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BRIDGE TERM LOAN AGREEMENT

Bridge Loan Agreement

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Title: BRIDGE TERM LOAN AGREEMENT
Governing Law: New York     Date: 11/21/2005
Industry: Security Systems and Services     Law Firm: Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen LLP; Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP    

BRIDGE TERM LOAN AGREEMENT, Parties: cenuco inc , hermes acquisition company i llc , lander intangibles corporation , lander co.  inc. , prencen lending llc
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EXHIBIT 10.1

 

 

 

 

BRIDGE TERM LOAN AGREEMENT

 

Dated as of November 15, 2005

 

by and among

 

CENUCO, INC.

 

HERMES ACQUISITION COMPANY I LLC

 

LANDER INTANGIBLES CORPORATION

and

 

LANDER CO., INC.

 

as Borrowers,

 

AND EACH SUBSIDIARY OF CENUCO, INC. AND EACH OTHER PERSON

LISTED AS A GUARANTOR ON THE SIGNATURE PAGES HERETO,

as Guarantors,

 

THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO,

as Lenders,

 

and

 

PRENCEN LENDING LLC,

as Agent

 

 

 

 


 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS; CERTAIN TERMS

6

 

Section 1.01

Definitions

6

 

Section 1.02

Terms Generally

6

 

Section 1.03

Accounting and Other Terms

7

 

Section 1.04

Time References

7

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE II THE LOANS

7

 

Section 2.01

Commitments

7

 

Section 2.02

Making the Loans

7

 

Section 2.03

Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt

8

 

Section 2.04

Interest

9

 

Section 2.05

Termination of Commitment; Prepayment of Loans

9

 

Section 2.06

Fees

10

 

Section 2.07

Intentionally Omitted

10

 

Section 2.08

Taxes

10

 

Section 2.09

LIBOR Not Determinable; Illegality

12

 

Section 2.10

Indemnity

13

 

Section 2.11

Intentionally Omitted

13

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE III FEES, PAYMENTS AND OTHER COMPENSATION

13

 

Section 3.01

Audit and Collateral Monitoring Fees

13

 

Section 3.02

Payments; Computations and Statements

13

 

Section 3.03

Sharing of Payments, Etc

14

 

Section 3.04

Apportionment of Payments

15

 

Section 3.05

Increased Costs and Reduced Return

15

 

Section 3.06

Joint and Several Liability of the Borrowers

16

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV CONDITIONS TO LOANS

17

 

Section 4.01

Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness

17

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE V REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

21

 

Section 5.01

Organization, Good Standing, Etc

21

 

Section 5.02

Authorization, Etc

21

 

Section 5.03

Governmental Approvals

22

 

Section 5.04

Enforceability of Loan Documents

22

 

Section 5.05

Capitalization; Subsidiaries

22

 

Section 5.06

Litigation; Commercial Tort Claims

22

 

Section 5.07

Financial Condition

23

 

Section 5.08

Compliance with Law, Etc

23

 

Section 5.09

ERISA

23

 

Section 5.10

Taxes, Etc

24

 

Section 5.11

Regulations T, U and X

24

 

Section 5.12

Nature of Business

24

 

 

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Section 5.13

Adverse Agreements, Etc

24

 

Section 5.14

Permits, Etc

24

 

Section 5.15

Properties

24

 

Section 5.16

Full Disclosure

25

 

Section 5.17

Operating Lease Obligations

25

 

Section 5.18

Environmental Matters

25

 

Section 5.19

Insurance

26

 

Section 5.20

Use of Proceeds

26

 

Section 5.21

Solvency

26

 

Section 5.22

Location of Bank Accounts

26

 

Section 5.23

Intellectual Property

26

 

Section 5.24

Material Contracts

27

 

Section 5.25

Holding Company and Investment Company Acts

27

 

Section 5.26

Employee and Labor Matters

27

 

Section 5.27

Customers and Suppliers

27

 

Section 5.28

No Bankruptcy Filing

28

 

Section 5.29

Separate Existence

28

 

Section 5.30

Name; Jurisdiction of Organization; Organizational ID Number; Chief Place of Business; Chief Executive Office; FEIN

28

 

Section 5.31

Tradenames

28

 

Section 5.32

Locations of Collateral

28

 

Section 5.33

Security Interests

29

 

Section 5.34

Acquisition Agreement

29

 

Section 5.35

Fees

29

 

Section 5.36

Consummation of Acquisition

30

 

Section 5.37

Schedules

30

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VI AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS OF THE LOAN PARTIES

30

 

Section 6.01

Reporting Requirements

30

 

Section 6.02

Additional Guaranties and Collateral Security

33

 

Section 6.03

Compliance with Laws, Etc

34

 

Section 6.04

Preservation of Existence, Etc

34

 

Section 6.05

Keeping of Records and Books of Account

34

 

Section 6.06

Inspection Rights

34

 

Section 6.07

Maintenance of Properties, Etc

34

 

Section 6.08

Maintenance of Insurance

35

 

Section 6.09

Obtaining of Permits, Etc

35

 

Section 6.10

Environmental

35

 

Section 6.11

Further Assurances

36

 

Section 6.12

Change in Collateral; Collateral Records

36

 

Section 6.13

Landlord Waivers; Collateral Access Agreements

36

 

Section 6.14

Subordination

37

 

Section 6.15

After Acquired Real Property

37

 

Section 6.16

Fiscal Year

37

 

 

 

 

 

 

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ARTICLE VII NEGATIVE COVENANTS OF THE LOAN PARTIES

37

 

Section 7.01

Liens, Etc

38

 

Section 7.02

Indebtedness

38

 

Section 7.03

Fundamental Changes; Dispositions

38

 

Section 7.04

Change in Nature of Business

39

 

Section 7.05

Loans, Advances, Investments, Etc

39

 

Section 7.06

Lease Obligations

39

 

Section 7.07

Capital Expenditures

39

 

Section 7.08

Restricted Payments

39

 

Section 7.09

Federal Reserve Regulations

40

 

Section 7.10

Transactions with Affiliates

40

 

Section 7.11

Limitations on Dividends and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries

40

 

Section 7.12

Limitation on Issuance of Capital Stock

41

 

Section 7.13

Modifications of Indebtedness, Organizational Documents and Certain Other Agreements, Etc

41

 

Section 7.14

Investment Company Act of 1940

41

 

Section 7.15

Intentionally Omitted

42

 

Section 7.16

Properties

42

 

Section 7.17

ERISA

42

 

Section 7.18

Environmental

42

 

Section 7.19

Certain Agreements

42

 

Section 7.20

Deposit Accounts

42

 

Section 7.21

Financial Covenants

42

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VIII EVENTS OF DEFAULT

43

 

Section 8.01

Events of Default

43

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE IX AGENT

47

 

Section 9.01

Appointment

47

 

Section 9.02

Nature of Duties

47

 

Section 9.03

Rights, Exculpation, Etc

48

 

Section 9.04

Reliance

49

 

Section 9.05

Indemnification

49

 

Section 9.06

Agent Individually

49

 

Section 9.07

Successor Agent

49

 

Section 9.08

Collateral Matters

50

 

Section 9.09

Agency for Perfection

51

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE X GUARANTY

51

 

Section 10.01

Guaranty

51

 

Section 10.02

Guaranty Absolute

52

 

Section 10.03

Waiver

53

 

Section 10.04

Continuing Guaranty; Assignments

53

 

Section 10.05

Subrogation

53

 

 

 

 

 

 

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ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS

54

 

Section 11.01

Notices, Etc

54

 

Section 11.02

Amendments, Etc

55

 

Section 11.03

No Waiver; Remedies, Etc

55

 

Section 11.04

Expenses; Taxes; Attorneys’ Fees

56

 

Section 11.05

Right of Set-off

57

 

Section 11.06

Severability

57

 

Section 11.07

Assignments and Participations

57

 

Section 11.08

Counterparts

60

 

Section 11.09

GOVERNING LAW

60

 

Section 11.10

CONSENT TO JURISDICTION; SERVICE OF PROCESS AND VENUE

60

 

Section 11.11

WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL, ETC

61

 

Section 11.12

Consent by the Agent and Lenders

61

 

Section 11.13

No Party Deemed Drafter

62

 

Section 11.14

Reinstatement; Certain Payments

62

 

Section 11.15

Indemnification

62

 

Section 11.16

Parent as Agent for Borrowers

63

 

Section 11.17

Records

64

 

Section 11.18

Binding Effect

64

 

Section 11.19

Interest

64

 

Section 11.20

Confidentiality

65

 

Section 11.21

Integration

66

 

 

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SCHEDULE AND EXHIBITS

 

Schedule 1.01(A)

Definitions

 

Schedule 1.01(B)

Lenders and Lenders’ Commitments

Schedule 5.05

Capitalization; Subsidiaries

 

Schedule 5.06

Litigation; Commercial Tort Claims

 

Schedule 5.09

ERISA

 

Schedule 5.12

Nature of Business

 

Schedule 5.15

Real Property

 

Schedule 5.17

Operating Lease Obligations

 

Schedule 5.18

Environmental Matters

 

Schedule 5.19

Insurance

 

Schedule 5.22

Bank Accounts

 

Schedule 5.23

Intellectual Property

 

Schedule 5.24

Material Contracts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Schedule 5.30

Name; Jurisdiction of Organization; Organizational ID Number; Chief Place of Business; Chief Executive Office; FEIN

 

Schedule 5.31

Tradenames

 

Schedule 5.32

Collateral Locations

 

Schedule 7.01

Existing Liens

 

Schedule 7.02

Existing Indebtedness

 

Schedule 7.03

Fundamental Changes; Dispositions

 

Schedule 7.05

Existing Investments

 

Schedule 7.11

Limitations on Dividends and Other Payment Restrictions

 

Schedule 7.12

Limitation on Issuance of Capital Stock

 

Schedule 7.13

Modifications of Indebtedness, Organizational Documents and Certain

 

Other Agreements, Etc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit A

Form of Guaranty

 

Exhibit B

Form of Security Agreement

 

Exhibit C

Form of Pledge Agreement

 

Exhibit D

Form of Notice of Borrowing

 

Exhibit E

Form of Opinion of Counsel

 

Exhibit F

Form of Assignment and Acceptance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

BRIDGE TERM LOAN AGREEMENT

Bridge Term Loan Agreement, dated as of November 15, 2005, by and among CENUCO, INC., a Delaware corporation (the ” Parent ”), LANDER INTANGIBLES CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“ LIC ”), HERMES ACQUISITION COMPANY I LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, (“ HAC ”), LANDER CO., INC., a Delaware corporation (“ Lander ” and together with the Parent, LIC and HAC, each a “ Borrower ” and collectively, the “ Borrowers ”), each subsidiary of the Parent and each other Person listed as a “ Guarantor ” on the signature pages hereto (each a “ Guarantor ” and collectively, the “ Guarantors ”), the financial institutions from time to time party hereto (each a “ Lender ” and collectively, the ” Lenders ”), and PRENCEN LENDING LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Prencen ”), as agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “ Agent ”).

