LOAN, SECURITY AND GUARANTEE AGREEMENT Dated as of March 26, 2020 AUTOWEB, INC., as Borrower AUTOBYTEL, INC., AW GUA USA, INC., and CAR.COM, INC., as Guarantors CERTAIN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, as Lenders CIT NORTHBRIDGE CREDIT LLC, as Agent CIT...
Exhibit 10.1
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Dated
as of March 26, 2020
______________________________________________________________________________
as
Borrower
_________________________________________________________________________________
AUTOBYTEL,
INC.,
AW
GUA USA, INC.,
and
XXX.XXX,
INC.,
as
Guarantors
______________________________________________________________________________
CERTAIN
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS,
as
Lenders
_______________________________________________________________________________
CIT NORTHBRIDGE CREDIT LLC,
as
Agent
______________________________________________________________________________
CIT NORTHBRIDGE CREDIT LLC,
as Sole
Lead Arranger and Sole Bookrunner
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION 1.
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DEFINITIONS; RULES OF CONSTRUCTION
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1
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1.1
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Definitions
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1
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1.2
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Accounting Terms
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21
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1.3
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Uniform Commercial Code
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21
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1.4
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Certain Matters of Construction
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21
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1.5
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Divisions
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22
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1.6
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Notice to Borrower Agent
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22
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SECTION 2.
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CREDIT FACILITIES
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22
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2.1
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Revolver Commitment.
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22
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SECTION 3.
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INTEREST, FEES AND CHARGES
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23
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3.1
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Interest
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23
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3.2
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Fees
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24
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3.3
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Computation of Interest, Fees, Yield Protection
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24
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3.4
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Reimbursement Obligations
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24
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3.5
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Illegality
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24
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3.6
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Inability to Determine Rates; LIBOR Successor Rate
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24
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3.7
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Increased Costs; Capital Adequacy
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25
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3.8
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Mitigation
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26
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3.9
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[Reserved]
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26
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3.10
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Maximum Interest
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27
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SECTION 4.
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LOAN ADMINISTRATION
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27
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4.1
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Manner of Borrowing and Funding Revolver Loans
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27
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4.2
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Defaulting Lender
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28
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4.3
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Borrower Agent
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29
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4.4
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One Obligation
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29
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4.5
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Effect of Termination
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29
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SECTION 5.
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PAYMENTS
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29
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5.1
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General Payment Provisions
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29
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5.2
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Repayment of Revolver Loans
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30
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5.3
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[Reserved]
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30
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5.4
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Payment of Other Obligations
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30
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5.5
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Marshaling; Payments Set Aside
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30
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5.6
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Application and Allocation of Payments
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30
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5.7
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Dominion Account
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31
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5.8
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Account Stated
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31
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5.9
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Taxes
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31
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5.10
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Lender Tax Information
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33
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5.11
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Nature and Extent of Each Borrower’s Liability
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XXXXXXX 0.
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CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
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35
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6.1
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Conditions Precedent to Initial Loans
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35
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6.2
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Conditions Precedent to All Credit Extensions
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38
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SECTION 7.
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COLLATERAL
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38
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7.1
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Grant of Security Interest
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38
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7.2
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Lien on Deposit Accounts; Cash Collateral
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39
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7.3
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Real Estate Collateral.
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39
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7.4
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Other Collateral
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39
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7.5
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Limitations
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40
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7.6
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Further Assurances
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40
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7.7
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Foreign Subsidiary Stock
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40
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SECTION 8.
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COLLATERAL ADMINISTRATION
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40
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8.1
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Borrowing Base Reports
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40
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8.2
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Accounts
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40
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8.3
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[Reserved]
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41
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8.4
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Equipment
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41
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8.5
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Deposit Accounts
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41
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8.6
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General Provisions
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42
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8.7
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Power of Attorney
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43
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SECTION 9.
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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43
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9.1
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General Representations and Warranties
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43
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9.2
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Complete Disclosure
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47
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SECTION 10.
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COVENANTS AND CONTINUING AGREEMENTS
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47
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10.1
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Affirmative Covenants
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47
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10.2
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Negative Covenants
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50
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SECTION 11.
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EVENTS OF DEFAULT; REMEDIES ON DEFAULT
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53
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11.1
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Events of Default
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53
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11.2
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Remedies upon Default
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54
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11.3
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License
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55
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11.4
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Setoff
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56
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11.5
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Remedies Cumulative; No Waiver
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56
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SECTION 12.
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AGENT
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56
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12.1
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Appointment, Authority and Duties of Agent
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56
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12.2
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Agreements Regarding Collateral; Borrower Materials; Credit
Bidding
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57
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12.3
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Reliance By Agent
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59
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12.4
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Action Upon Default
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59
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12.5
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Ratable Sharing
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59
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12.6
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Indemnification
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59
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12.7
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Limitation on Responsibilities of Agent
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60
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12.8
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Successor Agent and Co-Agents
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60
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12.9
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Due Diligence and Non-Reliance
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60
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12.10
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Remittance of Payments and Collections
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61
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12.11
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Individual Capacities
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61
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12.12
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Titles
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61
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12.13
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Bank Product Providers
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61
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12.14
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Flood Laws
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61
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12.15
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No Third Party Beneficiaries
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61
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12.16
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Certain ERISA Matters.
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62
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SECTION 13.
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BENEFIT OF AGREEMENT; ASSIGNMENTS
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62
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13.1
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Successors and Assigns
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62
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13.2
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Participations
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63
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13.3
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Assignments
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63
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13.4
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Replacement of Certain Lenders
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64
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SECTION 14.
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MISCELLANEOUS
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64
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14.1
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Consents, Amendments and Waivers
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64
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14.2
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Indemnity
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65
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14.3
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Notices and Communications
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65
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14.4
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Performance of Obligors’ Obligations
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66
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14.5
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Credit Inquiries
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66
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14.6
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Severability
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66
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14.7
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Cumulative Effect; Conflict of Terms
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67
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14.8
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Counterparts; Execution
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67
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14.9
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Entire Agreement
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67
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14.10
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Relationship with Lenders
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67
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14.11
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No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility
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67
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14.12
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Confidentiality
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68
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14.13
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GOVERNING LAW
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68
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14.14
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Consent To Forum
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68
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14.15
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Waivers by Obligors
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69
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14.16
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Patriot Act Notice
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69
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14.17
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NO ORAL AGREEMENT
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69
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SECTION 15.
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GUARANTY
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69
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15.1
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Guaranty of the Obligations
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69
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15.2
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Contribution by Guarantors
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70
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15.3
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Payment by Guarantors
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70
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15.4
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Liability of Guarantors Absolute
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70
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15.5
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Waivers by Guarantors
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72
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15.6
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Guarantors’ Rights of Subrogation, Contribution,
etc.
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72
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15.7
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Subordination of Other Obligations
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72
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15.8
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Continuing Guaranty
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73
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15.9
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Authority of Guarantors or Borrowers
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73
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15.10
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Financial Condition of Borrowers
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73
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15.11
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Bankruptcy, etc.
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73
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LIST OF EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES
Exhibit A-1
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Assignment
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Exhibit A-2
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Assignment Notice
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Exhibit B
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Borrowing Base Report
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Exhibit C
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Compliance Certificate
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Schedule 1.1(a)
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Commitments of Lenders
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Schedule 8.5
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Deposit Accounts
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Schedule 8.6.1
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Business Locations
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Schedule 9.1.4
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Names and Capital Structure
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Schedule 9.1.5
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Owned or Leased Real Estate
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Schedule 9.1.11
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Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights and Licenses
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Schedule 9.1.16
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Commercial Tort Claims
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Schedule 10.2.2
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Existing Liens
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Schedule 10.2.17
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Existing Affiliate Transactions
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THIS LOAN, SECURITY AND GUARANTEE
AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is dated as of March
26, 2020, among AUTOWEB,
INC., a Delaware
corporation (“AutoWeb”), and any other Person
from time to time joined hereto as a Borrower (together with
AutoWeb, each, a “Borrower” and, collectively,
“Borrowers”),
the other Persons from time to time party to this Agreement as
Guarantors, the financial institutions party to this Agreement from
time to time as Lenders, and CIT
NORTHBRIDGE CREDIT LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(“CNC”), as
agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, “Agent”).
R E C I T A L S:
Borrowers have
requested that Lenders provide a credit facility to Borrowers to
finance their mutual and collective business enterprise. Lenders
are willing to provide the credit facility on the terms and
conditions set forth in this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, for valuable
consideration hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as
follows:
Accounts Formula Amount: up to
85% of the Value of Eligible Accounts, in each case, subject to
Agent’s discretion; provided, however, that such percentage
shall be reduced by 1.0% for each percentage point (or portion
thereof) that the Dilution Percent exceeds 5.0%.
Acquisition: a transaction or
series of transactions resulting in (a) acquisition of a business,
division or substantially all assets of a Person; (b) record or
beneficial ownership of 50% or more of the Equity Interests of a
Person; or (c) merger, consolidation or combination of an Obligor
or Subsidiary with another Person.
Affiliate: with respect to any
Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or
more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under
common Control with the Person specified. “Control” means the possession,
directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether
through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or
otherwise. “Controlling” and
“Controlled”
have correlative meanings.
Agent Indemnitees: Agent and
its officers, directors, employees, Affiliates, agents and
attorneys.
Agent Professionals: attorneys,
accountants, appraisers, auditors, business valuation experts,
environmental engineers or consultants, turnaround consultants, and
other professionals and experts retained by Agent.
Allocable Amount: as defined in
Section 5.11.3.
Anti-Terrorism Law: any law
relating to terrorism or money laundering, including the Patriot
Act.
Applicable Law: all laws,
rules, regulations and governmental guidelines applicable to the
Person conduct, transaction, agreement or matter in question,
including statutory law, common law and equitable principles, as
well as provisions of constitutions, treaties, statutes, rules,
regulations, orders and decrees of Governmental
Authorities.
Applicable Margin: 5.50%;
provided, that if
Borrower and Subsidiaries deliver to Agent the audited financial
statements of Borrowers and Subsidiaries for the Fiscal Year ending
December 31, 2020, together with a certificate from a Senior
Officer of Borrower demonstrating that the EBITDA of the Borrowers
and Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis (adjusted in a manner
satisfactory to Agent but without giving effect to the adjustment
in clause (h) of the definition of EBITDA), for such Fiscal Year is
greater than $(826,000), then, within five (5) Business Days after
receipt of the foregoing, the Applicable Margin shall be reduced to
4.50%.
Approved Fund: any Person
(other than a natural Person) engaged in making, purchasing,
holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans in its ordinary
course of activities.
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Asset Disposition: a sale,
lease, license, consignment, transfer or other disposition of
Property of an Obligor, including any disposition in connection
with a sale-leaseback transaction or synthetic lease.
Assignment: an assignment and
assumption agreement between a Lender and Eligible Assignee, in the
form of Exhibit A-1 or
otherwise satisfactory to Agent.
Assignment Notice: a notice of
an assignment pursuant to an Assignment Agreement, in the form of
Exhibit A-2 or otherwise
satisfactory to Agent.
Availability: the Borrowing
Base minus Revolver
Usage.
Availability Block:
$3,000,000.
Availability Reserve: the sum
(without duplication) of (a) the Rent and Charges Reserve; (b) the
Bank Product Reserve; (c) the Availability Block; (d) amounts to
reflect (i) impediments to the Agent’s ability to realize
upon the Collateral and (ii) claims and liabilities that the Agent
determines will need to be satisfied in connection with the
realization upon the Collateral; and (e) such additional reserves,
in such amounts and with respect to such matters, as Agent in its
Permitted Discretion may elect to
impose from time to time.
Bank: CIT Bank,
N.A.
Bank Product: any of the
following products or services extended to, or arranged for, a
Borrower or Affiliate of a Borrower by Agent, a Lender or any of
their respective Affiliates: (a) Cash Management Services; (b)
products under Hedging Agreements; (c) commercial credit card and
merchant card services; and (d) other banking products or
services.
Bank Product Reserve: the
aggregate amount of reserves established by Agent from time to time
in its Permitted Discretion with respect
to Secured Bank Product Obligations.
Bankruptcy Code: Title 11 of
the United States Code.
Base Rate: for any day a
fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of: (a) the Federal
Funds Rate plus 1/2 of 1%; (b) the rate of interest in effect for
such day as publicly announced from time to time by JPMorgan Chase
Bank, N.A. as its “prime rate” in effect for such day;
or (c) the most recently available LIBO Base Rate (as adjusted by
any minimum LIBO Rate floor) plus 1%. Any change in the
“prime rate” announced by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
shall take effect without notice to the Borrowers at the opening of
business on the day specified as the effective date of change in
the public announcement or publication of such change. The Base
Rate is not necessarily the lowest rate of interest charged by
Lenders in connection with extensions of credit. If JPMorgan Chase
Bank, N.A. ceases to announce its “prime rate”, Agent
may select a reasonably comparable index or source to use as the
basis for the Base Rate. For the avoidance of doubt, the Base Rate
will in no event be less than 0% per annum.
Board of Governors: the Board
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
Borrowed Money: with respect to
any Obligor, without duplication, its (a) Debt that (i) arises from
the lending of money by any Person to such Obligor, (ii) is
evidenced by notes, drafts, bonds, debentures, credit documents or
similar instruments, (iii) accrues interest or is a type upon which
interest charges are customarily paid (excluding trade payables
owing in the Ordinary Course of Business), or (iv) was issued or
assumed as full or partial payment for Property; (b) Capital
Leases; (c) letter of credit reimbursement obligations; and (d)
guaranties of any of the foregoing owing by another
Person.
Borrower or Borrowers: as
defined in the preamble to this Agreement and extending to all
permitted successors and assigns of such Persons.
Borrower Agent: as defined in
Section 4.3.
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Borrower Materials: Borrowing
Base Reports, Compliance Certificates and other information,
reports, financial statements and other materials delivered by
Borrowers hereunder.
Borrowing: a group of Loans
that are made together on the same day and have the same interest
option and, if applicable, Interest Period.
Borrowing Base: on any date of
determination, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the lesser of (i) the aggregate
Revolver Commitments and (ii) the sum of the Accounts Formula
Amount plus the
Unbilled Accounts Formula Amount plus the Cash Formula Amount
minus (b) any
Availability Reserve.
Borrowing Base Report: a report
in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B by which Borrower Agent
certifies the Borrowing Base pursuant to Section 8.1.
Business Day: any day other
than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are
authorized to close under the laws of, or are in fact closed in,
New York, and if such day relates to a LIBOR Loan, any such day on
which dealings in Dollar deposits are conducted in the London
interbank market.
Capital Expenditures: all
liabilities incurred or expenditures made by a Borrower or
Subsidiary for the acquisition of fixed assets, or any
improvements, replacements, substitutions or additions thereto with
a useful life of more than one year.
Capital Lease: any lease
required to be capitalized for financial reporting purposes in
accordance with GAAP.
Cash Collateral: cash delivered
to Agent to Cash Collateralize any Obligations, and all interest,
dividends, earnings and other proceeds relating
thereto.
Cash Collateralize: the
delivery of cash to Agent, as security for the payment of
Obligations, in an amount equal to, with respect to any contingent
or other Obligations (including Secured Bank Product Obligations),
Agent’s good faith estimate of the amount due or to become
due, including fees, expenses and indemnification hereunder.
“Cash
Collateralization” has a correlative
meaning.
Cash Equivalents: (a)
marketable obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by, and
backed by the full faith and credit of, the U.S. government,
maturing within 12 months of the date of acquisition; (b)
certificates of deposit, time deposits and bankers’
acceptances maturing within 12 months of the date of acquisition,
and overnight bank deposits, in each case which are issued by a
commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States or
any state or district thereof, rated A-1 (or better) by S&P or
P-1 (or better) by Xxxxx’x at the time of acquisition, and
(unless issued by a Lender) not subject to offset rights; (c)
repurchase obligations with a term of not more than 30 days for
underlying investments of the types described in clauses (a) and
(b) entered into with any bank described in clause (b); and (d)
shares of any money market fund that has substantially all of its
assets invested continuously in the types of investments referred
to above, has net assets of at least $500,000,000 and has the
highest rating obtainable from either Xxxxx’x or
S&P.
Cash Formula Amount: 97.5% of
Qualified Cash held in a segregated Controlled Deposit Account
subject to no Liens other than Agent’s Lien and Liens
described in Sections
10.2.2(c) and (m).
Cash Management Services:
services relating to operating, collections, payroll, trust, or
other depository or disbursement accounts, including automated
clearinghouse, e-payable, electronic funds transfer, wire transfer,
controlled disbursement, overdraft, depository, information
reporting, lockbox and stop payment services.
CERCLA: the Comprehensive
Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (42 U.S.C.
§ 9601 et
seq.).
Certificate of Beneficial
Ownership: for each Borrower means a certification regarding
beneficial ownership required by the Beneficial Ownership
Regulation, 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.
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Change in Law: the occurrence,
after the date hereof, of (a) the adoption, taking effect or
phasing in of any law, rule, regulation or treaty; (b) any change
in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration,
interpretation or application thereof; or (c) the making, issuance
or application of any request, guideline, requirement or directive
(whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental
Authority; provided, however, that
“Change in Law”
shall include, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued,
all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements or directives (i)
under or relating to the Xxxx-Xxxxx Xxxx Street Reform and Consumer
Protection Act, or (ii) promulgated pursuant to Basel III by the
Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking
Supervision (or any similar authority) or any other Governmental
Authority.
Change of Control: (a) the
acquisition of ownership, directly or indirectly, beneficially or
of record, by any Person or group (within the meaning of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules of the SEC thereunder
as in effect on the date hereof), of Equity Interests representing
more than 35% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by
the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of AutoWeb; (b) except
in connection with a transaction permitted by this Agreement,
AutoWeb shall cease to own, free and clear of all Liens or other
encumbrances (other than those in favor of Agent), directly or
indirectly, 100% of the outstanding voting Equity Interests of any
of its Subsidiaries on a fully diluted basis and all voting rights
and equivalent economic interests with respect thereto; (c) the
sale or transfer of all or substantially all assets of (i) AutoWeb
or (ii) a Borrower (other than AutoWeb) to any Person other than an
Obligor; or (d) a “Change of Control” or any term of
similar effect as defined in any document governing any
Subordinated Debt.
Claims: all claims,
liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, judgments,
proceedings, interest, costs and expenses of any kind (including
remedial response costs, reasonable attorneys’ fees and
Extraordinary Expenses) at any time (including after Full Payment
of the Obligations or replacement of Agent or any Lender) incurred
by any Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee by any Obligor
or other Person, in any way relating to (a) any Loans, Loan
Documents, Borrower Materials, or the use thereof or transactions
relating thereto, (b) any action taken or omitted in connection
with any Loan Documents, (c) the existence or perfection of any
Liens, or realization upon any Collateral, (d) exercise of any
rights or remedies under any Loan Documents or Applicable Law, or
(e) failure by any Obligor to perform or observe any terms of any
Loan Document, in each case including all costs and expenses
relating to any investigation, litigation, arbitration or other
proceeding (including an Insolvency Proceeding or appellate
proceedings), whether or not the applicable Indemnitee is a party
thereto.
Closing Date: as defined in
Section 6.1.
Closing Date Fee Letter: that
certain fee letter dated as of the Closing Date from Agent and
accepted by Borrower Agent.
Code: the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986.
Collateral: all Property
described in Section 7.1,
all Property described in any Security Documents as security for
any Obligations, and all other Property that now or hereafter
secures (or is intended to secure) any Obligations.
Commitment: for any Lender, the
aggregate amount of such Lender’s Revolver Commitment.
“Commitments”
means the aggregate amount of all Revolver
Commitments.
Commitment Termination Date:
the earliest to occur of (a) the Revolver Termination Date; (b) the
date on which Borrowers terminate the Revolver Commitments pursuant
to Section 2.1.4; or (c) the
date on which the Revolver Commitments are terminated pursuant to
Section 11.2.
Commodity Exchange Act: the
Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.).
Compliance Certificate: a
certificate in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C signed by the chief financial
officer of Borrower Agent, delivered pursuant to Section 10.1.2(c).
Connection Income Taxes: Other
Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income
(however denominated), or are franchise or branch profits
Taxes.
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Contingent Obligation: any
obligation of a Person arising from a guaranty, indemnity or other
assurance of payment or performance of any Debt, lease, dividend or
other obligation (“primary
obligations”) of another obligor (“primary obligor”) in any manner
(but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any indemnification
obligations arising pursuant to contracts entered into in the
Ordinary Course of Business), whether directly or indirectly,
including any obligation of such Person under any (a) guaranty,
endorsement, co-making or sale with recourse of an obligation of a
primary obligor; (b) obligation to make take-or-pay or similar
payments regardless of nonperformance by any other party to an
agreement; and (c) arrangement (i) to purchase any primary
obligation or security therefor, (ii) to supply funds for the
purchase or payment of any primary obligation, (iii) to maintain or
assure working capital, equity capital, net worth or solvency of
the primary obligor, (iv) to purchase Property or services for the
purpose of assuring the ability of the primary obligor to perform a
primary obligation, or (v) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the
holder of any primary obligation against loss in respect thereof.
The amount of any Contingent Obligation shall be deemed to be the
stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation (or, if
less, the maximum amount for which such Person may be liable under
the instrument evidencing the Contingent Obligation) or, if not
stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated
liability with respect thereto.
Controlled Deposit Account: a
restricted deposit account established by Obligors at Bank or
another bank acceptable to Agent, subject to a Deposit Account
Control Agreement.
CWA: the Clean Water Act (33
U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq.).
Debt: as applied to any Person,
without duplication, (a) all items that would be included as
liabilities on a balance sheet in accordance with GAAP, including
Capital Leases, but excluding trade payables incurred and being
paid in the Ordinary Course of Business; (b) all Contingent
Obligations; (c) all reimbursement obligations in connection with
letters of credit issued for the account of such Person; and (d) in
the case of an Obligor, the Obligations. The Debt of a Person shall
include any recourse Debt of any partnership in which such Person
is a general partner or joint venturer.
Default: an event or condition
that, with the lapse of time or giving of notice, would constitute
an Event of Default.
Default Rate: for any
Obligation (other than Secured Bank Product Obligations),
including, to the extent permitted by law, interest not paid when
due, 2% plus the interest rate otherwise applicable
thereto.
Defaulting Lender: any Lender
that, as determined by Agent, (a) has failed to perform any funding
obligations hereunder, and such failure is not cured within two
Business Days; (b) has notified Agent or any Borrower that such
Lender does not intend to comply with its funding obligations
hereunder or under any other credit facility, or has made a public
statement to that effect; (c) has failed, within three Business
Days following request by Agent, to confirm in a manner
satisfactory to Agent and Borrowers that such Lender will comply
with its funding obligations hereunder; or (d) has, or has a direct
or indirect parent company that has, become the subject of an
Insolvency Proceeding (including reorganization, liquidation, or
appointment of a receiver, custodian, administrator or similar
Person by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other
regulatory authority) or Bail-In Action; or taken any action in
furtherance thereof provided, however, that a Lender shall
not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of a Governmental
Authority’s ownership of an equity interest in such Lender or
parent company unless the ownership provides immunity for such
Lender from jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from
enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets, or
permits such Lender or Governmental Authority to repudiate or
otherwise to reject such Lender’s agreements.
Deposit Account Control
Agreement: control agreement satisfactory to Agent executed
by an institution maintaining a Deposit Account for an Obligor, to
perfect Agent’s Lien on such account.
Designated Jurisdiction: a
country or territory that is the subject of a
Sanction.
Dilution Percent: the percent
equal to (a) bad debt write-downs or write-offs, discounts,
returns, promotions, credits, credit memos and other dilutive items
with respect to Accounts, divided by (b) gross sales, as
calculated by Agent in its Permitted Discretion.
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Disclosure Schedule: the
disclosure schedule delivered by Borrower to Agent on the Closing
Date.
Distribution: any declaration
or payment of a distribution, interest or dividend on any Equity
Interest (other than payment-in-kind); distribution, advance or
repayment of Debt to a holder of Equity Interests; or purchase,
redemption, or other acquisition or retirement for value of any
Equity Interest.
Dollars: lawful money of the
United States.
Dominion Account: a special
account established by Borrowers at Bank or another bank acceptable
to Agent, over which Agent has exclusive control for withdrawal
purposes.
EBITDA: for any Person for any
period of determination, the sum of (a) net income ( or loss) of
such Person for such period (excluding extraordinary gains and
losses), plus (b) all Interest Expense of such Person for such
period, plus (c) all charges against income of such Person for such
period for federal, state and local taxes, plus (d) all
depreciation expenses of such Person for such period, plus (e) all
amortization expenses of such Person for such period, plus (f)
non-cash losses for such period, minus (g) non-cash gains for such
period, plus (h) all non-cash stock compensation expense of such
Person for such period, all as determined in accordance with GAAP.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, EBITDA of any Subsidiary that is not
a wholly-owned subsidiary and is not an Obligor shall be (1)
included in the foregoing calculation solely to the extent of any
cash dividends or cash distributions received from such Subsidiary
in the applicable measurement period and (2) deducted in the
foregoing calculation solely to the extent of any cash
contributions to such Subsidiary in the applicable measurement
period.
EEA Financial Institution: (a)
any institution established in any EEA Member Country which is
subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any
entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an
institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any
institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a
subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of
this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its
parent.
EEA Member Country: any of the
member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and
Norway.
EEA Resolution Authority: any
public administrative authority or any Person entrusted with public
administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any
delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA
Financial Institution.
Eligible Account: an Account
owing to a Borrower that arises in the Ordinary Course of Business
from the sale of goods or
rendition of services, is payable in
Dollars and is deemed by Agent, in its Permitted Discretion, to be
an Eligible Account. Without limiting the foregoing, no Account
shall be an Eligible Account if:
(a) it is unpaid for
more than (i) 60 days after the original due date or (ii) (A) with
respect to the Specified Extended Term Accounts, to the extent
approved by Agent in its discretion, 120 days after the original
invoice date and (B) with respect to all other Accounts,
90 days after the
original invoice date;
(b) it is owing by an
Account Debtor or its Affiliates for which more than 35% of the
Accounts owing by such Account Debtor or its Affiliates are not
Eligible Accounts under the foregoing clause (a);
(c) when aggregated
with other Accounts owing by the applicable Account Debtor, it
exceeds 25% of the aggregate Eligible Accounts (or such higher
percentage as Agent may establish for the Account Debtor from time
to time);
(d) it does not conform
with a covenant or representation herein;
(e) it is owing by a
creditor or supplier, or is otherwise subject to a potential
offset, counterclaim, dispute, deduction, discount, recoupment,
reserve, defense, chargeback, credit or allowance (but
ineligibility shall be limited to the amount thereof);
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(f) an Insolvency
Proceeding has been commenced by or against the Account Debtor; or
the Account Debtor has failed, has suspended or ceased doing
business, is liquidating, dissolving or winding up its affairs, is
not Solvent, or is subject to any Sanction or on any specially
designated nationals list maintained by OFAC; or the Borrower is
not able to bring suit or enforce remedies against the Account
Debtor through judicial process;
(g) the Account Debtor
is organized or has its principal offices or assets outside the
United States or Canada, unless the Account is supported by a
letter of credit (delivered to and directly drawable by Agent) or
credit insurance satisfactory in all respects to
Agent;
(h) it is owing by a
Governmental Authority, unless the Account Debtor is the United
States or any department, agency or instrumentality thereof and the
Account has been assigned to Agent in compliance with the federal
Assignment of Claims Act;
(i) it is not subject
to a duly perfected, first priority Lien in favor of Agent, or is
subject to any other Lien which is, or may become, senior to, or
pari passu with, the Agent’s Lien on such
Account;
(j) the goods giving
rise to it have not been delivered to the Account Debtor, the
services giving rise to it have not been accepted by the Account
Debtor, or it otherwise does not represent a final
sale;
(k) it is evidenced by
Chattel Paper or an Instrument of any kind, or has been reduced to
judgment;
(l) its payment has
been extended or the Account Debtor has made a partial
payment;
(m) it arises from a
sale to an Affiliate, from a sale on a cash-on-delivery,
xxxx-and-hold, sale-or-return, sale-on-approval, consignment, or
other repurchase or return basis, or from a sale for personal,
family or household purposes;
(n) it represents a
progress billing or retainage, or relates to services for which a
performance, surety or completion bond or similar assurance has
been issued; or
(o) it includes a
billing for interest, fees or late charges, but ineligibility shall
be limited to the extent thereof.
In
calculating delinquent portions of Accounts under clauses (a) and (b), credit balances more than
90 days old will be excluded.
Eligible Assignee: (a) a
Lender, Affiliate of a Lender or Approved Fund; (b) an assignee
approved by Borrower Agent (which approval shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed, and shall be deemed given if no
objection is made within five Business Days after notice of the
proposed assignment) and Agent; or (c) during an Event of Default,
any Person acceptable to Agent in its discretion.
Eligible Unbilled Account: at
any time of determination, an Account owned by Borrower which (a)
arises out of the sale of goods that have been delivered by a
Borrower to and accepted by the Account Debtor, or the performance
of services that have been performed by a Borrower and accepted by
the Account Debtor, in each case, in the Ordinary Course of
Business for which invoices have been (or will be) created and
submitted to the Account Debtor within 15 days after the last day
of the calendar month in which goods or services giving rise to
such accounts were delivered or performed, (b) is acceptable to
Agent in its Permitted Discretion for inclusion as an Eligible
Unbilled Account, and (c) satisfies all of the eligibility criteria
set forth in the definition of Eligible Account (except for
Borrower’s delivery of an invoice with respect to such
Account to the Account Debtor).
Enforcement Action: any action
to enforce any Obligations (other than Secured Bank Product
Obligations) or Loan Documents or to exercise any rights or
remedies relating to any Collateral, whether by judicial action,
self-help, notification of Account Debtors, setoff or recoupment,
credit bid, deed in lieu of foreclosure, action in an Insolvency
Proceeding or otherwise.
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Environmental Agreement: an
agreement of an Obligor to indemnify Agent and Lenders from
liability under Environmental Laws with respect to Real Estate
subject to a Mortgage.
Environmental Laws: Applicable
Laws (including programs, permits and guidance promulgated by
regulators) relating to public health (other than occupational
safety and health regulated by OSHA) or the protection or pollution
of the environment, including CERCLA, RCRA and CWA.
Environmental Notice: a notice
(whether written or oral) from any Governmental Authority or other
Person of any possible noncompliance with, investigation of a
possible violation of, litigation relating to, or potential fine or
liability under any Environmental Law, or with respect to any
Environmental Release, environmental pollution or hazardous
materials, including any complaint, summons, citation, order,
claim, demand or request for correction, remediation or
otherwise.
Environmental Release: a
release as defined in CERCLA or under any other Environmental
Law.
Equity Interest: the interest
of any (a) shareholder in a corporation; (b) partner in a
partnership (whether general, limited, limited liability or joint
venture); (c) member in a limited liability company; or (d) other
Person having any other form of equity security or ownership
interest.
ERISA: the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974.
ERISA Affiliate: any trade or
business (whether or not incorporated) under common control with an
Obligor within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code
(and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code for purposes of provisions
relating to Section 412 of the Code).
ERISA Event: (a) a Reportable
Event with respect to a Pension Plan; (b) withdrawal of an Obligor
or ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of
ERISA during a plan year in which it was a substantial employer (as
defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a cessation of
operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section
4062(e) of ERISA; (c) complete or partial withdrawal of an Obligor
or ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan or notification that a
Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization; (d) filing of a notice of
intent to terminate, treatment of a Pension Plan amendment as a
termination under Section 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, or institution of
proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Pension Plan; (e)
determination that a Pension Plan is considered an at-risk plan or
a plan in critical or endangered status under the Code or ERISA;
(f) an event or condition that constitutes grounds under Section
4042 of ERISA for termination of, or appointment of a trustee to
administer, any Pension Plan; (g) imposition of any liability on an
Obligor or ERISA Affiliate under Title IV of ERISA, other than for
PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA;
or (h) failure by an Obligor or ERISA Affiliate to meet all
applicable requirements under the Pension Funding Rules in respect
of a Pension Plan, whether or not waived, or to make a required
contribution to a Multiemployer Plan.
Eurodollar Reserve Percentage:
for any day during any Interest Period, the reserve percentage
(expressed as a decimal, carried out to five decimal places) in
effect on such day, whether or not applicable to any Lender, under
regulations issued from time to time by the FRB for determining the
maximum reserve requirement (including any emergency, supplemental
or other marginal reserve requirement) with respect to Eurocurrency
funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency liabilities”). The
LIBO Rate for each outstanding LIBOR Loan shall be adjusted
automatically as of the effective date of any change in the
Eurodollar Reserve Percentage.
Event of Default: as defined in
Section 11.1.
Excluded Accounts: (a) Deposit
Accounts exclusively used for payroll, payroll taxes or employee
benefits, (b) any other Deposit Accounts with respect to which
other Deposit Accounts the aggregate amount on deposit therein or
credited thereto is not greater than $10,000, or (c) the Pledged
PNC Account.
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Excluded Property: (a) any
lease, license, contract, property rights or agreement to which an
Obligor is a party (or to any of its rights or interests
thereunder) if the grant of the security interest granted pursuant
to Section 7.1 would constitute or result in any of (i) the
abandonment, invalidation or unenforceability of any right, title
or interest of such Obligor therein, (ii) a breach or termination
pursuant to the terms of, or a default under, any such lease,
license, contract, property rights or agreement (other than to the
extent that any such term would be rendered ineffective by Section
9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the Uniform Commercial Code as in
effect in the relevant jurisdiction) or (iii) a breach of
Applicable Law, regulation or order of any court or any other
governmental authority having jurisdiction over the applicable
Obligor, (b) any intent-to-use trademark application prior to the
filing of a “Statement of Use” or “Amendment to
Allege Use” with respect thereto, to the extent, if any, that
and solely during the period, if any, in which the grant of a
security interest therein would impair the validity or
enforceability of such intent-to-use trademark application under
applicable federal law (after such period, such interest in such
trademark or service xxxx applications will become part of the
Collateral); provided that at the time any
such intent-to-use trademark application matures into an actual use
application by such Grantor's receipt of written notification from
the United States Patent and Trademark Office of its acceptance of
either a “Statement Of Use” or “Amendment to
Allege Use”, the Collateral shall include, and such Grantor
shall be deemed to have granted a security interest in, such actual
use application; and (c) assets owned by any Obligor on the date
hereof or hereafter acquired and any proceeds thereof that are
subject to a Lien securing a purchase money obligation or capital
lease obligation permitted to be incurred pursuant to the
provisions of this Agreement to the extent and for so long as the
contract or other agreement in which such Lien is granted (or the
documentation providing for such purchase money obligation or
capital lease obligation) validly prohibits the creation of any
other Lien on such assets and proceeds. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary, Excluded Property shall not include (x) any cash
proceeds of any Excluded Property referred to above, or (y) any
noncash proceeds, substitutions or replacements of any Excluded
Property referred to above.
Excluded Swap Obligation: with
respect to an Obligor, each Swap Obligation as to which, and only
to the extent that, such Obligor’s guaranty of or grant of a
Lien as security for such Swap Obligation is or becomes illegal
under the Commodity Exchange Act because the Obligor does not
constitute an “eligible contract participant” as
defined in the Commodity Exchange Act (determined after giving
effect to any keepwell, support or other agreement for the benefit
of such Obligor and all guarantees of Swap Obligations by other
Obligors) when such guaranty or grant of Lien becomes effective
with respect to the Swap Obligation. If a Hedging Agreement governs
more than one Swap Obligation, only the Swap Obligation(s) or
portions thereof described in the foregoing sentence shall be
Excluded Swap Obligation(s) for the applicable
Obligor.
Excluded Taxes: (a) Taxes
imposed on or measured by a Recipient’s net income (however
denominated), franchise Taxes and branch profits Taxes (i) as a
result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or
having its principal office or applicable Lending Office located
in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax, or (ii) constituting Other
Connection Taxes; (b) U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on
amounts payable to or for the account of a Lender with respect to
its interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect
when the Lender acquires such interest (except pursuant to an
assignment request by Borrower Agent under Section 13.4) or changes its Lending
Office, unless the Taxes were payable to its assignor immediately
prior to such assignment or to the Lender immediately prior to its
change in Lending Office; (c) Taxes attributable to a
Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 5.10; and (d) U.S. federal
withholding Taxes imposed pursuant to FATCA. In no event shall
“Excluded Taxes”
include any withholding Tax imposed on amounts paid by or on behalf
of a foreign Obligor to a Recipient that has complied with
Section 5.10.2.
