EXHIBIT 10.8
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT REVENUE
BONDS,
SECURITY AGREEMENT DATED FEBRUARY
28, 2007
SECURITY
AGREEMENT
Dated as of February 28,
2007
By
ADVANCED FIBERGLASS TECHNOLOGIES,
INC.
AND
M & W FIBERGLASS,
LLC
In Favor Of:
NEKOOSA PORT EDWARDS STATE
BANK
Relating to
:
$4,000,000
City of Wisconsin Rapids,
Wisconsin
Industrial Development Revenue
Bonds, Series 2007A, 2007B and 2007C
(Advanced Fiberglass Technologies
Project)
SECURITY
AGREEMENT
THIS SECURITY
AGREEMENT, dated as of February 28, 2007 (this “
Agreement ”), is made by and among ADVANCED FIBERGLASS
TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a Wisconsin corporation (the “
Corporation ”) and M & W FIBERGLASS, LLC, a
Wisconsin limited liability company (the “ LLC
,” and together with the Corporation, are referred to herein
individually as a “ Debtor ” or collectively,
“ Debtors ”), in favor of NEKOOSA PORT EDWARDS
STATE BANK, as Trustee and as Original Purchaser (“
Bank ” or “ Secured Party
”).
RECITALS
A. The
City of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin (the “ Issuer
”), will issue its Industrial Development Revenue Bonds,
Series 2007A, 2007B and 2007C (Advanced Fiberglass Technologies
Project) in the aggregate principal amount of Four Million Dollars
($4,000,000) (the “ Bonds ”), pursuant to a Bond
Agreement dated as of February 28, 2007 (the “ Bond
Agreement ”), by and between the Issuer, the Debtors, the
Individual Borrowers (collectively, the Debtors and the Individual
Borrowers are referred to herein as the “ Borrowers
”), Nekoosa Port Edwards State Bank, as trustee (the “
Trustee ”) and Nekoosa Port Edwards State Bank, as
original purchaser (“ Original Purchaser
”).
B. The
proceeds derived from the issuance of the Bonds will be loaned to
the Borrowers pursuant to the Bond Agreement, and used to finance a
project consisting of (i) the construction of an approximately
70,000 square foot manufacturing facility to be located at 4400
Commerce Drive in the City of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin (the
“ Facility ”) to be owned by the LLC and
operated by the Corporation; and (ii) the acquisition and
installation of equipment at the Facility (collectively (i) and
(ii) are referred to herein as the “ Project
”).
C. To
provide the funds to be loaned to the Borrowers for payment of the
costs of the Project, the Issuer has contracted for the sale of the
Bonds to the Original Purchaser, and the Original Purchaser has
agreed to purchase such Bonds in reliance on Borrowers’
agreement to the terms and conditions set forth in that certain
Credit Agreement dated as of February 28, 2007 by and among the
Borrowers and the Original Purchaser (the “ Credit
Agreement ”).
D. It
is a condition precedent to the Original Purchaser’s
obligation to purchase the Bonds that the Debtors shall have
executed and delivered this Security Agreement to the Bank to
secure the Obligations (as defined in the Credit Agreement) and all
other indebtedness (whether presently existing or hereafter
arising) of the Borrowers to the Bank.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE
in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, the
parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
1.01
Definitions . All capitalized terms used herein
and not otherwise defined below, shall have meanings assigned to
them in the Credit Agreement. The following terms used
herein have the meanings defined below:
“
Accounts ” shall mean “accounts” as
defined in Section 9-102 of the UCC, “instruments”
and “chattel paper” as defined in Section 9-102 of the
UCC, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, shall
include: (a) any and all rights to the payment of money
or other forms of consideration of any kind now or hereafter owing
or to be owing to Debtor (whether classified under the UCC as
accounts, chattel paper, instruments, general intangibles, or
otherwise) including, but not limited to, accounts receivable,
letters of credit and the right to receive payment thereunder,
chattel paper, tax refunds, insurance proceeds, contract rights,
notes, drafts, instruments, documents, acceptances, and all other
debts, obligations and liabilities in whatever form now or
hereafter owing to Debtor, all guarantees, security and liens which
secure payment of any of the foregoing, all of Debtor’s
rights to goods, now owned or hereafter acquired by Debtor, sold
(delivered, undelivered, in transit or returned) which may be
represented thereby; and (b) all proceeds of any of the
foregoing.
