LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT RESOURCE AMERICA, INC. as Borrower with COMMERCE BANK, N.A., as Agent and Issuing Bank and THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS NOW OR HEREAFTER LISTED ON SCHEDULE A, as Lenders COMMERCE BANK, N.A., as Arranger May 24, 2007
RESOURCE
AMERICA, INC.
as Borrower
with
COMMERCE
BANK, N.A.,
as
Agent
and Issuing Bank
and
THE
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
NOW
OR
HEREAFTER LISTED ON SCHEDULE A,
as
Lenders
COMMERCE
BANK, N.A., as Arranger
May
24,
2007
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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SECTION
1. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
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1
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1.1 Terms
Defined
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1
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1.2 Other
Capitalized Term
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1.3 Accounting
Principles
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14
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1.4 Construction
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14
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SECTION
2. THE LOANS
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2.1 Revolving
Credit - Description:
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2.2 Letters
of Credit-Description:
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2.3 Reserved:
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2.4 Reserved:
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18
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2.5 Advances,
Conversions, Renewals and Payments:
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2.6 Interest:
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2.7 Additional
Interest Provisions:
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2.8 Fees:
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23
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2.9 Prepayments:
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2.10 Funding
Indemnity
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2.11 Use
of Proceeds
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25
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2.12 Pro
Rata Treatment and Payments:
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25
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2.13 Inability
to Determine Interest Rate:
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26
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2.14 Illegality
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27
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2.15 Requirements
of Law
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27
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2.16 Taxes
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28
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2.17 Replacement
of Lenders
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SECTION
3. COLLATERAL
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3.1 Description
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31
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3.2 Lien
Documents
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3.3 Other
Actions
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3.4 Searches
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33
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3.5 [Reserved]
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33
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3.6 Filing
Security Agreement
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33
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3.7 Power
of Attorney
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33
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3.8 Release
of Collateral
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34
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SECTION
4. CLOSING AND CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO ADVANCES
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34
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4.1 Resolutions,
Opinions, and Other Documents
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34
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4.2 Absence
of Certain Events
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35
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4.3 Warranties
and Representations at Closing
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35
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4.4 Compliance
with this Agreement
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35
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4.5 Officer's
Certificate
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35
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4.6 Closing
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35
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4.7 Waiver
of Rights
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35
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4.8 Conditions
for Future Advances
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35
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SECTION
5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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36
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5.1 Corporate
Organization and Validity
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36
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5.2 Places
of Business
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37
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5.3 Pending
Litigation
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37
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5.4 Title
to Properties
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37
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5.5 Governmental
Consent
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37
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5.6 Taxes
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38
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5.7 Financial
Statements
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38
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5.8 Full
Disclosure
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38
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5.9 Subsidiaries
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38
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5.10 Investments,
Guarantees, Contracts, etc.
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38
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5.11 Government
Regulations, etc.
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39
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5.12 Business
Interruptions
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39
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5.13 Names
and Intellectual Property
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40
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5.14 Other
Associations
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40
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5.15 Environmental
Matters
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40
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5.16 Regulation
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5.17 Capital
Stock
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40
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5.18 Solvency
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41
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5.19 Perfection
and Priority
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41
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5.20 Commercial
Tort Claims
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41
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5.21 Letter
of Credit Rights
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41
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5.22 Deposit
Accounts
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41
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5.23 Anti-Terrorism
Laws
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41
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5.24 Investment
Company Act
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42
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5.25 Bancorp
Stock
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42
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SECTION
6. BORROWER'S AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
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42
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6.1 Payment
of Taxes and Claims
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42
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6.2 Maintenance
of Properties and Corporate Existence
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43
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6.3 Business
Conducted
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44
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6.4 Litigation
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44
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6.5 Issue
Taxes
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44
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6.6 Bank
Accounts
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44
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6.7 Employee
Benefit Plans
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44
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6.8 Financial
Covenants
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45
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6.9 Financial
and Business Information
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45
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6.10 Officers'
Certificates
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47
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6.11 Audits
and Inspection
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47
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6.12 Reserved
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47
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6.13 Information
to Participant
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48
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6.14 Material
Adverse Developments
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48
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6.15 Places
of Business
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48
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6.16 Commercial
Tort Claims
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48
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6.17 Letter
of Credit Rights
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6.18 Pledged
Collateral
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48
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6.19 Management
Agreements
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48
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6.20 Sponsored
CDO Equity Interests
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49
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6.21 Access
to Investor Reporting Service
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49
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6.22 Bancorp
Stock
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49
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6.23 Trapeza
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SECTION
7. BORROWER'S NEGATIVE COVENANTS
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7.1 Merger,
Consolidation, Dissolution or Liquidation
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49
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7.2 Acquisitions
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50
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7.3 Liens
and Encumbrances
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50
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7.4 Transactions
With Affiliates; Subsidiaries
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50
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7.5 Guarantees
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50
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7.6 Distributions,
Bonuses and Other Indebtedness
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50
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7.7 Loans
and Investments
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51
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7.8 Use
of Lenders' Name
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51
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7.9 Miscellaneous
Covenants
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51
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7.10 Jurisdiction
of Organization
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51
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7.11 Organization
Documents
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51
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SECTION
8. DEFAULT
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52
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8.1 Events
of Default
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52
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8.2 Cure
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8.3 Rights
and Remedies on Default
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54
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8.4 Nature
of Remedies
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55
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8.5 Set-Off
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55
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SECTION
9. AGENT
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56
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9.1 Appointment
and Authority
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56
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9.2 Rights
as a Lender
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56
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9.3 Exculpatory
Provisions
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56
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9.4 Reliance
by Agent
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57
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9.5 Delegation
of Duties
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58
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9.6 Resignation
of Agent
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58
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9.7 Non-Reliance
on Agent and Other Lenders
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58
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9.8 No
Other Duties, Etc.
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59
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9.9 Agent
May File Proofs of Claim
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59
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9.10 Collateral
and Guaranty Matters
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59
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9.11 Action
on Instructions of Lenders
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60
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9.12 Designation
of additional Agents
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SECTION
10
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10.1 GOVERNING
LAW
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60
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10.2 Integrated
Agreement
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60
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10.3 Waiver
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61
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10.4 Expenses;
Indemnity
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61
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10.5 Time
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62
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10.6 Consequential
Damages
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62
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10.7 Brokerage
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62
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10.8 Notices
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62
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10.9 Headings
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64
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10.10 Survival
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64
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10.11 Amendments
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64
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10.12 Assignments
and Participations
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65
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10.13 Successors
and Assigns
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67
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10.14 Duplicate
Originals
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67
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10.15 Modification
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67
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10.16 Signatories
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67
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10.17 Third
Parties
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67
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10.18 Discharge
of Taxes, Borrowers' Obligations, Etc.
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68
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10.19 Withholding
and Other Tax Liabilities
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68
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10.20 Consent
to Jurisdiction
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68
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10.21 Waiver
of Jury Trial
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68
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10.22 Termination
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69
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EXHIBITS
AND SCHEDULES
Exhibit
A
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Form
of Assignment and Assumption Agreement
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Exhibit
B
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Form
of Authorization Certificate
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Exhibit
C
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Form
of Conversion/Extension
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Exhibit
D
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Form
of Revolving Credit Advance Request
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Exhibit
E
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Form
of Borrowing Base Certificate
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Exhibit
F
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Form
of Quarterly Compliance Certificate
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Schedule
A
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Schedule
of Lenders
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Schedule
B
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Address
of Lenders
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Schedule
C
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Excluded
Subsidiaries
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Schedule
D
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Legacy
Entities
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Schedule
E
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Management
Agreements
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Schedule
F
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Trapeza
Management Agreements
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Schedule
G
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Entities
to be Dissolved
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Schedule
1.1(b)
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Existing
Liens and Claims
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Schedule
5.1
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Borrower's
States of Qualifications
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Schedule
5.2
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Places
of Business
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Schedule
5.3
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Judgments,
Proceedings, Litigation and Orders
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Schedule
5.7
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Federal
Tax Identification Numbers and Organizational Identification
Numbers
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Schedule
5.9
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Subsidiary
and Affiliates
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Schedule
5.10(a)
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Existing
Guaranties, Investments and Borrowings
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Schedule
5.11
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Employee
Benefit Plans
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Schedule
5.13(a)
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Schedule
of Names
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Schedule
5.13(b)
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Trademarks,
Patents and Copyrights
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Schedule
5.13(c)
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Trademarks,
Patents and Copyrights Required to Conduct Business
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Schedule
5.14(a)
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Other
Associations
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Schedule
5.14(b)
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Sponsored
CDO Offerings
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Schedule
5.17
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Capital
Stock
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Schedule
5.19
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Perfection
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Schedule
5.20
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Commercial
Tort Claims
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Schedule
5.21
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Letter
of Credit Rights
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Schedule
5.22
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Deposit
Accounts
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Schedule
5.25
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Bancorp
Stock
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Schedule
7.4(a)
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Transactions
with Affiliate and Subsidiaries
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LW:
327975.1
This
Loan
and Security Agreement ("Agreement") is dated as of the 24th day of
May, 2007,
by and among Resource America, Inc., a
Delaware corporation ("Borrower"), Commerce Bank,
N.A., a national banking association, in its capacity
as agent ("Agent"), Commerce Bank, N.A. in its
capacity as issuing bank ("Issuing Bank") and each of the financial institutions
which are now or hereafter identified as Lenders on Schedule A attached hereto
and made a part of this Agreement (as such Schedule may be amended, modified
or
replaced from time to time), (each such financial institution,
individually, a "Lender" and collectively all being "Lenders").
BACKGROUND
A. Borrower
desires to establish financing arrangements with Lenders to permit its
uninterrupted and continuous business operations. Lenders are willing
to make loans and grant extensions of credit to Borrower, under the terms and
provisions hereinafter set forth.
B. The
parties desire to define the terms and conditions of their relationship and
reduce them to writing.
NOW,
THEREFORE, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree
as
follows:
SECTION
1. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
1.1 Terms
Defined: As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the
following respective meanings:
Acceptance
Date– Section 10.12
Adjusted
LIBOR Rate– For the LIBOR Interest Period for each LIBOR Rate Loan
comprising part of the same borrowing (including conversions, extensions and
renewals), a per annum interest rate determined pursuant to the following
formula:
Adjusted
LIBOR Rate = London Interbank
Offered Rate
1-LIBOR Reserve Percentage
Adjusted
Revolving Credit Base Rate– The Base Rate plus one hundred (100)
basis points.
Advance(s)—
Any monies advanced or credit extended to Borrower by any Lender under the
Revolving Credit, including without limitation cash advances and Letters of
Credit.
Advance
Request– Section 2.5(b)(i).
Affiliate—
With respect to any Person, (a) any Person which, directly or indirectly through
one or more intermediaries controls, or is controlled by, or is under common
control with, such Person, or (b) any Person who is a director or officer (i)
of
such Person, (ii) of any Subsidiary of such Person, or (iii) any person
described in clause (a) above. For purposes of this definition,
control of a Person shall mean the power, direct or indirect, (x) to vote 10%
or
more of the Capital
Aggregate
Non-Callable Management Fees— At any time, the aggregate net present value
of all management fees earned through the reinvestment period as defined in
the
Collateralized Debt Offering documents (other than Excluded Management Fees)
to
which Borrower, Trapeza Management and Subsidiary Guarantors are entitled
pursuant to all Management Agreements and Trapeza Management Agreements in
effect from time to time; provided that Agent, on behalf of Lenders shall have
a
first priority perfected Lien in all fees payable under any Management Agreement
(other than under the Trapeza Management Agreements). Net present
value, for the purpose
of this definition, shall be calculated as follows: the Management
Fee Amount, discounted by (i.e. divided by) 1.08 to the power of "n",
with "n" being the number of years in the discount period.
Agreement—
This Loan and Security Agreement, as it may hereafter be amended, supplemented
or replaced from time to time.
Amortization
Event– The termination by any applicable issuer (or any other Person with
the authority to terminate a collateral manager) of a Collateralized Debt
Offering of any one or more Subsidiary Guarantors or Trapeza Management, as
the
collateral manager resulting in such entities managing fewer than fifteen (15)
Collateralized Debt Offerings.
Anti-Terrorism
Laws - Any statute, treaty, law (including common law), ordinance,
regulation, rule, order, opinion, release, injunction, writ, decree or award
of
any Governmental Authority relating to terrorism or money laundering, including
Executive Order No. 13224 and the USA Patriot Act.
Asset
Default Rate - With respect to an applicable asset class held in any
Collateralized Debt Offering, the Asset Default Rate is determined pursuant
to
the following rating guide, or other rating agency or authoritative source
acceptable to Agent:
Bank
securities: FDIC
Quarterly Banking Profile
Insurance
securities: AM
Best's Impairment Rate & Rating
Leveraged
loans: S&P
Leveraged Lending Review
High
grade asset backed
securities: Xxxxx'x
Structured Finance Report
Mezzanine
asset backed
securities: S&P
Structured Securities Review
Asset
Recovery Rate - With respect to an applicable asset class held in any
Collateralized Debt Offering, the Asset Recovery Rate is determined pursuant
to
the following rating guide, or other rating agency or authoritative source
acceptable to Agent:
Bank
securities: FDIC
Quarterly Banking Profile
Insurance
securities: AM
Best's Impairment Rate & Rating
Leveraged
loans: S&P
Leveraged Lending Review
High
grade asset backed
securities: Xxxxx'x
Structured Finance Report
Mezzanine
asset backed
securities: S&P
Structured Securities Review
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Asset
Sale - The sale, transfer, lease, license or other disposition, by Borrower
or by any Subsidiary Guarantor to any Person other than Borrower, or any
Subsidiary Guarantor, of any Property now owned or hereafter acquired, of any
nature whatsoever in any transaction or series of related transactions other
than the sale of Inventory in the ordinary course of business. An
Asset Sale, includes without limitation, a division.
Assignment
Agreement— An assignment and assumption agreement entered into by an
assigning Lender and accepted by Agent, in accordance with Section 10.12, in
the
form of Exhibit A attached hereto.
Authorized
Officer - Any officer (or comparable equivalent) of Borrower authorized by
the by-laws of Borrower to execute and deliver documents on behalf of Borrower,
to request Advances or execute Borrowing Base Certificates or Quarterly
Compliance Certificates as set forth in the authorization certificate delivered
to Lender substantially in the form of Exhibit "B" attached hereto.
Bankruptcy
Code– The United States Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. § 101 et. seq., as
amended from time to time.
Base
Rate— The "Prime Rate" of interest as published in the "Money Rates" section
of The Wall Street Journal on the applicable date (or the highest "Prime
Rate" if more than one is published) as such rate may change from time to
time. If The Wall Street Journal ceases to be published or
goes on strike or is otherwise not published,
Agent may use a similar published prime or base rate. The Base Rate
is not necessarily the lowest or best rate of interest offered by Agent or
any
Lender to any borrower or class of borrowers.
Base
Rate Loans - That portion of the Loans accruing interest based on a rate
determined by reference to the Base Rate.
Blocked
Person- Section 5.23.
Borrowing
Base– As of the date of determination, an amount equal to the lesser of (i)
the Maximum Revolving Credit Amount or (ii) without duplication, the sum of
(a)
75% of Aggregate Non-Callable Management Fees plus (b) 70% of the market
value (as determined by reference to the applicable national exchange) of the
Pledged Securities plus (c) 75% of REIT Management Fees payable in
cash.
Borrowing
Base Certificate– Section 6.9(b).
Business
Day— (i) Any day that is not a Saturday or Sunday or day on which Agent or
any Lender is required or permitted to close in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
or
(ii) with respect to any LIBOR Rate Loan, any day which is a Business Day
described in clause (i) and which is also a day for trading by and between
banks
in dollar deposits in the London interbank market.
Capital
Expenditures— For any period, the aggregate of all expenditures (including
that portion of Capitalized Lease Obligations attributable to that period)
made
in respect of the purchase, construction or other acquisition of fixed or
capital assets, determined in accordance with GAAP.
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Capitalized
Lease Obligations– Any Indebtedness represented by obligations under a lease
that is required to be capitalized for financial reporting purposes in
accordance with GAAP.
Capital
Stock– Any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents
(however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all other
ownership interests in a Person (other than a corporation) and any and all
warrants or options to purchase any of the foregoing.
Change
of Control - With respect to Borrower, the result caused by the occurrence
of any event which results in any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in
Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act, and any person or entity acting
in
its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such
plan), excluding the Permitted Holders, shall become the “beneficial owner” (as
defined in Rules 13(d)-3 and 13(d)-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or
indirectly, greater than thirty-five percent (35%) of the then outstanding
voting stock of Borrower and with respect to any Subsidiary that is a
Subsidiary Guarantor, other than in connection with a transaction permitted
under Section 7.1 hereof, the result caused by Borrower owning less than one
hundred percent (100%) of any class of the issued and
outstanding Capital Stock of such Subsidiary entitled to vote.
Closing—
Section 4.6.
Closing
Date— Section 4.6.
Code–
The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
Collateral
Pledge Agreement– Collectively, those certain Collateral Pledge Agreements
to be executed by Borrower and certain Subsidiary Guarantors with respect to
the
Pledged Securities, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, on or before
the Closing Date.
Collateral—
All of the Property and interests in Property described in Section 3.1 of this
Agreement and all other Property and interests in Property that now or hereafter
secure payment of the Obligations and satisfaction by Borrower of all covenants
and undertakings contained in this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents.
Collateralized
Debt Offering— An offering, by a special purpose entity, of interests in
secured debt obligations, and other investments permitted under the
organizational and operating documents of such entity, which interests are
sold
to third party investors.
Consolidated
Amortization Expense— For any period, the aggregate consolidated amount of
amortization expense of Borrower, as determined in accordance with
GAAP.
Consolidated
Cash Flow— For any period, Borrower's Consolidated Net Income (or deficit)
plus (a) Consolidated Interest Expense, plus (b) Consolidated Depreciation
Expense, plus (c) Consolidated Amortization Expense, plus (d) Consolidated
Tax
Expense, (e) plus all other non-cash expenses minus (f) extraordinary gains,
all
as determined in accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated
Depreciation Expense— For any period, the aggregate, consolidated amount of
depreciation expense of Borrower, as determined in accordance with
GAAP.
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Consolidated
Funded Debt— At any time, without duplication, the aggregate principal
amount of interest bearing Indebtedness of Borrower (other than Indebtedness
that is non-recourse as to Borrower or any Subsidiary and Subordinated Debt)
on
a consolidated basis, as determined in accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated
Funded Debt to Net Worth Ratio— At any time, the ratio of Borrower's (i)
Consolidated Funded Debt to (ii) Consolidated Net Worth.
Consolidated
Interest Expense— For any period (without duplication), the aggregate,
consolidated amount of interest expense required to be paid or accrued during
such period on all Indebtedness of Borrower outstanding during all or any part
of such period, as determined in accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated
Net Income— For any period, consolidated net income after taxes of Borrower
as such would appear on Borrower's consolidated statement of income, prepared
in
accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated
Net Worth - At any time, the amount by which all of Borrower's consolidated
assets plus Subordinated Debt exceed all of Borrower's Consolidated Total
Liabilities, all as would be shown on Borrower's consolidated balance sheet
prepared in accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated
Tax Expense— For any period, the aggregate consolidated amount of income tax
expense of Borrower, as determined in accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated
Total Liabilities– At any time, the aggregate total amount of Borrower's
consolidated liabilities as would be shown on Borrower's consolidated balance
sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP.
Control
Agreements– The Securities Account Control Agreement, August 3, 2006, among
Resource Capital Investor, Inc., the Agent, Credit Suisse Securities (USA)
LLC
and Pershing LLC; and the Securities Account Control Agreement, dated August
3,
2006, among Resource Capital Manager, Inc. (“RCM”), the Agent, Credit Suisse
Securities (USA) LLC and Pershing LLC in each case with respect to that portion
of the Pledged Securities comprised of common shares of Resource Capital Corp
(“RCC”).
Debt
Service Coverage Ratio— For any period, the ratio of (i) Consolidated Cash
Flow to (ii) scheduled principal payments on account of Borrower's consolidated
long term Indebtedness (excluding any payments made (i) by Leaf or any of Leaf’s
wholly-owned Subsidiaries or any entities which are consolidated in accordance
with FIN 46 on account of Indebtedness of Leaf or such Subsidiary or (ii) by
a
Borrower or Subsidiary Guarantor in connection with any warehouse lines to
which
Borrower or such Subsidiary Guarantor is a party) for the preceding four fiscal
quarter period plus Consolidated Interest Expense all as determined in
accordance with GAAP.
Default
— An event which with the passage of time, the giving of notice, or both
would constitute an Event of Default.
Default
Rate— Section 2.7(b).
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Disqualified
Stock– Any Capital Stock which by its terms (or by terms of any security
into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable) or upon the
happening of any event (i) matures or is mandatorily redeemable for any reason,
(ii) is convertible or exchangeable for Indebtedness or Capital Stock that
meets
the requirements of clauses (i) and (ii), or (iii) is redeemable at the option
of the holder thereof, in whole or in part in each case on or prior to the
Revolving Credit Maturity Date.
Distribution - (i)
Cash dividends or other cash distributions on any now or hereafter outstanding
on Capital Stock of Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor; (ii) the redemption,
repurchase, defeasance or acquisition of such Capital Stock or of warrants,
rights or other options to purchase such Capital Stock; and (iii) any loans
or
advances (other than salaries), to any shareholder(s), partner(s), or member(s)
of Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor.
Environmental
Laws - Any and all Federal, foreign, state, local or municipal laws, rules,
orders, regulations, statutes, ordinances, codes, decrees and any and all common
law requirements, rules and bases of liability regulating, relating to or
imposing liability or standards of conduct concerning pollution, protection
of
the environment, or the impact of pollutants, contaminants or toxic or hazardous
substances on human health or the environment, as now or may at any time
hereafter be in effect.
ERISA—
The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as the same may be amended,
from time to time.
Event
of Default— Section 8.1.
Exchange
Act– The Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as the same may be amended
from time to time.
Excluded
Management Fees– All management fees received by Borrower or a Subsidiary
Guarantor attributable to any sub-prime or mid-prime mortgage assets in any
Collaterized Debt Offering.
Excluded
Subsidiary– Each Subsidiary (whether direct or indirect) of Borrower, which
is prohibited from guaranteeing the Obligations pursuant to financing agreements
related to such Subsidiary’s Indebtedness, and which prohibition is confirmed in
writing by counsel to Borrower. Excluded Subsidiaries are set forth
on Schedule C attached hereto, as such Schedule may be amended, supplemented,
replaced or restated from time to time.
Executive
Order Xx. 00000 - Xxx Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xx. 00000 on Terrorist Financing,
effective September 24, 2001, as the same has been, or shall hereafter be,
renewed, extended, amended or replaced.
