EXHIBIT 10.19
CIT COMMERCIAL SERVICES T: 212 382-7000
0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
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June 30, 2006
Movie Star, Inc.
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Xxx Xxxx , Xxx Xxxx 00000
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE FINANCING AGREEMENT
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
In consideration of our extending loans and other financial accommodations to
you on one or more occasions, in our sole discretion in each instance, the
following shall constitute the accounts receivable financing agreement (the
"Agreement") between us.
I. DEFINITIONS
1.1 All terms used herein and defined in the Uniform Commercial Code shall
have the meanings given therein unless otherwise defined herein.
1.2 "Accounts" shall mean and include all of your accounts created by or
arising from your sales of goods or rendition of services (including,
without limitation, all accounts arising from sales made or services
rendered under any of your tradenames or styles, or through any of your
divisions), instruments, documents, chattel paper (including electronic
chattel paper), general intangibles (including, without limitation, all
federal, state and local income tax refunds, payment intangibles and
all other rights to payment), and all forms of obligations owing to
you, whether secured or unsecured, all whether now existing or
hereafter created or arising, and whether or not specifically assigned
to us hereunder.
1.3 "Collateral" shall mean and include: (a) Accounts; (b) all of your
present and future monies, securities and other property now or
hereafter held or received by or in transit to us from or for your
account, whether for safekeeping, pledge, custody, transmission,
collection or otherwise; (c) all of your present and future deposits,
balances, sums and credits in our possession or control, and all of
your present and future claims against us; (d) all of your present and
future liens, security interests, rights, remedies, title and interest
in, to and in respect of all present and future Accounts and other
Collateral, including, without limitation: (i) rights and remedies
under or relating to guaranties, contracts of suretyship, letters of
credit, credit insurance, supporting obligations, letter of credit
rights or other types of credit enhancements, (ii) rights of stoppage
in transit, rescission, replevin, repossession, reclamation and other
rights and remedies of an unpaid vendor, lienor or secured party, (iii)
goods described in invoices, documents, contracts or instruments with
respect to, or
otherwise representing or evidencing Accounts or other Collateral,
including, without limitation, returned, repossessed and reclaimed
goods, and (iv) deposits by and property of Customers or other persons
securing the Obligations of Customers; (e) all of your right, title
and interest in, to and in respect of any and all other personal
property in or upon which you have granted or may hereafter grant a
security interest or lien to us in this Agreement or otherwise; (f)
all of your books of account of every kind or nature, purchase and
sale agreements, invoices, ledger cards, computer programs, bills of
lading and other shipping evidence, statements, correspondence,
memoranda, credit files and other data (written, electronic or
otherwise) relating to the Collateral or any Customer, together with
the file cabinets or containers in which the foregoing are stored
("Records"); (g) all of your present and future patents, trademarks,
and copyrights whether or not registered in the United States
Copyright or Patent Offices, the goodwill of the business in
connection with which such patents, trademarks, and copyrights are or
may be used, and any royalties and other fees which are or may become
due for the use of any such patents, trademarks, or copyrights; and
(h) all proceeds and products of the foregoing, in any form,
including, without limitation, insurance proceeds and any claims
against third parties for loss or damage to or destruction of any or
all of the foregoing.
1.4 "Contract Year" shall mean the twelve successive month period beginning
as of the last day of the month in which we execute this Agreement and
as of each anniversary of such date.
1.5 "Customer" shall mean and include the account debtor with respect to
any of the Accounts and/or the prospective purchaser or user of goods,
services or both with respect to any contract or contract right, and/or
any party who enters into or proposes to enter into any contract or
other arrangement with you, pursuant to which you are to deliver any
personal property or perform any services.