RECITALS

The Borrowers have asked the Lenders to extend credit to the Borrowers consisting of a term loan in an aggregate principal amount equal to $80,000,000. The proceeds of the term loan shall be used to refinance existing indebtedness of the Borrowers, facilitate the Acquisition (as hereinafter defined), including payment of the purchase price therefor, for general corporate and other working capital purposes of the Borrowers and to pay fees and expenses related to the Acquisition and this Agreement. The Lenders are severally, and not jointly, willing to extend such credit to the Borrowers subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.

In consideration of the premises and the covenants and agreements contained herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

 

DEFINITIONS; CERTAIN TERMS

Section 1.01        Definitions . Capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the meanings specified therefor on Schedule 1.01(A).

Section 1.02        Terms Generally . The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. Unless the context requires otherwise, (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, (b) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (c) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (d) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

Agreement and (e) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any right or interest in or to assets and properties of any kind whatsoever, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible. References in this Agreement to “determination” by the Agent include good faith estimates by the Agent (in the case of quantitative determinations) and good faith beliefs by the Agent (in the case of qualitative determinations).

Section 1.03         Accounting and Other Terms . Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, each accounting term used herein shall have the meaning given it under GAAP applied on a basis consistent with those used in preparing the Financial Statements. All terms used in this Agreement which are defined in Article 8 or Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York (the “ Uniform Commercial Code ”) and which are not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meanings herein as set forth therein, provided that terms used herein which are defined in the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York on the date hereof shall continue to have the same meaning notwithstanding any replacement or amendment of such statute except as the Agent may otherwise determine.

Section 1.04         Time References . Unless otherwise indicated herein, all references to time of day refer to Eastern Standard Time or Eastern daylight saving time, as in effect in New York City on such day. For purposes of the computation of a period of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including” and the words “to” and “until” each means “to but excluding” provided , however , that with respect to a computation of fees or interest payable to the Agent or any Lender, such period shall in any event consist of at least one full day.

ARTICLE II

 

THE LOANS

Section 2.01        Commitments . (a) Subject to the terms and conditions and relying upon the representations and warranties herein set forth, each Lender severally agrees to make the Loan to the Borrowers on the Effective Date, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the amount of such Lender’s Commitment.

(b)                   The aggregate principal amount of the Loans made on the Effective Date shall not exceed the Total Commitment. Any principal amount of the Loan which is repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed.

Section 2.02        Making the Loans . (a) The Administrative Borrower shall give the Agent prior telephonic notice (immediately confirmed in writing, in substantially the form of Exhibit D hereto (a “ Notice of Borrowing ”)), not later than 12:00 noon (New York City time) on the date which is one (1) Business Day prior to the date of the proposed Loan (or such shorter period as the Agent is willing to accommodate from time to time, but in no event later than 12:00 noon (New York City time) on the borrowing date of the proposed Loan). Such Notice of Borrowing shall be irrevocable (and the Borrowers shall be bound to make a borrowing in accordance therewith) and shall specify (i) the principal amount of the proposed Loan, and (ii) the proposed borrowing date, which must be the Effective Date. The Agent and the Lenders may act

 

 

 

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without liability upon the basis of written, facsimile or telephonic notice believed by the Agent in good faith to be from the Administrative Borrower (or from any Authorized Officer thereof designated in writing purportedly from the Administrative Borrower to the Agent). Each Borrower hereby waives the right to dispute the Agent’s record of the terms of any such telephonic Notice of Borrowing. The Agent and each Lender shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any Authorized Officer’s authority to request a Loan on behalf of the Borrowers until the Agent receives written notice to the contrary. The Agent and the Lenders shall have no duty to verify the authenticity of the signature appearing on any written Notice of Borrowing.

(b)                   Except as otherwise provided in this subsection 2.02(b), all Loans under this Agreement shall be made by the Lenders simultaneously and proportionately to their Pro Rata Shares of the Total Commitment, it being understood that no Lender shall be responsible for any default by any other Lender in that other Lender’s obligations to make a Loan requested hereunder, nor shall the Commitment of any Lender be increased or decreased as a result of the default by any other Lender in that other Lender’s obligation to make a Loan requested hereunder, and each Lender shall be obligated to make the Loans required to be made by it by the terms of this Agreement regardless of the failure by any other Lender.

 

Section 2.03

Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt .

(a)                   The outstanding principal of the Loan shall be repayable on the Maturity Date (subject to earlier repayment as provided below) together with any and all accrued and unpaid interest thereon.

(b)                   Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the Indebtedness of the Borrowers to such Lender resulting from each Loan made by such Lender, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder.

(c)                   The Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall record (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrowers to each Lender hereunder and (iii) the amount of any sum received by the Agent hereunder for the account of the Lenders and each Lender’s share thereof.

(d)                   The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph (c) or (d) of this Section shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein; provided that the failure of any Lender or the Agent to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrowers to repay the Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(e)                   Any Lender may request that Loans made by it be evidenced by a promissory note. In such event, the Borrowers shall execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note payable to the order of such Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns) in a form furnished by the Agent and reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Borrower. Thereafter, the Loans evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after assignment pursuant to Section 11.07) be

 

 

 

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represented by one or more promissory notes in such form payable to the order of the payee named therein (or, if such promissory note is a registered note, to such payee and its registered assigns).

 

Section 2.04

Interest .

(a)                   Loan . The Loan shall bear interest on the principal amount thereof from time to time outstanding, from the date such Loan is made, continued or converted, as the case may be, until such principal amount becomes due, at a rate per annum equal to the LIBOR Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Loan plus the applicable LIBOR Rate Margin.

(b)                   Default Interest . To the extent permitted by law, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the principal of, and all accrued and unpaid interest on, all Loans, fees, indemnities or any other Obligations of the Loan Parties under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, shall bear interest, from the date such Event of Default occurred until the date such Event of Default is cured or waived in writing in accordance herewith, at a rate per annum equal at all times to the Post-Default Rate.

(c)                    Interest Payment . Interest on each Loan shall be payable monthly, in arrears, on the first day of each month, commencing on the first day of the month following the month in which such Loan is made and at maturity (whether upon demand, by acceleration or otherwise). Interest at the Post-Default Rate shall be payable on demand. Each Borrower hereby authorizes the Agent to, and the Agent may, from time to time, charge the Loan Account pursuant to Section 3.02 with the amount of any interest payment due hereunder.

(d)                   General . All interest shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days for the actual number of days, including the first day but excluding the last day, elapsed.

 

Section 2.05

Termination of Commitment; Prepayment of Loans .

(a)                   Termination of Commitments . The Total Commitment shall terminate at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Effective Date.

(b)                   Optional Prepayment . The Borrowers may from time to time prepay, in whole or in part, without penalty or premium, the principal of the Loan. Each prepayment made pursuant to this clause (b) shall be accompanied by the payment of accrued interest to the date of such payment on the amount prepaid.

(c)                    Mandatory Prepayment . (i) The Borrower shall immediately prepay to the Agent, for the account of the Lenders, from the proceeds of the Second Financing an amount not greater than the Obligations then due and owing hereunder.

(ii)            The Borrower (or any Guarantor if it is a seller) shall immediately prepay to the Agent for the account of the Lenders from the cash proceeds of any non-ordinary course asset sales, including those set forth on Schedule 7.03, net of taxes, payments in respect of any unfunded pension liabilities and other adjustments solely related to the assets sold, an amount up to the Obligations then due and owing hereunder.

 

 

 

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(d)                   Interest and Fees . Any prepayment made pursuant to this Section 2.05 shall be accompanied by accrued interest on the principal amount being prepaid to the date of prepayment, and if such prepayment would reduce the amount of the outstanding Loans to zero, such prepayment shall be accompanied by the payment of all fees accrued to such date pursuant to Section 2.06.

(e)                    Cumulative Prepayments . Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Section 2.05, payments with respect to any subsection of this Section 2.05 are in addition to payments made or required to be made under any other subsection of this Section 2.05.

Section 2.06        Fees . The Borrowers shall either (a) prior to the first borrowing hereunder, pay to the Agent, for the account of the Lenders (in accordance with their Pro Rata Shares), a non-refundable closing fee equal to $1,200,000, as specified in the Fee Letter, or (b) provide in the Notice of Borrowing that such fees may be deducted and paid from the proceeds of the Loan, in which event (x) each Lender may withhold and deduct the fees from the Loan in accordance with its pro rata share and (y) such deduction shall be treated a payment in full by the Loan Parties of the fees.

 

Section 2.07

Intentionally Omitted  .

Section 2.08        Taxes . (a) Any and all payments by any Loan Party hereunder shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings, and all liabilities with respect thereto, excluding taxes imposed on the net income of the Agent or any Lender (or any permitted transferee or assignee thereof solely to the extent that such taxes would be imposed on the Agent or Lender if such transfer or assignment had not occurred (any such entity, a “ Transferee ”)) by the jurisdiction in which such Person is organized, has its principal lending office or has its applicable lending office (all such nonexcluded taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges withholdings and liabilities, collectively or individually, “ Taxes ”). If any Loan Party shall be required to deduct any Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable hereunder to the Agent or any Lender (or any Transferee), (i) the sum payable shall be increased by the amount (an “ additional amount ”) necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 2.08) the Agent or such Lender (or such Transferee) shall receive an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) such Loan Party shall make such deductions and (iii) such Loan Party shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.

(b)                   In addition, each Loan Party agrees to pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law any present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies that arise from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery or registration of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement (“ Other Taxes ”). Each Loan Party shall deliver to the Agent, and each Lender official receipts in respect of any Taxes or Other Taxes payable hereunder promptly after payment of such Taxes or Other Taxes.

 

 

 

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(c)                   The Loan Parties hereby jointly and severally indemnify and agree to hold each Agent and each Lender harmless from and against Taxes and Other Taxes (including, without limitation, Taxes and Other Taxes imposed on any amounts payable under this Section 2.08) paid by such Person, whether or not such Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally asserted. Such indemnification shall be paid within 10 days from the date on which any such Person makes written demand therefor specifying in reasonable detail the nature and amount of such Taxes or Other Taxes.