Expenses—
Section 10.4.
Fee
Letter— That certain letter agreement between Agent and Borrower dated on or
prior to the Closing Date.
Fed
Funds Rate — For any day, the weighted average of the rates on overnight
federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged
by federal funds
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FIN
46– Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Interpretation Number
46.
Fronting
Fee— Section 2.8(b)(ii).
GAAP
- Generally accepted accounting principles as in effect on the Closing Date
applied in a manner consistent with the most recent audited financial statements
of Borrower furnished to Lender and described in Section 5.7 herein, subject,
however, in the case of determination of compliance with the financial covenants
in Section 6.8, to the provisions of Section 1.3.
Governmental
Acts — Section 2.2.
Governmental
Authority - Any federal, state or local government or political subdivision,
or any agency, authority, bureau, central bank, commission, department or
instrumentality of any of the above, or any court, tribunal, grand jury, or
arbitration.
Guarantor
Security Agreement— That certain security agreement to be executed by each
Subsidiary Guarantor in favor of Agent, in form and substance satisfactory
to
Agent, on or prior to the Closing Date.
Hedging
Agreements— Any Interest Hedging Instrument or any other interest rate
protection agreement, foreign currency exchange agreement, commodity purchase
or
option agreement, or any other interest rate hedging device or swap agreement
(as defined in 11 U.S.C. § 101 et. seq.).
Indebtedness—
Of any Person at any date, without duplication, (i) all indebtedness of such
Person for borrowed money (including with respect to Borrower, the
Obligations) or for the deferred purchase price of property or services (other
than current trade liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business
and
payable in accordance with customary practices), (ii) any other indebtedness
of
such Person which is evidenced by a note, bond, debenture or similar instrument,
(iii) all Capitalized Lease Obligations of such Person, (iv) the face amount
of
all letters of credit (including the Letters of Credit), issued for the account
of such Person and all drafts drawn thereunder, (v) all obligations of other
Persons which such Person has guaranteed, (vi) Disqualified Stock, (vii) all
obligations of such Person under Hedging Agreements, and (viii) all liabilities
secured by any Lien on any property owned by such Person even though such Person
has not assumed or otherwise become liable for the payment thereof.
Interest
Hedging Instrument— Any documentation evidencing any interest rate swap,
interest "cap" or "collar" or any other interest rate hedging device or swap
agreement (as defined in 11 U.S.C. § 101 et. seq.) between Borrower or any
Subsidiary Guarantor and a Lender (or any Affiliate of a Lender).
IRS —
Internal Revenue Service.
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Issuing
Bank— Commerce Bank, N.A.
L/C
Fees— Section 2.8(b)(i).
L/C
Sublimit— An amount equal to $7,500,000.
Leaf–
Leaf Financial, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
Legacy
Entities– Collectively, those Subsidiaries identified on Schedule D attached
hereto.
Letter
of Credit– That certain letter of credit number 136192070077 in the face
amount of $246,420.00 for the benefit of Paramount Group, Inc. and those certain
stand-by letters of credit (as amended, supplemented, replaced or
restated from time to time) issued from time to time pursuant to
Section 2.2 of this Agreement.
Letter
of Credit Documents— Any Letter of Credit, any amendment thereto, any
documents delivered in connection therewith, any application therefor, or any
other documents (all in form and substance satisfactory
to Issuing Bank), governing or providing for (i) the rights and obligations
on
the parties concerned or at risk, or (ii) any collateral security for such
obligations.
LIBOR
Interest Period— As to LIBOR Rate Loans, a period of one month, two months,
three months or six months, as selected by Borrower pursuant to the terms of
this Agreement (including continuations and conversions thereof); provided
however, (i) if any LIBOR Interest Period would end on a day which is not a
Business Day, such LIBOR Interest Period shall be extended to the next
succeeding Business Day (except that where the next succeeding Business Day
falls in the next succeeding calendar month, then on the next preceding Business
Day), (ii) no LIBOR Interest Period shall extend beyond the Revolving Credit
Maturity Date and (iii) any LIBOR Interest Period with respect to
a LIBOR Rate Loan that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar
month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the
calendar month at the end of such LIBOR Interest Period) shall end on the last
Business Day of the relevant calendar month at the end of such LIBOR Interest
Period.
LIBOR
Rate Loans— That portion(s) of the Loans accruing interest based on a rate
determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBOR Rate.
LIBOR
Reserve Percentage— For any day, that percentage (expressed as a decimal)
which is in effect from time to time under Regulation D, as such regulation
may
be amended from time to time or any successor regulation, as the maximum reserve
requirement (including, without limitation, any basic, supplemental, emergency,
special, or marginal reserves) applicable with respect to Eurocurrency
liabilities as that term is defined in Regulation D (or against any other
category of liabilities that includes deposits by reference to which the
interest rate of LIBOR Rate Loans is determined), whether or not a Lender has
any Eurocurrency liabilities subject to such reserve requirement at that
time. LIBOR Rate Loans shall be deemed to constitute Eurocurrency
liabilities and as such shall be deemed subject to reserve requirements without
benefits of credits for proration, exceptions or offsets that may be available
from time to time to a Lender. The Adjusted LIBOR Rate shall be
adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in the
LIBOR Reserve Percentage.
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Lien—
Any interest of any kind or nature in property securing an obligation owed
to,
or a claim of any kind or nature in Property by, a Person other than the owner
of the Property, whether such interest is based on the common law, statute,
regulation or contract, and including, but not limited to, a security interest
or lien arising from a mortgage, encumbrance, pledge, conditional sale or trust
receipt, a capitalized lease, consignment or bailment for security purposes,
a
trust, or an assignment. For the purposes of this Agreement,
Borrower shall be deemed to be the owner of any Property which it has acquired
or holds subject to a conditional sale agreement or other arrangement pursuant
to which title to the Property has been retained by or vested in some other
Person for security purposes.
Loans—
Collectively, the unpaid balance of cash Advances under the Revolving Credit
which may be Base Rate Loans or LIBOR Rate Loans and any unreimbursed draws
under any Letter of Credit.
Loan
Documents— Collectively, this Agreement, the Revolving Credit Notes, the
Surety and Guaranty Agreement, the Guarantor Security Agreement, the Subsidiary
Collateral Pledge Agreement, the Sponsored CDO
Pledge Agreement, the Collateral Pledge Agreements, the
Control Agreements, the Letter of Credit Documents, the Perfection Certificate
and all agreements, instruments and documents executed and/or delivered from
time to time pursuant to this Agreement or in connection therewith, as amended,
supplemented, replaced or restated from time to time.
London
Interbank Offered Rate— With respect to any LIBOR Rate Loan for the LIBOR
Interest Period applicable thereto, the rate of interest per annum (rounded
upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) equal to the British Bankers
Association LIBOR Rate (“BBA LIBOR”) as published by Bloomberg (or such other
commercially available source providing quotations of BBA LIBOR as designated
by
Agent from time to time) at approximately 11:00 A.M. (London time) 2 Business
Days prior to the first day of such LIBOR Interest Period for a term comparable
to such LIBOR Interest Period; provided however, if more than one BBA LIBOR
Rate
is specified, the applicable rate shall be the arithmetic mean of all such
rates. If, for any reason, such rate is not available, the term
London Interbank Offered Rate shall mean, with respect to any LIBOR Rate Loan
for the LIBOR Interest Period applicable thereto, the rate of interest per
annum
(rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) determined
by Agent to be the average rates per annum at which deposits in dollars are
offered for such LIBOR Interest Period to major banks in the London interbank
market in London, England at approximately 11:00 A.M. (London time)
2 Business Days prior to the first day of such LIBOR Interest Period for a
term comparable to such LIBOR Interest Period.
Majority
Lenders— At any time, (i) if there are three or more Lenders, Lenders
holding Pro Rata Percentages aggregating more than fifty percent (50%) of the
total Pro Rata Shares and (ii) if there are less than three Lenders, all
Lenders.
Management
Agreements— Collectively, those certain agreements set forth on Schedule E
attached hereto, as such Schedule may be amended, supplemented, replaced or
restated from time to time and any other collateral management agreement
(whether now existing or hereafter created or acquired) pursuant to which
Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor shall serve as collateral manager in
connection with a Collateralized Debt Offering or a REIT.
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Management
Fee Amount. With respect to any Collateralized Debt Offering for
which Borrower, a Subsidiary Guarantor or Trapeza Management is collateral
manager pursuant to a Management Agreement or a Trapeza Management Agreement,
as
applicable, the product of (i) the difference between (A) the Net Outstanding
Portfolio Balance, less (B) the product of (X) the product of (1) the
projected Net Outstanding Portfolio Balance, times (2) the Asset Default
Rate, times (Y) one minus the Asset Recovery Rate, less (C) any
prepayments on, and amortization on account of, assets held in the
Collateralized Debt Offering based on projections utilized by such Subsidiary
Guarantor or Trapeza Management, as applicable, and provided by the investment
banking institution used in any Collateralized Debt Offering transaction, in
accordance with such Subsidiary Guarantor’s or Trapeza Management’s, as
applicable, historical practices, times (ii) the collateral management
fee (as to both base management fees and subordinated management fees) set
forth
in the Management Agreement or Trapeza Management Agreement, as
applicable.
Material
Adverse Effect— A material adverse effect with respect to (a) the business,
assets, properties, financial condition, stockholders' equity, contingent
liabilities, material agreements or results of operations of Borrower or any
Subsidiary, or (b) Borrower's ability to pay the Obligations in accordance
with
the terms hereof, or (c) the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or
any
of the other Loan Documents or the rights and remedies of Agent, Issuing Bank
or
any Lender hereunder or thereunder.
Maximum
Revolving Credit Amount– Subject to Section 2.9(b), the aggregate sum of
each Lender’s Revolving Credit Pro Rata Share, which in no event shall exceed in
the aggregate Seventy Five Million Dollars ($75,000,000). Commerce’s
Revolving Credit Pro Rata Share on the Closing Date is Fifty Million Dollars
($50,000,000).
Net
Outstanding Portfolio Balance - With respect to any Collateralized Debt
Offering for which Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor is collateral manager
pursuant to a Management Agreement, the Net Outstanding Portfolio Balance (or
some similarly defined term) of such Collateralized Debt Offering, as determined
pursuant to the trustee report issued on a quarterly basis, or if not yet
produced, as determined pursuant to the indenture applicable to the
Collateralized Debt Offering.
Notes—
Collectively, the Revolving Credit Notes.
Notice— Section
10.8.
Notice
Letter— Each Payment Instruction Letter in the form attached to the
Guarantor Security Agreement as Exhibit “A”, which has been or will be issued by
Borrower or each applicable Subsidiary Guarantor and delivered to, and
acknowledged by, the applicable trustee under the indenture related to the
applicable Management Agreement.
Notice
of Conversion/Extension— A written notice of conversion of a LIBOR Rate Loan
to a Base Rate Loan, or of a Base Rate Loan to a LIBOR Rate Loan or extension
of
a LIBOR Rate Loan, in each case substantially in the form of Exhibit "C"
attached hereto.
Obligations—
All existing and future debts, liabilities and obligations of every kind or
nature at any time owing by Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor to Lenders,
Issuing Bank or Agent whether under this Agreement or any other Loan Document,
whether joint or several, related
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Overadvance–
Section 2.1(a).
PBGC
- The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
Perfection
Certificate - The Perfection Certificate provided by Borrower and each
Subsidiary Guarantor to Agent on or prior to the Closing Date in form and
substance satisfactory to Agent.
Permitted
Holders– Any of Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx and Xxxxxx X.
Xxxxx or any trust established by such Person for estate planning purposes
so
long as such Person retains the power to vote any ownership interests which
may
be placed into such trust.
Permitted
Liens - (a) Liens securing taxes, assessments or governmental
charges or levies or the claims or demands of materialmen, mechanics, carriers,
warehousemen, and other like persons not yet due; (b) Liens incurred or deposits
made in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers'
compensation, unemployment insurance, social security and other like laws;
(c)
Liens on fixed assets securing purchase money Indebtedness in an amount not
to
exceed $1,000,000 in the aggregate at any time; provided that, (i) such Lien
attached to such assets concurrently, or within 20 days of the acquisition
thereof, and only to the assets so acquired, and (ii) a description of the
asset
acquired is furnished to Lender; and (d) Liens existing on
the Closing Date and shown on Schedule "1.1(b)" attached hereto and made part
hereof.
Person—
An individual, partnership, corporation, trust, unincorporated association
or
organization, joint venture, limited liability company or partnership, or any
other entity.
Pledged
Securities— Collectively, (i) 153,758 shares of the common stock of The
Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:TBBK), (ii) 1,224,036 common shares of RCC (NYSE:RSO),
and
(iii) such additional shares of RCC as are received by RCM as incentive
compensation pursuant to Section 8(f) of the Management Agreement between RCC
and RCM, together with all Proceeds thereof.
Pro
Rata Percentage— As to each Lender, the pro rata percentage set forth
opposite such Lender's name on Schedule A hereto.
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Quarterly
Compliance Certificate - Section 6.10.
Regulation
D— Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,
comprising Part 204 of Title 12, Code of Federal Regulations, as amended, and
any successor thereto.
Reimbursement
Obligations— Collectively, Borrower's reimbursement obligation for any and
all draws under Letters of Credit.
REIT–
a real estate investment trust managed by Borrower or a Subsidiary
Guarantor.
REIT
Management Fees– At any time, the aggregate net present value of the
management fees paid to RCM by RCC pursuant to that certain Management Agreement
by and between RCM and RCC dated March 8, 2005 to which RCM is entitled pursuant
to such Management Agreement; provided that Agent, on behalf of Lenders shall
have a first priority perfected Lien in such fees. Net present value,
for the purpose of this definition, shall be calculated as
follows: the Management Fee Amount, discounted by (i.e. divided by)
1.08 to the power of "60", with "60" being the number of months in
the discount period.
Requirement
of Law— As to any Person, each law, treaty, rule or regulation or
determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority,
in
each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property
or to
which such Person or any of its property is subject.
Revolving
Credit— Section 2.1(a).
Revolving
Credit Loans— Section 2.1(a).
Revolving
Credit LIBOR Rate— The Adjusted LIBOR Rate plus two hundred twenty
five (225) basis points.
Revolving
Credit Maturity Date— May 23, 2012.
Revolving
Credit Notes— Those notes described in Section 2.1(b), as they may be
amended, supplemented, replaced or restated from time to
time.
Revolving
Credit Pro Rata Share — As to any Lender, at any time, such Lender's Pro
Rata Percentage of the outstanding balance of the Revolving Credit plus
unreimbursed Letters of Credit and outstanding and undrawn Letters of
Credit.
Secured
Parties— Collectively, Agent, Issuing Bank, Lenders and any Lender (or
Affiliate of a Lender) that is a counterparty to any Interest Hedging
Instrument, permitted under the Loan Agreement and any permitted successors
and
assigns.
Securities
Act— The Securities Act of 1933, as the same may be amended from time to
time.
Settlement
Date— Section 2.5(b)(iii).
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Significant
Default– A Default or Event of Default, which arises under Section 8.1(a),
(b), (i), (j) or (k) hereof, the failure of Borrower to maintain the covenants
required under Section 6.8 hereof or the breach of any covenant contained in
Section 7 hereof.
Sponsored
CDO Equity Interests— Collectively, those certain equity interests in the
Collateralized Debt Offerings set forth on Schedule “5.14(b)” attached hereto,
as such Schedule may be amended, supplemented, replaced or restated from time
to
time and any other equity interests in Sponsored CDO Offerings (whether now
existing or hereafter created or acquired).
Sponsored
CDO Offerings— A Collateralized Debt Offering structured by Borrower or
Subsidiary Guarantor and for which Borrower or Subsidiary Guarantor acts as
collateral manager pursuant to a Management Agreement.
Sponsored
CDO Pledge Agreement— Collectively, those certain collateral pledge
agreements to be executed by Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor, as
applicable, in favor of Agent, in form and substance satisfactory
to Agent, on or before the Closing Date, and covering all of the Sponsored
CDO
Equity Interests and all other Capital Stock owned by Borrower and such
Subsidiary Guarantor (other than Capital Stock of a Subsidiary
Guarantor).
Subordinated
Debt— Unsecured Indebtedness of Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor subject
to payment terms and subordination provisions acceptable to Agent in its sole
discretion, or in connection with an offering of subordinated Indebtedness
in
the public markets, unsecured Indebtedness which has been subordinated (pursuant
to the documents evidencing such unsecured Indebtedness) to the Obligations
hereunder on terms and conditions customary in the market.
Subsidiary—
With respect to any Person at anytime, (i) any corporation more than fifty
percent (50%) of the voting stock of which is legally and beneficially owned
directly or indirectly by such Person or owned by a corporation more than fifty
percent (50%) of the voting stock of which is legally and beneficially owned
directly or indirectly by such Person (ii) any trust of which a majority of
the
beneficial interest is at such time owned directly or indirectly, beneficially
or of record, by such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person; and
(iii) any partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other entity
of which ownership interests having ordinary voting power to elect a majority
of
the board of directors or other Persons performing similar functions are at
such
time owned directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, by, or which
is
otherwise controlled directly, indirectly or through one or more intermediaries
by, such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person.
Subsidiary
Collateral Pledge Agreement— Collectively, those certain collateral pledge
agreements to be executed by Borrower and the applicable Subsidiary Guarantors
in favor of Agent, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, on or before
the
Closing Date, and covering, at a minimum, all of the Capital Stock of each
Subsidiary Guarantor that is engaged in the management of a Sponsored CDO
Offering.
Subsidiary
Guarantor— Each Subsidiary of Borrower, other than an Excluded Subsidiary
identified on Schedule C from time to time, that may hereafter guaranty, as
surety, all of the Obligations.
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Surety
and Guaranty Agreement— Collectively, those certain surety and guaranty
agreements to be executed by the Subsidiary Guarantors, each in favor of Agent,
in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, on or prior to the Closing
Date.
Taxes—
Section 2.16.
Trapeza
Management– Trapeza Capital Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company.
Trapeza
Management Agreements– Collectively, those certain management agreements
identified on Schedule F attached hereto.
Unused
Line Fee– The fee determined by multiplying (a) the positive difference, if
any, between (i) the Maximum Revolving Credit Amount and (ii) the average daily
balance of the Advances under the Revolving Credit during such quarter by (b)
the rate of one-quarter of one percent (.25%) per annum, based on the number
of
days in such quarter.
UCC—
The Uniform Commercial Code as adopted in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
as
the same may be amended from time to time.
Website
Posting— Section 10.8.
1.2 Other
Capitalized Term: All capitalized terms used without further
definition herein shall have the respective meaning set forth in the
UCC.
1.3 Accounting
Principles: Where the character or amount of any asset or
liability or item of income or expense is required to be determined or any
consolidation or other accounting computation is required to be made for the
purposes of this Agreement, this shall be done in accordance with GAAP as in
effect on the Closing Date, to the
extent applicable, except as otherwise expressly provided in this
Agreement. If there are any changes in GAAP after the Closing Date
that would affect the computation of the financial covenants in Section 6.8,
such changes shall only be followed, with respect to such financial covenants,
from and after the date this Agreement shall have been amended to take into
account any such changes.
1.4 Construction: No
doctrine of construction of ambiguities in agreements or instruments against
the
interest of the party controlling the drafting shall apply to this Agreement
or
any other Loan Documents.
SECTION
2. THE
LOANS
2.1 Revolving
Credit - Description:
(a) i) Subject
to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each Lender hereby severally
establishes for the benefit of Borrower a revolving credit facility
(collectively, the "Revolving Credit") which shall include Letters of Credit
issued by Issuing Bank and cash Advances extended by Lenders to or for the
benefit of Borrower from time to time hereunder ("Revolving Credit
Loans"). The aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Credit
Loans, unreimbursed Letters of Credit plus outstanding and undrawn Letters
of
Credit shall not, at any time, exceed the Borrowing Base. Subject to
such limitation, the outstanding balance of Revolving Credit Loans may
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(ii) Subject
to the terms of this Agreement, each Lender severally agrees to lend to Borrower
an amount equal to such Lender's Pro Rata Percentage of the cash Advance
requested by Borrower. The outstanding balance of Revolving Credit
Loans, unreimbursed Letters of Credit plus outstanding and undrawn Letters
of
Credit of each Lender shall not exceed such Lender's respective Revolving Credit
Pro Rata Share.
(b) At
Closing, Borrower shall execute and deliver a promissory note to each Lender
for
such Lender's Pro Rata Percentage of the Maximum Revolving Credit Amount
(collectively, as may be amended, supplemented, replaced or restated from time
to time, the "Revolving Credit Notes"). Each Revolving Credit Note
shall evidence Borrower's, absolute, unconditional obligation to repay such
Lender for all outstanding Revolving Credit Loans, unreimbursed Letters of
Credit plus outstanding and undrawn Letters of Credit owed to such Lender,
with
interest as herein and therein provided. Each and every Advance under
the Revolving Credit shall be deemed evidenced by the Revolving Credit Notes,
which are deemed incorporated herein by reference and made a part
hereof.
(c) Subject
to Section 2.1(d), the term of the Revolving Credit shall expire on the
Revolving Credit Maturity Date and on such date, unless having been sooner
accelerated by Agent, all Revolving Credit Loans shall be due and payable in
full (with any outstanding but undrawn Letters of Credit, cash collateralized
to
Agent's satisfaction), and after such date no further Advances shall be
available from Lenders.
(d) Upon
the occurrence of an Amortization Event, Borrower shall not request, and Lenders
shall not make, any additional Revolving Credit Loans hereunder, and the
aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans outstanding as of
the
date of such Amortization Event shall be repaid by Borrower in eight
(8) consecutive quarterly installments, each in an amount equal to one-eighth
(1/8th) of the outstanding balance of Revolving Credit Loans, commencing on
the
first day of the first calendar quarter immediately following the date of such
Amortization Event; provided however, that the entire unpaid principal balance
of all Revolving Credit Loans shall be due and payable in full on the Revolving
Credit Maturity Date.
2.2 Letters
of Credit-Description:
(a) As
part of the Revolving Credit and subject to its terms and conditions (including,
without limitation, the Borrowing Base), Issuing Bank shall, upon the
written request of Borrower which request shall not be given less than five
(5)
days prior to the issuance date, on behalf of and for the benefit of all
Lenders, make available the Letters of Credit; the outstanding face amount
of
which shall not exceed, at any time, in the aggregate, the L/C
Sublimit. Each Letter of Credit issued from time to time under the
Revolving Credit which remains undrawn (and the amounts of draws on Letters
of
Credit prior to payment as hereinafter set forth) shall reduce dollar
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(b) Immediately
upon the issuance of any Letter of Credit, Issuing Bank is deemed to have
granted to each other Lender, and each other Lender is hereby deemed to have
acquired, an undivided participating interest (without recourse or warranty),
in
accordance with each such other Lender's respective Pro Rata Percentage, in
all
of Issuing Bank's rights and liabilities with respect to such Letter of
Credit. Each Lender shall be absolutely and unconditionally obligated
without deduction or setoff of any kind, to Issuing Bank, according to its
Pro
Rata Percentage, to reimburse Issuing Bank on demand for any amount paid
pursuant to any draws made at any time (including, without limitation, following
the commencement of any bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership, liquidation
or
dissolution proceeding with respect to Borrower) under any Letter of
Credit.
