Exhibit 10.2
EXECUTION
BRIDGE FACILITY
AGREEMENT
This Bridge Facility Agreement
(“ Agreement ”) is made as of February 21,
2007 by and between MOSCOW CABLECOM CORP., a Delaware corporation
(the “ Company ”), ZAO COMCOR-TV, a closed joint
stock company organized under the laws of the Russian Federation
and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“
Borrower ” and together with the Company, the “
Obligors ”), and RME FINANCE LTD, a company
incorporated under the laws of Cyprus (the “ Lender
”). In consideration of the mutual covenants contained in
this Agreement and other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
LOANS
1.1. TERM
LOANS
On the terms and subject to the
conditions of this Agreement, from the date hereof through the
Availability End Date, the Lender agrees to make to the Borrower up
to nine (9) working capital bridge loans (each a “
Loan ” and collectively, the “ Loans
”) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the Total
Commitment, as adjusted from time to time in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement, in nine (9) tranches, Tranche I,
Tranche II, Tranche III, Tranche IV, Tranche V, Tranche VI, Tranche
VII, Tranche VIII and Tranche IX. The aggregate principal amount of
the Loan advanced under each tranche shall not exceed the Tranche
Commitment in effect on the Funding Date of such Loan. Borrower may
request, prior to the Availability End Date, one (1) Loan
under each tranche during the Availability Periods specified
below:
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Availability Period
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Tranche
I
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The date that
is 3 Business Days after the Closing Date to February 28,
2007
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Tranche
II
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March 15, 2007
to March 31, 2007
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Tranche
III
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April 15, 2007
to April 30, 2007
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Tranche IV
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May 15, 2007 to
May 31, 2007
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Tranche
V
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June 15, 2007
to June 30, 2007
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Tranche
VI
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July 15, 2007
to July 31, 2007
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Tranche
VII
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August 15, 2007
to August 31, 2007
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Tranche VIII
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September 15,
2007 to September 30, 2007
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Tranche
IX
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October 15,
2007 to October 31, 2007
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When the Borrower desires to obtain
a Loan, the Borrower shall notify Lender (which notice shall be
irrevocable) by facsimile transmission to be received no later than
1:00 p.m. New York City time five (5) Business Days before the
proposed Funding Date on which the Loan is to be made,
provided , however , that the notice for the Loan
under Tranche I shall be delivered by the Borrower no later than
9.00 p.m. New York City time on the date hereof. The notice shall
specify a proposed Funding Date that is within the Availability
Period for such Loan and shall be signed by the General Director of
the Borrower. Lender shall be entitled to rely on any notice given
by a person who Lender believes to be the General Director of the
Borrower or a designee thereof, and the Borrower shall indemnify
and hold Lender harmless for any damages or loss suffered by Lender
as a result of such reliance.
1.2. NOTES
The Borrower’s unconditional
and absolute obligation to repay to the Lender the principal of the
Loans and interest thereon shall be evidenced by one or more
unsecured subordinated promissory notes (as the same may be
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in
accordance with the terms hereof, and together with any renewals
thereof or substitutions therefor, each a “ Note
”, and collectively, the “ Notes ”), in
substantially the
form of Exhibit A hereto with appropriate
insertions. The date and amount of each repayment and prepayment of
principal thereon received by the Lender with respect to each Note
shall be recorded by the Lender in its records or, at its option,
on the schedule attached to the applicable Note. The aggregate
unpaid principal amount so recorded shall be prima facie evidence
of the principal amount owing and unpaid on such Note to the Lender
absent manifest error. The failure to so record any such amount or
any error in so recording any such amount, however, shall not limit
or otherwise affect the Borrower’s obligations hereunder or
under any Note to repay the principal amount of the Loan together
with all interest accruing thereon.
1.3. CLOSING
The closing (the
“ Closing ”) will take place at the offices of
Porzio, Bromberg & Newman P.C., 156 W. 56
th
Street,
New York, New York 10019 upon the satisfaction of the conditions to
Closing set forth in this Agreement on the date hereof, or such
other place, time and date as shall be mutually agreed to by the
Borrower and the Lender (the “ Closing Date ”).
On or before the Funding Date of each Loan, the Borrower shall
deliver to the Lender a Note with respect to such Loan, dated as of
the Funding Date, in the principal amount equal to the amount of
such Loan. The Borrower shall deliver each Note against receipt by
the Borrower from the Lender of an amount equal to the Loan
corresponding to the tranche for with the Loan is made, by wire
transfer in immediately available funds in U.S. dollars to an
account designated in writing by the Borrower in its request for
such Loan.