(d)                   Each Lender (or Transferee) that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia (a “ Non-U.S. Lender ”) shall deliver to the Agent and the Administrative Borrower two properly completed and duly executed copies of either U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or Form W-8ECI, or, in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender claiming exemption from U.S. Federal withholding tax under Section 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code with respect to payments of “portfolio interest”, a Form W-8BEN, or any subsequent versions thereof or successors thereto (and, if such Non-U.S. Lender delivers a Form W-8, a certificate representing that such Non-U.S. Lender is not a bank for purposes of Section 881(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, is not a 10-percent shareholder (within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code) of the Parent and is not a controlled foreign corporation related to the Parent (within the meaning of Section 864(d)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code)), in each case claiming complete exemption from U.S. Federal withholding tax on payments by the Loan Parties under this Agreement. Such forms shall be delivered by each Non-U.S. Lender on or before the date it becomes a party to this Agreement (or, in the case of a Transferee that is a participation holder, on or before the date such participation holder becomes a Transferee hereunder) and on or before the date, if any, such Non-U.S. Lender changes its applicable lending office by designating a different lending office (a “ New Lending Office ”). In addition, each Non-U.S. Lender shall deliver such forms within 20 days after receipt of a written request therefor from the Administrative Borrower or the Agent. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.08, a Non-U.S. Lender shall not be required to deliver after the date hereof any form pursuant to this Section 2.08 that such Non-U.S. Lender is not legally able to deliver.

(e)                   The Loan Parties shall not be required to indemnify any Non-U.S. Lender, or pay any additional amounts to any Non-U.S. Lender, in respect of United States Federal withholding tax pursuant to this Agreement to the extent that (i) the obligation to withhold amounts with respect to United States Federal withholding tax existed on the date such Non-U.S. Lender became a party to this Agreement (or, in the case of a Transferee that is a participation holder, on the date such participation holder became a Transferee hereunder) or, with respect to payments to a New Lending Office, the date such Non-U.S. Lender designated such New Lending Office with respect to a Loan; provided , however , that this clause (i) shall not apply to the extent the indemnity payment or additional amounts any Transferee, or Lender (or Transferee) through a New Lending Office, would be entitled to receive (without regard to this clause (i)) do not exceed the indemnity payment or additional amounts that the person making the assignment, participation or transfer to such Transferee, or Lender (or Transferee) making the designation of such New Lending Office, would have been entitled to receive in the absence of such assignment, participation, transfer or designation, or (ii) the obligation to pay such additional amounts would not have arisen but for a failure by such Non-U.S. Lender to comply with the provisions of clause (d) above.

 

 

 

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(f)                    Any Lender (or Transferee) claiming any indemnity payment or additional payment amounts payable pursuant to this Section 2.08 shall use reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions) to file any certificate or document reasonably requested in writing by the Administrative Borrower or to change the jurisdiction of its applicable lending office if the making of such a filing or change would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any such indemnity payment or additional amount which may thereafter accrue, would not require such Lender (or Transferee) to disclose any information such Lender (or Transferee) deems confidential and would not, in the sole determination of such Lender (or Transferee), be otherwise disadvantageous to such Lender (or Transferee).

(g)                   The obligations of the Loan Parties under this Section 2.08 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

Section 2.09        LIBOR Not Determinable; Illegality . (a) If prior to the first day of any Interest Period, (i) Agent shall have determined in good faith (which determination shall be conclusive and binding upon the Loan Parties) that, by reason of circumstances affecting the relevant market, adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the LIBOR Rate for such Interest Period, (ii) Agent has received notice from the Required Lenders that the LIBOR Rate determined or to be determined for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to Lenders of making or maintaining LIBOR Rate Loans during such Interest Period, or (iii) Dollar deposits in the principal amounts of the LIBOR Rate Loans to which such Interest Period is to be applicable are not generally available in the London interbank market, Agent shall give telecopy or telephonic notice (followed by written notice) thereof to Administrative Borrower as soon as practicable thereafter, and will also give prompt written notice to Administrative Borrower when such conditions no longer exist. If such notice is given (i) any LIBOR Rate Loans requested to be made on the first day of such Interest Period shall be made as Reference Rate Loans, (ii) any Loans that were to have been continued as LIBOR Rate Loans shall be continued as Reference Rate Loans and (iii) each outstanding LIBOR Rate Loan shall be converted, on the last day of the then-current Interest Period thereof, to Reference Rate Loans. Until such notice has been withdrawn by Agent, no further LIBOR Rate Loans shall be made or continued as such.

(b)                   Notwithstanding any other provision herein, if the adoption of or any change in any law, treaty, rule or regulation or final, non-appealable determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority or in the interpretation or application thereof, in each case, occurring after the date hereof shall make it unlawful for Agent or any Lender to make or maintain LIBOR Rate Loans as contemplated by this Agreement, (i) Agent or such Lender shall promptly give written notice of such circumstances to Administrative Borrower (which notice shall be withdrawn whenever such circumstances no longer exist), (ii) the commitment of such Lender hereunder to make LIBOR Rate Loans, continue LIBOR Rate Loans as such shall forthwith be canceled and, until such time as it shall no longer be unlawful for such Lender to make or maintain LIBOR Rate Loans, such Lender shall then have a commitment only to make a Reference Rate Loan when a LIBOR Rate Loan is requested and (iii) such Lender’s Loans then outstanding as LIBOR Rate Loans, if any, shall be converted automatically to Reference Rate Loans on the respective last days of the then current Interest Periods with respect to such Loans or within such earlier period as required by law. If any such

 

 

 

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conversion of a LIBOR Rate Loan occurs on a day which is not the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto, Borrowers shall pay to such Lender such amounts, if any, as may be required pursuant to Section 2.10 below.

Section 2.10        Indemnity . Each of the Loan Parties agrees to indemnify Agent and each Lender and to hold Agent and each Lender harmless from any loss or expense which Agent or such Lender may sustain or incur as a consequence of default by any Borrower in making a borrowing of or extension of LIBOR Rate Loans after such Borrower (or Administrative Borrower on behalf of such Borrower) has given a notice requesting the same in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. With respect to LIBOR Rate Loans, such indemnification may include an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (A) the amount of interest which would have accrued on the amount so prepaid, or not so borrowed or extended, for the period from the date of such prepayment or of such failure to borrow or extend to the last day of the applicable Interest Period (or, in the case of a failure to borrow or extend, the Interest Period that would have commenced on the date of such failure) in each case at the applicable rate of interest for such LIBOR Rate Loans provided for herein over (B) the amount of interest (as determined by Agent or such Lender) which would have accrued to Agent or such Lender on such amount by placing such amount on deposit for a comparable period with leading banks in the interbank LIBOR market. This covenant shall survive the termination or non-renewal of this Agreement and the payment of the Obligations.

 

Section 2.11

Intentionally Omitted  .

ARTICLE III

 

FEES, PAYMENTS AND OTHER COMPENSATION

Section 3.01        Audit and Collateral Monitoring Fees . The Borrowers acknowledge that pursuant to Section 6.06, representatives of the Agent may visit any or all of the Loan Parties and/or conduct audits, inspections, valuations, appraisals and/or field examinations of any or all of the Loan Parties at any time and from time to time during normal business hours in a manner so as to not unduly disrupt the business of the Loan Parties. Subject to the immediately succeeding sentence, the Borrowers agree to pay (i) $1,500 per day per examiner plus the examiner’s out-of-pocket costs and reasonable expenses incurred in connection with all such visits, audits, inspections, valuations, appraisals and field examinations and (ii) the cost of all visits, audits, inspections, valuations, appraisals and field examinations conducted by a third party on behalf of the Agent; provided that the Borrower shall have no obligation to make such payments with respect to any such visits, audits, inspections, appraisals and field examinations more than one time in any six month period. In the event the Agent or any representatives thereof shall visit any or all of the Loan Parties and/or conduct audits, inspections, valuations, appraisals and/or field examinations of any or all of the Loan Parties on or prior to March 1, 2006, it shall do so at its own expense.

Section 3.02        Payments; Computations and Statements . (a) The Borrowers will make each payment under this Agreement not later than 12:00 noon (New York City time) on the day when due, in lawful money of the United States of America and in immediately available funds, to the Agent’s Account. All payments received by the Agent after 12:00 noon (New York

 

 

 

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City time) on any Business Day will be credited to the Loan Account on the next succeeding Business Day. All payments shall be made by the Borrowers without set-off, counterclaim, deduction or other defense to the Agent and the Lenders. Except as provided in Section 2.02, after receipt, the Agent will promptly thereafter cause to be distributed like funds relating to the payment of principal ratably to the Lenders in accordance with their Pro Rata Shares and like funds relating to the payment of any other amount payable to any Lender to such Lender, in each case to be applied in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, provided that the Agent will cause to be distributed all interest and fees received from or for the account of the Borrowers not less than once each month and in any event promptly after receipt thereof. The Lenders and the Borrowers hereby authorize the Agent to, and the Agent may, from time to time, charge the Loan Account of the Borrowers with any amount due and payable by the Borrowers under any Loan Document. Each of the Lenders and the Borrowers agrees that the Agent shall have the right to make such charges whether or not any Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or whether any of the conditions precedent in Section 4.01 have been satisfied. The Lenders and the Borrowers confirm that any charges which the Agent may so make to the Loan Account of the Borrowers as herein provided will be made as an accommodation to the Borrowers and solely at the Agent’s discretion. Whenever any payment to be made under any such Loan Document shall be stated to be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and such extension of time shall in such case be included in the computation of interest or fees, as the case may be. All computations of fees shall be made by the Agent on the basis of a year of 360 days for the actual number of days (including the first day but excluding the last day) occurring in the period for which such fees are payable. Each determination by the Agent of an interest rate or fees hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes in the absence of manifest error.

(b)                   The Agent shall provide the Administrative Borrower, promptly after the end of each calendar month, a summary statement (in the form from time to time used by the Agent) of the opening and closing daily balances in the Loan Account of the Borrowers during such month, the amounts and dates of all Loans made to the Borrowers during such month, the amounts and dates of all payments on account of the Loans to the Borrowers during such month and the Loans to which such payments were applied, the amount of interest accrued on the Loans to the Borrowers during such month, and the amount and nature of any charges to the Loan Account made during such month on account of fees, commissions, expenses and other Obligations. All entries on any such statement shall be presumed to be correct and, thirty (30) days after the same is sent, shall be final and conclusive absent manifest error.