“
Architect’s Contract ”: shall mean
any contract for architectural services between Debtor and an
architect or architectural firm for the design of the
Project.
“
Chattel Paper ”: shall mean “chattel
paper” as defined in Section 9-102(11) of the UCC.
“
Collateral ” shall mean and include all of
Debtor’s respective right, title, and interest in and to the
following, whether now owned or hereafter acquired and wherever
located:
|
|
All
Debtor’s right, title and interest in and to all goods and
other property, whether or not delivered (i) the sale or lease of
which gives or purports to give rise to any Account including, but
not limited to, all merchandise returned or rejected by or
repossessed from customers or (ii) securing any Account, including
all Debtor’s respective rights as an unpaid vendor or lienor,
including stoppage in transit, replevin and reclamation with
respect to such goods and other properties;
|
|
|
All guaranties,
mortgages on, or security interests in real or personal property,
leases or other agreements or property securing or relating to any
Account or other Collateral, or acquired for the purpose of
securing and enforcing any item thereof;
|
|
|
All documents
of title, policies and certificates of insurance, securities, or
other documents or instruments;
|
|
|
All files,
correspondence, computer programs, tapes, discs and related data
processing software (owned by Debtor or in which Debtor has an
interest) which contain information identifying or pertaining to
any of the Collateral or any account debtor, or showing the amounts
thereof or payments thereon or otherwise necessary or helpful in
the realization thereon or the collection thereof;
|
|
|
Any and all
products and proceeds of any item of the foregoing (including, but
not limited to, any claims to any items referred to in this
definition, and any claims of Debtor against third parties for loss
of, damage to, destruction of, or infringement of any or all the
Collateral or for proceeds payable under or unearned premiums with
respect to policies of insurance) in whatever form, including cash,
negotiable instruments and other instruments for the payment of
money, chattel paper, security agreements or other documents;
and
|
|
|
The
Construction Collateral.
|
“
Commercial Tort Claims ” shall mean a
“commercial tort claim” as defined under Section
9-102(13) of the UCC.
“
Construction Collateral ” shall mean Debtor’s
respective right, title, and interest in and under: (a) the
Construction Contract, and all modifications, amendments, and
additions thereto; (b) the Architect’s Contract, and all
modifications, amendments, and additions thereto; (c) the Plans and
Specifications; and (d) all permits, licenses, easements,
approvals, surety bonds, contracts and agreements relating to the
Project, to the extent assignable.
“
Construction Contract ” shall mean any
construction contract between Debtor and any construction firm
for the construction of the Project.
“
Copyrights ” shall mean all of the following now or
hereafter owned by Debtor: (i) all copyright rights in
any work subject to the copyright laws of the United States or any
other country, whether as author, assignee, transferee or
otherwise; and (ii) all registrations and applications for
registration or any such copyright in the United States or any
other country, including registrations, recordings, supplemental
registrations and pending applications for registration in the
United States Copyright Office.
“
Deposit Accounts ” shall mean a “deposit
account” as defined under Section 9-102(29) of the
UCC.
“
Document ” shall mean a “document” as
defined under Section 9-102(30) of the UCC.
“
Equipment ” shall mean “equipment” as
defined in Section 9-102(33) of the UCC and, without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, shall include: (a) all motor vehicles;
(b) all accessions, attachments, substitutions and replacements
(including spare parts) for any item described herein; (c) any
other goods now owned or hereafter acquired by Debtor that do not
constitute Inventory and which are used or bought for use primarily
in business; and (d) all proceeds of any of the
foregoing.
“
Event of Default ” shall have the meaning assigned to
it in Section 7.01 of the Credit Agreement.