1.4. USE OF
PROCEEDS
The proceeds of the Loans shall be
used solely for the purpose of funding the Borrower’s capital
expenditures, operations and working capital requirements and of
the Borrower, in each case, incurred in the ordinary course of
business as presently conducted, and consistent with Schedule 7.1
of the Company Disclosure Schedules (as defined below). None of the
proceeds of any Loan will be used to prepay or repurchase
outstanding debt, make any payments to stockholders, directors,
officers, employees, contractors or affiliates (other than ordinary
course of business operating expenses, salary and wage payments),
or make any dividend or other distribution with respect to capital
stock, or for any personal, family or household purposes;
provided , however , the Borrower may use proceeds of
the Loans to repay existing intercompany debt owing to the Company
up to the amount set forth on Section 1.4 of the Disclosure
Schedule.
1.5. SUBORDINATION
The Notes and the indebtedness
evidenced by each Note are subordinated to all Senior Debt pursuant
to the terms of a Subordination Agreement, dated as of the date
hereof, by and between the Lender and the Agent under the 2004
Facility Agreement (as that term is defined therein).
ARTICLE II
REPAYMENT; PREPAYMENTS;
INTEREST
2.1. REPAYMENT OF THE
LOAN
The Borrower shall repay the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans, together with
all accrued but unpaid interest thereon, and all other obligations
arising under this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents, in
full, in lawful money of the United States of America, on the
earliest of (the “ Maturity Date ”):
(a) October 31, 2009, (b) the second anniversary of
the Availability End Date, or (c) the date upon which the
Loans become or are declared due and payable pursuant to Article
VII of this Agreement or pursuant to any Note or other Transaction
Document.
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2.2. PREPAYMENTS
(a) The Borrower shall have the
right to prepay the principal amount of each Loan, in whole or in
part, at any time without penalty or premium so long as the
Borrower does each of the following: (i) except in connection
with a prepayment as contemplated by Section 7.1(h) (in which
case the Borrower shall provide as much prior notice as is
reasonably practicable under the circumstances), provides Lender
with not less than five (5) Business Days’ prior written
notice of its intent to prepay the Loans, which notice shall be
irrevocable and shall state the principal amount to be prepaid,
date on which prepayment will be made and shall state that the
Borrower terminates the unfunded portion of the Total Commitment
and any right to receive Loans or other extensions of credit from
Lender (the “ Prepayment Notice ”), and
(ii) tenders to Lender payment, in respect of the Loans being
prepaid: (i) the principal amount of the Loans to be prepaid,
(ii) all accrued and unpaid interest, fees and expenses then
outstanding hereunder or any Transaction Document on the date of
prepayment; and (iii) all other amounts, if any, that shall
have become due and payable hereunder, under the Notes or under any
other Transaction Document.
(b) Restrictions on
prepayment:
(i) No amounts paid or prepaid with
respect to any Loan may be reborrowed.
(ii) No amounts of the Commitment
cancelled may be subsequently reinstated.
2.3. INTEREST
(a) The Loans shall bear
interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof at a rate of
ten percent (10%) per annum from the Closing Date. All accrued
interest on the Loans shall be, at the option of the Borrower
(unless required to be paid earlier by the terms hereof or any
Note): (i) upon not less than five (5) Business
Days’ prior written notice to the Lender, paid by the
Borrower to the Lender in arrears on the last day of each calendar
quarter, or (ii) if not paid pursuant to clause
(i) above, capitalized with, and added to, the principal
amount of such Loan on the last day of each calendar quarter, and
shall thereafter be deemed for all purposes to be a part of the
principal amount thereof (and the principal amount shall be
increased by the amount of such capitalized interest at the end of
such calendar quarter); provided that (1) interest accrued
pursuant to Section 2.3(b) shall be payable on demand, and
(2) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of the Loans,
accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid (not
previously capitalized and added to the principal amount of the
Loans) shall be payable on the date of such repayment or
prepayment. All computations of interest shall be made on the basis
of a year of 360 days, and actual days elapsed.
