EXHIBIT 10.14
FORBEARANCE
AGREEMENT
This Forbearance Agreement (this
“Agreement”) is made this 17th day of September, 2008
by and among Media Sciences, Inc. (“Lessee”), Media
Sciences International, Inc. (“Guarantor”), and PNC
Equipment Finance, LLC, formerly known as PNC Leasing, LLC
(“Lessor”).
BACKGROUND
A. On
July 26, 2005, Lessee and Lessor executed a master lease agreement
(the “Lease Agreement”). The Lease Agreement provided
for Lessor to lease to Lessee certain machinery, equipment and
other personal property (the “Equipment”).
B. On
July 26, 2005, Lessee and Lessor executed a supplement to master
lease agreement (the “Supplement”).
C. On
February 13, 2008, Lessee and Lessor executed a waiver and
amendment to lease (the “Amendment”). The Amendment
provided that the Lease Agreement would terminate on or before May
15, 2008 and that the Lessee would purchase the Equipment from
Lessor at a price equal to the Termination Values set forth in
Schedule 001 and Schedule 002.
D. On
May 15, 2008, Lessee and Lessor executed an amendment to lease (the
“Second Amendment”). The Second Amendment provided that
the Lessee would purchase the Equipment on Schedule 001 no later
than May 15, 2008 and would purchase the Equipment on Schedule 002
no later than June 30, 2008.
E. For
the purposes hereof, the Lease Agreement, the Amendment and the
Second Amendment, and all other agreements, instruments and
documents executed pursuant thereto are sometimes hereinafter
collectively called the “Existing Financing
Agreements.” The Existing Financing Agreements are fully
enforceable against the Lessee and Guarantor. All terms not
otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings
ascribed thereto in the Existing Financing Agreements.
F. Lessee
terminated the lease and purchased the Equipment on Schedule 001.
However, Lessee did not purchase the Equipment on Schedule 002 and
is accordingly in default under the Second Amendment (the
“Existing Event of Default”).
G. The
parties have agreed, subject to the terms and conditions of the
Existing Financing Agreements, as modified by this Agreement, to
modify certain terms of the Lease Agreement, the Amendment, and the
Second Amendment and the Lessor is agreeing to forbear from taking
any actions to exercise its remedies as a result of the Existing
Event of Default to the extent provided by, and pursuant to the
terms and conditions of, this Agreement.
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NOW, THEREFORE, with the foregoing
Background deemed incorporated by reference herein and made a part
hereof, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby
promise and agree as follows:
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1.
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CONFIRMATION OF
INDEBTEDNESS.
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(a) Lessee
and Lessor confirm that the Termination Value for the Equipment on
Schedule 002 is $528,488.00 as of the date hereof, plus accrued and
unpaid interest and unpaid costs and expenses (the
“Indebtedness”), all of which are due and owing without
defense, set off, counterclaim, discount or charge of any
kind.
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2.
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PAYMENT OF INDEBTEDNESS.
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(a) Lessee
shall make monthly payments to Lessor of no less than $50,000.00
each commencing October 1, 2008 and on the first day of each month
thereafter. All such payments shall be applied first to accrued
interest at a rate of prime plus 2.5 percent, with the balance
applied to principal. Lessee shall satisfy the outstanding
principal balance, together with all accrued interest and late
charges and all of Lessor’s costs and expenses no later than
March 31, 2009. The obligation may be prepaid, in full or in part,
at any time, without penalty.
(b)
The rate of interest charged on the outstanding principal balance
of the Indebtedness shall be, effective on the date of this
Agreement, prime plus 2.5 percent. Upon maturity, whether by
acceleration, demand or otherwise, and at the Lessee’s option
upon the occurrence of any Event of Default (as hereinafter
defined) and during the continuance thereof, amounts outstanding
under the Lease Agreement shall bear interest at a rate per annum
(based on the actual number of days that principal is outstanding
over a year of 360 days), respectively, which shall be five
percentage points (5%) in excess of the interest rate otherwise in
effect under this Agreement, but not more than the maximum rate
allowed by law (the “Default Rate”). The Default Rate
shall continue to apply whether or not judgment shall be entered.
The Default Rate is imposed as liquidated damages for the purpose
of defraying the Lessor’s expenses incident to the handling
of delinquent payments, but is in addition to, and not in lieu of,
the Lessor’s exercise of any rights and remedies hereunder,
under the Existing Financing Agreements or under applicable law,
and any fees and expenses of any agents or attorneys which the
Lender may employ. In addition, the Default Rate reflects the
increased credit risk to the Lessor of carrying a lease that is in
default. The Lessee agrees that the Default Rate is a reasonable
forecast of just compensation for anticipated and actual harm
incurred by the Lessor, and that the actual harm incurred by the
Lessor cannot be estimated with certainty and without
difficulty.
(c) Upon
payment of full of the Indebtedness, Lessor shall deliver to Lessee
a bill of sale for the Equipment on Schedule 002, the Lease shall
be terminated, Lessor shall file a UCC-3 termination statement, and
the Guarantor shall be released from its obligations under the
Guaranty. The parties agree that the UCC-1 financing statement
previously filed by Lessor is
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intended to apply only to the
Equipment and does not create a security interest by Lessor in any
of Lessee’s other assets.
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AGREEMENT TO FORBEAR . In consideration for the terms
hereof, Lessor agrees to forbear from taking any actions to
terminate the Lease Agreement as to the Equipment on Schedule 002
or to seek possession of the Equipment until the date (the
“Termination Date”) that is the earlier of: (a) the
occurrence of an Event of Default hereunder, or (b) March 31, 2009.
After the Termination Date, unless extended by Lessor, in
Lessor’s sole and absolute discretion, in writing, Lessor
shall have the option to exercise any and all rights and remedies
it may have under the Existing Financing Agreements and as are
otherwise available at law or in equity, including, without
limitation, to demand immediate payment of all of Lessee’s
obligations to Lessor. The Lessee has acknowledged and agreed with
the Lessor that the Lessee failed to purchase the Equipment on
Schedule 002 as required under with the Second Amendment and that
such failure constitutes an Existing Event of Default. The Lessee
has requested that the Lessor waive the Existing Event of Default.
In reliance upon the Lessee’s representations and warranties
and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the
Lessor agrees to grant a waiver of the Existing Event of Default.
The Lessor is willing to continue the grant of its conditional
waiver of the events of default as provided for in the Amendment
and the Second Amendment, subject to the conditions in Section
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4.
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CONDITIONS FOR
FORBEARANCE .
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(a) The
Lessee and Guarantor shall make all payments to Lender set forth in
Section 2 of this Agreement.
(b) The
Lessee and Guarantor shall pay a forbearance fee of $10,569.76. One
half of the fee shall be payable upon execution of this Agreement
with the balance due on March 31, 2009. If the Indebtedness is paid
in full no later than February 15, 2009, the balance of the
forbearance fee will be waived.
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INCORPORATION OF EXISTING FINANCING DOCUMENTS . The parties
acknowledge and agree that this Agreement is incorporated into and
made part of the Existing Financing Agreements, the terms and
provisions of which, unless expressly modified herein or unless no
longer applicable by their terms, continue unchanged and in full
force and effect. T