Existing Lender: PNC Bank,
National Association.
Existing Lender Documentation:
all loan, collateral and related documentation among Borrowers and
Existing Lender as to Debt of Borrowers to Existing
Lender.
Extraordinary Expenses: all
costs, expenses or advances that Agent may incur in connection with
the transactions contemplated under the Loan Documents during a
Default or Event of Default, or during the pendency of an
Insolvency Proceeding of an Obligor, including those relating to
(a) any audit, inspection, repossession, storage, repair,
appraisal, insurance, manufacture, preparation or advertising for
sale, sale, collection, or other preservation of or realization
upon any Collateral; (b) any action, arbitration or other
proceeding (whether instituted by or against Agent, any Lender, any
Obligor, any representative of creditors of an Obligor or any other
Person) in any way relating to any Collateral (including the
validity, perfection, priority or avoidability of Agent’s
Liens with respect to any Collateral), Loan Documents or
Obligations, including any lender liability or other Claims; (c)
the exercise, protection or enforcement of any rights or remedies
of Agent in, or the monitoring of, any Insolvency Proceeding; (d)
settlement or satisfaction of taxes, charges or Liens with respect
to any Collateral; (e) any Enforcement Action; (f) negotiation and
documentation of any modification, waiver, workout, restructuring
or forbearance with respect to any Loan Documents or Obligations;
and (g) Protective Advances. Such costs, expenses and advances
include transfer fees, Other Taxes, storage fees, insurance costs,
permit fees, utility reservation and standby fees, legal fees,
appraisal fees, brokers’ fees and commissions and
auctioneers’ fees and commissions, accountants’ fees,
environmental study fees, wages and salaries paid to employees of
any Obligor or independent contractors in liquidating any
Collateral, and travel expenses.
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FATCA: Sections 1471 through
1474 of the Code (including any amended or successor version if
substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply
with), and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section
1471(b)(1) of the Code.
Federal Funds Rate: for any
day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates
on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal
Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers on such day, as
published by the Federal Reserve Bank on the Business Day next
succeeding such day, provided that (a) if such day
is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be
such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day
as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, or (b) if no
such rate is published on such next succeeding Business Day, the
Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate (rounded
upward, if necessary, to a whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) charged
to the Agent or such day on such transactions, as determined by
Agent, in its sole discretion; provided, that in no event
shall such rate be less than zero.
Fiscal Quarter: each period of
three months, commencing on the first day of a Fiscal
Year.
Fiscal Year: the fiscal year of
Borrowers and Subsidiaries for accounting and tax purposes, ending
on December 31 of each year.
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio:
the ratio, determined on a consolidated basis for Borrowers and
Subsidiaries for the most recent 12 months, of (a) EBITDA
minus Capital
Expenditures (except those financed with Borrowed Money other than
Revolver Loans) and cash taxes paid, to (b) Fixed
Charges.
Fixed Charges: the sum of
(without duplication) cash interest expense, scheduled principal
payments made on Borrowed Money, Distributions made, minimum
required contributions and other cash payments to Pension Plans
required to be paid by Applicable Law and which were paid in the
Ordinary Course of Business and other cash payments required to be
paid by Applicable Law and which were paid in the Ordinary Course
of Business.
Flood Laws: all Applicable Laws
relating to policies and procedures that address requirements
placed on federally regulated lenders under the National Flood
Insurance Reform Act of 1994 and other Applicable Laws related
thereto.
FLSA: the Fair Labor Standards
Act of 1938.
Foreign Lender: any Lender that
is not a U.S. Person.
Foreign Plan: any employee
benefit plan or arrangement (a) maintained or contributed to by any
Obligor or Subsidiary that is not subject to the laws of the United
States; or (b) mandated by a government other than the United
States for employees of any Obligor or Subsidiary.
Foreign Subsidiary: a
Subsidiary that is a “controlled foreign corporation”
under Section 957 of the Code, such that a guaranty by such
Subsidiary of the Obligations or a Lien on the assets of such
Subsidiary to secure the Obligations would result in material tax
liability to Borrowers.
FRB: the Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System of the United States.
Fronting Exposure: a Defaulting
Lender’s interest in Swingline Loans and Protective Advances,
except to the extent Cash Collateralized by the Defaulting Lender
or allocated to other Lenders hereunder.
Full Payment or Paid In Full: with respect to
the Obligations or Guaranteed Obligations, (a) with respect to the
Obligations other than the Secured Bank Product Obligations, the
full cash payment thereof, including any interest, fees and other
charges accruing during an Insolvency Proceeding (whether or not
allowed in the proceeding) and (b) with respect to the Secured Bank
Product Obligations, either (i) the full cash payment thereof,
including any interest, fees and other charges accruing during an
Insolvency Proceeding (whether or not allowed in the proceeding),
(ii) the termination or cancelation thereof in a manner reasonably
acceptable to the applicable Secured Bank Product Provider or (iii)
the Cash Collateralization thereof (or delivery of a standby letter
of credit acceptable to the applicable Secured Bank Product
Provider in its discretion in the amount of required Cash
Collateral), to the extent required by the applicable Secured Bank
Product Provider. The Obligations (other than Secured Bank Product
Obligations) shall not be deemed to have been Paid in Full unless
all Commitments are terminated.
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GAAP: generally accepted
accounting principles in effect in the United States from time to
time.
Governmental Approvals: all
authorizations, consents, approvals, licenses and exemptions of,
registrations and filings with, and required reports to, all
Governmental Authorities.
Governmental Authority: any
federal, state, local, foreign or other agency, authority, body,
commission, court, instrumentality, political subdivision, central
bank, or other entity or officer exercising executive, legislative,
judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions
for any governmental, judicial, investigative, regulatory or
self-regulatory authority (including the Financial Conduct
Authority, the Prudential Regulation Authority and any
supra-national bodies such as the European Union or European
Central Bank).
Guaranteed Obligations: as
defined in Section 15.1.
Guarantor Payment: as defined
in Section
5.11.3.
Guarantors: Autobytel, Inc., a
Delaware corporation, AW GUA USA, Inc., a Delaware corporation,
Xxx.xxx, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and each other Subsidiary
that guarantees payment or performance of any portion of or all
Obligations.
Guaranty: the guaranty provided
by each Guarantor hereunder and each other guaranty agreement
executed by a Guarantor in favor of Agent.
Hedging Agreement: a
“swap agreement” as defined in Bankruptcy Code Section
101(53B)(A).
Indemnified Taxes: (a) Taxes,
other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or relating to any payment of
an Obligation; and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in
clause (a), Other Taxes.
Indemnitees: Agent Indemnitees
and Lender Indemnitees.
Insolvency Proceeding: any case
or proceeding commenced by or against a Person under any state,
federal or foreign law for, or any agreement of such Person to, (a)
the entry of an order for relief under the Bankruptcy Code, or any
other insolvency, debtor relief or debt adjustment law; (b) the
appointment of a receiver, trustee, liquidator, administrator,
conservator or other custodian for such Person or any part of its
Property; or (c) an assignment or trust mortgage for the benefit of
creditors.
Intellectual Property: all
intellectual and similar Property of a Person, including
inventions, designs, patents, copyrights, trademarks, service
marks, trade names, trade secrets, confidential or proprietary
information, customer lists, know-how, software and databases; all
embodiments or fixations thereof and all related documentation,
applications, registrations and franchises; all licenses or other
rights to use any of the foregoing; and all books and records
relating to the foregoing.
Intellectual Property Claim:
any claim or assertion (whether in writing, by suit or otherwise)
that an Obligor’s or Subsidiary’s ownership, use,
marketing, sale or distribution of any Inventory, Equipment,
Intellectual Property or other Property violates another
Person’s Intellectual Property.
Interest Expense: with
reference to any period, the cash interest expense (net of cash
interest income) of Borrowers and Subsidiaries calculated on a
consolidated basis for such period in accordance with
GAAP.
Interest Income: for any
period, the cash interest income of Borrowers and Subsidiaries for
such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with
GAAP.
Interest Period: a period that
commences on (and includes) the first day of any calendar month (or
in the case of the calendar month in which the Closing Date occurs,
such period shall commence on the Closing Date) and ends on (and
includes) the last day of such calendar month.
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Inventory: as defined in the
UCC, including all goods intended for sale, lease, display or
demonstration; all work in process; and all raw materials, and
other materials and supplies of any kind that are or could be used
in connection with the manufacture, printing, packing, shipping,
advertising, sale, lease or furnishing of such goods, or otherwise
used or consumed in an Obligor’s business (but excluding
Equipment).
Investment: an Acquisition, an
acquisition of record or beneficial ownership of any Equity
Interests of a Person, or an advance or capital contribution to or
other investment in a Person.
IP Assignment: a collateral
assignment or security agreement pursuant to which an Obligor
grants a Lien on its Intellectual Property to Agent, as security
for the Obligations.
IRS: the United States Internal
Revenue Service.
Lender Indemnitees: Lenders and
Secured Bank Product Providers, and their officers, directors,
employees, Affiliates, agents and attorneys.
Lenders: lenders party to this
Agreement (including Agent in its capacity as provider of Swingline
Loans) and any Person who hereafter becomes a “Lender”
pursuant to an Assignment, including any Lending Office of the
foregoing.
Lending Office: the office
(including any domestic or foreign Affiliate or branch) designated
as such by a Lender by notice to Agent and Borrower
Agent.
LIBOR: the London Interbank
Offered Rate.
LIBO Base Rate:
(a) the rate per annum
determined by Agent to be the offered rate that appears on the
applicable Bloomberg page (or on any successor or substitute page
or service providing quotations of interest rates applicable for
deposits in Dollars, determined as of approximately 11:45 a.m.
(London time)) two (2) Business Days prior to the first day of such
Interest Period, or
(b) if the rate
referenced in the preceding clause (a) does not appear
through such page or service or such page or service shall not be
available, the rate per annum equal to the rate determined by Agent
to be the offered rate on the applicable Bloomberg page (or on any
successor or substitute page or service providing quotations of
interest rates applicable to dollar deposits in the London
interbank market comparable to those currently provided on such
page, as determined by the Agent from time to time), determined as
of approximately 11:45 a.m. (London time) two (2) Business Days
prior to the first day of such Interest Period, or
(c) if the rates
referenced in the preceding clauses (a) and (b) are not available, the rate
per annum determined by Agent as the rate of interest at which
deposits in Dollars for delivery on the first day of such Interest
Period in same day funds in the approximate amount of the LIBOR
Loan being made by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and would be offered
by XX Xxxxxx Xxxxx Bank, N.A.’s London Branch (or such other
major bank as is acceptable to Agent if JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
is no longer offering to acquire or allow deposits in the London
interbank eurodollar market) to major banks in the London interbank
eurodollar market at their request at approximately 11:45 a.m.
(London time) two (2) Business Days prior to the first day of such
Interest Period.
LIBO Rate: the greater of: (a)
1.75%; and (b) a rate per annum determined by Agent to be equal to
the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the LIBO Base Rate for such
LIBOR Loan for such Interest Period by (ii) one minus the Eurodollar Reserve
Percentage for such LIBOR Loan for such Interest Period;
provided, that at
any time such rate has not been determined or agreed in accordance
with clause (a), (b) or (c) in the definition of LIBO Base Rate,
the Loans shall bear interest in reference to the Base Rate
plus the Applicable
Margin and the LIBO Rate option shall not be available. The LIBO
Rate shall be determined monthly, two (2) Business Days prior to
the commencement of each Interest Period and shall be increased or
decreased, as applicable, automatically and without notice to any
Person on the date of each such determination.
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LIBOR Loan: means any Loan
which accrues interest solely by reference to the LIBO Rate
plus the Applicable
Margin, in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.
LIBOR Screen Rate: the LIBOR
quote on the applicable screen page Agent designates to determine
LIBOR (or such other commercially available source providing such
quotations as may be designated by Agent from time to
time).
LIBOR Successor Rate: as
defined in Section
3.6.2.
LIBOR Successor Rate Conforming
Changes: with respect to any proposed LIBOR Successor Rate,
any conforming changes to the definition of Base Rate, LIBO Base
Rate, Interest Period, timing and frequency of determining rates
and making payments of interest and other administrative matters as
may be appropriate, in the discretion of Agent, to reflect the
adoption of such LIBOR Successor Rate and to permit the
administration thereof by Agent in a manner substantially
consistent with market practice (or, if Agent determines that
adoption of any portion of such market practice is not
administratively feasible or that no market practice for the
administration of such LIBOR Successor Rate exists, in such other
manner of administration as Agent determines in consultation with
Borrower Agent).
License: any license or
agreement under which an Obligor is authorized to use Intellectual
Property in connection with any manufacture, marketing,
distribution or disposition of Collateral, any use of Property or
any other conduct of its business.
Licensor: any Person from whom
an Obligor obtains the right to use any Intellectual
Property.
Lien: a Person’s interest
in Property securing an obligation owed to, or a claim by, such
Person, including any lien, security interest, pledge,
hypothecation, assignment, trust, reservation, encroachment,
easement, right-of-way, covenant, condition, restriction, lease, or
other title exception or encumbrance.
Lien Waiver: an agreement, in
form and substance satisfactory to Agent, by which (a) for any
material Collateral located on leased premises, the lessor waives
or subordinates any Lien it may have on the Collateral, and agrees
to permit Agent to enter upon the premises and remove the
Collateral or to use the premises to store or dispose of the
Collateral; (b) for any material Collateral held by a warehouseman,
processor, shipper, customs broker or freight forwarder, such
Person waives or subordinates any Lien it may have on the
Collateral, agrees to hold any Documents in its possession relating
to the Collateral as agent for Agent, and agrees to deliver the
Collateral to Agent upon request; (c) for any material Collateral
held by a repairman, mechanic or bailee, such Person acknowledges
Agent’s Lien, waives or subordinates any Lien it may have on
the Collateral, and agrees to deliver the Collateral to Agent upon
request; and (d) for any material Collateral subject to a
Licensor’s Intellectual Property rights, the Licensor grants
to Agent the right, vis-à-vis such Licensor, to enforce
Agent’s Liens with respect to the Collateral, including the
right to dispose of it with the benefit of the Intellectual
Property, whether or not a default exists under any applicable
License.
Loan: a Revolver Loan or any
other loan made under the terms of this Agreement.
Loan Documents: this Agreement,
Other Agreements and Security Documents.
Loan Year: each 12 month period
commencing on the Closing Date or an anniversary
thereof.
Margin Stock: as defined in
Regulation U of the Board of Governors.
Material Adverse Effect: the
effect of any event or circumstance that, taken alone or in
conjunction with other events or circumstances, (a) has or would be
reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on the
business, operations, Properties or condition (financial or
otherwise) of the Obligors, taken as a whole, on the enforceability
of any Loan Documents, or on the validity or priority of
Agent’s Liens on any Collateral; (b) impairs the ability of
an Obligor to perform its obligations under the Loan Documents,
including repayment of any Obligations; or (c) otherwise impairs
the ability of Agent or any Lender to enforce or collect any
Obligations or to realize upon any Collateral.
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Material Contract: any
agreement or arrangement to which an Obligor or Subsidiary is party
(other than the Loan Documents) (a) that is deemed to be a material
contract (other than management contracts or compensatory plans,
contracts or agreements) under any securities law applicable to
such Person, including the Securities Act of 1933; (b) for which
breach, termination, nonperformance or failure to renew would
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or (c)
that relates to Subordinated Debt, or to Debt in an aggregate
amount of $500,000 or more.
Minimum Balance: (a) for the
period from the Closing Date through June 30, 2020, $8,000,000 and
(b) thereafter, 50% of the aggregate Revolver
Commitments.
Moody’s: Xxxxx’x
Investors Service, Inc. or any successor acceptable to
Agent.
Mortgage: a mortgage or deed of
trust in which an Obligor grants a Lien on its Real Estate to
Agent, as security for its Obligations, in form and substance
acceptable to Agent.
Multiemployer Plan: any
employee benefit plan of the type described in Section 4001(a)(3)
of ERISA, to which an Obligor or ERISA Affiliate makes or is
obligated to make contributions, or during the preceding five plan
years, has made or been obligated to make
contributions.
Multiple Employer Plan: a Plan
that has two or more contributing sponsors, including an Obligor or
ERISA Affiliate, at least two of whom are not under common control,
as described in Section 4064 of ERISA.
Net Proceeds: with respect to
an Asset Disposition, proceeds (including, when received, any
deferred or escrowed payments) received by an Obligor or Subsidiary
in cash from such disposition, net of (a) reasonable and customary
costs and expenses actually incurred in connection therewith,
including legal fees and sales commissions; (b) amounts applied to
repayment of Debt secured by a Permitted Lien senior to
Agent’s Liens on Collateral sold; (c) transfer or similar
taxes; and (d) reserves for indemnities, until such reserves are no
longer needed.
Notice of Borrowing: a request
by Borrower Agent for a Borrowing of Revolver Loans in accordance
with Section
4.1.1.
Obligations: all (a) principal
of and premium, if any, on the Loans, (b) interest, expenses, fees,
indemnification obligations, Extraordinary Expenses and other
amounts payable by Obligors under Loan Documents, (c) Secured Bank
Product Obligations, and (d) other Debts, obligations and
liabilities of any kind owing by Obligors pursuant to the Loan
Documents, whether now existing or hereafter arising, whether
evidenced by a note or other writing, whether allowed in any
Insolvency Proceeding, whether arising from an extension of credit,
issuance of a letter of credit, acceptance, loan, guaranty,
indemnification or otherwise, and whether direct or indirect,
absolute or contingent, due or to become due, primary or secondary,
or joint or several; provided, that Obligations of
an Obligor shall not include its Excluded Swap
Obligations.
Obligor: each Borrower and each
Guarantor.
OFAC: Office of Foreign Assets
Control of the U.S. Treasury Department.
Ordinary Course of Business:
the ordinary course of business of any Borrower or Subsidiary,
undertaken in good faith and consistent with Applicable Law and
past practices.
Organic Documents: with respect
to any Person, its charter, certificate or articles of
incorporation, bylaws, articles of organization, limited liability
agreement, operating agreement, members agreement, shareholders
agreement, partnership agreement, certificate of partnership,
certificate of formation, voting trust agreement, or similar
agreement or instrument governing the formation or operation of
such Person.
OSHA: the Occupational Safety
and Hazard Act of 1970.
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Other Agreement: each fee
letter, Lien Waiver, Related Real Estate Documents, Borrowing Base
Report, Compliance Certificate, Borrower Materials, any
subordination agreement, or other note, document, instrument or
agreement (other than this Agreement or a Security Document) now or
hereafter delivered by an Obligor to Agent or a Lender in
connection with any transactions relating hereto.
Other Connection Taxes: Taxes
imposed on a Recipient due to a present or former connection
between it and the taxing jurisdiction (other than connections
arising from the Recipient having executed, delivered, become party
to, performed obligations or received payments under, received or
perfected a Lien or engaged in any other transaction pursuant to,
enforced, or sold or assigned an interest in, any Loan or Loan
Document).
Other Taxes: all present or
future stamp, court, documentary, intangible, recording, filing or
similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the
execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of,
from the receipt or perfection of a Lien under, or otherwise with
respect to, any Loan Document, except Other Connection Taxes
imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment
made pursuant to Section
13.4(c)).
Participant: as defined in
Section 13.2.
Patriot Act: the Uniting and
Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to
Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Pub. L. No. 107-56,
115 Stat. 272 (2001).
Payment Conditions: at the time
of determination with respect to with respect to any applicable
payment or Distribution, the following, in each case as determined
by the Agent in its Permitted Discretion:
(a) no Default or Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result after
giving effect thereto on a pro forma basis;
(b) Availability is at
least $5,000,000 (i) at all times during the sixty (60) day period
immediately prior thereto, and (ii) on a pro forma basis after
giving effect thereto, at all times during the sixty (60) day
period thereafter;
(c) the Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio as of the end of the most recently ended twelve (12)
month period is not less than 1.2 to 1.0, before and after giving
effect thereto on a pro forma basis; and
(d) the Agent shall
receive a certificate of a Senior Officer of the Borrower Agent
demonstrating satisfaction of the foregoing conditions in
reasonable detail prior to consummation thereof.
Payment Item: each check, draft
or other item of payment payable to a Borrower, including those
constituting proceeds of any Collateral.
PBGC: the Pension Benefit
Guaranty Corporation.
Pension Funding Rules: Code and
ERISA rules regarding minimum required contributions (including
installment payments) to Pension Plans set forth in, for plan years
ending prior to the Pension Protection Act of 2006 effective date,
Section 412 of the Code and Section 302 of ERISA, both as in effect
prior to such act, and thereafter, Sections 412, 430, 431, 432 and
436 of the Code and Sections 302, 303, 304 and 305 of
ERISA.
Pension Plan: any employee
pension benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA), other
than a Multiemployer Plan, that is subject to Title IV of ERISA and
is sponsored or maintained by any Obligor Subsidiary or ERISA
Affiliate or to which the Obligor or ERISA Affiliate contributes or
has an obligation to contribute, or in the case of a Multiple
Employer Plan or other plan described in Section 4064(a) of ERISA,
has made contributions at any time during the preceding five plan
years.
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Permitted Acquisition: (a) an
Acquisition by a Borrower undertaken with the prior written
approval of Agent and (b) any other Acquisition by a Borrower
where:
(i) the Person or
business to be acquired shall be, or shall be engaged in the same
or a reasonably related line of business as the
Obligors;
(ii) immediately
before and after giving effect to such acquisition, no Default or
Event of Default shall exist;
(iii) the
acquisition consideration for any individual acquisition (or series
of related acquisitions) shall not exceed $5,000,000, and the
aggregate amount of the acquisition consideration for all Permitted
Acquisitions after the Closing Date shall not exceed
$10,000,000;
(iv) immediately
after giving effect to such acquisition on a pro forma basis, the
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio as of the end of the most recently
ended twelve (12) month period is not less than 1.0 to 1.0
(calculated as if such acquisition had occurred on the first day of
such trailing twelve (12) month period);
(v) not less than
fifteen (15) Business Days prior to such acquisition (or such later
date approved by Agent in its sole discretion), Agent shall have
received (A) a reasonably detailed description of such acquisition,
including, financial information and operating results (including
financial statements for the most recent twelve (12) month period
if available and projections with respect to the Person or business
to be acquired for no less than a twelve (12) month period), and
the terms and conditions, including economic terms, of the proposed
acquisition and (B) copies of each material document, instrument
and agreement to be executed in connection with such acquisition,
together with any lien search reports and lien release letters and
other documents to evidence the termination of any Liens in
connection with such acquisition as Agent may reasonably
request;
(vi) Availability
plus Qualified Cash
(but excluding any amounts included in the Cash Formula Amount in
the Borrowing Base) of the Borrowers shall be at least $5,000,000
on a pro forma basis (A) at all times during the thirty (30) day
period immediately prior thereto, and (B) at all times during the
thirty (30) day period thereafter (as demonstrated by Borrowers in
a manner reasonably satisfactory to Agent); and
(vii) the
assets being acquired (other than a de minimis amount of assets in
relation to the Obligors’ total assets) are located within
the United States of America, or the Person whose equity interests
are being acquired is organized in a jurisdiction located within
the United States of America.
Permitted Asset Disposition:
(a) as long as any Net Proceeds are remitted to a Dominion Account
in accordance with this Agreement, an Asset Disposition that is (i)
a sale of Inventory in the Ordinary Course of Business; (ii) a
disposition of Equipment in connection with Borrower’s
relocation to new office space in California during the first Loan
Year; or (iii) a disposition of Equipment that, in the aggregate
during any 12 month period, has a fair market or book value
(whichever is more) of $200,000 or less; and (b) as long as no
Default or Event of Default exists and any Net Proceeds are
remitted to a Dominion Account in accordance with this Agreement,
an Asset Disposition that is (i) a disposition of Inventory that is
obsolete, unmerchantable or otherwise unsalable in the Ordinary
Course of Business; (ii) a disposition or transfer of surplus,
obsolete or worn-out Equipment; (iii) termination of a lease of
real or personal Property that is not necessary for the Ordinary
Course of Business, would not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect and does not result from an Obligor’s
default; (iv) the disposition of Intellectual Property (including
domain names) to the extent not material to the business of the
Obligors; (v) the licensing of Intellectual Property rights on a
non-exclusive basis in the Ordinary Course of Business; (vi) the
sale or discount, in each case without recourse, of Accounts (not
constituting Eligible Accounts) in the Ordinary Course of Business,
but only in connection with the compromise or collection thereof;
(vii) the leasing or subleasing of assets of any Obligor in the
Ordinary Course of Business; (viii) a transfer of assets to an
Obligor or to any Subsidiary of an Obligor; (ix) a disposition of
other assets with proceeds in an amount not to exceed $500,000 in
the aggregate after the Closing Date; and (x) approved in writing
by Agent and Required Lenders.
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Permitted Contingent
Obligations: Contingent Obligations (a) arising from
endorsements of Payment Items for collection or deposit in the
Ordinary Course of Business; (b) arising from Hedging Agreements
permitted hereunder; (c) existing on the Closing Date, and any
extension or renewal thereof that does not increase the amount of
such Contingent Obligation when extended or renewed; (d) incurred
in the Ordinary Course of Business with respect to surety, appeal
or performance bonds, or other similar obligations; (e) arising
from customary indemnification obligations in favor of purchasers
in connection with dispositions of Equipment permitted hereunder;
(f) arising under the Loan Documents; or (g) in an aggregate amount
of $100,000 or less at any time.
Permitted Discretion: a
determination made in good faith and in the exercise (from the
perspective of a secured asset-based lender) of commercially
reasonable business judgment.
Permitted Lien: as defined in
Section 10.2.2. The
designation of a Lien as a “Permitted Lien” shall not
limit or restrict the ability of Agent to establish an Availability
Reserve relating thereto in accordance with the provisions
hereof.
Permitted Purchase Money Debt:
Purchase Money Debt of Obligors and Subsidiaries that is unsecured
or secured only by a Purchase Money Lien, as long as the aggregate
amount does not exceed $500,000 at any time and its incurrence does
not violate Section
10.2.3.
Person: any individual,
corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture,
association, trust, unincorporated organization, Governmental
Authority or other entity.
Plan: an employee benefit plan
(as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) maintained for employees of
an Obligor or ERISA Affiliate, or to which an Obligor or ERISA
Affiliate is required to contribute on behalf of its
employees.
Platform: as defined in
Section 14.3.3.
Pledged PNC Account: the
deposit account maintained with PNC Bank, National Association and
pledged thereto to secure the Obligors’ commercial credit
card and merchant card services with PNC Bank, National Association
or its Affiliates.
Prepayment Fee: as defined in
the Closing Date Fee Letter.
Pro Rata: with respect to any
Lender, a percentage (rounded to the ninth decimal place)
determined (a) by dividing the amount of such Lender’s
Revolver Commitment by the aggregate outstanding Revolver
Commitments; or (b) following termination of the Revolver
Commitments, by dividing the amount of such Lender’s Loans by
the aggregate outstanding Loans or, if all Loans have been paid in
full, by dividing such Lender’s and its Affiliates’
remaining Obligations by the aggregate remaining
Obligations.
Properly Contested: with
respect to any obligation of an Obligor, (a) the obligation is
subject to a bona fide dispute regarding amount or the
Obligor’s liability to pay; (b) the obligation is being
properly contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings
promptly instituted and diligently pursued; (c) appropriate
reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP; (d)
non-payment would not have a Material Adverse Effect, nor result in
forfeiture or sale of any assets of the Obligor; (e) no Lien having
priority over Agent’s Lien is imposed on assets of the
Obligor, unless bonded and stayed to the satisfaction of Agent; and
(f) if the obligation results from entry of a judgment or other
order, such judgment or order is stayed pending appeal or other
judicial review.
Property: any interest in any
kind of property or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, or
tangible or intangible.
Protective Advances: as defined
in Section
2.1.5.
Purchase Money Debt: (a) Debt
(other than the Obligations) for payment of any of the purchase
price of fixed assets (other than Real Estate); (b) Debt (other
than the Obligations) incurred within 90 days before or after
acquisition of any fixed assets (other than Real Estate), for the
purpose of financing any of the purchase price thereof; and (c) any
renewals, extensions or refinancings (but not increases)
thereof.
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Purchase Money Lien: a Lien
that secures Purchase Money Debt, encumbering only the fixed assets
acquired with such Debt and constituting a Capital Lease or a
purchase money security interest under the UCC.
Qualified Cash: unrestricted
domestic cash of the Borrowers in which Agent has a first priority
perfected Lien.
Qualified ECP: an Obligor with
total assets exceeding $10,000,000, or that constitutes an
“eligible contract participant” under the Commodity
Exchange Act and can cause another Person to qualify as an
“eligible contract participant” under Section
1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
RCRA: the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 6991-6991i).
Real Estate: all right, title
and interest (whether as owner, lessor or lessee) in any real
Property or any buildings, structures, parking areas or other
improvements thereon.
Recipient: Agent, any Lender or
any other recipient of a payment to be made by an Obligor under a
Loan Document or on account of an Obligation.
Refinancing Conditions: (a) the
Refinancing Debt is in an aggregate principal amount that does not
exceed the principal amount of the Debt being extended, renewed or
refinanced; (b) it has a final maturity no sooner than, a weighted
average life no less than, and an interest rate no greater than,
the Debt being extended, renewed or refinanced; (c) it is
subordinated to the Obligations at least to the same extent as the
Debt being extended, renewed or refinanced; (d) the
representations, covenants and defaults applicable to it are no
less favorable to Borrowers than those applicable to the Debt being
extended, renewed or refinanced; (e) no additional Lien is granted
to secure it; (f) no additional Person is obligated on such Debt;
and (g) upon giving effect to it, no Default or Event of Default
exists.
Refinancing Debt: Borrowed
Money that is the result of an extension, renewal or refinancing of
Debt permitted under Section
10.2.1(b), (d) or
(f).
Related Real Estate Documents:
with respect to any Real Estate subject to a Mortgage, the
following, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent and received
by Agent for review at least 15 days prior to the effective date of
the Mortgage: (a) a mortgagee title policy (or binder therefor)
covering Agent’s interest under the Mortgage, by an insurer
acceptable to Agent, which must be fully paid on such effective
date; (b) such assignments of leases, estoppel letters, attornment
agreements, consents, waivers and releases as Agent may require
with respect to other Persons having an interest in the Real
Estate; (c) a current, as-built survey of the Real Estate,
containing a metes-and-bounds property description and certified by
a licensed surveyor acceptable to Agent; (d) a life-of-loan flood
hazard determination and, if the Real Estate is located in a
special flood hazard area, an acknowledged notice to borrower and
real property and contents flood insurance acceptable to Agent; (e)
a current appraisal of the Real Estate, prepared by an appraiser
acceptable to Agent, and in form and substance satisfactory to
Agent; (f) an environmental assessment, prepared by environmental
engineers acceptable to Agent, and such other reports,
certificates, studies or data as Agent may reasonably require, all
in form and substance satisfactory to Agent; and (g) an
Environmental Agreement and such other documents, instruments or
agreements as Agent may reasonably require with respect to any
environmental risks regarding the Real Estate.
Rent and Charges Reserve: the
aggregate of (a) all past due rent and other amounts owing by an
Obligor to any landlord, warehouseman, processor, repairman,
mechanic, shipper, freight forwarder, broker or other Person who
possesses any Collateral or could assert a Lien on any Collateral;
and (b) a reserve at least equal to three months’ rent and
other charges that could be payable to any such Person, unless it
has executed a Lien Waiver.
Report: as defined in
Section 12.2.3.
Reportable Event: any event set
forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA, other than an event for which
the 30 day notice period has been waived.
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Required Lenders: Secured
Parties holding more than 50% of (a) the aggregate outstanding
Revolver Commitments; or (b) after termination of the Revolver
Commitments, the aggregate outstanding Loans or, upon Full Payment
of all Loans, the aggregate remaining Obligations; provided, however, (i) that Commitments,
Loans and other Obligations held by Defaulting Lender and its
Affiliates shall be disregarded in making such calculation, but any
related Fronting Exposure shall be deemed held as a Loan by the
Lender that funded the applicable Loan, and (ii) at any time there
are two (2) or more Secured Parties, “Required Lenders”
must include at least two (2) Secured Parties who are not
Affiliates of one another).
Restricted Investment: any
Investment by an Obligor or Subsidiary, other than (a) Investments
in an Obligor; (b) Investments in a Subsidiary of an Obligor not
exceeding $300,000 in the aggregate after the Closing Date; (c)
Cash Equivalents that are subject to Agent’s Lien and
control, pursuant to documentation in form and substance
satisfactory to Agent; (d) advances to an officer or employee for
salary, travel expenses, commissions and similar items in the
Ordinary Course of Business; (e) prepaid expenses and extensions of
trade credit made in the Ordinary Course of Business; (f) deposits
with financial institutions permitted hereunder, (g) Investments
received with respect to Collateral other than Eligible Accounts or
Eligible Unbilled Accounts in satisfaction or partial satisfaction
of Accounts owing by financially troubled account debtors to the
extent reasonably necessary to prevent or limit loss; (h) Permitted
Acquisitions; and (i) other Investments not exceeding $100,000 in
the aggregate after the Closing Date.
Restrictive Agreement: an
agreement (other than a Loan Document) that conditions or restricts
the right of any Borrower, Subsidiary or other Obligor to incur or
repay Borrowed Money, to grant Liens on any assets, to declare or
make Distributions, to modify, extend or renew any agreement
evidencing Borrowed Money, or to repay any intercompany
Debt.
Revolver Commitment: for any
Lender, its obligation to make Revolver Loans up to the maximum
principal amount shown on Schedule
1.1(a) attached hereto, as hereafter modified pursuant to an
Assignment to which it is a party. “Revolver Commitments” means the
aggregate amount of such commitments of all Lenders. The aggregate
Revolver Commitments on the Closing Date are
$20,000,000.
Revolver Loan: any loan made
pursuant to Section 2.1 or
as a Swingline Loan.
Revolver Termination Date:
March 26, 2023
Revolver Usage: the aggregate
amount of outstanding Revolver Loans.
S&P: Standard &
Poor’s Financial Services LLC, a subsidiary of The
XxXxxx-Xxxx Companies, Inc., or any successor acceptable to
Agent.
Sanction: any sanction
administered or enforced by the U.S. Government (including OFAC),
United Nations Security Council, European Union, Her
Majesty’s Treasury or other sanctions authority.
Secured Bank Product
Obligations: Debt, obligations and other liabilities with
respect to Bank Products owing by an Obligor or Subsidiary to a
Secured Bank Product Provider; provided, that Secured Bank
Product Obligations of an Obligor shall not include its Excluded
Swap Obligations.
Secured Bank Product Provider:
(a) the Bank, the Agent and any of their respective Affiliates; and
(b) any other Lender or Affiliate of a Lender that is providing a
Bank Product, provided such provider delivers written notice to
Agent, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, within 10 days
following the later of the Closing Date or creation of the Bank
Product, (i) describing the Bank Product and setting forth the
maximum amount to be secured by the Collateral and the methodology
to be used in calculating such amount, and (ii) agreeing to be
bound by Section
12.13.
Secured Parties: Agent, Lenders
and Secured Bank Product Providers.
Security Documents: the
Guaranties, Mortgages, IP
Assignments, Deposit Account Control Agreements, and all other
documents, instruments and agreements now or hereafter securing (or
given with the intent to secure) any Obligations.
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Senior Officer: the president,
chief executive officer or chief financial officer of a Borrower
or, if the context requires, an Obligor.
Settlement Report: a report
summarizing Revolver Loans outstanding as of a given settlement
date, allocated to Lenders on a Pro Rata basis in accordance with
their Revolver Commitments.