“
Fixtures ” shall mean “fixtures,” as
defined in Section 9-102(41) of the UCC, installed on, or affixed
to, the real property described on Schedule 1.01 attached
hereto, or to the buildings or improvements situated thereon, and
all proceeds of the foregoing.
“
General Intangibles ” shall mean “general
intangibles” as defined in Section 9-102(42) of the UCC
relating to any other Collateral, and shall include, without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, all goodwill, inventions,
designs, copyrights, trademarks, tradenames, patents, licenses,
applications for any of the foregoing, government approvals,
permits or authorizations for any of the foregoing, all contract
rights, including all rights under the Construction Contract, the
Architect’s Contract, or any other contract, permit, or other
document or agreement pertaining to the construction of the
Project.
“
Goods ” shall mean “goods” as defined in
Section 9-102(44) of the UCC.
“
Intellectual Property ” shall mean all Patents,
Trademarks, Copyrights, and Licenses.
“
Inventory ” shall mean “inventory” as
defined in Section 9-102(48) of the UCC and, without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, shall include: (a) all goods held
or intended for sale or lease by Debtor; (b) all documents
evidencing and general intangibles relating to such goods; and (c)
all proceeds of any of the foregoing.
“
Investment Property ” shall mean “investment
property” as defined in Section 9-102(49) of the UCC and all
dividends, distributions and rights in connection therewith and
proceeds thereof.
“
Letter-of-Credit Rights ” shall mean a
“Letter-of-credit right” as defined under Section
9-102(51) of the UCC.
“
Licenses ” shall mean any written agreement, now or
hereafter in effect, granting to any third party any right to use
any Patent, Copyright or Trademark now or hereafter owned by Debtor
or which Debtor has the right to license, or any written agreement,
now or hereafter in effect granting to Debtor any right to use any
Patent, Copyright or Trademark owned by a third party.
“
Obligations ” shall mean: (a) all existing and future
indebtedness of Borrowers to Secured Party, and any promissory
notes taken in renewal, exchange or substitution thereof or
therefor, including interest and premium on all the foregoing and
all costs of collecting the same; (b) all of Borrower’s
obligations and liabilities under the Credit Agreement and the
other Related Documents, as the same may be amended from time to
time; (c) all of Debtors’ obligations and liabilities
hereunder; (d) all other debts, obligations and liabilities of
Borrowers’ to or in favor of Secured Party, whether now
existing or hereafter incurred or arising; and (e) all of
Borrowers’ obligations and liabilities under the Bond
Documents, as the same may be amended from time to time.
“
Patents ” shall mean all of the following now or
hereafter owned by the Debtor: (i) all letters patent of
the United States or any other country, all registrations and
records thereof, and all applications for letters patent of the
United States or any other country, including registrations,
records and pending applications in the United States Patent and
Trademark Office or any similar offices in any other country; and
(ii) all reissues, continuations, divisions, continuations-in-part,
renewals or extensions thereof, and the inventions disclosed or
claimed therein, including the right to make, use and/or sell the
inventions disclosed or claimed therein.
“
Permitted Liens ” shall have the same meaning assigned
to it in the Credit Agreement.
“
Plans and Specifications ” shall mean the drawings and
specifications for the construction of the Project, and all
revisions or amendments thereto.
“
Trademarks ” shall mean all of the following now or
hereafter owned by Debtor: (i) all trademarks, service
marks, trade names, corporate names, company names, business names,
fictitious business names, trade styles, trade dress, logos, other
source or business identifiers, designs, and general intangibles of
like nature, now existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, all
registrations and recordings thereof, and all registration and
recording applications filed in connection therewith, including
registrations and registration applications in the United States
Patent and Trademark Office, any State of the United States or any
similar offices in any other
country or any political subdivision thereof,
and all extensions or renewals thereof; (ii) all goodwill
associated therewith or symbolized thereby; and (iii) all
other assets, rights and interests that uniquely reflect or embody
such goodwill.
“
UCC ” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as
adopted by, and as in effect in, the State of Wisconsin, as the
same may be amended from time to time.