1.6 "Eligible Accounts" shall mean such Accounts arising in the ordinary
course of your business and which we, in our sole discretion, deem to
be Eligible Accounts based on such considerations as we may from time
to time deem appropriate, including that it is evidenced by an invoice
or other documentation satisfactory to us. An Account shall not be
deemed eligible in any event unless such Account is subject to our
first priority perfected security interest and is not subject to any
other lien or security interest. In addition, no Account shall be an
Eligible Account if:
(a) it arises out of a sale made by you to your affiliate or to a
person controlled by you or your affiliate; or
(b) it is due more than ninety (90) days from the original invoice
date or unpaid more than sixty (60) days from the due date; or
(c) more than 50% of the Accounts owed by such Customer are not
deemed to be Eligible Accounts hereunder; or
(d) any representation, warranty or covenant contained in this
Agreement with respect to such Account has, in our sole
discretion, been breached; or
(e) the Customer is also your creditor or supplier (unless prior
to our acceptance, a no-offset letter has been received by and
is, in our sole discretion, acceptable to us); or
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(f) the Customer shall (a) apply for, suffer, or consent to 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 or call a meeting of its
creditors, (b) admit in writing its inability, or be generally
unable, to pay its debts as they become due, (c) cease or
materially decrease operation of its present business, (d)
make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, (e)
commence a voluntary case under any State or Federal
bankruptcy or insolvency law (as now or hereafter in effect),
(f) be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, (g) file a
petition seeking to take advantage of any other law providing
for the relief of debtors, (h) acquiesce to, or fail to have
dismissed, any petition which is filed against it in an
involuntary case under any such bankruptcy or insolvency law,
or (i) take any action for the purpose of effecting any of the
foregoing; or
(g) it arises out of a sale made by you to a Customer outside the
United States, unless the payment thereof is assured by a
letter of credit, guaranty or acceptance on terms acceptable
to us in our sole discretion or the sale is otherwise
acceptable to us in our sole discretion; or
(h) it arises out of a sale made by you to a Customer on a
xxxx-and-hold, guaranteed sale, sale-and-return, sale on
approval, consignment or any other repurchase or return basis
or is evidenced by chattel paper; or
(i) we, in our sole discretion, determine that collection of such
Account is insecure or that payment of such Account may not be
made by reason of the Customer's financial inability to pay;
or
(j) the Customer is the United States of America, any state, any
other governmental entity, or any department, agency or
instrumentality of any of them, unless you assign to us, in a
manner acceptable to us, your right to payment of such Account
pursuant to the Assignment of Claims Act of 1940, as amended,
or any other applicable statute, rule, regulation or the like;
or
(k) the goods giving rise to such Account have not been shipped
and delivered to and accepted by the Customer or the services
giving rise to such Account have not been completely performed
by you and accepted by the Customer or the Account otherwise
does not represent a final sale or performance; or
(l) the Customer has disputed liability with respect to the
Account, or the Customer has made any claim with respect to
any other Account due from such Customer to you (provided that
we in our sole discretion may only exclude the disputed
Account), or the Account otherwise is or may become subject to
any set-off or recoupment by the Customer, or the Account is
contingent in any respect or for any reason; or
(m) you have allowed or made any agreement with any Customer for
any deduction therefrom, except for discounts or allowances
made in the ordinary course of business for prompt payment,
all of which discounts or allowances are reflected in the
calculation of the face value of each respective invoice
related thereto.
1.7 "Inventory Security Agreement" shall mean that certain Inventory
Security Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, as amended, between
you and us, as the same may hereafter be amended, modified,
supplemented or restated from time to time).
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1.8 "JPMorgan Rate" shall mean the per annum rate of interest publicly
announced by JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association in New York, New
York, from time to time as its prime rate. (The prime rate is not
intended to be the lowest rate of interest charged by JPMorgan Chase
Bank, National Association to its borrowers.)
1.9 "Letter of Credit" shall mean any letter of credit issued on your
behalf as applicant with respect to which we were asked to join you in
the application for such letter of credit or any letter of credit
issued by us or any of our affiliates for your account, as more fully
described in the Letter of Credit Agreement.
1.10 "Letter of Credit Agreement" shall mean that certain Letter of Credit
Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, as amended, between you and us,
as the same may hereafter be amended, modified, supplemented or
restated from time to time.
1.11 "Net Amount of Eligible Accounts" shall mean and include the gross
amount of Eligible Accounts less (a) returns, discounts, claims,
credits and allowances of any nature at any time issued, owing,
granted, outstanding, available or claimed with respect thereto, (b)
amounts thereof which are not paid by the subject Customer due to an
existing or alleged dispute, offset, recoupment or counter-claim, and
(c) any Reserves with respect thereto, including, without limitation,
Reserves for any sales, excise or similar taxes included in the amount
thereof.
1.12 "Obligations" shall mean and include: (a) any and all of your
indebtedness, liabilities and obligations to us of every kind, nature
and description, direct or indirect, secured or unsecured, joint or
several, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or
hereafter arising, regardless of how they arise or were acquired or by
what agreement or instrument they may be evidenced or whether evidenced
by any agreement or instrument, including, but not limited to, all
amounts owing by you to us by reason of purchases made by you from
other entities factored or financed by us, (b) any and all of your
obligations to perform acts or refrain from taking any action, and (c)
any and all amounts of charges, commissions, interest, costs, expenses
and attorneys' fees chargeable in connection with all of the foregoing,
all of which indebtedness, liabilities, obligations and amounts,
whether or not matured and whether or not disputed, may be charged to
your account hereunder, without prior notice to you.
1.13 "Reserves" shall mean on any date of determination thereof, an amount
equal to any reserves which we, in our reasonable sole discretion deem
necessary or desirable to maintain.
II. GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST
2.1 To secure the prompt payment, performance and observance in full of all
Obligations, you hereby pledge, transfer, set over and assign to us,
and grant to us a continuing general security interest in, a lien upon
and a right of set-off against, all of the Collateral. Records shall,
until delivered to or removed by us, be kept by you in trust for us and
without cost to us in appropriate containers in safe places on your
premises. Each confirmatory assignment schedule or other form of
assignment at any time executed by you shall be deemed to include the
foregoing pledge, transfer, assignment and grant whether or not same
appears therein.
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2.2 You will, upon the creation of each Account, or at such intervals as we
may from time to time require, provide us with: (a) confirmatory
assignment schedules; (b) copies of all documents (whether maintained
in written or electronic form) evidencing the sale and delivery of
goods or the performance of services which created any Accounts,
including, but not limited to, contracts, orders, invoices, bills of
lading, warehouse receipts, delivery tickets and shipping receipts and
(c) such further schedules and/or information as we may reasonably
request. The items to be provided under this paragraph are to be in
form satisfactory to us and executed and delivered to us from time to
time so that we can confirm and maintain records of the Collateral.
