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EXHIBIT 10.74
SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT
THIS SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is made and entered into
by and among GEOTRAC OF AMERICA INC., (formerly known as Bankers Hazard
Determination Systems, Inc. and successor by merger to Geotrac, Inc., (formerly
known as YoSystems, Inc. and successor by merger to SMS Geotrac, Inc.)), a
Florida corporation ("Borrower"), INSURANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS GROUP, INC.,
(collectively, "Subordinated Lender") and THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK, a
national banking association, its successors and assign ("Senior Lender").
RECITALS
A. Geotrac, Inc. (formerly known as YoSystems, Inc. and successor by
merger to SMS Geotrac, Inc.) ("Old Geotrac"), Bankers Insurance Group, Inc.
("BIG"), Xxxxxx X. and Xxxxxx Xxxxx ("Whites") and Bankers Hazard Determination
Services, Inc. ("BHDS") and Subordinated Lender entered into an Agreement and
Plan Merger dated as of the 28th day of May, 1998, (the "Merger Agreement"), a
copy of which has been furnished to Senior Lender. Old Geotrac and BHDS merged
pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, the surviving entity referred to herein
as Borrower. The indebtedness of Borrower to the Subordinated Lender arises
under Section 2.01(d) of the Merger Agreement and in connection with certain
preferred stock issued by Borrower to Subordinated Lender (the "Preferred
Stock"). The parties hereto represent that the Subordinated Indebtedness (as
hereinafter defined) has not heretofore been assigned to or subordinated in
favor of any other person.
B. Old Geotrac has borrowed monies (the "Loans") from Senior Lender, as
evidenced by a Loan and Security Agreement dated as of July 31, 1997, as
amended from time to time (the "Loan Agreement") and related documents between
Senior Lender and Old Geotrac, of even date therewith, as the same may be
amended from time to time (collectively, the "Loan Documents"). The Loans and
the Loan Documents have been assumed and ratified by Borrower. The Loans are
secured by a first priority blanket lien on all of Borrower's assets.
C. In order to induce Senior Lender, its successors or assigns, to
continue to make the Loans, or to grant renewals, or extensions, modifications,
or amendments to the Loans, as Senior Lender may deem advisable, Subordinated
Lender desires to subordinate the Subordinated Indebtedness and all security
held therefor to any and all indebtedness now or hereafter owing by Borrower to
Senior Lender in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
D. Subordinated Lender acknowledges that the continuing extensions of
credit and other financial accommodations to Borrower by Senior Lender is of
value to Subordinated Lender.
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PROVISIONS
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is
hereby acknowledged by Subordinated Lender, and in order to induce Senior
Lender, now or from time to time hereafter, to extend credit or other financial
accommodation to Borrower pursuant to the Loan Agreement as it may be amended,
modified or restated, Subordinated Lender hereby agrees as follows:
1. Subordination of Subordinated Indebtedness. Any and all indebtedness
for borrowed money together with all accrued interest thereon; and any other
indebtedness now owing or which hereafter may become owing by or from Borrower
to Subordinated Lender, including, without limitation, indebtedness arising in
connection with the Preferred Stock, howsoever such indebtedness may be
hereafter created, extended, renewed or evidenced, together with all accrued
interest thereon and any and all other present and future obligations and
liabilities owing by Borrower to Subordinated Lender, howsoever such
obligations and liabilities may be created, extended, renewed or evidenced (all
such indebtedness, obligations and liabilities referred to collectively as the
"Subordinated Indebtedness") shall at all times and in all respects be
subordinate and junior in right of payment to any and all indebtedness of
Borrower to Senior Lender, its successors and assigns, including, without
limitation, the Loans and any extensions, renewals, modifications, and
amendments thereof and all accrued interest thereon (collectively, the "Senior
Debt").
2. Permitted Payments. Unless and until (A) all of the Senior Debt shall
have been fully and finally paid and satisfied, and (B) all financing
arrangements, including, but not limited to the Loan Agreement, between
Borrower and Senior Lender have been terminated, no payments of principal or
interest shall be made on or with respect to the Subordinated Indebtedness by
or on behalf of Borrower (or by Guarantor) or accepted by Subordinated Lender,
except as permitted in this Section 2. Borrower may from time to time, pay or
cause to be paid to Subordinated Lender and Subordinated Lender may accept from
Borrower payment of regularly scheduled payments of accrued interest (at a
non-default rate of interest) pursuant to the terms and conditions of any
subordinated promissory note or notes previously approved by Senior Lender in
connection with any indebtedness arising under Section 2.01(d) of the Agreement
(a "Subordinated Note"), and any interest or dividend payments payable to
Subordinated Lender in accordance with the terms of the Preferred Stock,
subject to the limitations and restrictions set forth in the Loan Agreement,
including, without limitation, Section 6.11 thereof, provided that no Event of
Default then exists or would have occurred but for the passage of time or
giving of notice or both, or will have occurred after giving effect to any
payment which otherwise would be permitted hereby under the Loan Agreement or
any of the other Loan Documents (herein referred to as a "Standstill Event").