(b) Notwithstanding the rate of
interest specified above, after an Event of Default and during the
continuance thereof (regardless of whether the Loans have been
accelerated), the Borrower agrees to pay interest (after as well as
before judgment to the extent permitted by applicable law) on all
unpaid principal, interest or other amounts owing under the
Transaction Documents, at a rate of thirteen percent (13%) per
annum. Unpaid interest on such amounts will continue to accrue and
will (to the extent permitted by applicable law) be compounded
daily.
2.4. USURY
Notwithstanding anything herein to
the contrary, if at any time the interest rate applicable to the
Loan, together with all fees, charges and other amounts which are
treated as interest on the Loans under applicable law shall exceed
the maximum lawful rate (the “ Maximum Rate ”)
which may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved
by the Lender in accordance with applicable law, the rate of
interest payable in respect of such Loan hereunder, together with
all charges payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the
Maximum Rate.
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2.5 TAX GROSS UP
Any and all payments or
reimbursements made hereunder, under the Notes, under the Guaranty
or any other Loan Document shall be made free and clear of and
without deduction for any and all Taxes or other charges or
withholding and all liabilities with respect thereto of any nature
whatsoever imposed by any taxing authority, excluding such taxes to
the extent imposed on the Lender’s gross or net income by the
jurisdiction in which the Lender is organized, doing business or
otherwise is subject to tax without regard to the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement (any such taxes described herein as
“ Excluded Taxes ”). Except with respect to
Excluded Taxes, if any Obligor shall be required by law to deduct
any such amounts from or in respect of any sum payable hereunder to
the Lender, then the sum payable hereunder or under such other
Transaction Document shall be increased as may be necessary so
that, after making all required deductions, the Lender receives an
amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such
deductions been made. Each Obligor shall (within three
(3) Business Days of demand by the Lender) pay to the Lender
an amount equal to the loss, liability or cost that the Lender
determines will be or has been, directly or indirectly, suffered
for or on account of any Tax (other than Excluded Taxes) in respect
of a Loan Document.
2.6 OBLIGATIONS
ABSOLUTE.
The payment obligations of the
Obligors hereunder and under the Transaction Documents shall be
absolute, unconditional and irrevocable under all circumstances
whatsoever, including, the existence of any claim, set-off, defense
or other rights which an Obligor may have at any time against the
Lender or any other Person whether in connection with this
Agreement or any related or unrelated transaction.
ARTICLE III
CONDITIONS TO CLOSING AND
FUNDING
3.1. CONDITIONS TO
CLOSING. The obligation
of the Lender to make the Tranche I Loan, is subject to the
fulfillment to the Lender’s satisfaction, on or prior to the
Closing Date, of each of the following conditions, unless otherwise
waived in writing by the Lender:
(a) Loan Documents . The
Lender shall have received, in form and substance satisfactory to
the Lender each of the following:
(i) this Agreement;
(ii) the Tranche I Note;
(iii) the Guaranty;
(iv) certificates of the Secretary
of the Borrower and the Company with respect to incumbency and
resolutions authorizing the execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents; and
(v) such other documents,
instruments and certificates as the Lender may reasonably
request.
(b) Execution of Merger
Agreement . The Merger Agreement shall have been fully executed
and delivered.
(c) Consents and Waivers .
The Obligors shall have obtained all necessary consents or waivers,
if any, from all parties governmental and private to any Material
Contracts to which either Obligor is a party or by which it is
bound immediately prior to the Closing in order that the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents may be
consummated.
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(d) Corporate Proceedings .
All corporate and other proceedings taken or required to be taken
by the Obligors in connection with the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to be
consummated prior to the Closing shall have been taken, and the
Lender shall have received such other documents, in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Lender and its counsel, as
to such other matters incident to the transactions contemplated
hereby as the Lender may reasonably request.
3.2. CONDITIONS TO FUNDING
EACH LOAN. The obligation
of the Lender to make each Loan, including the Tranche I Loan, is
subject to the fulfillment to the Lender’s satisfaction, on
or prior to the Funding Date for such Loan, of each of the
following conditions, unless otherwise waived in writing by the
Lender:
(a) Delivery of a Note . The
Borrower shall have executed and delivered a Note prepared by the
Lender setting forth the terms of the Loan.