Your failure to give any of such items to us or to otherwise comply
with the provisions hereof shall not affect, terminate, modify,
diminish or otherwise limit our lien upon or security interest in the
Collateral, or your representations, warranties or covenants under this
Agreement.
III. ADVANCES AND INTEREST
3.1 Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, we shall make up
to $30,000,000.00 (the "Maximum Credit Facility") available upon your
request therefor, as follows:
(a) we will make revolving credit advances to you, in our sole
discretion, in amounts of up to 90% of the Net Amount of
Eligible Accounts due from for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and up to
85% of the Net Amount of Eligible Accounts due from all other
Customers.
(b) subject to your execution and delivery of the Inventory
Security Agreement and the Letter of Credit Agreement, we will
make revolving credit advances to you, in our sole discretion,
in amounts of up to the lesser of (i) $15,000,000.00 or (ii)
(x) sixty percent (60%) of the value of your Eligible
Inventory (as defined in the Inventory Security Agreement)
calculated on the basis of the lower of cost or market, with
cost calculated on a first in-first out basis plus (y) sixty
percent (60%) of the available amount of all documentary
Letters of Credit outstanding on such date, relating to your
purchase of Inventory consisting of finished goods that are to
be imported and delivered directly into the United States,
plus (z) sixty percent (60%) of the value of your Eligible L/C
Inventory (as defined in the Inventory Security Agreement)
calculated on the basis of the lower of cost or market, with
cost calculated on a first in-first out basis.
(c) we will make available to you, in our sole discretion, an
overadvance accommodation based on projected business plans
and cash flows and such other information as we may require.
(For purposes hereof, "overadvances" shall mean advances in
excess of (i) the percentage limitations set forth in
sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) above less (ii) credit available
under sub-paragraph (d) below less Reserves.)
(d) subject to your execution and delivery of a letter of credit
security agreement supplement in form and substance
satisfactory to us, we will, in our sole discretion, assist
you in establishing or opening letters of credit for your
account or guarantee the payment or performance of such
letters of credit up to an aggregate face amount not exceeding
$12,000,000.00 at any one time outstanding. Credit extended
under this sub-paragraph will be deducted from credit
available under sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) above.
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3.2 Without in any way circumscribing our rights under this Agreement, and
by way of illustration only and not by way of limitation, we may, in
the exercise of our sole discretion, at any time and from time to time,
hold any Reserves we deem necessary as security for the payment and
performance of your Obligations, and/or change any advance rates or
entirely cease making advances (including, without limitation, any
overadvances). In no event shall the aggregate amount of all revolving
credit advances (including, without limitation, any overadvances) made
pursuant to paragraph 3.1(a), (b) and (c) above, plus the aggregate
face amount of letters of credit issued or guaranteed pursuant to
paragraph 3.1(d) above, from time to time outstanding, plus Reserves
exceed the Maximum Credit Facility.
3.3 All loans and advances (including, without limitation, any
overadvances) by us to you under this Agreement shall constitute
Obligations secured by our security interest in all of the Collateral
granted hereunder, and by all other security interests, liens, and
encumbrances heretofore, now or at any time or times hereafter granted
by you to us. All loans or advances (including, without limitation, any
overadvances) shall be charged to your account on our books, and shall
be payable on demand at our offices or at such other place as we may
from time to time designate.
3.4 Interest shall be payable by you (and charged to your account as of the
end of each month) on the average of the net balances owing by you to
us in your account at the close of each day during such month. The rate
of interest shall be seventy-five one-hundredths of one percent (0.75%)
per annum below the JPMorgan Rate. Any change in the rate of interest
hereunder due to a change in the JPMorgan Rate shall take effect as of
the first of the month following such change in the JPMorgan Rate.
Interest shall be calculated based on a 360-day year. Interest shall be
charged on all advances (including, without limitation, any
overadvances), all charges hereunder, and any debit balance in your
account. We shall be entitled to charge your account at the rate
provided for herein until all Obligations have been paid and satisfied
in full. In no event shall the rate charged hereunder exceed the
highest rate permissible under applicable law; however, in the event
that we receive or have received interest hereunder in excess of the
highest rate permissible under applicable law, your sole remedy shall
be to seek repayment of such excess, and you hereby waive any and all
other rights and remedies which may be available to you under law or in
equity.
3.5 In addition to the fees and charges under this Agreement, you will pay
us, as of the date hereof, a Documentation Fee in the amount of $300.00
to compensate us for the use of our in-house legal department and
facilities in documenting this agreement.
3.6 An initial facility fee of $20,000.00 shall be due and payable by you
as of the date set forth above and shall be charged to your account as
of such date. Such facility fee shall be deemed earned when due and
shall not be subject to rebate or proration for any reason.
3.7 A monthly collateral management fee of $1,250.00 shall be due and
payable by you on the first day of each month and shall be charged to
your account as of such date. Such facility fee shall be deemed earned
when due and shall not be subject to rebate or proration for any
reason.
3.8 We shall render to you each month a statement of your account which
shall be deemed to be correct and accepted by and binding upon you, and
shall constitute an account stated between us except to the extent that
we receive a written statement of your specific exceptions within
thirty (30) days after such statement has been rendered to you.