Section 3.03        Sharing of Payments, Etc. Except as provided in Section 2.02 hereof, if any Lender shall obtain any payment (whether voluntary, involuntary, through the exercise of any right of set-off, or otherwise) on account of any Obligation in excess of its ratable share of payments on account of similar obligations obtained by all the Lenders, such Lender shall forthwith purchase from the other Lenders such participations in such similar obligations held by them as shall be necessary to cause such purchasing Lender to share the excess payment ratably with each of them; provided , however , that if all or any portion of such excess payment is thereafter recovered from such purchasing Lender, such purchase from each Lender shall be rescinded and such Lender shall repay to the purchasing Lender the purchase price to the extent of such recovery together with an amount equal to such Lender’s ratable share (according to the proportion of (i) the amount of such Lender’s required repayment to (ii) the total amount so

 

 

 

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recovered from the purchasing Lender of any interest or other amount paid by the purchasing Lender in respect of the total amount so recovered). The Borrowers agree that any Lender so purchasing a participation from another Lender pursuant to this Section 3.03 may, to the fullest extent permitted by law, exercise all of its rights (including the Lender’s right of set-off) with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were the direct creditor of the Borrowers in the amount of such participation.

 

Section 3.04

Apportionment of Payments  . Subject to Section 2.02 hereof:

(a)                    all payments of principal and interest in respect of outstanding Loans, all payments of fees (other than the audit and collateral monitoring fee provided for in Section 3.01) and all other payments in respect of any other Obligations, shall be allocated by the Agent among such of the Lenders as are entitled thereto, in proportion to their respective Pro Rata Shares or otherwise as provided herein or, in respect of payments not made on account of Loans, as designated by the Person making payment when the payment is made.

(b)                   After the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Agent may, and upon the direction of the Required Lenders shall, apply all payments in respect of any Obligations and all proceeds of the Collateral, subject to the provisions of this Agreement, (i) first , ratably to pay the Obligations in respect of any fees, expense reimbursements, indemnities and other amounts then due to the Agent until paid in full; (ii)  second , ratably to pay the Obligations in respect of any fees and indemnities then due to the Lenders until paid in full; (iii)  third , ratably to pay interest due in respect of the Loans until paid in full; (iv)  fourth , ratably to pay principal of the Loans until paid in full; and (v) fifth , to the ratable payment of all other Obligations then due and payable.

(c)                    For purposes of Section 3.04(b), “paid in full” with respect to interest shall include interest accrued after the commencement of any Insolvency Proceeding irrespective of whether a claim for such interest is allowable in such Insolvency Proceeding.

(d)                   In the event of a direct conflict between the priority provisions of this Section 3.04 and other provisions contained in any other Loan Document, it is the intention of the parties hereto that both such priority provisions in such documents shall be read together and construed, to the fullest extent possible, to be in concert with each other. In the event of any actual, irreconcilable conflict that cannot be resolved as aforesaid, the terms and provisions of this Section 3.04 shall control and govern.

Section 3.05        Increased Costs and Reduced Return . (a)  If any Lender or the Agent shall have determined that the adoption or implementation of, or any change in, any law, rule, treaty or regulation, or any policy, guideline or directive of, or any change in, the interpretation or administration thereof by, any court, central bank or other administrative or Governmental Authority, or compliance by any Lender or the Agent or any Person controlling such Lender or the Agent with any directive of, or guideline from, any central bank or other Governmental Authority or the introduction of, or change in, any accounting principles applicable to any Lender or the Agent or any Person controlling such Lender or the Agent in each case effected after the date hereof (in each case, whether or not having the force of law) (each, a “ Change in Law ”), shall (i) subject such Lender or the Agent, or any Person controlling

 

 

 

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such Lender or the Agent to any tax, duty or other charge with respect to this Agreement or any Loan made by such Lender or the Agent, or change the basis of taxation of payments to such Lender or the Agent or any Person controlling such Lender or the Agent of any amounts payable hereunder (except for taxes on the overall net income of such Lender or the Agent or any Person controlling such Lender or the Agent), (ii) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar requirement against any Loan or against assets of or held by, or deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, such Lender or the Agent or any Person controlling such Lender or the Agent or (iii) impose on such Lender or the Agent or any Person controlling such Lender or the Agent or any other condition regarding this Agreement, and the result of any event referred to in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) above shall be to increase the cost to such Lender or the Agent of making any Loan or agreeing to make any Loan or to reduce any amount received or receivable by such Lender or the Agent hereunder, then, upon demand by any such Lender or the Agent, the Borrowers shall pay to such Lender or the Agent such additional amounts as will compensate such Lender or the Agent for such increased costs or reductions in amount.

(b)                   If any Lender or the Agent shall have determined that any Change in Law either (i) affects or would affect the amount of capital required or expected to be maintained by such Lender or the Agent or any Person controlling such Lender or the Agent, and such Lender or the Agent determines that the amount of such capital is increased as a direct or indirect consequence of any Loans made or maintained or any guaranty or participation with respect thereto, such Lender’s or the Agent’s or such other controlling Person’s other obligations hereunder, or (ii) has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or the Agent’s or such other controlling Person’s capital to a level below that which such Lender or the Agent or such controlling Person could have achieved but for such circumstances as a consequence of any Loans made or maintained or any guaranty or participation with respect thereto or any agreement to make Loans or such Lender’s or the Agent’s or such other controlling Person’s other obligations hereunder (in each case, taking into consideration, such Lender’s or the Agent’s or such other controlling Person’s policies with respect to capital adequacy), then, upon demand by such Lender or the Agent, the Borrowers shall pay to such Lender or the Agent from time to time such additional amounts as will compensate such Lender or the Agent for such cost of maintaining such increased capital or such reduction in the rate of return on such Lender’s or the Agent’s or such other controlling Person’s capital.

(c)                   All amounts payable under this Section 3.05 shall bear interest from the date that is ten (10) days after the date of demand by any Lender or the Agent until payment in full to such Lender or the Agent at the Reference Rate. A certificate of such Lender or the Agent claiming compensation under this Section 3.05, specifying the event herein above described and the nature of such event shall be submitted by such Lender or the Agent to the Administrative Borrower, setting forth the additional amount due and an explanation of the calculation thereof, and such Lender’s or the Agent’s reasons for invoking the provisions of this Section 3.05, and shall be final and conclusive absent manifest error.

Section 3.06        Joint and Several Liability of the Borrowers . (a)  Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to the contrary, each of the Borrowers hereby accepts joint and several liability hereunder and under the other Loan Documents in consideration of the financial accommodations to be provided by the Agent and the Lenders

 

 

 

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under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, for the mutual benefit, directly and indirectly, of each of the Borrowers and in consideration of the undertakings of the other Borrowers to accept joint and several liability for the Obligations. Each of the Borrowers, jointly and severally, hereby irrevocably and unconditionally accepts, not merely as a surety but also as a co-debtor, joint and several liability with the other Borrowers, with respect to the payment and performance of all of the Obligations (including, without limitation, any Obligations arising under this Section 3.06), it being the intention of the parties hereto that all of the Obligations shall be the joint and several obligations of each of the Borrowers without preferences or distinction among them. If and to the extent that any of the Borrowers shall fail to make any payment with respect to any of the Obligations as and when due or to perform any of the Obligations in accordance with the terms thereof, then in each such event, the other Borrowers will make such payment with respect to, or perform, such Obligation. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Obligations of each of the Borrowers under the provisions of this Section 3.06 constitute the absolute and unconditional, full recourse Obligations of each of the Borrowers, enforceable against each such Person to the full extent of its properties and assets, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any other circumstances whatsoever.

(b)                   The provisions of this Section 3.06 are made for the benefit of the Agent, the Lenders and their successors and assigns, and may be enforced by them from time to time against any or all of the Borrowers as often as occasion therefor may arise and without requirement on the part of the Agent, the Lenders or such successors or assigns first to marshal any of its or their claims or to exercise any of its or their rights against any of the other Borrowers or to exhaust any remedies available to it or them against any of the other Borrowers or to resort to any other source or means of obtaining payment of any of the Obligations hereunder or to elect any other remedy. The provisions of this Section 3.06 shall remain in effect until all of the Obligations shall have been paid in full or otherwise fully satisfied.

(c)                   Each of the Borrowers hereby agrees that it will not enforce any of its rights of contribution or subrogation against the other Borrowers with respect to any liability incurred by it hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents, any payments made by it to the Agent or the Lenders with respect to any of the Obligations or any Collateral, until such time as all of the Obligations have been paid in full in cash. Any claim which any Borrower may have against any other Borrower with respect to any payments to the Agent or the Lenders hereunder or under any other Loan Documents are hereby expressly made subordinate and junior in right of payment, without limitation as to any increases in the Obligations arising hereunder or thereunder, to the prior payment in full in cash of the Obligations.

ARTICLE IV

 

CONDITIONS TO LOANS

Section 4.01        Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness . This Agreement shall become effective as of the Business Day (the ” Effective Date ”) when each of the following conditions precedent shall have been satisfied in a manner satisfactory to the Agent:

 

 

 

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(a)                    Payment of Fees, Etc. The Borrowers shall have paid on or before the Effective Date all fees, costs, expenses and taxes then payable pursuant to Section 2.06 and Section 11.04 hereof or shall have authorized the Agent and the Lenders to deduct and withhold such amounts from the proceeds of the Loan.

(b)                   Representations and Warranties; No Event of Default . The following statements shall be true and correct: (i) the representations and warranties contained in Article V and in each other Loan Document, certificate or other writing delivered to the Agent or any Lender pursuant hereto or thereto on or prior to the Effective Date are true and correct on and as of the Effective Date as though made on and as of such date and (ii) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the Effective Date or would result from this Agreement or the other Loan Documents becoming effective in accordance with its or their respective terms.

(c)                   Legality . The making of the initial Loans shall not contravene any law, rule or regulation applicable to the Agent or any Lender.