(c) In
the event of any drawing under a Letter of Credit Issuing Bank will promptly
notify Borrower and Agent. Borrower shall, no later than 1:00 p.m.
Eastern time on the Business Day such notice is given (if given prior to 11:00
a.m. Eastern time on such Business Day) or on the next Business Day if such
notice is given after 11:00 a.m. Eastern time, absolutely and unconditionally
reimburse Issuing Bank without offset or deduction of any kind, for any draws
made under a Letter of Credit. Such reimbursement shall be made, at
the sole option of Agent, by either a cash payment by Borrower or by Lenders
automatically making or having deemed made (without further request or approval
of Borrower or Lenders, and irrespective of any conditions precedent under
Section 4.8), a cash Advance (which shall be made as a Base Rate Loan)
under the Revolving Credit. All cash Advances made by
Agent which constitute a reimbursement to Issuing Bank for a draw under a Letter
of Credit shall be repaid to Agent by Lenders, without deduction or setoff
of
any kind, in accordance with Section 2.5(b)(iii). All of Borrower's
Reimbursement Obligations hereunder with respect to Letters of Credit shall
apply unconditionally and absolutely to all Letters of Credit issued hereunder
on behalf of Borrower.
(d) The
obligation of Borrower to reimburse Issuing Bank for drawings made (or for
cash
Advances made to cover drawings made) under the Letters of Credit shall be
unconditional and irrevocable and shall be paid strictly in accordance with
the
terms of this Agreement under all circumstances including, without limitation,
the following circumstances:
(i) any
lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit;
(ii) the
existence of any claim, setoff, defense or other right that Borrower or any
other Person may have at any time against a beneficiary or any transferee of
any
Letter of Credit (or any persons or entities for whom any such beneficiary
or
transferee may be acting), Agent, Issuing Bank, any Lender or any other Person,
whether in connection with this Agreement, the transactions contemplated herein
or any unrelated transaction;
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(iii) any
draft, demand, certificate or any other document presented under any Letter
of
Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect
or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any
respect;
(iv) payment
by Issuing Bank under any Letter of Credit against presentation of a demand,
draft or certificate or other document that does not comply with the terms
of
such Letter of Credit unless Issuing Bank shall have acted with willful
misconduct or gross negligence in issuing such payment;
(v) any
other circumstances or happening whatsoever that is similar to any of the
foregoing; or
(vi) the
fact that a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing.
Notwithstanding
anything in this Agreement to the contrary, Borrower will not be liable for
payment or performance with respect to a Letter of Credit that results from
the
gross negligence or willful misconduct of Issuing Bank, except (i) where
Borrower actually recovers the proceeds for itself or Issuing Bank of any such
payment made by Issuing Bank; or (ii) in cases where Agent makes payment to
the
named beneficiary of a Letter of Credit.
(e) If
by reason of (i) any change after the Closing Date in any Requirement of Law
or
(ii) compliance by Issuing Bank or Lenders with any direction,
reasonable request or requirement (whether or not having the force of law)
of
any governmental or monetary authority including, without limitation, Regulation
D:
(i) Issuing
Bank or Lenders shall be subject to any tax or other levy or charge of any
nature or to any variation thereof (except for changes in the rate of any tax
on
the net income of Issuing Bank or Lenders or its applicable lending office)
or
to any penalty with respect to the maintenance or fulfillment of its obligations
under this Section 2.2, whether directly or by such being imposed on or suffered
by Issuing Bank or Lenders;
(ii) any
reserve, deposit or similar requirement is or shall be applicable, imposed
or
modified in respect of any Letter of Credit issued by Issuing Bank;
or
(iii) there
shall be imposed on Issuing Bank or any Lender any other condition regarding
this Section 2.2 or any Letter of Credit; and the result of the foregoing is
to
directly or indirectly increase the cost to Issuing Bank or any Lender of
issuing, creating, making or maintaining any Letter of Credit or to reduce
the
amount receivable in respect thereof by Issuing Bank or any Lender, then and
in
any such case, Issuing Bank shall, after the additional cost is incurred or
the
amount received is reduced, notify Borrower and Borrower shall pay on demand
such amounts as may be necessary to compensate Issuing Bank or any Lender for
such additional cost or reduced receipt, together with interest on such amount
from the date demanded until payment in full thereof at a rate per annum equal
at all times to the Adjusted Revolving Credit Base Rate. A
certificate signed by an officer of Issuing Bank or such Lender as to the amount
of such increased cost or reduced receipt showing in reasonable detail the
basis
for the calculation thereof, submitted to Borrower by Issuing Bank or such
Lender shall, except for manifest error and absent
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(f) ii) In
addition to amounts payable as elsewhere provided in this Section 2.2, without
duplication, Borrower hereby agrees to protect, indemnify, pay and save Agent,
Issuing Bank and each Lender harmless from and against any and all claims,
demands, liabilities, damages, losses, costs, charges and expenses (including
reasonable attorneys' fees) which Agent, Issuing Bank and each Lender may incur
or be subject to as a consequence, direct or indirect, of (a) the issuance
of
the Letters of Credit or (b) the failure of Issuing Bank to honor a drawing
under any Letter of Credit as a result of any act or omission, whether rightful
or wrongful, of any present or future de jure or de facto
government or Governmental Authority (all such acts or omissions herein called
"Government Acts") in each case except for claims, demands, liabilities,
damages, losses, costs, charges and expenses arising solely from acts or conduct
of Issuing Bank constituting gross negligence or willful
misconduct.
(ii) As
between Borrower and Issuing Bank, Borrower assumes all risks of the acts and
omissions of or misuse of the Letters of Credit issued by Issuing Bank by the
respective beneficiaries of such Letters of Credit. In furtherance
and not in limitation of the foregoing, unless caused by the gross negligence
or
willful misconduct of Issuing Bank, Issuing Bank shall not be responsible:
(A)
for the form, validity, sufficiency, accuracy,
genuineness or legal effects of any document submitted by any party in
connection with the application for and issuance if such Letters of Credit,
even
if it should in fact prove to be in any or all respects invalid, insufficient,
inaccurate, fraudulent or forged; (B) for the validity or sufficiency of any
instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign any
such Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits there under or proceeds thereof,
in whole or in part, that may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason;
(C) for failure of the beneficiary of any such Letter of Credit to comply fully
with conditions required in order to draw upon such Letter of Credit; (D) for
errors, omissions, interruptions or delays in transmission or delivery of any
messages, by mail, cable, telegraph, telex or otherwise, whether or not they
are
in cipher; (E) for errors in interpretation of technical terms; (F) for any
loss
or delay in the transmission of any document or required in order to make a
drawing under such Letter of Credit or of the proceeds thereof; (G) for the
misapplication by the beneficiary of any such Letter of Credit of the proceeds
of any drawing under such Letter of Credit; and (H) for any consequences arising
from causes beyond the control of Issuing Bank, including, without limitation,
any Government Acts. None of the above shall affect, impair or
prevent the vesting of any of Issuing Bank's rights or powers
hereunder.
(iii) In
furtherance and extension and not in limitation of the specific provisions
hereinabove set forth, any action taken or omitted by Issuing Bank in connection
with the Letters of Credit issued by it or the related certificates, if taken
or
omitted in good faith, shall not create any liability on the part of Issuing
Bank to Borrower.
2.3 Reserved:
2.4 Reserved:
2.5 Advances,
Conversions, Renewals and Payments:
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(a) (i) Except
to the extent otherwise set forth in this Agreement, (or in the case of an
Interest Hedging Instrument under the applicable agreements) all payments of
principal and of interest on the Revolving Credit, Reimbursement Obligations,
the Unused Fee, the L/C Fees, Expenses, indemnification obligations and all
other fees, charges and any other Obligations of Borrower hereunder, shall
be
made to Agent at its main banking office, 1700 Xxxxx 00 Xxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxx,
Xxx
Xxxxxx 00000, in United States dollars, in immediately available
funds. Alternatively, Agent, on behalf of all Lenders, shall if
Borrower has not made any payment on the due date of such payment, have the
unconditional right and discretion (and Borrower hereby authorizes Agent) to
make a cash Advance under the Revolving Credit to pay, and/or to charge
Borrower's operating and/or deposit account(s) with Agent or any Lender for,
all
of Borrower's Obligations as they become due from time to time under this
Agreement including without limitation, interest, principal, fees and
reimbursement of Expenses. Any payments received prior to 2:00 p.m.
Eastern time on any Business Day shall be deemed received on such Business
Day. Any payments (including any payment in full of the Obligations),
received after 2:00 p.m. Eastern time on any Business Day shall be deemed
received on the immediately following Business Day.
(ii) Agent
will have the right to collect and receive all payments of the Obligations,
and
to collect and receive all reimbursements for draws made under the Letters
of
Credit, together with all fees, charges or other amounts due under this
Agreement and the Loan Documents and shall promptly distribute such payments
to
Lenders and Issuing Bank in accordance with the terms of Section 2.5 and
2.12.
(iii) If
any such payment received by Agent is rescinded, determined to be unenforceable
or invalid or is otherwise required to be returned for any reason at any time,
whether before or after termination of this Agreement and the Loan Documents,
each Lender will, upon written notice from Agent, promptly pay over to Agent
its
Pro Rata Percentage of the amount so rescinded, held unenforceable or invalid
or
required to be returned, together with interest and other fees thereon if also
required to be rescinded or returned.
(iv) All
payments by Agent and Lenders to each other hereunder shall be in immediately
available funds. Agent will at all times maintain proper books of
account and records reflecting the interest of each Lender in the Revolving
Credit and the Letters of Credit, in a manner customary to Agent's keeping
of
such
records, which books and records shall be available for inspection by each
Lender at reasonable times during normal business hours, at such Lender's sole
expense. In the event that any Lender shall receive any payments
(whether prior to or after the occurrence of an Event of Default) in reduction
of the Obligations in an amount greater than its applicable Pro Rata Percentage
in respect of indebtedness to Lenders evidenced hereby (including, without
limitation amounts obtained by reason of setoffs), such Lender shall hold such
excess intrust (to the extent such Lender is lawfully able to do
so) for Agent (on behalf of all other Lenders) and shall promptly remit to
Agent
such excess amount so that the amounts received by each Lender hereunder shall
at all times be in accordance with its applicable Pro Rata
Percentage. To the extent necessary for each Lender's actual
percentage of all outstanding Loans to equal its applicable Pro Rata Percentage,
the Lender having a greater share of any payment(s) than its applicable Pro
Rata
Percentage shall acquire a participation in the applicable outstanding balances
of the Revolving Credit Pro Rata Shares of the other Lenders as determined
by
Agent.
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(b) Cash
Advances which may be made by Lenders from time to time under the Revolving
Credit shall be made available for the use and benefit of Borrower by crediting
such proceeds to Borrower's operating account with Agent as designated in the
Advance Request.
(i) All
cash Advances requested by Borrower under the Revolving Credit that are (a)
LIBOR Rate Loans must be in the minimum amount of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars
($500,000) and integral multiples of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000)
in
excess thereof and (b) Base Rate Loans must be in the minimum amount of One
Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) and integral multiples of Fifty Thousand
Dollars ($50,000) in excess thereof. All cash Advances requested by
Borrower under the Revolving Credit are to be in writing pursuant to a written
request ("Advance Request") executed by an Authorized Officer in the form of
Exhibit D attached hereto along with a Borrowing Base
Certificate. Requests for Base Rate Loans must be requested by 10:00
A.M., Eastern time, on the date such Advance is to be made. Requests
for LIBOR Rate Loans must be requested three (3) Business Days in advance and
must specify the amount of the LIBOR Rate Loan and the LIBOR Interest
Period. If no LIBOR Interest Period is specified, the LIBOR Interest
Period shall be deemed to be a one month period.
(ii) (1) Between
each Settlement Date, Agent, in its capacity as a Lender, shall have the
discretion (without any duty or obligation regardless of any prior practice
or
procedures) to make all cash Advances for the account and on behalf of each
Lender in accordance with each Lender's Pro Rata
Percentage. Periodically but not less frequently than once every week
on the same day of each week, unless such day is not a Business Day, in which
event such determination shall be made the next Business Day ("Settlement
Date"), Agent shall make a determination of the appropriate dollar amount of
each Lender's Revolving Credit Loans based upon each such Lender's Pro Rata
Percentage of all then outstanding Revolving Credit Loans, which amounts shall
be calculated as of the close of the Business Day immediately preceding each
respective Settlement Date. Amounts of principal paid to Agent by
Borrower from time to time, between Settlement Dates, shall be applied to the
outstanding balance of Revolving Credit Loans made by Agent, as a Lender
pursuant hereto, with the outstanding balance of Revolving Credit Loans made
by
each other Lender to be adjusted on the next Settlement
Date. Interest shall accrue and each Lender shall be entitled to
receive interest at the applicable rate only on the actual outstanding dollar
amount of its respective outstanding Revolving Credit Loans without regard
to a
prospective settlement. On each Settlement Date, Agent shall then
issue to each Lender a settlement schedule containing information with respect
to the status of the Revolving Credit Loans and the relevant net positions
of
Lenders and the outstanding balances of their respective Revolving Credit Loans
as of the close of the Business Day preceding such Settlement
Date. Each settlement schedule shall show the net amount then owing
by each Lender to Agent or by Agent to each such Lender based upon the aggregate
cash Advances made and payments received since the most recent Settlement Date
and settlement among Lenders and Agent shall be made in accordance with the
direction of Agent no later than 11:00 A.M. Eastern time, on each Settlement
Date. To the extent Agent is not reimbursed by any Lender on a
Settlement Date in accordance with Agent's direction, Borrower shall immediately
repay Agent on demand the amount of any reimbursement not so made by any
Lender. All Revolving Credit Loans made under this Section 2.5iii)(iii) shall be made
as Base
Rate Loans.
B. Each
Lender is absolutely and unconditionally obligated without setoff or deduction
of any kind, to remit to Agent on the Settlement Date any amount showing to
be
owing to Agent by such Lender on the settlement schedule for such
date. Agent shall
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(iv) (1) In
lieu of the procedure set forth in the preceding subparagraph
(iii), Agent may provide Lenders with notice that Borrower has
requested a Base Rate Loan, on the same Business Day as such request and request
each Lender to provide Agent with such Lender's Pro Rata Percentage of such
requested Base Rate Loan prior to Agent's making such Base Rate
Loan. Upon receipt of such notice from Agent prior to 11:00 A.M.
Eastern time, each Lender shall remit to Agent its respective Pro Rata
Percentage of such requested Base Rate Loan, prior to 2:00 P.M. Eastern time,
on
the Business Day Agent is scheduled to make such Base Rate Loan in
accordance with Section 2.5(b)(ii) hereof. If notice is
received after 11:00 A.M. Eastern time, each Lender shall remit its respective
Pro Rata Percentage of the Base Rate Loan on the next Business Day.
B. In
lieu of the procedure set forth in the preceding subparagraph
(iii), Agent may provide Lenders with notice that Borrower has
requested a LIBOR Rate Loan, three (3) Business Days in advance of the requested
LIBOR Rate Loan and request each Lender to provide Agent with such Lender's
Pro
Rata Percentage of such requested LIBOR Rate Loan prior to Agent's making such
LIBOR Rate Loan. Upon receipt of such notice from Agent, each Lender
shall remit to Agent its respective Pro Rata Percentage of such requested LIBOR
Rate Loan, prior to 2:00 P.M. Eastern time, on the Business Day Agent is
scheduled to make such LIBOR Rate Loan in accordance with Section
2.5(b)(ii) hereof.
C. Neither
Agent nor any other Lender shall be obligated, for any reason whatsoever, to
remit or advance the share of any other Lender. Agent shall not be
required to make the full amount of the requested cash Advance unless and until
it receives funds representing each other Lender's Pro Rata Percentage of such
requested cash Advance, but Agent shall advance to Borrower that portion of
the
requested cash Advance equal to the Pro Rata Percentages of such requested
cash
Advance which it has received from Lenders.
D. If
Agent does not receive each other Lender's Pro Rata Percentage of such requested
cash Advance, and Agent elects, in its sole discretion, to make the requested
cash Advance on behalf of Lenders or any of them, Agent shall be entitled to
recover each Lender's Pro Rata Percentage of each cash Advance together with
interest at a per annum rate equal to the Federal Funds Rate during the period
commencing on the date such cash Advance is made and ending on (but excluding)
the date Agent recovers such amount. Each Lender is absolutely and
unconditionally obligated, without deduction or setoff of any kind, to forward
to Agent its Pro Rata Percentage of each cash Advance made pursuant to the
terms
of this Agreement. To the extent Agent is not reimbursed by such
Lender, Borrower shall repay Agent immediately on demand, such
amount. Agent shall also be entitled to recover any and all actual
losses and damages (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees)
from any Lender failing to so advance upon demand of Agent. Agent may
set off the obligations of a Lender under this paragraph against any
distributions or payments of the Obligations, which Agent would otherwise make
available to such Lender at any time.
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(v) To
the extent and during the time period in which any Lender fails to provide
or
delays providing its respective payment to Agent pursuant to clause (iii) or
(iv) above, such Lender's percentage of all payments of the Obligations (but
not
the Pro Rata Percentage of future Advances required to be funded by such Lender)
shall decrease to reflect the actual percentage which its actual outstanding
Loans bears to the total outstanding Loans of all Lenders. During the
time period in which any Lender fails to provide or delays providing its
respective payment to Agent pursuant to clause (iii) or (iv) above, such Lender
shall not be entitled to give instructions to Agent or to approve, disapprove,
consent to or vote on any matters relating to this Agreement and the other
Loan
Documents. All amendments, waivers and other modifications of this
Agreement and the Loan Documents may be made without regard to such Lender
and,
for purposes of the definition of Majority Lenders, such Lender shall be deemed
not to be a Lender.
2.6 Interest:
(a) The unpaid
principal balance of cash Advances under the Revolving Credit shall bear
interest, subject to the terms hereof at a per annum rate equal to, at
Borrower's option, the Adjusted Revolving Credit Base Rate or Revolving Credit
LIBOR Rate.
(b) Changes
in the interest rate applicable to Base Rate Loans shall become effective on
the
same day that there is a change in the Base Rate.
(c) Interest
on Base Rate Loans shall be payable monthly, in arrears, on the first day of
each month, beginning on the first day of the first full calendar month after
the Closing Date, and on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date. Interest
on LIBOR Rate Loans shall be payable on the last day of the LIBOR Interest
Period or, in the case of a LIBOR Interest Period which is six months, at the
end of the three month period, and on the Revolving Credit Maturity
Date.
(d) Borrower
may, in the case of Revolving Credit Loans, elect from time to time to convert
Base Rate Loans to LIBOR Rate Loans, by delivering a Notice of
Conversion/Extension to Agent at least three (3) Business Days prior to the
proposed date of conversion. In addition, Borrower may elect from
time to time to convert all or any portion of a LIBOR Rate Loan to a Base Rate
Loan by giving Agent irrevocable written notice thereof by 12:00 noon one (1)
Business Day prior to the proposed date of conversion. LIBOR Rate
Loans may only be converted to Base Rate Loans on the last day of the applicable
LIBOR Interest Period. If the date upon which a LIBOR Rate Loan is to
be converted to a Base Rate Loan is not a Business Day, then such conversion
shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and during the period from
such last day of a LIBOR Interest Period to such succeeding Business Day such
Loan shall bear interest as if it were a Base Rate Loan. All or any
part of outstanding Base Rate Loans may be converted as provided herein;
provided that unless Majority Lenders otherwise consent thereto, no Loan may
be
converted into a LIBOR Rate Loan when any Event of Default has occurred and
is
continuing.
(e) Borrower
may continue any LIBOR Rate Loans upon the expiration of a LIBOR Interest Period
with respect thereto by delivering a Notice of Conversion/Extension to Agent
at
least three (3) Business Days prior to the proposed date of extension; provided
that, unless Majority Lenders otherwise consent thereto, no LIBOR Rate Loan
may
be continued as such when any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
in which case such Loan shall be automatically converted to a Base Rate Loan
at
the end of the applicable LIBOR Interest Period with respect
thereto. If Borrower shall fail to give timely notice of an election
to continue a LIBOR Rate Loan,
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or
the
continuation of LIBOR Rate Loans is not permitted hereunder, each such LIBOR
Rate Loan shall be automatically converted to a Base Rate Loan at the end of
the
applicable LIBOR Interest Period with respect thereto.
(f) Borrower
may not have more than five (5) LIBOR Rate Loans outstanding at any
time.
2.7 Additional
Interest Provisions:
(a) Interest
on the Loans shall be based on a three hundred sixty (360) day year and charged
for the actual number of days elapsed.
(b) After
the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default hereunder,
Agent may, and shall at the direction of the Majority Lenders, increase the
per
annum effective rate of interest on all Loans, including amounts drawn and
not
yet reimbursed under Letters of Credit, to a rate equal to three hundred (300)
basis points in excess of the applicable interest rate ("Default
Rate"). Borrower agrees that the Default Rate is a reasonable
estimate of Lenders’ damages and is not a penalty.
(c) Borrower
shall not request and Lenders shall not make any LIBOR Rate Loans while an
Event
of Default exists.
(d) All
contractual rates of interest chargeable on outstanding Loans, shall continue
to
accrue and be paid even after a Default or Event of Default, maturity,
acceleration, judgment, bankruptcy, insolvency proceedings of any kind or the
happening of any event or occurrence similar or dissimilar.
(e) In
no contingency or event whatsoever shall the aggregate of all amounts deemed
interest hereunder and charged or collected pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement exceed the highest rate permissible under any law which a court of
competent jurisdiction shall, in a final determination, deem applicable
hereto. In the event that such court determines Lenders have charged
or received interest hereunder in excess of the highest applicable rate, Agent,
on behalf of Lenders, shall in its sole discretion, apply and set off such
excess interest received by Lenders against other Obligations due or to become
due and such rate shall automatically be reduced to the maximum rate permitted
by such law.
2.8 Fees:
(a) Borrower
shall pay to Agent all fees required to be paid to Agent pursuant to, and in
accordance with, the terms of the Fee Letter.