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IV. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS
You hereby make the following representations, warranties and covenants which
shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement, shall be deemed to
be incorporated by reference in each confirmatory assignment schedule or other
form of assignment submitted by you to us, and shall be deemed repeated and
confirmed with respect to each item of Collateral as it is created or otherwise
acquired:
4.1 Your legal name is exactly as set forth on the signature page of this
Agreement, you are a duly organized and validly existing corporation,
incorporated in the state of New York, and are qualified to do business
in all states where required; there are no actions, suits or other
legal proceedings of any kind or nature pending against you which
involve the possibility of materially and adversely affecting your
business, assets, operations, condition or prospects, financial or
otherwise, or the Collateral, or your ability to perform this
Agreement; the execution, delivery and performance hereof are within
your corporate (or other business entity) powers, have been duly
authorized, and are not in contravention of any law or the terms of
your certificate of incorporation or bylaws (or other documents
establishing your legal status), or of any indenture, agreement or
undertaking to which you are a party or by which you or your properties
are bound; and the most recent financial statements provided to us by
you accurately state your financial condition and there has been no
material adverse change in your financial condition since the date of
such financial statements. You agree that you will promptly notify us
of any change in your: name, state of incorporation or registration,
location of your chief executive office, place(s) of business, and
legal or business structure. Further, you agree that you will promptly
notify us of any change in control of the ownership of your business
organization, and of significant law suits or proceedings against you.
4.2 With respect to each item of Collateral at the time our security
interest attaches thereto: (a) you shall be the sole owner, free and
clear of all liens, claims, security interests and encumbrances except
in our favor, and fully authorized to sell, transfer, pledge and grant
a security interest in, such item of Collateral; (b) each Account shall
be genuine, valid and legally enforceable, and represent an undisputed
bona fide indebtedness incurred by the Customer therein named, for a
fixed sum as set forth in the invoice relating thereto with respect to
an absolute sale and delivery of goods upon your stated terms or
services theretofore rendered by you as of the date each Account is
created; (c) no Account is or shall be subject to any offset,
recoupment, deduction, defense, dispute, claim, counterclaim, discount
or allowance except as may be stated in the copy of the invoice
delivered by you to us or as provided under an agreement described in
subparagraph (d) herein; (d) no agreement under which any deduction,
discount, credit or allowance of any kind may be granted or allowed
shall have been or shall thereafter be made by you with any Customer
except in keeping with your ordinary course of business which business
practices have been made known to us, and as indicated in writing to us
at or before the time such agreement is made; (e) all statements made
and all unpaid balances appearing in the invoices, documents and
agreements relating to each Account shall be true and correct in all
respects and what they purport to be; (f) none of the Accounts arise
from sales to consumers of goods to be used for personal, family or
household purposes; (g) all signatures and endorsements that appear
thereon shall be genuine and all signatories and endorsers shall have
full capacity to contract; and (h) none of the transactions underlying
or giving rise to any item of Collateral shall violate any applicable
state or federal laws or regulations, and all
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documents relating to such item of Collateral shall be legally
sufficient under such laws or regulations and shall be legally
enforceable in accordance with their terms.
4.3 You agree to comply with the requirements of all state and federal laws
in order to grant to us a valid and perfected first security interest
in the Collateral. We are hereby authorized by you to file from time to
time any financing statements, continuations or amendments covering the
Collateral. You hereby consent to and ratify any and all execution
and/or filing of financing statements heretofore and hereafter filed by
us pursuant to the foregoing authorization. You further agree to do
whatever we may reasonably request, from time to time, by way of: (a)
filing notices of liens, financing statements, amendments, renewals and
continuations thereof; (b) cooperating with our agents and employees;
(c) keeping Collateral records; (d) transferring proceeds of Collateral
to our possession; and (e) performing such further acts as we may
reasonably require in order to effect the purposes of this Agreement.
4.4 You shall not pledge, sell, assign, transfer, mortgage, encumber,
create or suffer to exist any security interest in or other lien or
encumbrance on any part of the Collateral or your real property, or
grant or suffer to exist any security interest in or other lien or
encumbrance on any of your inventory or other assets to anyone other
than us without our prior written consent. You hereby agree to defend
the same against any and all persons whatsoever. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, you may sell the real property owned by you and located in
Petersburg, PA if, and only if, (i) such sale shall be an arms length
transaction, (ii) the purchaser of such real property is an
unaffiliated third party and (iii) the full amount of the proceeds
realized from such sale shall be paid to us and we shall apply such
proceeds to your Obligations in accordance with this Agreement.
4.5 Each Customer, guarantor or endorser is to the best of your knowledge
solvent and will continue to be fully able to pay all Accounts on
which it is obligated in full when due.