Solvent: as to any Person, such
Person (a) owns Property whose fair salable value is greater than
the amount required to pay all of its debts (including contingent,
subordinated, unmatured and unliquidated liabilities); (b) owns
Property whose present fair salable value (as defined below) is
greater than the probable total liabilities (including contingent,
subordinated, unmatured and unliquidated liabilities) of such
Person as they become absolute and matured; (c) is able to pay all
of its debts as they mature; (d) has capital that is not
unreasonably small for its business and is sufficient to carry on
its business and transactions and all business and transactions in
which it is about to engage; (e) is not “insolvent”
within the meaning of Section 101(32) of the Bankruptcy Code; and
(f) has not incurred (by way of assumption or otherwise) any
obligations or liabilities (contingent or otherwise) under any Loan
Documents, or made any conveyance in connection therewith, with
actual intent to hinder, delay or defraud either present or future
creditors of such Person or any of its Affiliates.
“Fair salable
value” means the amount that could be obtained for
assets within a reasonable time, either through collection or
through sale under ordinary selling conditions by a capable and
diligent seller to an interested buyer who is willing (but under no
compulsion) to purchase.
Specified Extended Term
Accounts: Accounts where Carat USA, Inc., is the Account
Debtor (so long as such Account Debtor continues to be acceptable
to Agent in its Permitted Discretion based on the then current
credit and risk profile of such Account Debtor) and which have
payment terms equal to or greater than 60 days.
Specified Obligor: an Obligor
that is not then an “eligible contract participant”
under the Commodity Exchange Act (determined prior to giving effect
to Section
5.11).
Specified Permitted Lien: Liens
described in Section
10.2.2(a), (c),
(d), (g), (j), (l), and (m).
Subordinated Debt: Debt
incurred by a Borrower that is expressly subordinate and junior in
right of payment to Full Payment of all Obligations, and is on
terms (including maturity, interest, fees, repayment, covenants and
subordination) satisfactory to Agent, and, if applicable, the Liens
as to any Collateral securing such Debt have been subordinated to
the Liens therein of Agent pursuant to documentation in form and
substance satisfactory to Agent, in its sole
discretion.
Subsidiary: any entity more
than 50% of whose voting securities or Equity Interests is owned by
an Obligor or combination of Obligors (including indirect ownership
through other entities in which an Obligor directly or indirectly
owns more than 50% of the voting securities or Equity
Interests).
Swap Obligations: with respect
to an Obligor, its obligations under a Hedging Agreement that
constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of Section
1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
Swingline Loan: any Borrowing
of Revolver Loans funded with Agent’s funds, until such
Borrowing is settled among Lenders or repaid by Borrowers.
Swingline Loans shall be funded as Revolver Loans and shall be
subject to the sublimit in Section
4.1.3(a).
Taxes: all present or future
taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including
backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by
any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to
tax or penalties applicable thereto.
Transactions: collectively, (a)
the execution, delivery and performance by the Obligors of the Loan
Documents to which they are a party and the making of the Loans
hereunder, (b) the repayment of all amounts due or outstanding
under the Existing Lender Documentation, and (c) the payment
of all related costs, fees and expenses.
Transferee: any actual or
potential Eligible Assignee, Participant or other Person acquiring
an interest in any Obligations.
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UCC: the Uniform Commercial
Code as in effect in the State of New York or, when the laws of any
other jurisdiction govern the perfection or enforcement of any
Lien, the Uniform Commercial Code of such
jurisdiction.
Unbilled Accounts Formula
Amount: the lesser of (a) $5,000,000 and (b) up to 75% of
the Value of Eligible Unbilled Accounts billed, in each case,
subject to Agent’s Permitted Discretion; provided, however, that such percentage
shall be reduced by 1.0% for each percentage point (or portion
thereof) that the Dilution Percent exceeds 5.0%.
Unused Line Fee Rate: a per
annum rate equal to 0.50%.
Upstream Payment: a
Distribution by a Subsidiary of an Obligor to such
Obligor.
U.S. Person: “United
States Person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the
Code.
U.S. Tax Compliance
Certificate: as defined in Section 5.10.2(b)(iii).
Value: (a) for Inventory, its
value determined on the basis of the lower of cost or market,
calculated on a first-in, first-out basis, and excluding any
portion of cost attributable to intercompany profit among Borrowers
and their Affiliates; and (b) for an Account, its face amount, net
of any returns, rebates, discounts (calculated on the shortest
terms), credits, allowances or Taxes (including sales, excise or
other taxes) that have been or could be claimed by the Account
Debtor or any other Person.
1.2 Accounting
Terms. Under the Loan
Documents (except as otherwise specified therein), all accounting
terms shall be interpreted, all accounting determinations shall be
made, and all financial statements shall be prepared, in accordance
with GAAP applied on a basis consistent with the most recent
audited financial statements of Borrowers delivered to Agent before
the Closing Date and using the same inventory valuation method as
used in such financial statements, except for any change required
or permitted by GAAP if Borrowers’ certified public
accountants concur in such change, the change is disclosed to
Agent, and all relevant provisions of the Loan Documents are
amended in a manner satisfactory to Required Lenders to take into
account the effects of the change.
1.3 Uniform Commercial
Code. As used herein,
the following terms are defined in accordance with the UCC.
“Account,” “Account Debtor,” “Chattel
Paper,” “Commercial Tort Claim,” “Deposit
Account,” “Document,” “Equipment,”
“General Intangibles,” “Goods,”
“Instrument,” “Investment Property,”
“Letter-of-Credit Right” and “Supporting
Obligation.”
1.4 Certain Matters of
Construction. The terms
“herein,” “hereof,” “hereunder”
and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a
whole and not to any particular section, paragraph or subdivision.
Any pronoun used shall be deemed to cover all genders. In the
computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later
specified date, “from” means “from and
including,” and “to” and “until” each
mean “to but excluding.” The terms
“including” and “include” shall mean
“including, without limitation” and, for purposes of
each Loan Document, the parties agree that the rule of ejusdem generis shall not be applicable
to limit any provision. Section titles appear as a matter of
convenience only and shall not affect the interpretation of any
Loan Document. All references to (a) laws include all related
regulations, interpretations, supplements, amendments and successor
provisions; (b) any document, instrument or agreement include any
amendments, waivers and other modifications, extensions or renewals
(to the extent permitted by the Loan Documents); (c) any section
mean, unless the context otherwise requires, a section of this
Agreement; (d) any exhibits or schedules mean, unless the context
otherwise requires, exhibits and schedules attached hereto, which
are hereby incorporated by reference; (e) any Person include
successors and assigns; (f) time of day means the time of day in
New York, New York; or (g) discretion (but not, for the avoidance
of doubt, Permitted Discretion) of Agent or any Lender means the
sole and absolute discretion of such Person exercised at any time.
All references to Value, Borrowing Base components, Loans,
Obligations and other amounts herein shall be denominated in
Dollars, unless expressly provided otherwise, and all
determinations (including calculations of Borrowing Base and
financial covenants) made from time to time under the Loan
Documents shall be made in light of the circumstances existing at
such time. Borrowing Base calculations shall be consistent with
historical methods of valuation and calculation, and otherwise
satisfactory to Agent (and not necessarily calculated in accordance
with GAAP). Borrowers shall have the burden of establishing any
alleged negligence, misconduct or lack of good faith by Agent or
any Lender under any Loan Documents. No provision of any Loan
Documents shall be construed against any party by reason of such
party having, or being deemed to have, drafted the provision.
Reference to a Borrower’s “knowledge” or similar
concept means actual knowledge of a Senior Officer, or knowledge
that a Senior Officer would have obtained if he or she had engaged
in good faith and diligent performance of his or her duties,
including reasonably specific inquiries of employees or agents and
a good faith attempt to ascertain the matter.
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1.5 Divisions. For all purposes
under the Loan Documents, in connection with any division or plan
of division under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (or
any comparable event under a different jurisdiction’s laws):
(a) if any asset, right, obligation or liability of any Obligor
that is a limited liability company becomes the asset, right,
obligation or liability of a different Obligor, then it shall be
deemed to have been transferred from the original Obligor to the
subsequent Obligor, and (b) if any new Obligor comes into
existence, such new Obligor shall be deemed to have been organized
on the first date of its existence by the holders of its equity
interests at such time.
1.6 Notice to Borrower
Agent. In the event that
Agent (a) increases or decreases the percentages applied to the
Value of Eligible Accounts or Eligible Unbilled Accounts as set
forth in the definitions of “Accounts Formula Amount”
and “Unbilled Accounts Formula Amount,” as applicable,
(b) establishes Availability Reserves, (c) increases or decreases
the percentages set forth in clause (b) of the definition of
“Eligible Account” or (d) otherwise establishes
criteria for Eligible Accounts as set forth in clause (o) of the
definition of “Eligible Accounts,” then, so long as no
Default or Event of Default exists and is continuing, the Agent
shall give Borrower Agent as much prior written notice as is
possible (but in any event no less than three (3) Business
Days’ notice) of the proposed changes. Each Borrower consents
to any such increases or decreases, Availability Reserves and other
criteria and acknowledges that such actions may limit or restrict
the amount of Revolving Loans requested by Borrowings.
2.1.1 Revolver
Loans. Each Lender agrees, severally on a Pro Rata basis up
to its Revolver Commitment, on the terms set forth herein, to make
Revolver Loans to Borrowers from time to time through the
Commitment Termination Date. The Revolver Loans may be repaid and
reborrowed as provided herein. In no event shall Lenders have any
obligation to honor a request for a Revolver Loan if Revolver Usage
at such time plus the requested Loan would exceed the Borrowing
Base. Notwithstanding the foregoing, and subject to Sections 5.2 and 5.7, Borrowers shall at all times
maintain Revolver Usage in an amount equal to or greater than the
Minimum Balance.
2.1.2 Notes.
Loans and interest accruing thereon shall be evidenced by the
records of Agent and the applicable Lender. At the request of a
Lender, Borrowers shall deliver promissory note(s) to such Lender,
evidencing its Loans.
2.1.3 Use
of Proceeds. The proceeds of Revolver Loans shall be used by
Borrowers solely (a) to satisfy existing Debt held by the Existing
Lender; (b) to pay fees and transaction expenses associated with
the closing of this credit facility; (c) to pay Obligations in
accordance with this Agreement; and (d) for lawful corporate
purposes of Borrowers, including working capital. Borrowers shall
not, directly or indirectly, use any Loan proceeds, nor use, lend,
contribute or otherwise make available Loan proceeds to any
Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person, (i) to fund any
activities of or business with any Person, or in any Designated
Jurisdiction, that, at the time of funding of the Loan, is the
subject of any Sanction; (ii) in any manner that would result in a
violation of a Sanction by any Person (including any Secured Party
or other individual or entity participating in any transaction); or
(iii) for any purpose that would breach the U.S. Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act of 1977, UK Xxxxxxx Xxx 0000 or similar law in any
jurisdiction.
2.1.4 Voluntary
Reduction or Termination of Revolver
Commitments.
(a) The Revolver
Commitments shall terminate on the Revolver Termination Date,
unless sooner terminated in accordance with this Agreement. Upon at
least 15 days’ prior written notice to Agent at any time,
Borrowers may, at their option, terminate the Revolver Commitments
and this credit facility. Any notice of termination given by
Borrowers shall be irrevocable. On the termination date, Borrowers
shall make Full Payment of all Obligations, including the
applicable Prepayment Fee, if any.
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(b) Borrowers may
permanently reduce the Revolver Commitments on a ratable basis for
all Lenders to an aggregate amount of not less than $15,000,000,
upon at least 15 days’ prior written notice to Agent, which
notice shall specify the amount of the reduction and shall be
irrevocable once given. Each reduction shall be in a minimum amount
of $1,000,000, or an increment of $1,000,000 in excess thereof. Any
such reduction shall be accompanied by the payment of the
applicable Prepayment Fee, if any.
2.1.5 Protective
Advances. Agent shall be authorized, in its discretion, at
any time, to make Revolver Loans (“Protective Advances”) (a) if Agent
deems such Loans necessary or desirable to preserve or protect
Collateral, or to enhance the collectability or repayment of
Obligations, as long as such Loans do not cause Revolver Usage to
exceed the aggregate Revolver Commitments; or (b) to pay any other
amounts chargeable to Obligors under any Loan Documents, including
interest, costs, fees and expenses. Lenders shall participate on a
Pro Rata basis in Protective Advances outstanding from time to
time. Required Lenders may at any time revoke Agent’s
authority to make further Protective Advances under clause (a) by written notice to
Agent. Absent such revocation, Agent’s determination that
funding of a Protective Advance is appropriate shall be
conclusive.
3.1.1 Rates
and Payment of Interest.
(a) The Obligations
(other than Secured Bank Product Obligations) shall bear interest
at a rate per annum equal to the LIBO Rate plus the Applicable Margin
(except as may be provided by the definition of LIBO Rate or
Section 3.1.2, Section 3.5
or Section 3.6). Subject to
Section 3.1.2, Section 3.5 or Section 3.6, and except as set forth in
the definition of LIBO Rate, all Loans shall be LIBOR
Loans.
(b) During an
Insolvency Proceeding with respect to any Borrower, or during any
other Event of Default if Agent or Required Lenders in their
discretion so elect, Obligations (other than Secured Bank Product
Obligations) shall bear interest at the Default Rate (whether
before or after any judgment), payable on demand.
(c) Interest shall
accrue from the date a Loan is advanced or Obligation becomes
payable, until paid in full by Borrowers, and shall in no event be
less than zero at any time. Interest accrued the Loans shall be due
and payable in arrears, (i) on the first calendar day of each
calendar month, for the Interest Period then ended; (ii) on any
date of prepayment, with respect to the principal amount being
prepaid; and (iii) on the Commitment Termination Date. Interest
accrued on any other Obligations shall be due and payable as
provided in the Loan Documents or, if no payment date is specified,
on demand.
(d) Agent does not
warrant or accept responsibility for, nor shall it have any
liability with respect to, administration, submission or any other
matter related to the rate described in the definition of
LIBOR.
3.1.2 Interest
Rate Not Ascertainable. If, due to any circumstance
affecting the London interbank market, Agent determines that
adequate and fair means do not exist for ascertaining LIBO Rate on
any applicable date (and such circumstances are not covered or
governed by Section 3.6),
then Agent shall immediately notify Borrowers of such
determination. Until Agent notifies Borrowers that such
circumstance no longer exists, the obligation of Lenders to make
affected LIBOR Loans shall be suspended and, if requested by Agent,
Borrowers shall promptly, at its option, either (i) pay all such
affected LIBOR Loans or (ii) convert such affected LIBOR Loans into
Loans that bear reference to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin
(plus, if applicable, any incremental Default Rate).
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3.2 Fees.
3.2.1 Unused Line Fee. Borrowers
shall pay to Agent, for the Pro Rata benefit of Lenders, a fee
equal to the Unused Line Fee Rate times the amount by which the
Revolver Commitments exceed the average daily Revolver Usage during
the preceding month, calculated for the actual days elapsed. Such
fee shall be payable in arrears, on the first day of each calendar
month and on the
Commitment Termination Date.
3.2.2 Fee Letters. Borrowers shall
pay all fees set forth in any fee letter executed in connection
with this Agreement or any consent, waiver or amendment
hereto.
3.2.3 Wire Fees. Borrowers shall pay
Agent $35.00 for any wire initiated by Agent.
3.3 Computation of Interest, Fees, Yield
Protection. All interest, as well as fees and
other charges calculated on a per annum basis, shall be computed
for the actual days elapsed based on a year of 360 days, except
that interest computed by reference to clause (b) of the definition of Base
Rate shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366
days in a leap year). Each determination by Agent of any interest,
fees or interest rate hereunder shall be final, conclusive and
binding for all purposes, absent manifest error. All fees shall be
fully earned when due and shall not be subject to rebate, refund or
proration. All fees payable under Section 3.2 are compensation for
services and are not, and shall not be deemed to be, interest or
any other charge for the use, forbearance or detention of money. A
certificate as to amounts payable by Borrowers under Section 3.4, 3.6, 3.7, or 5.9, submitted to Borrower Agent by
Agent or the affected Lender shall be final, conclusive and binding
for all purposes, absent manifest error, and Borrowers shall pay
such amounts to the appropriate party within 10 days following
receipt of the certificate.
3.4 Reimbursement
Obligations. Borrowers shall pay all Extraordinary
Expenses promptly upon request. Borrowers shall also reimburse
Agent for all reasonable and out of pocket legal, accounting,
appraisal, consulting, and other fees and expenses incurred by it
in connection with (a) negotiation and preparation of any Loan
Documents, including any modification thereof; (b) administration
of and actions relating to any Collateral, Loan Documents and
transactions contemplated thereby, including any actions taken to
perfect or maintain priority of Agent’s Liens on any
Collateral, to maintain any insurance required hereunder or to
verify Collateral; and (c) any examination or appraisal with
respect to any Obligor or Collateral by Agent’s personnel or
a third party in accordance with this Agreement. All legal,
accounting and consulting fees shall be charged to Borrowers by
Agent’s professionals at their full hourly rates, regardless
of any alternative fee arrangements that Agent, any Lender or any
of their Affiliates may have with such professionals that otherwise
might apply to this or any other transaction. Borrowers acknowledge
that counsel may provide Agent with a benefit (such as a discount,
credit or accommodation for other matters) based on counsel’s
overall relationship with Agent, including fees paid hereunder. All
amounts payable by Borrowers under this Section shall be due and
payable as provided in the Loan Documents or, if no payment date is
specified, on
demand.
3.5 Illegality. Without limiting the provisions of
Section 3.6, if any Lender
determines that any Applicable Law has made it unlawful, or that
any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for
any Lender to perform any of its obligations hereunder, to make,
maintain, fund or charge applicable interest or fees with respect
to any Loan, or to determine or charge interest based on LIBO Rate,
or any Governmental Authority has imposed material restrictions on
the authority of such Lender to purchase or sell, or to take
deposits of, Dollars in the London interbank market, then, on
notice thereof by such Lender to Agent, any obligation of such
Lender to perform such obligations, to make, maintain or fund the
Loan (or to charge interest or fees with respect thereto), shall be
suspended until such Lender notifies Agent that the circumstances
giving rise to such determination no longer exist. Upon delivery of
such notice, Borrowers shall, at their option, either prepay the
applicable Loan or, if applicable, convert LIBOR Loan(s) of such
Lender to a Loan that bears reference to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin,
either on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such
Lender may lawfully continue to maintain the LIBOR Loan to such
day, or immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to
maintain the LIBOR Loan. Upon any such prepayment, Borrowers shall
also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid.
3.6.1 Inability to Determine Rates
Generally.
If
Agent notifies Borrower Agent in connection with a Borrowing of a
LIBOR Loan that for any reason (a) Agent determines Dollar deposits
are not being offered to banks in the London interbank Eurodollar
market for the applicable Loan amount or Interest Period, (b) Agent
determines adequate and reasonable means do not exist for
determining LIBO Rate for the applicable Interest Period, or (c)
Agent or Required Lenders determine LIBOR for the applicable
Interest Period does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to
Lenders of funding the Loan, then Lenders’ obligation to make
or maintain LIBOR Loans shall be suspended to the extent of the
affected LIBOR Loan or Interest Period until Agent (upon
instruction by Required Lenders) withdraws the notice and all such
Loans shall be converted to Loans bearing interest at the Base Rate
plus the Applicable Margin. Upon receipt of the notice, Borrower
Agent may revoke any pending request for a Borrowing of a LIBOR
Loan or, failing that, will be deemed to have submitted a request
for a Loan bearing interest at the Base Rate plus the Applicable
Margin.
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3.6.2 LIBOR
Successor Rate. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan
Document, if Agent (which determination shall be conclusive absent
manifest error), or the Borrower Agent or Required Lenders notify
Agent (with, in the case of the Required Lenders, a copy to
Borrower Agent) that Borrower Agent or Required Lenders (as
applicable) have determined, that:
(a) adequate and
reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining LIBOR for any
requested Interest Period, including, without limitation, because
the LIBOR Screen Rate is not available or published on a current
basis and such circumstances are unlikely to be
temporary;
(b) the administrator
of the LIBOR Screen Rate or a Governmental Authority having
jurisdiction over the Agent has made a public statement identifying
a specific date after which LIBOR or the LIBOR Screen Rate shall no
longer be made available, or used for determining the interest rate
of loans (such specific date, the “Scheduled Unavailability Date”);
or
(c) syndicated loans
currently being executed, or that include language similar to that
contained in this Section
3.6.2 are being executed or amended (as applicable) to
incorporate or adopt a new benchmark interest rate to replace
LIBOR;
then,
reasonably promptly after such determination by Agent or receipt by
Agent of such notice, as applicable, Agent and Borrower Agent may
amend this Agreement to replace LIBOR with an alternate benchmark
rate (including any mathematical or other adjustments to the
benchmark (if any) incorporated therein) (any such proposed rate, a
“LIBOR Successor
Rate”), together with any proposed LIBOR Successor
Rate Conforming Changes and notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in this Agreement (including Section 14.1.1) any such amendment shall
become effective without any further action or consent of any other
party to this Agreement at 5:00 p.m. (New York time) on the fifth
Business Day after Agent posts or otherwise discloses such proposed
amendment to all Lenders unless, prior to such time, Required
Lenders have delivered to Agent written notice that such Required
Lenders do not accept such amendment.
If no
LIBOR Successor Rate has been determined and the circumstances
under clause (a)
above exist or the Scheduled Unavailability Date has occurred (as
applicable), Agent will promptly so notify Borrower Agent and
each Lender. Thereafter, (x) the obligation of Lenders
to make or maintain LIBOR Loans shall be suspended (to the extent
of the affected LIBOR Loans or Interest Periods), and (y) the
LIBO Base Rate component shall no longer be utilized in determining
the Base Rate. Upon receipt of such notice, Borrower Agent
may revoke any pending request for a Borrowing of LIBOR Loans (to
the extent of the affected LIBOR Loans or Interest Periods) or,
failing that, will be deemed to have converted such request into a
request for a Borrowing of Loans bearing interest at the Base Rate
plus the Applicable Margin (subject to the foregoing clause (y)) in the amount
specified therein. Notwithstanding anything else herein, any
definition of LIBOR Successor Rate shall provide that in no event
shall such LIBOR Successor Rate be less than zero for purposes of
this Agreement.
3.7.1 Increased
Costs Generally. If any Change in Law shall:
(a) impose, modify or
deem applicable any reserve, liquidity, special deposit, compulsory
loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of,
deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended or
participated in by, any Lender (except any reserve requirement
reflected in calculating LIBO Rate);
(b) subject any
Recipient to Taxes (other than (i) Indemnified Taxes, (ii) Taxes
described in clauses (b) through (d) of the definition of Excluded
Taxes, and (iii) Connection Income Taxes) with respect to any Loan,
Commitment or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other
liabilities or capital attributable thereto; or
(c) impose on any
Lender or interbank market any other condition, cost or expense
affecting any Loan, Commitment or Loan Document;
and the
result thereof shall be to increase the cost to a Lender of making
or maintaining any Loan or Commitment, or continuing any interest
option for a Loan, or to increase the cost to a Lender, or to
reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by a Lender
hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount)
then, upon request of such Lender, Borrowers will pay to it such
additional amount(s) as will compensate it for the additional costs
incurred or reduction suffered.
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3.7.2 Capital
Requirements. If a Lender determines that a Change in Law
affecting such Lender or its holding company, if any, regarding
capital or liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of
reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or holding
company’s capital as a consequence of this Agreement, or such
Lender’s Commitments, Loans, or participations in Loans, to a
level below that which such Lender or holding company could have
achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration its
policies with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time
Borrowers will pay to such Lender such additional amounts as will
compensate it or its holding company for the reduction
suffered.
3.7.3 LIBOR
Loan Reserves. If any Lender is required to maintain
reserves with respect to liabilities or assets consisting of or
including Eurocurrency funds or deposits (other than to the extent
included in the Eurodollar Reserve Percentage), Borrowers shall pay
additional interest to such Lender on each LIBOR Loan equal to the
costs of such reserves allocated to the Loan by the Lender (as
determined by it in good faith, which determination shall be
conclusive). The additional interest shall be due and payable on
each interest payment date for the Loan; provided, however, that if the Lender
notifies Borrowers (with a copy to Agent) of the additional
interest less than 10 days prior to the interest payment date, then
such interest shall be payable 10 days after Borrowers’
receipt of the notice.
3.7.4 Compensation.
Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation
pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of its right
to demand such compensation, but Borrowers shall not be required to
compensate a Lender for any increased costs or reductions suffered
more than nine months (plus any period of retroactivity of the
Change in Law giving rise to the demand) prior to the date that the
Lender notifies Borrower Agent of the applicable Change in Law and
of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation
therefor.
3.8 Mitigation. If any Lender
gives a notice under Section
3.5 or requests compensation under Section 3.7, or if Borrowers are
required to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts with
respect to a Lender under Section
5.9, then at the request of Borrower Agent, such Lender
shall use reasonable efforts to designate a different Lending
Office or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another
of its offices, branches or Affiliates, if, in the judgment of such
Lender, such designation or assignment (a) would eliminate the need
for such notice or reduce amounts payable or to be withheld in the
future, as applicable; and (b) would not subject the Lender to any
unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be
disadvantageous to it or unlawful. Borrowers shall pay all
reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection
with any such designation or assignment.
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3.10 Maximum
Interest. Regardless of any provision contained
in any of the Loan Documents, in no contingency or event whatsoever
shall the aggregate of all amounts that are contracted for, charged
or received by Agent or any Lender pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents and that are deemed
interest under Applicable Law exceed the highest rate permissible
under any Applicable Law (the “Maximum Rate”). No agreements,
conditions, provisions or stipulations contained in this Agreement
or any of the other Loan Documents or the exercise by Agent of the
right to accelerate the payment or the maturity of all or any
portion of the Obligations, or the exercise of any option
whatsoever contained in any of the Loan Documents, or the
prepayment by any Obligor of any of the Obligations, or the
occurrence of any contingency whatsoever, shall entitle Agent or
Lenders to charge or receive in any event, interest or any charges,
amounts, premiums or fees deemed interest by Applicable Law (such
interest, charges, amounts, premiums and fees referred to herein
collectively as “Interest”) in excess of the
Maximum Rate and in no event shall any Obligor be obligated to pay
Interest exceeding such Maximum Rate, and all agreements,
conditions or stipulations, if any, which may in any event or
contingency whatsoever operate to bind, obligate or compel any
Obligor to pay Interest exceeding the Maximum Rate shall be without
binding force or effect, at law or in equity, to the extent only of
the excess of Interest over such Maximum Rate. If any Interest is
charged or received with respect to the Obligations in excess of
the Maximum Rate (“Excess”), each Obligor stipulates
that any such charge or receipt shall be the result of an accident
and bona fide error, and such Excess, to the extent received, shall
be applied first to reduce the principal Obligations and the
balance, if any, returned to the Obligors, it being the intent of
the parties hereto not to enter into an usurious or otherwise
illegal relationship. The right to accelerate the maturity of any
of the Obligations does not include the right to accelerate any
Interest that has not otherwise accrued on the date of such
acceleration, and neither Agent nor any Lender intends to collect
any unearned Interest in the event of any such acceleration. Each
Obligor recognizes that, with fluctuations in the rates of interest
set forth in this Agreement, and the Maximum Rate, such an
unintentional result could inadvertently occur. All monies paid to
Agent or any Lender hereunder or under any of the other Loan
Documents, whether at maturity or by prepayment, shall be subject
to any rebate of unearned Interest as and to the extent required by
Applicable Law. By the execution of this Agreement, each Obligor
covenants that (i) the credit or return of any Excess shall
constitute the acceptance by each Obligor of such Excess, and (ii)
each Obligor shall not seek or pursue any other remedy, legal or
equitable, against Agent or any Lender, based in whole or in part
upon contracting for, charging or receiving any Interest in excess
of the Maximum Rate. For the purpose of determining whether or not
any Excess has been contracted for, charged or received by Agent or
any Lender, all Interest at any time contracted for, charged or
received from any Obligor in connection with any of the Loan
Documents shall, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, be
amortized, prorated, allocated and spread in equal parts throughout
the full term of the Obligations. Obligors, Agent and Lenders
shall, to the maximum extent permitted under Applicable Law, (i)
characterize any non-principal payment as an expense, fee or
premium rather than as Interest and (ii) exclude voluntary
prepayments and the effects thereof. The provisions of this
Section 3.10 shall be
deemed to be incorporated into every Loan Document (whether or not
any provision of this Section is referred to therein). All such
Loan Documents and communications relating to any Interest owed by
any Obligor and all figures set forth therein shall, for the sole
purpose of computing the extent of Obligations, be automatically
recomputed by the Obligors, and by any court considering the same,
to give effect to the adjustments or credits required by this
Section 3.10.
4.1.1 Notice of
Borrowing.
(a) To request Revolver
Loans, Borrower Agent shall notify Agent of such request by
telephone or email (or, if permitted by Agent, by request posted to
Agent’s StuckyNet System) a Notice of Borrowing by 11:30 a.m.
on the requested funding date. Notices received by Agent after such
time shall be deemed received on the next Business Day. Each such
telephone (or posted) Notice of Borrowing shall be irrevocable and
the Borrower Agent agrees to promptly confirm any such telephone
request by hand delivery or electronic transmission to the Agent of
a written Notice of Borrowing in a form approved by the Agent, and
signed by the Borrower Agent. Each such Notice of Borrowing shall
specify (A) the Borrowing amount, (B) the requested funding date
(which must be a Business Day), (C) the Availability after giving
effect to the Borrowing, and (D) the Borrower to whom proceeds from
such Borrowing are to be disbursed.
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(b) Unless payment is
otherwise made by Borrowers, the becoming due of any Obligation
(whether principal, interest, fees or other charges, including
Extraordinary Expenses, Cash Collateral and Secured Bank Product
Obligations) shall be deemed to be a request for a Revolver Loan on
the due date in the amount due and the Loan proceeds shall be
disbursed as direct payment of such Obligation. In addition, Agent
may, at its option, charge such amount against any operating,
investment or other account of a Borrower maintained with Agent or
any of its Affiliates.
(c) If a Borrower
maintains a disbursement account with Agent or any of its
Affiliates, then presentation for payment in the account of a
Payment Item when there are insufficient funds to cover it shall be
deemed to be a request for a Revolver Loan on the presentation
date, in the amount of the Payment Item. Proceeds of the Loan may
be disbursed directly to the account.
4.1.2 Fundings
by Lenders. Except for
Swingline Loans, Agent shall endeavor to notify Lenders of each
Notice of Borrowing (or deemed request for a Borrowing) by 1:00
p.m. on the proposed funding date. Each Lender shall fund its Pro
Rata share of a Borrowing in immediately available funds not later
than 3:00 p.m. on the requested funding date, unless Agent’s
notice is received after the times provided above, in which case
Lender shall fund by 11:00 a.m. on the next Business Day. Subject
to its receipt of such amounts from Lenders, Agent shall disburse
the Borrowing proceeds in a manner directed by Borrower Agent and
acceptable to Agent. Unless Agent receives (in sufficient time to
act) written notice from a Lender that it will not fund its share
of a Borrowing, Agent may assume that such Lender has deposited or
promptly will deposit its share with Agent, and Agent may disburse
a corresponding amount to Borrowers. If a Lender’s share of a
Borrowing or of a settlement under Section 4.1.3(b) is not received by
Agent, then Borrowers agree to repay to Agent on demand the amount of such share,
together with interest thereon from the date disbursed until
repaid, at the rate applicable to the Borrowing. A Lender may
fulfill its obligations under Loan Documents through one or more
Lending Offices, and this shall not affect any obligation of
Obligors under the Loan Documents or with respect to any
Obligations.
4.1.3 Swingline
Loans; Settlement.
(a) To fulfill any
request for a Revolver Loan hereunder, Agent may in its Permitted
Discretion advance Swingline Loans to Borrowers, up to an aggregate
outstanding amount of $2,000,000. Swingline Loans shall constitute
Revolver Loans for all purposes, except that payments thereon shall
be made to Agent for its own account until Lenders have funded
their participations therein as provided below.
(b) Settlement of
Loans, including Swingline Loans, among Lenders and Agent shall
take place on a date determined from time to time by Agent (but at
least weekly, unless the settlement amount is de minimis), on a Pro Rata basis in
accordance with the Settlement Report delivered by Agent to
Lenders. Between settlement dates, Agent may in its Permitted
Discretion apply payments on Revolver Loans to Swingline Loans,
regardless of any designation by Borrowers or anything herein to
the contrary. Each Lender hereby purchases, without recourse or
warranty, an undivided Pro Rata participation in all Swingline
Loans outstanding from time to time until settled. If a Swingline
Loan cannot be settled among Lenders, whether due to an
Obligor’s Insolvency Proceeding or for any other reason, each
Lender shall pay the amount of its participation in the Loan to
Agent, in immediately available funds, within one Business Day
after Agent’s request therefor. Lenders’ obligations to
make settlements and to fund participations are absolute,
irrevocable and unconditional, without offset, counterclaim or
other defense, and whether or not the Commitments have terminated,
the Revolver Usage exceeds the Borrowing Base or the Revolver
Commitments or the conditions in Section 6 are
satisfied.
4.1.4 Notices.
If Borrowers
request Loans, select interest rates or transfer funds based on
telephonic or electronic instructions to Agent, Borrowers shall
confirm each such request by prompt delivery to Agent of a Notice
of Borrowing. Neither Agent nor any Lender shall have any liability
for any loss suffered by a Borrower as a result of Agent or any
Lender acting upon its understanding of telephonic or electronic
instructions from a person believed in good faith by Agent or any
Lender to be authorized to give such instructions on a
Borrower’s behalf.
4.2.1 Reallocation
of Pro Rata Share; Amendments. For purposes of
determining Lenders’ obligations or rights to fund,
participate in or receive collections with respect to Loans
(including existing Swingline Loans and Protective Advances), Agent
may in its discretion reallocate Pro Rata shares by excluding a
Defaulting Lender’s Commitments and Loans from the
calculation of shares. A Defaulting Lender shall have no right to
vote on any amendment, waiver or other modification of a Loan
Document, except as provided in Section 14.1.1(b).
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4.2.2 Payments;
Fees. Agent may, in its
discretion, receive and retain any amounts payable to a Defaulting
Lender under the Loan Documents, and a Defaulting Lender shall be
deemed to have assigned to Agent such amounts until all Obligations
owing to Agent, non-Defaulting Lenders and other Secured Parties
have been paid in full. Agent may use such amounts to cover the
Defaulting Lender’s defaulted obligations, to Cash
Collateralize such Lender’s Fronting Exposure, to readvance
the amounts to Borrowers or to repay Obligations. A Lender shall
not be entitled to receive any fees accruing hereunder while it is
a Defaulting Lender and its unfunded Commitment shall be
disregarded for purposes of calculating the unused line fee under
Section 3.2.1.
4.2.3 Status;
Cure. Agent may determine
in its Permitted Discretion that a Lender constitutes a Defaulting
Lender and the effective date of such status shall be conclusive
and binding on all parties, absent manifest error. Borrowers and
Agent may agree in writing that a Lender has ceased to be a
Defaulting Lender, whereupon Pro Rata shares shall be reallocated
without exclusion of the reinstated Lender’s Commitments and
Loans, and the Revolver Usage and other exposures under the
Revolver Commitments shall be reallocated among Lenders and settled
by Agent (with appropriate payments by the reinstated Lender,
including its payment of breakage costs for reallocated LIBOR
Loans) in accordance with the readjusted Pro Rata shares. Unless
expressly agreed by Borrowers and Agent, or as expressly provided
herein with respect to Bail-In Actions and related matters, no
reallocation of Commitments and Loans to non-Defaulting Lenders or
reinstatement of a Defaulting Lender shall constitute a waiver or
release of claims against such Lender. The failure of any Lender to
fund a Loan or otherwise to perform obligations
hereunder shall not
relieve any other Lender of its obligations under any Loan
Document. No Lender shall be responsible for default by another
Lender.