(d)                   Delivery of Documents . The Agent shall have received on or before the Effective Date, each in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent in its sole discretion and, unless indicated otherwise, dated the Effective Date:

 

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this Agreement, duly executed by each of the parties thereto;

 

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a Security Agreement, duly executed by each Loan Party;

 

(iii)           a Pledge Agreement, duly executed by each Loan Party, together with the original stock certificates representing all of the common stock of such Loan Party’s subsidiaries and all intercompany promissory notes of such Loan Parties, accompanied by undated stock powers executed in blank and other proper instruments of transfer;

(iv)           The Collateral Assignment of Acquisition Agreement duly executed by the Borrowers, as assignors, in favor of Prencen, as collateral agent for the benefit of the Lenders, and acknowledged by the Seller;

(v)            a UCC Filing Authorization Letter, duly executed by each Loan Party, together with appropriate financing statements on Form UCC-1 filed in such office or offices as may be necessary or, in the opinion of the Agent, desirable to perfect the security interests purported to be created by each Security Agreement, each Pledge Agreement;

(vi)           UCC, tax lien and judgment lien searches from search organizations satisfactory to the Agent shall be received by the Agent (as ordered by the Agent) and the results shall be satisfactory to the Agent;

(vii)         a copy of the resolutions of each Loan Party, certified as of the Effective Date by an Authorized Officer thereof, authorizing (A) the borrowings hereunder and the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents to which such Loan Party is or will be a party, and (B) the execution, delivery and performance by such Loan Party of each Loan

 

 

 

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Document to which such Loan Party is or will be a party and the execution and delivery of the other documents to be delivered by such Person in connection herewith and therewith;

(viii)        a certificate of an Authorized Officer of each Loan Party, certifying the names and true signatures of the representatives of such Loan Party authorized to sign each Transaction Document to which such Loan Party is or will be a party and the other documents to be executed and delivered by such Loan Party in connection herewith and therewith, together with evidence of the incumbency of such authorized officers;

(ix)           a certificate of the appropriate official(s) of the state of organization and each state of foreign qualification of each Loan Party certifying as to the subsistence in good standing of, and the payment of taxes by (to the extent customarily specified in a certificate of good standing issued by such state), such Loan Party in such states, together with confirmation by telephone or telegram (where available) on the Effective Date from such official(s) as to such matters;

(x)            a true and complete copy of the charter, certificate of formation, certificate of limited partnership or other publicly filed organizational document of each Loan Party certified as of a recent date not more than 30 days prior to the Effective Date by an appropriate official of the state of organization of such Loan Party which shall set forth the same complete name of such Loan Party as is set forth herein and the organizational number of such Loan Party, if an organized number is issued in such jurisdiction;

(xi)           a copy of the charter and by-laws, limited liability company agreement, operating agreement, agreement of limited partnership or other organizational document of each Loan Party, together with all amendments thereto, certified as of the Effective Date by an Authorized Officer of such Loan Party;

(xii)         an opinion of Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen LLP, counsel to the Loan Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit E and as to such other matters as the Agent may reasonably request;

(xiii)        a certificate of an Authorized Officer of each Borrower, certifying as to the matters set forth in subsection (b) of this Section 4.01;

(xiv)          a copy of the Financial Statements, certified as of the Effective Date as true and correct by an Authorized Officer of the Parent;

(xv)          a certificate of the chief financial officer of each Borrower, and a certificate of a senior officer or manager of each of the other Loan Parties, in each case, certifying as to the solvency of such Borrower or other Loan Party, as applicable, which certificate shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the Agent;

(xvi)        evidence of the insurance coverage required by Section 6.08 and the terms of each Security Agreement and such other insurance coverage with respect to the business and operations of the Loan Parties as the Agent may reasonably request in each case, where requested by the Agent, with such endorsements as to the named insureds or loss payees thereunder as the Agent may request and providing that such policy may be terminated or

 

 

 

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canceled (by the insurer or the insured thereunder) only upon 30 days’ prior written notice to the Agent and each such named insured or loss payee, together with evidence of the payment of all premiums due in respect thereof for such period as the Agent may request;

(xvii)       a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Administrative Borrower, certifying the names and true signatures of the persons that are authorized to provide Notices of Borrowing and all other notices under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents;

(xviii)      a landlord waiver, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and which may be included as a provision contained in the relevant Lease, executed by such landlord with respect to each of the Leases set forth on Schedule 5.15 (unless waived by the Agent at closing);

(xix)        a collateral access agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, executed by each Person who possesses Inventory of any Loan Party (unless waived by the Agent at closing);

(xx)          a termination and release agreement with respect to the Existing Credit Facility and all related documents, duly executed by the Loan Parties and the Existing Lender, together with UCC-3 termination statements for all UCC-1 financing statements filed by the Existing Lender and covering any portion of the Collateral;

(xxi)        such depository account, blocked account, lockbox account and similar agreements and other documents, each in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, as the Agent may request with respect to the Borrowers’ cash management system;

(xxii)       evidence satisfactory to the Agent that the Existing Credit Facility shall have been paid in full and terminated; and

(xxiii)       such other agreements, instruments, approvals, opinions and other documents, each satisfactory to the Agent in form and substance, as the Agent may reasonably request.

(e)                    Material Adverse Effect . The Agent shall have determined, in its sole judgment, that no event or development shall have occurred since August 27, 2005 which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, including, without limitation, the commencement of any litigation that, if adversely determined could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(f)                    Consummation of Acquisition . Concurrently with the making of the Loans, (i) the Company shall purchase pursuant to the Acquisition Agreement (no material provision of which shall have been amended or otherwise modified or waived without the prior written consent of the Agent), and shall have become the owner, free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens, of all of the Acquisition Assets for a Purchase Price not in excess of $57,000,000 (plus transaction costs and fees), (ii) the proceeds of the Loan shall be applied in full to pay, inter alia , the Purchase Price payable pursuant to the Acquisition Agreement for the Acquisition Assets and the closing and other costs relating thereto, except that it is understood and agreed that no payment shall be made on account of fees or otherwise to Stanford Group

 

 

 

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Company prior to the closing date of the Second Financing (other than the $600,000 fee referred to in Section 5.35(c)), such payment to be made at such time not to exceed the amount set forth in Section 5.35(d), and (iii) each of the parties to the Acquisition Agreement shall have fully performed all of the obligations to be performed by it thereunder as of such date.

(g)                   Approvals . All consents, authorizations and approvals of, and filings and registrations with, and all other actions in respect of, any Governmental Authority or other Person required in connection with the Acquisition, the making of the Loans or the conduct of the Loan Parties’ business shall have been obtained and shall be in full force and effect.

(h)                   Proceedings; Receipt of Documents . All proceedings in connection with the making of the Loan and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and all documents incidental hereto and thereto, shall be satisfactory to the Agent and its counsel, and the Agent and such counsel shall have received all such information and such counterpart originals or certified or other copies of such documents as the Agent or such counsel may reasonably request.

ARTICLE V

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

Each Loan Party hereby represents and warrants to the Agent and the Lenders as follows:

Section 5.01        Organization, Good Standing, Etc. Each Loan Party (i) is a corporation, limited liability company or limited partnership duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the state or jurisdiction of its organization, (ii) has all requisite power and authority to conduct its business as now conducted and as presently contemplated and, in the case of the Borrowers, to make the borrowings hereunder, and to execute and deliver each Transaction Document to which it is a party, and to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby, and (iii) is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the character of the properties owned or leased by it or in which the transaction of its business makes such qualification necessary except where the failure to be so qualified would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 5.02        Authorization, Etc. The execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of each Transaction Document to which it is or will be a party, (i) have been duly authorized by all necessary action, (ii) do not and will not contravene its charter or by-laws, its limited liability company or operating agreement or its certificate of partnership or partnership agreement, as applicable, or any applicable law or any contractual restriction binding on or otherwise affecting it or any of its properties, (iii) do not and will not result in or require the creation of any Lien (other than pursuant to any Transaction Document) upon or with respect to any of its properties, and (iv) do not and will not result in any default, noncompliance, suspension, revocation, impairment, forfeiture or nonrenewal of any permit, license, authorization or approval applicable to its operations or any of its properties.

 

 

 

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Section 5.03        Governmental Approvals . No authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any Governmental Authority is required to be obtained or made by a Loan Party in connection with the due execution, delivery and performance by any Loan Party of any Loan Document to which it is or will be a party.

Section 5.04        Enforceability of Loan Documents . This Agreement is, and each other Loan Document to which any Loan Party is or will be a party, when delivered hereunder, will be, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Person, enforceable against such Person in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws.

 

Section 5.05

Capitalization; Subsidiaries  .

(i)             On the Effective Date, after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby to occur on the Effective Date, the authorized Capital Stock of the Parent and the issued and outstanding Capital Stock of the Parent are as set forth on Schedule 5.05. All of the issued and outstanding shares of Capital Stock of the Parent have been validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable, and the holders thereof are not entitled to any preemptive, first refusal or other similar rights. As of the Effective Date, except as set forth on Schedule 5.05 and except as contemplated herein or pursuant to the Second Financing, there are no outstanding debt or equity securities of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries and no outstanding obligations of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries convertible into or exchangeable for, or warrants, options or other rights for the purchase or acquisition from the Parent, or other obligations of the Parent to issue, directly or indirectly, any shares of Capital Stock of the Parent.

(ii)            Schedule 5.05 is a complete and correct description of the name, jurisdiction of incorporation and ownership of the outstanding Capital Stock of such Subsidiaries of the Parent in existence on the date hereof. All of the issued and outstanding shares of Capital Stock of such Subsidiaries have been validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable, and the holders thereof are not entitled to any preemptive, first refusal or other similar rights. Except as indicated on such Schedule, all such Capital Stock is owned by the Parent or one or more of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries, free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens. There are no outstanding debt or equity securities of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries and no outstanding obligations of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries convertible into or exchangeable for, or warrants, options or other rights for the purchase or acquisition from the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, or other obligations of any Subsidiary to issue, directly or indirectly, any shares of Capital Stock of any Subsidiary of the Parent.

Section 5.06        Litigation; Commercial Tort Claims . Except as set forth in Schedule 5.06, (i) there is no pending or, to the best knowledge of any Loan Party, threatened action, suit or proceeding affecting any Loan Party before any court or other Governmental Authority or any arbitrator that (A) if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (B) relates to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby and (ii) as of the Effective Date, none of the Loan Parties holds any commercial tort claims in respect of which a claim has been filed in a court of law or a written notice by an attorney has been given to a potential defendant.