In the event any Standstill Event shall have occurred, all payments pursuant to
a Subordinated Note or in connection with the Preferred Stock from Borrower to
Subordinated Lender shall cease immediately and Borrower shall not make, nor
shall Subordinated Lender accept any such payment from or on behalf of Borrower
until such time as Subordinated Lender and Borrower receive written permission
from Senior Lender to commence such payments again.
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Subordinated Lender hereby agrees not to accept any prepayments of any payment
due on account of the Subordinated Indebtedness.
3. Forbearance: Subordination of Liens. Unless and until (A) all of the
Senior Debt shall have been fully and finally paid and satisfied, and (B) all
financing arrangements, including, but not limited to the Loan Agreement,
between Borrower and Senior Lender have been terminated, Subordinated Lender
shall not: (i) declare the Subordinated Indebtedness or any portion thereof to
be due and payable prior to the stated maturity date, nor accelerate the
maturity date thereof; (ii) enforce or exercise any right of demand or setoff
or commence any legal or other action against Borrower or any third party to
collect upon any Subordination Indebtedness; (iii) take or accept any
collateral or security with respect to the Subordinated Indebtedness without
the prior written consent of Senior Lender; (iv) commence foreclosure or any
other similar type of proceedings or exercise any similar remedies in respect
of any collateral for the Subordinated Indebtedness; (v) enforce any judgment
that it might obtain with respect to the Subordinated Indebtedness (including,
without limitation, execution, attachment or foreclosure of judgment liens
against any assets of Borrower) without obtaining the prior written consent of
Senior Lender; or (vi) commence or join with any other creditor or creditors of
Borrower in commencing any bankruptcy, reorganization or insolvency proceedings
against Borrower. All rights, liens and security interests of Subordinated
Lender in any assets of Borrower or any other person securing the Senior Debt,
whether now or hereafter arising and howsoever existing, shall be and hereby
are subordinated to the rights and interests of Senior Lender under this
Agreement and in those assets. Subordinated Lender shall have no right to
possession of any such assets or to foreclose or execute upon any such assets,
whether by judicial action or otherwise.
4. Bankruptcy Proceedings. In the event of (i) any distribution, division
or application, partial or complete, voluntary or involuntary, by operation of
law or otherwise, of all or any part of the assets of Borrower or the proceeds
thereof, to creditors of Borrower by reason of the liquidation, dissolution or
other winding up of Borrower's business, or (ii) any sale, receivership,
insolvency or bankruptcy proceeding, or assignment for the benefit of
creditors, or any proceeding by or against Borrower for any relief under any
bankruptcy or insolvency laws relating to the relief of debtors, readjustment
of indebtedness, reorganization, compositions or extensions, Subordinated
Lender covenants that any payment or distribution of any kind or character to
or received by Subordinated Lender, either in cash, securities or other
property which shall be paid or delivered, or payable or deliverable, upon or
with respect to the Subordinated Indebtedness immediately shall be paid or
delivered directly to Senior Lender for application on the Senior Debt, whether
or not due, of Borrower to Senior Lender until the Senior Debt to Senior Lender
first shall have been fully paid and satisfied. Until Senior Debt shall have
been fully and finally paid and satisfied with interest and financing
arrangements, including, but not limited to the Loan Agreement, between
Borrower and Senior Lender have been terminated, in order to enable Senior
Lender to enforce its rights hereunder in any such action or proceeding, Senior
Lender is hereby irrevocably authorized and empowered in its sole discretion to
make and present for and on behalf of Subordinated Lender such proofs of claims
against Borrower on account of the Subordinated Indebtedness hereby
subordinated as Senior Lender may deem expedient or proper and to vote such
proofs of claims in any such proceeding and to receive and collect any and
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all dividends or other payments or disbursements made thereon in whatever form
the same may be paid or issued and to apply the same on account of any of the
Senior Debt.
