liability under Environmental Law; and (iii) have no knowledge
of any facts or circumstances that could reasonably be expected to form the
basis of any such claim. No Hazardous Materials are present or are
used or have been used, stored, or released by any Company or any of its
Domestic Subsidiaries, or to their knowledge by any other Person, at any
property currently or formerly owned, leased or operated by any Company or
any
of its Domestic Subsidiaries or disposed of at any other location by any Company
or any of its Domestic Subsidiaries except (i) in compliance with Environmental
Law; and (2) in quantities and under circumstances that would not require
investigation or remediation by any Company or any of its Domestic
Subsidiaries. No Company nor any of its Domestic Subsidiaries has
assumed by contract or by operation of law the liabilities arising under
Environmental Law of any other Person. Each Company and each of its
Domestic Subsidiaries have provided to Agent all material reports, audits and
assessments in their possession or control regarding the environmental condition
of any property currently or formerly owned or operated by any Company or any
of
its Domestic Subsidiaries.
(r) Valid
Offering. Assuming the accuracy of the representations and
warranties of the Lenders contained in this Agreement, the offer and issuance
of
the Securities will be exempt from the registration requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and will have
been registered or qualified (or are exempt from registration and qualification)
under the registration, permit or qualification requirements of all applicable
state securities laws.
(s) Full
Disclosure. It and each of its Domestic Subsidiaries has provided
the Lenders with all information requested by the Lenders in connection with
the
Lenders’ decision to enter into this Agreement, including all information each
Company and each of its Domestic Subsidiaries believe is reasonably necessary
to
make such investment decision. Neither this Agreement, the Ancillary
Agreements nor the exhibits and schedules hereto and thereto nor any other
document, including without limitation the responses contained in any
questionnaire provided to any Company by the Agent, delivered by it or any
of
its Domestic Subsidiaries to the Agent or their attorneys or agents in
connection herewith or therewith or with the transactions contemplated hereby
or
thereby, contain any untrue statement of a material fact nor omit to state
a
material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained herein or
therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not
misleading. Any financial projections and other estimates provided to
the Lenders by it or any of its Subsidiaries were based on its and its
Subsidiaries’ experience in the industry and on assumptions of fact and opinion
as to future events which it or any of its Subsidiaries, at the date of the
issuance of such projections or estimates, believed to be
reasonable.
(t) Insurance. It
and each of its Domestic Subsidiaries has general commercial, product liability,
fire and casualty insurance policies with coverages which it believes are
customary for companies similarly situated to it and each of its Domestic
Subsidiaries in the same or similar business.
(u) SEC
Reports and Financial Statements. Except as set forth on
Schedule 12(u), it and each of its Domestic Subsidiaries has filed
all proxy statements, reports and other documents required to be filed by it
under the Exchange Act. The Parent has furnished the Lenders with
copies of: (i) its Annual Report on Form 10-K for its fiscal years
ended December 31, 2006; and (ii) its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for its
fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2007 and June 30, 2007, and the Form 8-K filings
which it has made during its fiscal year 2007 to date (collectively, the “SEC
Reports”). Except as set forth on Schedule 12(u), each SEC
Report was, at the time of its filing, in substantial compliance with the
requirements of its respective form and none of the SEC Reports, nor the
financial statements (and the notes thereto) included in the SEC Reports, as
of
their respective filing dates, contained any untrue statement of a material
fact
or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading. Such financial statements have been
prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis during the
periods involved (except (i) as may be otherwise indicated in such financial
statements or the notes thereto or (ii) in the case of unaudited interim
statements, to the extent they may not include footnotes or may be condensed)
and fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, the results
of operations and cash flows of the Parent and its Subsidiaries, on a
consolidated basis, as of, and for, the periods presented in each such SEC
Report.
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(v) Listing. The
Common Stock is listed or quoted, as applicable, on the Principal Market and
satisfies all requirements for the continuation of such listing or quotation,
as
applicable, and the Parent shall do all things necessary for the continuation
of
such listing or quotation, as applicable. The Parent has not received
any notice that its Common Stock will be delisted from, or no longer quoted
on,
as applicable, the Principal Market or that its Common Stock does not meet
all
requirements for such listing or quotation, as applicable.
(w) No
Integrated Offering. Neither it, nor any of its Domestic
Subsidiaries nor any of its Affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their
behalf, has directly or indirectly made any offers or sales of any security
or
solicited any offers to buy any security under circumstances that would cause
the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement or any Ancillary
Agreement to be integrated with prior offerings by it for purposes of the
Securities Act which would prevent it from issuing the Securities pursuant
to
Rule 506 under the Securities Act, or any applicable exchange-related
stockholder approval provisions, nor will it or any of its Affiliates or
Domestic Subsidiaries take any action or steps that would cause the offering
of
the Securities to be integrated with other offerings.
(x) Stop
Transfer. The Securities are restricted securities as of the date
of this Agreement. Neither it nor any of its Domestic Subsidiaries
will issue any stop transfer order or other order impeding the sale and delivery
of any of the Securities at such time as the Securities are registered for
public sale or an exemption from registration is available, except as required
by state and federal securities laws.
(y) Dilution. It
specifically acknowledges that the Parent’s obligation to issue the shares of
Common Stock upon exercise of the Warrants is binding upon the Parent and
enforceable regardless of the dilution such issuance may have on the ownership
interests of other shareholders of the Parent.
(z) Patriot
Act. It certifies that, to the best of its knowledge, neither it
nor any of its Subsidiaries has been designated, nor is or shall be owned or
controlled, by a “suspected terrorist” as defined in Executive Order
13224. It hereby acknowledges that each of the Creditor Parties seeks
to comply with all applicable laws concerning money laundering and related
activities. In furtherance of those efforts, it hereby represents,
warrants and covenants that: (i) none of the cash or property that it
or any of its Subsidiaries will pay or will contribute to any Creditor Party
has
been or shall be derived from, or related to, any activity that is deemed
criminal under United States law; and (ii) no contribution or payment by it
or
any of its Subsidiaries to any Creditor Party, to the extent that they are
within its or any such Subsidiary’s control shall cause such Creditor Party to
be in violation of the United States Bank Secrecy Act, the United States
International Money Laundering Control Act of 1986 or the United States
International Money Laundering Abatement and Anti-Terrorist Financing Act of
2001. It shall promptly notify the Agent if any of these
representations, warranties and covenants ceases to be true and accurate
regarding it or any of its Subsidiaries. It shall provide any
Creditor Party with any additional information regarding it and each Subsidiary
thereof that such Creditor Party deems necessary or convenient to ensure
compliance with all applicable laws concerning money laundering and similar
activities. It understands and agrees that if at any time it is
discovered that any of the foregoing representations, warranties and covenants
are incorrect, or if otherwise required by applicable law or regulation related
to money laundering or similar activities, the Creditor Parties may undertake
appropriate actions to ensure compliance with applicable law or regulation,
including but not limited to segregation and/or redemption of any Lender’s
investment in it. It further understands that the Creditor Parties
may release confidential information about it and its Subsidiaries and, if
applicable, any underlying beneficial owners, to proper authorities if such
Creditor Party, in its sole discretion, determines that it is in the best
interests of such Creditor Party in light of relevant rules and regulations
under the laws set forth in subsection (ii) above.
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(aa) Company
Name; Locations of Offices, Records and
Collateral. Schedule 12(aa) sets forth each Company’s name
as it appears in official filings in the state of its organization, the type
of
entity of each Company, the organizational identification number issued by
each
Company’s state of organization or a statement that no such number has been
issued, each Company’s state of organization, and the location of each Company’s
chief executive office, corporate offices, warehouses, other locations of
Collateral and locations where records with respect to Collateral are kept
(including in each case the county of such locations) and, except as set forth
in such Schedule 12(aa), such locations have not changed during the
preceding twelve months. As of the Closing Date, during the prior
five years, except as set forth in Schedule 12(aa), no Company has been
known as or conducted business in any other name (including trade
names). Each Company has only one state of organization.
(bb) ERISA. Based
upon the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), and
the regulations and published interpretations thereunder: (i) neither
it nor any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in any Prohibited Transactions (as
defined in Section 406 of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code); (ii) it and
each
of its Domestic Subsidiaries has met all applicable minimum funding requirements
under Section 302 of ERISA in respect of its plans; (iii) neither it nor any
of
its Domestic Subsidiaries has any knowledge of any event or occurrence which
would cause the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation to institute proceedings
under Title IV of ERISA to terminate any employee benefit plan(s); (iv) neither
it nor any of its Domestic Subsidiaries has any fiduciary responsibility for
investments with respect to any plan existing for the benefit of persons other
than its or such Domestic Subsidiary’s employees; and (v) neither it nor any of
its Domestic Subsidiaries has withdrawn, completely or partially, from any
multi-employer pension plan so as to incur liability under the Multiemployer
Pension Plan Amendments Act of 1980.
(cc) Status
of Companies. Unless all of the Obligations are properly
classified as debt for U.S. federal income tax purposes, each Company
is a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
13. Covenants. Each
Company, as applicable, covenants and agrees with the Creditor Parties as
follows:
(a) Stop-Orders. The
Parent shall advise the Agent, promptly after it receives notice of issuance
by
the SEC, any state securities commission or any other regulatory authority
of
any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending any offering of any
securities of the Parent, or of the suspension of the qualification of the
Common Stock for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation of
any
proceeding for any such purpose.
(b) Listing. The
Parent shall promptly secure the listing or quotation, as applicable, of the
shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Secured Term Notes and
exercise of the Warrants on the Principal Market upon which shares of Common
Stock are listed or quoted, as applicable, (subject to official notice of
issuance) and shall maintain such listing or quotation, as applicable, so long
as any other shares of Common Stock shall be so listed or quoted, as
applicable. The Parent shall maintain the listing or quotation, as
applicable, of its Common Stock on the Principal Market, and will comply in
all
material respects with the Parent’s reporting, filing and other obligations
under the bylaws or rules of the National Association of Securities Dealers
(“NASD”) and such exchanges, as applicable.
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(c) Market
Regulations. The Parent shall notify the SEC, NASD and applicable
state authorities, in accordance with their requirements, of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, and shall take all other necessary action and
proceedings as may be required and permitted by applicable law, rule and
regulation, for the legal and valid issuance of the Securities to the Lenders
and promptly provide copies thereof to the Agent.
(d) Reporting
Requirements. The Parent shall timely file with the SEC all
reports required to be filed pursuant to the Exchange Act and refrain from
terminating its status as an issuer required by the Exchange Act to file reports
thereunder even if the Exchange Act or the rules or regulations thereunder
would
permit such termination.
(e) Use
of
Funds. It shall use the proceeds of the Loans for general working
capital purposes only and as otherwise set forth in Schedule 13(e).
(f) Access
to Facilities. It shall, and shall cause each of its Domestic
Subsidiaries to, permit any representatives designated by the Agent (or any
successor to the Agent), upon three (3) Business Days prior notice, during
normal business hours, at Company’s expense and accompanied by a representative
of Company Agent (provided that no such prior notice shall be required to be
given and no such representative shall be required to accompany the Agent in
the
event the Agent, in its good faith judgment, believes such access is necessary
to preserve or protect the Collateral or following the occurrence and during
the
continuance of an Event of Default), to:
(i) visit
and
inspect any of its or any such Domestic Subsidiary’s properties;
(ii) examine
its or any such Domestic Subsidiary’s corporate and financial records (unless
such examination is not permitted by federal, state or local law or by contract)
and make copies thereof or extracts therefrom; and
(iii) discuss
its or any such Domestic Subsidiary’s affairs, finances and accounts with its or
any such Domestic Subsidiary’s directors, officers and Accountants.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, neither it nor any of its Domestic Subsidiaries shall provide
any
material, non-public information to the Agent unless the Agent signs a
confidentiality agreement and otherwise complies with Regulation FD, under
the
federal securities laws.
(g) Taxes. It
shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, promptly pay and discharge,
or cause to be paid and discharged, when due and payable, all lawful taxes,
assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon it and its
Subsidiaries’ income, profits, property or business, as the case may be;
provided, however, that any such tax, assessment, charge or levy need not be
paid currently if (i) the validity thereof shall currently and diligently be
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (ii) such tax, assessment,
charge or levy shall have no effect on the Lien priority of the Agent in the
Collateral, and (iii) if it and/or such Subsidiary, as applicable, shall have
set aside on its and/or such Subsidiary’s books adequate reserves with respect
thereto in accordance with GAAP; and provided, further, that it shall, and
shall
cause each of its Subsidiaries to, pay all such taxes, assessments, charges
or
levies forthwith upon the commencement of proceedings to foreclose any lien
which may have attached as security therefor.
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(h) Insurance.
(i) It
shall
bear the full risk of loss from any loss of any nature whatsoever with respect
to the Collateral and it and each of its Domestic Subsidiaries will, jointly
and
severally, bear the full risk of loss from any loss of any nature whatsoever
with respect to the assets pledged to the Agent as security for the
Obligations. Furthermore, it will insure or cause the Collateral to
be insured in the Agent’s name as an additional insured and lender loss payee,
with an appropriate loss payable endorsement in form and substance satisfactory
to the Agent, against loss or damage by fire, flood, sprinkler leakage, theft,
burglary, pilferage, loss in transit and other risks customarily insured against
by companies in similar business similarly situated as it and its Domestic
Subsidiaries including but not limited to workers compensation, public and
product liability and business interruption, and such other hazards as the
Agent
shall specify in amounts and under insurance policies and bonds by insurers
acceptable to the Agent and all premiums thereon shall be paid by such Company
and the policies delivered to the Agent. If any such Company fails to
obtain the insurance and in such amounts of coverage as otherwise required
pursuant to this Section (h), the Agent may procure such insurance and the
cost
thereof shall be promptly reimbursed by the Companies, jointly and severally,
and shall constitute Obligations.
(ii) No
Company’s insurance coverage shall be impaired or invalidated by any act or
neglect of any Company or any of its Domestic Subsidiaries and the insurer
will
provide the Agent with no less than thirty (30) days notice prior of
cancellation;
(iii) The
Agent, in connection with its status as a lender loss payee, will be assigned
at
all times to a first lien position until such time as all Obligations have
been
indefeasibly satisfied in full.
(i) Intellectual
Property. Each Company and each of its Domestic
Subsidiaries:
(i) shall
maintain in full force and effect its existence, rights and franchises and
all
licenses and other rights to own or use Intellectual Property including
registrations and applications therefore, that are necessary to the conduct
of
its business, as now conducted or as presently proposed to be conducted, and
shall not do any act or omit to do any act whereby any of such Intellectual
Property may lapse, or become abandoned, dedicated to the public, or
unenforceable, or the Lien therein in favor of the Agent for the benefit of
the
Lenders would be adversely affected;
(ii) shall
report to the Agent (i) the filing of any application to register a Copyright
no
later than ten (10) days after such filing occurs (ii)
the filing of any application to register any other Intellectual
Property with any other Intellectual Property registry, and the issuance
thereof, no later than thirty (30) days after such filing or issuance occurs
and, in each case, shall, simultaneously with such report, deliver to the Agent
fully-executed documents required to acknowledge, confirm, register, record
or
perfect the Lien in such Intellectual Property. In addition, each
Company and each of its Domestic Subsidiaries hereby authorize the Agent to
modify this Agreement by amending Schedule 12(j) to include any
registrations or applications for Intellectual Property inadvertently omitted
from such Schedule or filed, registered, acquired by any Company or any of
its
Domestic Subsidiaries after the date hereof and will cooperate with the Agent
in
effecting any such amendment to include any new item of Intellectual Property
included in the Collateral;
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(iii) shall,
promptly upon the reasonable request of the Agent, execute and deliver to the
Agent any document or instrument required to acknowledge, confirm, register,
record, or perfect the Lien of the Agent in any part of the Intellectual
Property owned by the Company and its Domestic Subsidiaries; and
(iv) shall
not
sell, assign, transfer, license, grant any option, or create or suffer to exist
any Lien upon or with respect to Intellectual Property, except for the Liens
in
favor of the Agent and Permitted Liens.