(b) iv) Borrower
shall pay to Agent, for the benefit of Lenders in accordance with their Pro
Rata
Percentage, letter of credit fees at a per annum rate equal to two and one
quarter percent (2.25%) of the average daily maximum amount available to be
drawn under each Letter of Credit on the first day of each calendar quarter
in
arrears. Such fees are the "L/C Fees".
(ii) Borrower
shall also pay to Issuing Bank for the account of Issuing Bank all of Issuing
Bank's standard charges (including without limitation all cable and wire
transfer charges) for the account of Issuing Bank for the issuance, amendment,
negotiation/payment,
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extension
and cancellation of each such Letter of Credit. In addition, Borrower
shall pay to Issuing Bank for Issuing Bank's own account an additional fronting
fee equal to one quarter of one percent (0.25%) per annum ("Fronting Fee")
on
the average daily maximum amount available to be drawn under each Letter of
Credit on the first day of each calendar quarter in arrears.
(c) Borrower
shall unconditionally pay to Agent, for the benefit of Lenders in accordance
with their Pro Rata Percentage, the Unused Line Fee, which shall be due and
payable quarterly in arrears on the first day of each calendar quarter after
the
Closing Date, and on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date.
(d) Borrower
shall unconditionally pay to Agent, for the benefit of Lenders, a late charge
equal to five percent (5%) of any and all payments of principal or interest
on
the Loans that are not paid within fifteen (15) days of the due
date. The late charge may only be implemented on a per
payment basis. Such late charge shall be due and payable regardless
of whether Agent has accelerated the Obligations. Borrower agrees
that the late fees payable to Lenders are a reasonable estimate of Lenders’
damages and not a penalty.
(e) All
fees provided for in this Section 2.8 shall be based on a three hundred sixty
(360) day year and charged for the actual number of days elapsed and shall
be
deemed fully-earned and non-refundable when paid.
2.9 Prepayments:
(a) Borrower
may, upon three (3) Business Days prior notice, voluntarily prepay the Revolving
Credit Loans in whole or in part (but in no event may such prepayment be less
than One Million Dollars ($1,000,000)) at any time or from time to time;
provided that, any prepayment of a LIBOR Rate Loan shall be subject to Section
2.10. Any prepayment shall be accompanied by all accrued and unpaid
interest.
(b) Borrower
may, upon five (5) Business Days prior notice, permanently reduce the Maximum
Revolving Credit Amount; provided that, any such reduction shall be in a minimum
amount of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) and integral multiples of not less
than Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000).
2.10 Funding
Indemnity: Borrower shall indemnify each Lender, and hold each
Lender harmless from any loss, damages, liability, or expense which such Lender
may sustain or incur (other than through such Lender's gross negligence or
willful misconduct) as a consequence of (a) default by Borrower in making a
borrowing of, conversion into, or extension of, LIBOR Rate Loans after Borrower
has given a notice requesting the same in accordance with the provisions of
this
Agreement, (b) default by Borrower in making any prepayment of a LIBOR Rate
Loan
after Borrower has given a notice thereof in accordance with the provisions
of
this Agreement, or (c) the making of a prepayment of LIBOR Rate Loans on a
day which is not the last day of a LIBOR Interest Period with respect
thereto. With respect to LIBOR Rate Loans, such indemnification shall
equal the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest which would have
accrued on the amount so prepaid, or not so borrowed, converted, or extended,
for the period from the date of such prepayment, or of such failure to borrow,
convert, or extend to the last day of the applicable LIBOR Interest Period
(or
in the case of a failure to borrow, convert, or extend, the LIBOR Interest
Period that would have commenced on the date of such failure) in each case
at
the applicable rate of
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2.11 Use
of Proceeds: The extensions of credit under and proceeds of the
Revolving Credit shall be used to refinance certain existing Indebtedness of
Borrower, to pay the fees and expenses related hereto as well as for working
capital and general corporate purposes, including funding equity investments
in
Sponsored CDO Offerings as well as other Borrower or Subsidiary Guarantor
sponsored vehicles and for interim credit enhancement for warehouse
lines.
2.12 Pro
Rata Treatment and Payments:
(a) Each
borrowing of Revolving Loans shall be made pro rata according to the
respective Pro Rata Percentages of Lenders. Unless otherwise required
by the terms of this Agreement, each payment under this Agreement, or any Note,
shall be applied first, to any fees then due and owing by Borrower
pursuant to Section 2.8; second, to interest then due and owing hereunder
and under the Notes; third, to principal then due and owing hereunder and
under the Notes; and fourth, to cash collateralize the Reimbursement
Obligations. Each payment on account of any fees pursuant to Section
2.8 shall be made pro rata in accordance with the respective amounts
due and owing (except as to the Fronting Fees expressly owing to Issuing Bank,
and any fees owing pursuant to the Fee Letter to Agent). Each payment
(other than prepayments) by Borrower on account of principal of, and interest
on, the Revolving Loans shall be applied to such Loans, as applicable, on a
pro rata basis in accordance with the terms hereof. Each
optional prepayment on account of principal of the Loans shall be applied in
accordance with Section 2.9(a). All payments (including prepayments)
to be made by Borrower on account of principal, interest, Expenses and fees
shall be made without defense, set-off, or counterclaim. Agent shall
distribute such payments to Lenders entitled thereto, on a pro rata
basis promptly upon receipt, in the like funds as received. If any
payment hereunder (other than payments on the LIBOR Rate Loans) becomes due
and
payable on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be extended
to
the next succeeding Business Day, and with respect to payments of principal,
interest thereon shall be payable at the then applicable rate during such
extension.
(b) Notwithstanding
any other provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, after the exercise
of
remedies (other than the invocation of the Default Rate) by Agent or Lenders,
pursuant to Section 8.3, or after the Revolving Credit shall automatically
terminate, and the Loans (with accrued interest thereon), and all other amounts
under the Loan Documents (including without limitation, the maximum amount
of
all contingent liabilities under Letters of Credit), shall automatically become
due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof, all amounts collected
or
received by Agent, or any Lender, on account of the Obligations, or any other
amounts outstanding under any of the Loan Documents, or with respect to the
Collateral, shall be paid over or delivered as follows (irrespective
of whether the following costs, expenses, fees, interest, premiums, scheduled
periodic payments, or Obligations are allowed, permitted, or recognized as
a
claim in any proceeding resulting from the commencement of any bankruptcy,
insolvency, or similar proceeding):
FIRST,
to
all Expenses (including without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees) of
Agent
in connection with enforcing the rights of Lenders under the Loan Documents,
and
any protective advances made by Agent with respect to the Collateral under
or
pursuant to the terms of the Loan Documents;
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SECOND,
to any fees owed to Agent, and payable or reimbursable hereunder or under the
Fee Letter;
THIRD,
to
all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including without
limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees) of each Lender in connection with
enforcing its rights under the Loan Documents, or otherwise with respect to
the
Obligations owing to such Lender, as required by Section 10.4.
FOURTH,
to all of the Obligations consisting of accrued fees and interest, and including
with respect to any Interest Hedging Agreement, any fees, premiums, and
scheduled periodic payments due under such Interest Hedging Agreement, and
any
interest accrued thereon;
FIFTH,
to
the outstanding principal amount of the Obligations, and the payment or cash
collateralization of the outstanding Reimbursement Obligations, and issued
but
undrawn amount of outstanding Letters of Credit, and including with respect
to
any Interest Hedging Agreement, any breakage, termination, or other payments
due
under such Interest Hedging Agreement, and any interest accrued
thereon;
SIXTH,
to
the other Obligations, and other obligations which shall be become due and
payable under the Loan Documents, or otherwise, and not repaid pursuant to
clauses "FIRST" through "FIFTH" above; and
SEVENTH,
to the surplus, if any, to Borrower, or whomever may be lawfully entitled to
receive such surplus.
In
carrying out the foregoing, (i) amounts received shall be applied in numerical
order provided until exhausted prior to application to the next succeeding
category; (ii) each Lender shall receive an amount equal to its Pro Rata
Percentage of amounts available to be applied pursuant to clauses "THIRD,"
"FOURTH," "FIFTH," and "SIXTH" above; and (iii) to the extent that any amount
available for distribution pursuant to clause "FIFTH" above, are attributable
to
the issued but undrawn amount of outstanding Letters of Credit, such amounts
shall be held by Agent in a cash collateral account and applied (A) first,
to
reimburse Issuing Bank from time to time, for any drawings under such Letters
of
Credit; and (B) then, following the expiration of all Letters of Credit, to
all
other obligations of the types described in clauses "FIFTH," and "SIXTH" above
in the manner provided in this Section 2.12. Notwithstanding the
foregoing terms of this Section 2.12, only Collateral proceeds, and payments
under the Surety and Guaranty Agreements (as opposed to ordinary course
principal, interest, and fee payments hereunder) shall be applied to obligations
under any Interest Hedging Agreement.
2.13 Inability
to Determine Interest Rate:
Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement, if (i) Agent shall reasonably determine
(which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error)
that, by reason of circumstances affecting the relevant market, reasonable
and
adequate means do not exist
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2.14 Illegality:
Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement, if the adoption of or any change in
any
Requirement of Law or in the interpretation or application thereof to any Lender
by the relevant Governmental Authority shall make it unlawful for such Lender
to
make or maintain LIBOR Rate Loans as contemplated by this Agreement, or to
obtain in the interbank Eurodollar market, the funds with which to make such
Loans, (a) such Lender shall promptly notify Agent and Borrower thereof, (b)
the
commitment of such Lender hereunder to make LIBOR Rate Loans or continue LIBOR
Rate Loans as such shall forthwith be suspended until Agent shall give notice
that the condition or situation which gave rise to the suspension shall no
longer exist, and (c) such Lender's Loans then outstanding as LIBOR Rate Loans,
if any, shall be converted on the last day of the LIBOR Interest Period for
such
Loans, or within such earlier period as required by law as Base Rate
Loans. Borrower hereby agrees promptly to pay any Lender, upon its
demand, any additional amounts necessary to compensate such Lender for actual
and direct costs (but not including anticipated profits) reasonably incurred
by
such Lender in connection with any repayment in accordance with this Section
2.14, including but not limited to, any interest or fees payable by such Lender
to lenders of funds obtained by it in order to make or maintain its LIBOR Rate
Loans hereunder. A certificate as to any additional amounts payable pursuant
to
this Section 2.14 submitted by such Lender, through Agent to Borrower shall
be
presumptive evidence of such amounts owing. Each Lender agrees to use
reasonable efforts to avoid or to minimize any amounts which may otherwise
be
payable pursuant to this Section 2.14; provided however, that such efforts
shall
not cause the imposition on such Lender of any additional costs or legal or
regulatory burdens deemed by such Lender in its reasonable discretion to be
material.
2.15 Requirements
of Law:
(a) If
the adoption of or any change in any Requirement of Law or in the interpretation
or application thereof or compliance by any Lender with any request or directive
(whether or not having the force of law) from any central bank or other
Governmental Authority made subsequent to the date hereof:
(i) shall
subject such Lender to any tax of any kind whatsoever with respect to any Letter
of Credit, or any application relating thereto, any LIBOR Rate Loan made by
it,
or change the basis of taxation of payments to such Lender in respect thereof
(except for changes in the rate of tax on the overall net income of such
Lender).
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(ii) shall
impose, modify, or hold applicable, any reserve, special deposit, compulsory
loan, or similar requirement against assets held by, deposits or other
liabilities in, or for the account of, advances, loans, or other extension
of
credit (including participations therein) by, or any other acquisition of funds
by, any office of such Lender which is not otherwise included in the
determination of the LIBOR Rate hereunder; or
(iii) shall
impose on such Lender any other condition;
and
the
result of any of the foregoing is to materially increase the cost to such Lender
of making or maintaining LIBOR Rate Loans, or the Letters of Credit, or the
participation interest therein, or to reduce any amount receivable hereunder,
or
under any Note, then, in any such case, Borrower shall promptly pay such Lender,
upon its demand, any additional amounts necessary to compensate such Lender
for
such additional costs or reduced amount receivable which such Lender reasonably
deems to be material as determined by such Lender, with respect to its LIBOR
Rate Loans or Letters of Credit. A certificate as to any additional
amounts payable pursuant to the Section 2.15 submitted by such Lender, through
Agent, to Borrower shall be presumptive evidence of such amounts
owing. Each Lender agrees
to
use reasonable efforts to avoid, or to minimize, any amounts which might
otherwise be payable pursuant to this paragraph of this Section 2.15; provided
however, that such efforts shall not cause the imposition on such Lender of
any
additional costs or legal regulatory burdens deemed by such Lender in good
faith
to be material.
(b) If
any Lender shall have reasonably determined that the adoption of, or any change
in, any Requirement of Law regarding capital adequacy, or in the interpretation
or application thereof, or compliance by such Lender, or any corporation
controlling such Lender, with any request or directive regarding capital
adequacy (whether or not having the force of law) from any central bank or
Governmental Authority made subsequent to the date hereof, does or shall have
the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender's or such corporation's
capital as a consequence of its obligations hereunder to a level below that
which such Lender or such corporation could have achieved, but for such
adoption, change, or compliance (taking into consideration such Lender's or
such
corporation's policies with respect to capital adequacy) by an amount reasonably
deemed by such Lender to be material, then from time to time, within fifteen
(15) days after such demand by such Lender, Borrower shall pay to such Lender
such additional amount as shall be certified by such Lender as being required
to
compensate it for such reduction; provided that Borrower shall not be obligated
for any amounts which may be payable as a result of changes occurring more
than
one hundred eighty (180) days prior to the date Agent notifies Borrower of
such
changes. Such a certificate as to any additional amounts payable
under this Section 2.15 submitted by a Lender (which certificate shall include
a
description of the basis for the computation), through Agent, to Borrower shall
be presumptive evidence of such amounts owing.
(c) The
agreements in this Section 2.15 shall survive the termination of this Agreement
and payment of the Obligations.
2.16 Taxes:
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(a) All
payments made by Borrower hereunder or under any Note shall be, except as
provided in Section 2.16(b), made free and clear of, and without deduction
or
withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees,
assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by
any
Governmental Authority or by any political subdivision or taxing authority
thereof or therein with respect to such payments (but excluding any tax imposed
on or measured by the net income or profits of a Lender (including franchise
taxes imposed in lieu thereof) pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in
which
Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, is organized or the jurisdiction
in
which the principal office or applicable lending office of Agent or such Lender
is located or any subdivision thereof or therein and any branch profit taxes
imposed by the United States or any similar tax imposed by any jurisdiction
described above) and all interest, penalties or similar liabilities with respect
thereto (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments
or other charges being referred to collectively as "Taxes"). If any Taxes are
so
levied or imposed, except as provided in Section 2.16(b), Borrower agrees to
pay
the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be necessary
so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any
Note,
after withholding or deduction for or on account of any Taxes, will not be
less
than the amount provided for herein or in such Note. Borrower will furnish
to
Agent as soon as practicable after the date the payment of any Taxes is due
pursuant to applicable law certified copies (to the extent reasonably available
and required by law) of tax receipts evidencing such payment by Borrower, except
as provided in Section 2.16(b), Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless
each Lender, and reimburse such Lender upon its written request, for the amount
of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender.
(b) Each
Lender that is not a United States person (as such term is defined in Section
770 l(a)(30) of the Code) (each, a "Foreign Lender") agrees to deliver to
Borrower and Agent on or prior to the Closing Date, or in the case of a Lender
that is an assignee or transferee of an interest under this Agreement pursuant
to Section 10.12 (unless the respective Lender was already a Lender
hereunder immediately prior to such assignment or transfer), on the date of
such
assignment or transfer to such Lender, (i) if such Lender is a "bank" within
the
meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(a) of the Code, two accurate and complete original
signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form X-0XXX, X-0XXX or W-81MY, with
appropriate attachments (or successor forms), certifying such Lender's
entitlement to a complete exemption from United States withholding tax with
respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Note, or
(ii)
if such Lender is not a "bank" within the meaning of Section 88l(c)(3)(a) of
the
Code, Internal Revenue Service Form X-0XXX, X-0XXX or W-8IMY with appropriate
attachments
as set forth in clause (i) above, or (x) a certificate in form and substance
satisfactory to Agent, and (y) two accurate and complete original signed copies
of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (or successor form) certifying such
Lender's entitlement to an exemption from United States withholding tax with
respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any
Note. In addition, each Lender agrees that it will deliver updated versions
of
the foregoing, as applicable, whenever the previous certification has become
inaccurate in any material respect, together with such other forms as may be
required in order to confirm or establish the entitlement of such Lender to
a
continued exemption from or reduction in United States withholding tax with
respect to payments under this Agreement and any Note. Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary contained in Sections 2.15(a) and 2.16(a), but subject to the
immediately succeeding sentence, (x) Borrower shall be entitled, to the extent
it is required to do so by law, to deduct or withhold Taxes imposed by the
United States (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or
therein) from interest, fees or other amounts payable hereunder for the account
of any Lender, to the extent that such Lender has not provided to Borrower,
IRS
Forms that establish a complete exemption from such deduction or
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(c) Each
Lender agrees to use reasonable efforts to avoid or to minimize any amounts
which might otherwise be payable pursuant to this Section 2.16; provided
however, that such efforts shall not cause the imposition on such Lender of
any
additional costs or legal or regulatory burdens deemed by such Lender in its
sole discretion to be material.
(d) If
Borrower pays any additional amount pursuant to this Section 2.16, with respect
to a Lender, such Lender shall use reasonable efforts to obtain a refund of
tax
or credit against its tax liabilities on account of such payment; provided
that,
such Lender shall have no obligation to use such reasonable efforts if either
(i) it is in an excess foreign tax credit position or (ii) it believes in good
faith, in its sole discretion, that claiming a refund or credit would cause
materially adverse tax consequences to it. In the event that such Lender
receives such a refund or credit, such Lender shall pay to Borrower an amount
that such Lender reasonably determines is equal to the net tax benefit obtained
by such Lender as a result of such payment by Borrower. In the event that no
refund or credit is obtained with respect to Borrower' payments to such Lender
pursuant to this Section, then such Lender shall upon request provide a
certification that such Lender has not received a refund or credit for such
payments. Nothing contained in this Section shall require a Lender to disclose
or detail the basis of its calculation of the amount of any tax benefit or
any
other amount or the basis of its determination referred to in the proviso to
the
first sentence of this Section 2.16 to Borrower or any other party.
(e) The
agreements in this Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement
and
the payment of the Obligations.
2.17 Replacement
of Lenders:
(a) Borrower
shall be permitted to replace any Lender that (i) requests (or requests on
behalf of a participant) reimbursement for amounts owing, or payment of any
amount required, pursuant to Sections 2.14, 2.15, or 2.16; or (ii) defaults
in
its obligation to make Loans hereunder, with a replacement financial
institution; provided that, (A) such replacement does not conflict with any
Requirement of Law, (B) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing at the time of such replacement, (C) prior to any such replacement,
such Lender shall have taken no action so as to eliminate the continued need
for
payment of amounts owing pursuant to Sections 2.14, 2.15, or 2.16; (D) the
replacement financial institution shall purchase, at par, all Loans and other
amounts owing
to
such replaced Lender on or prior to the date of replacement, (E)
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(b) In
the event that Borrower requests but does not obtain the consent required by
Section 10.11 for any amendment, waiver or consent requiring the consent of
all Lenders, then, so long as Borrower has received consent to such extension
from the Majority Lenders, Borrower shall be permitted to replace all (but
not
less than all) non-consenting Lenders with one or more replacement financial
institutions; provided that, (i) such replacement does not conflict with any
Requirement of Law, (ii) each replacement financial institution shall purchase,
at par, all Loans and other amounts owing to such replaced Lender on or prior
to
the date of replacement, (iii) Borrower shall be liable to such replaced Lender
under Section 2.10 if any LIBOR Rate Loan owing to such replaced Lender shall
be
purchased other than on the last day of the LIBOR Interest Period relating
thereto, (iv) each replacement financial institution, if not already a Lender,
shall be reasonably satisfactory to Agent and Borrower (such approvals not
to be
unreasonably withheld), and (v) the replaced Lender shall be
obligated to make such replacement in accordance with the provisions of
Section 10.12 (provided that, Borrower shall be obligated to pay the
registration and processing fee referred to therein). It is understood and
agreed that if any Lender replaced hereunder fails to execute an Assignment
Agreement, it shall be deemed to have entered into such Assignment
Agreement.
SECTION
3. COLLATERAL
3.1 Description: As
security for the payment of the Obligations, and satisfaction by Borrower of
all
covenants and undertakings contained in this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents, Borrower hereby assigns and grants to Agent, for the ratable benefit
of Secured Parties, a continuing first lien on and security interest in, upon
and to all assets of Borrower, including but not limited to the following
Property, all whether now owned or hereafter acquired, created or arising and
wherever located:
(i) Accounts
- All Accounts;
(ii) Chattel
Paper - All Chattel Paper;
(iii) Documents
- All Documents;
(iv) Instruments
- All Instruments;
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(v) Inventory
- All Inventory;
(vi) General
Intangibles - All General Intangibles;
(vii) Equipment
- All Equipment,
(viii) Fixtures
- All Fixtures;
(ix) Deposit
Accounts - All Deposit Accounts (other than Deposit Accounts maintained at
Sovereign Bank);
(x) Goods
- All Goods;
(xi) Letter
of Credit Rights– All Letter of Credit Rights;
(xii) Supporting
Obligations– All Supporting Obligations;
(xiii) Investment
Property - All Investment Property of Borrower consisting of Sponsored CDO
Equity Interests, all Pledged Securities and the Capital Stock of Subsidiary
Guarantors and other Subsidiaries as identified in the Subsidiary Collateral
Pledge Agreements);
(xiv) Management
Fees – All fees arising under the Management Agreements;
(xv) Commercial
Tort Claims– All Commercial Tort Claims identified and described on Schedule
"5.20" (as amended or supplemented from time to time);
(xvi) Property
in Agent's, Issuing Bank's or any Lender's Possession– All Property of any
Borrower, now or hereafter in Agent's, Issuing Bank's or any Lender's
possession; and
(xvii) Proceeds–
The Proceeds (including, without limitation, insurance proceeds), whether cash
or non-cash, of all of the foregoing property described in clauses (i) thorough
(xvi).