4.3 Borrower
Agent. Each Borrower hereby designates
AutoWeb (“Borrower
Agent”) as its representative and agent for all
purposes under the Loan Documents, including requests for and
receipt of Loans, designation of interest rates, delivery or
receipt of communications, delivery of Borrower Materials, payment
of Obligations, requests for waivers, amendments or other
accommodations, actions under the Loan Documents (including in
respect of compliance with covenants), and all other dealings with
Agent or any Lender. Borrower Agent hereby accepts such
appointment. Agent and Lenders shall be entitled to rely upon, and
shall be fully protected in relying upon, any notice or
communication (including any notice of borrowing) delivered by
Borrower Agent on behalf of any Borrower. Agent and Lenders may
give any notice or communication with a Borrower hereunder to
Borrower Agent on behalf of such Borrower. Each of Agent and
Lenders shall have the right, in its discretion, to deal
exclusively with Borrower Agent for all purposes under the Loan
Documents. Each Borrower agrees that any notice, election,
communication, delivery, representation, agreement, action,
omission or undertaking by Borrower Agent shall be binding upon and
enforceable against such Borrower.
4.4 One
Obligation. The Loans and other Obligations
constitute one general obligation of Borrowers and are secured by
Agent’s Lien on all Collateral; provided, however, that Agent and each
Lender shall be deemed to be a creditor of, and the holder of a
separate claim against, each Borrower to the extent of any
Obligations jointly or severally owed by such
Borrower.
4.5 Effect of
Termination. On the effective date of the
termination of all Commitments, the Obligations shall be
immediately due and payable, and each Secured Bank Product Provider
may terminate its Bank Products; provided, however, if any Secured Bank
Product Provider agrees not to terminate its Secured Bank Product
Obligations on such effective date, then such Secured Bank Product
Obligations shall not be due and payable at such time. Until Full
Payment of the Obligations, all undertakings of Borrowers contained
in the Loan Documents shall continue, and Agent shall retain its
Liens in the Collateral and all of its rights and remedies under
the Loan Documents. Agent shall not be required to terminate its
Liens unless it receives Cash Collateral or a written agreement, in
each case satisfactory to it, protecting Agent and Lenders from
dishonor or return of any Payment Item previously applied to the
Obligations. Sections 3.4,
3.7, 5.5, 5.9, 5.10,
12, 14.2, this Section, and each indemnity or
waiver given by an Obligor or Lender in any Loan Document, shall
survive Full Payment of the Obligations.
5.1 General Payment
Provisions. All payments of Obligations shall be
made in Dollars, without offset or deduction for counterclaim or
defense of any kind, without deduction or withholding for any Taxes
(except as required by Applicable Law), and in immediately
available funds, not later than 12:00 noon on the due date. Any
payment after such time shall be deemed made on the next Business
Day. Except as otherwise set forth in Section 5.6, Borrowers agree that Agent
shall have the continuing, exclusive right to apply and reapply
payments and proceeds of Collateral against the Obligations, in
such manner as Agent deems advisable.
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5.2 Repayment
of Revolver Loans. Revolver Loans shall be due and
payable in full on the Revolver Termination Date, unless payment is
sooner required hereunder. Revolver Loans may be prepaid from time
to time, without penalty or premium, other than (a) any applicable
Prepayment Fee arising in connection with Section 2.1.4 and (b) any applicable
Prepayment Fee if such prepayment occurs in connection with any
involuntary termination of all Revolver Commitments, including
after acceleration of any of the Obligations, termination of the
Revolver Commitments and/or termination of this Agreement;
provided,
however, except (i)
in the case the Obligations are Paid in Full and the Commitments
terminated, (ii) at a time when Agent is exercising rights and
remedies pursuant to Section
11.2, (iii) when Loans are not available pursuant to
Section 6.2, or (iv) in
connection with repayments permitted under Sections 3.1.2 or 3.5, in no event shall
Loans be optionally prepaid if after giving effect to such
prepayment the average daily outstanding principal balance of the
Revolver Usage and other Loans for the immediately prior thirty
(30) day period would be less than the Minimum Balance.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if Revolver Usage
exceeds the Borrowing Base at any time, Borrowers shall, on
Agent’s demand, repay Revolver Loans in an amount sufficient
to reduce Revolver Usage to the Borrowing Base. If any Asset
Disposition includes the disposition of Accounts or Inventory,
Borrowers shall apply Net Proceeds to repay Revolver Loans equal to
the greater of (a) the net book value of such Accounts and
Inventory, or (b) the reduction in Borrowing Base resulting from
such disposition.
5.4 Payment of Other
Obligations. Obligations other than Loans,
including Extraordinary Expenses, shall be paid by Borrowers as
provided in the Loan Documents (or documents governing Secured Bank
Product Obligations, if applicable) or, if no payment date is
specified, on
demand.
5.5 Marshaling; Payments Set
Aside. None of Agent or Lenders shall be
under any obligation to marshal any assets in favor of any Obligor
or against any Obligations. If any payment by or on behalf of
Borrowers is made to Agent or any Lender, or if Agent or any Lender
exercises a right of setoff, and any of such payment or setoff is
subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or
preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any
settlement entered into by Agent or a Lender in its Permitted
Discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other
Person, then the Obligation originally intended to be satisfied,
and all Liens, rights and remedies relating thereto, shall be
revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment
or setoff had not occurred.
5.6.1 Application.
Payments made by Borrowers hereunder (including, for avoidance of
doubt pursuant to Section
5.7) shall be applied (a) first, as specifically required
hereby; (b) second,
to all Obligations then due and owing; (c) third, subject to Section 5.2, to other Obligations
specified by Borrowers; and (d) fourth, as otherwise directed
by the Borrowers.
5.6.2 Post-Default
Allocation. Notwithstanding anything in any Loan Document to
the contrary, during an Event of Default under Section 11.1(j), or during any other
Event of Default at the discretion of (including, for avoidance of
doubt, pursuant to Section
5.7) Agent or Required Lenders, monies to be applied to the
Obligations, whether arising from payments by Obligors, realization
on Collateral, setoff or otherwise, shall be allocated as
follows:
(a) first, to all fees,
indemnification, costs and expenses, including Extraordinary
Expenses, owing to Agent;
(b) second, to all other amounts
owing to Agent, including Swingline Loans, Protective Advances, and
Loans and participations that a Defaulting Lender has failed to
settle or fund;
(c) third, to all Obligations
(other than Secured Bank Product Obligations) constituting fees,
indemnification, costs or expenses owing to Lenders;
(d) fourth, to all Obligations
(other than Secured Bank Product Obligations) constituting
interest;
(e) fifth, to all Loans, and to
Secured Bank Product Obligations arising under Hedge Agreements
(including Cash Collateralization thereof) up to the amount of the
Bank Product Reserve existing therefor;
(f) sixth, to all other Secured
Bank Product Obligations; and
(g) last, to all remaining
Obligations.
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Amounts
shall be applied to payment of each category of Obligations only
after Full Payment of amounts payable from time to time under all
preceding categories. If amounts are insufficient to satisfy a
category, they shall be paid ratably among outstanding Obligations
in the category. Monies and proceeds obtained from an Obligor shall
not be applied to its Excluded Swap Obligations, but appropriate
adjustments shall be made with respect to amounts obtained from
other Obligors to preserve the allocations in each category. Agent
shall have no obligation to calculate the amount of any Secured
Bank Product Obligation and may request a reasonably detailed
calculation thereof from a Secured Bank Product Provider. If the
provider fails to deliver the calculation within five days
following request, Agent may assume the amount is zero. The
allocations set forth in this Section are solely to determine the
rights and priorities among Secured Parties, and may be changed by
agreement of the affected Secured Parties, without the consent of
any Obligor. This Section is not for the benefit of or enforceable
by any Obligor, and each Borrower irrevocably waives the right to
direct the application of any payments or Collateral proceeds
subject to this Section.
5.6.3 Erroneous Application. Agent
shall not be liable for any application of amounts made by it in
good faith and, if any such application is subsequently determined
to have been made in error, the sole recourse of any Lender or
other Person to which such amount should have been paid shall be to
recover the amount from the Person that actually received it (and,
if such amount was received by a Secured Party, the Secured Party
agrees to return it).
5.7 Dominion
Account. The ledger
balance in the Dominion Account as of the end of a Business Day
shall be applied to the Obligations in accordance with this
Agreement at the beginning of the next Business Day, and for
purposes of computing interest on the Obligations (other than
Secured Bank Product Obligations), such application shall be deemed
to be applied by Agent on the third Business Day after receipt
thereof; provided,
however, such
application shall only be made to the extent that after giving
effect to such application the average daily outstanding principal
balance of the Revolver Usage and other Loans for the immediately
prior thirty (30) day period would be equal to or more than the
Minimum Balance (except (i) at a time when Agent is exercising
rights or remedies pursuant to Section 11.2, (ii) when Revolver Loans
are not available pursuant to Section 6.2, or (iii) in connection with
repayments permitted under Sections
3.1.2 or 3.5). Any
resulting credit balance shall not accrue interest in favor of
Borrowers and shall be made available to Borrowers as long as no
Default or Event of Default exists.
5.8 Account
Stated. Agent shall
maintain, in accordance with its customary practices, loan
account(s) evidencing the Debt of Borrowers hereunder. Any failure
of Agent to record anything in a loan account, or any error in
doing so, shall not limit or otherwise affect the obligation of
Borrowers to pay any amount owing hereunder. Entries made in a loan
account shall constitute presumptive evidence of the information
contained therein. If any information contained in a loan account
is provided to or inspected by any Person, the information shall be
conclusive and binding on such Person for all purposes absent
manifest error, except to the extent such Person notifies Agent in
writing within 30 days after receipt or inspection that specific
information is subject to dispute.
5.9.1 Payments Free of Taxes; Obligation to
Withhold; Tax Payment.
(a) All payments of
Obligations by Obligors shall be made without deduction or
withholding for any Taxes, except as required by Applicable Law. If
Applicable Law (as determined by Agent in its Permitted Discretion)
requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such
payment by Agent or an Obligor, then Agent or such Obligor shall be
entitled to make such deduction or withholding based on information
and documentation provided pursuant to Section 5.10.
(b) If Agent or any
Obligor is required by the Code to withhold or deduct Taxes,
including backup withholding and withholding taxes, from any
payment, then (i) Agent shall pay the full amount that it
determines is to be withheld or deducted to the relevant
Governmental Authority pursuant to the Code, and (ii) to the extent
the withholding or deduction is made on account of Indemnified
Taxes, the sum payable by the applicable Obligor shall be increased
as necessary so that the Recipient receives an amount equal to the
sum it would have received had no such withholding or deduction
been made.
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(c) If Agent or any
Obligor is required by any Applicable Law other than the Code to
withhold or deduct Taxes from any payment, then (i) Agent or such
Obligor, to the extent required by Applicable Law, shall timely pay
the full amount to be withheld or deducted to the relevant
Governmental Authority, and (ii) to the extent the withholding or
deduction is made on account of Indemnified Taxes, the sum payable
by the applicable Obligor shall be increased as necessary so that
the Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have
received had no such withholding or deduction been
made.
5.9.2 Payment
of Other Taxes.
Without
limiting the foregoing, Borrowers shall timely pay to the relevant
Governmental Authority in accordance with Applicable Law, or at
Agent’s option, timely reimburse Agent for payment of, any
Other Taxes.
5.9.3 Tax
Indemnification.
(a) Each Borrower shall
indemnify and hold harmless, on a joint and several basis, each
Recipient against any Indemnified Taxes (including those imposed or
asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section)
payable or paid by a Recipient or required to be withheld or
deducted from a payment to a Recipient, and any penalties, interest
and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto,
whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally
imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. Each
Borrower shall indemnify and hold harmless Agent against any amount
that a Lender fails for any reason to pay indefeasibly to Agent as
required pursuant to this Section. Each Borrower shall make payment
within 10 days after demand for any amount or liability payable
under this Section. A certificate as to the amount of such payment
or liability delivered to Borrowers by a Lender (with a copy to
Agent), or by Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of any
Recipient, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
(b) Each Lender shall
indemnify and hold harmless, on a several basis, (i) Agent against
any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the
extent Borrowers have not already paid or reimbursed Agent therefor
and without limiting Borrowers’ obligation to do so), (ii)
Agent and Obligors, as applicable, against any Taxes attributable
to such Lender’s failure to maintain a Participant register
as required hereunder, and (iii) Agent and Obligors, as applicable,
against any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each
case, that are payable or paid by Agent or an Obligor in connection
with any Obligations, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom
or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were
correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant
Governmental Authority. Each Lender shall make payment within 10
days after demand for any amount or liability payable under this
Section. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or
liability delivered to any Lender by Agent shall be conclusive
absent manifest error.
5.9.4 Treatment
of Certain Refunds. Unless required by Applicable Law, at no
time shall Agent have any obligation to file for or otherwise
pursue on behalf of a Lender, nor have any obligation to pay to any
Lender, any refund of Taxes withheld or deducted from funds paid
for the account of a Lender. If a Recipient determines in its
discretion that it has received a refund of Taxes that were
indemnified by Borrowers or with respect to which a Borrower paid
additional amounts pursuant to this Section, it shall pay the
amount of such refund to Borrowers (but only to the extent of
indemnity payments or additional amounts actually paid by Borrowers
with respect to the Taxes giving rise to the refund), net of all
out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) incurred by such Recipient
and without interest (other than interest paid by the relevant
Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). Borrowers
shall, upon request by the Recipient, repay to the Recipient such
amount paid over to Borrowers (plus any penalties, interest or
other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) if
the Recipient is required to repay such refund to the Governmental
Authority. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no
Recipient shall be required to pay any amount to Borrowers if such
payment would place it in a less favorable net after-Tax position
than it would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification
and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or
otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional
amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid. In no event
shall Agent or any Recipient be required to make its tax returns
(or any other information relating to its taxes that it deems
confidential) available to any Obligor or other
Person.
5.9.5 Survival.
Each party’s obligations under Sections 5.9 and 5.10 shall survive the resignation or
replacement of Agent or any assignment of rights by or replacement
of a Lender, the termination of the Commitments, and the repayment,
satisfaction, discharge or Full Payment of any
Obligations.
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5.10 Lender
Tax Information.
5.10.1 Status of Lenders. Any Lender
that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding
Tax with respect to payments of Obligations shall deliver to
Borrowers and Agent properly completed and executed documentation
reasonably requested by Borrowers or Agent as will permit such
payments to be made without or at a reduced rate of withholding. In
addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by Borrowers or
Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by
Applicable Law or reasonably requested by Borrowers or Agent to
enable them to determine whether such Lender is subject to backup
withholding or information reporting requirements. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, such documentation (other than documentation
described in Sections 5.10.2(a),
(b) and (d)) shall
not be required if a Lender reasonably believes delivery of the
documentation would subject it to any material unreimbursed cost or
expense or would materially prejudice its legal or commercial
position.
5.10.2 Documentation. Without limiting
the foregoing, if any Borrower is a U.S. Person,
(a) Any Lender that is
a U.S. Person shall deliver to Borrowers and Agent on or prior to
the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender hereunder (and from
time to time thereafter upon reasonable request of Borrowers or
Agent), executed copies of IRS Form W-9, certifying that such
Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding
Tax;
(b) Any Foreign Lender
shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to
Borrowers and Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested
by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign
Lender becomes a Lender hereunder (and from time to time thereafter
upon reasonable request of Borrowers or Agent), whichever of the
following is applicable:
(i) in the case of a
Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to
which the United States is a party, (x) with respect to payments of
interest under any Loan Document, executed copies of IRS Form
W-8BENE establishing an exemption from or reduction of U.S. federal
withholding Tax pursuant to the “interest” article of
such tax treaty, and (y) with respect to other payments under the
Loan Documents, IRS Form W-8BENE establishing an exemption from or
reduction of U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the
“business profits” or “other income”
article of such tax treaty;
(ii) executed copies of
IRS Form W-8ECI;
(iii) in the case of a
Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio
interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate in
form satisfactory to Agent to the effect that such Foreign Lender
is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section
881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a “10 percent shareholder” of
a Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code,
or a “controlled foreign corporation” described in
Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (“U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”),
and (y) executed copies of IRS Form W-8BENE; or
(iv) to the extent a
Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, executed copies of IRS
Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BENE, a
U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate in form satisfactory to Agent, IRS
Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial
owner, as applicable; provided that if the Foreign
Lender is a partnership and one or more of its direct or indirect
partners is claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign
Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate on behalf of
each such partner;
(c) any Foreign Lender
shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to
Borrowers and Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested
by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign
Lender becomes a Lender hereunder (and from time to time thereafter
upon reasonable request), executed copies of any other form
prescribed by Applicable Law as a basis for claiming exemption from
or a reduction in U.S. federal withholding Tax, duly completed,
together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed
by Applicable Law to permit Borrowers or Agent to determine the
withholding or deduction required to be made; and
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(d) if payment of an
Obligation to a Lender would be subject to U.S. federal withholding
Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the
applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those
contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code), such Lender
shall deliver to Borrowers and Agent, at the time(s) prescribed by
law and otherwise upon reasonable request, such documentation
prescribed by Applicable Law (including Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of
the Code) and such additional documentation as may be appropriate
for Borrowers or Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA
and to determine that such Lender has complied with its obligations
under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from
such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (d),
“FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA
after the date hereof.
5.10.3 Redelivery
of Documentation. If any form or certification previously
delivered by a Lender pursuant to this Section expires or becomes
obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, such Lender shall promptly
update the form or certification or notify Borrowers and Agent in
writing of its inability to do so.
5.11.1 Joint
and Several Liability. Each Borrower agrees that it is
jointly and severally liable for, and absolutely and
unconditionally guarantees to Agent and Lenders the prompt payment
and performance of, all Obligations and all agreements under the
Loan Documents, except its Excluded Swap Obligations. Each Borrower
agrees that its guaranty obligations hereunder constitute a
continuing guaranty of payment and not of collection, that such
obligations shall not be discharged until Full Payment of the
Obligations, and that such obligations are absolute and
unconditional, irrespective of (a) the genuineness, validity,
regularity, enforceability, subordination or any future
modification of, or change in, any Obligations or Loan Document, or
any other document, instrument or agreement to which any Obligor is
or may become a party or be bound; (b) the absence of any action to
enforce this Agreement (including this Section) or any other Loan
Document, or any waiver, consent or indulgence of any kind by Agent
or any Lender with respect thereto; (c) the existence, value or
condition of, or failure to perfect a Lien or to preserve rights
against, any security or guaranty for any Obligations or any
action, or the absence of any action, by Agent or any Lender in
respect thereof (including the release of any security or
guaranty); (d) the insolvency of any Obligor; (e) any election by
Agent or any Lender in an Insolvency Proceeding for the application
of Section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code; (f) any borrowing or
grant of a Lien by any other Borrower, as debtor-in-possession
under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise; (g) the
disallowance of any claims of Agent or any Lender against any
Obligor for the repayment of any Obligations under Section 502 of
the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise; or (h) any other action or
circumstances that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable
discharge or defense of a surety or guarantor, except Full Payment
of the Obligations.
5.11.2 Waivers.
(a) Each Borrower
expressly waives all rights that it may have now or in the future
under any statute, at common law, in equity or otherwise, to compel
Agent or Lenders to marshal assets or to proceed against any
Obligor, other Person or security for the payment or performance of
any Obligations before, or as a condition to, proceeding against
such Borrower. Each Borrower waives all defenses available to a
surety, guarantor or accommodation co-obligor other than Full
Payment of Obligations and waives, to the maximum extent permitted
by law, any right to revoke any guaranty of Obligations as long as
it is a Borrower. It is agreed among each Borrower, Agent and
Lenders that the provisions of this Section 5.11 are of the essence of the
transaction contemplated by the Loan Documents and that, but for
such provisions, Agent and Lenders would decline to make Loans.
Each Borrower acknowledges that its guaranty pursuant to this
Section is necessary to the conduct and promotion of its business,
and can be expected to benefit such business.
(b) Agent may, in its
discretion, pursue such rights and remedies as they deem
appropriate, including realization upon Collateral or any Real
Estate by judicial foreclosure or nonjudicial sale or enforcement,
without affecting any rights and remedies under this Section 5.11. If, in taking any action
in connection with the exercise of any rights or remedies, Agent or
any Lender shall forfeit any other rights or remedies, including
the right to enter a deficiency judgment against any Borrower or
other Person, whether because of any Applicable Laws pertaining to
“election of remedies” or otherwise, each Borrower
consents to such action and waives any claim based upon it, even if
the action may result in loss of any rights of subrogation that any
Borrower might otherwise have had. Any election of remedies that
results in denial or impairment of the right of Agent or any Lender
to seek a deficiency judgment against any Borrower shall not impair
any other Borrower’s obligation to pay the full amount of the
Obligations. Each Borrower waives all rights and defenses arising
out of an election of remedies, such as nonjudicial foreclosure
with respect to any security for Obligations, even though that
election of remedies destroys such Borrower’s rights of
subrogation against any other Person. Agent may bid Obligations, in
whole or part, at any foreclosure, trustee or other sale, including
any private sale, and the amount of such bid need not be paid by
Agent but shall be credited against the Obligations. The amount of
the successful bid at any such sale, whether Agent or any other
Person is the successful bidder, shall be conclusively deemed to be
the fair market value of the Collateral, and the difference between
such bid amount and the remaining balance of the Obligations shall
be conclusively deemed to be the amount of the Obligations
guaranteed under this Section
5.11, notwithstanding that any present or future law or
court decision may have the effect of reducing the amount of any
deficiency claim to which Agent or any Lender might otherwise be
entitled but for such bidding at any such sale.
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5.11.3 Extent
of Liability; Contribution.
(a) Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, each Borrower’s liability
under this Section 5.11
shall not exceed the greater of (i) all amounts for which such
Borrower is primarily liable, as described in clause (c) below, and
(ii) such Borrower’s Allocable Amount.
(b) If any Borrower
makes a payment under this Section
5.11 of any Obligations (other than amounts for which such
Borrower is primarily liable) (a “Guarantor Payment”) that, taking
into account all other Guarantor Payments previously or
concurrently made by any other Borrower, exceeds the amount that
such Borrower would otherwise have paid if each Borrower had paid
the aggregate Obligations satisfied by such Guarantor Payments in
the same proportion that such Borrower’s Allocable Amount
bore to the total Allocable Amounts of all Borrowers, then such
Borrower shall be entitled to receive contribution and
indemnification payments from, and to be reimbursed by, each other
Borrower for the amount of such excess, ratably based on their
respective Allocable Amounts in effect immediately prior to such
Guarantor Payment. The “Allocable Amount” for any Borrower
shall be the maximum amount that could then be recovered from such
Borrower under this Section
5.11 without rendering such payment voidable under Section
548 of the Bankruptcy Code or under any applicable state fraudulent
transfer or conveyance act, or similar statute or common
law.
(c) Section 5.11.3(a) shall not limit the
liability of any Borrower to pay or guarantee Loans made directly
or indirectly to it (including Loans advanced hereunder to any
other Person and then re-loaned or otherwise transferred to, or for
the benefit of, such Borrower), Secured Bank Product Obligations
incurred to support its business, and all accrued interest, fees,
expenses and other related Obligations with respect thereto, for
which such Borrower shall be primarily liable for all purposes
hereunder. Agent and Lenders shall have the right, at any time in
their discretion, to condition Loans upon a separate calculation of
borrowing availability for each Borrower and to restrict the
disbursement and use of Loans to a Borrower based on that
calculation.
(d) Each Obligor that
is a Qualified ECP when its guaranty of or grant of Lien as
security for a Swap Obligation becomes effective hereby jointly and
severally, absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably undertakes
to provide funds or other support to each Specified Obligor with
respect to such Swap Obligation as may be needed by such Specified
Obligor from time to time to honor all of its obligations under the
Loan Documents in respect of such Swap Obligation (but, in each
case, only up to the maximum amount of such liability that can be
hereby incurred without rendering such Qualified ECP’s
obligations and undertakings under this Section 5.11 voidable under
any applicable fraudulent transfer or conveyance act). The
obligations and undertakings of each Qualified ECP under this
Section shall remain in full force and effect until Full Payment of
all Obligations. Each Obligor intends this Section to constitute,
and this Section shall be deemed to constitute, a guarantee of the
obligations of, and a “keepwell, support or other
agreement” for the benefit of, each Obligor for all purposes
of the Commodity Exchange Act.
5.11.4 Joint
Enterprise. Each Borrower has requested that Agent and
Lenders make this credit facility available to Borrowers on a
combined basis, in order to finance Borrowers’ business most
efficiently and economically. Borrowers’ business is a mutual
and collective enterprise, and the successful operation of each
Borrower is dependent upon the successful performance of the
integrated group. Borrowers believe that consolidation of their
credit facility will enhance the borrowing power of each Borrower
and ease administration of the facility, all to their mutual
advantage. Borrowers acknowledge that Agent’s and
Lenders’ willingness to extend credit and to administer the
Collateral on a combined basis hereunder is done solely as an
accommodation to Borrowers and at Borrowers’
request.
5.11.5 Subordination.
Each Borrower hereby subordinates any claims, including any rights
at law or in equity to payment, subrogation, reimbursement,
exoneration, contribution, indemnification or set off, that it may
have at any time against any other Obligor, howsoever arising, to
the Full Payment of its Obligations.
6.1 Conditions Precedent to Initial
Loans. In addition to the conditions set
forth in Section 6.2,
Lenders shall not be required to fund any requested Loan or
otherwise extend credit to Borrowers hereunder, until the date
(“Closing Date”)
that each of the following conditions has been
satisfied:
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(a) Each Loan Document
shall have been duly executed and delivered to Agent by each of the
signatories thereto, and each Obligor shall be in compliance with
all terms thereof.
(b) Agent shall have
received (i) acknowledgments of all filings or recordations
necessary to perfect its Liens in the Collateral (including,
without limitation, (A) UCC financing statements to be filed with
the applicable Secretary of State and (B) recording of any IP
Assignments to be filed with the United States Patent and Trademark
Office), (ii) originals of each stock certificate evidencing
Collateral, together with a transfer power executed in blank, (iii)
copies of each promissory note constituting Collateral (if any),
together with an executed allonge, and (iv) UCC and Lien searches
and other evidence satisfactory to Agent that such Liens are the
only Liens upon the Collateral, except Permitted
Liens.
(c) Agent shall have
received duly executed Deposit Account Control Agreements with
respect to all of each Borrower’s Deposit Accounts (other
than Excluded Accounts), in each case, in form and substance, and
with financial institutions, satisfactory to Agent.
(d) Agent shall have
received certificates, in form and substance satisfactory to it,
from a knowledgeable Senior Officer of each Borrower certifying
that, after giving effect to the initial Loans and Transactions
hereunder, (i) such Borrower is Solvent; (ii) no Default or Event
of Default exists; (iii) the representations and warranties set
forth in Section 9 are true
and correct; and (iv) such Borrower has complied with all
agreements and conditions to be satisfied by it under the Loan
Documents.
(e) Agent shall have
received a certificate of a duly authorized officer of each
Obligor, certifying (i) that attached copies of such
Obligor’s charter, certificate or articles of incorporation,
bylaws or similar agreement or instrument governing the formation
of such Obligor are true and complete, and in full force and
effect, without amendment except as shown; (ii) that an attached
copy of resolutions authorizing execution and delivery of the Loan
Documents is true and complete, and that such resolutions are in
full force and effect, were duly adopted, have not been amended,
modified or revoked, and constitute all resolutions adopted with
respect to this credit facility; and (iii) to the title, name and
signature of each Person authorized to sign the Loan Documents.
Agent may conclusively rely on this certificate until it is
otherwise notified by the applicable Obligor in
writing.
(f) Agent shall have
received a written opinion of Xxxxx Day, as well as any local
counsel to Borrowers or Agent, in form and substance satisfactory
to Agent.
(g) Agent shall have
received copies of the charter documents of each Obligor, certified
by the Secretary of State or other appropriate official of such
Obligor’s jurisdiction of organization. Agent shall have
received good standing certificates for each Obligor, issued by the
Secretary of State or other appropriate official of such
Obligor’s jurisdiction of organization and each jurisdiction
where such Obligor maintains offices.
(h) Agent shall have
received copies of policies or certificates of insurance and
related endorsements for the insurance policies carried by
Borrowers, all in compliance with the Loan Documents (including the
requirements of Section
8.6.2).
(i) Agent shall have
completed and be satisfied with its business, financial and legal
due diligence of Obligors, including but not limited to, (i) a
field examination of the books, records and operations of Borrowers
and Subsidiaries and a roll-forward of such field examination;
(ii) receipt of audited financial statements of Borrowers and
Subsidiaries for the last three Fiscal Years; (iii) review of
material contracts of Borrowers and Subsidiaries; (iv) receipt of a
pro forma balance sheet of Borrowers and Subsidiaries, dated as of
the Closing Date, which balance sheet shall reflect no material
changes from the most recent pro forma balance sheet of Borrowers
and Subsidiaries previously delivered to Agent; (v) interim
financial statements for Borrowers and Subsidiaries as of a date
not more than 30 days prior to the Closing Date; and
(vi) monthly financial projections of Borrowers and
Subsidiaries for the next 12 calendar months and quarterly
projections of Borrowers and Subsidiaries for the next 3 Fiscal
Years, including balance sheets, income statements and cash flow
statements. No material adverse change in the financial condition
of any Obligor or in the quality, quantity or value of any
Collateral shall have occurred since December 31,
2018.
(j) Borrowers shall
have paid all fees and expenses to be paid to Agent and Lenders on
the Closing Date.
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(k) Agent shall have
received a Borrowing Base Report as of February 29, 2020. Upon
giving effect to the initial funding of Loans, and the payment by
Borrowers of all fees and expenses incurred in connection herewith,
as well as any payables stretched beyond their customary payment
practices, (i) Availability shall be at least $2,000,000 and (ii)
the sum of (A) Availability plus (B) unrestricted cash of
the Borrowers on the Closing Date shall be at least
$8,000,000.
(l) Agent shall have
received evidence that the loans and other obligations under the
Existing Lender Documentation and under any other agreements with
respect to any Debt not permitted pursuant to Section 10.2.1 hereof have been repaid
or will be repaid with the initial Loans made hereunder on the
Closing Date and the commitments thereunder have been terminated,
and the Agent shall have received a customary payoff letter in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to it relating to the
termination (or assignment to the Agent) of all mortgages,
financing statements, and liens associated therewith.
(m) Agent and Lenders,
shall have each received (and shall be satisfied with) at least ten
(10) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, (i) an executed
Certificate of Beneficial Ownership with respect to each Obligor
(other than AutoWeb); and (ii) all other documentation and other
information about the Obligors required under applicable
“know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules
and regulations, including the PATRIOT Act, that has been requested
by the Agent and the Lenders at least ten (10) Business Days prior
to the Closing Date.
(n) Agent shall have
received a certificate of the Borrower Agent's chief financial
officer, in form, substance and detail satisfactory to the Agent,
demonstrating that the EBITDA of the Borrowers and Subsidiaries, on
a consolidated basis (as adjusted in a manner satisfactory to the
Agent), for the twelve month period ended February 29, 2020, is
greater than $(3,600,000).
(o) No action, suit,
investigation, litigation or proceeding pending or threatened in
any court or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority that,
in Agent’s judgment, (i) would reasonably be expected to have
a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) could reasonably be expected to
materially and adversely affect the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
(p) Agent shall be
satisfied with the ownership, organizational, legal, tax
management, capitalization, and capital structure of Borrowers and
Subsidiaries, and shall be satisfied that Borrowers and
Subsidiaries will be Solvent, after giving effect to the
Transactions.
(q) The respective
credit committees of each Lender shall have approved the provision
of the credit facilities under this Agreement.
(r) Agent shall have
received evidence that Borrowers have received all governmental and
third party consents and approvals as may be appropriate in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and
the other Loan Documents.
(s) Agent shall have
received a duly executed copy of a Lien Waiver for Borrower’s
location at 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx
00000, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent.
(t) Agent shall have
received written instructions from Borrower Agent directing the
application of proceeds of the initial Loans made pursuant to this
Agreement (which in the aggregate shall be no less than the Minimum
Balance).
(u) Agent shall be
satisfied that each Borrower is in good standing with its vendors
with satisfactory accounts payable relative to the vendor terms and
agreements and industry standards.
(v) All corporate and
other proceedings, and all documents, instruments and other legal
matters in connection with the transactions shall be satisfactory
in form and substance to Agent and its counsel.
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6.2 Conditions
Precedent to All Credit Extensions. Agent and Lenders
shall in no event be required to make any credit extension
hereunder (including funding any Loan or granting any other
accommodation to or for the benefit of any Borrower), if the
following conditions are not satisfied on such date and upon giving
effect thereto:
(a) No Default or Event
of Default exists;
(b) The representations
and warranties of each Obligor set forth in the Loan Documents are
true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of
such credit extension; provided that, to the extent
that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an
earlier date, they shall be true and correct in all material
respects as of such earlier date; provided further that any representation
and warranty that is qualified as to “materiality,”
“Material Adverse Effect” or similar language shall be
true and correct in all respects on the date of such credit
extension or on such earlier date, as the case may be;
(c) All conditions
precedent in any Loan Document are satisfied; and
(d) No event has
occurred or circumstance exists that has or would reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Each
request (or deemed request) by a Borrower for any credit extension
shall constitute a representation by Borrowers that the foregoing
conditions are satisfied on the date of such request and on the
date of the credit extension. As an additional condition to a
credit extension, Agent may request any other information,
certification, document, instrument or agreement as it deems
appropriate.
7.1 Grant of Security
Interest. To secure the prompt payment and
performance of its Obligations, each Obligor hereby grants to
Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, a continuing security
interest in and Lien upon all Property of such Obligor, including
all of the following Property, whether now owned or hereafter
acquired, and wherever located:
(a) all
Accounts;
(b) all Chattel Paper,
including electronic chattel paper;
(c) all Commercial Tort
Claims, including those shown on Schedule 9.1.16 of the Disclosure
Schedule;
(d) all Deposit
Accounts;
(e) all
Documents;
(f) all General
Intangibles, including Intellectual Property;
(g) all Goods,
including Inventory, Equipment and fixtures;
(h) all
Instruments;
(i) all Investment
Property;
(j) all
Letter-of-Credit Rights;
(k) all Supporting
Obligations;
(l) all monies, whether
or not in the possession or under the control of Agent, a Lender,
or a bailee or Affiliate of Agent or a Lender, including any Cash
Collateral;
(m) all accessions to,
substitutions for, and all replacements, products, and cash and
non-cash proceeds of the foregoing, including proceeds of and
unearned premiums with respect to insurance policies, and claims
against any Person for loss, damage or destruction of any
Collateral; and
(n) all books and
records (including customer lists, blueprints, technical
specifications, manuals, files, correspondence, tapes, computer
programs, print-outs, computer records, disks and other electronic
storage media and related data processing software and similar
items that at any time evidence or contain information relating to
the Collateral or are otherwise necessary or helpful in the
collection or realization thereupon) pertaining to the
foregoing.
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Notwithstanding
the foregoing or anything else contained in any Loan Document, the
Collateral shall not include any Excluded Property.
7.2.1 Deposit Accounts. To further
secure the prompt payment and performance of its Obligations, each
Obligor hereby grants to Agent a continuing security interest in
and Lien upon all amounts credited to any Deposit Account of such
Obligor, including sums in any blocked, lockbox, sweep or
collection account. Each Obligor hereby authorizes and directs each
bank or other depository to deliver to Agent, upon request, all
balances in any Deposit Account subject to a Deposit Account
Control Agreement in accordance with the terms of such Deposit
Account Control Agreement, without inquiry into the authority or
right of Agent to make such request.
7.2.2 Cash Collateral. Cash
Collateral may be invested, at Agent’s Permitted Discretion
(with the consent of Obligors, provided no Event of Default
exists), but Agent shall have no duty to do so, regardless of any
agreement or course of dealing with any Obligor, and shall have no
responsibility for any investment or loss. As security for its
Obligations, each Obligor hereby grants to Agent a security
interest in and Lien upon all Cash Collateral delivered hereunder
from time to time, whether held in a segregated cash collateral
account or otherwise. Agent may apply Cash Collateral to payment of
such Obligations as they become due in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement. All Cash Collateral and related deposit accounts
shall be under the sole dominion and control of Agent, and no
Obligor or other Person shall have any right to any Cash Collateral
until Full Payment of the Obligations.
7.3.1 Lien on Real Estate. The
Obligations shall also be secured by Mortgages upon all Real Estate
owned by Obligors. If any Obligor acquires Real Estate after the
Closing Date, such Obligor shall, within 45 days, execute, deliver
and record a Mortgage sufficient to create a first priority Lien in
favor of Agent on such Real Estate, and shall deliver all Related
Real Estate Documents.