(j) Properties. It
shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, keep its properties in
good
repair, working order and condition, reasonable wear and tear excepted, and
from
time to time make all needful and proper repairs, renewals, replacements,
additions and improvements thereto; and it shall, and shall cause each of its
Subsidiaries to, at all times comply with each provision of all leases to which
it is a party or under which it occupies property if the breach of such
provision could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(k) Confidentiality. No
Company will, nor will it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, disclose, nor
will
it include in any public announcement, the name of any Creditor Party, unless
expressly agreed to by such Creditor Party or unless and until such disclosure
is required by law or applicable regulation, and then only to the extent of
such
requirement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) each Company may
disclose any Creditor Party’s identity and the terms of this Agreement and the
Ancillary Agreements to its current and prospective debt and equity financing
sources and (ii) each Company (and each employee, representative, or other
agent
of each Company, including, without limitation, any attorney, accountant and/or
auditor) may disclose to any and all Persons, without limitation of any kind,
the tax treatment and any facts that may be relevant to the tax structure of
the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements and
the
agreements referred to therein; provided, however, that no Company (and no
employee, representative or other agent thereof, including, without limitation,
any attorney, accountant and/or auditor) shall disclose pursuant to this clause
(ii) any other information that is not relevant to understanding the tax
treatment or tax structure of such transactions (including the identity of
any
party or any information that could lead another to determine the identity
of
any party); and, provided, further, that no Company shall disclose or permit
any
of its Subsidiaries to disclose any information to the extent that such
disclosure could reasonably be expected to result in a violation of any U.S.
federal or state securities law or similar law of another
jurisdiction.
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(l) Required
Approvals. It shall not, and shall not permit any of its Domestic
Subsidiaries to, without the prior written consent of the Agent, (i) create,
incur, assume or suffer to exist any indebtedness (exclusive of trade debt)
whether secured or unsecured other than each Company’s indebtedness to the
Creditor Parties and as set forth on Schedule 13(l)(i) attached hereto
and made a part hereof; (ii) cancel any debt owing to it in excess of $50,000
in
the aggregate during any twelve (12) month period; (iii) assume, guarantee,
endorse or otherwise become directly or contingently liable in connection with
any obligations of any other Person, except the endorsement of negotiable
instruments by it or its Subsidiaries for deposit or collection or similar
transactions in the ordinary course of business; (iv) directly or indirectly
declare, pay or make any dividend or distribution on any class of its Stock
or
apply any of its funds, property or assets to the purchase, redemption or other
retirement of any of its or its Subsidiaries’ Stock, or issue any preferred
stock; (v) purchase or hold beneficially any Stock or other securities or
evidences of indebtedness of, make or permit to exist any loans or advances
to,
or make any investment or acquire any interest whatsoever in, any other Person,
including any partnership or joint venture, except (w) travel advances, (x)
loans to its and its Domestic Subsidiaries’ officers and employees not exceeding
at any one time an aggregate of $10,000, (y) intercompany loans to its existing
Domestic Subsidiaries so long as such Domestic Subsidiaries are designated
as
either a co-borrower hereunder or has entered into such guaranty and security
documentation required by the Agent, including, without limitation, to grant
to
the Agent a first priority perfected security interest in substantially all
of
such Domestic Subsidiary’s assets to secure the Obligations, and (z)
intercompany loans to its Foreign Subsidiaries in an amount not to exceed
$6,000,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding; provided, that: (1) the
amount of Loan proceeds that the Companies may utilize to make such intercompany
loans shall not exceed $4,000,000 in the aggregate during the Term, of which
only $2,000,000 in the aggregate during the Term may be utilized to make
intercompany loans to Foreign Subsidiaries located in South America, (2) each
Foreign Subsidiary shall have executed and delivered to the applicable Company,
on the Closing Date, a demand note (collectively, the “Intercompany
Notes”) to evidence any such intercompany indebtedness owing at any time by
such Foreign Subsidiary to such Company which Intercompany Notes shall be
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D and shall be pledged
and
delivered to the Agent as additional collateral security for the Obligations,
(3) each Company shall record all intercompany transactions on its books and
records in a manner satisfactory to the Agent, (4) at the time any such
intercompany loan or advance is made by any Company to any Foreign Subsidiary
and after giving effect thereto, each such Company shall be Solvent and (5)
no
Default or Event of Default would occur and be continuing after giving effect
to
any such proposed intercompany loan; (vi) create or permit to exist any Domestic
Subsidiary, other than any Domestic Subsidiary in existence on the date hereof
and listed in Schedule 12(b) unless such new Domestic Subsidiary is a
wholly-owned Domestic Subsidiary and is designated by the Agent as either a
co-borrower or guarantor hereunder and such Domestic Subsidiary shall have
entered into all such documentation required by the Agent, including, without
limitation, to grant to the Agent a first priority perfected security interest
in substantially all of such Domestic Subsidiary’s assets to secure the
Obligations; (vii) directly or indirectly, prepay any indebtedness (other than
to the Agent and in the ordinary course of business), or repurchase, redeem,
retire or otherwise acquire any indebtedness (other than to the Agent and in
the
ordinary course of business) except as expressly permitted by the applicable
Subordination Agreement; (viii) enter into any merger, consolidation or other
reorganization with or into any other Person or acquire all or a portion of
the
assets or Stock of any Person or permit any other Person to consolidate with
or
merge with it, unless (1) such Company is the surviving entity of such merger
or
consolidation, (2) no Event of Default shall exist immediately prior to and
after giving effect to such merger or consolidation, (3) such Company shall
have
provided the Agent copies of all documentation relating to such merger or
consolidation and (4) such Company shall have provided the Agent with at least
thirty (30) days’ prior written notice of such merger or consolidation; (ix)
materially change the nature of the business in which it is presently engaged;
(x) become subject to (including, without limitation, by way of amendment to
or
modification of) any agreement or instrument which by its terms would (under
any
circumstances) restrict its or any of its Domestic Subsidiaries’ right to
perform the provisions of this Agreement or any of the Ancillary Agreements;
(xi) change its fiscal year or make any changes in accounting treatment and
reporting practices without prior written notice to the Agent except as required
by GAAP or in the tax reporting treatment or except as required by law; (xii)
enter into any transaction with any employee, director or Affiliate, except
in
the ordinary course on arms-length terms; (xiii) xxxx Accounts under any name
except the present name of such Company; (xiv) sell, lease, transfer or
otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets, or any of the properties
or assets of its Subsidiaries, except for (1) sales, leases, transfer or
dispositions by any Company to any other Company, (2) the sale of Inventory
in
the ordinary course of business and (3) the disposition or transfer in the
ordinary course of business during any fiscal year of Equipment and/or motor
vehicles having an aggregate fair market value of not more than $25,000 and
only
to the extent that (x) the proceeds of any such disposition are used to acquire
replacement Equipment and/or motor vehicles which are subject to the Agent’s
first priority security interest or are used to repay Loans or to pay general
corporate expenses, or (y) following the occurrence of an Event of Default
which
continues to exist, the proceeds of which are remitted to the Agent to be held
as cash collateral for the Obligations; (xv) make any payment or
distribution in respect of any subordinated indebtedness of any Company or
any
of its Domestic Subsidiaries in violation of any subordination or other
agreement made in favor of any Creditor Party; or (xvi) make any optional
payment or prepayment on or redemption (including, without limitation, by making
payments to a sinking fund or analogous fund) or repurchase of any indebtedness
for borrowed money other than the Obligations.
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(m) Reissuance
of Securities. The Parent shall reissue certificates representing
the Securities without the legends set forth in Section 39 below at such time
as:
(i) the
holder thereof is permitted to dispose of such Securities pursuant to Rule
144(k) under the Securities Act; or
(ii) upon
resale subject to an effective registration statement after such Securities
are
registered under the Securities Act.
The
Parent agrees to cooperate with the Lenders in connection with all resales
pursuant to Rule 144(d) and Rule 144(k) and provide legal opinions necessary
to
allow such resales provided the Parent and its counsel receive reasonably
requested representations from the Lenders and broker, if any.
(n) Opinion. On
the Closing Date, it shall deliver to the Creditor Parties an opinion acceptable
to the Agent from each Company’s legal counsel. Each Company will
provide, at the Companies’ joint and several expense, such other legal opinions
in the future as are reasonably necessary for the exercise of the Warrants
and
conversion of the Secured Term Notes.
(o) Legal
Name, etc. It shall not, without providing the Agent with 30 days
prior written notice, change (i) its name as it appears in the official filings
in the state of its organization, (ii) the type of legal entity it is, (iii)
its
organization identification number, if any, issued by its state of organization,
(iv) its state of organization or (v) amend its certificate of incorporation,
by-laws or other organizational document.
(p) Compliance
with Laws. The operation of each of its and each of its
Subsidiaries’ business is and shall continue to be in compliance in all material
respects with all applicable federal, state and local laws, rules and
ordinances, including to all laws, rules, regulations and orders relating to
taxes, payment and withholding of payroll taxes, employer and employee
contributions and similar items, securities, employee retirement and welfare
benefits, employee health and safety and environmental matters.
(q) Notices. It
and each of its Subsidiaries shall promptly inform the Agent in writing
of: (i) the commencement of all proceedings and investigations by or
before and/or the receipt of any notices from, any governmental or
nongovernmental body and all actions and proceedings in any court or before
any
arbitrator against or in any way concerning any event which could reasonably
be
expected to have singly or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect; (ii)
any
change which has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material
Adverse Effect; (iii) any Event of Default or Default; and (iv) any default
or
any event which with the passage of time or giving of notice or both would
constitute a default under any agreement for the payment of money to which
it or
any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of its Subsidiaries
or
any of its or any such Subsidiary’s properties may be bound the breach of which
would have a Material Adverse Effect.
(r) Margin
Stock. It shall not permit any of the proceeds of the Loans made
hereunder to be used directly or indirectly to “purchase” or “carry” “margin
stock” or to repay indebtedness incurred to “purchase” or “carry” “margin stock”
within the respective meanings of each of the quoted terms under Regulation
U of
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as now and from time to
time hereafter in effect.
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(s) Offering
Restrictions. Except as previously disclosed in the SEC Reports
or in the Exchange Act Filings, or stock or stock options granted to its
employees or directors, neither it nor any of its Domestic Subsidiaries shall,
prior to the full repayment of the Notes (together with all accrued and unpaid
interest and fees related thereto) and termination of this Agreement, (x) enter
into any equity line of credit agreement or similar agreement with a floorless
pricing feature or (y) issue, or enter into any agreement to issue, any
securities with a floorless variable/floating conversion and/or pricing feature
which are or could be (by conversion or registration) free-trading securities
(i.e. common stock subject to a registration statement).
(t) Authorization
and Reservation of Shares. The Parent shall at all times have
authorized and reserved a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock to provide
for the exercise of the Warrants and the full conversion of the Secured Term
Notes.
(u) FIRPTA. Neither
it, nor any of its Subsidiaries, is a “United States real property holding
corporation” as such term is defined in Section 897(c)(2) of the Code and
Treasury Regulation Section 1.897-2 promulgated thereunder, and it and each
of
its Subsidiaries shall at no time take any action or otherwise acquire any
interest in any asset or property to the extent the effect of which shall cause
it and/or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, to be a “United States real
property holding corporation” as such term is defined in Section 897(c)(2) of
the Code and Treasury Regulation Section 1.897-2 promulgated
thereunder.
(v) Investor
Relations/Public Relations. The Parent hereby agrees to
incorporate into its annual budget an amount of funds necessary to maintain
a
comprehensive investor relations and public relations program (an “IR/PR
Program”), which IR/PR Program shall incorporate elements customarily
utilized by companies of similar size and in a similar industry as the Parent
and its Domestic Subsidiaries.
(w) Unione
Purchase Agreement. It shall not, without the prior written
consent of the Agent, amend, modify or in any way alter the terms of the Unione
Purchase Agreement.
(x) Subordinated
Debt Documentation.
(i) It
shall
not, without the prior written consent of the Agent, amend, modify or in any
way
alter the terms of any of the Subordinated Debt Documentation except
as expressly permitted by the applicable Subordination
Agreement.
(y) Prohibition
of Grant of Collateral for Subordinated Debt Documentation. It
shall not, without the prior written consent of the Agent, grant or permit
any
of its Domestic Subsidiaries to grant to any Person any Collateral of such
Company or any collateral of any of its Domestic Subsidiaries as security for
any obligation arising under the Subordinated Debt Documentation.
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(z) Prohibitions
of Payment Under Subordinated Debt Documentation. Neither it nor
any of its Subsidiaries shall, without the prior written consent of the Agent,
make any payments in respect of the indebtedness evidenced by the Subordinated
Debt Documentation except
as expressly permitted by the applicable Subordination
Agreement.
(aa) Financing
Right of First Refusal.
(i) Each
Company hereby grants to the Lenders a right of first refusal to arrange any
Additional Financing (as defined below) to be issued by the Parent (the
“Additional Financing Parties”), subject to the following terms and
conditions. From and after the date hereof, during the Term, prior to
the incurrence of any additional indebtedness, including, without limitation,
any additional indebtedness convertible into any equity interests of the
Additional Financing Parties (an “Additional Financing”), Company Agent
shall notify the Agent of such Additional Financing. In connection
therewith, Company Agent shall submit a proposed term sheet (a “Proposed Term
Sheet”) to the Agent setting forth the terms, conditions and pricing of any
such Additional Financing (such financing to be negotiated on “arm’s length”
terms and the terms thereof to be negotiated in good faith) proposed to be
entered into by the Additional Financing Parties. The Lenders shall
have the right, but not the obligation, to deliver to Company Agent their own
proposed term sheet (the “Lender Term Sheet”) setting forth the terms and
conditions upon one or more of the Lenders would be willing to provide such
Additional Financing to the Additional Financing Parties. The Lender
Term Sheet shall be on the same terms and conditions as those outlined in
Proposed Term Sheet. The Agent shall deliver to Company Agent the
Lender Term Sheet within ten Business Days of receipt of each such Proposed
Term
Sheet. If the provisions of the Lender Term Sheet are on the same
terms and conditions to the Additional Financing Parties as the provisions
of
the Proposed Term Sheet, the Additional Financing Parties shall enter into
and
consummate the Additional Financing transaction outlined in the Lender Term
Sheet.
(ii) It
shall
not, and shall not permit its Subsidiaries to, agree, directly or indirectly,
to
any restriction with any Person which limits the ability of any Creditor Party
to arrange for the consummation of an Additional Financing with it or any of
its
Subsidiaries.