3.2 Lien
Documents: At Closing and thereafter as Agent deems necessary,
Borrower shall execute and deliver to Agent, or have executed and delivered
(all
in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent):
(a) Financing
statements pursuant to the UCC, which Agent may file in any jurisdiction where
Borrower is organized and in any other jurisdiction that Agent deems
appropriate;
(b) Duly
executed Notice Letters to be sent to, and acknowledged by, each trustee under
each Management Agreement; and
(c) Any
other agreements, documents, instruments and writings, including, without
limitation, the Control Agreements, intellectual property security agreements,
reasonably
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3.3 Other
Actions: (a)
In addition to the
foregoing, Borrower shall do anything further that may
be reasonably required by Agent to secure Lenders and effectuate the intentions
and objectives of this Agreement, including, but not limited to, the execution
and delivery of security agreements, contracts and any other documents required
hereunder. At Agent's reasonable request, Borrower shall also
immediately deliver (with execution by Borrower of all necessary documents
or
forms to reflect Agent's Lien thereon) to Agent as bailee for Lenders, all
items, receipt of which is required in order for Lenders to obtain a perfected
security interest, including without limitation, all certificates (including
any
certificates representing an equity interest in a Sponsored CDO Offering),
notes, letters of credit, documents of title, Chattel Paper, Warehouse Receipts,
Instruments, Control Agreements and any other similar instruments constituting
Collateral.
(b) Agent
is hereby authorized to file financing statements and amendments to financing
statement without Borrower's signature, in accordance with the
UCC. Borrower hereby authorizes Agent to file all such financing
statements and amendments to financing statements accurately describing the
Collateral in any filing office as Agent, in its sole discretion may
determine. Borrower agrees to comply with the requests of Agent in
order for Agent to have and maintain a valid and perfected first security
interest in the Collateral including, without limitation,
executing and causing any other Person to execute such documents as Agent may
require to obtain Control (as defined in the UCC) over all Deposit Accounts,
Letter of Credit Rights and Investment Property.
3.4 Searches: (a)
Agent
shall, prior to or
at Closing, and thereafter as Agent may reasonably determine from time to time,
at Borrower's expense, obtain the following searches (the results of which
are
to be consistent with the warranties made by Borrower in this
Agreement):
(i) UCC
searches with the Secretary of State and local filing office of each state
where
Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor is organized, maintains its executive
office, a place of business, or assets;
(ii) Judgment,
federal tax lien and corporate tax lien searches, in all applicable filing
offices of each state searched under subparagraph (a) above.
(b) Each
Borrower shall, prior to or at Closing and at its expense, obtain and deliver
to
Agent good standing certificates showing each Borrower and each Subsidiary
Guarantor to be in good standing in its state of organization and in
each other state or foreign country in which it is doing and presently intends
to do business.
3.5 [Reserved].
3.6 Filing
Security Agreement: A carbon, photographic or other reproduction
or other copy of this Agreement or of a financing statement is sufficient as
and
may be filed in lieu of a financing statement.
3.7 Power
of Attorney: Each of the officers of Agent is hereby irrevocably
made, constituted and appointed the true and lawful attorney for Borrower
(without requiring any of them to act as such) with full power of substitution
to: (a) in the event Borrower fails or refuses to do so,
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3.8 Release
of Collateral. In connection with an Asset Sale permitted under
Section 7.1(a), Borrower may request that Agent release Agent’s security
interest in such Pledged Securities, Sponsored CDO Equity Interests, the Capital
Stock of a Legacy Entity, and Agent hereby agrees to cause the release of the
security interest in such Collateral so long as at the time of, and after giving
effect to, such release, no Overadvance exists or would exist.
SECTION
4. CLOSING AND CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO
ADVANCES
Closing
under this Agreement is subject to the following conditions precedent (all
documents to be in form and substance satisfactory to Agent and Agent's
counsel):
4.1 Resolutions,
Opinions, and Other Documents: Borrower shall have delivered or
caused to be delivered to Agent the following:
(a) this
Agreement and the Revolving Credit Notes all properly executed;
(b) each
other Loan Document;
(c) certified
copies of (i) resolutions of the board of directors or managers (as applicable)
of Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor authorizing the execution, delivery
and performance of this Agreement, the Notes to be issued hereunder and each
other Loan Document required to be executed by any Section hereof and (ii)
Borrower's and each Subsidiary Guarantor's Articles or Certificate of
Incorporation or Certificate of Organization (as applicable) and By-laws or
Operating Agreement (as applicable);
(d) an
incumbency certificate for Borrower identifying all Authorized Officers, with
specimen signatures and an incumbency certificate for each Subsidiary Guarantor
identifying all individuals authorized to execute any applicable Loan Document,
with specimen signatures;
(e) a
written opinion of Borrower's and each Subsidiary Guarantor's independent
counsel addressed to Agent for the benefit of all Lenders and opinions of such
other counsel as Agent deems necessary including opinions as to the restrictions
on the Excluded Subsidiaries;
(f) certification
by any Authorized Officer of Borrower that there has not occurred any material
adverse change in the operations and condition (financial or otherwise) of
Borrower since September 30, 2006;
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(g) payment
by Borrower of all fees owing to Agent and/or Lenders and Expenses associated
with Loans or Letters of Credit incurred to the Closing Date;
(h) Searches
and certificates required by Section 3.4 above;
(i) Deposit
Account Control Agreements, if necessary, all in form and substance satisfactory
to Agent;
(j) Control
Agreements;
(k) Copies
of all Management Agreements;
(l) Equity
Interests in Sponsored CDO Offerings; and
(m) Such
other documents requested by Agent.
4.2 Absence
of Certain Events: At the Closing Date, no Event of Default or
Default hereunder shall have occurred and be continuing.
4.3 Warranties
and Representations at Closing: The warranties and
representations contained in Section 5 as well as any other Section of this
Agreement shall be true and correct in all respects on the Closing Date with
the
same effect as though made on and as of that date. Borrower shall not
have taken any action or permitted any condition to exist, which would have
been
prohibited by any Section hereof.
4.4 Compliance
with this Agreement: Borrower shall have performed and complied
with all agreements, covenants and conditions contained herein including,
without limitation, the provisions of Sections 6 and 7 hereof, which are
required to be performed or complied with by Borrower before or at the Closing
Date.
4.5 Officer's
Certificate: Agent shall have received a certificate dated the
Closing Date and signed by any Authorized Officer of Borrower certifying that
all of the conditions specified in this Section have been
fulfilled.
4.6 Closing: Subject
to the conditions of this Section, the Loans shall be made available on such
date (the "Closing Date") and at such time as may be mutually agreeable to
the
parties contemporaneously with the execution hereof ("Closing")
at the offices of Blank Rome LLP, Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000.
4.7 Waiver
of Rights: By completing the Closing hereunder, or by making
Advances hereunder, Agent does not thereby waive a breach of any warranty or
representation made by Borrower hereunder or under any agreement, document,
or
instrument delivered to Agent or otherwise referred to herein, and any claims
and rights of Agent resulting from any breach or misrepresentation by Borrower
are specifically reserved by Agent.
4.8 Conditions
for Future Advances: The making of Advances under the Revolving
Credit in any form following the Closing Date is subject to the following
conditions precedent (all
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(a) This
Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents shall be effective;
(b) No
event or condition shall have occurred or become known to Borrower, or would
result from the making of any requested Advance, which could have a Material
Adverse Effect;
(c) No
Default or Event of Default then exists or after giving effect to the making
of
the Advance would exist;
(d) Each
Advance is within and complies with the terms and conditions of this Agreement
including, without limitation, the notice provisions contained in Section 2.5
hereof;
(e) No
Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) has been imposed on Borrower or any
Subsidiary Guarantor; and
(f) Each
representation and warranty set forth in Section 5 and in any other Loan
Document in effect at such time (as amended or modified from time to time)
is
then true and correct in all material respects as if made on and as of such
date
except to the extent such representations and warranties are made only as of
a
specific earlier date; provided that Borrower may update all Schedules and
prepare additional Schedules so that all such Schedules and the representations
and warranties, taken together, accurately reflect the state of Borrower’s and
each Subsidiary Guarantor’s affairs as of the date of a request for an Advance
by giving written notice thereof to Agent, and further provided that such
updated and additional Schedules do no reflect events or conditions which
constitute violations of Section 6 or 7 hereof or otherwise reflect material
adverse developments.
SECTION
5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
To
induce
Agent, Lenders and Issuing Bank to complete the Closing and make initial
Advances under the Revolving Credit to Borrower, Borrower represents and
warrants to Agent, Issuing Bank and Lenders that:
5.1 Corporate
Organization and Validity:
(a) Borrower
and each Subsidiary Guarantor (i) is duly organized and validly existing under
the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, (ii) has the
appropriate power and authority to operate its business and to own its Property
and (iii) is duly qualified, is validly existing and in good standing and has
lawful power and authority to engage in the business it conducts in each state
where the nature and extent of its business requires qualification, except
where
the failure to so qualify does not and could not have a Material Adverse
Effect. A list of all states and other jurisdictions where Borrower
and each Subsidiary Guarantor is qualified to do business is shown on
Schedule "5.1" attached hereto and made part hereof.
(b) The
making and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents will
not
violate any Requirement of Law, or Borrower's or any Subsidiary Guarantor's
certificate of formation, operating agreement or any other organizational
documents, or violate or
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(c) Borrower
and each Subsidiary Guarantor has all requisite power and authority to enter
into and perform this Agreement and any Loan Documents to which it is a party,
and to incur the obligations herein provided for, and has taken all proper
and
necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement, and the other Loan Documents as applicable.
(d) This
Agreement, the Notes to be issued hereunder, and all of the other Loan
Documents, when delivered, will be valid and binding upon Borrower and each
Subsidiary Guarantor, and enforceable in accordance with their respective terms
except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors' rights generally and by general equitable principles.
5.2 Places
of Business: The only places of business of Borrower and each
Subsidiary Guarantor, and the places where Borrower and each Subsidiary
Guarantor keeps and intends to keep its Property, are at the addresses shown
on
Schedule "5.2" attached hereto and made part hereof.
5.3 Pending
Litigation: There are no judgments or judicial or administrative
orders or proceedings pending, or to the knowledge of Borrower, threatened,
against Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor in any court or before
any Governmental Authority except as shown on Schedule "5.3" attached hereto
and
made part hereof. To the knowledge of Borrower, there are no
investigations (civil or criminal) pending or threatened against Borrower or
any
Subsidiary Guarantor, in any court or before any Governmental
Authority. Neither Borrower nor any Subsidiary Guarantor is in
default with respect to any order of any Governmental Authority. To
the knowledge of Borrower, no executive officer
of Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, has been indicted
in connection with or convicted of engaging in any criminal conduct, or is
currently subject to any lawsuit or proceeding or under investigation in
connection with any anti-racketeering or other conduct or activity which may
result in the forfeiture of any property to any Governmental
Authority.
5.4 Title
to Properties: Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor has good
and marketable title in fee simple (or its equivalent under applicable law)
to
all the Property it purports to own, free from Liens and free from the claims
of
any other Person, except for Permitted Liens.
5.5 Governmental
Consent: In connection with the execution or delivery of this
Agreement, or any other Loan Documents, no consent, approval or authorization
of, or filing, registration or qualification with, any Governmental Authority
or
any other Person on the part of Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor is
necessary.
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5.6 Taxes: All
tax returns required to be filed by Borrower and any Subsidiary Guarantor in
any
jurisdiction have been filed, and all taxes, assessments, fees and other
governmental charges upon Borrower and any Subsidiary Guarantor, or upon any
of
its respective Property, income or franchises, which are shown to be due and
payable on such returns have been paid, except for those taxes being contested
in good faith with due diligence by appropriate proceedings for which
appropriate reserves have been maintained under GAAP and as to which no Lien
has
been entered. Borrower is not aware of any proposed additional tax assessment
or
tax to be assessed against or applicable to Borrower and any Subsidiary
Guarantor that would reasonably be likely to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
5.7 Financial
Statements: The annual audited consolidated (if applicable)
balance sheet of Borrower as of September 30, 2006, and the related statements
of profit and loss, stockholder's equity and cash flow as of such date
accompanied by reports thereon from Borrower's independent certified public
accountants (complete copies of which have been delivered to Lender), and the
interim consolidated (if applicable) balance sheet of Borrower as of March
31,
2007, and the related statements of profit and loss, stockholder's equity and
cash flow as of such date have been prepared in accordance with GAAP and present
fairly the financial position of Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of such dates
and the results of its operations for such periods. The fiscal year
for Borrower currently
ends on September 30. Borrower's and each Subsidiary Guarantor's federal tax
identification number and state organizational identification number for UCC
purposes are as shown on Schedule "5.7" attached hereto and made part
hereof.
5.8 Full
Disclosure: Neither the financial statements referred to in
Section 5.7, nor this Agreement nor any other Loan Document or any written
reports or certificates, or other financial statements or reports furnished
by
Borrower to Agent or any Lender in connection with the negotiation of the Loan
or this Agreement or contained in any financial statements or documents relating
to Borrower, as of the time they were furnished, contained any untrue statement
of a material fact or omit a material fact necessary to make the statements
contained therein or herein not misleading; provided that, with respect to
projected financial information, Borrower represents and warrants only that
such
information represents Borrower’s expectations regarding future performance
based upon historical information and reasonable assumptions, it being
understood, however, that actual results may differ from the projected results
described in the financial projections. There is no fact known to
Borrower which has not been disclosed in writing to Agent which has or could
have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.9 Subsidiaries: Borrower
does not have any Subsidiaries or Affiliates, except as shown on Schedule "5.9"
attached hereto and made part hereof.
5.10 Investments,
Guarantees, Contracts, etc.:
(a) Neither
Borrower nor any Subsidiary Guarantor owns or holds equity or long term debt
investments in, or has any outstanding advances to, any other Person, except
as
shown on Schedule "5.10(a)," attached hereto and made part
hereof.
(b) Neither
Borrower nor any Subsidiary Guarantor is a party to any contract or agreement,
or subject to any charter or other corporate restriction, which has or could
have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(c) Except
as otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement, neither Borrower nor
any
Subsidiary Guarantor has agreed or consented to cause or permit any of its
Property whether now owned or hereafter acquired to be subject in the future
(upon the happening of a contingency or otherwise), to a Lien not permitted
by
this Agreement.
5.11 Government
Regulations, etc.:
(a) The
use of the proceeds of and Borrower's issuance of the Revolving Credit Notes
will not directly or indirectly violate or result in a violation of
Section 7 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any
regulations issued pursuant thereto, including, without limitation,
Regulations U, T and X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, 12 C.F.R., Chapter II. Borrower does not own or intend
to carry or purchase any "margin stock" within the meaning of said
Regulation U.
(b) Borrower
and each Subsidiary Guarantor has obtained all licenses, permits, franchises
or
other governmental authorizations necessary for the ownership of its Property
and for the conduct of its business except for those which, if not obtained,
would not have or could not have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) As
of the date hereof, no employee benefit plan ("Pension Plan"), as defined in
Section 3(2) of ERISA, maintained by Borrower or under which Borrower could
have
any liability under ERISA (i) has failed to meet the minimum funding standards
established in Section 302 of ERISA, (ii) has failed to comply in a
material respect with all applicable requirements of ERISA and of the Internal
Revenue Code, including all applicable rulings and regulations thereunder,
(iii)
has engaged in or been involved in a prohibited transaction under
Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code
which would subject Borrower to any material liability, or (iv) has been
terminated if such termination would subject Borrower to any material
liability. Borrower has not assumed, or received notice of a claim
asserted against Borrower for, withdrawal liability (as defined in
Section 4207 of ERISA) with respect to any multi employer pension plan and
is not a member of any Controlled Group (as defined in
ERISA). Borrower has timely made all contributions when due with
respect to any multiemployer
pension plan in which it participates and no event has occurred triggering
a
claim against Borrower for withdrawal liability with respect to any multi
employer pension plan in which Borrower participates. All Pension
Plans and multi employer pension plans in which Borrower participates are shown
on Schedule "5.11(c)" attached hereto and made part hereof.
(d) Neither
Borrower nor any Subsidiary Guarantor is in violation of or receipt
of written notice that it is in violation of any applicable statute,
regulation or ordinance of the United States of America, or of any state, city,
town, municipality, county or jurisdiction, or of any agency, or department
thereof, (including without limitation, securities laws and regulations), a
violation of which causes or could cause a Material Adverse Effect.
(e) Borrower
and each Subsidiary Guarantor is current with all reports and documents required
to be filed with any state or federal securities commission or similar agency
and is in full compliance in all material respects with all applicable rules
and
regulations of such commissions.
5.12 Business
Interruptions: Reserved.
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5.13 Names
and Intellectual Property:
(a) Borrower
has not and no Subsidiary Guarantor has conducted business under or used any
name other than the names listed on Schedule 5.9 hereto (whether corporate
or
assumed) except for the names shown on Schedule "5.13(a)" attached hereto and
made part hereof. Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor, as
applicable, is the sole owner of all names listed on such Schedule "5.13(a)"
and
any and all business done and all invoices issued in such trade names are
Borrower's or such Subsidiary Guarantor's sales, business and
invoices. Each trade name of Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor,
as applicable, represents an alternate name of Borrower or such Subsidiary
Guarantor, as applicable, and not a separate Subsidiary or Affiliate or
independent entity.
(b) All
registered trademarks, service marks, patents or copyrights which Borrower
or
any Subsidiary Guarantor uses, or has a right to use are shown on Schedule
"5.13(b)" attached hereto and made part hereof, and Borrower and such Subsidiary
Guarantor, as applicable, is the sole owner of such Property except to the
extent any other Person has claims or rights in such Property, as such claims
and rights are shown on Schedule "5.13(b)". Borrower is not in
violation of any rights of any other Person with respect to such
Property.
(c) Except
as shown on Schedule "5.13(c)" attached hereto and made part hereof, (i) neither
Borrower nor any Subsidiary Guarantor requires any copyrights, patents,
trademarks or other intellectual property, or any license(s) to use any patents,
trademarks or other intellectual property in order to provide services to its
customers in the ordinary course of business; and (ii) to the best of Borrower’s
knowledge, Agent will not require any copyrights, patents, trademarks or other
intellectual property or any licenses to use the same in order to provide such
services after the occurrence of an Event of Default.
5.14 Other
Associations:
(a) Neither
Borrower nor any Subsidiary Guarantor is engaged, and has any interest in,
any
joint venture or partnership with any other Person except as shown on Schedule
"5.14(a)," attached hereto and made part hereof.
(b) Schedule
"5.14(b)," attached hereto and made part hereof shows, as of the Closing Date,
all equity interests owned or held by Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor in
connection with or related to, a Sponsored CDO Offering or which is otherwise
related to a structured finance transaction sponsored, managed or originated
by
Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor.
5.15 Environmental
Matters: Reserved.
5.16 Regulation
O: No director, executive officer or principal shareholder of
Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor is a director, executive officer
or principal shareholder of Agent or any Lender. For the purposes
hereof the terms "director" "executive officer" and "principal shareholder"
(when used with reference to Agent or any Lender), have the respective meanings
assigned thereto in Regulation O issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System.
5.17 Capital
Stock: The authorized and outstanding Capital Stock of each
Subsidiary is as shown on Schedule "5.17" attached hereto and made
part hereof. All of the Capital Stock of each
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5.18 Solvency: After
giving effect to the transactions contemplated under this Agreement, Borrower
and the Subsidiary Guarantors taken as a whole are solvent, are able to pay
their debts as they become due, and have capital sufficient to carry on their
business and all businesses in which they are about to engage, and now own
Property having a value both at fair valuation and at present fair salable
value
greater than the amount required to pay Borrower's and Subsidiary Guarantors'
debts. Neither Borrower nor Subsidiary Guarantors', taken as a whole,
will be rendered insolvent by the execution and delivery of this Agreement
or
any of the other Loan Documents executed in connection with this Agreement
or by
the transactions contemplated hereunder or thereunder.
5.19 Perfection
and Priority: This Agreement and the other Loan Documents are
effective to create in favor of Agent, for the ratable benefit of Agent, Issuing
Bank and Lenders legal, valid and enforceable Liens in all right, title and
interest of Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor in the Collateral, and when
financing statements have been filed in the offices of the jurisdictions shown
on Schedule "5.19," attached hereto and made part hereof under Borrower's or
such Subsidiary Guarantor's name, Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor will
have granted to Agent, for the ratable benefit of Secured Parties and Agent
will
have perfected first priority Liens in the Collateral, superior in right to
any
and all other Liens, existing or future.
5.20 Commercial
Tort Claims: As of the Closing Date, neither Borrower nor any
Subsidiary Guarantor is a plaintiff in connection with any Commercial Tort
Claims, except as shown on Schedule "5.20" attached hereto and made part
hereof.
5.21 Letter
of Credit Rights: As of the Closing Date, neither Borrower nor
any Subsidiary Guarantor has any Letter of Credit Rights, except as shown on
Schedule "5.21," attached hereto and made part hereof.
5.22 Deposit
Accounts: All Deposit Accounts of Borrower and each Subsidiary
Guarantor are shown on Schedule "5.22," attached hereto and made part
hereof.
5.23 Anti-Terrorism
Laws:
(a) General. Neither
Borrower nor any Affiliate of Borrower is in violation of any Anti-Terrorism
Law
or engages in or conspires to engage in any transaction that evades or avoids,
or has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate, any of the
prohibitions set forth in any Anti-Terrorism Law.
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(b) Executive
Order No. 13224. Neither Borrower nor any Affiliate of
Borrower, or to Borrower's knowledge, any of its respective agents acting or
benefiting in any capacity in connection with the Loans, Letters of Credit
or
other transactions hereunder, is any of the following (each a "Blocked
Person"):
(i) a Person
that is listed in the annex to, or is otherwise subject to the provisions of,
the Executive Order No. 13224;
(ii) a
Person owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, any Person that
is
listed in the annex to, or is otherwise subject to the provisions of, the
Executive Order No. 13224;
(iii) a
Person with which Lender is prohibited from dealing or otherwise engaging in
any
transaction by any Anti-Terrorism Law;
(iv) a
Person that commits, threatens or conspires to commit or supports "terrorism"
as
defined in the Executive Order No. 13224;
(v) a
Person that is named as a "specially designated national" on the most current
list published by the U.S. Treasury Department Office of Foreign Asset Control
at its official website or any replacement website or other replacement official
publication of such list; or
(vi) a
Person who is affiliated with a Person listed above.
5.24 Investment
Company Act: Neither Borrower nor any Subsidiary Guarantor is
(a) an "investment company" registered or required to be registered under
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, nor is it controlled by such
a
company; or (b) subject to any other law which purports to regulate or
restrict the ability to borrow money or to consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents.
5.25 Bancorp
Stock: Borrower acquired the common shares of The Bancorp Inc.
that are part of the Pledged Securities on the dates and in the amounts set
forth on Schedule “5.25”, attached hereto and made a part hereof. All
such shares are restricted securities under Rule 144 of the Securities
Act. The two year holding period, as defined in Rule 144(k) of
the Securities Act as to all shares of such stock has
elapsed. Borrower has all requisite power and authority to pledge the
Bancorp Stock as collateral for the Obligations.