7.3.2 Collateral Assignment of
Leases. To further secure the prompt payment and performance
of its Obligations, unless otherwise prohibited by the terms of the
applicable lease, each Obligor hereby transfers and assigns to
Agent all of such Obligor’s right, title and interest in, to
and under all now or hereafter existing leases of real Property to
which such Obligor is a party, whether as lessor or lessee, and all
extensions, renewals, modifications and proceeds
thereof.
7.4.1 Commercial
Tort Claims. Obligors shall promptly notify Agent in writing
if any Obligor has a Commercial Tort Claim (other than, as long as
no Default or Event of Default exists, a Commercial Tort Claim for
less than $500,000), shall promptly amend Schedule 9.1.16 of the Disclosure
Schedule to include such claim, and shall take such actions as
Agent deems appropriate to subject such claim to a duly perfected,
first priority Lien in favor of Agent.
7.4.2 Certain
After-Acquired Collateral. Obligors shall promptly notify
Agent in writing if, after the Closing Date, any Obligor obtains
any interest in any Collateral consisting of Deposit Accounts,
Chattel Paper, Documents, Instruments, Investment Property or
Letter-of-Credit Rights and, upon Agent’s request, shall
promptly take such actions as Agent deems appropriate to effect
Agent’s duly perfected, first priority Lien upon such
Collateral, including obtaining any appropriate possession, control
agreement or, as applicable, Lien Waiver (it being agreed that,
unless a Default or Event of Default exists and is continuing, no
actions need to be taken with respect to (a) Excluded Accounts or
(b) Chattel Paper, Instruments, or Letter-of-Credit Rights with an
aggregate value of less than $500,000). If any Collateral with a
value in excess of $100,000 is in the possession of a third party,
at Agent’s request, Obligors shall use commercially
reasonable efforts to obtain an acknowledgment that such third
party holds the Collateral for the benefit of Agent. If an Obligor
registers any Intellectual Property with a Governmental Authority
or obtains any Intellectual Property that is registered with a
Governmental Authority, such Obligor shall notify Agent in writing
thereof when it delivers the next Compliance Certificate and, upon
Agent’s request, shall promptly take such actions as Agent
deems appropriate to effect Agent’s duly perfected, first
priority Lien upon such Intellectual Property.
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7.5 Limitations.
The Lien on Collateral granted hereunder is given as security only
and shall not subject Agent or any Lender to, or in any way modify,
any obligation or liability of Obligors relating to any Collateral.
In no event shall the grant of any Lien under any Loan Document
secure an Excluded Swap Obligation of the granting
Obligor.
7.6 Further
Assurances. All Liens granted to Agent under the
Loan Documents are for the benefit of Secured Parties. Promptly
upon request, Obligors shall deliver such instruments and
agreements, and shall take such actions, as Agent deems appropriate
under Applicable Law to evidence or perfect its Lien on any
Collateral, or otherwise to give effect to the intent of this
Agreement. Each Obligor authorizes Agent to file any financing
statement that describes the Collateral as “all assets”
or “all personal property” of such Obligor, or words to
similar effect, and ratifies any action taken by Agent before the
Closing Date to effect or perfect its Lien on any
Collateral.
7.7 Foreign Subsidiary
Stock. Notwithstanding Section 7.1, the Collateral shall
include that percentage of the outstanding equity securities of
Foreign Subsidiaries which would not create a material adverse tax
consequence for the Borrowers, taken as a whole.
8.1 Borrowing Base
Reports. Borrowers shall deliver to Agent (and
Agent shall promptly deliver same to Lenders) a Borrowing Base
Report (i) as of the close of business of the previous month by the
fifteenth day of each month, (ii) as of the close of business of
the previous week by the third Business Day of each week, and (iii)
at such other times as Agent may request (including, without
limitation, following the occurrence and during the continuance of
any Event of Default). Each Borrowing Base Report shall (a) be
accompanied by schedules which provide detail supporting such
Borrowing Base Report, including, without limitation, an accounts
receivable aging, accounts payable aging, sales/invoice registers
and collection journals, and a detailed report of all Accounts that
meet one or more criteria in clauses (a) through (o) of the
definition of Eligible Accounts and (b) include a revised
Schedule 8.6.1 of the
Disclosure Schedule, which has been updated as of the end of the
immediately preceding month in accordance with Section 8.6.1, all in form and substance
satisfactory to Agent in its Permitted Discretion. All information
(including a calculation of Availability) in a Borrowing Base
Report shall be certified by Borrowers. Agent may from time to time
adjust such report in its Permitted Discretion (x) to reflect
Agent’s reasonable estimate of declines in value of
Collateral, due to collections received in the Dominion Account or
otherwise; (y) to adjust advance rates to reflect changes in
dilution, quality, mix and other factors affecting Collateral; and
(z) to the extent any information or calculation does not comply
with this Agreement.
8.2.1 Records and Schedules of
Accounts. Each Borrower shall keep accurate and complete
records of its Accounts, including all payments and collections
thereon, and shall submit to Agent sales, collection,
reconciliation and other reports in form satisfactory to Agent, on
such periodic basis as Agent may request. Each Borrower shall also
provide to Agent, on or before the 15th day of each month, a
detailed aged trial balance of all Accounts as of the end of the
preceding month, specifying each Account’s Account Debtor
name and address, amount, invoice date and due date, showing any
discount, allowance, credit, authorized return or dispute, and
including such proof of delivery, copies of invoices and invoice
registers, copies of related documents, repayment histories, status
reports and other information as Agent may reasonably request. If
Accounts in an aggregate face amount of $200,000 or more cease to
be Eligible Accounts, Borrowers shall notify Agent of such
occurrence promptly (and in any event within one Business Day)
after any Borrower has knowledge thereof.
8.2.2 Taxes. If an Account of any
Borrower includes a charge for any Taxes and the Borrower does not
timely pay the amount thereof to the proper taxing authority, Agent
is authorized, in its discretion, to pay such amount for the
account of such Borrower and to charge Borrowers therefor;
provided,
however, that
neither Agent nor Lenders shall be liable for any Taxes that may be
due from Borrowers or with respect to any Collateral.
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8.2.3 Account
Verification. Whether or not a Default or Event of Default
exists, Agent shall have the right at any time, in the name of
Agent, any designee of Agent or any Borrower, to verify the
validity, amount or any other matter relating to any Accounts of
Borrowers by mail, telephone or otherwise. Borrowers shall
cooperate fully with Agent in an effort to facilitate and promptly
conclude any such verification process (provided that Agent shall
cooperate with Borrowers to (a) keep confidential the transactions
contemplated hereby and (b) so long as no Default or Event of
Default exists and is continuing, conduct such verifications in a
manner designed to minimize interruption of the Obligor’s
business).
8.2.4 Maintenance of Dominion
Account. Obligors shall maintain a Dominion Account pursuant
to lockbox or other arrangements acceptable to Agent. Obligors
shall obtain an agreement (in form and substance satisfactory to
Agent) from each lockbox servicer and Dominion Account bank,
establishing Agent’s control over and Lien in the lockbox or
Dominion Account, requiring immediate deposit of all remittances
received in the lockbox to the Dominion Account, and waiving offset
rights of such servicer or bank, except for customary
administrative charges. If the Dominion Account is not maintained
with Bank, Agent may require
immediate transfer of all funds in such account to a Dominion
Account maintained with another financial institution reasonably
acceptable to Agent. Agent and Lenders assume no responsibility to
Obligors for any lockbox arrangement or Dominion Account, including
any claim of accord and satisfaction or release with respect to any
Payment Items accepted by any bank.
8.2.5 Proceeds of Collateral.
Obligors shall request in writing and otherwise take all necessary
steps to ensure that all payments on Accounts or otherwise relating
to Collateral are made directly to a Dominion Account (or a lockbox
relating to a Dominion Account). If any Obligor or Subsidiary
receives cash or Payment Items with respect to any Collateral, it
shall hold same in trust for Agent and promptly (not later than two
(2) Business Days after receipt) deposit same into the Dominion
Account.
8.4.1 Records and Schedules of
Equipment. Each Borrower shall keep accurate and complete
records of its Equipment, including kind, quality, quantity, cost,
acquisitions (including copies of purchase orders, invoices, and
shipping and delivery documents) and dispositions thereof, and
shall submit to Agent, on such periodic basis as Agent may request,
a current schedule thereof, in form satisfactory to Agent. Promptly
upon request, Borrowers shall deliver to Agent evidence of their
ownership or interests in any Equipment.
8.4.2 Dispositions of Equipment. No
Borrower shall sell, lease or otherwise dispose of any Equipment,
without the prior written consent of Agent, other than a Permitted
Asset Disposition.
8.4.3 Condition of Equipment. The
Equipment is in good operating condition and repair, and all
necessary replacements and repairs have been made so that the value
and operating efficiency of the Equipment is preserved at all
times, reasonable wear and tear excepted. Each Borrower shall
ensure that the Equipment is mechanically and structurally sound,
and capable of performing the functions for which it was designed,
in accordance with manufacturer specifications. No Borrower shall
permit any material Equipment to become affixed to real Property
unless any landlord or mortgagee delivers a Lien Waiver or other
acknowledgment that such Equipment does not constitute a
fixture.
8.5 Deposit
Accounts. Schedule 8.5 of the Disclosure Schedule
shows all Deposit Accounts maintained by Obligors, including
Dominion Accounts. Each Obligor shall take all actions necessary to
establish Agent’s first priority Lien on each Deposit Account
(except Excluded Accounts). Obligors shall be the sole account
holders of each Deposit Account and shall not allow any Person
(other than Agent and the depository bank) to have control over
their Deposit Accounts or any Property deposited therein. Obligors
shall promptly notify Agent of any opening or closing of a Deposit
Account and will amend Schedule
8.5 of the Disclosure Schedule to reflect same.
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8.6 General
Provisions.
8.6.1 Location of Collateral. All
tangible items of Collateral, other than Inventory in transit,
shall at all times be kept by Obligors at the business locations
set forth in Schedule 8.6.1
of the Disclosure Schedule, except that Obligors may (a) make sales
or other dispositions of Collateral in accordance with Section 10.2.6; and (b) move Collateral
to another location in the United States (or, if such Collateral is
outside the United States and has a value of less than $100,000, to
another location outside the United States), upon 30 days’
prior written notice to Agent.
8.6.2 Insurance of Collateral; Condemnation
Proceeds.
(a) Each Obligor shall
maintain (i) insurance with respect to the Collateral, covering
casualty, hazard, theft, malicious mischief, flood and other risks,
in amounts, with endorsements and with insurers (with a Best rating
of at least A+, unless otherwise approved by Agent in its Permitted
Discretion) satisfactory to Agent, and (ii) ensure that all Real
Estate subject to a Mortgage is insured pursuant to policies which
are valid and in full force and effect and which provide adequate
coverage from reputable and financially sound insurers in amounts
sufficient to insure the assets and risks of each applicable
Obligor so as to cause each Lender to be in compliance with Flood
Laws. All proceeds under each policy shall be payable to Agent.
From time to time upon request by Agent, Obligors shall deliver to
Agent certificates of insurance, copies of insurance policies, and
updated flood plain searches. Unless Agent shall agree otherwise,
each policy shall include satisfactory endorsements (i) showing
Agent as lender’s loss payee and additional insured, as
applicable; (ii) requiring 30 days prior written notice to Agent in
the event of cancellation of the policy for any reason whatsoever;
and (iii) specifying that the interest of Agent shall not be
impaired or invalidated by any act or neglect of any Obligor or the
owner of the Property, nor by the occupation of the premises for
purposes more hazardous than are permitted by the policy. If any
Obligor fails to provide and pay for any insurance, Agent may, at
its option, but shall not be required to, procure the insurance and
charge Obligors therefor. Each Obligor agrees to deliver to Agent,
promptly as rendered, copies of all reports made to insurance
companies. While no Event of Default exists, Obligors may settle,
adjust or compromise any insurance claim, as long as the proceeds
are delivered to Agent. If an Event of Default exists, only Agent
shall be authorized to settle, adjust and compromise such
claims.
(b) Any proceeds of
insurance (other than proceeds from workers’ compensation or
D&O insurance) and any awards arising from condemnation of any
Collateral shall be paid to Agent. Any such proceeds or awards that
relate to Accounts or Inventory shall be applied to payment of the
Obligations in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.
(c) If requested by
Borrowers in writing within 15 days after Agent’s receipt of
any insurance proceeds or condemnation awards in excess of $200,000
relating to any loss or destruction of Equipment or Real Estate,
Borrowers may use such proceeds or awards to repair or replace such
Equipment or Real Estate (and until so used, the proceeds shall be
held by Agent as Cash Collateral) as long as (i) no Default or
Event of Default exists; (ii) such repair or replacement is
promptly undertaken and concluded, in accordance with plans
reasonably satisfactory to Agent; (iii) replacement buildings are
constructed on the sites of the original casualties and are of
comparable size, quality and utility to the destroyed buildings;
(iv) the repaired or replaced Property is free of Liens, other than
Permitted Liens that are not Purchase Money Liens; and (v)
Borrowers comply with disbursement procedures for such repair or
replacement as Agent may reasonably require.
8.6.3 Protection of Collateral. All
expenses of protecting, storing, warehousing, insuring, handling,
maintaining and shipping any Collateral, all Taxes payable with
respect to any Collateral (including any sale thereof), and all
other payments required to be made by Agent to any Person to
realize upon any Collateral, shall be borne and paid by Borrowers.
Agent shall not be liable or responsible in any way for the
safekeeping of any Collateral, for any loss or damage thereto
(except for reasonable care in its custody while Collateral is in
Agent’s actual possession), for any diminution in the value
thereof, or for any act or default of any warehouseman, carrier,
forwarding agency or other Person whatsoever, but the same shall be
at Obligors’ sole risk.
8.6.4 Defense
of Title. Each Obligor shall use commercially reasonable
efforts to defend its title to Collateral and Agent’s Liens
therein against all Persons, claims and demands, except Permitted
Liens.
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8.7 Power
of Attorney. Each Obligor
hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints Agent (and all Persons
designated by Agent) as such Obligor’s true and lawful
attorney (and agent-in-fact) for the purposes provided in this
Section. Agent, or Agent’s designee, may, without notice and
in either its or an Obligor’s name, but at the cost and
expense of Borrowers:
(a) Endorse an
Obligor’s name on any Payment Item or other proceeds of
Collateral (including proceeds of insurance) that come into
Agent’s possession or control; and
(b) During an Event of
Default, (i) notify any Account Debtors of the assignment of their
Accounts, demand and enforce payment of Accounts by legal
proceedings or otherwise, and generally exercise any rights and
remedies with respect to Accounts; (ii) settle, adjust, modify,
compromise, discharge or release any Accounts or other Collateral,
or any legal proceedings brought to collect Accounts or Collateral;
(iii) sell or assign any Accounts and other Collateral upon such
terms, for such amounts and at such times as Agent deems advisable;
(iv) collect, liquidate and receive balances in Deposit Accounts or
investment accounts, and take control, in any manner, of proceeds
of Collateral; (v) prepare, file and sign an Obligor’s name
to a proof of claim or other document in a bankruptcy of an Account
Debtor, or to any notice, assignment or satisfaction of Lien or
similar document; (vi) receive, open and dispose of mail addressed
to an Obligor, and notify postal authorities to deliver any such
mail to an address designated by Agent; (vii) endorse any Chattel
Paper, Document, Instrument, xxxx of lading, or other document or
agreement relating to any Accounts, Inventory or other Collateral;
(viii) use an Obligor’s stationery and sign its name to
verifications of Accounts and notices to Account Debtors; (ix) use
information contained in any data processing, electronic or
information systems relating to Collateral; (x) make and adjust
claims under insurance policies; (xi) take any action as may be
necessary or appropriate to obtain payment under any letter of
credit, banker’s acceptance or other instrument for which an
Obligor is a beneficiary; and (xii) take all other actions as Agent
deems appropriate to fulfill any Obligor’s obligations under
the Loan Documents.
9.1 General Representations and
Warranties. To induce Agent and Lenders to enter
into this Agreement and to make available the Commitments and
Loans, each Obligor represents and warrants that:
9.1.1 Organization and Qualification.
Each Obligor and Subsidiary is duly organized, validly existing and
in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
organization. Each Obligor and Subsidiary is duly qualified,
authorized to do business and in good standing as a foreign
corporation in each jurisdiction where failure to be so qualified
would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No
Obligor is an EEA Financial Institution.
9.1.2 Power and Authority. Each
Obligor is duly authorized to execute, deliver and perform its Loan
Documents. The execution, delivery and performance of the Loan
Documents have been duly authorized by all necessary action, and do
not (a) require any consent or approval of any holders of Equity
Interests of any Obligor, except those already obtained; (b)
contravene the Organic Documents of any Obligor; (c) violate or
cause a default under any Applicable Law or Material Contract
except where the violation or default would not reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; or (d) result in
or require imposition of a Lien (other than Permitted Liens) on any
Obligor’s Property.
9.1.3 Enforceability. Each Loan
Document is a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Obligor
party thereto, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as
enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar
laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights
generally.
9.1.4 Capital Structure. Schedule 9.1.4 of the Disclosure
Schedule shows as of the Closing Date, for each Obligor and
Subsidiary, its name, jurisdiction of organization, and, other than
with respect to AutoWeb, the number of its authorized and issued
Equity Interests, holders of its Equity Interests, and agreements
binding on such holders with respect to such Equity Interests.
Except as disclosed on Schedule
9.1.4 of the Disclosure Schedule, in the five years
preceding the Closing Date, no Obligor or Subsidiary has acquired
any substantial assets from any other Person nor been the surviving
entity in a merger or combination. Each Obligor has good title to
its Equity Interests in its Subsidiaries, subject only to Specified
Permitted Liens, and all such Equity Interests are duly issued,
fully paid and non-assessable. Except as disclosed on Schedule 9.1.4 of the Disclosure
Schedule, there are no outstanding purchase options, warrants,
subscription rights, agreements to issue or sell, convertible
interests, phantom rights or powers of attorney relating to Equity
Interests of any Obligor (other than AutoWeb) or
Subsidiary.
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9.1.5 Title
to Properties; Priority of Liens.
(a) Each Obligor and
Subsidiary has good and marketable title to (or valid leasehold
interests in) all of its Real Estate, and good title to all of its
personal Property, including all Property reflected in any
financial statements delivered to Agent or Lenders, in each case
free of Liens except Permitted Liens. Each Obligor and Subsidiary
has paid and discharged all lawful claims that, if unpaid, could
become a Lien on its Properties, other than Permitted Liens. All
Liens of Agent in the Collateral are duly perfected, first priority
Liens, subject only to Permitted Liens.
(b) Set forth on
Schedule 9.1.5 of the
Disclosure Schedule is a complete and accurate list of all real
property owned, leased, licensed or otherwise used in the
operations of the business of each Obligor as of the Closing Date
and showing the current street address (including, where
applicable, county, state and other relevant jurisdictions), record
owner (if owned) or leasehold interest holder and, (if leased)
lessee or other user thereof. Each of such leases and subleases is
valid and enforceable in accordance with its terms (except as such
enforceability may be subject to or limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws) and is in full
force and effect, and to each Obligor's knowledge, no default by
any party to any material lease or material sublease exists, except
for defaults that would not reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect.
9.1.6 Accounts.
Agent may rely, in determining which Accounts are Eligible
Accounts, on all statements and representations made by Borrowers
with respect to such Accounts. Borrowers warrant, with respect to
each Account shown in a Borrowing Base Report as eligible to be an
Eligible Account, that:
(a) it is genuine and
in all respects what it purports to be;
(b) it arises out of a
completed, bona fide sale
and delivery of goods or rendition of services in the Ordinary
Course of Business, and substantially in accordance with any
purchase order, contract or other document relating
thereto;
(c) it is for a sum
certain, maturing as stated in the applicable invoice, a copy of
which has been furnished or is available to Agent on
request;
(d) it is not subject
to any offset, Lien (other than Specified Permitted Liens),
deduction, defense, dispute, counterclaim or other adverse
condition except as disclosed to Agent; and it is absolutely owing
by the Account Debtor, without contingency of any
kind;
(e) no purchase order,
agreement, document or Applicable Law restricts assignment of the
Account to Agent (regardless of whether, under the UCC, the
restriction is ineffective), and the applicable Borrower is the
sole payee or remittance party shown on the invoice;
(f) no extension,
compromise, settlement, modification, credit, deduction or return
has been authorized or is in process with respect to the Account,
except discounts or allowances granted in the Ordinary Course of
Business for prompt payment that are reflected (i) on the face of
the invoice related thereto and in the reports submitted to Agent
hereunder or (ii) otherwise communicated to Agent at the time of
such discount or allowance; and
(g) to Borrowers’
knowledge (without any obligation to make specific inquiries), (i)
there are no facts or circumstances that are reasonably likely to
impair the enforceability or collectability of such Account; (ii)
the Account Debtor had the capacity to contract when the Account
arose, continues to meet the applicable Borrower’s customary
credit standards, is Solvent, is not contemplating or subject to an
Insolvency Proceeding, and has not failed, or suspended or ceased
doing business; and (iii) there are no proceedings or actions
threatened or pending against any Account Debtor that would
reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the
Account Debtor’s financial condition.
9.1.7 Financial
Statements. The consolidated and consolidating balance
sheets, and related statements of income, cash flow and
shareholders equity, of Borrowers and Subsidiaries that have been
and are hereafter delivered to Agent and Lenders, were and will be
prepared in accordance with GAAP, and fairly present the financial
positions and results of operations of Borrowers and Subsidiaries
at the dates and for the periods indicated. All projections
delivered from time to time to Agent and Lenders have been prepared
in good faith, based on reasonable assumptions in light of the
circumstances at such time. Since December 31, 2018, there has been
no change in the condition, financial or otherwise, of any Borrower
or Subsidiary that would reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. Each Borrower is Solvent, and the Borrowers and the
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, are Solvent.
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9.1.8 Surety
Obligations. No Obligor or Subsidiary is obligated as surety
or indemnitor under any bond or other contract that assures payment
or performance of any obligation of any Person, except as permitted
hereunder.
9.1.9 Taxes.
Each Obligor and Subsidiary has filed all federal and all material
state and local tax returns and other reports that it is required
by law to file, and has paid, or made provision for the payment of,
all Taxes upon it, its income and its Properties that are due and
payable, except to the extent being Properly Contested. The
provision for Taxes on the books of each Obligor and Subsidiary is
adequate for all years not closed by applicable statutes, and for
its current Fiscal Year.
9.1.10 Brokers.
There are no brokerage commissions, finder’s fees or
investment banking fees payable by or on behalf of Borrowers in
connection with any transactions contemplated by the Loan
Documents.
9.1.11 Intellectual
Property. Each Obligor and Subsidiary owns or has sufficient
lawful rights to use all Intellectual Property that is material and
necessary for the conduct of its business. There is no pending or,
to any Obligor’s knowledge, threatened Intellectual Property
Claim with respect to any Obligor, any Subsidiary or any of their
Property (including any Intellectual Property) necessary for the
conduct of its business. No Obligor or Subsidiary pays or owes any
royalty or other compensation to any Person with respect to any
Intellectual Property, other than for Intellectual Property
included with third party products or services used in the Ordinary
Course of Business. As of the Closing Date, all Intellectual
Property owned, used or licensed by, or otherwise subject to any
interests of, any Obligor or Subsidiary that is material and
necessary for the conduct of its business is shown on Schedule 9.1.11 of the Disclosure
Schedule.
9.1.12 Governmental
Approvals. Each Obligor and Subsidiary has, is in compliance
with, and is in good standing with respect to, all Governmental
Approvals necessary to conduct its business and to own, lease and
operate its Properties, except where noncompliance would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. All
necessary import, export or other licenses, permits or certificates
for the import or handling of any goods or other Collateral have
been procured and are in effect, and Obligors and Subsidiaries have
complied with all foreign and domestic laws with respect to the
shipment and importation of any goods or Collateral, except where
noncompliance would not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
9.1.13 Compliance
with Laws. Each Obligor and Subsidiary has duly complied,
and its Properties and business operations are in compliance, in
all material respects with all Applicable Law, except where
noncompliance would not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. There is no outstanding citation, notice or order
of material noncompliance issued to any Obligor or Subsidiary under
any Applicable Law where noncompliance would reasonably be excepted
to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No Inventory has been
produced in violation of the FLSA.
9.1.14 Compliance
with Environmental Laws. To Borrowers’ knowledge, no
Obligor’s or Subsidiary’s past or present operations,
Real Estate or other Properties are subject to any federal, state
or local investigation to determine whether any remedial action is
needed to address any environmental pollution, hazardous material
or environmental clean-up. No Obligor or Subsidiary has received
any outstanding Environmental Notice. No Obligor or Subsidiary has
any knowledge of any contingent liability with respect to any
Environmental Release, environmental pollution or hazardous
material on any Real Estate now or previously owned, leased or
operated by it.
9.1.15 Burdensome
Contracts. No Obligor or Subsidiary is a party or subject to
any contract, agreement or charter restriction that would
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No
Obligor or Subsidiary is party or subject to any Restrictive
Agreement, except as permitted by Section 10.2.14. No such Restrictive
Agreement prohibits the execution, delivery or performance of any
Loan Document by an Obligor.
9.1.16 Litigation.
There are no proceedings or investigations pending or, to any
Obligor’s knowledge, threatened against any Obligor or
Subsidiary, or any of their businesses, operations, Properties,
prospects or conditions, that (a) relate to any Loan Documents or
transactions contemplated thereby; or (b) would reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect if determined adversely
to any Obligor or Subsidiary. Except as shown on Schedule 9.1.16 of the Disclosure
Schedule (as updated pursuant to Section 7.4.1), no Obligor has a
Commercial Tort Claim (other than, as long as no Default or Event
of Default exists, a Commercial Tort Claim for less than $500,000).
No Obligor or Subsidiary is in default with respect to any order,
injunction or judgment of any Governmental Authority.
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9.1.17 No
Defaults. No event or circumstance has occurred or exists
that constitutes a Default or Event of Default. No Obligor or
Subsidiary is in default, and no event or circumstance has occurred
or exists that with the passage of time or giving of notice would
constitute a default under, or permit the applicable counterparty
to terminate, as a result thereof, any Material Contract (except
where the default would not reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect) or in the payment of any Borrowed
Money.
9.1.18 ERISA.
(a) Each Plan is in
compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions
of ERISA, the Code, and other federal and state laws. Each Plan
that is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code has
received a favorable determination letter from the IRS or an
application for such a letter is currently being processed by the
IRS with respect thereto and, to the knowledge of Obligors, nothing
has occurred which would prevent, or cause the loss of, such
qualification. Each Obligor and ERISA Affiliate has met all
applicable requirements under the Code, ERISA and the Pension
Protection Act of 2006, in all material respects, and no
application for a waiver of the minimum funding standards or an
extension of any amortization period has been made with respect to
any Plan.
(b) There are no
pending or, to the knowledge of Obligors, threatened claims,
actions or lawsuits, or action by any Governmental Authority, with
respect to any Plan that would reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect. There has been no prohibited transaction
or violation of the fiduciary responsibility rules with respect to
any Plan that has resulted in or would reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) (i) No ERISA Event
has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur; (ii) as of the
most recent valuation date for any Pension Plan, the funding target
attainment percentage (as defined in Section 430(d)(2) of the Code)
is at least 60%; and no Obligor or ERISA Affiliate knows of any
reason that such percentage could reasonably be expected to drop
below 60%; (iii) no Obligor or ERISA Affiliate has incurred any
liability to the PBGC except for the payment of premiums, and no
premium payments are due and unpaid; (iv) no Obligor or ERISA
Affiliate has engaged in a transaction that could be subject to
Section 4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA; and (v) no Pension Plan has been
terminated by its plan administrator or the PBGC, and no fact or
circumstance exists that could reasonably be expected to cause the
PBGC to institute proceedings to terminate a Pension
Plan.
(d) With respect to any
Foreign Plan, (i) all employer and employee contributions required
by law or by the terms of the Foreign Plan have been made, or, if
applicable, accrued, in accordance with normal accounting
practices; (ii) the fair market value of the assets of each funded
Foreign Plan, the liability of each insurer for any Foreign Plan
funded through insurance, or the book reserve established for any
Foreign Plan, together with any accrued contributions, is
sufficient to procure or provide for the accrued benefit
obligations with respect to all current and former participants in
such Foreign Plan according to the actuarial assumptions and
valuations most recently used to account for such obligations in
accordance with applicable generally accepted accounting
principles; and (iii) it has been registered as required and has
been maintained in good standing with applicable regulatory
authorities.
9.1.19 Trade
Relations. There exists no actual or threatened termination,
limitation or materially adverse modification of any business
relationship between any Obligor or Subsidiary and any customer or
supplier, or any group of customers or suppliers, who individually
or in the aggregate are material to the business of such Obligor or
Subsidiary. There exists no condition or circumstance that could
reasonably be expected to impair the ability of any Obligor or
Subsidiary to conduct its business at any time hereafter in
substantially the same manner as conducted on the Closing
Date.
9.1.20 Labor
Relations. No Obligor or Subsidiary is party to or bound by
any collective bargaining agreement. There are no material
grievances, disputes or controversies with any union or other
organization of any Obligor’s or Subsidiary’s
employees, or, to any Borrower’s knowledge, any asserted or
threatened strikes, work stoppages or demands for collective
bargaining.
9.1.21 Payable
Practices. No Obligor or Subsidiary has made any material
change in its historical accounts payable practices from those in
effect on the Closing Date.
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9.1.22 Not
a Regulated Entity. No Obligor is (a) an “investment
company” or a “person directly or indirectly controlled
by or acting on behalf of an investment company” within the
meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940; or (b) subject to
regulation under the Federal Power Act, the Interstate Commerce
Act, any public utilities code or any other Applicable Law
regarding its authority to incur Debt.
9.1.23 Margin
Stock. No Obligor or Subsidiary is engaged, principally or
as one of its important activities, in the business of extending
credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock.
No Loan proceeds will be used by Obligors to purchase or carry, or
to reduce or refinance any Debt incurred to purchase or carry, any
Margin Stock or for any related purpose governed by Regulations T,
U or X of the Board of Governors.
9.1.24 OFAC.
No Obligor, Subsidiary, or, to Borrowers’ knowledge, any
director, officer, employee, agent, affiliate or representative
thereof, is or is owned or controlled by any individual or entity
that is currently the subject or target of any Sanction or is
located, organized or resident in a Designated
Jurisdiction.
9.1.25 Anti-Corruption
Laws. Each Obligor and Subsidiary has conducted its business
in accordance with applicable anti-corruption laws in all material
respects and has instituted and maintained policies and procedures
designed to promote and achieve compliance with such
laws.
9.1.26 Certificate
of Beneficial Ownership. The Certificate of Beneficial
Ownership executed and delivered to Agent and Lenders for each
Obligor, if applicable, on or prior to the date of this Agreement,
as updated from time to time in accordance with this Agreement, is
accurate, complete and correct as of the date hereof and as of the
date any such update is delivered. Each Obligor acknowledges and
agrees that the Certificate of Beneficial Ownership is one of the
Loan Documents.
9.2 Complete
Disclosure. The Loan Documents do not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact, nor fails to disclose any
material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein
not materially misleading when taken as a whole. There is no fact
or circumstance that any Obligor has failed to disclose to Agent in
writing that would reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
10.1 Affirmative
Covenants. Until Full Payment, each Obligor
shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to:
10.1.1 Inspections;
Appraisals.
(a) Permit Agent from
time to time, subject (unless a Default or Event of Default exists)
to reasonable notice and normal business hours, to visit and
inspect the Properties of any Obligor or Subsidiary, inspect, audit
and make extracts from any Obligor’s or Subsidiary’s
books and records, and discuss with its officers, employees,
agents, advisors and independent accountants such Obligor’s
or Subsidiary’s business, financial condition, assets,
prospects and results of operations. Lenders may participate in any
such visit or inspection, at their own expense. Secured Parties
shall have no duty to any Obligor to make any inspection, nor to
share any results of any inspection, appraisal or report with any
Obligor. Obligors acknowledge that all inspections, appraisals and
reports are prepared by Agent and Lenders for their purposes, and
Obligors shall not be entitled to rely upon them.
(b) Reimburse Agent for
all its charges, costs and expenses in connection with examinations
of Obligors’ books and records or any other financial or
Collateral matters as it deems appropriate, up to two times per
Loan Year; provided, however, that if an examination
is initiated during a Default or Event of Default, all reasonable
and out-of-pocket charges, costs and expenses relating thereto
shall be reimbursed by Borrowers without regard to such limits.
Borrowers shall pay reasonable and customary charges for
examination activities, including charges for its internal
examination and appraisal groups, as well as the charges of any
third party used for such purposes.
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10.1.2 Financial
and Other Information. Keep adequate records and books of
account with respect to its business activities, in which proper
entries are made in accordance with GAAP reflecting all financial
transactions; and furnish to Agent and Lenders:
(a) as soon as
available, and in any event within 90 days after the close of each
Fiscal Year, balance sheets as of the end of such Fiscal Year and
the related statements of income, cash flow and shareholders equity
for such Fiscal Year, on consolidated and consolidating bases for
Borrowers and Subsidiaries, which consolidated statements shall be
audited (without qualification) by a firm of independent certified
public accountants of recognized standing selected by Borrowers and
acceptable to Agent, and shall set forth in comparative form
corresponding figures for the preceding Fiscal Year;
(b) as soon as
available, and in any event within 30 days after the end of each
month (but within 60 days after the last month in a Fiscal Year),
unaudited balance sheets as of the end of such month and the
related statements of income and cash flow for such month and for
the portion of the Fiscal Year then elapsed, on consolidated and
consolidating bases for Borrowers and Subsidiaries, setting forth
in comparative form corresponding figures for the preceding Fiscal
Year and certified by the chief financial officer of Borrower Agent
as prepared in accordance with GAAP and fairly presenting the
financial position and results of operations for such month and
period, subject to normal year-end adjustments and the absence of
footnotes;
(c) concurrently with
delivery of financial statements under clauses (a) and (b) above, or more frequently
if requested by Agent while a Default or Event of Default exists, a
Compliance Certificate executed by the chief financial officer of
Borrower Agent;
(d) concurrently with
delivery of financial statements under clause (a) above, copies of all
management letters and other material reports submitted to
Borrowers by their accountants in connection with such financial
statements;
(e) not later than 30
days prior to the end of each Fiscal Year, projections of
Borrowers’ consolidated balance sheets, results of
operations, cash flow and Availability for the next Fiscal Year,
month by month, and for the next three Fiscal Years, year by
year;
(f) at Agent’s
request, a listing of each Borrower’s trade payables,
specifying the trade creditor and balance due, and a detailed trade
payable aging, all in form satisfactory to Agent;
(g) promptly after the
sending or filing thereof, copies of any proxy statements,
financial statements or reports that any Obligor has made generally
available to its shareholders; copies of any regular, periodic and
special reports or registration statements or prospectuses that any
Obligor files with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any
other Governmental Authority, or any securities exchange; and
copies of any press releases or other statements made available by
an Obligor to the public concerning material changes to or
developments in the business of such Obligor;
(h) promptly after the
sending or filing thereof, copies of any annual report to be filed
in connection with each Plan or Foreign Plan; and
(i) such other reports
and information (financial or otherwise) as Agent may reasonably
request from time to time in connection with any Collateral or any
Borrower’s, Subsidiary’s or other Obligor’s
financial condition or business.
10.1.3 Notices.
Notify Agent and Lenders in writing, promptly after a
Borrower’s obtaining knowledge thereof, of any of the
following that affects an Obligor: (a) the threat or commencement
of any proceeding or investigation, whether or not covered by
insurance, if an adverse determination would have a Material
Adverse Effect; (b) any pending or threatened labor dispute, strike
or walkout, or the expiration of any material labor contract; (c)
any material default under or termination of a Material Contract;
(d) the existence of any Default or Event of Default; (e) any
judgment in an amount exceeding $250,000; (f) the assertion of any
Intellectual Property Claim, if an adverse resolution would have a
Material Adverse Effect; (g) any violation or asserted violation of
any Applicable Law (including ERISA, OSHA, FLSA, or any
Environmental Laws), if an adverse resolution would have a Material
Adverse Effect; (h) any Environmental Release by an Obligor or on
any Property owned, leased or occupied by an Obligor; or receipt of
any Environmental Notice, in each case where the release or notice
would result in liabilities exceeding $250,000; (i) the occurrence
of any ERISA Event; (j) the discharge of or any withdrawal or
resignation by Borrowers’ independent accountants; or (k) any
opening of a new office or place of business as provided in
Section 8.6.1; or (l) any
and all default notices sent or received under or with respect to
(i) any leased location or (ii) public warehouse where Collateral
is located (which shall be delivered within two Business Days after
receipt thereof.