(b) Representations and
Warranties Correct; No Default . The representations and
warranties of the Obligors set forth in Article IV hereof
(including without limitation the representations set forth in the
Merger Agreement incorporated herein) shall be true and correct
when made, and shall be true and correct on the Closing Date and
each Funding Date with the same force and effect as if they had
been made on and as of the Closing Date and each Funding Date. No
Event of Default, or any other event which, with the giving of
notice, the lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event of
Default, shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of this
Agreement, on the Closing Date, on the date any request for a Loan
is submitted to Lender, or on any Funding Date.
(c) Performance . All
covenants, agreements and conditions contained in this Agreement to
be performed or complied with by the Obligors on or prior to the
Closing Date or any Funding Date shall have been performed or
complied with by the Obligors.
(d) No Impediments . Neither
the Obligors, nor the Lender shall be subject to any order, decree
or injunction of a court or administrative or governmental body or
agency of competent jurisdiction directing that the transactions
provided for in the Transaction Documents or any material aspect
thereof not be consummated as contemplated by the Transaction
Documents. There shall not be any action, suit, proceeding,
complaint, charge, hearing, inquiry or investigation before or by
any court or administrative or governmental body or agency pending
or, to the Obligors’ best knowledge, threatened, wherein an
unfavorable order, decree or injunction would prevent the
performance of any of the Transaction Documents or the consummation
of any material aspect of the transactions or events contemplated
thereby, declare unlawful any aspect of the transactions or events
contemplated by the Transaction Documents, cause any material
aspect of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents to be rescinded or have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(e) Satisfaction of
Milestones . With respect to Tranches II through IX, the
Borrower shall have delivered a certificate of the General Director
of the Borrower, in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender,
certifying that the Borrower has, for the immediately preceding
calendar month, achieved or exceeded the required operating
benchmarks set forth on Schedule I hereto, together with
such supporting information, worksheets and documentation as the
Lender may reasonably request in connection therewith.
(g) Availability Period . The
Availability End Date shall not have occurred.
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
THE OBLIGORS
The Borrower, on behalf of itself,
and the Company, on behalf of itself and the Borrower hereby:
(a) represent and warrant that each Obligor has read and is
aware of all of the terms, conditions, representations, warranties,
covenants and other undertakings set forth in the Merger Agreement,
(b) represent and warrant that each of the representations and
warranties set forth in Article V of the Merger Agreement, as
qualified or limited by the Company Disclosure Schedule (as that
term is defined in the Merger Agreement), are true, correct and
complete, and (c) make, for purposes of this Agreement, and
incorporate herein by this reference as though fully set
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herein, each of the representations and
warranties set forth in Article V of the Merger Agreement with the
intent that such representations shall have independent force and
effect under this Agreement notwithstanding the cancellation,
expiration or termination of the Merger Agreement, the
enforceability of any term or provision thereof, or any
determination that the Merger Agreement is no longer in force or
effect. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
Obligors shall be deemed to have made each of the representations
and warranties set forth in Article V of the Merger Agreement as of
the Closing Date, date of delivery of each request for a Loan and
as of each Funding Date.
Except as set forth in (i) the
Company Reports (as defined below) filed prior to the date hereof;
or (ii) the applicable section of the disclosure schedule
delivered by the Company to Lender on the date hereof (the “
Disclosure Schedule ”) (it being understood that any
matter disclosed in any section or subsection of the Disclosure
Schedule with respect to the corresponding section or subsection of
this Agreement shall be deemed to be disclosed under any other
section or subsection of this Agreement, as long as the relevance
of such disclosure to such other section or subsection of the
Agreement is reasonably apparent, the Obligors hereby jointly and
severally represent and warrants to the Lender as
follows:
4.1. AUTHORIZATION
Each of the Obligors has all
requisite corporate power and authority (i) to execute and
deliver, and to perform and observe their respective obligations
under, the Transaction Documents to which it is a respective party,
and (ii) to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby
and thereby. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and
delivered by the Obligors.