(bb) Financial
Covenants.
(i) Minimum
Consolidated EBITDA. The Companies and their Domestic
Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis shall not have, on the last day of each
calendar month commencing on the calendar month ending December 31, 2008,
Consolidated EBITDA less than $4,000,000 for the twelve (12) calendar month
period ending on such day.
(ii) Maximum
Consolidated Leverage Ratio. The Companies and their Domestic
Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis shall not have, on the last day of each
calendar month commencing on the calendar month ending December 31, 2008, a
Consolidated Leverage Ratio greater than 2.50 to 1.00.
(iii) Minimum
Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. The Companies and their
Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis shall not have, on the last day of each
calendar month commencing on the calendar month ending December 31, 2008, a
Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio less than 1.25 to 1.00 for the twelve
(12) calendar month period ending on such day.
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14. Further
Assurances. At any time and from time to time, upon the written
request of the Agent and at the sole expense of Companies, each Company shall
promptly and duly execute and deliver any and all such further instruments
and
documents and take such further action as the Agent may reasonably request
(a)
to obtain the full benefits of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements,
(b)
to protect, preserve, perfect and maintain the Agent’s rights in the Collateral
and under this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, and/or (c) to enable the
Agent to exercise all or any of the rights and powers herein granted or any
Ancillary Agreement.
15. Representations,
Warranties and Covenants of the Lenders. Each Lender, severally
and not jointly, hereby represents, warrants and covenants to each Company
as
follows:
(a) Requisite
Power and Authority. Such Lender has all necessary power and
authority under all applicable provisions of law to execute and deliver this
Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements and to carry out their
provisions. All corporate action on such Lenders’ part required for
the lawful execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements
have been or will be effectively taken prior to the Closing
Date. Upon their execution and delivery, this Agreement and the
Ancillary Agreements shall be valid and binding obligations of such Lender,
enforceable in accordance with their terms, except (a) as limited by applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws of general
application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights, and (b) as limited by
general principles of equity that restrict the availability of equitable and
legal remedies.
(b) Investment
Representations. Such Lender understands that the Securities are
being offered pursuant to an exemption from registration contained in the
Securities Act based in part upon such Lenders’ representations contained in
this Agreement, including, without limitation, that such Lender is an
“accredited investor” within the meaning of Regulation D under the Securities
Act. Such Lender has received or has had full access to all the
information it considers necessary or appropriate to make an informed investment
decision with respect to the Notes to be issued to it under this Agreement
and
the Securities acquired by it upon the exercise of the Warrants and the
conversion of the Secured Term Notes.
(c) Lender
Bears Economic Risk. Such Lender has substantial experience in
evaluating and investing in private placement transactions of securities in
companies similar to the Parent so that it is capable of evaluating the merits
and risks of its investment in the Parent and has the capacity to protect its
own interests. Such Lender must bear the economic risk of this
investment until the Securities are sold pursuant to (i) an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act, or (ii) an exemption from
registration is available.
(d) Investment
for Own Account. The Securities are being issued to such Lender
for its own account for investment only, and not as a nominee or agent and
not
with a view towards or for resale in connection with their
distribution.
(e) Lender
Can Protect Its Interest. Such Lender represents that by reason
of its, or of its management’s, business and financial experience, such Lender
has the capacity to evaluate the merits and risks of its investment in the
Notes, and the Securities and to protect its own interests in connection with
the transactions contemplated in this Agreement, and the Ancillary
Agreements. Further, such Lender is aware of no publication of any
advertisement in connection with the transactions contemplated in the Agreement
or the Ancillary Agreements.
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(f) Accredited
Investor. Such Lender represents that it is an accredited
investor within the meaning of Regulation D under the Securities
Act.
(g) Shorting. Neither
such Lender nor any of its Affiliates or investment partners has, will, or
will
cause any Person, to directly engage in “short sales” of the Parent’s Common
Stock as long as any amounts under the Notes shall remain
outstanding.
(h) Patriot
Act. Such Lender certifies that, to the best of such Lender’s
knowledge, such Lender has not been designated, and is not owned or controlled,
by a “suspected terrorist” as defined in Executive Order 13224. Such
Lender seeks to comply with all applicable laws concerning money laundering
and
related activities. In furtherance of those efforts, such Lender
hereby represents, warrants and covenants that: (i) none of the cash
or property that such Lender will use to make the Loans has been or shall be
derived from, or related to, any activity that is deemed criminal under United
States law; and (ii) no disbursement by such Lender to any Company to the extent
within such Lender’s control, shall cause such Lender to be in violation of the
United States Bank Secrecy Act, the United States International Money Laundering
Control Act of 1986 or the United States International Money Laundering
Abatement and Anti-Terrorist Financing Act of 2001. Such Lender shall
promptly notify the Company Agent if any of these representations ceases to
be
true and accurate regarding such Lender. Such Lender agrees to
provide the Company any additional information regarding such Lender that the
Company deems necessary or convenient to ensure compliance with all applicable
laws concerning money laundering and similar activities. Such Lender
understands and agrees that if at any time it is discovered that any of the
foregoing representations are incorrect, or if otherwise required by applicable
law or regulation related to money laundering similar activities, such Lender
may undertake appropriate actions to ensure compliance with applicable law
or
regulation, including but not limited to segregation and/or redemption of such
Lender’s investment in the Parent. Such Lender further understands
that the Parent may release information about such Lender and, if applicable,
any underlying beneficial owners, to proper authorities if the Parent, in its
sole discretion, determines that it is in the best interests of the Parent
in
light of relevant rules and regulations under the laws set forth in subsection
(ii) above.
(i) Limitation
on Acquisition of Common Stock. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in this Agreement, any Ancillary Agreement, or any document,
instrument or agreement entered into in connection with any other transaction
entered into by and between such Lender and any Company (and/or Subsidiaries
or
Affiliates of any Company), such Lender (and/or Subsidiaries or Affiliates
of
such Lender) shall not acquire stock in the Parent (including, without
limitation, pursuant to a contract to purchase, by exercising an option or
warrant, by converting any other security or instrument, by acquiring or
exercising any other right to acquire, shares of stock or other security
convertible into shares of stock in the Parent, or otherwise, and such options,
warrants, conversion or other rights shall not be exercisable) to the extent
such stock acquisition would cause any interest (including any original issue
discount) payable by any Company to a Non-U.S. Lender not to qualify
as portfolio interest, within the meaning of Section 871(h)(2) or Section
881(c)(2) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
“Code”) by reason of Section 871(h)(3) or Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the
Code, as applicable, taking into account the constructive ownership rules under
Section 871(h)(3)(C) of the Code (the “Stock Acquisition
Limitation”). The Stock Acquisition Limitation shall
automatically become null and void with respect to each Lender, without any
notice to any Company, the earlier to occur of either (a) the Parent’s delivery
to such Lender of a Notice of Redemption (as defined in the applicable Secured
Term Note) or (b) upon the existence of an Event of Default at a time when
the
average closing price of the Common Stock as reported by Bloomberg, L.P. on
the
Principal Market for the immediately preceding five trading days is greater
than
or equal to 200% of the Exercise Price (as defined in the
Warrants).
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16. Confidentiality. Each
Lender covenants and agrees with the Company that such Lender will not disclose,
and will not include in any public announcement, the name of the Company, unless
expressly agreed to by the Company or unless and until such disclosure is
required by law or applicable regulation, and then only to the extent of such
requirement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) such Lender shall be
permitted to discuss, distribute or otherwise transfer any non-public
information of the Company and its Subsidiaries in such Lender’s possession now
or in the future to (x) its employees, agents, counsel, professional consultants
and accountants who, in each such case, have a specific need to know such
information and (y) potential or actual (A) direct or indirect investors in
such
Lender and (B) any assignees or transferees of all or a portion of the
Obligations, to the extent that such investor or assignee or transferee enters
into a confidentiality agreement for such benefit of the Company in such form
as
may be necessary to addresses such Company’s Regulation FD requirements; (ii)
such Lender (and each employee, representative, or other agent of such Lender)
may disclose to any and all Persons, without limitation of any kind, the tax
treatment and any facts that may be relevant to the tax structure of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements and
the
agreements referred to therein; provided, however, that no Lender (and no
employee, representative or other agent thereof) shall disclose pursuant to
this
clause (ii) any other information that is not relevant to understanding the
tax
treatment or tax structure of such transactions (including the identity of
any
party or any information that could lead another to determine the identity
of
any party); and (iii) the Agent or any Affiliate thereof shall be entitled
to
post on its website a summary of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, including the names of one or more of the Companies and each of
their
Subsidiaries.
17. Power
of Attorney. Each Company hereby appoints the Agent, or any other
Person whom the Agent may designate as such Company’s attorney, with power
to: (a)(i) execute any security related documentation on such
Company’s behalf and to supply any omitted information and correct patent errors
in any documents executed by such Company or on such Company’s behalf; (ii) to
file financing statements and other evidence of Liens granted hereunder against
such Company covering the Collateral (and, in connection with the filing of
any
such financing statements, describe the Collateral as “all assets and all
personal property, whether now owned and/or hereafter acquired” (or any
substantially similar variation thereof)); (iii) sign such Company’s name on any
invoice or xxxx of lading relating to any Accounts, drafts against Account
Debtors, schedules and assignments of Accounts, notices of assignment, financing
statements and other evidence of the Agent’s granted hereunder and other public
records, verifications of Account and notices to or from Account Debtors; (iv)
in the case of any Intellectual Property, the Agent may execute and deliver,
and
have recorded, any and all agreements, instruments, documents and papers as
the
Agent may request to evidence the Agent’s security interest in such Intellectual
Property and the goodwill and general intangibles of such Grantor relating
thereto or represented thereby; (v) to do all other things the Agent deems
necessary to carry out the terms of Section 6 of this Security Agreement and
(b)
upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default; (vi)
endorse such Company’s name on any checks, notes, acceptances, money orders,
drafts or other forms of payment or security that may come into the Agent’s
possession; (vii) verify the validity, amount or any other matter relating
to
any Account by mail, telephone, telegraph or otherwise with Account Debtors;
(viii) do all other things necessary to carry out this Agreement, any Ancillary
Agreement and all related documents; and (ix) notify the post office authorities
to change the address for delivery of such Company’s mail to an address
designated by the Agent, and to receive, open and dispose of all mail addressed
to such Company. Each Company hereby ratifies and approves all acts
of the attorney. Neither the Agent, nor the attorney will be liable
for any acts or omissions or for any error of judgment or mistake of fact or
law, except for gross negligence or willful misconduct. This power,
being coupled with an interest, is irrevocable so long as the Agent has a
security interest and until the Obligations have been fully
satisfied.
18. Term
of Agreement. Each Lender’s agreement to make Loans and extend
financial accommodations under and in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement shall continue in full force and effect
until the expiration of the Term. The Agent may, following the
occurrence of an Event of Default, terminate this Agreement. The
termination of the Agreement shall not affect any of the Agent’s or any Lender’s
rights hereunder or any Ancillary Agreement and the provisions hereof and
thereof shall continue to be fully operative until all transactions entered
into, rights or interests created and the Obligations have been irrevocably
disposed of, concluded or liquidated. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the Agent shall release its security interests at any time after thirty (30)
days notice upon irrevocable payment to it of all Obligations if each Company
shall have (i) provided the Agent and each Lender with an executed release
of
any and all claims which such Company may have or thereafter have under this
Agreement and all Ancillary Agreements and (ii) paid to each Lender an early
payment fee in an amount equal to the Redemption Amount (as defined in the
applicable Secured Term Note) and such other amounts required to be paid by
the
Companies to such Lender at such time pursuant to and in accordance with the
terms of the applicable Secured Term Note; such fee being intended to compensate
each Lender for its costs and expenses incurred in initially approving this
Agreement or extending same. Such early payment fee shall be due and
payable jointly and severally by the Companies to each Lender also upon
termination by acceleration of this Agreement by the Lenders due to the
occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default.
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19. Termination
of Lien. The Liens and rights granted to the Agent hereunder and
any Ancillary Agreements and the financing statements filed in connection
herewith or therewith shall continue in full force and effect, notwithstanding
the termination of this Agreement or the fact that any Company’s account may
from time to time be temporarily in a zero or credit position, until all of
the
Obligations have been indefeasibly paid or performed in full and this Agreement
has been terminated in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement. The Agent shall not be required to send termination
statements or other evidence of the release of the Lien granted hereunder to
any
Company, or to file them with any filing office, unless and until this Agreement
and the Ancillary Agreements shall have been terminated in accordance with
their
terms and all Obligations indefeasibly paid in full in immediately available
funds.
20. Events
of Default. The occurrence of any of the following shall
constitute an “Event of Default”:
(a) failure
to make payment of any of the Obligations when required hereunder, and, in
any
such case, such failure shall continue for a period of three (3) Business Days
following the date upon which any such payment was due;
(b) failure
by any Company or any of its Subsidiaries to pay any taxes when due unless
such
taxes are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with
respect to which adequate reserves have been provided on such Company’s and/or
such Subsidiary’s books;
(c) failure
to perform under, and/or committing any breach of, in any material respect,
this
Agreement or any covenant contained herein, which failure or breach shall
continue without remedy for a period of fifteen (15) days after the occurrence
thereof;
(d) any
representation, warranty or statement made by any Company or any of its
Subsidiaries hereunder, in any Ancillary Agreement, any certificate, statement
or document delivered pursuant to the terms hereof, or in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement should prove to be false or
misleading in any material respect on the date as of which made or deemed
made;
(e) the
occurrence of any default (or similar term) in the observance or performance
of
any other agreement or condition relating to any indebtedness or contingent
obligation of any Company or any of its Subsidiaries (including, without
limitation, the indebtedness evidenced by the Subordinated Debt Documentation)
beyond the period of grace (if any), the effect of which default is to cause,
or
permit the holder or holders of such indebtedness or beneficiary or
beneficiaries of such contingent obligation to cause, any indebtedness in an
amount greater than $50,000 to become due prior to its stated maturity or any
contingent obligation in an amount greater than 50,000 to become
payable;
(f) the
occurrence of any default (or similar term) in the observance or performance
of
any agreement or condition by any Company or any of its Subsidiaries under
the
Unione Purchase Agreement.