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10.1.4 Landlord
and Storage Agreements. Upon request, provide Agent with
copies of all existing agreements, and promptly after execution
thereof provide Agent with copies of all future agreements, between
an Obligor and any landlord, warehouseman, processor, shipper,
bailee or other Person that owns any premises at which any
Collateral consisting of books and records or with a value greater
than $100,000 may be kept or that otherwise may possess or handle
any such Collateral.
10.1.5 Compliance
with Laws. Comply with all Applicable Laws, including ERISA,
Environmental Laws, FLSA, OSHA, Anti-Terrorism Laws, and laws
regarding collection and payment of Taxes, and maintain all
Governmental Approvals necessary to the ownership of its Properties
or conduct of its business, unless failure to comply (other than
failure to comply with Anti-Terrorism Laws) or maintain would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, if any Environmental
Release occurs at or on any Properties of any Obligor or
Subsidiary, to the extent required by Applicable Law, it shall act
promptly and diligently to investigate and report to all
appropriate Governmental Authorities the extent of, and to make
appropriate remedial action to eliminate, such Environmental
Release, whether or not directed to do so by any Governmental
Authority.
10.1.6 Taxes.
Pay and discharge all material Taxes prior to the date on which
they become delinquent or penalties attach, unless such Taxes are
being Properly Contested.
10.1.7 Insurance.
In addition to the insurance required hereunder with respect to
Collateral, maintain insurance with insurers (with a Best rating of
at least A+, unless otherwise approved by Agent in its discretion)
satisfactory to Agent, (a) with respect to the Property and
business of Obligors and Subsidiaries of such type (including
product liability, workers’ compensation, larceny,
embezzlement, or other criminal misappropriation insurance), in
such amounts, and with such coverages and deductibles as are
customary for companies similarly situated; and (b) business
interruption insurance in an amount not less than $10,000,000, with
deductibles and subject to an endorsement or assignment
satisfactory to Agent.
10.1.8 Licenses.
Keep each material License affecting any Collateral (including the
manufacture, distribution or disposition of Inventory) or any other
material Property of Obligors and Subsidiaries in full force and
effect, except where the failure to keep a License in full force
and effect would not reasonably have a Material Adverse Effect;
promptly notify Agent of any proposed modification to any such
License, or entry into any new material License affecting any
Collateral (including the manufacture, distribution or disposition
of Inventory) or any other material Property of Obligors, in each
case promptly after the effective date therefor; pay all royalties
and other amounts when due under any such License; and notify Agent
of any material default or breach asserted by any Person to have
occurred under any such License.
10.1.9 Future
Subsidiaries. Promptly notify Agent upon any Person becoming
a Subsidiary (whether by acquisition, formation, and/or division of
any Obligor in accordance with applicable law) and, if such Person
is not a Foreign Subsidiary, cause it to guaranty the Obligations
in a manner satisfactory to Agent, and to execute and deliver such
documents, instruments and agreements and to take such other
actions as Agent shall require to evidence and perfect a Lien in
favor of Agent on all assets of such Person, including delivery of
such legal opinions, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent,
as it shall deem appropriate. The foregoing provisions of this
Section 10.1.9 shall not
apply to any Subsidiary formed for the sole purpose of implementing
an acquisition in a triangular merger in which such Subsidiary is a
disappearing entity upon completion of the merger.
10.1.10 Anti-Corruption
Laws. Conduct its
business in compliance in all material respects with applicable
anti-corruption laws and maintain policies and procedures designed
to promote and achieve compliance with such laws.
10.1.11 Compliance
with Flood Laws. Take all actions required under Flood Laws
and/or requested by Agent to assist in ensuring that each Lender is
in compliance with Flood Laws, including, but not limited to,
providing Agent with the address and/or GPS coordinates of each
structure located upon any Real Estate that will be subject to a
Mortgage in favor of Agent and, to the extent required by
applicable Flood Laws, obtaining flood insurance as more
particularly set forth in Section
8.6.2 for such property, structures and contents prior to
such property, structures and contents becoming
Collateral.
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10.1.12 Beneficial
Ownership. Provide to Agent and the Lenders: (a) upon
request by Agent or any Lender, confirmation of the accuracy of the
information set forth in the most recent Certificate of Beneficial
Ownership provided to the Agent and Lenders; (b) a new Certificate
of Beneficial Ownership, in form and substance reasonably
acceptable to Agent and each Lender, promptly when the Persons
required to be identified as a Beneficial Owner have changed; and
(c) such other information and documentation as may reasonably be
requested by Agent or any Lender from time to time for purposes of
compliance by Agent or such Lender with Applicable Laws (including
without limitation the USA Patriot Act, “know your
customer” laws and other Anti-Terrorism Laws), and any policy
or procedure implemented by Agent or such Lender to comply
therewith.
10.1.13 Post-Closing
Covenant. Satisfy the following requirement: for a period of
ninety (90) days after the Closing Date (or such longer period as
determined by Agent in its sole discretion), Borrowers shall use
commercially reasonable efforts to deliver to Agent a duly executed
copy of a collateral access agreement in form and substance
satisfactory to Agent for Borrower’s colocation facility at
00000 Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx, XX 00000.
10.2 Negative
Covenants. Until Full Payment, each Obligor shall
not, and shall cause each Subsidiary not to:
10.2.1 Permitted
Debt. Create, incur, guarantee or suffer to exist any Debt,
except:
(a) the
Obligations;
(b) Subordinated Debt
(provided that such Subordinated Debt is subordinated to the
Obligations on terms reasonably acceptable to Agent);
(c) Permitted Purchase
Money Debt;
(d) Borrowed Money
(other than the Obligations, Subordinated Debt and Permitted
Purchase Money Debt), but only to the extent outstanding on the
Closing Date and not satisfied with proceeds of the initial
Loans;
(e) Debt with respect
to (i) Cash Management Services with respect to deposit accounts
permitted in accordance with this Agreement, (ii) commercial credit
card and merchant card services incurred in the Ordinary Course of
Business, and (iii) Bank Products;
(f) Debt that is in
existence when a Person becomes a Subsidiary pursuant to a
transaction permitted under this Agreement or that is secured by an
asset when acquired by an Obligor or Subsidiary pursuant to a
transaction permitted under this Agreement, as long as such Debt
was not incurred in contemplation of such Person becoming a
Subsidiary or pursuant to such transaction, and does not exceed
$100,000 in the aggregate at any time;
(g) Permitted
Contingent Obligations;
(h) Refinancing Debt as
long as each Refinancing Condition is satisfied;
(i) Debt owing to an
Obligor or a Subsidiary to the extent permitted under Section 10.2.5;
(j) Debt in respect of
performance bonds, bid bonds, appeal bonds, and similar obligations
not in connection with money borrowed, in each case provided in the
Ordinary Course of Business, including those incurred to secure
health, safety and environmental obligations in the Ordinary Course
of Business;
(k) Debt resulting from
a bank or other financial institution honoring a check, draft or
similar instrument in the Ordinary Course of Business;
and
(l) Debt that is not
included in any of the preceding clauses of this Section, is not
secured by a Lien and does not exceed $200,000 in the aggregate at
any time.
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10.2.2 Permitted
Liens. Create or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its
Property, except the following (collectively, “Permitted Liens”):
(a) Liens in favor of
Agent;
(b) Purchase Money
Liens securing Permitted Purchase Money Debt;
(c) Liens for Taxes not
yet due or being Properly Contested;
(d) statutory Liens
(other than Liens for Taxes or imposed under ERISA) arising in the
Ordinary Course of Business, but only if (i) payment of the
obligations secured thereby is not yet due or is being Properly
Contested, and (ii) such Liens do not materially impair the value
or use of the Property or materially impair operation of the
business of any Obligor or Subsidiary;
(e) deposits made in
the Ordinary Course of Business to secure the performance of
government tenders, bids, contracts, statutory obligations and
other similar obligations;
(f) deposits or pledges
to secure obligations under worker's compensation, social security
or similar laws, or under unemployment insurance;
(g) carriers’,
repairmens’, mechanics’, workers’,
materialmen’s or other like Liens arising in the Ordinary
Course of Business with respect to obligations which are not due or
which are being Properly Contested;
(h) any interest or
title of a lessor, sublessor, licensor or sublicensor under leases
or licenses permitted by this Agreement that are entered into in
the Ordinary Course of Business;
(i) leases, licenses,
subleases or sublicenses granted to others in the Ordinary Course
of Business that do not (i) interfere in any material respect with
the ordinary conduct of the business of Loan Parties or (ii) secure
any Borrowed Money;
(j) Liens arising in
the Ordinary Course of Business that are subject to Lien
Waivers;
(k) Liens arising by
virtue of a judgment or judicial order against any Obligor or
Subsidiary, or any Property of an Obligor or Subsidiary, as long as
such Liens do not constitute an Event of Default under Section 11.1(g);
(l) easements,
rights-of-way, restrictions, covenants or other agreements of
record, and other similar charges or encumbrances on Real Estate,
that do not secure any monetary obligation and do not interfere
with the Ordinary Course of Business;
(m) normal and
customary rights of setoff upon deposits in favor of depository
institutions, and Liens of a collecting bank on Payment Items in
the course of collection;
(n) Liens on assets
(other than Accounts and Inventory) acquired in a Permitted
Acquisition, securing Debt permitted by Section 10.2.1(f);
(o) Liens on the
Pledged PNC Account (so long as the deposits in such account do not
exceed (a) for the period from the Closing Date through the date
which is 60 days after the Closing Date, $500,000 and (b)
thereafter, $300,000); and
(p) existing Liens
shown on Schedule 10.2.2 of
the Disclosure Schedule.
10.2.3 Capital
Expenditures. Make Capital Expenditures in excess of
$3,000,000 in the aggregate during any Fiscal Year.
10.2.4 Distributions;
Upstream Payments. Declare or make any Distributions (except
Upstream Payments) unless the Payment Conditions have been
satisfied; or create or suffer to exist any encumbrance or
restriction on the ability of a Subsidiary to make any Upstream
Payment, except for restrictions under the Loan Documents or under
Applicable Law.
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10.2.5 Restricted
Investments. Make any Restricted Investment.
10.2.6 Disposition
of Assets. Make any Asset Disposition, except a Permitted
Asset Disposition.
10.2.7 [Reserved].
10.2.8 Restrictions
on Payment of Certain Debt. Make any payments (whether
voluntary or mandatory, or a prepayment, redemption, retirement,
defeasance or acquisition) with respect to any (a) Subordinated
Debt, except regularly scheduled payments of principal, interest
and fees, but only to the extent permitted under any subordination
agreement relating to such Debt (and a Senior Officer of Borrower
Agent shall certify to Agent, not less than five Business Days
prior to the date of payment, that all conditions under such
agreement have been satisfied); or (b) Borrowed Money (other than
the Obligations) prior to its due date under the agreements
evidencing such Debt as in effect on the Closing Date (or as
amended thereafter with the consent of Agent); provided that Borrowers may
make unscheduled term debt repayments so long as the Payment
Conditions have been satisfied.
10.2.9 Fundamental
Changes. Liquidate, wind up its affairs or dissolve itself;
or merge, combine or consolidate with any Person, whether in a
single transaction or in a series of related transactions, except
for mergers or consolidations of a wholly-owned Subsidiary with
another wholly-owned Subsidiary or into an Obligor or, without at
least 30 days’ prior written notice to Agent, change its name
or conduct business under any fictitious name; change its tax,
charter or other organizational identification number; change its
form or state of organization.
10.2.10 Subsidiaries.
Form or
acquire any Subsidiary after the Closing Date, except in accordance
with Sections 10.1.9,
10.2.5 and 10.2.9; or permit any existing
Subsidiary to issue any additional Equity Interests except
directors’ qualifying shares.
10.2.11 Organic
Documents. Amend, modify or otherwise change any of its
Organic Documents in any manner that would be adverse to the
interest of Agent or Lenders or in any manner not permitted under
Section 10.2.9.
10.2.12 Tax
Consolidation. File or consent to the filing of any
consolidated income tax return with any Person other than the
Obligors and Subsidiaries.
10.2.13 Accounting
Changes. Make any material change in accounting treatment or
reporting practices, except as required by GAAP and in accordance
with Section 1.2; or change
its Fiscal Year.
10.2.14 Restrictive
Agreements. Become a party to any Restrictive Agreement,
except a Restrictive Agreement (a) in effect on the Closing Date;
(b) relating to secured Debt permitted hereunder, as long as the
restrictions apply only to collateral for such Debt; or (c)
constituting customary restrictions on assignment in leases and
other contracts.
10.2.15 Hedging
Agreements. Enter into any Hedging Agreement, except to
hedge risks arising in the Ordinary Course of Business and not for
speculative purposes.
10.2.16 Conduct
of Business. Engage in any business, other than its business
as conducted on the Closing Date and any businesses reasonably
ancillary, incidental, or related thereto.
10.2.17 Affiliate
Transactions. Enter into or be party to any transaction or
agreement with an Affiliate, except (a) transactions expressly
permitted by the Loan Documents; (b) payment of reasonable
compensation to officers and employees for services actually
rendered, and payment of customary directors’ fees and
indemnities; (c) indemnities provided for the benefit of directors
(or comparable managers) of an Obligor so long as such indemnity
has been approved by the board of directors of such Obligor in
accordance with Applicable Law; (d) transactions solely among
Borrowers; (e) transactions with Affiliates consummated prior to
the Closing Date, as shown on Schedule 10.2.17 of the Disclosure
Schedule; and (f) transactions with Affiliates upon fair and
reasonable terms fully disclosed to Agent and no less favorable
than would be obtained in a comparable arm’s-length
transaction with a non-Affiliate.
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10.2.18 Plans.
Become party to any Multiemployer Plan or Foreign Plan, other than
any in existence on the Closing Date.
10.2.19 Amendments
to Subordinated Debt. Amend, supplement or otherwise modify
any document, instrument or agreement relating to any Subordinated
Debt, (a) if such modification (i) increases the principal balance
of such Debt, or increases any required payment of principal or
interest; (ii) accelerates the date on which any installment of
principal or any interest is due, or adds any additional
redemption, put or prepayment provisions; (iii) shortens the final
maturity date or otherwise accelerates amortization; (iv) increases
the interest rate; (v) increases or adds any fees or charges; (vi)
modifies any covenant in a manner or adds any representation,
covenant or default that is more onerous or restrictive in any
material respect for any Obligor or Subsidiary, or that is
otherwise materially adverse to any Obligor, any Subsidiary or
Lenders; (vii) results in the Obligations not being fully benefited
by the subordination provisions thereof, or (viii) is otherwise
prohibited by the terms of the subordination agreement with respect
thereto or (b) without providing a copy of any such material
amendment, supplement or other modification to Agent promptly upon
its execution.
11.1 Events of
Default. Each of the following shall be an
“Event of
Default” if it occurs for any reason whatsoever,
whether voluntary or involuntary, by operation of law or
otherwise:
(a) Any Obligor fails
to pay (i) its Obligations (other than Secured Bank Product
Obligations) when due (whether at stated maturity, on demand, upon
acceleration or otherwise) or (ii) its Secured Bank Product
Obligations within five days of when due (whether at stated
maturity, on demand, upon acceleration or otherwise);
(b) Any representation,
warranty or other written statement of an Obligor made in
connection with any Loan Document or transaction contemplated
thereby is incorrect or misleading in any material respect when
given;
(c) An Obligor breaches
or fails to perform any covenant contained in Section 7.2, 7.3, 7.6, 8.1, 8.2, 8.5, 8.6.1, 8.6.2, 10.1.1, 10.1.2, 10.1.3, 10.1.13, or 10.2;
(d) An Obligor breaches
or fails to perform (i) any covenant contained in Section 10.1.7 or 10.1.11 and such breach or failure is
not cured within 10 days after a Senior Officer of such Obligor has
knowledge thereof or receives notice thereof from Agent, whichever
is sooner, or (ii) any other covenant contained in any Loan
Document, and such breach or failure is not cured within 20 days
after a Senior Officer of such Obligor has knowledge thereof or
receives notice thereof from Agent, whichever is sooner;
provided,
however, that such
notice and opportunity to cure shall not apply if the breach or
failure to perform is not capable of being cured within such period
or is a willful breach by an Obligor;
(e) A Guarantor
repudiates, revokes or attempts to revoke its Guaranty; an Obligor
or third party denies or contests the validity or enforceability of
any Loan Document or Obligation, or the perfection or priority of
any Lien granted to Agent; or any Loan Document ceases to be in
full force or effect for any reason (other than a waiver or release
by Agent and Lenders);
(f) Any breach or
default of an Obligor occurs under (i) any agreement or document
governing or giving rise to Subordinated Debt, or any Person party
thereto (other than Agent) shall materially breach the terms of any
subordination agreement or repudiate, revoke or attempt to revoke
such subordination agreement, or any subordination agreement ceases
to be in full force or effect for any reason (other than a waiver
or release by Agent), or (ii) any Hedging Agreement in excess of
$300,000 or any instrument or agreement to which it is a party or
by which it or any of its Properties is bound, relating to any
Borrowed Money (other than the Obligations) in excess of $300,000,
if the maturity of or any payment with respect to such Debt may be
accelerated or demanded due to such breach;
(g) Any judgment or
order for the payment of money is entered against an Obligor in an
amount that exceeds, individually or cumulatively with all
unsatisfied judgments or orders against all Obligors, $300,000 (net
of insurance coverage therefor that has not been denied by the
insurer), unless a stay of enforcement of such judgment or order is
in effect;
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(h) A loss, theft,
damage or destruction occurs with respect to any Collateral if the
amount not covered by insurance exceeds $500,000;
(i) An Obligor is
enjoined, restrained or in any way prevented by any Governmental
Authority from conducting any material part of its business for any
material period of time; there is a cessation of any material part
of an Obligor’s business for a material period of time; an
Obligor agrees to or commences any liquidation, dissolution or
winding up of its affairs not permitted hereunder; or a Borrower is
not Solvent;
(j) An Insolvency
Proceeding is commenced by an Obligor; an Obligor makes an offer of
settlement, extension or composition to its unsecured creditors
generally; a trustee is appointed to take possession of any
substantial Property of or to operate any of the business of an
Obligor; or an Insolvency Proceeding is commenced against an
Obligor and the Obligor consents to institution of the proceeding,
the petition commencing the proceeding is not timely contested by
the Obligor, the petition is not dismissed within 60 days after
filing, or an order for relief is entered in the
proceeding;
(k) An ERISA Event
occurs with respect to a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan that
has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in liability
of an Obligor to a Pension Plan, Multiemployer Plan or PBGC, or
that constitutes grounds for appointment of a trustee for or
termination by the PBGC of any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan;
an Obligor or ERISA Affiliate fails to pay when due any installment
payment with respect to its withdrawal liability under Section 4201
of ERISA under a Multiemployer Plan; or any event similar to the
foregoing occurs or exists with respect to a Foreign
Plan;
(l) An Obligor or any
of its Senior Officers is criminally indicted or convicted for (i)
a felony committed in the conduct of the Obligor’s business,
or (ii) violating any state or federal law (including the
Controlled Substances Act, Money Laundering Control Act of 1986 and
Illegal Exportation of War Materials Act) that could lead to
forfeiture of any material Property or any material
Collateral;
(m) A Change of Control
occurs; or
(n) Any event occurs or
condition exists that has a Material Adverse Effect.
11.2 Remedies upon
Default. If an Event of Default described in
Section 11.1(j) occurs with
respect to any Obligor, then to the extent permitted by Applicable
Law, all Obligations (other than Secured Bank Product Obligations)
shall become automatically due and payable and all Commitments
shall terminate, without any action by Agent or notice of any kind.
In addition, or if any other Event of Default exists, Agent may in
its discretion (and shall upon written direction of Required
Lenders) do any one or more of the following from time to
time:
(a) declare any
Obligations (other than Secured Bank Product Obligations)
immediately due and payable, whereupon they shall be due and
payable without diligence, presentment, demand, protest or notice
of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by Borrowers to the
fullest extent permitted by law;
(b) terminate, reduce
or condition any Commitment or adjust the Borrowing
Base;
(c) require Obligors to
Cash Collateralize their Secured Bank Product Obligations and other
Obligations that are contingent or not yet due and payable, and if
Obligors fail promptly to deposit such Cash Collateral, Agent may
(and shall upon the direction of Required Lenders) advance the
required Cash Collateral as Revolver Loans (whether or not at such
time Revolver Usage exceeds the Borrowing Base or will exceed the
Borrowing Base with the making of such Revolver Loans, or the
conditions in Section 6 are
satisfied); and
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(d) exercise any other
rights or remedies afforded under any agreement, by law, at equity
or otherwise, including the rights and remedies of a secured party
under the UCC. Such rights and remedies include the rights to (i)
take possession of any Collateral; (ii) require Obligors to
assemble Collateral, at Borrowers’ expense, and make it
available to Agent at a place designated by Agent; (iii) enter any
premises where Collateral is located and store Collateral on such
premises until sold (and if the premises are owned or leased by an
Obligor, Obligors agree not to charge for such storage); (iv) sell,
assign, lease, license (on an exclusive or nonexclusive basis) as
Agent in its discretion deems advisable or otherwise dispose of any
Collateral in its then condition, or after any further
manufacturing or processing thereof, at public or private sale,
with such notice as may be required by Applicable Law, in lots or
in bulk, at such locations, as Agent in its discretion deems
advisable and (v) bring suit or otherwise commence any action or
proceeding to enforce any Account, contractual right or
Intellectual Property, all as Agent, in its discretion, deems
advisable. Each Obligor agrees that 10 days’ notice of any
proposed sale or other disposition of Collateral by Agent shall be
reasonable, and that any sale conducted on the internet or to a
licensor of Intellectual Property shall be commercially reasonable.
Agent may conduct sales on any Obligor’s premises, without
charge, and any sale may be adjourned from time to time in
accordance with Applicable Law. Agent shall have the right to sell,
lease or otherwise dispose of any Collateral for cash, credit or
any combination thereof, and Agent may purchase any Collateral at
public or, if permitted by law, private sale and, in lieu of actual
payment of the purchase price, may credit bid and set off the
amount of such price against the Obligations. Each purchaser at any
such sale shall hold the property sold absolutely free from any
claim or right on the part of any Obligor, and each Obligor hereby
waives (to the extent permitted by Applicable Law) all rights of
redemption, stay and/or appraisal which it now has or may at any
time in the future have under any rule of law or statute now
existing or hereafter enacted. Each Obligor agrees that, to the
extent notice of sale shall be required by law, at least ten (10)
days’ notice to such Obligor of the time and place of any
public sale or the time after which any private sale is to be made
shall constitute reasonable notification. Agent shall not be
obligated to make any sale of Collateral regardless of notice of
sale having been given. Each Obligor agrees that it would not be
commercially unreasonable for Agent to dispose of the Collateral or
any portion thereof by using Internet sites that provide for the
auction of assets of the types included in the Collateral or that
have the reasonable capability of doing so, or that match buyers
and sellers of assets. Each Obligor hereby waives any claims
against Agent arising by reason of the fact that the price at which
any Collateral may have been sold at such a private sale was less
than the price which might have been obtained at a public sale,
even if Agent accepts the first offer received and does not offer
such Collateral to more than one offeree. If the proceeds of any
sale or other disposition of the Collateral are insufficient to pay
all the Obligations, Obligors shall be liable for the deficiency
and the fees of any attorneys employed by Agent to collect such
deficiency. Each Obligor further agrees that a breach of any of the
covenants contained in this Section
11.2 will cause irreparable injury to Agent, that Agent has
no adequate remedy at law in respect of such breach and, as a
consequence, that each and every covenant contained in this
Section 11.2 shall be
specifically enforceable against such Obligor, and such Obligor
hereby waives and agrees not to assert any defenses against an
action for specific performance of such covenants, except for a
defense that no Default has occurred giving rise to the Obligations
becoming due and payable prior to their stated maturities. Nothing
in this Section 11.2 shall
in any way alter the rights of Agent hereunder. Agent may sell the
Collateral without giving any warranties as to the Collateral.
Agent may specifically disclaim or modify any warranties of title
or the like. This procedure will not be considered to adversely
affect the commercial reasonableness of any sale of the Collateral.
If Agent shall have no obligation to marshal any of the Collateral.
If Agent sells any of the Collateral upon credit, Obligor will be
credited only with payments actually made by purchaser and received
by Agent and applied to indebtedness of the purchaser. In the event
the purchaser fails to pay for the Collateral, Agent may resell the
Collateral and Obligor shall be credited with proceeds of the
sale.
11.3 License. Agent is hereby granted an
irrevocable, non-exclusive license or other right to use, license
or sub-license (without payment of royalty or other compensation to
any Person) any or all Intellectual Property of Obligors, computer
hardware and software, trade secrets, brochures, customer lists,
promotional and advertising materials, labels, packaging materials
and other Property, in advertising for sale, marketing, selling,
collecting, completing manufacture of, or otherwise exercising any
rights or remedies with respect to, any Collateral. Each
Obligor’s rights and interests under Intellectual Property
shall inure to Agent’s benefit.
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11.4 Setoff.
At any time during an Event of Default, Agent, Lenders, and any of
their Affiliates are authorized, to the fullest extent permitted by
Applicable Law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general
or special, time or demand, provisional or final, in whatever
currency) at any time held and other obligations (in whatever
currency) at any time owing by Agent, such Lender or such Affiliate
to or for the credit or the account of an Obligor against its
Obligations, whether or not Agent, such Lender or such Affiliate
shall have made any demand under this Agreement or any other Loan
Document and although such Obligations may be contingent or
unmatured or are owed to a branch or office of Agent, such Lender
or such Affiliate different from the branch or office holding such
deposit or obligated on such indebtedness. The rights of Agent,
each Lender and each such Affiliate under this Section are in
addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of
setoff) that such Person may have.
11.5.1 Cumulative Rights. All
agreements, warranties, guaranties, indemnities and other
undertakings of Obligors under the Loan Documents are cumulative
and not in derogation of each other. The rights and remedies of
Agent and Lenders are cumulative, may be exercised at any time and
from time to time, concurrently or in any order, and are not
exclusive of any other rights or remedies available by agreement,
by law, at equity or otherwise. All such rights and remedies shall
continue in full force and effect until Full Payment of all
Obligations.
11.5.2 Waivers. No waiver or course of
dealing shall be established by (a) the failure or delay of Agent
or any Lender to require strict performance by any Obligor under
any Loan Document, or to exercise any rights or remedies with
respect to Collateral or otherwise; (b) the making of any Loan
during a Default, Event of Default or other failure to satisfy any
conditions precedent; or (c) acceptance by Agent or any Lender of
any payment or performance by an Obligor under any Loan Documents
in a manner other than that specified therein. Any failure to
satisfy a financial covenant on a measurement date shall not be
cured or remedied by satisfaction of such covenant on a subsequent
date.
12.1.1 Appointment and Authority. Each
Secured Party irrevocably appoints and designates CNC as Agent
under all Loan Documents. Agent may, and each Secured Party
irrevocably authorizes Agent to, enter into all Loan Documents to
which Agent is intended to be a party and accept all Security
Documents. Any action taken by Agent in accordance with the
provisions of the Loan Documents, and the exercise by Agent of any
rights or remedies set forth therein, together with all other
powers reasonably incidental thereto, shall be authorized by and
binding upon all Secured Parties. Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, Agent shall have the sole and exclusive authority
to (a) act as the disbursing and collecting agent for Lenders with
respect to all payments and collections arising in connection with
the Loan Documents; (b) execute and deliver as Agent each Loan
Document, including any intercreditor or subordination agreement,
and accept delivery of each Loan Document; (c) act as collateral
agent for Secured Parties for purposes of perfecting and
administering Liens under the Loan Documents, and for all other
purposes stated therein; (d) manage, supervise or otherwise deal
with Collateral; and (e) take any Enforcement Action or otherwise
exercise any rights or remedies with respect to any Collateral or
under any Loan Documents, Applicable Law or otherwise. Agent alone
shall be authorized to determine eligibility and applicable advance
rates under the Borrowing Base, whether to impose or release any
reserve, or whether any conditions to funding any Loan have been
satisfied (which determinations and judgments, if exercised in good
faith, shall exonerate Agent from liability to any Secured Party or
other Person for any error in judgment).
12.1.2 Duties. The title of
“Agent” is used solely as a matter of market custom and
the duties of Agent are administrative in nature only. Agent has no
duties except those expressly set forth in the Loan Documents, and
in no event does Agent have any agency, fiduciary or implied duty
to or relationship with any Secured Party or other Person by reason
of any Loan Document or related transaction. The conferral upon
Agent of any right shall not imply a duty to exercise such right,
unless instructed to do so by Lenders in accordance with this
Agreement.
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12.1.3 Agent
Professionals. Agent may perform its duties through agents
and employees. Agent may consult with and employ Agent
Professionals, and shall be entitled to act upon, and shall be
fully protected in any action taken in good faith reliance upon,
any advice given by an Agent Professional. Agent shall not be
responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents,
employees or Agent Professionals that it selects in the absence of
the Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct (as
finally determined in a non-appealable decision of a court of
competent jurisdiction).
12.1.4 Instructions of Required
Lenders. The rights and remedies conferred upon Agent under
the Loan Documents may be exercised without the necessity of
joining any other party, unless required by Applicable Law. In
determining compliance with a condition for any action hereunder,
including satisfaction of any condition in Section 6, Agent may presume that the
condition is satisfactory to a Secured Party unless Agent has
received notice to the contrary from such Secured Party before
Agent takes the action. Agent may request instructions from
Required Lenders or other Secured Parties with respect to any act
(including the failure to act) in connection with any Loan
Documents or Collateral, and may seek assurances to its
satisfaction from Secured Parties of their indemnification
obligations against Claims that could be incurred by Agent. Agent
may refrain from any act until it has received such instructions or
assurances, and shall not incur liability to any Person by reason
of so refraining. Instructions of Required Lenders shall be binding
upon all Secured Parties, and no Secured Party shall have any right
of action whatsoever against Agent as a result of Agent acting or
refraining from acting pursuant to instructions of Required
Lenders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, instructions by and consent
of specific parties shall be required to the extent provided in
Section 14.1.1. In no event
shall Agent be required to take any action that it determines in
its discretion is contrary to Applicable Law or any Loan Documents
or could subject any Agent Indemnitee to liability.
12.1.5 Agent May File Proofs of Claim.
In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency,
liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment,
composition or other judicial proceeding relative to any Obligor,
the Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan
(including any Swingline Loan) shall then be due and payable as
herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of
whether the Agent shall have made any demand on the Obligors) 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, Swingline Loans 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 Secured Parties and Agent (including any claim for the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of
Secured Parties and the Agent and their respective agents and
counsel and all other amounts due Secured Parties and the Agent
under Sections
3.2, 3.4 and
10.1.1(b).
(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 Secured Party to make such payments to Agent
and, in the event that Agent shall consent to the making of such
payments directly to Secured Parties, 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 Sections
3.2, 3.4 and
10.1.1(b).
12.2.1 Lien Releases; Care of
Collateral. Secured Parties authorize Agent to release any
Lien on any Collateral (a) upon Full Payment of the Obligations;
(b) that is the subject of a disposition or Lien that Borrowers
certify in writing is a Permitted Asset Disposition or a Permitted
Lien entitled to priority over Agent’s Liens (and Agent may
rely conclusively on such certificate without further inquiry); (c)
that does not constitute a material part of the Collateral; or (d)
subject to Section 14.1,
with the consent of Required Lenders, and to execute in connection
with such events such payoff letters and related documentation in
form and substance satisfactory to Agent in its sole discretion, as
shall in Agent's sole discretion be deemed advisable. Secured
Parties authorize Agent to subordinate its Liens to any Purchase
Money Lien or other Lien entitled to priority hereunder. Agent has
no obligation to assure that any Collateral exists or is owned by
an Obligor, or is cared for, protected or insured, nor to assure
that Agent’s Liens have been properly created, perfected or
enforced, or are entitled to any particular priority, nor to
exercise any duty of care with respect to any
Collateral.
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12.2.2 Possession
of Collateral. Agent and Secured Parties appoint each
Secured Party as agent (for the benefit of Secured Parties) for the
purpose of perfecting Liens in Collateral held or controlled by it,
to the extent such Liens are perfected by possession or control. If
a Secured Party obtains possession or control of any Collateral, it
shall notify Agent thereof and, promptly upon Agent’s
request, deliver such Collateral to Agent or otherwise deal with it
in accordance with Agent’s instructions.
12.2.3 Reports.
Agent shall promptly provide to Lenders, when complete, any field
examination, audit or appraisal report prepared for Agent with
respect to any Obligor or Collateral (“Report”). Reports and
other Borrower Materials may be made available to Lenders by
providing access to them on the Platform, but Agent shall not be
responsible for system failures or access issues that may occur
from time to time. Each Lender agrees (a) that Reports are not
intended to be comprehensive audits or examinations, and that Agent
or any other Person performing an audit or examination will inspect
only limited information and will rely significantly upon
Borrowers’ books, records and representations; (b) that Agent
makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy or
completeness of any Borrower Materials and shall not be liable for
any information contained in or omitted from any Borrower
Materials, including any Report; and (c) to keep all Borrower
Materials confidential and strictly for such Lender’s
internal use, not to distribute any Report or other Borrower
Materials (or the contents thereof) to any Person (except to such
Lender’s Participants, attorneys and accountants), and to use
all Borrower Materials solely for administration of the
Obligations. Each Lender shall indemnify and hold harmless Agent
and any other Person preparing a Report from any action such Lender
may take as a result of or any conclusion it may draw from any
Borrower Materials, as well as from any Claims arising as a direct
or indirect result of Agent furnishing same to such Lender, via the
Platform or otherwise.
12.2.4 Credit
Bidding. Secured Parties hereby irrevocably authorize Agent
(absent, with respect to any particular transaction, Agent
receiving contrary written bidding instructions from the Required
Lenders before such transaction), to credit bid all or any portion
of the Obligations (including accepting some or all of the
Collateral in satisfaction of some or all of the Obligations
pursuant to a deed in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise) and in such
manner purchase (either directly or through one or more acquisition
vehicles) all or any portion of the Collateral (a) at any sale
thereof conducted under the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code,
including under Section 363, 1123 or 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code,
or any similar Laws in any other jurisdictions to which an Obligor
is subject, (b) at any other sale or foreclosure or acceptance of
collateral in lieu of debt conducted by (or with the consent or at
the direction of) Agent (whether by judicial action or otherwise)
in accordance with any Applicable Law. In connection with any
such credit bid and purchase, the Obligations owed to Secured
Parties shall be entitled to be, and shall be, credit bid on a
ratable basis (with Obligations with respect to contingent or
unliquidated claims receiving contingent interests in the acquired
assets on a ratable basis that would vest upon the liquidation of
such claims in an amount proportional to the liquidated portion of
the contingent claim amount used in allocating the contingent
interests) in the asset or assets so purchased (or in the Equity
Interest or debt instruments of the acquisition vehicle or vehicles
that are used to consummate such purchase). In connection
with any such bid Agent shall be authorized (i) to form one or more
acquisition vehicles to make a bid, (ii) to adopt documents
providing for the governance of the acquisition vehicle or vehicles
(provided that any
actions by Agent with respect to such acquisition vehicle or
vehicles, including any disposition of the assets or Equity
Interest thereof shall be governed, directly or indirectly, by the
vote of Required Lenders, irrespective of the termination of this
Agreement and without giving effect to the limitations on actions
by Required Lenders contained in clauses (a) through
(g) of Section
14.1.1 of this Agreement (provided that, in any event,
the consent of each Lender shall be required for any amendment that
would treat or attempts to treat a Lender or a class of Lenders in
a manner different than all other Lenders), and (iii) to the extent
that Obligations that are assigned to an acquisition vehicle are
not used to acquire Collateral for any reason (as a result of
another bid being higher or better, because the amount of
Obligations assigned to the acquisition vehicle exceeds the amount
of debt credit bid by the acquisition vehicle or otherwise), such
Obligations shall automatically be reassigned to the Lenders pro
rata and the Equity Interest and/or debt instruments issued by any
acquisition vehicle on account of the Obligations that had been
assigned to the acquisition vehicle shall automatically be
cancelled, without the need for any Secured Party or any
acquisition vehicle to take any further action.