4.2. BINDING OBLIGATIONS; NO
MATERIAL ADVERSE CONTRACTS; NO CONSENTS
The Transaction Documents constitute
valid and binding obligations of the Obligors enforceable in
accordance with their respective terms subject to bankruptcy,
insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and
similar laws of general applicability relating to affecting
creditors’ rights and to general equity principles. Except as
set forth in Section 4.2 of the Disclosure Schedule,
the execution, delivery and performance by the Obligors of the
Transaction Documents and compliance therewith will not result in
any violation of and will not conflict with, or result in a breach
of any of the terms of, or constitute a default, or accelerate or
permit the acceleration of any rights or obligations, under, any
provision of state, local, federal or foreign Law to which any
Obligor is subject, the Certificate of Incorporation, as amended,
or the By-Laws, as amended, of any Obligor, or any Material
Contract judgment, decree, order, rule or regulation or other
restriction to which any Obligor is a party or by which it is
bound, result in the creation of any mortgage, pledge, lien,
encumbrance or charge upon any of the properties or assets of such
Obligor pursuant to any such term. No stockholder of the Obligors
has or will have any preemptive rights or rights of first refusal
by reason of the issuance of the Notes. No filing with or notice
to, and no permit, authorization, registration, consent or approval
of, any governmental entity is required on the part of either
Obligor or any of their respective Subsidiaries for the execution,
delivery and performance by Obligors of this Agreement or the
consummation by the Obligors of the transactions contemplated
hereby except such filings, notices, permits, authorizations,
registrations, consents or approvals, the failure of which to make,
give or obtain would not, individually or in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
4.3 ABSENCE OF CERTAIN CHANGES OR
EVENTS.
Since December 31, 2005 and
through the date hereof and each Funding Date, except as disclosed
in the Company Reports and Section 4.3 of the Disclosure
Schedule, each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has conducted
its business only in the ordinary course of such business, and
there has not been any change in or effect on the business, assets,
liabilities, property, financial condition or results of operations
of any of the Company and its Subsidiaries that individually or in
the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
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ARTICLE V
AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS
The Obligors hereby jointly covenant
and agree, so long as any obligations hereunder, under any Note or
any other Transaction Document remain outstanding or the Lender has
any obligation to make additional Loans, as follows:
5.1. MAINTENANCE OF
CORPORATE EXISTENCE; TAXES
(a) The Obligors shall maintain
in full force and effect their respective corporate existence,
rights and franchises and all terms of licenses and other rights to
use licenses, trademarks, trade names, service marks, copyrights,
patents, processes or any other Intellectual Property owned or
possessed by it and necessary to the conduct of its business,
except where failure to maintain such rights, franchises and terms
of licenses and other rights to use such Intellectual Property
could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(b) The Obligors shall
(i) promptly pay and discharge, or cause to be paid and
discharged when due and payable, all lawful Taxes, assessments and
governmental charges or levies imposed upon the income, profits,
assets, property or business of the Obligors and the Subsidiaries,
(ii) withhold and promptly pay to the appropriate tax
authorities all amounts required to be withheld from wages,
salaries and other remuneration to employees, and
(iii) promptly pay all claims or indebtedness (including,
without limitation, claims or demands of workmen, materialmen,
vendors, suppliers, mechanics, carriers, warehousemen and
landlords) which, if unpaid might become a Lien upon the assets or
property of the Obligors; provided , however , that
any such Tax, Lien, assessment, charge or levy need not be paid if
(1) the validity thereof shall be contested timely and in good
faith by appropriate proceedings, (2) the Obligors shall have
set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto, and
(3) the failure to pay shall not be prejudicial in any
material respect to the holders of the Notes, and provided
further that the Obligors will pay or cause to
be paid any such tax, lien, assessment, charge or levy forthwith
upon the commencement of proceedings to foreclose any lien which
may have attached as security therefore. Except to the extent
prohibited by Article VI of this Agreement, the Obligors shall pay
or cause to be paid all other indebtedness incident to the
operations of the Obligors or the Subsidiaries.
5.2. BASIC FINANCIAL
INFORMATION
The Obligors shall furnish the
following reports to the Lender, so long as it is a holder of any
Note:
(a) as soon as practicable, but
in any event within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of
the Obligors, (i) audited balance sheets of the Obligors as at
the end of such year, together with audited statements of income
and retained earnings and statements of cash flows of the Obligors
for such year, together with notes related thereto, each prepared
in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied, and setting out in
each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal
year, all in reasonable detail and certified by certified
independent public accountants of established national reputation,
and (ii) a report of the principal financial officer of the
Company containing a management discussion and analysis of the
Company’s consolidated financial condition at the end of such
year and the results of operations for such year, including, but
not limited to, a description of significant events with respect to
the Company and its Subsidiaries, if any, during the preceding year
and any planned or anticipated significant activities or events
during the upcoming months;
(b) as soon as practicable, but
in any event within 45 days after the end of each of the first
three fiscal quarters of the Obligors in each year, (i) an
unaudited balance sheet at the end of such quarter, and unaudited
statements of income, of profit and loss and of changes in
financial condition of the Obligors (including cash flow
statements) for such period and for the current fiscal year to
date, in each case prepared in accordance with GAAP, consistently
applied (other than for accompanying notes and subject to changes
resulting from year-end audit adjustments), and (ii) a report
of the principal financial officer of the Company containing a
management discussion and analysis of the Company’s
consolidated financial condition at the end of such quarter and the
results of
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operations for such quarter and the year to
date, including, but not limited to, a description of significant
events with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries, if any,
during such periods and any planned or anticipated significant
activities or events during the upcoming months; and
(c) with reasonable promptness
such other information and financial data concerning the Obligors
as any Person entitled to receive materials under this
Section 5.2 may reasonably request.