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(g) attachments
or levies in excess of $50,000 in the aggregate are made upon any Company’s
assets or a judgment is rendered against any Company’s property involving a
liability of more than $50,000 which shall not have been vacated, discharged,
stayed or bonded within thirty (30) days from the entry thereof;
(h) any
change in any Company’s or any of its Subsidiary’s condition or affairs
(financial or otherwise) which in the Agent’s reasonable, good faith opinion,
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(i) any
Lien
created hereunder or under any Ancillary Agreement for any reason ceases to
be
or is not a valid and perfected Lien having a first priority interest, other
than in the event the Agent terminates, or fails to continue, one (1) or more
UCC financing statements;
(j) any
Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall (i) apply for, consent to or suffer
to
exist the appointment of, or the taking of possession by, a receiver, custodian,
trustee or liquidator of itself or of all or a substantial part of its property,
(ii) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, (iii) commence
a
voluntary case under the federal bankruptcy laws (as now or hereafter in
effect), (iv) be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, (v) file a petition
seeking to take advantage of any other law providing for the relief of debtors,
(vi) not challenge within ten (10) days of the filing thereof, or fail to have
dismissed within forty five (45) days, any petition filed against it in any
involuntary case under such bankruptcy laws, or (vii) take any action for the
purpose of effecting any of the foregoing;
(k) any
Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall admit in writing its inability, or
be
generally unable, to pay its debts as they become due or cease operations of
its
present business;
(l) any
Company or any of its Subsidiaries directly or indirectly sells, assigns,
transfers, conveys, or suffers or permits to occur any sale, assignment,
transfer or conveyance of any assets of such Company or any interest therein,
except as permitted herein;
(m) any
“Person” or “group” (as such terms are defined in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of
the Exchange Act, as in effect on the date hereof), other than a Lender, is
or
becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13(d)-3 and 13(d)-5 under
the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of 35% or more on a fully diluted
basis of the then outstanding voting equity interest of the Parent (other than
a
“Person” or “group” that beneficially owns 35% or more of such outstanding
voting equity interests of the Parent on the date hereof), (ii) the
Board of Directors of the Parent shall cease to consist of a majority of the
Board of Directors of the Parent on the date hereof (or directors appointed
by a
majority of the board of directors in effect immediately prior to such
appointment) or (iii) the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries merges or
consolidates with, or sells all or substantially all of its assets to, any
other
person or entity;
(n) the
indictment of any Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any executive officer
of
any Company or any of its Subsidiaries under any criminal statute, or
commencement of criminal or civil proceeding against any Company or any of
its
Subsidiaries or any executive officer of any Company or any of its Subsidiaries
pursuant to which statute or proceeding penalties or remedies sought or
available include forfeiture of any of the property of any Company or any of
its
Subsidiaries;
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(o) an
Event
of Default shall occur under and as defined in any Note or in any other
Ancillary Agreement;
(p) any
Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall breach any term or provision of any
Ancillary Agreement to which it is a party (including, without limitation,
Section 7(e) of the Registration Rights Agreement), in any material respect
which breach is not cured within any applicable cure or grace period provided
in
respect thereof (if any);
(q) any
Company or any of its Subsidiaries attempts to terminate, challenges the
validity of, or its liability under this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement,
or any proceeding shall be brought to challenge the validity, binding effect
of
any Ancillary Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement ceases to be a valid, binding
and enforceable obligation of such Company or any of its Subsidiaries (to the
extent such Persons are a party thereto);
(r) an
SEC
stop trade order or Principal Market trading suspension of the Common Stock
shall be in effect for five (5) consecutive days or five (5) days during a
period of ten (10) consecutive days, excluding in all cases a suspension of
all
trading on a Principal Market, provided that the Parent shall not have been
able
to cure such trading suspension within forty five (45) days of the notice
thereof or list the Common Stock on another Principal Market within sixty (60)
days of such notice;
(s) the
Parent’s failure to deliver Common Stock to any Lender pursuant to and in the
form required by the Warrants, the Secured Term Notes and this Agreement, if
such failure to deliver Common Stock shall not be cured within two (2) Business
Days or any Company is required to issue a replacement Note to any Lender and
such Company shall fail to deliver such replacement Note within seven (7)
Business Days; or
(t) any
Company, or any of its Domestic Subsidiaries shall take or participate in any
action which would be prohibited under the provisions of any Subordination
Agreement or make any payment on the indebtedness evidenced by the Subordinated
Debt Documentation to a Subordinated Lender that was not entitled to receive
such payments under the applicable Subordination Agreement.
21. Remedies. Following
the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Agent shall have the right to demand
repayment in full of all Obligations, whether or not otherwise
due. Until all Obligations have been fully and indefeasibly
satisfied, the Agent shall retain its Lien in all Collateral. The
Agent shall have, in addition to all other rights provided herein and in each
Ancillary Agreement, the rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC,
and under other applicable law, all other legal and equitable rights to which
the Agent may be entitled, including the right to take immediate possession
of
the Collateral, to require each Company to assemble the Collateral, at
Companies’ joint and several expense, and to make it available to the Agent at a
place designated by the Agent which is reasonably convenient to both parties
and
to enter any of the premises of any Company or wherever the Collateral shall
be
located, with or without force or process of law, and to keep and store the
same
on said premises until sold (and if said premises be the property of any
Company, such Company agrees not to charge the Agent or any Lender for storage
thereof), and the right to apply for the appointment of a receiver for such
Company’s property. Further, the Agent may, at any time or times
after the occurrence of an Event of Default, sell and deliver all Collateral
held by or for the Agent at public or private sale for cash, upon credit or
otherwise, at such prices and upon such terms as the Agent, in its sole
discretion, deems advisable or the Agent may otherwise recover upon the
Collateral in any commercially reasonable manner as the Agent, in its sole
discretion, deems advisable. The requirement of reasonable notice
shall be met if such notice is mailed postage prepaid to Company Agent at
Company Agent’s address as shown in the Agent’s records, at least ten (10) days
before the time of the event of which notice is being given. The
Agent may be the purchaser at any sale, if it is public. In
connection with the exercise of the foregoing remedies, and not without
limitation of any remedies with respect to Intellectual Property Collateral,
the
Agent may exercise the rights and license granted under Section 12(j)
hereof. The proceeds of sale shall be applied first to all costs and
expenses of sale, including attorneys’ fees, and second to the payment (in
whatever order the Agent elects) of all Obligations. After the
indefeasible payment and satisfaction in full of all of the Obligations, and
after the payment by the Agent of any other amount required by any provision
of
law, including Section 9-608(a)(1) of the UCC (but only after the Agent has
received what the Agent considers reasonable proof of a subordinate party’s
security interest), the surplus, if any, shall be paid to Company Agent (for
the
benefit of the applicable Companies) or its representatives or to whosoever
may
be lawfully entitled to receive the same, or as a court of competent
jurisdiction may direct. The Companies shall remain jointly and
severally liable to the Creditor Parties for any deficiency. Each
Company and the Creditor Parties acknowledge that the actual damages that would
be incurred by the Lenders after the occurrence of an Event of Default would
be
difficult to quantify and that such Company and the Creditor Parties have agreed
that the fees and obligations set forth in this Section and in this Agreement
would constitute fair and appropriate liquidated damages in the event of any
such termination. The parties hereto each hereby agree that the
exercise by any party hereto of any right granted to it or the exercise by
any
party hereto of any remedy available to it (including, without limitation,
the
issuance of a notice of redemption, a borrowing request and/or a notice of
default), in each case, hereunder or under any Ancillary Agreement shall not
constitute confidential information and no party shall have any duty to the
other party to maintain such information as confidential.
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22. Waivers. To
the full extent permitted by applicable law, each Company hereby waives (a)
presentment, demand and protest, and notice of presentment, dishonor, intent
to
accelerate, acceleration, protest, default, nonpayment, maturity, release,
compromise, settlement, extension or renewal of any or all of this Agreement
and
the Ancillary Agreements or any other notes, commercial paper, Accounts,
contracts, Documents, Instruments, Chattel Paper and guaranties at any time
held
by the Agent on which such Company may in any way be liable, and hereby ratifies
and confirms whatever the Agent may do in this regard; (b) all rights to notice
and a hearing prior to the Agent’s taking possession or control of, or to the
Agent’s replevy, attachment or levy upon, any Collateral or any bond or security
that might be required by any court prior to allowing the Agent to exercise
any
of its remedies; and (c) the benefit of all valuation, appraisal and exemption
laws. Each Company acknowledges that it has been advised by counsel
of its choices and decisions with respect to this Agreement, the Ancillary
Agreements and the transactions evidenced hereby and thereby.
23. Expenses. The
Companies shall jointly and severally pay all of the Agent’s out-of-pocket costs
and reasonable expenses, including reasonable fees and disbursements of in-house
or outside counsel and appraisers, in connection with (x) subject to the
limitations set forth in Section 5(b)(iii), the preparation, execution and
delivery of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements, and (y) in connection
with the prosecution or defense of any action, contest, dispute, suit or
proceeding concerning any matter in any way arising out of, related to or
connected with this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement. The
Companies shall also jointly and severally pay all of the Agent’s reasonable
fees, charges, out-of-pocket costs and expenses, including fees and
disbursements of counsel and appraisers, in connection with (a) the preparation,
execution and delivery of any waiver, any amendment thereto or consent proposed
or executed in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
or the Ancillary Agreements, (b) the Agent’s obtaining performance of the
Obligations under this Agreement and any Ancillary Agreements, including, but
not limited to, the enforcement or defense of the Agent’s security interests,
assignments of rights and Liens hereunder as valid perfected security interests,
(c) any attempt to inspect, verify, protect, collect, sell, liquidate or
otherwise dispose of any Collateral, (d) any appraisals or re appraisals of
any
property (real or personal) pledged to the Agent by any Company or any of its
Domestic Subsidiaries as Collateral for, or any other Person as security for,
the Obligations hereunder and (e) any consultations in connection with any
of
the foregoing. The Companies shall also jointly and severally pay
each Creditor Party the customary bank charges for any bank services (including
wire transfers) performed or caused to be performed by it for any Company or
any
of its Domestic Subsidiaries at any Company’s or such Domestic Subsidiary’s
request or in connection with any Company’s loan account with such Creditor
Party. All such costs and expenses together with all filing,
recording and search fees, taxes and interest payable by the Companies to the
Creditor Parties shall be payable on demand and shall be secured by the
Collateral. If any tax by any Governmental Authority is or may be
imposed on or as a result of any transaction between any Company and/or any
Subsidiary thereof, on the one hand, and Creditor Party on the other hand,
which
such Creditor Party is or may be required to withhold or pay (including, without
limitation, as a result of a breach by any Company or any of its Subsidiaries
of
Section 13(u) herein), the Companies hereby jointly and severally indemnify
and
hold such Creditor Party harmless in respect of such taxes, and the Companies
will repay to such Creditor Party the amount of any such taxes which shall
be
charged to the Companies’ account; and until the Companies shall furnish such
Creditor Party with indemnity therefor (or supply such Creditor Party with
evidence satisfactory to it that due provision for the payment thereof has
been
made), such Creditor Party may hold without interest any balance standing to
each Company’s credit and the Agent shall retain its Liens in any and all
Collateral.
24. Assignment;
Register.
(a) Each
Lender may assign any or all of the Obligations to any Person and, subject
to
acceptance and recordation thereof by the Agent pursuant to Section 24(b) and
receipt by the Agent of a copy of the agreement or instrument pursuant to which
such assignment is made (each such agreement or instrument, an “Assignment
Agreement”), any such assignee shall succeed to all of the Lenders’ rights
with respect thereto; provided that no Lender shall be permitted to effect
any
such assignment to a competitor of any Company unless an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing. Each Lender may from time to time sell or
otherwise grant participations in any of the Obligations and the holder of
any
such participation shall, subject to the terms of any agreement between such
Lender and such holder, be entitled to the same benefits as such Lender with
respect to any security for the Obligations in which such holder is a
participant. Each Company agrees that each such holder may exercise
any and all rights of banker’s lien, set-off and counterclaim with respect to
its participation in the Obligations as fully as though such Company were
directly indebted to such holder in the amount of such
participation. No Company may assign any of its rights or obligations
hereunder without the prior written consent of the Agent. All of the
terms, conditions, promises, covenants, provisions and warranties of this
Agreement shall inure to the benefit of each of the undersigned, and shall
bind
the representatives, successors and permitted assigns of each
Company.
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(b) The
Agent
shall maintain, or cause to be maintained, for this purpose only as agent for
each Company, (i) a copy of each Assignment Agreement delivered to it and (ii)
a
book entry system, within the meaning of U.S. Treasury Regulation
Sections 5f.103-1(c) and 1.871-14(c) (the “Register”), in which it will
register the name and address of each Lender and the name and address of each
assignee of each Lender under this Agreement, and the principal amount of,
and
stated interest on, the Loans owing to each such Lender and assignee pursuant
to
the terms hereof and each Assignment Agreement. The right, title and
interest of the Lenders and their assignees in and to such Loans shall be
transferable only upon notation of such transfer in the Register, and no
assignment thereof shall be effective until recorded therein. The
Companies and each Creditor Party shall treat each Person whose name is recorded
in the Register as a Lender pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender and owner
of an interest in the Obligations hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement,
notwithstanding notice to the contrary or any notation of ownership or other
writing or any Note. The Register shall be available for inspection
by any Company or Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time, upon
reasonable prior notice.
25. No
Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. Failure by any Creditor Party to
exercise any right, remedy or option under this Agreement, any Ancillary
Agreement or any supplement hereto or thereto or any other agreement between
or
among any Company and such Creditor Party in exercising the same, will not
operate as a waiver; no waiver by any Creditor Party will be effective unless
it
is in writing and then only to the extent specifically stated. The
Creditor Parties’ rights and remedies under this Agreement and the Ancillary
Agreements will be cumulative and not exclusive of any other right or remedy
which any of the Creditor Parties may have.
26. Application
of Payments. Each Company irrevocably waives the right to direct
the application of any and all payments at any time or times hereafter received
by the Agent from or on such Company’s behalf and each Company hereby
irrevocably agrees that the Agent shall have the continuing exclusive right
to
apply and reapply any and all payments received at any time or times hereafter
against the Obligations hereunder in such manner as the Agent may deem advisable
notwithstanding any entry by the Agent upon any of the Agent’s books and
records.
27. Indemnity. Each
Company hereby jointly and severally indemnifies and holds each Creditor Party,
and its respective affiliates, employees, attorneys and agents (each, an
“Indemnified Person”), harmless from and against any and all suits,
actions, proceedings, claims, damages, losses, liabilities and expenses of
any
kind or nature whatsoever (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and
disbursements and other costs of investigation or defense, including those
incurred upon any appeal) which may be instituted or asserted against or
incurred by any such Indemnified Person as the result of credit having been
extended, suspended or terminated under this Agreement or any of the Ancillary
Agreements or with respect to the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance
and administration of, or in any other way arising out of or relating to, this
Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements or any other documents or transactions
contemplated by or referred to herein or therein and any actions or failures
to
act with respect to any of the foregoing, including any actual or alleged
presence or release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property owned or
operated by any Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any liability under
Environmental Law related in any way to the Company or any Subsidiary, except
to
the extent that any such indemnified liability is finally determined by a court
of competent jurisdiction to have resulted solely from such Indemnified Person’s
gross negligence or willful misconduct. NO INDEMNIFIED PERSON SHALL
BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE TO ANY COMPANY OR TO ANY OTHER PARTY OR TO ANY
SUCCESSOR, ASSIGNEE OR THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARY OR ANY OTHER PERSON ASSERTING
CLAIMS DERIVATIVELY THROUGH SUCH PARTY, FOR INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHICH MAY BE ALLEGED AS A RESULT OF CREDIT HAVING BEEN
EXTENDED, SUSPENDED OR TERMINATED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY ANCILLARY
AGREEMENT OR AS A RESULT OF ANY OTHER TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREUNDER OR
THEREUNDER.
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28. Revival. The
Companies further agree that to the extent any Company makes a payment or
payments to any Creditor Party, which payment or payments or any part thereof
are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set
aside and/or required to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party
under any bankruptcy act, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause,
then, to the extent of such payment or repayment, the obligation or part thereof
intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect
as if said payment had not been made.