5. Appointment of Power of Attorney. Upon the occurrence of an Event of
Default, Subordinated Lender irrevocably authorizes, appoints, and empowers
Senior Lender to demand, xxx for, collect, and receive every such payment or
distribution and give acquittance therefor and to file claims and take such
other proceedings, in Senior Lender's own name or in the name of and as
attorney-in-fact for Subordinated Lender, as Senior Lender may deem necessary
or advisable for the enforcement of this Agreement; and Subordinated Lender
shall execute and deliver to Senior Lender such powers of attorney,
assignments, or other instruments as may be requested by Senior Lender to
enable Senior Lender to enforce any and all claims upon or with respect to the
Subordinated indebtedness and to collect and receive all payments or
distributions which may be payable or deliverable at any time upon or with
respect to the Subordinated Indebtedness.
6. Delivery of Payment to Senior Lender. Except for the payments permitted
pursuant to Section 2 of this Agreement, if any payment, distribution, security
or proceeds thereof is received by Subordinated Lender upon or with respect to
any indebtedness of Borrower to Subordinated Lender (including the Subordinated
Indebtedness) prior to the satisfaction in full of the Senior Debt by Borrower,
Subordinated Lender immediately shall deliver the same to Senior Lender in
precisely the form received (except for the endorsement or assignment of
Subordinated Lender where necessary), for application to the Senior Debt,
whether or not due, and until so delivered the same shall be held in trust by
Subordinated Lender as property of Senior Lender. In the event of the failure
of Subordinated Lender to make any such endorsement or assignment, Senior
Lender, or any of its officers or employees, hereby irrevocably is constituted
and appointed attorney-in-fact of Subordinated Lender with full power to make
the same. Subordinated Lender hereby agrees that all payments received by
Senior Lender may be applied and reapplied, in whole or in part, to any of the
Senior Debt, as Senior Lender, in its sole discretion, deem appropriate. By its
execution of this Agreement, Borrower agrees not to pay Subordinated Lender any
sum on account of any of the Subordinated Indebtedness or to give Subordinated
Lender any collateral as security therefor at any time when payment thereof
would be in breach of any of the terms of this Agreement.
7. Assignment of Claims. Subordinated Lender shall not assign or transfer
any claim, nor suffer or permit the creation or attachment of any lien, claim
or encumbrance, hypothecation or pledge upon any claim, it has or may have
against Borrower while any portion of the Senior Debt remains unpaid unless
such assignment or transfer is made expressly subject to this Agreement and
upon obtaining Senior Lender's prior written consent to such an assignment or
transfer.
8. Legend. Any Subordinated Note, and any other instrument evidencing any
of the Subordinated Indebtedness, including, without limitation, the Preferred
Stock or any portion thereof, shall bear the following legend on the first page
thereof:
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"THE INDEBTEDNESS EVIDENCED BY THIS NOTE OR INSTRUMENT IS SUBORDINATE
TO THE INDEBTEDNESS OF THE MAKER (OR ANY SUCCESSOR THERETO) TO THE
HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK OR ITS SUCCESSORS OR ASSIGNS PURSUANT TO THE
TERMS OF A SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT DATED JULY ___, 1998 (OR ANY
SUCCESSOR AGREEMENT WHICH REPLACES AND REFERENCES SUCH AGREEMENT)."
9. Possession of Subordinated Note(s). Subordinated Lender agrees that the
original of any Subordinated Note, and the original of any modification,
amendment or restatement thereof, shall be held by Senior Lender until the
Subordinated Indebtedness is indefeasibly paid in full. Any instrument
evidencing any of the Subordinated Indebtedness, or any portion thereof, which
is hereafter executed by Borrower will, on the date of such execution, be
inscribed with the aforesaid legend and the original thereof will be delivered
to Senior Lender. Subordinated Lender will not modify, amend, change, or
otherwise alter the terms and provisions of the Subordinated Note or any other
instrument evidencing the Subordinated Indebtedness in any manner that affects
Senior Lender's rights under this Agreement, without the prior written consent
of Senior Lender.
10. Additional Agreements with Senior Lender: Cross-Default. At any time,
and from time to time, Senior Lender may enter into any agreements with
Borrower as Senior Lender may deem proper extending the time of payment or
renewing or otherwise altering the terms of the Loan Documents or affecting the
security underlying any or all of such obligations, or may exchange, sell, or
surrender or otherwise deal with any such security, or may release any balance
of funds of Borrower, with Senior Lender, without notice to Subordinated
Lender, and without in any way impairing or affecting this Agreement thereby.