ARTICLE II
GRANT OF SECURITY
INTEREST
2.01
Security Interest . To secure the payment
and performance of the Obligations and for other good and valuable
consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, Debtor
hereby mortgages, pledges and assigns all the Collateral to Secured
Party, and grants to Secured Party a continuing security interest
in all the Collateral.
2.02
Assignment . To secure the payment and
performance of the Obligations and for other good and valuable
consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, Debtor
assigns unto the Secured Party all of its right, title and interest
in and to the Construction Collateral. The Debtor agrees
that the Secured Party does not assume any of the obligations or
duties of Debtor under or with respect to the Construction
Collateral unless and until the Secured Party shall have given any
party thereto written notice that it has affirmatively exercised
its right to complete or cause the completion of construction of
the Project following the occurrence of an Event of
Default. In the event that the Secured Party does not
personally undertake to complete construction of the Project, the
Secured Party shall have no liability whatsoever for the
performance of any of such obligations and duties. For
the purpose of completing the Project, the Secured Party may, in
its absolute discretion, reassign its right, title and interest in
the Construction Collateral upon notice to Debtor but without any
requirement for Debtor’s consent. The Debtor
agrees that no material change in the terms of the
Architect’s Contract or the Construction Contract shall be
valid without the written approval of the Secured Party.
ARTICLE III
DEBTOR’S REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
Each Debtor
represents and warrants that:
3.01
Location of Chief Executive Offices and Principal Places of
Business . Each Debtor’s chief executive
office and principal place of business and the books and records
relating to the Collateral are located at the locations set forth
on Schedule 3.01 .
3.02
Location of Collateral . All Equipment and
Fixtures are, or will be, located at the locations set forth on
Schedule 3.02 .
3.03
Ownership of Collateral . The Collateral owned by
each Debtor is owned free of all encumbrances and security
interests, except Permitted Liens. Chattel paper
constituting Collateral evidences a perfected security interest in
the goods covered by it, free from all other encumbrances and
security interests. No financing statement (other than
that filed by any secured party with
respect to Permitted Liens) is on file covering
the Collateral or any of it. Debtor may grant the
Security Interest in the Collateral owned by such
Debtor.
3.04
Accounts . Each Account and chattel paper
constituting Collateral as of this date arose from the performance
of services by such Debtor from a bona fide sale or lease of
goods, which have been delivered or shipped to the account debtor,
and for which such Debtor has genuine invoices, shipping documents
or receipts. Each Account constituting Collateral as of
this date is genuine and enforceable against the account debtor
according to its terms. It, and the transaction out of
which it arose, comply with all applicable laws and
regulations. The amount represented by such Debtor to
Secured Party as owing by each account debtor is the amount
actually owing and is not subject to setoff, credit, allowance or
adjustment, except discount for prompt payment, nor has any account
debtor returned the goods or disputed its liability.
3.05
No Defaults under Collateral . There has been no
default as of this date according to the terms of any Collateral
and no step has been taken to foreclose the security interest it
evidences or otherwise to enforce its payment, and as of this date,
Debtor has no notice or knowledge which might impair the credit
standing of any account debtor.
3.06
Filings . Debtor shall ensure and warrant that
fully executed (if applicable) financing statements containing a
description of the Collateral will be filed of record in every
governmental, municipal or other office in every jurisdiction
located within the United States and its respective territories and
possessions or such other analogous documents in other countries as
are necessary to publish notice of and protect the validity of and
to establish a valid and perfected security interest in favor of
the Secured Party in respect of the Collateral in which a security
interest may be perfected by filing a financing statement or
analogous document in the United States and its political
subdivisions, territories and possessions pursuant to the UCC or
other applicable law in such jurisdictions or pursuant to
applicable law in other countries, and no further or subsequent
filing, refiling, recording, rerecording, registration or
reregistration is necessary in any such jurisdiction, except as
provided under applicable law with respect to the filing of
continuation statements or other documents of similar
effect.
3.07
Validity of Security Interests . The Security
Interest constitutes a valid and perfected security interest in all
the Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected by
filing a financing statement or analogous document in the United
States and its political subdivisions, territori
|