29. Borrowing
Agency Provisions.
(a) Each
Company hereby irrevocably designates Company Agent to be its attorney and
agent
and in such capacity to borrow, sign and endorse notes, and execute and deliver
all instruments, documents, writings and further assurances now or hereafter
required hereunder, on behalf of such Company, and hereby authorizes the Agent
to pay over or credit all loan proceeds hereunder in accordance with the request
of Company Agent.
(b) The
handling of this credit facility as a co-borrowing facility with a borrowing
agent in the manner set forth in this Agreement is solely as an accommodation
to
the Companies and at their request. the Agent shall not incur any
liability to any Company as a result thereof. To induce the Agent to
do so and in consideration thereof, each Company hereby indemnifies the Agent
and holds the Agent harmless from and against any and all liabilities, expenses,
losses, damages and claims of damage or injury asserted against the Agent by
any
Person arising from or incurred by reason of the handling of the financing
arrangements of the Companies as provided herein, reliance by the Agent on
any
request or instruction from Company Agent or any other action taken by the
Agent
with respect to this Paragraph 29.
(c) All
Obligations shall be joint and several, and the Companies shall make payment
upon the maturity of the Obligations by acceleration or otherwise, and such
obligation and liability on the part of the Companies shall in no way be
affected by any extensions, renewals and forbearance granted by the Agent to
any
Company, failure of the Agent to give any Company notice of borrowing or any
other notice, any failure of the Agent to pursue to preserve its rights against
any Company, the release by the Agent of any Collateral now or thereafter
acquired from any Company, and such agreement by any Company to pay upon any
notice issued pursuant thereto is unconditional and unaffected by prior recourse
by the Agent to any Company or any Collateral for such Company’s Obligations or
the lack thereof.
(d) Each
Company expressly waives any and all rights of subrogation, reimbursement,
indemnity, exoneration, contribution or any other claim which such Company
may
now or hereafter have against the other or other Person directly or contingently
liable for the Obligations, or against or with respect to any other’s property
(including, without limitation, any property which is Collateral for the
Obligations), arising from the existence or performance of this Agreement,
until
all Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full and this Agreement has
been
irrevocably terminated.
(e) Each
Company represents and warrants to the Agent that (i) Companies have one or
more
common shareholders, directors and officers, (ii) the businesses and corporate
activities of Companies are closely related to, and substantially benefit,
the
business and corporate activities of Companies, (iii) the financial and other
operations of Companies are performed on a combined basis as if Companies
constituted a consolidated corporate group, (iv) Companies will receive a
substantial economic benefit from entering into this Agreement and will receive
a substantial economic benefit from the application of each Loan hereunder,
in
each case, whether or not such amount is used directly by any Company and (v)
all requests for Loans hereunder by the Company Agent are for the exclusive
and
indivisible benefit of the Companies as though, for purposes of this Agreement,
the Companies constituted a single entity.
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30. Notices. Any
notice or request hereunder may be given to any Company, Company Agent or the
Agent at the respective addresses set forth below (or, in the case of any notice
to any other Creditor Party, at the address set forth opposite its name on
the
signature pages hereto) or as may hereafter be specified in a notice designated
as a change of address under this Section. Any notice or request
hereunder shall be given by registered or certified mail, return receipt
requested, hand delivery, overnight mail or telecopy (confirmed by
mail). Notices and requests shall be, in the case of those by hand
delivery, deemed to have been given when delivered to any officer of the party
to whom it is addressed, in the case of those by mail or overnight mail, deemed
to have been given three (3) Business Days after the date when deposited in
the
mail or with the overnight mail carrier, and, in the case of a telecopy, when
confirmed.
Notices
shall be provided as follows:
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If
to the Agent:
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LV
Administrative Services, Inc.
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000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xx.
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Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
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Attention:
|
Portfolio
Services
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Telephone:
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(000) 000-0000 |
Telecopier:
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(000)
000-0000
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If
to any Company, or Company Agent:
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NewMarket
Technology, Inc.
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00000
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000
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Xxxxxx,
Xxxxx 00000
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Attention: |
Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxx
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Telephone:
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(000)
000-0000
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Facsimile:
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(000)
000-0000
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With
a copy to:
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Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxx & Xxxxxxxxxx
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000
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Xxxxxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
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Attention:
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Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Esq.
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Telephone:
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(000)
000-0000
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Facsimile:
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(000)
000-0000
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or
such
other address as may be designated in writing hereafter in accordance with
this
Section 29 by such Person.
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31. Governing
Law, Jurisdiction and Waiver of Jury Trial.
(a) THIS
AGREEMENT AND THE ANCILLARY AGREEMENTS SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND
ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO
CONTRACTS MADE AND PERFORMED IN SUCH STATE, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF
CONFLICTS OF LAW.
(b) EACH
COMPANY HEREBY CONSENTS AND AGREES THAT THE STATE OR FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED
IN
THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK, STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL HAVE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION
TO
HEAR AND DETERMINE ANY CLAIMS OR DISPUTES BETWEEN ANY COMPANY, ON THE ONE HAND,
AND ANY CREDITOR PARTY, ON THE OTHER HAND, PERTAINING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR
ANY
OF THE ANCILLARY AGREEMENTS OR TO ANY MATTER ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS
AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE ANCILLARY AGREEMENTS; PROVIDED, THAT EACH
CREDITOR PARTY AND EACH COMPANY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ANY APPEALS FROM THOSE COURTS
MAY HAVE TO BE HEARD BY A COURT LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK,
STATE
OF NEW YORK; AND FURTHERPROVIDED, THAT NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT
SHALL BE DEEMED OR OPERATE TO PRECLUDE ANY CREDITOR PARTY FROM BRINGING SUIT
OR
TAKING OTHER LEGAL ACTION IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION TO COLLECT THE OBLIGATIONS,
TO REALIZE ON THE COLLATERAL OR ANY OTHER SECURITY FOR THE OBLIGATIONS, OR
TO
ENFORCE A JUDGMENT OR OTHER COURT ORDER IN FAVOR OF ANY CREDITOR
PARTY. EACH COMPANY EXPRESSLY SUBMITS AND CONSENTS IN ADVANCE TO SUCH
JURISDICTION IN ANY ACTION OR SUIT COMMENCED IN ANY SUCH COURT, AND EACH COMPANY
HEREBY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY HAVE BASED UPON LACK OF PERSONAL
JURISDICTION, IMPROPER VENUE OR FORUM NON CONVENIENS. EACH
COMPANY HEREBY WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF THE SUMMONS, COMPLAINT AND OTHER
PROCESS ISSUED IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR SUIT AND AGREES THAT SERVICE OF SUCH
SUMMONS, COMPLAINT AND OTHER PROCESS MAY BE MADE BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED
MAIL
ADDRESSED TO COMPANY AGENT AT THE ADDRESS SET FORTH IN SECTION 29 AND THAT
SERVICE SO MADE SHALL BE DEEMED COMPLETED UPON THE COMPANY AGENT’S ACTUAL
RECEIPT THEREOF.
(c) THE
PARTIES DESIRE THAT THEIR DISPUTES BE RESOLVED BY A JUDGE APPLYING SUCH
APPLICABLE LAWS. THEREFORE, TO ACHIEVE THE BEST COMBINATION OF THE
BENEFITS OF THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM AND OF ARBITRATION, THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVE
ALL
RIGHTS TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT TO RESOLVE
ANY DISPUTE, WHETHER ARISING IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE BETWEEN ANY
CREDITOR PARTY, AND/OR ANY COMPANY ARISING OUT OF, CONNECTED WITH, RELATED
OR
INCIDENTAL TO THE RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED BETWEEN THEM IN CONNECTION WITH
THIS
AGREEMENT, ANY ANCILLARY AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED HERETO OR
THERETO.
32. Limitation
of Liability. Each Company acknowledges and understands that in
order to assure repayment of the Obligations hereunder the Creditor Parties
may
be required to exercise any and all of the Creditor Parties’ rights and remedies
hereunder and agrees that, except as limited by applicable law, neither the
Creditor Parties nor any of their respective agents shall be liable for acts
taken or omissions made in connection herewith or therewith except for actual
bad faith.
33. Entire
Understanding; Maximum Interest. This Agreement and the Ancillary
Agreements contain the entire understanding among each Company, the Lenders
and
the Agent as to the subject matter hereof and thereof and any promises,
representations, warranties or guarantees not herein contained shall have no
force and effect unless in writing, signed by each Company’s and the
Agent. Neither this Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements, nor any
portion or provisions thereof may be changed, modified, amended, waived,
supplemented, discharged, cancelled or terminated orally or by any course of
dealing, or in any manner other than by an agreement in writing, signed by
the
party to be charged. Nothing contained in this Agreement, any
Ancillary Agreement or in any document referred to herein or delivered in
connection herewith shall be deemed to establish or require the payment of
a
rate of interest or other charges in excess of the maximum rate permitted by
applicable law. In the event that the rate of interest or dividends
required to be paid or other charges hereunder exceed the maximum rate permitted
by such law, any payments in excess of such maximum shall be credited against
amounts owed by the Companies to the Creditor Parties and thus refunded to
the
Companies.
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34. Severability. Wherever
possible each provision of this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements shall
be
interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law,
but if any provision of this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements shall be
prohibited by or invalid under applicable law such provision shall be
ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without
invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions
thereof.
35. Survival. The
representations, warranties, covenants and agreements made herein shall survive
any investigation made by any Creditor Party and the closing of the transactions
contemplated hereby to the extent provided therein. All statements as
to factual matters contained in any certificate or other instrument delivered
by
or on behalf of the Companies pursuant hereto in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereby shall be deemed to be representations and
warranties by the Companies hereunder solely as of the date of such certificate
or instrument. All indemnities set forth herein shall survive the
execution, delivery and termination of this Agreement and the Ancillary
Agreements and the making and repaying of the Obligations.
36. Captions. All
captions are and shall be without substantive meaning or content of any kind
whatsoever.
37. Counterparts;
Telecopier Signatures. This Agreement may be executed in one or
more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original and all of which
taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Any
signature delivered by a party via telecopier transmission shall be deemed
to be
any original signature hereto.
38. Construction. The
parties acknowledge that each party and its counsel have reviewed this Agreement
and that the normal rule of construction to the effect that any ambiguities
are
to be resolved against the drafting party shall not be employed in the
interpretation of this Agreement or any amendments, schedules or exhibits
thereto.
39. Publicity. Each
Company hereby authorizes each Creditor Party to make appropriate announcements
of the financial arrangement entered into by and among each Company and each
Creditor Party, including, without limitation, announcements which are commonly
known as tombstones, in such publications and to such selected parties as the
Agent shall in its sole and absolute discretion deem appropriate, or as required
by applicable law.
40. Joinder. It
is understood and agreed that any Person that desires to become a Company
hereunder, or is required to execute a counterpart of this Agreement after
the
date hereof pursuant to the requirements of this Agreement or any Ancillary
Agreement, shall become a Company hereunder by (a) executing a Joinder Agreement
in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, (b) delivering supplements
to
such exhibits and annexes to this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements as
the
Agent shall reasonably request and (c) taking all actions as specified in this
Agreement as would have been taken by such Company had it been an original
party
to this Agreement, in each case with all documents required above to be
delivered to the Agent and with all documents and actions required above to
be
taken to the reasonable satisfaction of the Agent.
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41. Legends. The
Securities shall bear legends as follows;
(a) The
Notes
shall bear substantially the following legend:
“THIS
NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED,
OR
ANY APPLICABLE, STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE SOLD,
OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT AS TO THIS NOTE UNDER SAID ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE
SECURITIES LAWS OR AN EXEMPTION FROM SUCH REGISTRATION. THIS NOTE IS
REGISTERED WITH THE COMPANY AGENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 24(B) OF THE SECURITY
AGREEMENT. TRANSFER OF ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THIS NOTE IS PERMITTED
SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS SET FORTH IN SUCH SECTION 24(B) WHICH REQUIRE, AMONG
OTHER THINGS, THAT NO TRANSFER IS EFFECTIVE UNTIL THE TRANSFEREE IS REFLECTED
AS
SUCH ON THE REGISTRY MAINTAINED WITH THE AGENT PURSUANT TO SUCH SECTION
24(B).”
(b) Any
shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to exercise of the Warrants, shall bear
a
legend which shall be in substantially the following form until such shares
are
covered by an effective registration statement filed with the SEC:
“THE
SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY APPLICABLE, STATE SECURITIES
LAWS. THESE SHARES MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR
HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER SUCH
SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR AN EXEMPTION FROM SUCH
REGISTRATION.”
(c) The
Warrants shall bear substantially the following legend:
“THIS
WARRANT AND THE COMMON SHARES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT HAVE NOT
BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY APPLICABLE
STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THIS WARRANT AND THE COMMON SHARES ISSUABLE
UPON EXERCISE OF THIS WARRANT MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR
HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AS TO THIS
WARRANT OR THE UNDERLYING SHARES OF COMMON STOCK UNDER SAID ACT AND APPLICABLE
STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR AN EXEMPTION FROM SUCH REGISTRATION.”
42. Agency. Each
Lender has pursuant to an Administrative and Collateral Agency Agreement hereby
designated and appointed the Agent as the administrative and collateral agent
of
such Lender under this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this SECURITY AGREEMENT as of the
date first written above.
NEWMARKET TECHNOLOGY, INC. | |||
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
Name Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Title CEO | |||
IP GLOBAL VOICE, INC. | |||
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Name Xxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Title CEO | |||
NETSCO, INC. | |||
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
Name Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Title President | |||
NEWMARKET CHINA, INC. | |||
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |
Name Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Title CFO | |||
NEWMARKET INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INC. | |||
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
Name Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Title President | |||
NEWMARKET BROADBAND, INC. | |||
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
Name Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Title President | |||
LV ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, INC., as Agent | |||
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | |
Name Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx | |||
Title Authorized Signatory | |||
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Annex
A - Definitions
“Account
Debtor” means any Person who is or may be obligated with respect to, or on
account of, an Account.
“Accountants”
has the meaning given to such term in Section 11(a).
“Accounts”
means all “accounts”, as such term is defined in the UCC, now owned or hereafter
acquired by any Person, including: (a) all accounts receivable, other
receivables, book debts and other forms of obligations (other than forms of
obligations evidenced by Chattel Paper or Instruments) (including any such
obligations that may be characterized as an account or contract right under
the
UCC); (b) all of such Person’s rights in, to and under all purchase orders or
receipts for goods or services; (c) all of such Person’s rights to any goods
represented by any of the foregoing (including unpaid sellers’ rights of
rescission, replevin, reclamation and stoppage in transit and rights to
returned, reclaimed or repossessed goods); (d) all rights to payment due to
such
Person for Goods or other property sold, leased, licensed, assigned or otherwise
disposed of, for a policy of insurance issued or to be issued, for a secondary
obligation incurred or to be incurred, for energy provided or to be provided,
for the use or hire of a vessel under a charter or other contract, arising
out
of the use of a credit card or charge card, or for services rendered or to
be
rendered by such Person or in connection with any other transaction (whether
or
not yet earned by performance on the part of such Person); and (e) all
collateral security of any kind given by any Account Debtor or any other Person
with respect to any of the foregoing.