Any default by Borrower or Subordinated Lender pursuant to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement shall constitute an Event of Default under the
Loan Agreement.
11. Continuing Nature of Subordination. This is a continuing agreement of
subordination and Senior Lender may continue, at any time and without notice to
Subordinated Lender, to extend credit or other financial accommodation or
benefit and loan monies to or for the account of Borrower on the faith hereof.
This Agreement shall be irrevocable by Subordinated Lender and shall continue
to be effective until the Senior Debt shall have been fully and finally
discharged and all financing arrangements, including, but not limited to the
Loan Agreement, between Borrower and Senior Lender have been terminated.
Subordinated Lender consents and covenants that all obligations and liabilities
of Borrower to Senior Lender shall be deemed to have been made or incurred, in
part, in reliance upon this Agreement.
12. Waiver of Notice. The undersigned hereby waive: (a) notice of
acceptance of this Agreement; (b) notice of the existence, creation, extension,
refunding, refinancing or non-payment of all or any of the Senior Debt; (c) all
diligence in collection or protection of or realization upon the Senior Debt or
any part thereof or any security therefor; and (d) notice of the release,
waiver or cancellation of any obligors or guarantors of all or any portion of
the Senior Debt or any security therefor. Subordinated Lender agrees that
Senior Lender has made no warranties or
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representations with respect to the due execution, legality, validity,
completeness or enforceability of the Loan Agreement, or the collectability of
the Senior Debt, that Senior Lender shall be entitled to manage and supervise
its loans to Borrower and its relationship with Borrower in accordance with its
usual practices, modified from time to time as Senior Lender deems appropriate
under the circumstances, without regard to the existence of any rights that
Subordinated Lender may now or hereafter have in or to any of the assets of
Borrower. Subordinated Lender agrees that Senior Lender shall not have any
liability to Subordinated Lender for, and waives any claim which Subordinated
Lender may now or hereafter have against Senior Lender arising out of: (i) any
and all actions which Senior Lender, in good faith, takes or omits to take with
respect to the Loan Agreement or any other agreement related thereto or to the
collection of the Senior Debt; (ii) Senior Lender's election, in any proceeding
instituted under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code (11 U.S.C.
Section 101 et seq.) (the "Bankruptcy Code"), of the application of Section
1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code; and/or (iii) any borrowing or grant of a
security interest under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code.
13. Refinancing of Senior Debt. Senior Lender may, from time to time,
without notice to the undersigned, assign or transfer any or all of the Senior
Debt or any interest therein or permit another person (a "Refinancing Party")
to extend credit to Borrower to enable Borrower to repay all or a portion of
the Senior Debt (a "Refinancing"), and, notwithstanding any such assignment,
transfer or Refinancing or any subsequent assignment, transfer or Refinancing,
such Senior Debt shall be and remain Senior Debt for the purposes of this
Agreement, and every immediate and successive assignee or transferee of any of
the Senior Debt or of any interest therein, including, without limitation, any
Refinancing Party, shall, to the extent of the interest of such assignee,
transferee or Refinancing Party in the Senior Debt, be entitled to the benefits
of this Agreement to the same extent as if such assignee, transferee or
Refinancing Party were Senior Lender. Borrower and Subordinated Lender agree to
execute a subordination agreement in substantially the same form as this
Agreement in favor of the Refinancing Party upon request by Senior Lender.
14. Information Concerning Financial Condition of Borrower. Subordinated
Lender hereby assumes responsibility for keeping itself informed of the
financial condition of Borrower, any and all endorsers and any and all
guarantors of the Senior Debt and of all other circumstances bearing upon the
risk of non-payment of the Senior Debt and/or Subordinated Indebtedness that
diligent inquiry would reveal, and Subordinated Lender hereby agrees that
Senior Lender shall not have any duty to advise Subordinated Lender of
information known to Senior Lender regarding such condition or any such
circumstances. In the event Senior Lender, in its sole discretion, undertakes,
at any time or from time to time, to provide any such information to
Subordinated Lender, Senior Lender shall not be under any obligation to
disclose any information which, pursuant to accepted or reasonable commercial
finance practice, Senior Lender wishes to maintain confidential.