5.3. NOTICE OF ADVERSE
CHANGE
The Obligors shall promptly give
notice to the Lender (but in any event within two days) after
becoming aware of the existence of any condition or event which
constitutes, or the occurrence of, any of the following:
(a) any Event of Default or any
default that with the passage of time or the giving of notice would
constitute an Event of Default;
(b) the institution or
threatening of institution of any action, suit or proceeding
against the Obligors or any Subsidiary before any court,
administrative agency or arbitrator, including, without limitation,
any action of a foreign government or instrumentality, which, if
adversely decided, could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect;
(c) any information relating to
the Obligors or any Subsidiary which could reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect; or
(d) any failure by the Obligors
or any Subsidiary to comply with the provisions of Section 5.4
below.
Any notice given under this
Section 5.3 shall specify the nature and period of existence
of the condition, event, information, development or circumstance,
the anticipated effect thereof and what actions the Company and the
Borrower, as the case may be, has taken and proposes to take with
respect thereto.
5.4. COMPLIANCE WITH
AGREEMENTS; COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS
The Company shall, and shall cause
its Subsidiaries to, comply with the terms and conditions of all
Material Contracts. The Company shall, and shall cause each
Subsidiary to, duly comply with any Laws relating to the conduct of
their respective businesses, properties or assets, in each case
except for any such noncompliance that could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.5. PROTECTION OF
LICENSES
The Company shall, and shall cause
its Subsidiaries to, maintain, defend and protect to the best of
their ability licenses and sublicenses (and to the extent the
Company or a Subsidiary is a licensee or sublicensee under any
license or sublicense, as permitted by the license or sublicense
agreement), trademarks, trade names, service marks, patents and
applications therefore and other proprietary information or
Intellectual Property owned or used by it or them and shall keep
duplicate copies of any licenses, trademarks, service marks or
patents owned or used by it, if any, at a secure place selected by
the Company.
5.6. ACCOUNTS AND RECORDS;
INSPECTIONS
(a) The Company shall keep true
records and books of account in which full, true and correct
entries will be made of all dealings or transactions in relation to
the business and affairs of the Company and its Subsidiaries in
accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis.
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(b) The Obligors shall permit
the Lender or any of such Lender’s officers, employees or
representatives during regular business hours of the Obligors, upon
reasonable notice and as often as the Lender may reasonably
request, to visit and inspect the offices and properties of the
Obligors and to make extracts or copies of the books, accounts and
records of the Obligors or the Subsidiaries, and to discuss the
affairs, finances and accounts of the Obligors and the
Subsidiaries, with the Obligors’ directors and officers, its
independent public accountants, consultants and
attorneys.
(c) Nothing contained in this
Section 5.6 shall be construed to limit any rights that the
Lender may have with respect to the books and records of the
Obligors and the Subsidiaries, to inspect its properties or to
discuss its affairs, finances and accounts.
5.7. MAINTENANCE OF
OFFICE
The Obligors will maintain its
principal office at the address of the Obligors set forth in
Section 10.4 of this Agreement where notices, presentments and
demands in respect of this Agreement, the Notes and the other
Transaction Documents may be made upon the Obligors, until such
time as the Obligors shall notify the Lender in writing, at least
30 days prior thereto, of any change of location of such
office.
5.8. FURTHER
ASSURANCES
From time to time the Obligors shall
execute and deliver to the Lender such other instruments,
certificates, agreements and documents and take such other action
and do all other things as may be reasonably requested by the
Lender in order to implement or effectuate the terms and provisions
of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby.