“Accounts
Availability” means ninety percent (90%) of the net face amount of Eligible
Accounts.
“Administrative
and Collateral Agency Agreement” means the Administrative and Collateral
Agency Agreement among the Agent, the Lenders and such other parties thereto
from time to time, as amended, modified, supplemented and restated from time
to
time.
“Affiliate”
means, with respect to any Person, (a) any other Person (other than a
Subsidiary) which, directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled
by,
or is under common control with such Person, (b) any other Person that, directly
or indirectly, owns or controls, whether beneficially, or as trustee, guardian
or other fiduciary, 10% or more of the Equity Interests having ordinary voting
power in the election of directors of such Person, (c) any other Person who
is a
director, officer, joint venturer or partner (i) of such Person, (ii) of any
Subsidiary of such Person or (iii) of any Person described in clause (a) above
or (d) in the case of the Companies, the immediate family members, spouses
and
lineal descendants of individuals who are Affiliates of such
Companies. For the purposes of this definition, control of a Person
shall mean the power (direct or indirect) to direct or cause the direction
of
the management and policies of such Person whether by contract or otherwise;
providedhowever, that the term “Affiliate” shall specifically
exclude any Creditor Party.
“Ancillary
Agreements” means the Notes, the Warrants, the Registration Rights
Agreements, each Security Document and all other agreements, instruments,
documents, mortgages, pledges, powers of attorney, consents, assignments,
contracts, notices, security agreements, trust agreements and guarantees whether
heretofore, concurrently, or hereafter executed by or on behalf of any Company,
any of its Subsidiaries or any other Person or delivered to any of the Creditor
Parties, relating to this Agreement or to the transactions contemplated by
this
Agreement or otherwise relating to the relationship between or among any Company
and any Creditor Party, as each of the same may be amended, supplemented,
restated or otherwise modified from time to time.
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“Assignment
Agreement” has the meaning given such term in Section 24(a).
“Balance
Sheet Date” has the meaning given such term in Section
12(f)(ii).
“Books
and Records” means all books, records, board minutes, contracts, licenses,
insurance policies, environmental audits, business plans, files, computer files,
computer discs and other data and software storage and media devices, accounting
books and records, financial statements (actual and pro forma), filings with
Governmental Authorities and any and all records and instruments relating to
the
Collateral or otherwise necessary or helpful in the collection thereof or the
realization thereupon.
“Business
Day” means a day on which the Creditor Parties are open for business and
that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or other day on which banks are required or
permitted to be closed in the State of New York.
“Capital
Availability Amount” means $3,000,000.
“Capital
Expenditures” means, for any Person for any period, the aggregate of all
expenditures, whether or not made through the incurrence of Indebtedness, by
such Person and its Domestic Subsidiaries during such period for the
acquisition, leasing (pursuant to a capital lease), construction, replacement,
repair, substitution or improvement of fixed or capital assets or additions
to
equipment, in each case required to be capitalized under GAAP on a Consolidated
balance sheet of such Person.
“Capital
Lease” means, with respect to any Person, any lease of, or other arrangement
conveying the right to use, any property (whether real, personal or mixed)
by
such Person as lessee that has been or should be accounted for as a capital
lease on a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with
GAAP.
“Capitalized
Lease Obligations” means, at any time, with respect to any Capital Lease,
any lease entered into as part of any sale/leaseback transaction of any Person
or any synthetic lease, the amount of all obligations of such Person that is
(or
that would be, if such synthetic lease or other lease were accounted for as
a
Capital Lease) capitalized on a balance sheet of such Person prepared in
accordance with GAAP.
“Charter”
has the meaning given such term in Section 12(c)(iv).
“Chattel
Paper” means all “chattel paper,” as such term is defined in the UCC,
including electronic chattel paper, now owned or hereafter acquired by any
Person.
“Closing
Date” means the date on which any Company shall first receive proceeds of
the initial Loans or the date hereof, if no Loan is made under the facility
on
the date hereof.
“Code”
has the meaning given such term in Section 15(i).
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“Collateral”
means all of each Company’s property and assets, whether real or personal,
tangible or intangible, and whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or in
which
it now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or
interests including all of the following property in which it now has or at
any
time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest:
(a) all
Inventory;
(b) all
Equipment;
(c) all
Fixtures;
(d) all
Goods;
(e) all
General Intangibles;
(f) all
Accounts;
(g) all
Deposit Accounts, other bank accounts and all funds on deposit
therein;
(h) all
Investment Property;
(i) all
Equity Interests;
(j) all
Chattel Paper;
(k) all
Letter-of-Credit Rights;
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(l) all
Instruments;
(m) all
Commercial Tort Claims, including without limitation the claims set forth on
Schedule 1(A);
(n) all
Books
and Records;
(o) all
Intellectual Property;
(p) all
Documents;
(q) all
Supporting Obligations including letters of credit and guarantees issued in
support of Accounts, Chattel Paper, General Intangibles and Investment
Property;
(r) (i)
all
money, cash and cash equivalents and (ii) all cash held as cash collateral,
all
other cash or property at any time on deposit with or held by the Agent for
the
account of any Company (whether for safekeeping, custody, pledge, transmission
or otherwise); and
(s) all
products and Proceeds of all or any of the foregoing, tort claims and all claims
and other rights to payment including (i) insurance claims against third parties
for loss of, damage to, or destruction of, the foregoing Collateral and (ii)
payments due or to become due under leases, licenses, rentals and
hires of any or all of the foregoing and Proceeds payable under, or unearned
premiums with respect to policies of insurance in whatever form.
“Commercial
Tort Claims” means all “commercial tort claims”, as such term is defined in
the UCC, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Person.
“Commitment
Annex” means Annex B to this Agreement.
“Common
Stock” means the shares of stock representing the Parent’s common equity
interests.
“Company
Agent” means the Parent.
“Compliance
Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of
Exhibit C.
“Consolidated”
means, with respect to any Person, the accounts of such Person consolidated
in
accordance with GAAP.
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“Consolidated
Cash Interest Expense” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the
Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person for such period less the sum of,
in
each case to the extent included in the definition of Consolidated Interest
Expense, (a) the amortized amount of debt discount and debt issuance costs,
(b)
charges relating to write-ups or write-downs in the book or carrying value
of
existing Consolidated Total Debt, (c) interest payable in evidences of
Indebtedness or by addition to the principal of the related Indebtedness and
(d)
other non-cash interest.
“Consolidated
EBITDA” means, with respect to any Person for any period, (a) the
Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period plus (b) the sum of,
in
each case to the extent included in the calculation of such Consolidated Net
Income but without duplication, (i) any provision for United States federal
income taxes or other taxes measured by net income, (ii) Consolidated Interest
Expense, amortization of debt discount and commissions and other fees and
charges associated with Indebtedness (except amortization and expenses related
to the consummation of the initial Loans on the Closing Date and the payment
of
all fees, costs and expenses associated with the foregoing), (iii) any loss
from
extraordinary items, (iv) any depreciation, depletion and amortization expense,
(v) any aggregate net loss on the sale of property (other than Accounts and
Inventory (as defined under the applicable UCC) outside the ordinary course
of
business and (vi) any other non-cash expenditure, charge or loss for such
period (other than any non-cash expenditure, charge or loss relating to
write-offs, write-downs or reserves with respect to accounts and inventory),
including the amount of any compensation deduction as the result of any grant
of
Equity Interests to employees, officers, directors or consultants and minus
(c)
the sum of, in each case to the extent included in the calculation of such
Consolidated Net Income and without duplication, (i) any credit for United
States federal income taxes or other taxes measured by net income, (ii) any
interest income, (iii) any gain from extraordinary items and any other
non-recurring gain, (iv) any aggregate net gain from the sale of property (other
than Accounts and Inventory (as defined in the applicable UCC) out of the
ordinary course of business by such Person, (v) any other non-cash gain,
including any reversal of a charge referred to in clause (b)(vi) above by reason
of a decrease in the value of any Equity Interests, and (vi) any other cash
payment in respect of expenditures, charges and losses that have been added
to
Consolidated EBITDA of such Person pursuant to clause (b)(vi) above in any
prior
period.
“Consolidated
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Person for any
period, the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA of such Person for such period
minus Capital Expenditures of such Person for such period minus the total
liability for United States federal income taxes and other taxes measured by
net
income actually payable by such Person in respect of such period to (b) the
Consolidated Fixed Charges of such Person for such period.
“Consolidated
Fixed Charges” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum,
determined on a Consolidated basis, of (a) the Consolidated Cash Interest
Expense of such Person for such period, (b) the principal amount of Consolidated
Total Debt of such Person having a scheduled due date during such period, (c)
all cash dividends payable by such Person on Equity Interests in respect of
such
period to Persons other than such Person and (d) all commitment fees and other
costs, fees and expenses payable by such Person during such period in order
to
effect, or because of, the incurrence of any Indebtedness.
“Consolidated
Interest Expense” means, for any Person for any period, (a) Consolidated
total interest expense of such Person for such period and including, in any
event, (i) interest capitalized during such period and net costs under Interest
Rate Contracts for such period and (ii) all fees, charges, commissions,
discounts and other similar obligations (other than reimbursement obligations)
with respect to letters of credit, bank guarantees, banker’s acceptances, surety
bonds and performance bonds (whether or not matured) payable by such Person
during such period minus (b) the sum of (i) Consolidated net gains of such
Person under Interest Rate Contracts for such period and (ii) Consolidated
interest income of such Person for such period.
“Consolidated
Leverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Person as of any date, the ratio
of (a) Consolidated Total Debt of such Person outstanding as of such date
excluding intercompany loans made by such Person to any Subsidiary of such
Person to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for such Person for the last period of twelve
(12) consecutive calendar months ending on or before such date.
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“Consolidated
Net Income” means, with respect to any Person, for any period, the
Consolidated net income (or loss) of such Person for such period; provided,
however, that the following shall be excluded: (a) the net income of
any other Person in which such Person has a joint interest with a third-party
(which interest does not cause the net income of such other Person to be
Consolidated into the net income of such Person), except to the extent of the
amount of dividends or distributions paid to such Person , (b) the net income
of
any Domestic Subsidiary of such Person that is, on the last day of such period,
subject to any restriction or limitation on the payment of dividends or the
making of other distributions, to the extent of such restriction or limitation
and (c) the net income of any other Person arising prior to such other Person
becoming a Domestic Subsidiary of such Person or merging or consolidating into
such Person or its Domestic Subsidiaries.
“Consolidated
Total Debt” of any Person means all Indebtedness of a type described in
clause (a), (b), (c)(i), (d), (f), (g) or (i) of the definition thereof, in
each
case of such Person on a Consolidated basis.
“Contract
Rate” has the meaning given such term in the Note.
“Contractual
Obligation” means, with respect to any Person, any provision of any
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, contract, undertaking, agreement or other
instrument to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property
is bound or to which any of its property is subject.
“Default”
means any act or event which, with the giving of notice or passage of time
or
both, would constitute an Event of Default.
“Deposit
Accounts” means all “deposit accounts” as such term is defined in the UCC,
now or hereafter held in the name of any Person, including, without limitation,
the Lockboxes.
“Disclosure
Controls” has the meaning given such term in Section 12(f)(iv).
“Documents”
means all “documents”, as such term is defined in the UCC, now owned or
hereafter acquired by any Person, wherever located, including all bills of
lading, dock warrants, dock receipts, warehouse receipts, and other documents
of
title, whether negotiable or non-negotiable.
“Domestic
Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary organized under the laws of the United
States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia.
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“Eligible
Accounts” means each Account of each Company which conforms to the following
criteria: (a) shipment of the merchandise or the rendition of
services has been completed; (b) no return, rejection or repossession of the
merchandise has occurred; (c) merchandise or services shall not have been
rejected or disputed by the Account Debtor and there shall not have been
asserted any offset, defense or counterclaim; (d) continues to be in full
conformity with the representations and warranties made by such Company to
the
Agent with respect thereto; (e) the Agent is, and continues to be, satisfied
with the credit standing of the Account Debtor in relation to the amount of
credit extended; provided, however, that this clause (e) shall not
apply in the case of any determination made as to an Account on or after the
Specified Assignment Date; (f) there are no facts existing or threatened which
are likely to result in any adverse change in an Account Debtor’s financial
condition; (g) is documented by an invoice in a form approved by the Agent
and
shall not be unpaid more than ninety (90) days from invoice date; (h) not more
than twenty-five percent (25%) of the unpaid amount of invoices due from such
Account Debtor remains unpaid more than ninety (90) days from invoice date;
(i)
is not evidenced by chattel paper or an instrument of any kind with respect
to
or in payment of the Account unless such instrument is duly endorsed to and
in
possession of the Agent or represents a check in payment of an Account; (j)
the
Account Debtor is located in the United States; provided, however,
the Agent may from time to time prior to the Specified Assignment Date, in
the
exercise of its sole discretion and based upon satisfaction of certain
conditions to be determined at such time by the Agent, deem certain Accounts
as
Eligible Accounts notwithstanding that such Account is due from an Account
Debtor located outside of the United States; (k) the Agent has a first priority
perfected Lien in such Account and such Account is not subject to any Lien
other
than Permitted Liens; (l) does not arise out of transactions with any employee,
officer, director, stockholder or Affiliate of any Company; (m) is payable
to
such Company; (n) does not arise out of a xxxx and hold sale prior to shipment
and does not arise out of a sale to any Person to which such Company is
indebted; (o) is net of any returns, discounts, claims, credits and allowances;
(p) if the Account arises out of contracts between such Company, on the one
hand, and the United States, on the other hand, any state, or any department,
agency or instrumentality of any of them, such Company has so notified the
Agent, in writing, prior to the creation of such Account, and there has been
compliance with any governmental notice or approval requirements, including
compliance with the Federal Assignment of Claims Act; (q) is a good and valid
account representing an undisputed bona fide indebtedness incurred by the
Account Debtor therein named, for a fixed sum as set forth in the invoice
relating thereto with respect to an unconditional sale and delivery upon the
stated terms of goods sold by such Company or work, labor and/or services
rendered by such Company; (r) does not arise out of progress xxxxxxxx prior
to
completion of the order; (s) the total unpaid Accounts from such Account Debtor
does not exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of all Eligible Accounts; (t) such
Company’s right to payment is absolute and not contingent upon the fulfillment
of any condition whatsoever; (u) such Company is able to bring suit and enforce
its remedies against the Account Debtor through judicial process; (v) does
not
represent interest payments, late or finance charges owing to such Company,
and
(w) it otherwise satisfactory to the Agent as determined by the Agent in the
exercise of its commercially reasonable discretion, exercised in good faith;
provided, however, that this clause (w) shall not apply in the
case of any determination made as to an Account on or after the Specified
Assignment Date. In the event any Company requests that the Agent
include within Eligible Accounts certain Accounts of one or more of such
Company’s acquisition targets, the Agent shall at the time of such request
consider such inclusion, but any such inclusion shall be at the sole option
of
the Agent, may not first occur on or after the Specified Assignment Date and
shall at all times be subject to the execution and delivery to the Agent of
all
such documentation (including, without limitation, guaranty and security
documentation) as the Agent may require in its sole discretion.