SECTION
6. BORROWER'S AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
Borrower
covenants that until all of
the Obligations are paid and satisfied in full and the Revolving Credit and
Letters of Credit have been terminated, that:
6.1 Payment
of Taxes and Claims: Borrower shall pay, and shall cause each
Subsidiary Guarantor to pay, before they become delinquent, all taxes,
assessments and governmental charges, or levies imposed upon it, or upon
Borrower's or any Subsidiary Guarantor's Property, and all claims or demands
of
materialmen, mechanics, carriers, warehousemen, landlords and other Persons,
entitled to the benefit of statutory or common law Liens which, in any case,
if
unpaid, would result in the imposition of a Lien upon its Property; provided
however, that, neither Borrower nor any Subsidiary Guarantor shall be required
to pay any such tax, assessment, charge, levy, claim or
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6.2 Maintenance
of Properties and Corporate Existence:
(a) Property
- Borrower shall maintain, and shall cause each Subsidiary Guarantor to
maintain, its Property in good condition (normal wear and tear excepted) make
all necessary renewals, replacements, additions, betterments and improvements
thereto and will pay and discharge when due the cost of repairs and maintenance
to its Property, and will pay all rentals when due for all leased real
estate.
(b) Property
Insurance, Public and Products Liability Insurance - Borrower shall maintain
and shall cause each Subsidiary Guarantor to maintain insurance (i) on all
insurable tangible Property against fire, flood, casualty and such other hazards
(including, without limitation, extended coverage, workmen's compensation,
boiler and machinery, with inflation coverage by endorsement) and (ii) against
public liability, product liability and business interruption, in each case
in
such amounts, with such deductibles and with such insurers as are customarily
used by companies operating in the same industry as Borrower. At or
prior to Closing, Borrower shall furnish Agent with duplicate original policies
of insurance or such other evidence of insurance as Agent may require, and
any
certificates of insurance shall be issued on Xxxxx Form-27. In the
event Borrower fails to procure or cause to be procured any such insurance
or to
timely pay or cause to be paid the premium(s) on any such insurance, Agent
may
do so for Borrower, but Borrower shall continue to be liable for the same.
The
policies of all such casualty insurance shall contain standard Lender's Loss
Payable Clauses (and, with respect to liability and interruption insurance,
additional insured clauses) issued in favor of Agent. Such policies
shall expressly provide that the requisite insurance cannot be altered or
canceled without thirty (30) days prior written notice to Agent and shall insure
Agent notwithstanding the act or neglect of Borrower or any Subsidiary
Guarantor. Effective upon an Event of Default, Borrower hereby
appoints Agent as Borrower's attorney-in-fact, exercisable at Agent's option
to
endorse any check which may be payable to Borrower in order to
collect the proceeds of such insurance and any amount or amounts collected
by
Agent pursuant to the provisions of this Section may be applied by Agent, in
its
sole discretion, to any Obligations or to repair, reconstruct or replace the
loss of or damage to Collateral as Agent in its discretion may from time to
time
determine. Borrower further covenants that all insurance premiums
owing under its current policies have been paid. Borrower shall
notify Agent, immediately, upon Borrower's receipt of a notice of termination,
cancellation, or non-renewal from its insurance company of any such
policy.
(c) Financial
Records - Borrower shall keep, and shall cause each Subsidiary Guarantor to
keep, current and accurate books of records and accounts in which
full and correct entries will be made of all of its business transactions,
and
will reflect in its financial statements adequate accruals and appropriations
to
reserves, all in accordance with GAAP. Borrower shall not change its
fiscal year end date.
(d) Corporate
Existence and Rights - Borrower shall do, and shall cause each Subsidiary
Guarantor to do (or cause to be done), all things necessary to preserve and
keep
in full
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(e) Compliance
with Laws - Borrower shall be, and shall cause each Subsidiary Guarantor to
be, (i) in compliance with any and all Requirements of Laws to which it is
subject, (including, without limitation, securities laws and regulations) and
(ii) shall obtain any and all licenses, permits, franchises or other
governmental authorizations necessary to the ownership of its Property or to
the
conduct of its businesses, which violation or failure to obtain causes or could
cause a Material Adverse Effect. Borrower shall timely satisfy, and
shall cause each Subsidiary Guarantor to timely satisfy, all assessments, fines,
costs and penalties imposed (after exhaustion of all appeals, provided a stay
has been put in effect during such appeal) by any Governmental Authority against
Borrower or such Subsidiary Guarantor, or any Property of Borrower.
6.3 Business
Conducted: Borrower shall not discontinue, and shall not permit
any Subsidiary Guarantor to discontinue, the business presently operated by
Borrower or such Subsidiary Guarantor, and Borrower shall, and shall cause
each
such Subsidiary Guarantor to, use its commercially reasonable efforts to
maintain its customers and goodwill.
6.4 Litigation: Borrower
shall give prompt notice to Agent of any litigation claiming more than Two
Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) in excess of any available insurance
coverage for such claim from Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, or which
may
otherwise have a Material Adverse Effect.
6.5 Issue
Taxes: Borrower shall pay, and shall cause each Subsidiary
Guarantor to pay, all taxes (other than taxes based upon or measured by any
Lender's income or revenues or any personal property tax), if any, in connection
with the issuance of the Revolving Credit Notes and the recording of any lien
documents. The obligations
of Borrower hereunder shall survive the payment of Borrower's Obligations
hereunder and the termination of this Agreement.
6.6 Bank
Accounts: Borrower shall maintain, and shall cause each
Subsidiary Guarantor to maintain, to the extent such Subsidiary Guarantor
maintains any depository account(s), major depository and disbursement
account(s) with Agent.
6.7 Employee
Benefit Plans: Borrower shall (a) fund, and cause each Subsidiary
Guarantor to fund, all of its Pension Plan(s) in a manner that will satisfy
the
minimum funding standards of Section 302 of ERISA, (b) furnish Agent,
promptly upon Agent's request, with copies of all reports or other statements
filed with the United States Department of Labor, the PBGC or the IRS with
respect to all Pension Plan(s), or which Borrower, or any member of a Controlled
Group, may receive from the United States Department of Labor, the IRS or the
PBGC, with respect to all such Pension Plan(s), and (c) promptly advise Agent
of
the occurrence of any reportable event (as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA,
other than a reportable event for which the thirty (30) day notice
requirement has been waived by the PBGC) or prohibited transaction (under
Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code)
with respect to any such Pension Plan(s) and the action which Borrower proposes
to take with respect thereto. Borrower shall make, and shall cause
each Subsidiary Guarantor to make, all contributions when due with respect
to
any multi employer pension plan in which it participates and will promptly
advise Agent upon (x) its receipt of notice of the assertion against Borrower
or
any Subsidiary Guarantor of a
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6.8 Financial
Covenants:
(a) Consolidated
Net Worth - Borrower shall maintain at all times Consolidated Net Worth, to
be tested quarterly at the end of each fiscal quarter, of not less than the
following amounts for the following periods:
Period
Consolidated Net Worth
Closing
Date through September 29,
2007 $150,000,000
September
30, 2007 through September 29,
2008 $160,000,000
September
30, 2008 through September 29,
2009 $170,000,000
September
30, 2009 through September 29,
2010 $180,000,000
September
30, 2010 through September 29,
2011 $190,000,000
September
30, 2011 through September 29,
2012 $200,000,000
(b) Debt
Service Coverage Ratio– Borrower shall maintain a
Debt
Service Coverage Ratio, to be tested quarterly as of each fiscal quarter end
on
a rolling four quarter basis, of not less than the following ratios for the
following periods:
Period
Ratio
Closing
Date through September 29,
2009 1.15
to 1.0
September
20, 2009 through September 29,
2011 1.20
to 1.0
September
30, 2011 through September 29,
2012 1.25
to 1.0
(c) Consolidated
Funded Debt to Net Worth Ratio– Borrower shall maintain a Consolidated
Funded Debt to Net Worth Ratio, to be tested as of each fiscal quarter end,
of
not greater 2.0 to 1.0.
6.9 Financial
and Business Information: Borrower shall deliver or cause to be
delivered to Agent and Lenders the following:
(a) Financial
Statements and Collateral Reports: such data, reports, statements and
information, financial or otherwise, as Lender may reasonably request,
including, without limitation:
(i) within
ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year of Borrower, the consolidated
and consolidating income and cash flow statements of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries for such year, and the consolidated and consolidating balance
sheet
of Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year, setting
forth in each case in comparative form the corresponding figures as at the
end
of and for the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail, and audited
by an
independent public accounting firm acceptable to Lender, and unqualifiedly
certified
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(ii) within
forty five (45) days after the end of each calendar quarter, the consolidated
and consolidating income and cash flow statements of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries for such quarter and for the expired portion of the fiscal year
ending with the end of such quarter, setting forth in comparative form the
corresponding figures for the corresponding periods of the previous fiscal
year,
and the consolidated and consolidating balance sheet of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries as at the end of such quarter, setting forth in comparative form
the corresponding figures as at the end of the corresponding periods of the
previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and certified by Borrower's
chief
financial officer to have been prepared from the books and records of Borrower;
and
(iii) together
with the annual financial statements required under clause (a)(i) above,
Borrower's annual consolidated financial statement projections for the up coming
five-year period, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent.
(b) Borrowing
Base Certificate: with each requested Advance, and monthly, not
later than fifteen (15) days following each month-end, a signed borrowing base
certificate in the form of Exhibit “E” attached hereto and made a part hereof
(“Borrowing Base Certificate”);
(c) Notice
of Event of Default - promptly upon becoming aware of the existence of any
condition or event which constitutes a Default or an Event of Default under
this
Agreement, a written notice specifying the nature and period of existence
thereof and what action Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor is
taking (and proposes to take) with respect thereto;
(d) Notice
of Claimed Default - promptly upon receipt by Borrower, notice of default,
oral or written, given to Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor by any creditor
for Indebtedness for borrowed money, otherwise holding long term Indebtedness
of
Borrower in excess of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000);
(e) Securities
and Other Reports - if Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor shall
be required to file reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant
to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, promptly upon its becoming available, one copy of each financial
statement, report, notice or proxy statement sent by Borrower or any Subsidiary
Guarantor to stockholders generally, and, a copy of each regular or periodic
report, and any registration statement, or prospectus in respect thereof, filed
by Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor with any securities exchange or with
federal or state securities and exchange commissions or any successor
agency;
(f) Collateralized
Debt Offering Defaults and Other Information– (i) promptly upon becoming
aware of any default or event of default under any Management Agreement or
document governing or evidencing
a Collateralized Debt Offering, notice of such default; (ii)
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(g) Warehouse
Lines– within twenty (20) days of Agent’s request, copies of any warehousing
or repurchase agreements to which Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor entered
into together with a written summary of the applicable transaction including
the
parties to such facility, the amount of such facility, any collateral (including
cash, equity or management fees) pledged in connection with such facility,
any
loss limits set within any warehousing facility and such additional information
which may be material to the warehouse or repurchase transaction.
6.10 Officers'
Certificates: Along with the set of financial statements
delivered to Agent and Lenders at the end of each fiscal quarter pursuant to
Section 6.9(a)(ii) hereof and the annual financial statements delivered pursuant
to Section 6.9(a)(i) hereof, Borrower shall deliver to Agent and Lenders a
certificate ("Quarterly Compliance Certificate") (in the form of Exhibit "F,"
attached hereto and made part hereof) from the chief financial officer, chief
executive officer or president of Borrower (and as to certificates accompanying
the annual financial statements of Borrower, also certified by Borrower's
independent certified public accountant) setting forth:
(a) Event
of Default - that the signer has reviewed the relevant terms of this
Agreement, and has made (or caused to be made under his/her supervision) a
review of the transactions and conditions of Borrower from the beginning of
the
accounting period covered by the financial statements being delivered therewith
to the date of the certificate, and that such review has not disclosed the
existence during such period of any condition or event which constitutes a
Default or an Event of Default or, if any such condition or event exists,
specifying the nature and period of existence thereof and what action Borrower
has taken or proposes to take with respect thereto.
(b) Covenant
Compliance - the information (including detailed calculations) required in
order to establish that Borrower is in compliance with the requirements of
Section 6.8 of this Agreement, as of the end of the period covered by the
financial statements delivered.
6.11 Audits
and Inspection: Borrower shall permit, and shall cause each
Subsidiary Guarantor to permit, any of Agent's officers or other representatives
to visit and inspect upon reasonable notice during business hours any of the
locations of Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, to examine all of Borrower's
or any Subsidiary Guarantor's books of account, records, reports and other
papers, to make copies and extracts therefrom and to discuss its affairs,
finances and accounts with its officers, employees and independent certified
public accountants. Borrower hereby irrevocably authorizes and
directs all such accountants and auditors to exhibit and deliver to Agent copies
of any and all of such Borrower’s financial statements, or other accounting
records of any sort, in the accountant’s or auditor’s possession. All
such inspections shall, during the continuance of an Event of Default, be at
Borrower’s expense at the standard rates charged by Agent for such activities
(plus Agent’s reasonable out-of-pocket expenses).
6.12 Reserved:
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6.13 Information
to Participant: Agent and Lenders may divulge to any participant,
assignee or co-lender or prospective participant, assignee or co-lender it
may
obtain in the Loans or any portion thereof, all information, and furnish to
such
Person copies of any reports, financial statements, certificates, and documents
obtained under any provision of this Agreement, or related agreements and
documents.
6.14 Material
Adverse Developments: Borrower agrees that immediately upon
becoming aware of any development or other information outside the ordinary
course of business and excluding matters of a general economic, financial or
political nature which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect it shall give to Agent telephonic notice specifying the nature of such
development or information and such anticipated effect. In addition,
such verbal communication shall be confirmed by written notice thereof to Agent
on the same day such verbal communication is made or the next Business Day
thereafter.
6.15 Places
of Business: Borrower shall give thirty (30) days, prior written
notice to Agent of any name changes or changes in the location of any of its
respective places of business, of the places where its business and financial
records are kept, or the establishment of any new, or the discontinuance of
any
existing place of business; provided that, Borrower may not relocate its
principal place of business outside of the United States.
6.16 Commercial
Tort Claims: Borrower will, and shall cause each Subsidiary
Guarantor to, immediately notify Agent in writing in the event that
Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor becomes a party to or obtains any rights
with respect to any Commercial Tort Claim. Such notification shall
include information sufficient to describe such Commercial Tort Claim,
including, but not limited to, the parties to the claim, the court in which
the
claim was commenced, the docket number assigned to such claim, if any, and
a
detailed explanation of the events that gave rise to the
claim. Borrower shall execute and deliver to Agent all documents
and/or agreements necessary to grant Agent a security interest in such
Commercial Tort Claim to secure the Obligations. Borrower authorizes,
and shall cause each Subsidiary Guarantor to authorize, Agent to file (without
Borrower's or any Subsidiary Guarantor's signature) initial financing statements
or amendments, as Agent deems necessary to perfect its security interest in
the
Commercial Tort Claim.
6.17 Letter
of Credit Rights: Borrower shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary
Guarantor to, provide Agent with written notice of any Letters of Credit for
which Borrower is the beneficiary. Borrower shall execute and deliver
(or cause to be executed or delivered) to Agent, all documents and agreements
as
Agent may require in order to obtain and perfect its security interest in such
Letter of Credit Rights.
6.18 Pledged
Collateral: In the event that any Capital Stock of a Subsidiary
Guarantor is transferred to any Person (herein a "Transferee") as permitted
hereunder, Borrower shall cause such Transferee to execute, and deliver to
Agent, a collateral pledge agreement in form and substance substantially similar
to the Collateral Pledge Agreement executed and delivered to Agent on the
Closing Date.
6.19 Management
Agreements: Borrower shall notify Agent in writing whenever
Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor enters into a Management Agreement and
directs Agent to unilaterally amend Schedule E to include such additional
Management Agreement on Schedule E.
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6.20 Sponsored
CDO Equity Interests: Borrower shall notify Agent in writing whenever
Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor acquires any additional Sponsored CDO
Equity Interests or Capital Stock of any Person and directs Agent to
unilaterally amend Schedule “5.14(b)” to include the additional Sponsored CDO
Equity Interests and such Capital Stock on Schedule “5.14(b)”. Borrower shall
execute and deliver or cause such Subsidiary Guarantor to execute and deliver
an
amendment to the Sponsored CDO Pledge Agreement, granting Agent, for the ratable
benefit of Secured Parties, a first priority security interest in such
additional Sponsored CDO Equity Interests or Capital Stock.
6.21 Access
to Investor Reporting Service: Borrower shall, and shall cause
each Subsidiary Guarantor to, provide Agent with all codes necessary for Agent
to access each investor reporting website such that Agent may obtain all
information that each investor obtains with respect to Collateralized Debt
Offerings.
6.22 Bancorp
Stock: Borrower shall deliver, or caused to be delivered, to
Agent, not later than five (5) days from the date of filing with the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission, each updated prospectus for the
Bancorp Stock.
6.23 Trapeza: Borrower
shall cause (a) Trapeza Management to on a quarterly basis, make a Distribution
of all management fees paid to Trapeza Management to the applicable Subsidiary
Guarantor and (b) such Subsidiary Guarantor to deposit all such Distributions
in
a Deposit Account maintained by Borrower or such Subsidiary Guarantor with
Agent.
SECTION
7. BORROWER'S NEGATIVE COVENANTS:
BORROWER
COVENANTS THAT UNTIL ALL OF THE OBLIGATIONS ARE PAID AND SATISFIED IN FULL
AND
THE REVOLVING CREDIT AND EACH LETTER OF CREDIT HAS BEEN TERMINATED,
THAT:
7.1 Merger,
Consolidation, Dissolution or Liquidation:
(a) Borrower
shall not engage, and shall not permit any Subsidiary Guarantor to engage,
in
any Asset Sale other than: (i) so long as no Default or Event of Default exists
or would exist after giving effect to such liquidation, liquidation of its
investments in Collateralized Debt Offerings in the ordinary course of
Borrower's or such Subsidiary Guarantor's business, the sale of Pledged
Securities, the sale of Capital Stock of a Legacy Entity; (ii) equipment that
is
replaced by other equipment of comparable or superior quality and value within
ninety (90) days of such Asset Sale; or (iii) the sale of Capital Stock of
any
Subsidiary Guarantor so long as such sale does not result in a Change of
Control.
(b) Other
than a dissolution of those entities set forth on Schedule G attached hereto,
Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary Guarantor to, merge
or
consolidate with any other Person or engage in a division, conversion,
dissolution or liquidation; provided however, that any Subsidiary Guarantor
may
merge or consolidate with a Person so long as (i) no Default or Event of Default
exists, or would exist after giving effect to such merger
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7.2 Acquisitions: Other
than as permitted in Section 7.4(b) hereof, Borrower shall not acquire, and
shall not permit any Subsidiary Guarantor to acquire, all or a material portion
of the Capital Stock or assets of any Person in any transaction or in any series
of related transactions or enter into any sale and leaseback transaction if
a
Significant Default exists or would exists after giving effect to such
transaction.
7.3 Liens
and Encumbrances: Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any
Subsidiary Guarantor to: (i) execute a negative pledge agreement with any Person
covering any of the Collateral, or (ii) cause or permit or agree or consent
to
cause or permit in the future (upon the happening of a contingency or
otherwise), the Collateral, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, to be
subject to a Lien or be subject to any claim except for Permitted
Liens.
7.4 Transactions
With Affiliates; Subsidiaries:
(a) Except
pursuant to the Management Agreements, as otherwise set forth on Schedule
"7.4(a)" attached hereto and made part hereof or as otherwise permitted pursuant
to Section 7.7 hereof, Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary
Guarantor to, enter into any transaction with any Subsidiary or other Affiliate,
including, without limitation, the purchase, sale, or exchange of Property,
or
the loaning or giving of funds to any Affiliate or any Subsidiary unless: (i)
such Subsidiary or Affiliate is engaged in a business substantially related
to
the business conducted by Borrower, is a Borrower hereunder and the transaction
is in the ordinary course of and pursuant to the reasonable requirements of
Borrower's business and upon terms substantially the same and no less favorable
to Borrower as it would obtain in a comparable arm's length transactions with
any Person not an Affiliate or a Subsidiary, and so long as such transaction
is
not prohibited hereunder; or (ii) such transaction is intended for incidental
administrative purposes.
(b) Borrower
shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary Guarantor to, create or acquire
any Subsidiary unless, (i) such Subsidiary becomes party to the Surety and
Guaranty Agreement and Guarantor Security Agreement pursuant to documents in
form and substance satisfactory to Lender or, Borrower otherwise provides an
opinion of counsel that such Subsidiary is prohibited from becoming a Subsidiary
Guarantor pursuant to its organization documents or any loan documents to which
it is a party, and (ii) the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary is pledged to
Lender.
7.5 Guarantees: Excepting
the endorsement in the ordinary course of business of negotiable instruments
for
deposit or collection, Borrower shall not become or be liable, directly or
indirectly, primary or secondary, matured or contingent, in any manner, whether
as guarantor, surety, accommodation maker, or otherwise, for the existing or
future Indebtedness of any kind of any Person if a Default or Event of Default
exists or would result therefrom.
7.6 Distributions,
Bonuses and Other Indebtedness: Borrower shall not, and shall not
permit any Subsidiary Guarantor to: (a) declare or pay or make any
forms of Distribution to holders of Borrower's Capital Stock if a Significant
Default exists or, after giving effect to such Distribution,
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would
exist; (b) declare or pay any bonus compensation to its officers if a
Significant Default exists or after giving effect to such payment would exist;
(c) hereafter incur or become liable for any Indebtedness if a Significant
Default exists or after giving effect to such Indebtedness would exist; (d)
make
any prepayments on any existing or future Indebtedness (other than the
Obligations) if a Significant Default exists or, after giving effect to such
prepayment would exist; or (e) make any payments on
Subordinated Debt in violation of the subordination provisions
thereof.
7.7 Loans
and Investments: a) Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any
Subsidiary Guarantor to, make or have outstanding loans, advances, extensions
of
credit or capital contributions to, or investments in, any Person provided
that
if no Default or Event of Default exists or after giving effect thereto, would
exist, Borrower and any Subsidiary Guarantor may make loans, advances,
extensions of credit or capital contributions to, or investments in, any Person
in the ordinary course of Borrower’s and such Subsidiary Guarantor’s business,
including, but not limited to, loans or advances to fund both the equipment
leasing and commercial loan contract business of Leaf and any wholly owned
Subsidiary of Leaf, and the real estate investment business.
b) Borrower
shall not permit the market value (as determined from Borrower’s financial
statements) of Borrower’s direct investments in the equity preference shares in
Collateralized Debt Offerings to exceed fifty percent (50%) of Borrower’s
Consolidated Net Worth.
7.8 Use
of Lenders' Name: Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any
Subsidiary Guarantor to, use Lender's name in connection with any of its
business operations. Nothing herein contained is intended to permit
or authorize Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor to make any
contract on behalf of Lender.