 

 

 

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Section 5.07        Financial Condition . The Financial Statements, copies of which have been delivered to the Agent and each Lender, fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial condition of the Parent and its Subsidiaries as at the respective dates thereof and the consolidated results of operations of the Parent and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal periods ended on such respective dates, all in accordance with GAAP (subject to the lack of notes thereto and normal year end adjustments), and since August 27, 2005, no event or development has occurred that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 5.08        Compliance with Law, Etc. No Loan Party is in violation of its organizational documents, any material law, rule, regulation or judgment, or order of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or any of its property or assets, or any material term of any agreement or instrument (including, without limitation, any Material Contract) binding on or otherwise affecting it or any of its properties, and no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

Section 5.09        ERISA . Except as set forth on Schedule 5.09, (i) each Employee Plan is in substantial compliance with ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code, (ii) no Termination Event has occurred nor is reasonably expected to occur with respect to any Employee Plan, (iii) the most recent annual report (Form 5500 Series) with respect to each Employee Plan, including any required Schedule B (Actuarial Information) thereto, copies of which have been filed with the Internal Revenue Service and delivered to the Agent, is complete and correct and fairly presents the funding status of such Employee Plan, and since the date of such report there has been no material adverse change in such funding status, (iv) copies of each agreement entered into with the PBGC, the U.S. Department of Labor or the Internal Revenue Service with respect to any Employee Plan have been delivered to the Agent, (v) no Employee Plan had an accumulated or waived funding deficiency or permitted decrease which would create a deficiency in its funding standard account or has applied for an extension of any amortization period within the meaning of Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code at any time during the previous 60 months, and (vi) no Lien imposed under the Internal Revenue Code or ERISA exists or is likely to arise on account of any Employee Plan within the meaning of Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.09, no Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates has incurred any withdrawal liability under ERISA with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, or is aware of any facts indicating that it or any of its ERISA Affiliates may in the future incur any such withdrawal liability. No Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates nor any fiduciary of any Employee Plan has (i) engaged in a nonexempt prohibited transaction described in Sections 406 of ERISA or 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code, (ii) failed to pay any required installment or other payment required under Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code on or before the due date for such required installment or payment, (iii) engaged in a transaction within the meaning of Section 4069 of ERISA or (iv) incurred any liability to the PBGC which remains outstanding other than the payment of premiums, and there are no premium payments which have become due which are unpaid. There are no pending or, to the best knowledge of any Loan Party, threatened claims, actions, proceedings or lawsuits (other than claims for benefits in the normal course) asserted or instituted against (i) any Employee Plan or its assets, (ii) any fiduciary with respect to any Employee Plan, or (iii) any Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates with respect to any Employee Plan. Except as required by Section 4980B of the Internal Revenue Code, no Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates maintains an employee welfare benefit plan

 

 

 

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(as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA) which provides health or welfare benefits (through the purchase of insurance or otherwise) for any retired or former employee of any Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates or coverage after a participant’s termination of employment.

Section 5.10        Taxes, Etc. All Federal, state and local tax returns and other reports required by applicable law to be filed by any Loan Party have been filed, or extensions have been obtained, and all taxes, assessments and other governmental charges imposed upon any Loan Party or any property of any Loan Party and which have become due and payable on or prior to the date hereof have been paid, except to the extent contested in good faith by proper proceedings which stay the imposition of any penalty, fine or Lien resulting from the non-payment thereof and with respect to which adequate reserves have been set aside for the payment thereof on the Financial Statements in accordance with GAAP.

Section 5.11        Regulations T, U and X . No Loan Party is or will be engaged in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation T, U or X), and no proceeds of any Loan will be used to purchase or carry any margin stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any margin stock.

Section 5.12        Nature of Business . No Loan Party is engaged in any business other than those described on Schedule 5.12.

Section 5.13        Adverse Agreements, Etc. No Loan Party is a party to any agreement or instrument, or subject to any charter, limited liability company agreement, partnership agreement or other corporate, partnership or limited liability company restriction or any judgment, order, regulation, ruling or other requirement of a court or other Governmental Authority, which has, or in the future could have, a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 5.14        Permits, Etc. Each Loan Party has, and is in material compliance with, all permits, licenses, authorizations, approvals, entitlements and accreditations required for such Person lawfully to own, lease, manage or operate, or to acquire, each business currently owned, leased, managed or operated, or to be acquired, by such Person. No condition exists or event has occurred which, in itself or with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, would result in the suspension, revocation, impairment, forfeiture or non-renewal of any such permit, license, authorization, approval, entitlement or accreditation, and there is no claim that any thereof is not in full force and effect.

Section 5.15        Properties . (i)  Each Loan Party has good and marketable title to, valid leasehold interests in, or valid licenses to use, all property and assets material to its business, free and clear of all Liens, except Permitted Liens. All such properties and assets are in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted.

(ii)            Schedule 5.15 sets forth a complete and accurate list, as of the Effective Date, of the location, by state and street address, of all real property owned or leased by each Loan Party. As of the Effective Date, each Loan Party has valid leasehold interests in the Leases described on Schedule 5.15 to which it is a party. Schedule 5.15 sets forth with respect to each such Lease, the commencement date, termination date, renewal options (if any) and annual

 

 

 

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base rents. Each such Lease is valid and enforceable in accordance with its terms in all material respects and is in full force and effect. No consent or approval of any landlord or other third party in connection with any such Lease is necessary for any Loan Party to enter into and execute the Loan Documents to which it is a party, except as set forth on Schedule 5.15. To the best knowledge of any Loan Party, no other party to any such Lease is in default of its obligations thereunder, and no Loan Party (or any other party to any such Lease) has at any time delivered or received any notice of default which remains uncured under any such Lease and, as of the Effective Date, no event has occurred which, with the giving of notice or the passage of time or both, would constitute a default under any such Lease.

Section 5.16        Full Disclosure . Each Loan Party has disclosed to the Agent all agreements, instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which it is subject, and all other matters known to it, that, individually or in the aggregate, could result in a Material Adverse Effect. None of the other reports, financial statements, certificates or other information furnished by or on behalf of any Loan Party to the Agent in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished) contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which it was made, not misleading; provided that, with respect to projected financial information, each Loan Party represents only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time prepared. There is no contingent liability or fact that may have a Material Adverse Effect which has not been set forth in a footnote included in the Financial Statements or a Schedule hereto.

Section 5.17        Operating Lease Obligations . On the Effective Date, none of the Loan Parties has any Operating Lease Obligations other than the Operating Lease Obligations set forth on Schedule 5.17.

Section 5.18        Environmental Matters . Except as set forth on Schedule 5.18, (i) the operations of each Loan Party are in material compliance with all Environmental Laws; (ii) there has been no Release at any of the properties owned or operated by any Loan Party or a predecessor in interest, or to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, at any disposal or treatment facility which received Hazardous Materials generated by any Loan Party or any predecessor in interest which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) no Environmental Action has been asserted against any Loan Party or any predecessor in interest nor does any Loan Party have knowledge or notice of any threatened or pending Environmental Action against any Loan Party or any predecessor in interest which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (iv) to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, no Environmental Actions have been asserted against any facilities that may have received Hazardous Materials generated by any Loan Party or any predecessor in interest which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (v) no property now or to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, formerly owned or operated by a Loan Party has been used as a treatment or disposal site for any Hazardous Material; (vi) no Loan Party has failed to report to the proper Governmental Authority any Release which is required to be so reported by any Environmental Laws which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (vii) each Loan Party holds all licenses, permits and approvals required under any Environmental Laws in connection with the operation of the business carried on by it, except for such licenses, permits and approvals as to

 

 

 

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which a Loan Party’s failure to maintain or comply with could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (viii) no Loan Party has received any notification pursuant to any Environmental Laws that (A) any work, repairs, construction or Capital Expenditures are required to be made in respect as a condition of continued compliance with any Environmental Laws, or any license, permit or approval issued pursuant thereto or (B) any license, permit or approval referred to above is about to be reviewed, made, subject to limitations or conditions, revoked, withdrawn or terminated, in each case, except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 5.19        Insurance . Each Loan Party keeps its property adequately insured and maintains (i) insurance to such extent and against such risks, including fire, as is customary with companies in the same or similar businesses, (ii) workmen’s compensation insurance in the amount required by applicable law, (iii) public liability insurance, which shall include product liability insurance, in the amount customary with companies in the same or similar business against claims for personal injury or death on properties owned, occupied or controlled by it, and (iv) such other insurance as may be required by law or as may be reasonably required by the Agent (including, without limitation, against larceny, embezzlement or other criminal misappropriation). Schedule 5.19 sets forth a list of all insurance maintained by each Loan Party on the Effective Date.

Section 5.20        Use of Proceeds . The proceeds of the Loans shall be used to (a) refinance existing indebtedness of the Borrowers in the principal amount of up to $15,000,000, (b) pay fees and expenses in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and as set forth herein, (c) fund working capital of the Borrowers and (d) finance the Acquisition.

Section 5.21        Solvency . After giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and before and after giving effect to the Loan and the Acquisition, each Loan Party is, and the Loan Parties on a consolidated basis are, Solvent.

Section 5.22        Location of Bank Accounts . Schedule 5.22 sets forth a complete and accurate list as of the Effective Date of all deposit, checking and other bank accounts, all securities and other accounts maintained with any broker dealer and all other similar accounts maintained by each Borrower, together with a description thereof ( i.e. , the bank or broker dealer at which such deposit or other account is maintained and the account number and the purpose thereof).

Section 5.23        Intellectual Property . Except as set forth on Schedule 5.23, each Loan Party owns or licenses or otherwise has the right to use all licenses, permits, patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, tradenames, copyrights, copyright applications, franchises, authorizations, non-governmental licenses and permits and other intellectual property rights that are necessary for the operation of its business, without infringement upon or conflict with the rights of any other Person with respect thereto, except for such infringements and conflicts which, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Set forth on Schedule 5.23 is a complete and accurate list as of the Effective Date of all such material licenses, permits, patents, patent applications, trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, tradenames, copyrights, copyright applications, franchises, authorizations, non-governmental licenses and permits and

 

 

 

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other intellectual property rights of each Loan Party, other than copyright licenses relating to third-party software. No slogan or other advertising device, product, process, method, substance, part or other material now employed, or now contemplated to be employed, by any Loan Party infringes upon or conflicts with any rights owned by any other Person, and no claim or litigation regarding any of the foregoing is pending or threatened, except for such infringements and conflicts which could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. To the best knowledge of each Loan Party, no patent, invention, device, application, principle or any statute, law, rule, regulation, standard or code is pending or proposed, which, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 5.24        Material Contracts . Set forth on Schedule 5.24 is a complete and accurate list as of the Effective Date of all Material Contracts of each Borrower, showing the parties and subject matter thereof and amendments and modifications thereto. Each such Material Contract (i) is in full force and effect and is binding upon and enforceable against each Loan Party that is a party thereto and, to the best knowledge of such Loan Party, all other parties thereto in accordance with its terms, (ii) has not been otherwise amended or modified, and (iii) is not in default due to the action of any Loan Party or, to the best knowledge of any Loan Party, any other party thereto.