“Eligible
Subsidiary” means each Subsidiary of the Parent set forth on Exhibit
A hereto, as the same may be updated from time to time with the Agent’s
written consent.
“Environmental
Law” means all laws, rules, regulations, codes, ordinances,
orders, decrees, judgments, injunctions, notices or binding agreements issued,
promulgated or entered into by any Governmental Authority, relating in any
way
to pollution or the environment, preservation or reclamation of natural
resources, the management, generation, use, handling, treatment, transportation,
storage, disposal or release or threatened release of or exposure to Hazardous
Materials, or occupational health and safety.
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“Equipment”
means all “equipment” as such term is defined in the UCC, now owned or hereafter
acquired by any Person, wherever located, including any and all machinery,
apparatus, equipment, fittings, furniture, Fixtures, motor vehicles and other
tangible personal property (other than Inventory) of every kind and description
that may be now or hereafter used in such Person’s operations or that are owned
by such Person or in which such Person may have an interest, and all parts,
accessories and accessions thereto and substitutions and replacements
therefor.
“Equity
Interests” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any and all shares,
rights to purchase, options, warrants, general, limited or limited liability
partnership interests, member interests, units, participations or other
equivalents of or interest in (regardless of how designated) equity of such
Person, whether voting or nonvoting, including common stock, preferred stock,
convertible securities or any other “equity security” (as such term is defined
in Rule 3a11-1 of the General Rules and Regulations promulgated by the SEC
(or
any successor thereto) under the Exchange Act).
“ERISA”
has the meaning given such term in Section 12(bb).
“Event
of Default” means the occurrence of any of the events set forth in
Section 19.
“Exchange
Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Exchange
Act Filings” means the Parent’s filings under the Exchange Act made prior to
the date of this Agreement.
“Excluded
Taxes” means, with respect to any Creditor Party, taxes imposed on or
measured by its overall net income and franchise taxes imposed on it in lieu
of
net income taxes, by the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof)
under the laws of which such Creditor Party is incorporated or organized or
by
the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) in which the principal
place of management or applicable lending office of such Creditor Party is
located.
“Financial
Reporting Controls” has the meaning given such term in Section
12(f)(v).
“Fixtures”
means all “fixtures” as such term is defined in the UCC, now owned or hereafter
acquired by any Person.
“Foreign
Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of any Company that is not a Domestic
Subsidiary.
“Formula
Amount” has the meaning given such term in Section 2(a)(i).
“GAAP”
means generally accepted accounting principles, practices and procedures in
effect from time to time in the United States of America.
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“General
Intangibles” means all “general intangibles” as such term is defined in the
UCC, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Person and in any event shall
include all right, title and interest that such Person may now or hereafter
have
in or under any contract, all Payment Intangibles, customer lists, Intellectual
Property, interests in partnerships, joint ventures and other business
associations, permits, proprietary or confidential information, inventions
(whether or not patented or patentable), technical information, procedures,
designs, knowledge, know-how, Software, data bases, data, skill, expertise,
experience, processes, models, drawings, materials, Books and Records, Goodwill
(including the Goodwill associated with any Intellectual Property), all rights
and claims in or under insurance policies (including insurance for fire, damage,
loss, and casualty, whether covering personal property, real property, tangible
rights or intangible rights, all liability, life, key-person, and business
interruption insurance, and all unearned premiums), uncertificated securities,
choses in action, deposit accounts, rights to receive tax refunds and other
payments, rights to received dividends, distributions, cash, Instruments and
other property in respect of or in exchange for pledged Equity Interests and
Investment Property, and rights of indemnification.
“Goods”
means all “goods”, as such term is defined in the UCC, now owned or hereafter
acquired by any Person, wherever located, including embedded software to the
extent included in “goods” as defined in the UCC, manufactured homes, fixtures,
standing timber that is cut and removed for sale and unborn young of
animals.
“Goodwill”
means all goodwill, trade secrets, proprietary or confidential information,
technical information, procedures, formulae, quality control standards, designs,
operating and training manuals, customer lists, and distribution agreements
now
owned or hereafter acquired by any Person.
“Governmental
Authority” means any nation or government, any state or other political
subdivision thereof, and any agency, department or other entity exercising
executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of
or
pertaining to government.
“Guaranty
Obligation” means, as applied to any Person, any direct or indirect
liability, contingent or otherwise, of such Person for any Indebtedness, lease,
dividend or other obligation (the “primary obligation”) of another Person (the
“primary obligor”), if the purpose or intent of such Person in incurring such
liability, or the economic effect thereof, is to guarantee such primary
obligation or provide support, assurance or comfort to the holder of such
primary obligation or to protect or indemnify such holder against loss with
respect to such primary obligation, including (a) the direct or indirect
guaranty, endorsement (other than for collection or deposit in the ordinary
course of business), co-making, discounting with recourse or sale with recourse
by such Person of any primary obligation, (b) the incurrence of reimbursement
obligations with respect to any letter of credit or bank guarantee in support
of
any primary obligation, (c) the existence of any Lien, or any right, contingent
or otherwise, to receive a Lien, on the property of such Person securing any
part of any primary obligation and (d) any liability of such Person for a
primary obligation through any Contractual Obligation (contingent or otherwise)
or other arrangement (i) to purchase, repurchase or otherwise acquire such
primary obligation or any security therefor or to provide funds for the payment
or discharge of such primary obligation (whether in the form of a loan, advance,
stock purchase, capital contribution or otherwise), (ii) to maintain the
solvency, working capital, equity capital or any balance sheet item, level
of
income or cash flow, liquidity or financial condition of any primary obligor,
(iii) to make take-or-pay or similar payments, if required, regardless of
non-performance by any other party to any Contractual Obligation, (iv) to
purchase, sell or lease (as lessor or lessee) any property, or to purchase
or
sell services, primarily for the purpose of enabling the primary obligor to
satisfy such primary obligation or to protect the holder of such primary
obligation against loss or (v) to supply funds to or in any other manner invest
in, such primary obligor (including to pay for property or services irrespective
of whether such property is received or such services are rendered); provided,
however, that “Guaranty Obligations” shall not include (x) endorsements for
collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business and (y) product
warranties given in the ordinary course of business. The outstanding
amount of any Guaranty Obligation shall equal the outstanding amount of the
primary obligation so guaranteed or otherwise supported or, if lower, the stated
maximum amount for which such Person may be liable under such Guaranty
Obligation.
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“Hazardous
Materials” means materials, wastes or pollutants listed or defined as
“hazardous substances”, “hazardous wastes” ,”toxic substances” or by words of
similar import or any other substance or waste otherwise regulated by applicable
Environmental Law, including nuclear materials and radioactive substances or
wastes, petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos containing
materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes,
and toxic mold.
“Hedging
Agreement” means any Interest Rate Contract, foreign exchange, swap, option
or forward contract, spot, cap, floor or collar transaction, any other
derivative instrument and any other similar speculative transaction and any
other similar agreement or arrangement designed to alter the risks of any Person
arising from fluctuations in any underlying variable.
“Indebtedness”
of any Person means, without duplication, any of the following, whether or
not
matured: (a) all indebtedness for borrowed money (including, without
limitation, all principal, interest, fees and charges relating thereto), (b)
all
obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, (c)
all reimbursement and all obligations with respect to (i) letters of credit,
bank guarantees or bankers’ acceptances or (ii) surety, customs, reclamation or
performance bonds (in each case not related to judgments or litigation) other
than those entered into in the ordinary course of business, (d) all obligations
to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services, other than trade
payables incurred in the ordinary course of business, (e) all obligations
created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention
agreement, regardless of whether the rights and remedies of the seller or lender
under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or
sale
of such property, (f) all Capitalized Lease Obligations, (g) all obligations,
whether or not contingent, to purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise
acquire for value any of its own Equity Interests (or any Equity Interests
of a
direct or indirect parent entity thereof) prior to the date that is 180 days
after the maturity of the Notes, valued at, in the case of redeemable preferred
Equity Interests, the greater of the voluntary liquidation preference and the
involuntary liquidation preference of such Equity Interests plus accrued and
unpaid dividends, (h) all payments that would be required to be made in respect
of any Hedging Agreement in the event of a termination (including an early
termination) on the date of determination and (i) all Guaranty Obligations
for
obligations of any other Person constituting Indebtedness of such other Person;
provided, however, that the items in each of clauses (a) through (i) above
shall
constitute “Indebtedness” of such Person solely to the extent, directly or
indirectly, (x) such Person is liable for any part of any such item, (y) any
such item is secured by a Lien on such Person’s property or (z) any other Person
has a right, contingent or otherwise, to cause such Person to become liable
for
any part of any such item or to grant such a Lien.
“Interest
Rate Contracts” means all interest rate swap agreements, interest rate cap
agreements, interest rate collar agreements and interest rate
insurance.
“Instruments”
means all “instruments”, as such term is defined in the UCC, now owned or
hereafter acquired by any Person, wherever located, including all certificated
securities and all promissory notes and other evidences of indebtedness, other
than instruments that constitute, or are a part of a group of writings that
constitute, Chattel Paper.
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“Intellectual
Property” means any and all of the following, throughout the
world, patents, trademarks tradenames, corporate names, fictitious
business names, Internet domain names, trade styles, service marks, logos,
and
other source of business identifiers and the goodwill symbolized by
and connected with the use thereof; copyrights, mask works, designs, inventions,
trade secrets, information, databases, rights of publicity, software, and any
other proprietary rights and processes; any licenses to use any of the foregoing
owned by a third party; registrations, applications and recordings
pertaining to any of the foregoing; and rights to xxx for past, present and
future infringement, dilution, misappropriation, or other violation of any
of
the foregoing.
“Inventory”
means all “inventory”, as such term is defined in the UCC, now owned or
hereafter acquired by any Person, wherever located, including all inventory,
merchandise, goods and other personal property that are held by or on behalf
of
such Person for sale or lease or are furnished or are to be furnished under
a
contract of service or that constitute raw materials, work in process, finished
goods, returned goods, or materials or supplies of any kind, nature or
description used or consumed or to be used or consumed in such Person’s business
or in the processing, production, packaging, promotion, delivery or shipping
of
the same, including all supplies and embedded software.
“Investment
Property” means all “investment property”, as such term is defined in the
UCC, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Person, wherever
located.
“Lender”
has the meaning given such term in the preamble.
“Letter-of-Credit
Rights” means “letter-of-credit rights” as such term is defined in the UCC,
now owned or hereafter acquired by any Person, including rights to payment
or
performance under a letter of credit, whether or not such Person, as
beneficiary, has demanded or is entitled to demand payment or
performance.
“Lien”
means any mortgage, security deed, deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation,
assignment, security interest, lien (whether statutory or otherwise), charge,
claim or encumbrance, or preference, priority or other security agreement or
preferential arrangement held or asserted in respect of any asset of any kind
or
nature whatsoever including any conditional sale or other title retention
agreement, any lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of
the
foregoing, and the filing of, or agreement to give, any financing statement
under the UCC or comparable law of any jurisdiction.
“Loans”
means collectively, the Revolving Loans and the Term Loan.
“Lockboxes”
has the meaning given such term in Section 8(a).
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“Material
Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, assets,
liabilities, condition (financial or otherwise), properties, operations or
prospects of any Company or any of its Subsidiaries (taken individually and
as a
whole), (b) any Company’s or any of its Subsidiary’s ability to pay or perform
the Obligations in accordance with the terms hereof or any Ancillary Agreement,
(c) the sufficiency and/or value of the Collateral, the Liens on the Collateral
or the priority of any such Lien or (d) the practical realization of the
benefits of the Creditor Parties’ rights and remedies under this Agreement and
the Ancillary Agreements. Without limiting the foregoing, any event
or occurrence adverse to a Company which results or could reasonably be expected
to result in costs and/or liabilities or loss of revenues, individually or
in
the aggregate to such Company in excess of 30% of such Company’s revenue shall
constitute a Material Adverse Effect.
“NASD”
has the meaning given such term in Section 13(b).
“Non-Excluded
Taxes” means all Taxes other than (i) Excluded Taxes and (ii) Other
Taxes.
“Notes”
means the Secured Revolving Notes and the Secured Term Notes.
“Note
Shares” has the meaning given to such term in Section 12(a).
“Notes
Receivable” means, collectively, (a) the 6% Promissory Note dated March 31,
2006 made by Sensitron, Inc., a Delaware corporation, in favor of the Parent
in
the original principal amount of $411,400, (b) the Convertible Promissory Note
dated October 1, 2006 made by VirtualHealth Technologies, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, in favor of the Parent in the original principal amount of
$900,000, (c) the Promissory Note dated August 18, 2006 made by Xxxx Technology
Corporation in favor of the Parent in the original principal amount of
$1,300,000 and (d) each other instrument, agreement and/or document evidencing
indebtedness owing by any Person to a Company.
“Obligations”
means all Loans, all advances, debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and
duties owing by each Company and each of its Subsidiaries to any Creditor Party
(or any corporation that directly or indirectly controls or is controlled by
or
is under common control with any of them) of every kind and description (whether
or not evidenced by any note or other instrument and whether or not for the
payment of money or the performance or non-performance of any act), direct
or
indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, contractual or tortious,
liquidated or unliquidated, whether existing by operation of law or otherwise
now existing or hereafter arising including any debt, liability or obligation
owing from any Company and/or each of its Subsidiaries to others which any
Creditor Party may have obtained by assignment or otherwise and further
including all interest (including interest accruing at the then applicable
rate
provided in this Agreement after the maturity of the Loans and interest accruing
at the then applicable rate provided in this Agreement after the filing of
any
petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization
or
like proceeding, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition
interest is allowed or allowable in such proceeding), charges or any other
payments each Company and each of its Subsidiaries is required to make by law
or
otherwise arising under or as a result of this Agreement, the Ancillary
Agreements or otherwise, together with all reasonable expenses and reasonable
attorneys’ fees chargeable to the Companies’ or any of their Subsidiaries’
accounts or incurred by any Creditor Party in connection therewith.
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“Other
Taxes” means any and all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any
other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any
payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or
otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Ancillary
Agreement.
“Overadvance”
has the meaning given such term in Section 2(a)(ii).
“Parent”
has the meaning given such term in the preamble.
“Payment
Intangibles” means all “payment intangibles” as such term is defined in the
UCC, now owned or hereafter acquired by any Person, including, a General
Intangible under which the Account Debtor’s principal obligation is a monetary
obligation.
“Permitted
Liens” means (a) Liens of carriers, warehousemen, artisans, bailees,
mechanics and materialmen incurred in the ordinary course of business securing
sums not overdue; (b) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business in
connection with worker’s compensation, unemployment insurance or other forms of
governmental insurance or benefits, relating to employees, securing sums (i)
not
overdue or (ii) being diligently contested in good faith provided that adequate
reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the Companies
and
their Subsidiaries, as applicable, in conformity with GAAP; (c) licenses of
Intellectual Property granted by the Company prior to the date hereof, Licenses
of Intellectual Property granted in the ordinary course of business consistent
with past practices on convincingly reasonable terms; (d) Liens in favor of
the
Agent; (e) Liens for taxes (i) not yet due or (ii) being diligently contested
in
good faith by appropriate proceedings, provided that adequate reserves with
respect thereto are maintained on the books of the Companies and their
Subsidiaries, as applicable, in conformity with GAAP; and which have no effect
on the priority of Liens in favor of the Agent or the value of the assets in
which the Agent has a Lien; (f) Purchase Money Liens securing Purchase Money
Indebtedness to the extent permitted in this Agreement and (f) Liens specified
on Schedule 2 hereto.