7.9 Miscellaneous
Covenants:
(a) Borrower
shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary Guarantor to, become or be a
party to any contract or agreement which at the time of becoming a party to
such
contract or agreement materially impairs Borrower's or any Subsidiary
Guarantor's ability to perform under this Agreement, or under any other
instrument, agreement or document to which Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor
is a party or by which it is or may be bound.
(b) Borrower
shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary Guarantor to, carry or purchase
any "margin stock" within the meaning of Regulations U, T or X of the Board
of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 12 C.F.R., Chapter II.
(c) Borrower
shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary Guarantor to, amend or modify
any
Management Agreement.
7.10 Jurisdiction
of Organization: Neither Borrower nor any Subsidiary Guarantor
shall change its jurisdiction of organization.
7.11 Organization
Documents: Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary Guarantor
to, amend or modify any of its respective organizational documents, including
its certificate of formation and operating agreement, in a manner which would
be
materially adverse to Secured Parties.
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SECTION
8. DEFAULT
8.1 Events
of Default: Each of the following events shall constitute an
event of default ("Event of Default"):
(a) Payments
- if Borrower fails to make any payment of principal on the date such payment
is
due and payable or fails to immediately reimburse any drawing under a Letter
of
Credit or fails to make any payment of interest within ten (10) days of the
due
date; or
(b) Other
Charges - if Borrower fails to pay any other charges, fees, Expenses or
other monetary obligations owing to Agent, Issuing Bank or any Lender arising
out of or incurred in connection with this Agreement within ten (10) days of
the
date of any invoice; or
(c) Particular
Covenant Defaults - if Borrower fails to perform, comply with or observe any
covenant or undertaking contained in this Agreement and (other than with respect
to the covenants contained in Sections 6.2(b), 6.8, 6.10 and 6.11 and Section
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for which no cure period shall exist), such failure continues for twenty (20)
Business Days after the occurrence thereof; or
(d) Financial
Information - if any statement, report, financial statement, or certificate
made or delivered by Borrower or any of its officers, employees or agents,
to
Agent or any Lender is not true and correct, in all material respects, when
made; or
(e) Warranties
or Representations - if any warranty, representation or other statement by
or on behalf of Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor contained in or pursuant
to
this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or in any document, agreement or
instrument furnished in compliance with, relating to, or in reference to this
Agreement, is false, erroneous, or misleading in any material respect when
made;
or
(f) Agreements
with Others - (i) if Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor shall default
beyond any grace period in the payment of principal or interest of any
Indebtedness in excess of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) in the
aggregate; or (ii) if Borrower otherwise defaults under the terms of any such
Indebtedness if the effect of such default is to enable the holder of such
Indebtedness to accelerate the payment of Borrower's or any such Subsidiary
Guarantor's obligations, which are the subject thereof, prior to the maturity
date or prior to the regularly scheduled date of payment; or
(g) Other
Agreements with Lenders - if Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor breaches
or violates the terms of, or if a default (and expiration of any applicable
cure
period), or an Event of Default, occurs under, any Interest Hedging Instrument
or any other existing or future agreement (related or unrelated) (including,
without limitation, the other Loan Documents) between or among Borrower or
any
Subsidiary Guarantor and Agent, Issuing Bank or any Lender; or
(h) Judgments
- if any final judgment for the payment of money in excess of Five Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($500,000) in the aggregate (i) which is not fully and
unconditionally covered by insurance or (ii) for which Borrower or any
Subsidiary Guarantor has not established a cash or cash equivalent reserve
in
the full amount of such judgment, shall be rendered by a court of record against
Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor and such judgment
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(i) Assignment
for Benefit of Creditors, etc. - if Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor
makes or proposes in writing, an assignment for the benefit of creditors
generally, offers a composition or extension to creditors, or makes or sends
notice of an intended bulk sale of any business or assets now or hereafter
owned
or conducted by Borrower; or
(j) Bankruptcy,
Dissolution, etc. - upon the commencement of any action for the dissolution
or liquidation of Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, or the commencement
of
any proceeding to avoid any transaction entered into by Borrower or any
Subsidiary Guarantor, or the commencement of any case or proceeding for
reorganization or liquidation of Borrower's or any Subsidiary
Guarantor's debts under the Bankruptcy Code or any other state or
federal law, now or hereafter enacted for the relief of debtors, whether
instituted by or against Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor;
providedhowever, that Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor shall
have sixty (60) days to obtain the dismissal or discharge of involuntary
proceedings filed against it, it being understood that during such sixty (60)
day period, Lenders shall not be obligated to make Advances hereunder and
Lenders may seek adequate protection in any bankruptcy proceeding;
or
(k) Receiver
- upon the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, custodian, trustee or similar
official or fiduciary for any Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor or for
Borrower's or any Subsidiary Guarantor's Property; or
(l) Execution
Process, etc. - the issuance of any execution or distraint process against
any Property of Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor; or
(m) Termination
of Business - if Borrower ceases any material portion of its business
operations as presently conducted, or if any Subsidiary Guarantor ceases any
material portion of its business operations as presently conducted except in
the
ordinary course its business following written notice to Lender; or
(n) Pension
Benefits, etc. - if Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor fails to comply
with ERISA so that proceedings are commenced to appoint a trustee under ERISA
to
administer Borrower's or any Subsidiary Guarantor's employee plans or the PBGC
institutes proceedings to appoint a trustee to administer such plan(s), or
a
Lien is entered to secure any deficiency or claim or a "reportable event" as
defined under ERISA occurs; or
(o) Investigations
- any indication or evidence received by Agent or any Lender that reasonably
leads it to believe Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor may have directly
or
indirectly been engaged in any type of activity which, would be reasonably
likely to result in the forfeiture of any material property of Borrower or
any
Subsidiary Guarantor to any Governmental Authority; or
(p) Change
of Control - if there shall occur a Change of Control; or
(q) Other
Loan Documents - if any breach or default occurs, and is not cured during
any applicable grace period, under any other Loan Documents or if the Surety
and
Guaranty Agreement, or any obligation to perform thereunder is terminated;
or
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(r) Liens
- if any Lien in favor of Agent shall cease to be valid, enforceable and
perfected and prior to all other Liens other than Permitted Liens unless the
failure of such Lien to be valid, enforceable and perfected and prior to all
other Liens is the result of the negligence of Agent, or if Borrower or any
Subsidiary Guarantor or any Governmental Authority shall assert any of the
foregoing; or
(s) Other
Loan Documents - if any other Person (other than Agent or any Lender) party
to a Loan Document, breaches or violates any term, provision or condition of
such Loan Document.
8.2 Cure: Nothing
contained in this Agreement or the Loan Documents shall be deemed to compel
Agent, Issuing Bank or any Lender to accept a cure of any Event of Default
hereunder.
8.3 Rights
and Remedies on Default:
(a) In
addition to all other rights, options and remedies granted or available to
Agent, Issuing Bank or Lenders under this Agreement or the Loan Documents,
or
otherwise available at law or in equity, upon or at any time after the
occurrence and during the continuance of a Default or an Event of Default,
Agent
may, in its discretion, direct Lenders, and the Majority Lenders shall have
the
option to instruct Agent to direct Lenders, to, withhold or cease making
Advances under the Revolving Credit.
(b) In
addition to all other rights, options and remedies granted or available to
Agent
under this Agreement or the Loan Documents (each of which is also then
exercisable by Agent), Agent may, in its discretion, or at the written direction
of Majority Lenders shall, upon or at any time after the occurrence and during
the continuance of an Event of Default, terminate the Revolving Credit and
declare the Obligations (other than Obligations arising under an Interest
Hedging Instrument) immediately due and payable, all without demand, notice,
presentment or protest or further action of any kind (it also being understood
that the occurrence of any of the events or conditions set forth in Sections
8.1(i),(j) or (k) shall automatically cause an acceleration of the Obligations
(other than Obligations arising under an Interest Hedging
Instrument)).
(c) In
addition to all other rights, options and remedies granted or available to
Agent, under this Agreement or the Loan Documents (each of which is also then
exercisable by Agent), upon or at any time after the occurrence and during
the
continuance of an Event of Default Agent may, in its discretion, or at the
written direction of Majority Lenders shall, direct Borrower to deliver and
pledge to Agent, for the ratable benefit of Agent, all Lenders and Issuing
Bank,
cash collateral in the amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit.
(d) In
addition to all other rights, options and remedies granted or available to
Agent
under this Agreement or the Loan Documents (each of which is also then
exercisable by Agent), Agent may, or at the written direction of Majority
Lenders shall, upon or at any time following the occurrence of an Event of
Default, exercise all rights under the UCC and any other applicable law or
in
equity, and under all Loan Documents permitted to be exercised after the
occurrence of an Event of Default, including the following rights and remedies
(which list is given by way of example and is not intended to be an exhaustive
list of all such rights and remedies):
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(i) The
right to take possession of, send notices regarding and collect directly the
Collateral, with or without judicial process (including without limitation
the
right to notify the United States postal authorities to redirect mail addressed
to Borrower to an address designated by Agent); or
(ii) By
its own means or with judicial assistance, enter Borrower's premises and take
possession of the Collateral, or render it unusable, or dispose of the
Collateral on such premises in compliance with subsection (e) below, without
any
liability for rent, storage, utilities or other sums, and Borrower shall not
resist or interfere with such action; or
(iii) Require
Borrower at Borrower's expense to assemble all or any part of the Collateral
and
make it available to Agent at any place designated by Agent; or
(iv) The
right to reduce the Maximum Revolving Credit Amount or Borrowing Base or to
modify the terms and conditions upon which Agent, on behalf of Lenders, or
Lenders may be willing to consider making Advances under the Credit Facility;
or
(v) The
right to enjoin any violation of Section 7.1, it being agreed that Lenders
remedies at law are inadequate.
(e) Borrower
hereby authorizes Agent, as secured party, to make any necessary filings under
Rule 144 of the Securities Act in order to sell the Pledged Securities upon
an
Event of Default.
(f) Borrower
hereby agrees that a notice received by it at least seven (7) days before the
time of any intended public sale or of the time after which any private sale
or
other disposition of the Collateral is to be made, shall be deemed to be
reasonable notice of such sale or other disposition. If permitted by
applicable law, any perishable inventory or Collateral which threatens to
speedily decline in value or which is sold on a recognized market may be sold
immediately by Agent without prior notice to Borrower. Borrower
covenants and agrees not to interfere with or impose any obstacle to Agent's
exercise of its rights and remedies with respect to the Collateral, after the
occurrence of an Event of Default hereunder. Agent shall have no
obligation to clean up or prepare the Collateral for sale. If Agent
sells any of the Collateral upon credit, Borrower will only be credited with
payments actually made by the purchaser thereof, that are received by
Agent. Agent may, in connection with any sale of the Collateral
specifically disclaim any warranties of title or the like.
8.4 Nature
of Remedies: All rights and remedies granted Agent, Issuing Bank
or Lenders hereunder and under the Loan Documents, or otherwise available at
law
or in equity, shall be deemed concurrent and cumulative, and not alternative
remedies, and Agent may proceed with any number of remedies at the same time
until all Obligations are satisfied in full. The exercise of any one
right or remedy shall not be deemed a waiver or release of any other right
or
remedy, and Agent, upon or at any time after the occurrence of an Event of
Default, may proceed against Borrower, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any of the
Collateral, at any time, under any agreement, with any available remedy and
in
any order.
8.5 Set-Off:
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(a) In
addition to all other rights, options and remedies granted or available to
Agent
under this Agreement or the Loan Documents (each of which is also then
exercisable by Agent), upon or at any time after the occurrence and during
the
continuance of an Event of Default, Agent or any Lenders (and any participant)
shall have and be deemed to have, without notice to Borrower, the immediate
right of set-off against any bank account of Borrower with Agent or any Lender,
or of Borrower with any other subsidiary or Affiliate of Commerce Bancorp or
any
participant and may apply the funds or amount thus set-off against any of
Borrower's Obligations hereunder;
(b) If
any bank account of Borrower with any Lender, any other subsidiary or Affiliate
of Commerce Bancorp or any participant is attached or otherwise liened or levied
upon by any third party, Agent or such Lender (and such participant) or
Affiliate shall have and be deemed to have, without notice to Borrower, the
immediate right of set-off and may apply the funds or amount thus set-off
against any of Borrower's Obligations hereunder.
SECTION
9. AGENT
9.1 Appointment
and Authority: (a) Each Lender and Issuing Bank hereby
irrevocably appoints Commerce Bank, N.A. to act on its behalf as Agent hereunder
and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes Agent to take such actions
on
its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to Agent by the terms
hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably
incidental thereto. The provisions of this Article are solely for the
benefit of Agent, Lenders and Issuing Bank, and no Borrower or Subsidiary
Guarantor shall have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such
provisions.
(b) Agent
shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and
each Lender (in its capacities as a Lender and potential provider of an Interest
Hedging Instrument) and Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes
Agent to act as Agent of such Lender and Issuing Bank for purposes of acquiring,
holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by Borrower or
any
Subsidiary Guarantor to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers
and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this
connection, Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and
attorneys-in-fact appointed by Agent pursuant to Section 9.5 for purposes of
holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted
under the Loan Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder
at the direction of Agent), shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions
of this Section 9 and Section 10 (including Section 10.4), as though such
co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under
the Loan Documents) as if set forth in full herein with respect
thereto.
9.2 Rights
as a Lender: The Person serving as Agent hereunder shall have the
same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and
may
exercise the same as though it were not Agent and the term “Lender” or “Lenders”
shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise
requires, include the Person serving as Agent hereunder in its individual
capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from,
lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity
for and generally engage in any kind of business with Borrower, any Subsidiary
Guarantor or other Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not
Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to any
Lender.
9.3 Exculpatory
Provisions: Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except
those
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(a) shall
not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether
a
Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;
(b) shall
not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary
powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby
or
by the other Loan Documents that Agent is required to exercise as directed
in
writing by Majority Lenders (or such other number or percentage of Lenders
as
shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents), provided
that Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or
the
opinion of its counsel, may expose Agent to liability or that is contrary to
any
Loan Document or applicable law; and
(c) shall
not, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents,
have
any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose,
any
information relating to Borrower, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any other
Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof that is communicated to or obtained by the
Person serving as Agent or any of Agent’s Affiliates in any
capacity.
Agent
shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the consent
or at the request of Majority Lenders (or such other number or percentage of
Lenders as shall be necessary, or as Agent shall believe in good faith shall
be
necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Sections 10.11 and 8.3) or
(ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful
misconduct. Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any
Default of Event of Default unless and until notice describing such Default
or
Event of Default is given to Agent by Borrower, a Lender or Issuing
Bank.
Agent
shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into
or
pass upon (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection
with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any
certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or
in
connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of
any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein
or therein or the occurrence of any Default of Event of Default, (iv) the
validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any
other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or the
creation, perfection or priority of any Lien purported to be created by the
Loan
Documents, (v) the value or the sufficiency of any Collateral, or (v) the
satisfaction of any condition set forth in Section 4 or elsewhere herein, other
than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to
Agent.
9.4 Reliance
by Agent: Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not
incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent,
statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic
message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed
by
it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by
the
proper Person. Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it
orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper
Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In
determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan,
or
the issuance of a Letter of Credit, that by its terms must be fulfilled to
the
satisfaction of a Lender or
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Issuing
Bank, Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender
or
Issuing Bank unless Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such
Lender or Issuing Bank prior to the making of such Loan or the issuance of
such
Letter of Credit. Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be
counsel for Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by
it,
and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance
with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.
9.5 Delegation
of Duties: Agent may perform any and all of its duties and
exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by
or
through any one or more sub-agents appointed by Agent. Agent and any
such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights
and
powers by or through their respective Affiliates. The exculpatory
provisions of this Section 9 shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the
Affiliates of Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective
activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided
for herein as well as activities as Agent.
9.6 Resignation
of Agent: Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to
Lenders, Issuing Bank and Borrower. Upon receipt of any such notice
of resignation, Majority Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with
Borrower, to appoint a successor, which shall be a bank with an office in the
United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United
States. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by Majority
Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the
retiring Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Agent may
on
behalf of Lenders and Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Agent meeting the
qualifications set forth above; provided that if Agent shall notify Borrower,
Issuing Bank and Lenders that no qualifying Person has accepted such
appointment, then such resignation shall nonetheless become effective in
accordance with such notice and (a) retiring Agent shall be discharged
from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents
(except that in the case of any collateral security held by Agent on behalf
of
Lenders or Issuing Bank under any of the Loan Documents, retiring Agent shall
continue to hold such collateral security until such time as a successor Agent
is appointed) and (b) all payments, communications and determinations
provided to be made by, to or through Agent shall instead be made by or to
each
Lender and Issuing Bank directly, until such time as Majority Lenders appoint
a
successor Agent as provided for above in this Section. Upon the
acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Agent hereunder, such successor shall
succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and
duties of the retiring (or retired) Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be
discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other
Loan Documents (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this
Section). The fees payable by Borrower to a successor Agent shall be
the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between
Borrower and such successor. After the retiring Agent’s resignation
hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Section
9
and Section 10.6 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring
Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Affiliates in respect of any actions
taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring Agent was acting
as Agent.
9.7 Non-Reliance
on Agent and Other Lenders: Each Lender and Issuing Bank
acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon Agent or
any
other Lender or any of their Affiliates and based on such documents and
information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and
decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender and Issuing Bank
also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon Agent
or
any other Lender or any of their Affiliates and based on such documents and
information as it shall from time to time
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9.8 No
Other Duties, Etc.: Anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding, the Arranger listed on the cover page hereof shall not have
any
powers, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any of the other
Loan
Documents, except in its capacity, as applicable, as Agent, a Lender or Issuing
Bank hereunder.
9.9 Agent
May File Proofs of Claim: In case of the pendency of any
proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code or any other judicial proceeding relative
to Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, Agent (irrespective of whether the
principal of any Loan or L/C Obligation shall then be due and payable as herein
expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether Agent
shall
have made any demand on Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor) shall be entitled
and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise
(a) to
file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing
and unpaid in respect of the Loans, L/C Obligations and all other Obligations
that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary
or advisable in order to have the claims of Lenders, Issuing Bank and Agent
(including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements
and advances of Lenders, Issuing Bank and Agent and their respective agents
and
counsel and all other amounts due Lenders, Issuing Bank and Agent under this
Agreement) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and
(b) to
collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on
any
such claims and to distribute the same;
and
any
custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other
similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each
Lender and Issuing Bank to make such payments to Agent and, if Agent shall
consent to the making of such payments directly to Lenders and Issuing Bank,
to
pay to Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other
amounts due Agent under this Agreement.
9.10 Collateral
and Guaranty Matters: Lenders and Issuing Bank irrevocably
authorize Agent, at its option and in its discretion,
(a) to
release any Lien on any property granted to or held by Agent under any Loan
Document (i) upon termination of the Revolving Credit and payment in full of
all
Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations) and the
expiration or termination (or cash collateralization) of all Letters of Credit,
(ii) that is sold or to be sold as part of or in connection with any sale
permitted hereunder or under any other Loan Document, or (iii) as permitted
under Section 3.8 or (iv) if approved, authorized or ratified in
writing in accordance with Section 10.11;
(b) to
release any Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty if
such
Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted
hereunder; and
(c) to
subordinate any Lien on any property granted to or held by Agent under any
Loan
Document to the holder of any Lien on such property that is permitted by Section
7.3.
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9.11 Action
on Instructions of Lenders: With respect to any provision of this
Agreement, or any issue arising there under, concerning which Agent is
authorized to act or withhold action by direction of all Lenders (or as the
case
may be under this Agreement, the Majority Lenders), Agent shall in all cases
be
fully protected in so acting, or in so refraining from acting, hereunder in
accordance with written instructions signed by all Lenders (or as the case
may
be under this Agreement, the Majority Lenders). Such instructions and
any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding on all
Lenders.
9.12 Designation
of additional Agents:
The
parties hereto covenant and agree Commerce shall be the Agent, and that no
additional party designated as a syndication agent, documentation agent,
collateral agent or in any other agent capacity (each such person an “Additional
Agent”) shall, except in the case of the appointment of a successor Agent in
accordance with Section 9.6 hereof, have any rights, duties, responsibilities,
obligations, liabilities, responsibilities or duties, except for those received,
undertaken or incurred by such party in its capacity as a Lender hereunder,
if
applicable. No duty, responsibility, right or option granted to Agent
herein is delegated or transferred, in whole or in part, to any Additional
Agent
and no compensation payable to Agent shall be shared with, or paid to, any
such
Additional Agent. No Additional Agent shall be entitled to any fees or
reimbursement of Expenses except as such Additional Agent shall otherwise be
entitled in its capacity as a Lender. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in this Agreement, no amendment to this Section 9.12 shall
be
effective without the written consent of Agent
SECTION
10. MISCELLANEOUS
10.1 GOVERNING
LAW: THIS AGREEMENT, AND ALL MATERS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO
THIS AGREEMENT, AND ALL RELATED AGREEMENTS AND DOCUMENTS, SHALL BE GOVERNED
BY
AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SUBSTANTIVE LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF
PENNSYLVANIA. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT AND ALL OTHER AGREEMENTS AND
DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO HEREIN ARE TO BE DEEMED SEVERABLE, AND THE INVALIDITY
OR
UNENFORCEABILITY OF ANY PROVISION SHALL NOT AFFECT OR IMPAIR THE REMAINING
PROVISIONS WHICH SHALL CONTINUE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT.
10.2 Integrated
Agreement: The Loan Documents, all related agreements, and this
Agreement shall be construed as integrated and complementary of each other,
and
as augmenting and not restricting Lenders', Issuing Bank's and Agent's rights
and remedies. If, after applying the
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10.3 Waiver: No
omission or delay by Secured Parties in exercising any right or power under
this
Agreement or any related agreements and documents will impair such right or
power or be construed to be a waiver of any default, or Event of Default or
an
acquiescence therein, and any single or partial exercise of any such right
or
power will not preclude other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of
any
other right, and as to Borrower no waiver will be valid unless in writing and
signed by Agent and such Lenders (as required pursuant to Section 10.11) and
then only to the extent specified.
10.4 Expenses;
Indemnity: (a) Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Agent and Agent’s Affiliates (including the
reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for Agent), in connection
with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, the
preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and administration of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents or any amendments, modifications or
waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), (ii) all reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Issuing Bank in connection with the issuance,
amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for
payment thereunder and (iii) all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Agent,
any Lender or Issuing Bank (including the fees, charges and disbursements of
any
counsel for Agent, any Lender or Issuing Bank) in connection with the
enforcement or protection of its rights (A) under or related to this Agreement
and the other Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section, or (B)
in
connection with Loans made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including
all
such out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or
negotiations in respect of such Loans or Letters of Credit (all such
out-of-pocket expenses, fees, charges and disbursements are referred to herein
collectively, as “Expenses”).