4.6 You shall maintain your books, records and accounts in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied. You
shall, at any time and from time to time, furnish to us such balance
sheets, earnings statements, financial statements and other reasonable
information regarding your business affairs and financial condition,
including, without limitation, schedules, agings and reports, as we may
request, and in any event you shall furnish us as soon as possible, but
not later than ninety (90) days after the close of each of your fiscal
years, your and your consolidated subsidiaries' financial statements as
of the end of such year, on a consolidated and consolidating basis,
audited by Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Company, CPA, LLC or a firm of independent
certified public accountants of recognized standing, selected by you
and acceptable to us, prepared in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles consistently applied, and fairly presenting the
financial position and results of your and your consolidated
subsidiaries' operations for such period. All such financial statements
do or shall fairly present your financial condition as of the dates
thereof or the results of your operations for the periods for which the
same are furnished. All such other information is or shall be, at the
time the same is so furnished, accurate and correct in all material
respects and complete insofar as completeness may be necessary to give
us a true and accurate depiction of the subject matter thereof.
4.7 You hereby irrevocably authorize and direct all accountants and
auditors employed by you at any time prior to or during the term of
this Agreement to exhibit and deliver to us copies of any of your
financial statements, trial balances or other accounting records of any
sort in
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their possession and to disclose to us any information they may have
concerning your financial condition and business operations.
4.8 You shall keep all your insurable properties and properties in which
you have an interest insured against the hazards of fire, flood,
sprinkler leakage, those hazards covered by extended coverage insurance
and such other hazards, and for such amounts, as is customary in the
case of companies engaged in businesses similar to yours. You shall pay
when due all premiums on any insurance policies for your properties or
assets, including the Collateral (and including any life insurance
policies assigned to us as Collateral), whether required to be
maintained by you under this Agreement, any supplement hereto, or
otherwise, and shall keep in force, without modification or amendment,
the assignment and endorsement to such policies so that any and all
rights we may have as assignee and secured party thereunder shall not
be adversely affected. You shall also pay when due and discharge all
taxes, assessments, contributions and other charges upon or against you
or your properties or assets, including the Collateral. If any such
premium, tax, assessment, contribution or other charge remains unpaid
after the date fixed for the payment of same, or if any lien shall be
claimed, we may without notice to you pay such premium, tax,
assessment, contribution, charge or claim, and the amount thereof shall
be payable on demand, and until paid by you, shall be charged to your
account and added to and deemed part of the Obligations.
4.9 You shall be liable for any tax or penalty imposed upon any transaction
under this Agreement or giving rise to the Account or which we may be
required to withhold or pay for any reason; you agree to indemnify and
hold us harmless with respect thereto, and to repay to us on demand the
amount thereof, and until paid by you, such amount shall be charged to
your account and added to and deemed part of the Obligations. If any
Account includes a charge for any tax payable to any governmental
taxing authority, we are hereby authorized in our sole discretion to
pay the amount thereof to the proper taxing authority for your account
and to charge your account therefor. You shall notify us if any Account
includes any tax due to any such taxing authority and in the absence of
your notice, we shall have the right to retain the full proceeds of
such Account.
4.10 You shall comply with all laws, rules, regulations and orders of any
legislative, administrative or judicial body or official, applicable to
your properties and assets, including the Collateral, or to the
operation of your business.
4.11 You shall not assume, guarantee, endorse or otherwise become liable
upon the obligations of any person, firm, entity or corporation, except
by the endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection
or similar transactions in the ordinary course of business.
4.12 You shall not, without our prior written consent which consent shall
not be unreasonably withheld, undergo any merger or consolidation into
or with another entity and you shall not enter into or engage in any
operation or activity materially different from that presently being
conducted by you.
4.13 You shall not make any distribution of any kind on, or purchase,
acquire, redeem or retire, any of you capital stock or equity interest,
of any class whatsoever, whether now or hereafter outstanding.
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4.14 Your Records and chief executive office shall be kept at your address
as it appears on the first page of this Agreement. You shall give us
thirty (30) days' prior written notice of any change in your name,
tradenames or styles, or location(s).
4.15 You shall from time to time make such payments to us as we shall
request so that the aggregate balance in your loan account shall not at
any time exceed the lesser of: (I) the Maximum Credit Facility, or (ii)
the formula amount set forth in sub-paragraphs 3.1(a), (b), (c) and (d)
above, subject to our right of reserve set forth in paragraph 3.2
above.
4.16 You shall deliver to us as and when filed, copies of all financial
reports, registration statements and other documents filed by you with
the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
V. CUSTODY, INSPECTION, COLLECTION AND HANDLING
OF COLLATERAL AND RECORDS
5.1 Until your authority to do so is curtailed or terminated (which we may
do at any time when we in our sole discretion may deem it to be in our
best interest to do so), you will, at your own cost and expense but on
our behalf and for our account, collect and otherwise enforce as our
property and in trust for us, all remittances and all amounts unpaid on
Accounts, and shall not commingle such collections with your own funds
or use the same for any purpose. You will open a Lock Box at a bank
approved by us pursuant to an agreement acceptable to us, and which is
titled to reflect our ownership, in order to receive all payments from
your Customers. Payments received into the Lock Box will be immediately
deposited into our account at the bank. This Lock Box arrangement shall
be maintained at your sole cost and expense. As to all such
collections, including all prepayments by Customers, you shall receive
in trust, and deliver to us in original form, duly endorsed by you for
deposit with us, and on the date of receipt thereof, all checks,
drafts, notes, money orders, acceptances, cash and other evidences of
indebtedness. All amounts received by us, other than amounts received
by wire transfer, in payment of Accounts shall be credited to your
account after allowing two (2) Business Days for collection and
clearance thereof, conditional upon final payment to us. Upon
curtailment or termination of your authority, or at any other time and
without any cause or notice thereof to you, we shall have the right to
send notice(s) of our security interest to any Customers or any other
persons obligated on, holding or otherwise concerned with any of the
Collateral, and thereafter we shall have the sole right to collect the
Accounts and/or take possession of the Collateral and the Records. Any
and all of our collection expenses, including, but not limited to, the
reasonable fees and expenses of our attorneys (both internal and
external), the fees of our collection agencies, stationery and postage,
telephone and facsimile, secretarial and clerical expenses, and the
salaries of any collection persons utilized, shall be charged to your
account and added to the Obligations. (For purposes hereof, "Business
Day" shall mean a day on which banks are open for the general
transaction of business in Charlotte, North Carolina.)