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12.3 Reliance
By Agent.
(a) Agent shall be
entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any
writing, communication, signature, resolution, representation,
notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram,
facsimile, telex or telephone message, electronic mail message,
statement or other document or conversation believed by it to be
genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the
proper Person or Persons, and upon advice and statements of legal
counsel (including counsel to any Obligor), independent accountants
and other experts selected by Agent. Agent shall have a reasonable
and practicable amount of time to act upon any instruction, notice
or other communication under any Loan Document and shall not be
liable for any delay in acting. Agent shall be fully justified in
failing or refusing to take any action under any Loan Document
unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of
Required Lenders as it deems appropriate and, if it so requests, it
shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by Secured Parties
against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by
it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. Agent
shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining
from acting, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document in
accordance with a request or consent of Required Lenders (or such
greater number of Lenders as may be expressly required hereby in
any instance) and such request and any action taken or failure to
act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all Secured Parties.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Agent shall not be required to take,
or to omit to take, any action that is, in the opinion of Agent or
its counsel, contrary to any Loan Document or Applicable
Law.
(b) For purposes of
determining compliance with the conditions specified in
Article 6, each
Lender that has signed this Agreement (or an addendum or joinder to
this Agreement) shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or
accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter
required hereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable
or satisfactory to a Lender unless Agent shall have received notice
from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its
objection thereto.
12.4 Action Upon
Default. Agent shall not be deemed to have
knowledge of any Default or Event of Default, or of any failure to
satisfy any conditions in Section
6, unless it has received written notice from a Borrower or
Required Lenders specifying the occurrence and nature thereof. If a
Lender acquires knowledge of a Default, Event of Default or failure
of such conditions, it shall promptly notify Agent and the other
Lenders thereof in writing. Each Secured Party agrees that, except
as otherwise provided in any Loan Documents or with the written
consent of Agent and Required Lenders, it will not take any
Enforcement Action, accelerate Obligations (other than Secured Bank
Product Obligations) or assert any rights relating to any
Collateral.
12.5 Ratable
Sharing. If any Lender obtains any payment or
reduction of any Obligation, whether through set-off or otherwise,
in excess of its ratable share of such Obligation, such Lender
shall forthwith purchase from Secured Parties participations in the
affected Obligation as are necessary to share the excess payment or
reduction on a Pro Rata basis or in accordance with Section 5.6.2, as applicable. If any of
such payment or reduction is thereafter recovered from the
purchasing Lender, the purchase shall be rescinded and the purchase
price restored to the extent of such recovery, but without
interest. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Defaulting Lender
obtains a payment or reduction of any Obligation, it shall
immediately turn over the full amount thereof to Agent for
application under Section
4.2.2 and it shall provide a written statement to Agent
describing the Obligation affected by such payment or reduction. No
Lender shall set off against a Dominion Account without
Agent’s prior consent.
12.6 Indemnification.
EACH SECURED PARTY SHALL INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS AGENT
INDEMNITEES, TO THE EXTENT NOT REIMBURSED BY OBLIGORS, ON A PRO
RATA BASIS, AGAINST ALL CLAIMS THAT MAY BE INCURRED BY OR ASSERTED
AGAINST ANY SUCH INDEMNITEE, PROVIDED THAT ANY CLAIM AGAINST AN
AGENT INDEMNITEE RELATES TO OR ARISES FROM ITS ACTING AS OR FOR
AGENT (IN THE CAPACITY OF AGENT). In Agent’s Permitted
Discretion, it may reserve for any Claims made against an Agent
Indemnitee, and may satisfy any judgment, order or settlement
relating thereto, from proceeds of Collateral prior to making any
distribution of Collateral proceeds to Secured Parties. If Agent is
sued by any receiver, trustee or other Person for any alleged
preference or fraudulent transfer, then any monies paid by Agent in
settlement or satisfaction of such proceeding, together with all
interest, costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees)
incurred in the defense of same, shall be promptly reimbursed to
Agent by each Secured Party to the extent of its Pro Rata share. No
Lender shall be liable for the payment to any Indemnitee of any
portion of such claims to the extent determined in a final,
non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction to
have resulted primarily from such Indemnitee’s own gross
negligence or willful misconduct; provided, however, that no action taken
in furtherance of the directions of Required Lenders shall be
deemed to constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct for
purposes of this Section 12.6.
Without limitation of the foregoing, each Lender shall reimburse
each Indemnitee upon demand for its ratable share of any costs or
out-of-pocket expenses (including attorney costs) incurred by any
Indemnitee in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery,
administration, modification, amendment or enforcement (whether
through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of, or legal
advice in respect of rights or responsibilities under, this
Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any document contemplated by
or referred to herein. The obligations of Lenders hereunder shall
not diminish the obligations of Obligors to indemnify and reimburse
the Indemnitees for such amounts. Agent may in its discretion first
seek payment from Lenders hereunder before seeking payment from the
Obligors for such amounts or may seek payments first from Obligors.
In any event, any amounts received from Obligors as reimbursement
for amounts already reimbursed by Lenders shall be paid to Lenders
in accordance with the terms hereof. The undertaking in this
Section 12.6
shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the resignation
of the Agent.
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12.7 Limitation
on Responsibilities of Agent. Agent shall not be liable to any
Secured Party for any action taken or omitted to be taken under the
Loan Documents, except for losses directly and solely caused by
Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. Agent does
not assume any responsibility for any failure or delay in
performance or any breach by any Obligor, Lender or other Secured
Party of any obligations under the Loan Documents. Agent does not
make any express or implied representation, warranty or guarantee
to Secured Parties with respect to any Obligations, Collateral,
Liens, Loan Documents or Obligor. Without limitation of the
foregoing, no Agent Indemnitee shall be responsible to Secured
Parties for any recitals, statements, information, representations
or warranties contained in any Loan Documents or Borrower
Materials; the execution, validity, genuineness, effectiveness or
enforceability of any Loan Documents; the genuineness,
enforceability, collectability, value, sufficiency, ownership,
state or condition, insurance regarding, location or existence of
any Collateral, or the validity, creation, extent, perfection,
continuation, or priority of any Lien therein; any assignment or
participation of the Obligations, or disclosure of any information
to any Secured Party or such Secured Party's representatives or
Affiliates; the validity, enforceability or collectability of any
Obligations; or the assets, liabilities, financial condition,
results of operations, business, creditworthiness or legal status
of any Obligor or Account Debtor. No Agent Indemnitee shall have
any obligation to any Secured Party to ascertain or inquire into
the existence of any Default or Event of Default, the observance by
any Obligor of any terms of the Loan Documents, or the satisfaction
or waiver of any conditions precedent contained in any Loan
Documents. In addition and not in limitation of the foregoing, it
is understood and agreed that in respect of the Collateral, or any
act, omission or event related thereto, Agent may act in any manner
it may deem appropriate, in its sole discretion, given Agent's own
interest in the Collateral in its capacity as one of the Secured
Parties, and that Agent shall have no other duty or liability
whatsoever to any Secured Party as to any of the foregoing,
including, without limitation, the preparation, form or filing of
any Uniform Commercial Code financing statement, amendment or
continuation or of any other type of document related to the
creation, perfection, continuation or priority of any Lien as to
property of Obligors.
12.8.1 Resignation; Successor Agent.
Agent may resign at any time by giving at least 10 days written
notice thereof to Lenders and Borrowers. Required Lenders may
appoint a successor that is (a) a Lender or Affiliate of a Lender;
or (b) a financial institution reasonably acceptable to Required
Lenders and (provided no Default or Event of Default exists)
Borrowers. If no successor is appointed by the effective date of
Agent’s resignation, then on such date, Agent may appoint a
successor acceptable to it in its discretion (which shall be a
Lender unless no Lender accepts the role) or, in the absence of
such appointment, Required Lenders shall automatically assume all
rights and duties of Agent. The successor Agent shall thereupon
succeed to and become vested with all the powers and duties of the
retiring Agent without further act. The retiring Agent shall be
discharged from its duties hereunder on the effective date of its
resignation, but shall continue to have all rights and protections
available to Agent under the Loan Documents with respect to
actions, omissions, circumstances or Claims relating to or arising
while it was acting or transferring responsibilities as Agent or
holding any Collateral on behalf of Secured Parties, including the
indemnification set forth in Sections 12.6 and 14.2, and all rights and protections
under this Section 12. Any
successor to CNC by merger or acquisition of stock or this loan
shall continue to be Agent hereunder without further act on the
part of any Secured Party or Obligor.
12.8.2 Co-Collateral Agent. If
appropriate under Applicable Law, Agent may appoint a Person to
serve as a co-collateral agent or separate collateral agent under
any Loan Document. Each right, remedy and protection intended to be
available to Agent under the Loan Documents shall also be vested in
such agent. Secured Parties shall execute and deliver any
instrument or agreement that Agent may request to effect such
appointment. If any such agent shall die, dissolve, become
incapable of acting, resign or be removed, then all the rights and
remedies of the agent, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law,
shall vest in and be exercised by Agent until appointment of a new
agent.
12.9 Due Diligence and
Non-Reliance. Each Lender acknowledges and agrees
that it has, independently and without reliance upon Agent or any
other Lenders, and based upon such documents, information and
analyses as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis
of each Obligor and its own decision to enter into this Agreement
and to fund Loans hereunder. Each Secured Party has made such
inquiries as it feels necessary concerning the Loan Documents,
Collateral and Obligors. Each Secured Party acknowledges and agrees
that the other Secured Parties have made no representations or
warranties concerning any Obligor, any Collateral or the legality,
validity, sufficiency or enforceability of any Loan Documents or
Obligations. Each Secured Party will, independently and without
reliance upon any other Secured Party, and based upon such
financial statements, documents and information as it deems
appropriate at the time, continue to make and rely upon its own
credit decisions in making Loans, and in taking or refraining from
any action under any Loan Documents. Except for notices, reports
and other information expressly required to be furnished to the
Lenders by the Agent by this Agreement, no Agent Indemnitee shall
have any duty or responsibility to provide any Secured Party with
any notices, reports or certificates furnished to any Agent
Indemnitee by any Obligor or any credit or other information
concerning the affairs, financial condition, credit worthiness,
business or Properties of any Obligor (or any of its Affiliates)
which may come into possession of any Agent Indemnitee or its
Affiliates.
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12.10 Remittance
of Payments and Collections.
12.10.1 Remittances Generally. Payments
by any Secured Party to Agent shall be made by the time and date
provided herein, in immediately available funds. If no time for
payment is specified or if payment is due on demand and request for
payment is made by Agent by 1:00 p.m. on a Business Day, then
payment shall be made by the Secured Party by 3:00 p.m. on such
day, and if request is made after 1:00 p.m., then payment shall be
made by 11:00 a.m. on the next Business Day. Payment by Agent to
any Secured Party shall be made by wire transfer, in the type of
funds received by Agent. Any such payment shall be subject to
Agent’s right of offset for any amounts due from such payee
under the Loan Documents.
12.10.2 Failure to Pay. If any Secured
Party fails to deliver when due any amount payable by it to Agent
hereunder, such amount shall bear interest, from the due date until
paid in full, at the greater of the Federal Funds Rate or the rate
determined by Agent as customary for interbank compensation for two
Business Days and thereafter at the Default Rate for Revolver
Loans. In no event shall Borrowers be entitled to credit for any
interest paid by a Secured Party to Agent, nor shall a Defaulting
Lender be entitled to interest on amounts held by Agent pursuant to
Section 4.2.
12.10.3 Recovery of Payments. If Agent
pays an amount to a Secured Party in the expectation that a related
payment will be received by Agent from an Obligor and such related
payment is not received, then Agent may recover such amount from
the Secured Party. If Agent determines that an amount received by
it must be returned or paid to an Obligor or other Person pursuant
to Applicable Law or otherwise, then Agent shall not be required to
distribute such amount to any Secured Party. If Agent is required
to return any amounts applied by it to Obligations held by a
Secured Party, such Secured Party shall pay to Agent, on demand, its share of the amounts
required to be returned.
12.11 Individual
Capacities. As a Lender, CNC shall have the same
rights and remedies under the Loan Documents as any other Lender,
and the terms “Lenders,” “Required Lenders”
or any similar term shall include CNC in its capacity as a Lender.
Agent, Lenders and their Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend
money to, provide Bank Products to, act as financial or other
advisor to, and generally engage in any kind of business with,
Obligors and their Affiliates, as if they were not Agent or Lenders
hereunder, without any duty to account therefor to any Secured
Party. In their individual capacities, Agent, Lenders and their
Affiliates may receive information regarding Obligors, their
Affiliates and their Account Debtors (including information subject
to confidentiality obligations), and shall have no obligation to
provide such information to any Secured Party.
12.12 Titles. Each Lender,
other than CNC, that is designated in connection with this credit
facility as an “Arranger,” “Bookrunner” or
“Agent” of any kind shall have no right or duty under
any Loan Documents other than those applicable to all Lenders, and
shall in no event have any fiduciary duty to any Secured
Party.
12.13 Bank Product
Providers. Each Secured Bank
Product Provider, by delivery of a notice to Agent of a Bank
Product, agrees to be bound by the Loan Documents, including
Sections 5.6, 14.3.3 and 12. Each Secured Bank Product Provider
shall indemnify and hold harmless Agent Indemnitees, to the extent
not reimbursed by Obligors, against all Claims that may be incurred
by or asserted against any Agent Indemnitee in connection with such
provider’s Secured Bank Product Obligations.
12.14 Flood Laws. Agent has adopted internal policies
and procedures that address requirements under Flood Laws. Agent
may post on the Platform (or otherwise distribute to each Lender in
the syndicate) documents that it receives in connection with the
Flood Laws. However, Agent reminds each Lender and Participant in
the facility that, pursuant to the Flood Laws, each federally
regulated Lender (whether acting as a Lender or Participant in the
credit facility) is responsible for assuring its own compliance
with Flood Laws, and Agent disclaims any liability in connection
with the failure of any such Lender or Participant to comply with
Flood Laws and flood insurance requirements.
12.15 No Third Party
Beneficiaries. This Section 12 is an agreement solely among
Secured Parties and Agent, and shall survive Full Payment of the
Obligations. This Section 12
does not confer any rights or benefits upon Borrowers or any other
Person. As between Borrowers and Agent, any action that Agent may
take under any Loan Documents or with respect to any Obligations
shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized and directed
by Secured Parties.
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12.16 Certain
ERISA Matters.
(a) Each Lender (x)
represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender
party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person
became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a
Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Agent and not, for the
avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of any Borrower or any
other Obligor, that at least one of the following is and will be
true:
(i) such Lender is not
using “plan assets” (within the meaning of Section
3(42) of ERISA or otherwise) of one or more Benefit Plans with
respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in,
administration of and performance of the Loans, the Commitments or
this Agreement;
(ii) the transaction
exemption set forth in one or more PTEs, such as PTE 84-14 (a class
exemption for certain transactions determined by independent
qualified professional asset managers), PTE 95-60 (a class
exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company
general accounts), PTE 90-1 (a class exemption for certain
transactions involving insurance company pooled separate accounts),
PTE 91-38 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving
bank collective investment funds) or PTE 96-23 (a class exemption
for certain transactions determined by in-house asset managers), is
applicable with respect to such Lender’s entrance into,
participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans,
the Commitments and this Agreement;
(iii) such Lender is an
investment fund managed by a “Qualified Professional Asset
Manager” (within the meaning of Part VI of PTE 84-14), (B)
such Qualified Professional Asset Manager made the investment
decision on behalf of such Lender to enter into, participate in,
administer and perform the Loans, the Commitments and this
Agreement, (C) the entrance into, participation in, administration
of and performance of the Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement
satisfies the requirements of sub-sections (b) through (g) of Part
I of PTE 84- 14 and (D) to the best knowledge of such Lender, the
requirements of subsection (a) of Part I of PTE 84-14 are satisfied
with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation
in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Commitments
and this Agreement; or
(iv) such other
representation, warranty and covenant as may be agreed in writing
between the Agent, in its sole discretion, and such
Lender.
(b) In addition, unless
either (1) sub-clause (i) in the immediately preceding clause (a)
is true with respect to a Lender or (2) a Lender has provided
another representation, warranty and covenant in accordance with
sub-clause (iv) in the immediately preceding clause (a), such
Lender further (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such
Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from
the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such
Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the
Agent and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of
any Borrower or any other Obligor, that the Agent is not a
fiduciary with respect to the assets of such Lender involved in
such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration
of and performance of the Loans, the Commitments and this Agreement
(including in connection with the reservation or exercise of any
rights by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, any Loan
Document or any documents related hereto or thereto).
13.1 Successors and
Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon
and inure to the benefit of Obligors, Agent, Lenders, Secured
Parties, and their respective successors and assigns, except that
(a) no Obligor shall have the right to assign its rights or
delegate its obligations under any Loan Documents; and (b) any
assignment by a Lender must be made in compliance with Section 13.3. Agent may treat the Person
which made any Loan as the owner thereof for all purposes until
such Person makes an assignment in accordance with Section 13.3. Any authorization or
consent of a Lender shall be conclusive and binding on any
subsequent transferee or assignee of such Lender.
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13.2 Participations.
13.2.1 Permitted Participants; Effect.
Subject to Section 13.3.3,
any Lender may sell to a financial institution (“Participant”)
a participating interest in the rights and obligations of such
Lender under any Loan Documents. Despite any sale by a Lender of
participating interests to a Participant, such Lender’s
obligations under the Loan Documents shall remain unchanged, it
shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for
performance of such obligations, it shall remain the holder of its
Loans and Commitments for all purposes, all amounts payable by
Borrowers shall be determined as if it had not sold such
participating interests, and Borrowers and Agent shall continue to
deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with the
Loan Documents. Each Lender shall be solely responsible for
notifying its Participants of any matters under the Loan Documents,
and Agent and the other Lenders shall not have any obligation or
liability to any such Participant. A Participant that would be a
Foreign Lender if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to the
benefits of Section 5.9
unless Borrowers agree otherwise in writing.
13.2.2 Voting Rights. Each Lender
shall retain the sole right to approve, without the consent of any
Participant, any amendment, waiver or other modification of a Loan
Document other than that which forgives principal, interest or
fees, reduces the stated interest rate or fees payable with respect
to any Loan or Commitment in which such Participant has an
interest, postpones the Commitment Termination Date or any date
fixed for any regularly scheduled payment of principal, interest or
fees on such Loan or Commitment, or releases any Borrower,
Guarantor or substantially all Collateral.
13.2.3 Participant Register. Each
Lender that sells a participation shall, acting as a non-fiduciary
agent of Borrowers (solely for tax purposes), maintain a register
("Participant
Register") in which it enters the Participant’s name,
address and interest in Commitments and Loans (and stated
interest). Entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive,
absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person
recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of the
participation for all purposes, notwithstanding any notice or
knowledge to the contrary. No Lender shall have an obligation to
disclose any information in such Participant Register except to the
extent necessary to establish that a Participant’s interest
is in registered form under the Code. For avoidance of doubt, Agent
(in its capacity as Agent) shall have no responsibility for
maintaining a Participant Register.
13.2.4 Benefit of Setoff. Each
Participant shall have a right of set-off in respect of its
participating interest to the same extent as if such interest were
owing directly to a Lender, and each Lender shall also retain the
right of set-off with respect to any participating interests sold
by it. By exercising any right of set-off, a Participant agrees to
share with Lenders all amounts received through its set-off, in
accordance with Section 12.5
as if such Participant were a Lender.
13.3.1 Permitted Assignments. A Lender
may assign to an Eligible Assignee any of its rights and
obligations under the Loan Documents, as long as (a) each
assignment is of a constant, and not a varying, percentage of the
transferor Lender’s rights and obligations under the Loan
Documents and, in the case of a partial assignment, is in a minimum
principal amount of $1,000,000 (unless otherwise agreed by Agent in
its discretion) and integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess of
that amount; (b) except in the case of an assignment in whole of a
Lender’s rights and obligations, the aggregate amount of the
Commitments retained by the transferor Lender is at least
$1,000,000 (unless otherwise agreed by Agent in its discretion);
and (c) the parties to each such assignment shall execute and
deliver an Assignment to Agent for acceptance and recording.
Nothing herein shall limit the right of a Lender to pledge or
assign any rights under the Loan Documents to secure obligations of
such Lender, including a pledge or assignment to a Federal Reserve
Bank; provided,
however, that no
such pledge or assignment shall release the Lender from its
obligations hereunder nor substitute the pledge or assignee for
such Lender as a party hereto.
13.3.2 Effect;
Effective Date. Upon delivery to Agent of an Assignment
Notice and a processing fee of $3,500 (unless otherwise agreed by
Agent in its discretion), the assignment shall become effective as
specified in the notice, if it complies with this Section 13.3. From such effective date,
the Eligible Assignee shall for all purposes be a Lender under the
Loan Documents, and shall have all rights and obligations of a
Lender thereunder. Upon consummation of an assignment, the
transferor Lender, Agent and Borrowers shall make appropriate
arrangements for issuance of replacement and/or new notes, if
applicable. The transferee Lender shall comply with Section 5.10 and deliver, upon request,
an administrative questionnaire satisfactory to Agent.
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13.3.3 Certain
Assignees. No assignment or participation may be made to an
Obligor, Affiliate of an Obligor, Defaulting Lender or natural
person. Agent shall have no obligation to determine whether any
assignment is permitted under the Loan Documents or whether any
assignment has been properly effectuated pursuant to this
Agreement. Any assignment by a Defaulting Lender must be
accompanied by satisfaction of its outstanding obligations under
the Loan Documents in a manner satisfactory to Agent, including
payment by the Defaulting Lender or Eligible Assignee of an amount
sufficient upon distribution (through direct payment, purchases of
participations or other methods acceptable to Agent in its
discretion) to satisfy all funding and payment liabilities of the
Defaulting Lender. If any assignment by a Defaulting Lender (by
operation of law or otherwise) does not comply with the foregoing,
the assignee shall be deemed a Defaulting Lender for all purposes
until compliance occurs.
13.3.4 Register. Agent, acting as a
non-fiduciary agent of Borrowers (solely for tax purposes), shall
maintain (a) a copy (or electronic equivalent) of each Assignment
delivered to it, and (b) a register for recordation of the names,
addresses and Commitments of, and the Loans and interest owing to,
each Lender. Entries in the register shall be conclusive, absent
manifest error, and Borrowers, Agent and Lenders shall treat each
Person recorded in such register as a Lender for all purposes under
the Loan Documents, notwithstanding any notice or knowledge to the
contrary; provided
that failure to make any such recordation, or any error in such
recordation, shall not affect any Lender's commitments or any
Borrower's or other Obligor's Obligations in respect of any Loan.
Agent may choose to show only one Borrower as the borrower in the
register, without any effect on the liability of any Obligor with
respect to the Obligations. The register shall be available for
inspection by Borrowers or any Lender, from time to time upon
reasonable notice. The Obligors hereby agree that Agent and the
other Agent Indemnitees constitute Indemnities pursuant to
Section 14.2 in connection
with this register and all of their respective actions and
activities and failures to act in connection
therewith.
13.4 Replacement of Certain
Lenders. If a Lender (a) within the last 120
days failed to give its consent to any amendment, waiver or action
for which consent of all Lenders was required and Required Lenders
consented, (b) is a Defaulting Lender, or (c) within the last 120
days gave a notice under Section
3.5 or requested payment or compensation under Section 3.7 or 5.9 (and has not designated a different
Lending Office pursuant to Section
3.8), then Agent or Borrower Agent may, upon 10 days’
notice to such Lender, require it to assign its rights and
obligations under the Loan Documents to Eligible Assignee(s),
pursuant to appropriate Assignment(s), within 20 days after the
notice. Agent is irrevocably appointed as attorney-in-fact to
execute any such Assignment if the Lender fails to execute it. Such
Lender shall be entitled to receive, in cash, concurrently with
such assignment, all amounts owed to it under the Loan Documents
through the date of assignment.
14.1.1 Amendment. No modification of
any Loan Document, including any extension or amendment of a Loan
Document or any waiver of a Default or Event of Default, shall be
effective without the prior written agreement of Agent (with the
consent of Required Lenders) and each Obligor party to such Loan
Document; provided,
however,
that:
(a) without the prior
written consent of Agent, no modification shall alter any provision
in a Loan Document that relates to any rights, duties or discretion
or Permitted Discretion of Agent;
(b) without the prior
written consent of each affected Lender, including a Defaulting
Lender, no modification shall (i) increase the Commitment of such
Lender; (ii) reduce the amount of, or waive or delay payment of,
any principal, interest or fees payable to such Lender (except as
provided in Section 4.2);
(iii) extend the Revolver Termination Date applicable to such
Lender’s Obligations; or (iv) amend this clause (c); provided, however, that only the consent
of Required Lenders shall be necessary to amend the definition of
"Default Rate" or to waive any obligation of the Borrowers to pay
interest at the Default Rate;
(c) without the prior
written consent of all Lenders (except any Defaulting Lender), no
modification shall (i) alter Section 5.6.2, 7.1 (except to add
Collateral) or this Section
14.1.1; (ii) amend the
definition of Borrowing Base, Availability Block, Accounts Formula
Amount, or Unbilled Accounts Formula Amount (or any defined term
used in such definitions) if the effect of such amendment is to
increase borrowing availability, Pro Rata or Required Lenders;
(iii) decrease the Availability Block; (iv) release all or
substantially all Collateral; or (v) except in connection with a
merger, disposition or similar transaction expressly permitted
hereby, release any Obligor from liability for any
Obligations;
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(d) without the prior
written consent of all Lenders (except any Defaulting Lenders) no
modification shall consensually subordinate the Liens of Agent on
the Collateral or consensually subordinate the Obligations to other
Debt (except in accordance with this Agreement as in effect on the
date hereof or in accordance with financing to one or more Obligors
pursuant to Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code or any similar
Insolvency Proceeding);
(e) without the prior
written consent of all Lenders, no modification shall alter the
first sentence of Section
13.3.1 hereof; and
(f) without the prior
written consent of a Secured Bank Product Provider, no modification
shall affect its relative payment priority under Section 5.6.2.
14.1.2 Limitations. The agreement of
Obligors shall not be required for any modification of a Loan
Document that deals solely with the rights and duties of Lenders
and/or Agent as among themselves. Only the consent of the parties
to any agreement relating to fees or a Bank Product shall be
required for modification of such agreement, and no Bank Product
provider (in such capacity) shall have any right to consent to
modification of any Loan Document other than its Bank Product
agreement. Any waiver or consent granted by Agent or Lenders
hereunder shall be effective only if in writing and only for the
matter specified.
14.1.3 Payment for Consents. No
Obligor will, directly or indirectly, pay any remuneration or other
thing of value, whether by way of additional interest, fee or
otherwise, to any Lender (in its capacity as a Lender hereunder) as
consideration for agreement by such Lender with any modification of
any Loan Documents, unless such remuneration or value is
concurrently paid, on the same terms, on a Pro Rata basis to all
Lenders providing their consent.
14.2 Indemnity. EACH OBLIGOR
SHALL INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS THE INDEMNITEES AGAINST ANY
CLAIMS THAT MAY BE INCURRED BY OR ASSERTED AGAINST ANY INDEMNITEE,
INCLUDING CLAIMS ASSERTED BY ANY OBLIGOR OR OTHER PERSON OR ARISING
FROM THE NEGLIGENCE OF AN INDEMNITEE. In no event shall any party
to a Loan Document have any obligation thereunder to indemnify or
hold harmless an Indemnitee with respect to a Claim that is
determined in a final, non-appealable judgment by a court of
competent jurisdiction to result from the gross negligence or
willful misconduct of such Indemnitee. Without limiting the
generality of any provision of this Section 14.2, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, each Obligor hereby waives all rights for
contribution or any other rights of recovery with respect to
liabilities, losses, damages, costs and expenses arising under or
relating to Environmental Laws or any other Applicable Law that it
might have by statute or otherwise against any Indemnitee, except
to the extent that such items are determined by a final and
non-appealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to
have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of
such Indemnitee. No Obligor shall, without the prior written
consent of each applicable Indemnitee, effect any settlement of any
pending or threatened proceedings in respect of which indemnity has
been sought hereunder by such Indemnitee unless such settlement (a)
includes an unconditional release of such Indemnitee in form and
substance satisfactory to such Indemnitee from all liability or
claims that are the subject matter of such proceedings and (b) does
not include any statement as to or any admission of fault,
culpability, wrong doing or a failure to act by or on behalf of any
Indemnitee.
14.3.1 Notice Address. Subject to
Section 14.3.2, all notices
and other communications by or to a party hereto shall be in
writing and shall be given to any Obligor, at Borrower
Agent’s address shown on the signature pages hereof, and to
any other Person at its address shown on the signature pages hereof
(or, in the case of a Person who becomes a Lender after the Closing
Date, at the address shown on its Assignment), or at such other
address as a party may hereafter specify by notice in accordance
with this Section 14.3. Each
communication shall be effective only (a) if given by mail, three
Business Days after deposit in the U.S. mail, with first-class
postage pre-paid, addressed to the applicable address or (b) if
given by personal delivery, when duly delivered to the notice
address with receipt acknowledged. Any written communication that
is not sent in conformity with the foregoing provisions shall
nevertheless be effective on the date actually received by the
noticed party. Any notice received by Borrower Agent shall be
deemed received by all Borrowers.
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14.3.2 Communications. Electronic and
telephonic communications (including e-mail, messaging, voice mail
and websites) may be used only in a manner acceptable to Agent.
Secured Parties make no assurance as to the privacy or security of
electronic or telephonic communications. Except where expressly
provided in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, e-mail and
voice mail shall not be effective notices under the Loan Documents
unless the sender shall have received an acknowledgement of such
e-mail or voice mail by return e-mail, telephone call or voice
mail.
14.3.3 Platform. Borrower Materials
shall be delivered pursuant to procedures approved by Agent,
including electronic delivery (if possible) upon request by Agent
to an electronic system maintained by Agent (“Platform”). Borrowers shall notify
Agent of each posting of Borrower Materials on the Platform and the
materials shall be deemed received by Agent only upon its receipt
of such notice. Borrower Materials and other information relating
to this credit facility may be made available to Secured Parties on
the Platform. The Platform is provided “as is” and
“as available.” Agent does not warrant the accuracy or
completeness of any information on the Platform nor the adequacy or
functioning of the Platform, and expressly disclaims liability for
any errors or omissions in the Borrower Materials or any issues
involving the Platform. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED
OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS,
OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY AGENT
WITH RESPECT TO BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE PLATFORM. No Agent
Indemnitee shall have any liability to Borrowers, Secured Parties
or any other Person for losses, claims, damages, liabilities or
expenses of any kind (whether in tort, contract or otherwise)
relating to use by any Person of the Platform, including any
unintended recipient, nor for delivery of Borrower Materials and
other information via the Platform, internet, e-mail, or any other
electronic platform or messaging system.
14.3.4 Public Information. Obligors
and Secured Parties acknowledge that “public”
information may not be segregated from material non-public
information on the Platform. Secured Parties acknowledge that
Borrower Materials may include Obligors’ material non-public
information, and should not be made available to personnel who do
not wish to receive such information or may be engaged in
investment or other market-related activities with respect to an
Obligor’s securities.
14.3.5 Non-Conforming Communications.
Agent and Lenders may rely upon any communications purportedly
given by or on behalf of any Obligor even if they were not made in
a manner specified herein, were incomplete or were not confirmed,
or if the terms thereof, as understood by the recipient, varied
from a later confirmation. Each Obligor shall indemnify and hold
harmless each Indemnitee from any liabilities, losses, costs and
expenses arising from any electronic or telephonic communication
purportedly given by or on behalf of an Obligor.
14.4 Performance of Obligors’
Obligations. Agent may, in its Permitted Discretion
at any time and from time to time, at Borrowers’ expense, pay
any amount or do any act required of an Obligor under any Loan
Documents or otherwise lawfully requested by Agent to (a) enforce
any Loan Documents or collect any Obligations; (b) protect, insure,
maintain or realize upon any Collateral; or (c) defend or maintain
the validity or priority of Agent’s Liens in any Collateral,
including any payment of a judgment, insurance premium, warehouse
charge, finishing or processing charge, or landlord claim, or any
discharge of a Lien. All payments, costs and expenses (including
Extraordinary Expenses) of Agent under this Section shall be
reimbursed to Agent by Borrowers in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement. Any payment made or action taken by Agent under
this Section shall be without prejudice to any right to assert an
Event of Default or to exercise any other rights or remedies under
the Loan Documents.
14.5 Credit
Inquiries. Agent and Lenders may (but shall have
no obligation) to respond to usual and customary credit inquiries
from third parties concerning any Obligor or
Subsidiary.
14.6 Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of
the Loan Documents shall be interpreted in such manner as to be
valid under Applicable Law. If any provision is found to be invalid
under Applicable Law, it shall be ineffective only to the extent of
such invalidity and the remaining provisions of the Loan Documents
shall remain in full force and effect.
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14.7 Cumulative
Effect; Conflict of Terms. The provisions of the Loan Documents
are cumulative. The parties acknowledge that the Loan Documents may
use several limitations or measurements to regulate similar
matters, and they agree that these are cumulative and that each
must be performed as provided. Except as otherwise provided in
another Loan Document (by specific reference to the applicable
provision of this Agreement), if any provision contained herein is
in direct conflict with any provision in another Loan Document, the
provision herein shall govern and control.
14.8 Counterparts;
Execution. Any Loan Document may be executed in
counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original, but all
of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract.
This Agreement shall become effective when Agent has received
counterparts bearing the signatures of all parties hereto. Agent
may (but shall have no obligation to) accept any signature,
contract formation or record-keeping through electronic means,
which shall have the same legal validity and enforceability as
manual or paper-based methods, to the fullest extent permitted by
Applicable Law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in
Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic
Signatures and Records Act, or any similar state law based on the
Uniform Electronic Transactions Act. Upon request by Agent, any
electronic signature or delivery shall be promptly followed by a
manually executed or paper document.
14.9 Entire
Agreement. Time is of the essence with respect to
all Loan Documents and Obligations. The Loan Documents constitute
the entire agreement, and supersede all prior understandings and
agreements, among the parties relating to the subject matter
thereof.
14.10 Relationship with
Lenders. The obligations of each Lender
hereunder are several, and no Lender shall be responsible for the
obligations or Commitments of any other Lender. Amounts payable
hereunder to each Lender shall be a separate and independent debt.
It shall not be necessary for Agent or any other Lender to be
joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purposes.
Nothing in this Agreement and no action of Agent, Lenders or any
other Secured Party pursuant to the Loan Documents or otherwise
shall be deemed to constitute Agent and any Secured Party to be a
partnership, joint venture or similar arrangement, nor to
constitute control of any Obligor.
14.11 No Advisory or Fiduciary
Responsibility. In connection with all aspects of each
transaction contemplated by any Loan Document, Obligors acknowledge
and agree that (a)(i) this credit facility and any arranging or
other services by Agent, any Lender, any of their Affiliates or any
arranger are arm’s-length commercial transactions between
Obligors and their Affiliates, on one hand, and Agent, any Lender,
any of their Affiliates or any arranger, on the other hand; (ii)
Obligors have consulted their own legal, accounting, regulatory and
tax advisors to the extent they have deemed appropriate; and (iii)
Obligors are capable of evaluating, and understand and accept, the
terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the
Loan Documents; (b) each of Agent, Lenders, their Affiliates and
any arranger is and has been acting solely as a principal and,
except as expressly agreed in writing by the relevant parties, has
not been, is not, and will not be acting as an advisor, agent or
fiduciary for Obligors, their Affiliates or any other Person, and
has no obligation with respect to the transactions contemplated by
the Loan Documents except as expressly set forth therein; and (c)
Agent, Lenders, their Affiliates and any arranger may be engaged in
a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ
from those of Obligors and their Affiliates, and have no obligation
to disclose any of such interests to Obligors or their Affiliates.