Section 5.25        Holding Company and Investment Company Acts . None of the Loan Parties is (i) a “holding company” or a “subsidiary company” of a “holding company” or an “affiliate” of a “holding company”, as such terms are defined in the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended, or (ii) an “investment company” or an “affiliated person” or “promoter” of, or “principal underwriter” of or for, an “investment company”, as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

Section 5.26        Employee and Labor Matters . There is (i) no unfair labor practice complaint pending or, to the best knowledge of any Loan Party, threatened against any Loan Party before any Governmental Authority and no grievance or arbitration proceeding pending or threatened against any Loan Party which arises out of or under any collective bargaining agreement, (ii) no strike, labor dispute, slowdown, stoppage or similar action or grievance pending or threatened against any Loan Party or (iii) to the best knowledge of any Loan Party, no union representation question existing with respect to the employees of any Loan Party and no union organizing activity taking place with respect to any of the employees of any Loan Party. No Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates has incurred any liability or obligation under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (“ WARN ”) or similar state law, which remains unpaid or unsatisfied. The hours worked and payments made to employees of any Loan Party have not been in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other applicable legal requirements. All material payments due from any Loan Party on account of wages and employee health and welfare insurance and other benefits have been paid or accrued as a liability on the books of such Loan Party.

Section 5.27        Customers and Suppliers . There exists no actual or, to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, threatened termination, cancellation or limitation of, or adverse modification to or change in, the business relationship between (i) any Loan Party, on the one hand, and any customer or any group thereof, on the other hand, whose agreements with any

 

 

 

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Loan Party are individually or in the aggregate material to the business or operations of such Loan Party, or (ii) any Loan Party, on the one hand, and any material supplier thereof, on the other hand; and there exists no present state of facts or circumstances that could give rise to or result in any such termination, cancellation, limitation, or adverse modification or change.

Section 5.28        No Bankruptcy Filing . No Loan Party is contemplating either an Insolvency Proceeding or the liquidation of all or a major portion of such Loan Party’s assets or property, and no Loan Party has any knowledge of any Person contemplating an Insolvency Proceeding against it.

 

Section 5.29

Separate Existence  .

(i)             All customary formalities regarding the corporate existence of each Loan Party has been at all times since its formation and will continue to be observed.

(ii)            Each Loan Party has at all times since its formation accurately maintained, and will continue to accurately maintain, its financial statements, accounting records and other organizational documents separate from those of any Affiliate of such Loan Party and any other Person. No Loan Party has at any time since its formation commingled, and will not commingle, its assets with those of any of its Affiliates or any other Person. Each Loan Party has at all times since its formation accurately maintained, and will continue to accurately maintain its own bank accounts and separate books of account.

(iii)          Each Loan Party has at all times since its formation paid, and will continue to pay, its own liabilities from its own separate assets.

(iv)           Each Loan Party has at all times since its formation identified itself, and will continue to identify itself, in all dealings with the public, under its own name and as a separate and distinct Person.

Section 5.30        Name; Jurisdiction of Organization; Organizational ID Number; Chief Place of Business; Chief Executive Office; FEIN . Schedule 5.30 sets forth a complete and accurate list as of the date hereof of (i) the exact legal name of each Loan Party, (ii) the jurisdiction of organization of each Loan Party, (iii) the organizational identification number of each Loan Party (or indicates that such Loan Party has no organizational identification number), (iv) each place of business of each Loan Party, (v) the chief executive office of each Loan Party and (vi) the federal employer identification number of each Loan Party.

Section 5.31        Tradenames . Schedule 5.31 hereto sets forth a complete and accurate list as of the Effective Date of all tradenames, business names or similar appellations used by each Loan Party or any of its divisions or other business units during the past two years.

Section 5.32        Locations of Collateral . Except with respect to Collateral having a value of $250,000 or less in the aggregate, there is no location at which any Loan Party has any Collateral (except for Inventory in transit) other than (i) those locations listed on Schedule 5.32 and (ii) any other locations notified in writing to the Agent from time to time. Schedule 5.32 hereto contains a true, correct and complete list, as of the Effective Date, of the legal names and addresses of each warehouse at which Collateral of each Loan Party is stored. None of the

 

 

 

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receipts received by any Loan Party from any warehouse states that the goods covered thereby are to be delivered to bearer or to the order of a named Person or to a named Person and such named Person’s assigns.

Section 5.33        Security Interests . Each Security Agreement creates in favor of the Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the Collateral secured thereby. Upon the filing of the UCC-1 financing statements described in Section 4.01(d)(x) and the recording of the Collateral Assignments for Security referred to in each Security Agreement in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office, as applicable, such security interests in and Liens on the Collateral granted thereby shall be perfected, first priority security interests, and no further recordings or filings are or will be required in connection with the creation, perfection or enforcement of such security interests and Liens, other than (i) the filing of continuation statements in accordance with applicable law, (ii) the recording of the Collateral Assignments for Security pursuant to each Security Agreement in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office, as applicable, with respect to after-acquired U.S. patent and trademark applications and registrations and U.S. copyrights and (iii) the recordation of appropriate evidence of the security interest in the appropriate foreign registry with respect to all foreign intellectual property.

Section 5.34        Acquisition Agreement . The Parent has delivered to the Agent a complete and correct draft of the Acquisition Agreement, in the form that will signed by the parties thereto, including all schedules and exhibits thereto. The Acquisition Agreement, including all exhibits and schedules thereto, sets forth the entire agreement and understanding of the parties thereto relating to the subject matter thereof, and there are no other agreements, arrangements or understandings, written or oral, relating to the matters covered thereby. The execution, delivery and performance of the Acquisition Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary action (including, without limitation, the obtaining of any consent of stockholders or other holders of capital stock required by law or by any applicable corporate or other organizational documents) on the part of each such Person. No authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to, filing with or license from, any Governmental Authority is required for such sale other than such as have been obtained on or prior to the Effective Date. Upon its execution, the Acquisition Agreement will be the legal, valid and binding obligation of the parties thereto, enforceable against such parties in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that the enforceability thereof may be limited by any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws from time to time in effect affecting generally the enforcement of creditors’ rights and remedies and by general principles of equity.

Section 5.35        Fees . The following fees and expenses, together with the fees and expenses set forth in Section 2.06 and Section 11.04 hereof, are all of the fees and expenses payable by the Borrowers in connection with this Agreement, the Acquisition and the Second Financing:

 

(a)

an advisory fee equal to $1,000,000 payable to The Hermes Group LLC;

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(c)        a fee equal to $600,000 payable to Stanford Group Company;

 

(d)

costs, expenses and reasonable fees of counsel to the Loan Parties; and

(e)            on the closing date of the Second Financing, an amount equal to $5,500,000 plus reasonable expenses (plus 552,632 warrants of the Parent with strike price of $4.37 and 137,615 warrants of the Parent with strike price of $3.76) payable to Stanford Group Company.

Section 5.36        Consummation of Acquisition . All conditions precedent to the Acquisition Agreement have been fulfilled or waived, the Acquisition Agreement has not been amended or otherwise modified, and there has been no breach of any material term or condition of the Acquisition Agreement.

Section 5.37        Schedules . All of the information which is required to be scheduled to this Agreement is set forth on the Schedules attached hereto, is correct and accurate and does not omit to state any information material thereto.

ARTICLE VI

 

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS OF THE LOAN PARTIES

So long as any principal of or interest on any Loan or any other Obligation (whether or not due) shall remain unpaid or any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, each Borrower will, unless the Required Lenders shall otherwise consent in writing:

 

Section 6.01

Reporting Requirements  . Furnish to the Agent and each Lender:

(i)             upon request (but in no event shall such request be made sooner than 120 days after the Loan has been made pursuant to the terms of this Agreement), consolidated and consolidating balance sheets, consolidated and consolidating statements of operations and retained earnings and consolidated and consolidating statements of cash flows of the Parent and its Subsidiaries as at the end of each fiscal quarter, and for the period commencing at the end of the immediately preceding Fiscal Year and ending with the end of such quarter, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding date or period of the immediately preceding Fiscal Year, all in reasonable detail and certified by an Authorized Officer of the Parent as fairly presenting, in all material respects, the financial position of the Parent and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such quarter and the results of operations and cash flows of the Parent and its Subsidiaries for such quarter, in accordance with GAAP applied in a manner consistent with that of the most recent audited financial statements of the Parent and its Subsidiaries furnished to the Agent and the Lenders, subject to normal year-end adjustments;

(ii)            upon request (but in no event shall such request be made sooner than 120 days after the Loan has been made pursuant to the terms of this Agreement), as soon as available and in any event within 30 days after the end of each fiscal month of the Parent and its Subsidiaries commencing with the first fiscal month of the Parent and its Subsidiaries ending after the Effective Date, internally prepared consolidated and consolidating balance sheets, consolidated and consolidating statements of operations and retained earnings and consolidated

 

 

 

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and consolidating statements of cash flows as at the end of such fiscal month, and for the period commencing at the end of the immediately preceding Fiscal Year and ending with the end of such fiscal month, all in reasonable detail and certified by an Authorized Officer of the Parent as fairly presenting, in all material respects, the financial position of the Parent and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal month and the results of operations, retained earnings and cash flows of the Parent and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal month, in accordance with GAAP applied in a manner consistent with that of the most recent audited financial statements furnished to the Agent and the Lenders, subject to normal year-end adjustments;

(iii)          simultaneously with the delivery of the financial statements of the Parent and its Subsidiaries if and as required by clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section 6.01, a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Parent stating that such Authorized Officer has reviewed the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and has made or caused to be made under his or her supervision a review of the condition and operations of the Parent and its Subsidiaries during the period covered by such financial statements with a view to determining whether the Parent and its Subsidiaries were in compliance with all of the provisions of this Agreement and such Loan Documents at the times such compliance is required hereby and thereby, and that such review has not disclosed, and such Authorized Officer has no knowledge of, the existence during such period of an Event of Default or Default or, if an Event of Default or Default existed, describing the nature and period of existence thereof and the action which the Parent and its Subsidiaries propose to take or have taken with respect thereto;