5.2 You shall keep and maintain, at your cost and expense, books and
records pertaining to the Collateral in such detail, form and scope as
we shall from time to time reasonably require. You will xxxx your
Records with appropriate notations satisfactory to us, disclosing that
such Collateral has been pledged, assigned, and transferred to us and
that you have granted to us a security interest therein.
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5.3 At all reasonable times and upon twenty-four (24) hours notice or at
any time upon the occurrence of a Default (as hereinafter defined), we
shall have: full access to, and the right to check, inspect, examine
and make abstracts and copies from, your Records and all other books,
records, audits, correspondence and papers relating to the Collateral;
the right to confirm and verify all Accounts; and the right to do
whatever we may deem necessary to preserve or protect our interests in
the Obligations and the Collateral, and in furtherance thereof, we may,
without cost or expense to us, use such of your personnel, supplies and
space as may be reasonably necessary. We or our agents may enter upon
any of your premises at any time and from time to time during business
hours upon twenty-four (24) hours notice or at any time upon the
occurrence of a Default for the purpose of inspecting the Collateral
and any and all Records pertaining thereto. At any time we may take
possession of and remove or require you to deliver any or all such
Records. In order to cover any costs and expenses we may incur in
connection with performing any of the aforementioned checks,
verifications, inspections or examinations (collectively,
"Examinations"), we shall be entitled to charge your account a fee in
the amount of $1,000.00 for each examiner for each day or part thereof
in which such Examinations are conducted ("Examination Fee"), plus any
additional out-of-pocket costs and expenses we incur as a result of
conducting such Examinations. Such Examination Fee (exclusive of any
additional out-of-pocket costs and expenses) shall not exceed
$20,000.00 ("Examination Fee Cap") per Contract Year or part thereof;
provided, however, that the annual Examination Fee Cap shall be
eliminated and any further limitations or restrictions with respect to
Examinations, including but not limited to, the fees charge therefore
and the manner such Examinations shall be performed, shall no longer be
effective upon the occurrence of a Default (as hereinafter defined),
whether or not we actually terminate the Agreement. Such Examination
Fee shall be due and payable on the first day of each month and shall
be charged by us to your account as of such first day of each month.
Such Examination Fee shall be deemed to be earned in full on the date
when due and shall not be subject to rebate or proration for any
reason.
5.4 You shall, immediately upon obtaining knowledge thereof, notify us of
any reclamation, return or repossession of goods; any claim or dispute
asserted by any Customer or other obligor; any loss or destruction of,
or substantial damage to, any of the Collateral; and any other matter
affecting the value, enforceability or collectibility of any of the
Collateral. Except in the normal course of business and consistent with
your historical practices, you shall not, without our consent, settle,
compromise or adjust any Account (or extend the time for payment
thereof) or grant any additional discounts, allowances or credits
thereon.
5.5 You hereby constitute us and any of our agents or designees, as your
attorneys-in-fact, at your own cost and expense, to exercise at any
time all or any of the following powers, which being coupled with an
interest, shall be irrevocable until all Obligations have been paid in
full: to receive, take, endorse, assign, deliver, accept and deposit,
in our name or yours, any and all checks, notes, remittances, wire
transfers or other electronic forms of payment, drafts and other
documents and instruments and documents relating to the Collateral; to
receive, open and dispose of all mail addressed to you and to notify
postal authorities to change the address for delivery of mail to such
address as we may designate; to give Customers notice of our interest
in the Accounts and to request from Customers at any time, in your name
or ours or that of our designee, information concerning the Accounts;
to notify Customers to make payment directly to us; to execute in your
name and on your behalf any financing statements (including, without
limitation, any continuations thereof or amendments thereto); and to
take or bring, in your name or ours, all steps, actions or proceedings
deemed by us to
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be reasonably necessary or desirable to effect collection of the
Collateral or to preserve, protect or enforce our interest therein. We
and any of our agents or designees shall not be liable for any acts of
omission or commission, nor for any errors of judgment or mistakes of
fact or law, provided we or they have acted without gross negligence
or willful misconduct.