“Person”
means any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability
partnership, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization, association,
corporation, limited liability company, institution, public benefit corporation,
entity or government (whether federal, state, county, city, municipal or
otherwise, including any instrumentality, division, agency, body or department
thereof), and shall include such Person’s successors and assigns.
“Principal
Market” means the NASD Over The Counter Bulletin Board, NASDAQ Capital
Market, NASDAQ National Market System, American Stock Exchange or New York
Stock
Exchange (whichever of the foregoing is at the time the principal trading
exchange or market for the Common Stock).
“Proceeds”
means “proceeds”, as such term is defined in the UCC and, in any event, shall
include: (a) any and all proceeds of any insurance, indemnity,
warranty or guaranty payable to any Company or any other Person from time to
time with respect to any Collateral; (b) any and all payments (in any form
whatsoever) made or due and payable to any Company from time to time in
connection with any requisition, confiscation, condemnation, seizure or
forfeiture of any Collateral by any governmental body, governmental authority,
bureau or agency (or any person acting under color of governmental authority);
(c) any claim of any Company against third parties (i) for past, present or
future infringement of any Intellectual Property or (ii) for past, present
or
future infringement or dilution of any trademark or trademark license or for
injury to the goodwill associated with any trademark, trademark registration
or
trademark licensed under any trademark License; (d) any recoveries by any
Company against third parties with respect to any litigation or dispute
concerning any Collateral, including claims arising out of the loss or
nonconformity of, interference with the use of, defects in, or infringement
of
rights in, or damage to, Collateral; (e) all amounts collected on, or
distributed on account of, other Collateral, including dividends, interest,
distributions and Instruments with respect to Investment Property and pledged
Equity Interests; and (f) any and all other amounts, rights to payment or other
property acquired upon the sale, lease, license, exchange or other disposition
of Collateral and all rights arising out of Collateral.
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“Purchase
Money Indebtedness” means (a) any indebtedness incurred for the payment of
all or any part of the purchase price of any fixed asset, including indebtedness
under capitalized leases, (b) any indebtedness incurred for the sole purpose
of
financing or refinancing all or any part of the purchase price of any fixed
asset, and (c) any renewals, extensions or refinancings thereof (but not any
increases in the principal amounts thereof outstanding at that
time).
“Purchase
Money Lien” means any Lien upon any fixed assets that secures the Purchase
Money Indebtedness related thereto but only if such Lien shall at all times
be
confined solely to the asset the purchase price of which was financed or
refinanced through the incurrence of the Purchase Money Indebtedness secured
by
such Lien and only if such Lien secures only such Purchase Money
Indebtedness.
“Register”
has the meaning given such term in Section 24(b).
“Registration
Rights Agreements” means that certain Registration Rights Agreement dated as
of the Closing Date by and between the Parent and the Agent and each other
registration rights agreement by and between the Parent and the Agent, as each
of the same may be amended, modified and supplemented from time to
time.
“Reserves”
means (a) until the occurrence of the Specified Assignment Date, such reserves
as the Agent may reasonably in its good faith judgment deem proper and necessary
from time to time and (b) on and after the Specified Assignment Date, the Agent
may institute reserves in the following amounts:
(i) if
on the
last day of any calendar month commencing on the calendar month ending November
30, 2007, the Consolidated EBITDA of the Companies and their Domestic
Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis is less than $4,000,000 but greater than
or
equal to $3,000,000 for the twelve (12) calendar month period ending on such
day, reserves against the Formula Amount in an amount not greater than
twenty-five percent (25%) of the Formula Amount;
(ii) if
on the
last day of any calendar month commencing on the calendar month ending November
30, 2007, the Consolidated EBITDA of the Companies and their Domestic
Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis is less than $3,000,000 for the twelve
(12)
calendar month period ending on such day, reserves against the Formula Amount
in
an amount not greater than fifty percent (50%) of the Formula
Amount;
(iii) if
on the
last day of any calendar month commencing on the calendar month ending November
30, 2007, the Consolidated Leverage Ratio of the Companies and their Domestic
Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis is greater than 2.50 to 1.00 but less
than
or equal to 3.00 to 1.00, reserves against the Formula Amount in an amount
not
greater than twenty percent (20%) of the Formula Amount;
(iv) if
on the
last day of any calendar month commencing on the calendar month ending November
30, 2007, the Consolidated Leverage Ratio of the Companies and their Domestic
Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis is greater than 3.00 to 1.00, reserves
against the Formula Amount in an amount not greater than forty percent (40%)
of
the Formula Amount;
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(v) if
on the
last day of any calendar month commencing on the calendar month ending November
30, 2007, the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Companies and
their Domestic Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis is less than 1.25 to 1.00
but greater than or equal to 1.15 to 1.00, reserves against the Formula Amount
in an amount not greater than twenty percent (20%) of the Formula Amount;
or
(vi) if
on the
last day of any calendar month commencing on the calendar month ending November
30, 2007, the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Companies and
their Domestic Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis is less than 1.15 to 1.00,
reserves against the Formula Amount in an amount not greater than forty percent
(40%) of the Formula Amount.
“Revolving
Commitment Amount” means, as to any Lender, the dollar amount set forth
opposite such Lender’s name on the Commitment Annex under the column “Revolving
Commitment Amount” (if such Lender’s name is not so set forth thereon, then the
dollar amount on the Commitment Annex for the Revolving Commitment Amount for
such Lender shall be deemed to be zero), as such amount may be adjusted from
time to time by any amounts assigned (with respect to such Lender’s portion of
Revolving Loans outstanding and its commitment to make Revolving Loans) pursuant
to the terms of any and all effective Assignment Agreements to which such Lender
is a party.
“Revolving
Commitment Percentage” means, as to any Lender, (i) on the Closing Date, the
percentage set forth opposite such Lender’s name on the Commitment Annex under
the column “Revolving Commitment Percentage” (if such Lender’s name is not so
set forth thereon, then, on the Closing Date, such percentage for such Lender
shall be deemed to be zero) and (ii) on any date following the Closing Date,
the
percentage equal to the Revolving Commitment Amount of such Lender on such
date
divided by the Capital Availability Amount on such date.
“Revolving
Loans” has the meaning given such term in Section 2(a)(i) and shall include
all other extensions of credit hereunder and under any Ancillary
Agreement.
“SEC”
means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“SEC
Reports” has the meaning given such term in Section 12(u).
“Secured
Revolving Notes” means those certain Secured Revolving Notes dated as of the
Closing Date made by the Companies in favor of the Lenders in the aggregate
original face amount of $3,000,000, as each may be amended, supplemented,
restated and/or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Secured
Term Notes” means those certain Secured Term Notes dated as of the Closing
Date made by the Companies in favor of the Lenders in the aggregate original
face amount of $4,000,000, as each may be amended, supplemented, restated and/or
otherwise modified from time to time.
“Securities”
means the Notes and the Warrants and the shares of Common Stock which may be
issued pursuant to exercise of such Warrants.
“Securities
Act” has the meaning given such term in Section 12(r).
“Security
Documents” means all security agreements, mortgages, cash collateral deposit
letters, pledges and other agreements which are executed by any Company or
any
of its Subsidiaries in favor of the Agent for the ratable benefit of the
Creditor Parties.
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“Software”
means all “software” as such term is defined in the UCC, now owned or hereafter
acquired by any Person, including all computer programs and all supporting
information provided in connection with a transaction related to any
program.
“Solvent”
means, with respect to any Person on a particular date, that on such date (a)
the fair value of the property of such Person is greater than the total amount
of liabilities, including contingent liabilities, of such Person; (b) the
present fair salable value of the assets of such Person is not less than the
amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on
its
debts as they become absolute and matured; (c) such Person does not intend
to,
and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such
Person’s ability to pay as such debts and liabilities mature; and (d) such
Person is not engaged in a business or transaction, and is not about to engage
in a business or transaction, for which such Person’s property would constitute
and unreasonably small capital. The amount of contingent liabilities
(such as litigation, guaranties and pension plan liabilities) at any time shall
be computed as the amount that, in light of all the facts and circumstances
existing at the time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected
to
become an actual or matured liability.
“Specified
Assignment Date” means the first date on which any Person that is not a
“United States Person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code acquires
any Loan, portion thereof or interest therein, by assignment or otherwise,
unless such Person has provided to the Agent on or prior to such date a duly
completed Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI (or successor form).
“Subordinated
Debt Documentation” means, collectively, (a) the Guaranty dated July 19,
2006 by NewMarket Technology, Inc. in favor of Xxxxxx Micro Inc., (b) that
certain Security Agreement dated as of August 31, 2005 between IP Global Voice,
Inc. and Xxxxxx Micro Inc. and (c) all other notes, documents, instruments
and
agreements now or any time hereafter executed and/or delivered by any Company
with or in favor of any Subordinated Lender which evidences the indebtedness
owed by such Company to such Subordinated Lender.
“Subordinated
Lenders” means, collectively, Xxxxxx Micro Inc. and any other Person who
enters into a Subordination Agreement with the Agent with respect to amounts
owed by any Company to such Person.
“Subordination
Agreements” means, collectively, the Subordination Agreement executed by
Xxxxxx Micro Inc. in favor of the Agent and acknowledged by the Companies,
and
any and all other subordination and/or intercreditor agreements accepted by
the
Agent from time to time with respect to indebtedness of any
Company.
“Subsidiary”
means, with respect to any Person, (i) any other Person whose shares of stock
or
other ownership interests having ordinary voting power (other than stock or
other ownership interests having such power only by reason of the happening
of a
contingency) to elect a majority of the directors or other governing body of
such other Person, are owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person or (ii)
any
other Person in which such Person owns, directly or indirectly, more than 50%
of
the equity interests at such time.
“Supporting
Obligations” means all “supporting obligations” as such term is defined in
the UCC.
“Taxes”
means any and all present or future taxes, duties, levies, imposts, deductions,
assessments, fees, withholdings or similar charges, and all liabilities with
respect thereto.
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“Term”
means the Closing Date through the close of business on the day immediately
preceding the third anniversary of the Closing Date, subject to acceleration
at
the option of the Agent, acting at the direction of the Required Lenders, upon
the occurrence of an Event of Default hereunder or other termination
hereunder.
“Term
Loan” has the meaning given such term in Section 2(b).
“Term
Loan Commitment Percentage” means, as to any Lender, (i) on the Closing
Date, the percentage set forth opposite such Lender’s name on the Commitment
Annex under the column “Term Loan Commitment Percentage” (if such Lender’s name
is not so set forth thereon, then, on the Closing Date, such percentage for
such
Lender shall be deemed to be zero) and (ii) on any date following the Closing
Date, the percentage equal to the principal amount of Term Loan held by such
Lender on such date divided by the aggregate principal amount of Term Loan
on
such date.
“UCC”
means the Uniform Commercial Code as the same may, from time to time be in
effect in the State of New York; provided, that in the event that, by reason
of
mandatory provisions of law, any or all of the perfection or priority of, or
remedies with respect to, the Agent’s Lien on any Collateral is governed by the
Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State
of
New York, the term “UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in
effect in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions of this
Agreement relating to such perfection, priority or remedies and for purposes
of
definitions related to such provisions; provided further, that to the extent
that UCC is used to define any term herein or in any Ancillary Agreement and
such term is defined differently in different Articles or Divisions of the
UCC,
the definition of such term contained in Article or Division 9 shall
govern.
“Unione
Purchase Agreement” shall mean that certain Quota Purchase and Sale
Agreement made and entered into as of January 31, 2006 by and among Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Xx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx Archimedes Pissardo, Mind Information Services Ltda.,
Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxx and Parent.
“Warrant
Shares” has the meaning given such term in Section 12(a).
“Warrants”
means each of the Common Stock Purchase Warrant dated as of the Closing Date
made by the Parent in favor of the Lenders and each other warrant made by the
Parent in favor the Lenders, as each of the same may be amended, restated,
modified and/or supplemented from time to time.
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Annex
A
Commitment
Annex
(as
of the Closing Date)
Lender
|
Revolving
Commitment Amount
|
Revolving
Commitment Percentage
|
Term
Loan Commitment Amount
|
Term
Loan Percentage
|
Valens
U.S. SPV I, LLC
|
$3,000,000
|
100%
|
$2,100,000
|
52.5%
|
Valens
Offshore SPV II, LLC
|
$0
|
0%
|
$1,900,000
|
47.5%
|
TOTALS
|
$3,000,000
|
100%
|
$4,000,000
|
100%
|
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Exhibit
A
Eligible
Subsidiaries
IP
Global
Voice, Inc., a Delaware corporation
NewMarket
China, Inc., a Nevada corporation
Netsco,
Inc., a North Carolina corporation
Newmarket
Intellectual Property, Inc., a Nevada corporation
NewMarket
Broadband, Inc., a Nevada corporation
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Exhibit
B
Borrowing
Base Certificate
As
of ,
200
ACCOUNTS
RECEIVABLE per __________ Aging
|
0.00
|
|||
Ineligible
Accounts:
|
||||
Accounts
over 90 days from Invoice Date
|
0.00
|
|||
Credit
Balances Over 90 days from Invoice Date
|
0.00
|
|||
Intercompany
and Affiliate Accounts
|
0.00
|
|||
__%
Concentration Cap
|
0.00
|
|||
Contra
Accounts
|
0.00
|
|||
Cash
Sales and COD Accounts
|
0.00
|
|||
Foreign
Receivables
|
0.00
|
|||
Government
Receivables (without Assignment of Claims)
|
0.00
|
|||
Discounts,
Credits and Allowances
|
0.00
|
|||
Cross-age
(__% Past Due)
|
0.00
|
|||
Xxxx
and Hold Invoices
|
0.00
|
|||
Finance/Service/Late
Charges
|
0.00
|
|||
Other:
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
||
ELIGIBLE
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
|
||||
Accounts
Receivable Advance Rate
|
90%
|
|||
ACCOUNTS
RECEIVABLE AVAILABILITY
|
0.00
|
|||
Less
Reserves
|
0.00
|
|||
NET
AVAILABILITY
|
0.00
|
|||
REVOLVING
CREDIT LINE
|
$3,000,000
|
|||
NET
BORROWING AVAILABILITY (Lesser of Line or Net
Availability)
|
0.00
|
|||
Less: Lender
Loans
|
0.00
|
|||
EXCESS/(DEFICIT)
AVAILABILITY
|
0.00
|
The
undersigned hereby certifies that all of the foregoing information regarding
the
Eligible Accounts are true and correct on the date hereof and all Eligible
Accounts listed as eligible are eligible within the meaning given such term
in
the Security Agreement dated November 30, 2007 among the Borrowing Agent
signatory below, the other companies named therein, the purchasers party thereto
from time to time and LV Administrative Services, Inc., as administrative and
collateral agent for such purchasers.
NEWMARKET
TECHNOLOGY, INC.,
Borrowing
Agent
By:
|
|
Name:
|
|
Title:
|
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Exhibit
C
Compliance
Certificate
[See
attached]
66
|
Exhibit
D
|
|
Form
of Intercompany Note
|
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