5.9. SEC
REPORTS
The Company will file, on a timely
basis, any SEC Reports and keep all such SEC Reports and public
information current, provided that, without limiting any
obligations or requirements of the Merger Agreement, if the Company
is unable to timely file any such SEC Report, so long as the
Company files a Form 12b-25 in the time frame required by Rule
12b-25 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, the Company shall not be in violation of this
Section 5.9 if it is using reasonable diligence to file such
SEC Report as soon as practicable. The Company agrees that none of
the SEC Reports filed by the Company will, at the time of filing,
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they are made, not misleading.
ARTICLE VI
NEGATIVE COVENANTS
Each Obligor hereby covenants and
agrees, so long as any obligations hereunder, under any Note or any
other Transaction Document remain outstanding, or the Lender has
any obligation to make additional Loans, it will not, and will not
permit any of its Subsidiaries, directly or indirectly, without the
prior written consent of the Lender:
6.1. STAY, EXTENSION AND
USURY LAWS
At any time insist upon, plead, or
in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of,
any stay, extension or usury law wherever enacted, now or at any
time hereinafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the
performance of the Notes, this Agreement or the other Transaction
Documents, the Obligors hereby expressly waiving all benefit or
advantage of any such law, or by resort to any such law, hinder,
delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the
Lender but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power
as though no such law had been enacted.
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6.2. LIENS
Except as otherwise provided in this
Agreement or any other Transaction Document, create, incur, assume
or permit to exist any Lien on any part of its properties or
assets, or on any interest it may have therein, now owned or
hereafter acquired.
6.3. INDEBTEDNESS
Create, incur, assume, suffer,
permit to exist, or guarantee, directly or indirectly, any
indebtedness, excluding:
(a) indebtedness existing on
the date hereof and described in Section 6.3 of the
Disclosure Schedule;
(b) indebtedness incurred by
the Borrower relating to vendor financing provided that such vendor
financing is incurred in its ordinary course of business for the
purposes of building out the Broadband Cable Network and has been
consented to by the Lender;
(c) indebtedness relating to
amounts owed to an Obligor;
(d) indebtedness relating to
trade credit in the ordinary course of business; or
(e) the Notes.
6.4. ARM’S LENGTH
TRANSACTIONS
Enter into any transaction, contract
or commitment or take any action other than at Arm’s Length,
unless such transaction, contract or arrangement is entered into
with an Obligor.
6.5. LOANS AND
ADVANCES
Make any advance or loan to, or
guarantee any obligation of, or make any investment in any Person,
except for an intercompany loans or advances in the ordinary course
of business and those provided for in this Agreement.
6.6. OTHER
BUSINESS
Enter into or engage, directly or
indirectly, in any business other than the business currently
conducted or proposed to be conducted as disclosed to the Lender
prior to the date hereof by the Obligors.
6.7. OTHER NEGATIVE
PLEDGES
(a) Except as set forth in
Section 7.1 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the business
of the Company and the Subsidiaries shall be conducted only in the
ordinary course and, to the extent consistent therewith, the
Company and its Subsidiaries shall use their respective
commercially reasonable efforts to preserve their business
organizations intact and maintain their existing relations and
goodwill with customers, suppliers, distributors, creditors,
lessors, key employees and business associates and keep available
the services of the present key employees of the Company and the
Subsidiaries.
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(b) Without limiting the generality
of Section 6.7(a) and in furtherance thereof, the Company
shall not and shall not permit its Subsidiaries to (unless the
Lender shall otherwise approve in writing, in its sole
discretion):
(i) adopt or propose any change in
its certificate of incorporation or By-Laws (or similar governing
documents);
(ii) merge or consolidate the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries with any other Person, except
for any such transactions among wholly-owned Subsidiaries of the
Company;
(iii) acquire assets outside of the
ordinary course of business from any Persons with a purchase price
in excess of $100,000 in the aggregate except pursuant to Contracts
in effect as of the date of this Agreement;
(iv) other than (A) as required
by the terms of Contracts in effect as of the date of this
Agreement, (B) upon the exercise of outstanding Company
Options or Company Common Warrants or warrants to purchase Series B
Stock, (C) pursuant to the terms of the Debentures (to the
extent required by such terms) or (D) upon conversion of
outstanding shares of Series A Stock and Series B Stock, in each
case, in accordance with their terms, issue,