To the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, each Obligor
hereby waives and releases any claims that it may have against
Agent, Lenders, their Affiliates and any arranger with respect to
any breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any
transaction contemplated by a Loan Document.
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14.12 Confidentiality.
Each of Agent and Lenders shall maintain the confidentiality of all
Information (as defined below), except that Information may be
disclosed (a) to its Affiliates and Approved Funds, and to its and
their partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors
and representatives (provided they are informed of the confidential
nature of the Information and instructed to keep it confidential);
(b) to the extent requested by any governmental, regulatory or
self-regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over it
or its Affiliates and Approved Funds; (c) to the extent required by
Applicable Law or by any subpoena or other legal process; (d) to
any other party hereto; (e) in connection with the exercise of
remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any action
or proceeding relating to any Loan Documents or Obligations; (f)
subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the
same as this Section, to any Transferee or any actual or
prospective party (or its advisors) to any Bank Product or to any
swap, derivative or other transaction under which payments are to
be made by reference to an Obligor or Obligor’s obligations;
(g) to the extent such Information (i) becomes publicly available
other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (ii) is
available to Agent, any Lender or any of their Affiliates on a
nonconfidential basis from a source other than Obligors; (h) on a
confidential basis to a provider of a Platform; or (i) with the
consent of Borrower Agent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Agent and
Lenders may publish or disseminate general information concerning
this credit facility for league table, tombstone and advertising
purposes, and may use Borrowers’ logos, trademarks or product
photographs in advertising materials with the prior consent of
Borrowers. As used herein, “Information” means information
received from an Obligor or Subsidiary relating to it or its
business that is identified as confidential when delivered. A
Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information
pursuant to this Section shall be deemed to have complied if it
exercises a degree of care similar to that accorded its own
confidential information. Each of Agent and Lenders acknowledges
that (i) Information may include material non-public information;
(ii) it has developed compliance procedures regarding the use of
such information; (iii) it will handle the material non-public
information in accordance with Applicable Law; and (iv) without
limiting the generality or effect of any of the foregoing, that
United States securities laws prohibit any person or entity that
possesses material, non-public information regarding a
publicly-held company such as AutoWeb from purchasing, selling or
otherwise trading securities of such company or from communicating
that information to any person or entity for such
purpose.
14.13 GOVERNING
LAW.
UNLESS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN ANY
LOAN DOCUMENT, THIS AGREEMENT, THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS AND ALL
CLAIMS SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK,
WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ANY CONFLICT OF LAW PRINCIPLES EXCEPT
FEDERAL LAWS RELATING TO NATIONAL BANKS.
14.14.1 Forum. EACH OBLIGOR HEREBY CONSENTS TO THE EXCLUSIVE
JURISDICTION OF ANY STATE COURT SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY, NEW
YORK, OR THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT
OF NEW YORK, IN ANY DISPUTE, ACTION, LITIGATION OR OTHER PROCEEDING
RELATING IN ANY WAY TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENTS, AND AGREES THAT ANY
DISPUTE, ACTION, LITIGATION OR OTHER PROCEEDING SHALL BE BROUGHT BY
IT SOLELY IN ANY SUCH COURT. EACH OBLIGOR IRREVOCABLY AND
UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ALL CLAIMS, OBJECTIONS AND DEFENSES THAT IT
MAY HAVE REGARDING ANY SUCH COURT’S PERSONAL OR SUBJECT
MATTER JURISDICTION, VENUE OR INCONVENIENT FORUM. EACH PARTY HERETO
IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF SUCH
COURTS AND CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN THE MANNER PROVIDED
FOR NOTICES IN SECTION 14.3.1. A final judgment in any
proceeding of any such court shall be conclusive and may be
enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or any
other manner provided by Applicable Law.
14.14.2 Other
Jurisdictions. Nothing herein shall limit the right of Agent
or any Lender to bring proceedings against any Obligor in any other
court, nor limit the right of any party to serve process in any
other manner permitted by Applicable Law. Nothing in this Agreement
shall be deemed to preclude enforcement by Agent of any judgment or
order obtained in any forum or jurisdiction.
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14.15 Waivers
by Obligors. To the fullest
extent permitted by Applicable Law, each Obligor waives (a) the
right to trial by jury (which Agent and each Lender hereby also
waive) in any proceeding or dispute of any kind relating in any way
to any Loan Documents, Obligations or Collateral; (b) presentment,
demand, protest, notice of presentment, notice of intent to
accelerate, notice of acceleration, default, non-payment, maturity,
release, compromise, settlement, extension or renewal of any
commercial paper, accounts, documents, instruments, chattel paper
and guaranties at any time held by Agent on which an Obligor may in
any way be liable, and hereby ratifies anything Agent may do in
this regard; (c) notice prior to taking possession or control of
any Collateral; (d) any bond or security that might be required by
a court prior to allowing Agent to exercise any rights or remedies;
(e) the benefit of all valuation, appraisement and exemption laws;
(f) any claim against Agent or any Lender, on any theory of
liability, for special, indirect, consequential, exemplary or
punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) in any
way relating to any Enforcement Action, Obligations, Loan Documents
or transactions relating thereto; and (g) notice of acceptance
hereof. Each Obligor acknowledges that the foregoing waivers are a
material inducement to Agent and Lenders entering into this
Agreement and that they are relying upon the foregoing in their
dealings with Obligors. Each Obligor has reviewed the foregoing
waivers with its legal counsel and has knowingly and voluntarily
waived its jury trial and other rights following consultation with
legal counsel. In the event of litigation, this Agreement may be
filed as a written consent to a trial by the court.
14.16 Patriot Act
Notice. Agent and Lenders
hereby notify Obligors that pursuant to the Patriot Act, Agent and
Lenders are required to obtain, verify and record information that
identifies each Obligor, including its legal name, address, tax ID
number and other information that will allow Agent and Lenders to
identify it in accordance with the Patriot Act. Agent and Lenders
will also require information regarding any personal guarantor and
may require information regarding Obligors’ management and
owners, such as legal name, address, social security number and
date of birth. Obligors shall, promptly upon request, provide all
documentation and other information as Agent or any Lender may
request from time to time in order to comply with any obligations
under any “know your customer,” anti-money laundering
or other requirements of Applicable Law.
14.17 NO ORAL
AGREEMENT.
THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS REPRESENT THE FINAL
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY
EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS
BETWEEN THE PARTIES. THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE
PARTIES.
15.1 Guaranty of the
Obligations. Subject to the
provisions of Section 15.2,
Guarantors jointly and severally hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally guaranty to Agent and Lenders the due and punctual
payment in full of all Obligations (other than Excluded Swap
Obligations) when the same shall become due, whether at stated
maturity, by required prepayment, declaration, acceleration, demand
or otherwise (including amounts that would become due but for the
operation of the automatic stay under Section 362(a) of the
Bankruptcy Code) (collectively, the “Guaranteed
Obligations”).
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15.2 Contribution
by Guarantors. All Guarantors
desire to allocate among themselves (collectively, the
“Contributing
Guarantors”), in a fair and equitable manner, their
obligations arising under this Guaranty. Accordingly, in the event
any payment or distribution is made on any date by a Guarantor (a
“Funding
Guarantor”) under this Guaranty such that its
Aggregate Payments exceeds its Fair Share as of such date, such
Funding Guarantor shall be entitled to a contribution from each of
the other Contributing Guarantors in an amount sufficient to cause
each Contributing Guarantor’s Aggregate Payments to equal its
Fair Share as of such date. “Fair Share” means, with respect to
a Contributing Guarantor as of any date of determination, an amount
equal to (a) the ratio of (i) the Fair Share Contribution Amount
with respect to such Contributing Guarantor, to (ii) the aggregate
of the Fair Share Contribution Amounts with respect to all
Contributing Guarantors multiplied by, (b) the aggregate amount
paid or distributed on or before such date by all Funding
Guarantors under this Guaranty in respect of the obligations
Guaranteed. “Fair Share
Contribution Amount” means, with respect to a
Contributing Guarantor as of any date of determination, the maximum
aggregate amount of the obligations of such Contributing Guarantor
under this Guaranty that would not render its obligations hereunder
subject to avoidance as a fraudulent transfer or conveyance under
Section 548 of Title 11 of the United States Code or any comparable
applicable provisions of state law; provided, solely for purposes
of calculating the “Fair Share Contribution Amount”
with respect to any Contributing Guarantor for purposes of this
Section 15.2, any assets or
liabilities of such Contributing Guarantor arising by virtue of any
rights to subrogation, reimbursement or indemnification or any
rights to or obligations of contribution hereunder shall not be
considered as assets or liabilities of such Contributing Guarantor.
“Aggregate
Payments” means, with respect to a Contributing
Guarantor as of any date of determination, an amount equal to (1)
the aggregate amount of all payments and distributions made on or
before such date by such Contributing Guarantor in respect of this
Guaranty (including, without limitation, in respect of this
Section 15.2), minus (2) the
aggregate amount of all payments received on or before such date by
such Contributing Guarantor from the other Contributing Guarantors
as contributions under this Section
15.2. The amounts payable as contributions hereunder shall
be determined as of the date on which the related payment or
distribution is made by the applicable Funding Guarantor. The
allocation among Contributing Guarantors of their obligations as
set forth in this Section
15.2 shall not be construed in any way to limit the
liability of any Contributing Guarantor hereunder. Each Guarantor
is a third-party beneficiary to the contribution agreement set
forth in this Section
15.2.
15.3 Payment by
Guarantors. Subject to
Section 15.2, Guarantors
hereby jointly and severally agree, in furtherance of the foregoing
and not in limitation of any other right which Agent or any Lender
may have at law or in equity against any Guarantor by virtue
hereof, that upon the failure of any Borrower to pay any of the
Guaranteed Obligations when and as the same shall become due,
whether at stated maturity, by required prepayment, declaration,
acceleration, demand or otherwise (including amounts that would
become due but for the operation of the automatic stay under
Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code), Guarantors will upon demand
pay, or cause to be paid, in cash, to Agent, for the benefit of
itself and the Lenders, an amount equal to the sum of the unpaid
principal amount of all Guaranteed Obligations then due as
aforesaid, accrued and unpaid interest on such Guaranteed
Obligations (including interest which, but for any Borrower’s
becoming the subject of a case under the Bankruptcy Code, would
have accrued on such Guaranteed Obligations, whether or not a claim
is allowed against such Borrower for such interest in the related
bankruptcy case) and all other Guaranteed Obligations then owed to
Agent and Lenders as aforesaid.
15.4 Liability of Guarantors
Absolute. Each Guarantor
agrees that its obligations hereunder are irrevocable, absolute,
independent and unconditional and shall not be affected by any
circumstance which constitutes a legal or equitable discharge of a
guarantor or surety other than payment in full of the Guaranteed
Obligations. In furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting
the generality thereof, each Guarantor agrees as
follows:
(a) this Guaranty is a
guaranty of payment when due and not of collectability. This
Guaranty is a primary obligation of each Guarantor and not merely a
contract of surety;
(b) Agent may enforce
this Guaranty upon the occurrence of an Event of Default
notwithstanding the existence of any dispute between any Borrower
and Agent or any Lender with respect to the existence of such Event
of Default;
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(c) the obligations of
each Guarantor hereunder are independent of the obligations of
Borrowers and the obligations of any other guarantor (including any
other Guarantor) of the obligations of Borrowers, and a separate
action or actions may be brought and prosecuted against such
Guarantor whether or not any action is brought against any Borrower
or any of such other guarantors and whether or not any Borrower is
joined in any such action or actions;
(d) payment by any
Guarantor of a portion, but not all, of the Guaranteed Obligations
shall in no way limit, affect, modify or abridge any
Guarantor’s liability for any portion of the Guaranteed
Obligations which has not been paid. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, if Agent or any Lender is awarded a
judgment in any suit brought to enforce any Guarantor’s
covenant to pay a portion of the Guaranteed Obligations, such
judgment shall not be deemed to release such Guarantor from its
covenant to pay the portion of the Guaranteed Obligations that is
not the subject of such suit, and such judgment shall not, except
to the extent satisfied by such Guarantor, limit, affect, modify or
abridge any other Guarantor’s liability hereunder in respect
of the Guaranteed Obligations;
(e) Agent and/or
Lenders, upon such terms as they deem appropriate, without notice
or demand and without affecting the validity or enforceability
hereof or giving rise to any reduction, limitation, impairment,
discharge or termination of any Guarantor’s liability
hereunder, from time to time may (i) renew, extend, accelerate,
increase the rate of interest on, or otherwise change the time,
place, manner or terms of payment of the Guaranteed Obligations;
(ii) settle, compromise, release or discharge, or accept or refuse
any offer of performance with respect to, or substitutions for, the
Guaranteed Obligations or any agreement relating thereto and/or
subordinate the payment of the same to the payment of any other
obligations; (iii) request and accept other guaranties of the
Guaranteed Obligations and take and hold security for the payment
hereof or the Guaranteed Obligations; (iv) release, surrender,
exchange, substitute, compromise, settle, rescind, waive, alter,
subordinate or modify, with or without consideration, any security
for payment of the Guaranteed Obligations, any other guaranties of
the Guaranteed Obligations, or any other obligation of any Person
(including any other Guarantor) with respect to the Guaranteed
Obligations; (v) enforce and apply any security now or hereafter
held by or for the benefit of Agent for the benefit of itself and
the Lenders in respect hereof or the Guaranteed Obligations and
direct the order or manner of sale thereof, or exercise any other
right or remedy that Agent may have against any such security, in
each case as Agent in its discretion may determine consistent
herewith or any applicable security agreement, including
foreclosure on any such security pursuant to one or more judicial
or nonjudicial sales, whether or not every aspect of any such sale
is commercially reasonable, and even though such action operates to
impair or extinguish any right of reimbursement or subrogation or
other right or remedy of any Guarantor against any Borrower or any
security for the Guaranteed Obligations; and (vi) exercise any
other rights available to it under the Loan Documents;
and
(f) this Guaranty and
the obligations of Guarantors hereunder shall be valid and
enforceable and shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation,
impairment, discharge or termination for any reason (other than
payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations), including the
occurrence of any of the following, whether or not any Guarantor
shall have had notice or knowledge of any of them: (i) any failure
or omission to assert or enforce or agreement or election not to
assert or enforce, or the stay or enjoining, by order of court, by
operation of law or otherwise, of the exercise or enforcement of,
any claim or demand or any right, power or remedy (whether arising
under the Loan Documents, at law, in equity or otherwise) with
respect to the Guaranteed Obligations or any agreement relating
thereto, or with respect to any other guaranty of or security for
the payment of the Guaranteed Obligations; (ii) any rescission,
waiver, amendment or modification of, or any consent to departure
from, any of the terms or provisions (including provisions relating
to events of default) hereof, any of the other Loan Documents or
any agreement or instrument executed pursuant thereto, or of any
other guaranty or security for the Guaranteed Obligations, in each
case whether or not in accordance with the terms hereof or such
Loan Document, or any agreement relating to such other guaranty or
security; (iii) the Guaranteed Obligations, or any agreement
relating thereto, at any time being found to be illegal, invalid or
unenforceable in any respect; (iv) the application of payments
received from any source (other than payments received pursuant to
the other Loan Documents or from the proceeds of any security for
the Guaranteed Obligations, except to the extent such security also
serves as collateral for indebtedness other than the Guaranteed
Obligations) to the payment of indebtedness other than the
Guaranteed Obligations, even though Agent or Lenders might have
elected to apply such payment to any part or all of the Guaranteed
Obligations; (v) Agent’s or Lenders’ consent to the
change, reorganization or termination of the corporate structure or
existence of any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and to any
corresponding restructuring of the Guaranteed Obligations; (vi) any
failure to perfect or continue perfection of a security interest in
any collateral which secures any of the Guaranteed Obligations;
(vii) any defenses, set-offs or counterclaims which any Borrower
may allege or assert against Agent or any Lender in respect of the
Guaranteed Obligations, including failure of consideration, breach
of warranty, payment, statute of frauds, statute of limitations,
accord and satisfaction and usury; and (viii) any other act or
thing or omission, or delay to do any other act or thing, which may
or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any
Guarantor as an Obligor in respect of the Guaranteed
Obligations.
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15.5 Waivers
by Guarantors. Each Guarantor
hereby waives, for the benefit of Agent and each Lender: (a) any
right to require Agent or any Lender, as a condition of payment or
performance by such Guarantor, to (i) proceed against any Borrower,
any other guarantor (including any other Guarantor) of the
Guaranteed Obligations or any other Person, (ii) proceed against or
exhaust any security held from any Borrower, any such other
guarantor or any other Person, (iii) proceed against or have resort
to any balance of any Deposit Account, securities account or
commodities account or credit on the books of Agent or any Lender
in favor of any Borrower or any other Person, or (iv) pursue any
other remedy in the power of Agent or any Lender whatsoever; (b)
any defense arising by reason of the incapacity, lack of authority
or any disability or other defense of any Borrower or any other
Guarantor including any defense based on or arising out of the lack
of validity or the unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations
or any agreement or instrument relating thereto or by reason of the
cessation of the liability of any Borrower or any other Guarantor
from any cause other than payment in full of the Guaranteed
Obligations; (c) any defense based upon any statute or rule of law
which provides that the obligation of a surety must be neither
larger in amount nor in other respects more burdensome than that of
the principal; (d) any defense based upon Agent’s or any
Lender’s errors or omissions in the administration of the
Guaranteed Obligations; (e) (i) any principles or provisions of
law, statutory or otherwise, which are or might be in conflict with
the terms hereof and any legal or equitable discharge of such
Guarantor’s obligations hereunder, (ii) the benefit of any
statute of limitations affecting such Guarantor’s liability
hereunder or the enforcement hereof, (iii) any rights to set-offs,
recoupments and counterclaims, and (iv) promptness, diligence and
any requirement that Agent or any Lender protect, secure, perfect
or insure any security interest or lien or any property subject
thereto; (f) notices, demands, presentments, protests, notices of
protest, notices of dishonor and notices of any action or inaction,
including acceptance hereof, notices of default hereunder or any
agreement or instrument related thereto, notices of any renewal,
extension or modification of the Guaranteed Obligations or any
agreement related thereto, notices of any extension of credit to
Borrowers and notices of any of the matters referred to in
Section 15.4 and any right
to consent to any thereof; and (g) any defenses or benefits that
may be derived from or afforded by law which limit the liability of
or exonerate guarantors or sureties, or which may conflict with the
terms hereof.
15.6 Guarantors’ Rights of
Subrogation, Contribution, etc. Until the
Guaranteed Obligations shall have been Paid in Full and the
Revolver Commitment shall have terminated, each Guarantor hereby
waives any claim, right or remedy, direct or indirect, that such
Guarantor now has or may hereafter have against any Borrower or any
other Guarantor or any of its assets in connection with this
Guaranty or the performance by such Guarantor of its obligations
hereunder, in each case whether such claim, right or remedy arises
in equity, under contract, by statute, under common law or
otherwise and including without limitation (a) any right of
subrogation, reimbursement or indemnification that such Guarantor
now has or may hereafter have against any Borrower with respect to
the Guaranteed Obligations, (b) any right to enforce, or to
participate in, any claim, right or remedy that Agent or any Lender
now has or may hereafter have against any Borrower, and (c) any
benefit of, and any right to participate in, any collateral or
security now or hereafter held by Agent or any Lender. In addition,
until the Guaranteed Obligations shall have been Paid in Full and
the Revolver Commitment shall have terminated, each Guarantor shall
withhold exercise of any right of contribution such Guarantor may
have against any other guarantor (including any other Guarantor) of
the Guaranteed Obligations, including, without limitation, any such
right of contribution as contemplated by Section 15.2. Each Guarantor further
agrees that, to the extent the waiver or agreement to withhold the
exercise of its rights of subrogation, reimbursement,
indemnification and contribution as set forth herein is found by a
court of competent jurisdiction to be void or voidable for any
reason, any rights of subrogation, reimbursement or indemnification
such Guarantor may have against any Borrower or against any
collateral or security, and any rights of contribution such
Guarantor may have against any such other guarantor, shall be
junior and subordinate to any rights Agent or any Lender may have
against any Borrower, to all right, title and interest Agent or
Lender may have in any such collateral or security, and to any
right Agent or any Lender may have against such other guarantor. If
any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor on account of any such
subrogation, reimbursement, indemnification or contribution rights
at any time when all Guaranteed Obligations shall not have been
Paid in Full, such amount shall be held in trust for Agent and
Lenders and shall forthwith be paid over to Agent to be credited
and applied against the Guaranteed Obligations, whether matured or
unmatured, in accordance with the terms hereof.
15.7 Subordination of Other
Obligations. Any indebtedness
of any Borrower or any Guarantor now or hereafter held by any
Guarantor (the “Obligee
Guarantor”) is hereby subordinated in right of payment
to the Guaranteed Obligations, and any such indebtedness collected
or received by the Obligee Guarantor after an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing shall be held in trust for Agent and
Lenders and shall forthwith be paid over to Agent to be credited
and applied against the Guaranteed Obligations but without
affecting, impairing or limiting in any manner the liability of the
Obligee Guarantor under any other provision hereof.
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15.8 Continuing
Guaranty. This Guaranty is
a continuing guaranty and shall remain in effect until all of the
Guaranteed Obligations shall have been Paid in Full and the
Revolver Commitment shall have terminated. Each Guarantor hereby
irrevocably waives any right to revoke this Guaranty as to future
transactions giving rise to any Guaranteed
Obligations.
15.9 Authority of Guarantors or
Borrowers. It is not
necessary for Agent or any Lender to inquire into the capacity or
powers of any Guarantor or any Borrower or the officers, directors
or any agents acting or purporting to act on behalf of any of
them.
15.10 Financial Condition of
Borrowers. Any Loan may be
made to Borrowers from time to time, without notice to or
authorization from any Guarantor regardless of the financial or
other condition of Borrowers at the time of any such grant. Neither
Agent nor any Lender shall have any obligation to disclose or
discuss with any Guarantor its assessment, or any Guarantor’s
assessment, of the financial condition of any Borrower. Each
Guarantor has adequate means to obtain information from each
Borrower on a continuing basis concerning the financial condition
of such Borrower and its ability to perform its obligations under
the Loan Documents, and each Guarantor assumes the responsibility
for being and keeping informed of the financial condition of
Borrowers and of all circumstances bearing upon the risk of
nonpayment of the Guaranteed Obligations. Each Guarantor hereby
waives and relinquishes any duty on the part of Agent or any Lender
to disclose any matter, fact or thing relating to the business,
operations or conditions of any Borrower now known or hereafter
known by Agent or any Lender.
15.11 Bankruptcy,
etc. So long as
any Guaranteed Obligations remain outstanding, no Guarantor shall,
without the prior written consent of Agent, commence or join with
any other Person in commencing any bankruptcy, reorganization or
insolvency case or proceeding of or against any Borrower or any
other Guarantor.
(a) The obligations of
Guarantors hereunder shall not be reduced, limited, impaired,
discharged, deferred, suspended or terminated by any case or
proceeding, voluntary or involuntary, involving the bankruptcy,
insolvency, receivership, reorganization, liquidation or
arrangement of any Borrower or any other Guarantor or by any
defense which any Borrower or any other Guarantor may have by
reason of the order, decree or decision of any court or
administrative body resulting from any such
proceeding.
(b) Each Guarantor
acknowledges and agrees that any interest on any portion of the
Guaranteed Obligations which accrues after the commencement of any
case or proceeding referred to in Section 15.11(a) above (or, if interest
on any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations ceases to accrue by
operation of law by reason of the commencement of such case or
proceeding, such interest as would have accrued on such portion of
the Guaranteed Obligations if such case or proceeding had not been
commenced) shall be included in the Guaranteed Obligations because
it is the intention of Guarantors and Agent and Lenders that the
Guaranteed Obligations which are guaranteed by Guarantors pursuant
hereto should be determined without regard to any rule of law or
order which may relieve any Borrower of any portion of such
Guaranteed Obligations. Guarantors will permit any trustee in
bankruptcy, receiver, debtor in possession, assignee for the
benefit of creditors or similar person to pay Agent and Lenders, or
allow the claim of Agent and Lenders in respect of, any such
interest accruing after the date on which such case or proceeding
is commenced.
(c) In the event that
all or any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations are paid by any
Borrower, the obligations of Guarantors hereunder shall continue
and remain in full force and effect or be reinstated, as the case
may be, in the event that all or any part of such payment(s) are
rescinded or recovered directly or indirectly from Agent or any
Lender as a preference, fraudulent transfer or otherwise, and any
such payments which are so rescinded or recovered shall constitute
Guaranteed Obligations for all purposes hereunder.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has
been executed and delivered as of the date set forth
above.
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BORROWER:
By:
_____________________________
Name:
Title:
Address:
Attn:
Telecopy:
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GUARANTORS:
AUTOBYTEL,
INC.
By:
_____________________________
Name:
Title:
AW GUA
USA, INC.
By:
_____________________________
Name:
Title:
XXX.XXX,
INC.
By:
_____________________________
Name:
Title:
Address:
Attn:
Telecopy:
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AGENT AND LENDERS:
CIT NORTHBRIDGE CREDIT LLC,
as
Agent
By:
_____________________________
Name:
Title:
Address:
Attn:
Telecopy:
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CIT NORTHBRIDGE FUNDING I LLC,
as a
Lender
By:
_____________________________
Name:
Title:
Address:
Attn:
Telecopy:
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XXXXXXX
X-0
to
ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE
Reference is made
to the Loan, Security and Guarantee Agreement dated as of March 26,
2020, as amended (“Loan
Agreement”), among AUTOWEB, INC., a Delaware corporation
(“AutoWeb”), and
any other Person from time to time joined thereto as a Borrower
(together with AutoWeb, each, a “Borrower” and, collectively,
“Borrowers”),
the other Persons from time to time party to the Loan Agreement as
Guarantors, CIT NORTHBRIDGE CREDIT
LLC, as agent (“Agent”) for the financial
institutions from time to time party to the Loan Agreement
(“Lenders”), and such
Lenders. Terms are used herein as defined in the Loan
Agreement.
______________________________________
(“Assignor”) and
_________________________ _____________ (“Assignee”) agree as
follows:
1. Assignor
hereby assigns to Assignee and Assignee hereby purchases and
assumes from Assignor (a) a principal amount of $________ of
Assignor’s outstanding Revolver Loans, and (b) the amount of
$__________ of Assignor’s Revolver Commitment (which
represents ____% of the total Revolver Commitments) (the foregoing
items being, collectively, “Assigned Interest”), together with
an interest in the Loan Documents corresponding to the Assigned
Interest. This Agreement shall be effective as of the date
(“Effective
Date”) indicated in the corresponding Assignment
Notice delivered to Agent, provided such Assignment Notice is
executed by Assignor, Assignee, Agent and Borrower Agent, if
applicable. From and after the Effective Date, Assignee hereby
expressly assumes, and undertakes to perform, all of
Assignor’s obligations in respect of the Assigned Interest,
and all principal, interest, fees and other amounts which would
otherwise be payable to or for Assignor’s account in respect
of the Assigned Interest shall be payable to or for
Assignee’s account, to the extent such amounts accrue on or
after the Effective Date.
2. Assignor
(a) represents that as of the date hereof, prior to giving effect
to this assignment, its Revolver Commitment is $__________, the
outstanding balance of its Revolver Loans is $__________; (b) makes
no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with
respect to any statements, warranties or representations made in or
in connection with the Loan Agreement or the execution, legality,
validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the
Loan Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished
pursuant thereto, other than that Assignor is the legal and
beneficial owner of the interest being assigned by it hereunder and
that such interest is free and clear of any adverse claim; and (c)
makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility
with respect to the financial condition of Borrowers or the
performance by Borrowers of their obligations under the Loan
Documents. [Assignor is
attaching the promissory note[s] held
by it and requests that Agent exchange such note[s] for new
promissory notes payable to Assignee [and
Assignor].]
3. Assignee
(a) represents and warrants that it is legally authorized to enter
into this Assignment; (b) confirms that it has received copies of
the Loan Agreement and such other Loan Documents and information as
it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and
decision to enter into this Assignment; (c) agrees that it shall,
independently and without reliance upon Assignor and based on such
documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time,
continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking
action under the Loan Documents; (d) confirms that it is an
Eligible Assignee; (e) appoints and authorizes Agent to take such
action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under the
Loan Agreement as are delegated to Agent by the terms thereof,
together with such powers as are incidental thereto; (f) agrees
that it will observe and perform all obligations that are required
to be performed by it as a “Lender” under the Loan Documents;
and (g) represents and warrants that the assignment evidenced
hereby will not result in a non-exempt “prohibited
transaction” under Section 406 of ERISA.
4. This
Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York.
If any provision is found to be invalid under Applicable Law, it
shall be ineffective only to the extent of such invalidity and the
remaining provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force
and effect.
5. Each
notice or other communication hereunder shall be in writing, shall
be sent by messenger, by electronic transmission, or by first-class
mail, shall be deemed given when sent and shall be sent as
follows:
(a)
If to Assignee, to
the following address (or to such other address as Assignee may
designate from time to time):
__________________________
__________________________
__________________________
(b)
If to Assignor, to
the following address (or to such other address as Assignor may
designate from time to time):
__________________________
__________________________
__________________________
__________________________
Payments hereunder
shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available Dollars as
follows:
If to
Assignee, to the following account (or to such other account as
Assignee may designate from time to time):
______________________________
______________________________
ABA
No._______________________
______________________________
Account
No.____________________
Reference:
_____________________
If to
Assignor, to the following account (or to such other account as
Assignor may designate from time to time):
______________________________
______________________________
ABA
No._______________________
______________________________
Account
No.____________________
Reference:
_____________________
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Assignment and
Acceptance is executed as of _____________.
_____________________________________
(“Assignee”)
By___________________________________
Title:
_____________________________________
(“Assignor”)
By___________________________________
Title:
EXHIBIT
A-2
to
ASSIGNMENT NOTICE
Reference is made
to (1) the Loan, Security and Guarantee Agreement dated as of March
26, 2020, as amended (“Loan
Agreement”), among AUTOWEB, INC., a Delaware corporation
(“AutoWeb”), and
any other Person from time to time joined thereto as a Borrower
(together with AutoWeb, each, a “Borrower” and, collectively,
“Borrowers”),
the other Persons from time to time party to the Loan Agreement as
Guarantors, CIT NORTHBRIDGE CREDIT
LLC, as agent (“Agent”) for the financial
institutions from time to time party to the Loan Agreement
(“Lenders”), and
such Lenders; and (2) the Assignment and Acceptance dated as of
____________, 20__ (“Assignment”), between
__________________ (“Assignor”) and
____________________ (“Assignee”). Terms are used herein
as defined in the Loan Agreement.
Assignor hereby
notifies Borrowers and Agent of Assignor’s intent to assign
to Assignee pursuant to the Assignment (a) a principal amount of
$________ of Assignor’s outstanding Revolver Loans, and (b)
the amount of $__________ of Assignor’s Revolver Commitment
(which represents ____% of the total Revolver Commitments) (the
foregoing items being, collectively, the “Assigned Interest”), together with
an interest in the Loan Documents corresponding to the Assigned
Interest. This Agreement shall be effective as of the date
(“Effective
Date”) indicated below, provided this Assignment
Notice is executed by Assignor, Assignee, Agent and Borrower Agent,
if applicable. Pursuant to the Assignment, Assignee has expressly
assumed all of Assignor’s obligations under the Loan
Agreement to the extent of the Assigned Interest, as of the
Effective Date.
For
purposes of the Loan Agreement, Agent shall deem Assignor’s
Revolver Commitment to be reduced by $_________, and
Assignee’s Revolver Commitment to be increased by
$_________.
The
address of Assignee to which notices and information are to be sent
under the terms of the Loan Agreement is:
________________________
________________________
________________________
________________________
The
address of Assignee to which payments are to be sent under the
terms of the Loan Agreement is shown in the
Assignment.
This
Notice is being delivered to Borrowers and Agent pursuant to
Section 13.3 of the Loan
Agreement. Please acknowledge your acceptance of this Notice by
executing and returning to Assignee and Assignor a copy of this
Notice.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Assignment
Notice is executed as of _____________.
_____________________________________
(“Assignee”)
By___________________________________
Title:
_____________________________________
(“Assignor”)
By___________________________________
Title:
ACKNOWLEDGED
AND AGREED,
AS OF
THE DATE SET FORTH ABOVE:
BORROWER AGENT:*
By_______________________________
Title:
* No
signature required if Assignee is a Lender, Affiliate of a Lender
or Approved Fund, or if an Event of Default exists.
CIT NORTHBRIDGE CREDIT LLC,
as
Agent
By_______________________________
Title:
EXHIBIT
C
to
COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
THE UNDERSIGNED HEREBY CERTIFIES AS FOLLOWS:
1. I am
the [___________] (the “Chief Financial
Officer”) of AUTOWEB, INC., a Delaware corporation
(“AutoWeb”).
Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Compliance
Certificate (this “Certificate”)
shall have the meanings set forth in the Loan Agreement (as defined
below).
2. I
have reviewed the terms of that certain Loan, Security and
Guarantee Agreement, dated as of March 26, 2020 (as amended,
amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time
to time, the “Loan
Agreement”), by and among AutoWeb, and any other
Person from time to time joined thereto as a Borrower (together
with AutoWeb, each, a “Borrower” and, collectively,
“Borrowers”),
the other Persons from time to time party to the Loan Agreement as
Guarantors, the financial institutions party thereto from time to
time as lenders (collectively, the “Lenders”),
and CIT NORTHBRIDGE CREDIT LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company, as agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, and together
with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the
“Agent”),
and I have made, or have caused to be made under my supervision, a
review in reasonable detail of the transactions and condition of
Borrowers and their Subsidiaries during the accounting period
covered by the attached financial statements.
3. This
Certificate is delivered in connection with the [calendar month]
[fiscal year] ending [_____________] (the “Reporting
Period”).
4.
Attached hereto as Exhibit
A are the financial statements, comparisons and reports
required to be delivered under Section [10.1.2(a)/10.1.2(b)]
of the Loan Agreement with respect to the Reporting Period
(collectively, the “Financial
Statements”).
5. The
examination described in paragraph 2 above did not
disclose, and I have no knowledge of, the existence of any
condition or event which constitutes an Event of Default or Default
during or at the end of the Reporting Period or as of the date of
this Certificate, except as set forth in Exhibit B as attached hereto,
if any, to this Certificate, describing in detail the nature of the
condition or event, the period during which it has existed and the
action which Obligors have taken, are taking, or propose to take
with respect to each such condition or event.
6. The
Financial Statements delivered with this Certificate are prepared
in accordance with GAAP [(other than the absence of footnotes and
year-end audit adjustments)],1 and fairly present the financial
positions and results of operations of Borrowers and their
Subsidiaries at the dates and for the periods indicated. No change
in GAAP or the application thereof has occurred since the Effective
Date which affects the Financial Statements delivered with this
Certificate.
7. The
Obligors and their Subsidiaries have observed and complied with the
covenant set forth in Section 10.2.3 (Capital
Expenditures) of the Loan Agreement, and attached hereto as
Exhibit C are
calculations reflecting such compliance.
[Signature Page
Follows]
The
foregoing certifications, together with the attachments as set
forth on the Exhibits attached hereto and the financial statements
delivered with this Certificate in support hereof, are made and
delivered this ___ day of ____________, 20__ pursuant to
Section 10.1.2(c)
of the Loan Agreement.
By: _____________________________
Name:
Title:
1 Include for unaudited financial
statements
Exhibit A
Financial Statements
Exhibit B
Events of Default and/or Defaults
Exhibit C
Capital Expenditures
A.
Capital Expenditures through end of Reporting Period
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$[______]
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Compliance
(Yes or No)
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SCHEDULE
1.1(a)
to
COMMITMENTS OF LENDERS
Lender
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Revolver
Commitment
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Total
Commitments
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CIT
Northbridge Funding I LLC
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$20,000,000
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$20,000,000
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TOTAL
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$20,000,000
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$20,000,000
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