(iv)           upon request (but in no event shall such request be made sooner than 120 days after the Loan has been made pursuant to the terms of this Agreement), as soon as available and in any event within 30 days after the end of each fiscal month of the Parent and its Subsidiaries commencing with the first fiscal month of the Parent and its Subsidiaries ending after the Effective Date, reports in form and detail satisfactory to the Agent and certified by an Authorized Officer of the Administrative Borrower as being accurate and complete (A) listing all Accounts Receivable of the Loan Parties as of such day, which shall include the amount and age of each such Account Receivable, showing separately those which are more than 30, 60, 90 and 120 days old and a description of all Liens, set-offs, defenses and counterclaims with respect thereto, together with a reconciliation of such schedule with the schedule delivered to the Agent pursuant to this clause (iv)(A) for the immediately preceding fiscal month, the name and mailing address of each Account Debtor with respect to each such Account Receivable and such other information as the Agent may request, (B) listing all accounts payable of the Loan Parties as of each such day which shall include the amount and age of each such account payable, the name and mailing address of each account creditor and such other information as the Agent may request, and (C) listing all Inventory of the Loan Parties as of each such day, and containing a breakdown of such Inventory by type and amount, the cost and the current market value thereof (by location), the date of acquisition, the warehouse and production facility location and such other information as the Agent may request, all in detail and in form satisfactory to the Agent;

(v)            promptly after submission to any Governmental Authority, all documents and information furnished to such Governmental Authority in connection with any investigation of any Loan Party other than routine inquiries by such Governmental Authority;

 

 

 

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(vi)           as soon as possible, and in any event within 3 Business Days after the occurrence of an Event of Default or Default or the occurrence of any event or development that could have a Material Adverse Effect, the written statement of an Authorized Officer of the Administrative Borrower setting forth the details of such Event of Default or Default or other event or development having a Material Adverse Effect and the action which the affected Loan Party proposes to take with respect thereto;

(vii)         (A) as soon as possible and in any event within 10 days after any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate thereof knows or has reason to know that (1) any Reportable Event with respect to any Employee Plan has occurred, (2) any other Termination Event with respect to any Employee Plan has occurred, or (3) an accumulated funding deficiency has been incurred or an application has been made to the Secretary of the Treasury for a waiver or modification of the minimum funding standard (including installment payments) or an extension of any amortization period under Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code with respect to an Employee Plan, a statement of an Authorized Officer of the Administrative Borrower setting forth the details of such occurrence and the action, if any, which such Loan Party or such ERISA Affiliate proposes to take with respect thereto, (B) promptly and in any event within three days after receipt thereof by any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate thereof from the PBGC, copies of each notice received by any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate thereof of the PBGC’s intention to terminate any Plan or to have a trustee appointed to administer any Plan, (C) promptly and in any event within 10 days after the filing thereof with the Internal Revenue Service if requested by the Agent, copies of each Schedule B (Actuarial Information) to the annual report (Form 5500 Series) with respect to each Employee Plan and Multiemployer Plan, (D) promptly and in any event within 10 days after any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate thereof knows or has reason to know that a required installment within the meaning of Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code has not been made when due with respect to an Employee Plan, (E) promptly and in any event within 3 days after receipt thereof by any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate thereof from a sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan or from the PBGC, a copy of each notice received by any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate thereof concerning the imposition or amount of withdrawal liability under Section 4202 of ERISA or indicating that such Multiemployer Plan may enter reorganization status under Section 4241 of ERISA, and (F) promptly and in any event within 10 days after any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate thereof sends notice of a plant closing or mass layoff (as defined in WARN) to employees, copies of each such notice sent by such Loan Party or such ERISA Affiliate thereof;

(viii)        promptly after the commencement thereof but in any event not later than 5 Business Days after service of process with respect thereto on, or the obtaining of knowledge thereof by, any Loan Party, notice of each action, suit or proceeding before any court or other Governmental Authority or other regulatory body or any arbitrator which, if adversely determined, could have a Material Adverse Effect;

(ix)           as soon as possible and in any event within 5 Business Days after execution, receipt or delivery thereof, copies of any material notices that any Loan Party executes or receives in connection with any Material Contract;

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executes or receives in connection with the sale or other Disposition of the Capital Stock of, or all or substantially all of the assets of, any Loan Party;

(xi)           promptly after the sending or filing thereof, copies of all statements, reports and other information any Loan Party sends to any holders of its Indebtedness or its securities or files with the SEC or any national (domestic or foreign) securities exchange;

(xii)         promptly upon receipt thereof, copies of all financial reports (including, without limitation, management letters), if any, submitted to any Loan Party by its auditors in connection with any annual or interim audit of the books thereof; and

(xiii)        promptly upon request, such other information concerning the condition or operations, financial or otherwise, of any Loan Party as the Agent may from time to time may reasonably request.

 

Section 6.02

Additional Guaranties and Collateral Security  . Cause:

(i)             each Subsidiary of any Loan Party not in existence on the Effective Date, to execute and deliver to the Agent promptly and in any event within 3 days after the formation, acquisition or change in status thereof (A) a Guaranty guaranteeing the Obligations, (B) a Security Agreement, (C) if such Subsidiary has any Subsidiaries, a Pledge Agreement together with (x) certificates evidencing all of the Capital Stock of any Person owned by such Subsidiary, (y) undated stock powers executed in blank with signature guaranteed, and (z) such opinion of counsel and such approving certificate of such Subsidiary as the Agent may reasonably request in respect of complying with any legend on any such certificate or any other matter relating to such shares, (D) one or more Mortgages creating on the real property of such Subsidiary a perfected, first priority Lien on such real property, a Title Insurance Policy covering such real property, a current ALTA survey thereof and a surveyor’s certificate, each in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, together with such other agreements, instruments and documents as the Agent may require whether comparable to the documents required under Section 6.15 or otherwise, and (E) such other agreements, instruments, approvals, legal opinions or other documents reasonably requested by the Agent in order to create, perfect, establish the first priority of or otherwise protect any Lien purported to be covered by any such Security Agreement, Pledge Agreement or Mortgage or otherwise to effect the intent that such Subsidiary shall become bound by all of the terms, covenants and agreements contained in the Loan Documents and that all property and assets of such Subsidiary shall become Collateral for the Obligations; and

(ii)            each owner of the Capital Stock of any such Subsidiary to execute and deliver promptly and in any event within 3 Business Days after the formation or acquisition of such Subsidiary a Pledge Agreement, together with (A) certificates evidencing all of the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary, (B) undated stock powers or other appropriate instruments of assignment executed in blank with signature guaranteed, (C) such opinion of counsel and such approving certificate of such Subsidiary as the Agent may reasonably request in respect of complying with any legend on any such certificate or any other matter relating to such shares and (D) such other agreements, instruments, approvals, legal opinions or other documents requested by the Agent.

 

 

 

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Section 6.03        Compliance with Laws, Etc. Comply, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to comply, in all material respects with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, orders (including, without limitation, all Environmental Laws judgments and awards (including any settlement of any claim that, if breached, could give rise to any of the foregoing), such compliance to include, without limitation, (i) paying before the same become delinquent all taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon it or upon its income or profits or upon any of its properties, and (ii) paying all lawful claims which if unpaid might reasonably be expected to become a Lien or charge upon any of its properties, except to the extent contested in good faith by proper proceedings which stay the imposition of any penalty, fine or Lien resulting from the non-payment thereof and with respect to which adequate reserves have been set aside for the payment thereof in accordance with GAAP.

Section 6.04        Preservation of Existence, Etc. Maintain and preserve, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain and preserve, its existence, rights and privileges and become or remain, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to become or remain, duly qualified and in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the character of the properties owned or leased by it or in which the transaction of its business makes such qualification necessary except where the failure to be so qualified would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 6.05        Keeping of Records and Books of Account . Keep, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to keep, adequate records and books of account, with complete entries made to permit the preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP.

Section 6.06        Inspection Rights . Permit, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to permit, the agents and representatives of the Agent at any time and from time to time during normal business hours, at the expense of the Borrowers (except as otherwise provided in Section 3.01), to examine and make copies of and abstracts from its records and books of account, to visit and inspect its properties, to verify materials, leases, notes, accounts receivable, deposit accounts and its other assets, to conduct audits, physical counts, valuations, appraisals, Phase I Environmental Site Assessments (and, if requested by the Agent based upon the results of any such Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, a Phase II Environmental Site Assessment) or examinations and to discuss its affairs, finances and accounts with any of its directors, officers, managerial employees, independent accountants or any of its other representatives; provided that the Borrowers shall have no obligation to make such payments with respect to any such visits, audits, inspections, appraisals and field examinations more than one time in any six month period. In furtherance of the foregoing, each Loan Party hereby authorizes its independent accountants, and the independent accountants of each of its Subsidiaries, to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of such Person (independently or together with representatives of such Person) with the agents and representatives of the Agent in accordance with this Section 6.06.

Section 6.07        Maintenance of Properties, Etc. Maintain and preserve, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain and preserve, all of its properties which are necessary in the proper conduct of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and comply, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to comply, at all times with the provisions of all leases to which it is a party as lessee or under which it occupies property, so as to prevent any loss or forfeiture thereof or thereunder.

 

 

 

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Section 6.08        Maintenance of Insurance . Maintain, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain, insurance with responsible and reputable insurance companies or associations (including, without limitation, comprehensive general liability, hazard, rent and business interruption insurance) with respect to its properties (including all real properties leased or owned by it) and business, in such amounts and covering such risks as is required by any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction with respect thereto or as is carried generally in accordance with sound business practice by companies in similar businesses similarly situated. All policies covering the Collateral are to be made payable to the Agent for the benefit of the Lenders, as its interests may appear, in case of loss, under a standard non-contributory “lender” or “secured party” clause and are to contain such other provisions as the Agent reasonably may require to fully protect the Lenders’ interest in the Collateral and to any payments to be made under such policies. All certificates of insurance are to be delivered to the Agent and the policies are to be premium prepaid, with the loss payable and additional insured endorsement in favor of the Agent and such other Persons as the Agent may designate from time to time, and shall provide for not less than 30 days’ prior written notice to the Agent of the exercise of any right of cancellation. If any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries fails to maintain such insurance, the Agent may arrange for such insurance, but at the Borrowers’ expense and without any responsibility on the Agent’s part for obtaining the insurance, the solvency of the insurance companies, the adequacy of the coverage, or the collection of claims. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Agent shall have the sole right, in the name of the Lenders, any Loan Party and its Subsidiaries, to file claims under any insurance policies, to receive, receipt and give acquittance for any payments that may be payable thereunder, and to execute any and all endorsements, receipts, releases, assignments, reassignments or other documents that may be necessary to effect the collection, compromise or settlement of any claims under any such insurance policies.

Section 6.09        Obtaining of Permits, Etc. Obtain, maintain and preserve, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to obtain, maintain and preserve, and take all necessary action to timely renew,


 
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