(b) Indemnification
by the Borrowers. Borrower shall indemnify Agent (and any
sub-agent thereof), each Lender and Issuing Bank, and each of their respective
officers, employees, agents, sub-agents and attorneys (each such Person being
called an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from,
any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses (including
the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any
Indemnitee), incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against any
Indemnitee by any third party or by Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor arising
out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery
of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument
contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their
respective obligations hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or, in the case of Agent (and
any
sub-agent thereof) and its Indemnitees only, the administration of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit
or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal
by
Issuing Bank to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the
documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with
the terms of such Letter of Credit), (iii) any violation of any Requirement
of Law by Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, or (iv) any actual or
prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any
of
the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory, whether
brought by a third party (including any creditor of Borrower or any Subsidiary
Guarantor) or by Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor or any of Borrower’s or
any Subsidiary Guarantor’s directors, shareholders or creditors, and regardless
of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto;
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(c) To
the extent that Borrower for any reason fails to indefeasibly pay any amount
required under subsection (a) or (b) of this Section to be paid by it
to Agent (or any sub-agent thereof), Issuing Bank or any Indemnitee of any
of
the foregoing, each Lender severally agrees to pay to Agent (or any such
sub-agent), Issuing Bank or such Indemnitee, as the case may be, such Lender’s
Pro-Rata Percentage (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed
expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount, provided
that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability
or
related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against Agent
(or any such sub-agent) or Issuing Bank in its capacity as such, or against
any
Indemnitee of any of the foregoing acting for Agent (or any such sub-agent)
or
Issuing Bank in connection with such capacity. The obligations of
Lenders under this subsection (c) are several and not joint.
10.5 Time: Whenever
Borrower shall be required to make any payment, or perform any act, on a day
which is not a Business Day, such payment may be made, or such act may be
performed, on the next succeeding Business Day. Time is of the
essence in the performance under all provisions of this Agreement and all
related agreements and documents.
10.6 Consequential
Damages: Neither Agent, Issuing or any Lender nor any agent or
attorney of Agent, Issuing or any Lender, shall be liable for any consequential
damages arising from any breach of contract, tort or other wrong relating to
the
establishment, administration or collection of the Obligations.
10.7 Brokerage: This
transaction was brought about and entered into by Agent, Lenders and Borrower
acting as principals and without any brokers, agents or finders being the
effective procuring cause hereof. Borrower represents that it has not
committed Agent or any Lender to the payment of any brokerage fee, commission
or
charge in connection with this transaction. If any such claim is made
on Agent or any Lender by any broker, finder or agent or other person, Borrower
hereby indemnifies, defends and saves such party harmless against such claim
and
further will defend, with counsel satisfactory to Agent, any action or actions
to recover on such claim, at Borrower's own cost and expense, including such
party's reasonable counsel fees. Borrower further agrees that until
any such claim or demand is adjudicated in such party's favor, the amount
demanded shall be deemed a liability of Borrower under this
Agreement.
10.8 Notices:
(a) Any
notice or request hereunder may be given to Borrower or to Agent or any Lender
at their respective addresses set forth below or at such other address as may
hereafter be specified in a notice designated as a notice of change of address
under this Section. Any notice, request, demand, direction or other
communication (for purposes of this Section 10.8 only, a
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(b) In
the case of hand-delivery, when delivered;
(c) If
given by mail, four days after such Notice is deposited with the United States
Postal Service, with first-class postage prepaid, return receipt
requested;
(d) In
the case of a telephonic Notice, when a party is contacted by telephone, if
delivery of such telephonic Notice is confirmed no later than the next Business
Day by hand delivery, a facsimile or electronic transmission, a Website Posting
or an overnight courier delivery of a confirmatory Notice (received at or before
noon on such next Business Day);
(e) In
the case of a facsimile transmission, when sent to the applicable party’s
facsimile machine’s telephone number, if the party sending such Notice receives
confirmation of the delivery thereof from its own facsimile
machine;
(f) In
the case of electronic transmission, when actually received;
(g) In
the case of a Website Posting, upon delivery of a Notice of such posting
(including the information necessary to access such site) by another means
set
forth in this Section 10.8; and
(h) If
given by any other means (including by overnight courier), when actually
received.:
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If
to Agent to:
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Commerce
Bank, N.A.
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0000
Xxxxx 00 Xxxx
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Xxxxxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
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Attn:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Telecopier: 000-000-0000
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With
copies to:
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Blank
Rome LLP
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Xxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
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Xxxxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
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Attn: Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx
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Telecopier: 215-569-5522
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If
to Borrower to:
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Resource
America, Inc.
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Xxx
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000
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Xxxx
Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx Center
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Xxxxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
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Attn: Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx
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Telecopier: 000-000-0000
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With
copies to:
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Ledgewood
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0000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
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Xxxxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
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Attn: Xxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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Telecopier: 215-735-2513
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If
to Lenders:
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to
the addresses set forth on Schedule
A
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(i) Agent
shall be fully entitled to rely upon any facsimile transmission, e-mail, or
other writing purported to be sent by any Authorized Officer (whether requesting
an Advance or otherwise) as being genuine and authorized.
10.9 Headings: The
headings of any paragraph or Section of this Agreement are for convenience
only
and shall not be used to interpret any provision of this Agreement.
10.10 Survival: All
warranties, representations, and covenants made by Borrowers herein, or in
any
agreement referred to herein or on any certificate, document or other instrument
delivered by it or on its behalf under this Agreement, shall be considered
to
have been relied upon by Agent and Lenders, and shall survive the delivery
to
Lenders of the Revolving Credit Notes regardless of any investigation made
by
Lenders or on their behalf. All statements in any such certificate or
other instrument prepared and/or delivered for the benefit of Agent and any
and
all Lenders shall constitute warranties and representations by Borrowers
hereunder. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all
covenants made by Borrowers hereunder or under any other agreement or instrument
shall be deemed continuing until all Obligations are satisfied in
full. All indemnification obligations under this Agreement,
including under Section 2.2, 2.10, 2.14, 2.15, 2.16, 6.5, 10.4 and 10.7, shall
survive the termination of this Agreement and payment of the Obligations for
a
period of two (2) years.
10.11 Amendments:
(a) Neither
the amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan
Document (other than Letter of Credit Documents), nor the consent to any
departure by Borrower therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the
same
shall be in writing and signed by Majority Lenders (or by Agent at the direction
of Majority Lenders), or if Lenders shall not be parties thereto, by the parties
thereto and consented to by Majority Lenders, and each such amendment, waiver
or
consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific
purpose for which given; provided that no amendment, waiver or consent shall
do
any of the following: (i) increase the Pro Rata Percentage of any Lender without
the written consent of such Lender, (ii) except as otherwise expressly
provided in this Agreement with respect to the floating nature of the Base
Rate
or Adjusted LIBOR Rate and except with respect to waiving the Default Rate,
reduce the principal of, or interest on, any Note or any Reimbursement
Obligations or any fees hereunder without the written consent of each Lender
affected thereby, (iii) postpone any date fixed
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(b) After
an acceleration of the Obligations, Agent shall have the right, with
communication (to the extent reasonably practicable under the circumstances)
with all Lenders, to exercise or refrain from exercising any and all right,
remedies, privileges and options under the Loan Documents and available at
law
or in equity to protect and enforce the rights of Lenders and collect the
Obligations, including, without limitation, instituting and pursuing all legal
actions against Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor or to collect the
Obligations, or defending any and all actions brought by Borrower or any
Subsidiary Guarantor or other Person; or incurring Expenses or
otherwise making expenditures to protect the Loans, the Collateral or Lenders'
rights or remedies.
(c) To
the extent Agent is required to obtain or otherwise elects to seek the consent
of Lenders to an action Agent desires to take, if any Lender fails to notify
Agent, in writing, of its consent or dissent to any request of Agent hereunder
within ten (10) Business Days of such Lender's receipt of such request, such
Lender shall be deemed to have given its consent thereto.
(d) Notwithstanding
the fact that the consent of all Lenders is required in certain circumstances
as
set forth above, (i) each Lender is entitled to vote as such Lender sees
fit on any bankruptcy reorganization plan that affects the Loans, and each
Lender acknowledges that the provisions of Section 1126(c) of the
Bankruptcy Code supersedes the unanimous consent provisions set forth herein
and
(ii) Majority Lenders may consent to allow Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor
to
use cash collateral in the context of a bankruptcy or insolvency
proceeding.
10.12 Assignments
and Participations:
(a) Borrower
shall not have the right to assign or delegate their obligations and duties
under this Agreement or any other Loan Documents or any interest therein except
with the prior written consent of Agent and Lenders.
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(b) Notwithstanding
subsection (c) of this Section 10.12, nothing herein shall restrict, prevent
or
prohibit any Lender from (i) pledging or granting a security interest in its
Loans hereunder to a Federal Reserve Bank in support of borrowings made by
such
Lender from such Federal Reserve Bank or (ii) granting assignments or
participations in the Loans and/or commitments hereunder to its parent and/or
to
any Affiliate of such Lender or to any other existing Lender or Affiliate.
Any
Lender may make, carry or transfer Loans at, to or for the account of, any
of
its branch offices or the office of an Affiliate of such Lender except to the
extent such transfer would result in increased costs to Borrowers.
(c) Each
Lender may, with the consent of Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably
withheld or delayed) and (if no Event of Default is outstanding) with the
consent of Borrowers (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed),
but without the consent of any other Lender, assign to one or more banks or
other financial institutions all or a portion of its rights and obligations
under this Agreement and the Notes; provided that (i) for each such assignment,
the parties thereto shall execute and deliver to Agent, for its acceptance
(if
properly completed and executed in accordance with the terms hereof) and
recording in its books and records, an Assignment Agreement, together with
any
Note or Notes subject to such assignment, (ii) no such assignment shall be
for less than a Revolving Credit Pro Rata Share of $5,000,000 or, if less,
the
entire remaining Pro Rata Percentage of such Lender of the Loans, (iii) the
assignor and assignee shall pay to Agent, as agreed between such assignor and
assignee, a processing fee of $3,500. Upon such execution and
delivery of the Assignment Agreement to Agent, from and after the date specified
as the effective date in the Assignment Agreement (the "Acceptance Date"),
(x)
the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto, and, to the extent that rights
and obligations hereunder have been assigned to it pursuant to such Assignment
Agreement, such assignee shall have the rights and obligations of a Lender
hereunder and (y) the assignor thereunder shall, to the extent that rights
and obligations hereunder have been assigned by it pursuant to such Assignment
Agreement, relinquish its rights (other than any rights it may have pursuant
to
Section 10.4 which will survive) and be released from its obligations under
this
Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment Agreement covering all or the
remaining portion of an assigning Lender's rights and obligations under this
Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto).
(d) Within
5 Business Days after request by Agent, Borrower shall execute and deliver
to
Agent in exchange for any surrendered Note or Notes (which the assigning Lender
agrees to promptly deliver to Borrower) a new Note or Notes to the order of
the
assignee in an amount equal to the Revolving Credit Pro Rata Share assumed
by it
pursuant to such Assignment Agreement and, if the assigning Lender has retained
a Revolving Credit Pro Rata Share hereunder, a new Note to the order of the
assigning Lender in an amount equal to the Revolving Credit Pro Rata Share
retained by it hereunder. Such new Note or Notes shall re-evidence
the indebtedness outstanding under the old Notes and shall be in an aggregate
principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of such surrendered
Note, shall be dated the Closing Date and shall otherwise be in substantially
the form of the Note subject to such assignment.
(e) Each
Lender may sell participations (without the consent of Agent, Borrower or any
other Lender) to one or more parties in or to all or a portion of its rights
and
obligations under this Agreement (including, without limitation, all or a
portion of its Revolving Credit Pro Rata Share, the Loans owing to it and the
Note held by it); provided that (i) such Lender's obligations under this
Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely
responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations,
(iii) such Lender shall remain the
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(f) Each
Lender agrees that, without the prior written consent of Borrower and Agent,
it
will not make any assignment or sell a participation hereunder in any manner
or
under any circumstances that would require registration or qualification of,
or
filings in respect of, any Loan, Note or other Obligation under the securities
laws of the United States of America or of any jurisdiction.
(g) In
connection with the efforts of any Lender to assign its rights or obligations
or
to participate interests, Agent or such Lender may disclose any information
in
its possession regarding Borrower, their finances and/or Property.
10.13 Successors
and Assigns: This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the
parties. Borrower may not transfer, assign or delegate any of its
duties or obligations hereunder.
10.14 Duplicate
Originals: Two or more duplicate originals of this Agreement may
be signed by the parties, each of which shall be an original but all of which
together shall constitute one and the same instrument. This Agreement
may be executed in counterparts, all of which counterparts taken together shall
constitute one completed fully executed document.
10.15 Modification: No
modification hereof or any agreement referred to herein shall be binding or
enforceable unless in writing and signed by Borrower, Agent, Issuing Bank and
Lenders except as provided in Section 10 hereof. Any modification in
accordance with the terms hereof shall be binding on all parties hereto, whether
or not each is a signatory thereto.
10.16 Signatories: Each
individual signatory hereto represents and warrants that he is duly authorized
to execute this Agreement on behalf of his principal and that he executes
the Agreement in such capacity and not as a party.
10.17 Third
Parties: No rights are intended to be created hereunder, or under
any related agreements or documents for the benefit of any third party donee,
creditor or incidental beneficiary of Borrower. Nothing contained in
this Agreement shall be construed as a delegation to Agent, Issuing Bank or
any
Lender of Borrower's duty of performance, including, without limitation,
Borrower's duties under any account or contract with any other
Person.
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10.18 Discharge
of Taxes, Borrowers' Obligations, Etc.: Agent, in its sole
discretion, shall have the right at any time, and from time to time, if Borrower
fails to timely perform, to: (a) pay for the performance of any of Borrower's
Obligations hereunder, and (b) discharge taxes or Liens, at any time levied
or
placed on any of Borrower's Property in violation of this Agreement unless
such
entity is in good faith with due diligence by appropriate proceedings contesting
such taxes or Liens and maintaining proper reserves therefore in accordance
with
GAAP. Expenses and advances shall be added to the Revolving Credit,
bear interest at the rate applied to the Revolving Credit, until reimbursed
to
Agent. Such payments and advances made by Agent shall not be
construed as a waiver by Agent or Lenders of an Event of Default under this
Agreement.
10.19 Withholding
and Other Tax Liabilities: Agent shall have the right to refuse
to make any Advances from time to time unless Borrower shall, at Agent's
request, have given to Agent evidence, reasonably satisfactory to Agent, that
it
has properly deposited or paid, as required by law, all withholding taxes and
all federal, state, city, county or other taxes due up to and including the
date
of the requested Advance. Copies of deposit slips showing
payment shall likewise constitute satisfactory evidence for such
purpose. In the event that any lien, assessment or tax liability
against Borrower shall arise in favor of any taxing authority, whether or not
notice thereof shall be filed or recorded as may be required by law, Agent
shall
have the right (but shall not be obligated, nor shall Agent or any Lender hereby
assume the duty) to pay any such lien, assessment or tax liability by virtue
of
which such charge shall have arisen; provided, however, that Agent shall not
pay
any such tax, assessment or lien if the amount, applicability or validity
thereof is being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings by
such
entity. In order to pay any such lien, assessment or tax liability,
Agent shall not be obliged to wait until said lien, assessment or tax liability
is filed before taking such action as hereinabove set forth. Any sum
or sums which Agent (shared ratably by Lenders) shall have paid for the
discharge of any such lien shall be added to the Revolving Credit and shall
be
paid by Borrower to Agent with interest thereon at the highest rate applicable
to the Revolving Credit, upon demand, and Agent shall be subrogated to all
rights of such taxing authority against Borrower.
10.20 Consent
to Jurisdiction: Borrower, Agent, Issuing Bank and each Lender
hereby irrevocably consent to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts
of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or the United States District Court for
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in any and all actions and proceedings whether
arising hereunder or under any other agreement or
undertaking. Borrower waives any objection which Borrowers may have
based upon lack of personal jurisdiction, improper venue or forum non
conveniens. Borrower irrevocably agrees to service of process by
certified mail, return receipt requested to the address of the appropriate
party
set forth herein.
10.21 Waiver
of Jury Trial: BORROWER, AGENT, ISSUING BANK AND EACH LENDER
HEREBY WAIVE ANY AND ALL RIGHTS IT MAY HAVE TO A JURY TRIAL IN CONNECTION WITH
ANY LITIGATION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING WITH RESPECT TO RIGHTS AND
OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HERETO OR UNDER THE LOAN DOCUMENTS OR WITH RESPECT
TO
ANY CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF ANY DISCUSSIONS, NEGOTIATIONS OR COMMUNICATIONS
INVOLVING OR RELATED TO ANY PROPOSED RENEWAL, EXTENSION, AMENDMENT,
MODIFICATION, RESTRUCTURE, FORBEARANCE, WORKOUT, OR ENFORCEMENT OF THE
TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THE LOAN DOCUMENTS.
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10.22 Termination: Borrower
may terminate this Agreement at any time upon ten (10) days' prior written
notice upon payment in full of the Obligations. In connection with any request
for a termination hereunder and upon Borrower's request, Agent shall issue
a
pay-off letter to Borrower. The termination of this Agreement
shall not affect Borrower's or Agent's, Issuing Bank's or any Lender's rights,
or any of the Obligations having their inception prior to the
effective date of such termination, and the provisions hereof shall continue
to
be fully operative until all Obligations (including payment of all obligations
arising under Section 2.10 of this Agreement) have been paid in full, and all
outstanding Letters of Credit have been cash collateralized or backstopped
to
Issuing Bank’s satisfaction; provided that, any indemnification provisions that
expressly survive termination shall continue. The security interests,
Liens and rights granted to Agent hereunder and the financing statements filed
hereunder shall continue in full force and effect, notwithstanding the
termination of this Agreement or the fact that the Obligations may from time
to
time be temporarily in a zero or credit position, until all of the Obligations
(including payment of all obligations arising under Section 2.10 of this
Agreement) of Borrower have been paid or performed in full, this Agreement
has
been terminated, and all outstanding Letters of Credit have been cash
collateralized or backstopped to Issuing Bank’s satisfaction, or Borrower has
furnished Agent with an indemnification satisfactory to Agent with respect
thereto.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned parties have executed this Agreement the day
and year first above written.
BORROWER: RESOURCE
AMERICA, INC.
By: ___________________________________
Name:
____________________________________
Title: ___________________________________
AGENT
AND
ISSUING
BANK: COMMERCE BANK,
N.A., as Agent and Issuing Bank
By:
Name:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx,
Title: Senior
Vice President
LENDERS: COMMERCE
BANK, N.A., as Lender
By:
Name:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx,
Title: Senior
Vice President
SCHEDULE
A
Lenders
|
Pro
Rata Percentage
|
Revolving
Credit
Pro
Rata Share
|
Commerce
Bank, N.A.
|
100%
|
$50,000,000
|
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SCHEDULE
B
Commerce
Bank, N.A.
0000
Xxxxx 00 Xxxx
Xxxxxx
Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxx
Telecopier: 000-000-0000
SCHEDULE
C
EXCLUDED
SUBSIDIARIES
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SCHEDULE
D
LEGACY
ENTITIES
1.
Resource Properties VIII
2.
Resource Properties XIV
3.
Resource Properties XVII
4.
Resource Properties XXIV
5.
Resource Properties XXV
6.
Resource Properties XXVI
7.
Resource Properties XXX
8.
Resource Properties XXXI
9.
Resource Properties XXXIII
10.
Resource Properties XL
11.
Resource Properties XLI
12.
Resource Properties XLIX
13.
Resource Properties 54
14.
Resource Properties XLVII
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SCHEDULE
E
MANAGEMENT
AGREEMENTS
1. Collateral
Management Agreement between Ischus Capital Management, LLC and Ischus Mezzanine
CDO III, LTD. dated June 29, 2006.
2. Collateral
Management Agreement between Ischus Capital Management, LLC and Ischus High
Grade Funding I LTD. dated March 6, 2006.
3. Collateral
Management Agreement between Ischus Capital Management, LLC and Ischus CDO
I,
LTD. dated December 29, 2004.
4. Portfolio
Management Agreement between Apidos CDO V and Apidos Capital Management, LLC
dated March 8, 2007.
5. Collateral
Management Agreement between Apidos Quattro CDO and Apidos Capital Management,
LLC dated October 31, 2006.
6. Collateral
Administration Agreement between Apidos CDO IV and Apidos Capital Management,
LLC dated September 14, 2006.
7. Collateral
Administration Agreement between Apidos CDO II and Apidos Capital Management,
LLC dated December 21, 2005.
8. Collateral
Management Agreement between Ischus Synthetic ABS CDO 2006-1 LTD. and Ischus
Capital Management LLC dated March 9, 2006.
9. Management
Agreement between Resource Capital Corp. and Resource Capital Manager, Inc.
dated March 8, 2005.
10. Collateral
Management Agreement between Ischus Synthetic ABS CDO 2006-2 LTD. and Ischus
Capital Management LLC dated December 21, 2006.
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SCHEDULE
F
TRAPEZA
MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTS
1. Collateral
Management Agreement between Trapeza Capital Management, LLC and Trapeza CDO
I,
LLC dated November 19, 2002.
2.
Collateral Management Agreement between Trapeza Capital Management, LLC and
Trapeza CDO II, LLC dated March 11, 2003.
3. Collateral
Management Agreement between Trapeza Capital Management, LLC and Trapeza CDO
III, LLC dated June 25, 2003.
4. Collateral
Management Agreement between Trapeza Capital Management, LLC and Trapeza CDO
IV,
LLC dated October 21, 2003.
5. Collateral
Management Agreement between Trapeza Capital Management, LLC and Trapeza CDO
V,
LTD. dated December 18, 2003.
6. Collateral
Management Agreement between Trapeza Management Group, LLC and Trapeza CDO
VI,
LTD. dated April 20, 2004.
7. Collateral
Management Agreement between Principal Global Investors, LLC, Trapeza Capital
Management, LLC and Trapeza Edge CDO, LTD. dated August 11, 2005.
8. Collateral
Management Agreement between Trapeza Capital Management, LLC and Trapeza CDO
IX,
LTD. dated January 10, 2006.
9. Collateral
Management Agreement between Trapeza Management Group, LLC and Trapeza CDO
VII,
LTD. dated October 19, 2004.
10. Collateral
Management Agreement between Trapeza Capital Management, LLC and Trapeza CDO
XI,
LTD. dated November 8, 2006.
11. Collateral
Management Agreement between Trapeza Capital Management, LLC and Trapeza CDO
XII, LTD. dated March 15, 2007.
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SCHEDULE
G
ENTITIES
TO BE DISSOLVED
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