5.6 Nothing herein contained shall be construed to constitute you as our
agent for any purpose whatsoever. We shall not be responsible nor
liable for any shortage, discrepancy, damage, loss or destruction of
any Collateral wherever the same may be located and regardless of the
cause thereof, provided we have acted without gross negligence or
willful misconduct. We shall not, under any circumstances or in any
event whatsoever, have any liability for an error or omission or delay
of any kind occurring in the settlement, collection or payment of any
of the Accounts or any instrument received in payment thereof or for
any damage resulting therefrom. We may, without notice to or consent
from you, xxx upon or otherwise collect, extend the time of payment of,
or compromise or settle for cash, credit or otherwise upon any terms,
any of the Accounts or any securities, instruments or insurance
applicable thereto and release the obligor thereon, free of any claims
or defenses based upon suretyship law or the like. We are authorized
and empowered to accept the return of goods represented by any of the
Accounts, without notice to or consent by you, all without discharge or
in any way affecting your liability hereunder. We do not, by anything
herein or in any assignment or otherwise, assume any of your
obligations under any contract or agreement, and we shall not be
responsible in any way for the performance by you of any of the terms
and conditions thereof.
5.7 We have the right at any time and from time to time to employ and have
present on any of your premises one or more custodians selected by us,
each of whom shall have the right to exercise any and all of our rights
hereunder. You hereby agree to cooperate with any such custodian and to
do whatever we may reasonably request by way of preserving and
protecting the Collateral. All expenses incurred by us by reason of the
employment of the custodian shall be payable on demand, and until paid
by you, shall be charged to your account and added to and deemed part
of the Obligations.
5.8 We shall be entitled to charge your account with, and add to and deem
part of the Obligations, all costs and expenses incurred by us in
connection with the preparation, execution, administration and
enforcement of this Agreement (and all related instruments and
documents), and all costs and expenses incurred by us in connection
with the protection, maintenance, disposition, preservation and
enforcement of the Obligations, the Collateral or the pledges, liens
and security interests granted to us hereunder. The foregoing costs and
expenses shall include, without limitation, all reasonable fees and
expenses of our attorneys (both internal and external), all search
fees, the cost of all public record filings, and wire transfer charges.
VI. EVENTS OF DEFAULT; ACCELERATION
6.1 All Obligations shall, at our option and notwithstanding any time or
credit allowed by any instrument evidencing or representing same, be
immediately due and payable without notice or demand upon the
occurrence of any one or more of the following events of default
("Default"): (a) default in the payment or performance, when due or
payable, of any of the Obligations including, without limitation, your
failure to pay to us any Obligation due on demand when such demand is
made; (b) default by any guarantor, endorser or other person liable on
the Obligations under any guarantee, endorsement, suretyship agreement
or other
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agreement of such person with, or in favor of us; (c) your making any
misrepresentation, orally or in writing, to us whether for the purpose
of obtaining credit or an extension of credit, or otherwise; (d) your
breach of any representation, warranty or covenant contained in this
Agreement or in any other agreement between us; (e) any
representation, warranty, or statement of fact made to us at any time
by you or on your behalf is false or misleading in any material
respect; (f) the discontinuance or suspension of the operation of your
present business; (g) your becoming insolvent, or your becoming unable
to meet your debts as they mature; (h) your calling any meeting of
creditors, or having a creditors' committee appointed; (i) the
commencement by or against you of any action, case or proceeding for
relief under any provision of the Federal bankruptcy laws or any other
applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar
law; (j) the rendition, issuance or filing of any injunction,
attachment, judgment or lien against you or any of your property, or
the appointment of a receiver, custodian or trustee of any kind for
you or any of your property; or (k) any change in your condition or
affairs (financial or otherwise) or that of any endorser, guarantor or
other person liable on the Obligations, that in our sole discretion
impairs our Collateral or increases our risk.
VII. RIGHTS AND REMEDIES AFTER DEFAULT
7.1 Upon the occurrence of any Default, and at any time thereafter if such
or any other Default shall then be continuing, we shall have the right
(in addition to any other rights we may have under this Agreement or
otherwise) without further notice to you: (a) to appropriate, set-off
and apply to the payment of any or all of the Obligations, any or all
Collateral, in such manner as we shall in our sole discretion
determine; (b) to enforce payment of the Obligations or any Collateral;
(c) to settle, compromise or release, in whole or in part, any amounts
owing on the Collateral; (d) to prosecute any action, suit or
proceeding with respect to the Collateral; (e) to extend the time of
payment of any and all Collateral, to make allowances and adjustments
with respect thereto and to issue credits in your or our name; and (f)
to sell, assign and deliver the Collateral (or any part thereof), at
public or private sale, for cash, upon credit or otherwise, at our sole
option and discretion, and we may bid or become purchaser at any such
sale, if public, free from any right of redemption which is hereby
expressly waived. You agree that the giving of five (5) days notice by
us to your address shown on the first page hereof (or such other
address of which we have received notice as provided herein),
designating the place and time of any public sale or of the time after
which any private sale or other intended disposition of the Collateral
is to be made, shall be deemed to be reasonable notice thereof and you
waive any other notice with respect thereto. The net cash proceeds
resulting from the exercise of any of the foregoing rights or remedies
shall be applied by us to the payment of the Obligations in such order
as we may elect, and you shall remain liable to us for any deficiency.