15. Representation and Warranty of Subordinated Lender. Borrower and
Subordinated Lender hereby represent and warrant to Senior Lender as follows:
(i) that Borrower is not in default of any covenant and no event of default has
occurred or would occur with the passage of time under any agreement or
instrument issued in connection with the Subordinated Indebtedness;
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(ii) that the terms and provisions of the Loan Agreement, this Agreement and
the other Loan Documents do not violate any term or provision of the
Subordinated Indebtedness; (iii) that it has not previously assigned any
interest in the Subordinated Indebtedness; (iv) that no other party owns any
interest in the Subordinated Indebtedness other than Subordinated Lender
(whether as joint holders of the Subordinated Indebtedness, participants or
otherwise) and that the entire Subordinated Indebtedness is and shall continue
to be owing only to Subordinated Lender; (v) that as of the date hereof, the
accrual of dividends on the Preferred Stock, is the only monetary obligation
owing by Borrower to Subordinated Lender; (vi) that Borrower has no obligations
to Subordinated Lender, monetary or otherwise, other than in connection with
the Preferred Stock and pursuant to Section 2.01(d) of the Merger Agreement and
any Subordinated Note which may be issued in connection therewith; and (vii)
that it has all necessary authority to grant the subordination evidenced hereby
and execute this Agreement.
16. No Waiver of Senior Lender's Rights. No waiver shall be deemed to be
made by Senior Lender or any of its rights hereunder, unless the same shall be
in writing signed on behalf of Senior Lender, and each waiver, if any, shall be
a waiver only with respect to the specific instance involved and shall in no way
impair the rights of Senior Lender or the obligations of Subordinated Lender to
Senior Lender in any other respect at any other time. The subordination
provisions contained in this Agreement are for the benefit of Senior Lender and
may not be rescinded, canceled, amended or modified in any way without the prior
written consent thereto executed by Senior Lender. Senior Lender shall not be
prejudiced in its rights to enforce the subordination contained in this
Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof by any act or failure by Senior
Lender or Borrower to provide Subordinated Lender with any notice.
17. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed according to the laws
of the State of Ohio. Wherever possible, each provision of this Agreement shall
be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable
law, but if any provisions of this Agreement shall be prohibited by or invalid
under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such
prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provision
or the remaining provisions of this Agreement.
18. Entire Agreement. This Agreement sets forth the entire Agreement and
understanding among the parties as to the subject matter hereof and merges and
supersedes all prior discussions, agreements, and undertakings of every kind
and nature among them with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement
shall be immediately binding upon Borrower and Subordinated Lender, and their
successors and permitted assigns, and the subordination described herein shall
inure to the benefit of any assignee or successor in interest of Senior Lender.
19. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, and by the parties hereto on the same or separate counterparts,
and each such counterpart, when executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be
an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and
the same Agreement.
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20. Notice. All notices, requests, demands and other communications
provided for hereunder shall be in writing and, if mailed by registered mail or
delivered, addressed at the address specified on the signature pages of this
Agreement. All notices, statements, requests, demands and other communications
provided for hereunder shall be deemed to be given or made when delivered or,
if registered mail, upon refusal to accept.
21. Jurisdiction and Venue. All judicial proceedings arising out of or
relating to this Agreement or any obligation hereunder will be brought in the
United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio or in the Court
of Common Pleas, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, and by their respective execution and
delivery of this Agreement, the undersigned accept for themselves and in
connection with their properties, generally and unconditionally, the
jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts and waive any defense of forum non
conveniens, and irrevocably agree to be bound by any judgment rendered thereby
in connection with this Agreement.
22. JURY TRIAL WAIVER. THE UNDERSIGNED, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW,
WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO HAVE A JURY PARTICIPATE IN RESOLVING ANY DISPUTE WHETHER
SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE, AMONG SENIOR LENDER AND ANY OF THEM
ARISING OUT OF, IN CONNECTION WITH, RELATED TO OR INCIDENTAL TO THE RELATIONSHIP
ESTABLISHED BETWEEN THEM IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY DOCUMENT
EXECUTED OR DELIVERED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED
THERETO.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of
the ___ day of July, 1998.
SENIOR LENDER: BORROWER:
THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK, GEOTRAC OF AMERICA, INC.
a national banking association (formerly known as Bankers Hazard
Determination Services, Inc. and successor
by merger to Geotrac, Inc.
(formerly known as YoSystems, Inc. and
successor by merger to SMS Geotrac,
Inc.)), a Florida corporation
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx By: /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
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Title: V.P. Title: President
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SUBORDINATED LENDER:
INSURANCE MANAGEMENT
SERVICES GROUP, INC.,
a Florida corporation
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxx
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Print Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxx
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Title: Secretary
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