7.2 We shall have the right in our sole discretion to determine which
rights or remedies, and in which order any of the same, are to be
exercised, and we may at any time pursue, relinquish, subordinate,
modify or take any other action with respect thereto, without in any
way modifying or affecting any of them. We may, at all times, proceed
directly against you to enforce payment of the Obligations and shall
not be required to take any action of any kind to preserve, collect or
protect our or your rights in the Collateral.
7.3 The enumeration of the foregoing rights and remedies is not intended to
be exclusive, and such rights and remedies are in addition to, and not
by way of limitation of, any other rights or remedies we may have under
applicable law including the Uniform Commercial Code.
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The exercise of any right or remedy shall not preclude the exercise of
any other right or remedy, all of which shall be cumulative and not
alternative.
VIII. WAIVERS
8.1 You hereby waive notice of dishonor, demand, presentment, protest and
notice of protest with respect to any and all instruments included in
or evidencing any of the Obligations or the Collateral, notice of
acceptance hereof, notice of loans or advances made, credit extended,
Obligations incurred, Collateral received, delivered, or released, or
any other action taken in reliance hereon, and any and all other
demands and notices of any description, except such as are expressly
provided for herein.
8.2 No act, delay or omission on our part in exercising any right or remedy
shall operate as a waiver of such or any other right or remedy. No
single or partial waiver by us of any provision of this Agreement, or
breach or default hereunder, or of any right or remedy shall operate as
a waiver of such or any other provision, breach, default, right or
remedy on a future occasion.
IX. TERMINATION; APPLICABLE LAW AND WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL; MISCELLANEOUS
9.1 Upon acceptance by us, this Agreement shall become effective as of the
date appearing on the first page hereof, and shall continue in full
force and effect until the end of the second Contract Year, and from
year to year thereafter, unless sooner terminated as herein provided.
You may terminate this Agreement by giving us at least sixty (60) days'
prior written notice. If you terminate this Agreement during the first
Contract Year by giving us at least sixty (60) days' prior written
notice, you shall pay to us, in addition to the then outstanding
Obligations, a termination charge of $50,000.00. We may terminate this
Agreement at any time by giving you written notice stating a
termination date not less than sixty (60) days from the date such
notice is given, or immediately at any time without prior notice upon
the occurrence or during the continuance of a Default. Unless sooner
demanded, all of your Obligations shall become due and payable as of
any termination, and pending a final accounting, we may withhold any
balances in your account (unless supplied with an indemnity
satisfactory to us) to cover all of your Obligations.
9.2 Notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, all of our rights,
liens and security interests hereunder shall continue in full force and
effect until all Obligations have been paid and satisfied in full.
9.3 This Agreement, together with any written and duly executed
supplement(s), contains the entire understanding between us with
respect to the subject matter hereof. Neither this Agreement nor any
portion or provision hereof may be changed, modified, amended, waived,
supplemented, discharged, cancelled or terminated orally or by any
course of dealing between us, or in any manner other than by an
agreement in writing, expressly referring hereto and signed by the
party to be charged. The section titles contained in this Agreement are
intended for convenience only and do not constitute and shall not be
interpreted as part of this Agreement. You, if two or more in number,
shall be jointly and severally bound hereunder.
9.4 Except as otherwise provided herein, all notices, requests and demands
hereunder shall be: (a) addressed to the party to be served at the
address shown on the first page hereof, or to
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such other address as either party may designate by written notice to
the other in accordance with this provision; and (b) deemed to have
been given or made: if by hand, immediately upon delivery; if by telex
or facsimile, immediately upon sending; if by overnight delivery
service, one day after dispatch; and if by ordinary mail or
registered/certified mail-return receipt requested (with proper
postage prepaid), three (3) days after mailing.
9.5 This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of each
of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns,
except that you may not assign or transfer any of your rights or
obligations under this Agreement without our prior written consent.
9.6 The parties hereto 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 or supplements thereto.
9.7 This Agreement shall be deemed to have been made in New York, New York
and shall be interpreted, and the rights and liabilities of the parties
hereto shall be determined, in accordance with the laws of the State of
New York. As part of the consideration for new value this day given,
you hereby consent to the jurisdiction of any state or federal court
located within the State of New York.
9.8 If any provision of this Agreement, including, without limitation, any
provision relating to charges constituting interest payable by you
under this Agreement, is contrary to, prohibited by, or deemed invalid
under applicable laws or regulations, such provision shall be
inapplicable and deemed omitted to the extent so contrary, prohibited
or invalid, but the remainder hereof shall not be invalidated thereby
and shall be given effect so far as possible.
9.9 TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, WE HEREBY MUTUALLY WAIVE ANY
RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF
THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER AGREEMENTS OR TRANSACTIONS BETWEEN US.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please so indicate by
signing and returning to us the original and one copy of this Agreement. After
being accepted below by one of our officers in New York, we shall forward a copy
to you with signatures completed for your files.
Very truly yours,
THE CIT GROUP/COMMERCIAL SERVICES, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx Lions
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Name: Xxxxxxx Lions
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Title: Vice President
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Read and Agreed to:
MOVIE STAR, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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Title: Chief Financial Officer
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Accepted at New York, New York
THE CIT GROUP/COMMERCIAL SERVICES, INC.
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx XxXxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx XxXxxxxx
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Title: Vice President
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