Exhibit 10.25
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Regions Bank
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Floor Plan
Financing Agreement
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41-1621676
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Tax I.D. number
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13380 US Hwy 63
& 9, Cresco, IA 52136
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Aggregate amount of line of
credit
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Date of
Agreement
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In this
Agreement, we, us , and our mean Regions Bank.
You and your mean the Borrower. This
Agreement means the Floor Plan Financing Agreement.
Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not otherwise defined
are used with the meanings set forth in Schedule I . Any
undefined terms shall have the meaning as set forth in the Alabama
Uniform Commercial Code.
SECTION I
LINE OF CREDIT
COMMITMENT
1.1
Your line of
credit. You have
received a line of credit from us in the aggregate amount shown.
Under the conditions stated below, we will advance money to you, or
on your behalf, up to the amount of your line of credit. In return,
you promise to perform all of your Obligations under this Agreement
and to pay to our order the amount of all advances we have made,
plus interest and other charges due under this
Agreement.
1.2
Payments by
you. You agree to
make monthly payments to us of all accrued interest, beginning on
the 15 th day of the first month immediately following
the date of this Agreement as set forth above, and on the same day
of each month thereafter. You also agree to make principal payments
as described below. If we request, you agree to sign at any time a
Note payable to our order for the amount outstanding under your
line of credit.
1.3
Future advances, line of
credit. It is
expressly understood that this Agreement is intended to and does
secure not only the line of credit, but also future advances and
any and all present and future Indebtedness, Obligations and
liabilities, direct or contingent, of you to us, whether now
existing or hereafter arising, and any and all extensions,
renewals, modifications and refinancing of same, or any part
thereof, existing at any time before actual cancellation of this
Agreement.
1.4
Purpose of line of
credit. You have
obtained this line of credit in order to finance your purchase of
Goods for resale at retail unless otherwise agreed to by us in
writing.
1.5
Allocation of line of
credit. Your line of
credit is allocated as follows:
Supplier
Available Credit
[ ]
Advances for new Goods
requested through
_______________________________________
$0.00
ACH. If checked, we will make advances to the
Supplier
_______________________________________
$0.00
or Suppliers
shown at the right.
_______________________________________
$0.00
(i)
We may make advances to the Supplier
or Suppliers, or any other persons whom they designate, when we
receive electronic requests through the Automated Clearing
House(ACH) from a Supplier for Goods delivered or sold to you. The
amount of the advance that we make on your behalf to the Supplier
will be for the amount indicated on the electronic payment request.
You agree that we may, at our option, make these advances even
though the electronic payment requests are not accompanied or
preceded by the original invoices. We are not obligated to accept
and pay any electronic payment request when the amount you owe us,
including interest, exceeds the available
credit or when honoring the payment request will exceed your
available credit.
[ ]
Advances for new Goods
requested
_______________________________________
$0.00
by
draft . If checked,
we will make advances
_______________________________________
$0.00
to the Supplier
or Suppliers shown at the right
_______________________________________
$0.00
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We may make
advances to the Supplier or Suppliers, or any other person whom
they designate, when we receive sight or cash drafts from a
Supplier for Goods delivered or sold to you. The amount of the
advance that we make on your behalf to the Supplier will be for the
amount of the invoice. You agree that we may, at our option, make
these advances even though the drafts are not accompanied by the
original invoices. We are not obligated to accept and pay any draft
when the amount you owe us, including interest, exceeds the
available credit or when honoring the payment request will exceed
your available credit.
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[X]
Advances for new Goods not
requested by draft. If checked, we will make advances up to an
aggregate amount of $2,000,000.00 for the amount of your purchase
price of new Goods, when requested directly by you and accompanied
by the bill of sale and other evidence of your ownership (such as a
certificate of title for a vehicle), satisfactory to us, free and
clear of all liens and encumbrances, satisfactory to us, for the
Goods purchased. At our option, you may supply us with copies of
these documents. If no figure is listed above, the credit limit
under this section is the available credit. We are not obligated to
accept and pay any draft when the amount you owe us, including
interest, exceeds the available credit or when honoring the payment
request will exceed your available credit.
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Advances for used
Goods. If checked,
we will make advances for your purchase of used Goods limited to
$0.00. If no figure is listed, the credit limit is the aggregate
amount of your line of credit less the amount of credit already
extended for your purchase of new Goods, if any. We will make these
advances under the following conditions:
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You agree to
request an advance by supplying us with the bill of sale and other
evidence of your ownership (such as certificate of title for a
vehicle), satisfactory to us, for the Goods being purchased. At our
option, you may supply us with copies of these
documents.
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We are not
obligated to make advances for more than 0.00% of the N/A trade-in
value of the Goods as determined by the N/A publication for the
month in which such advance is requested, if the Goods are
vehicles, or that percentage of your purchase price if the Goods
are not vehicles.
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You have not
exceeded your available line of credit and when honoring the
payment request will not exceed your available credit.
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If the goods
are used vehicles, the vehicles cannot be used as demonstrators and
must fall within the following model years N/A
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1.6
Demonstrators and daily
rentals. We agree
that the Goods may be used as demonstrators and/or daily rentals in
our sole discretion and upon our prior consent. We may, at any
time, revoke our consent to the use of any and/or all Goods as
demonstrators and/or daily rentals.
1.7
Interest.
You agree to pay us interest on the
amount of the outstanding balance that you owe us. Interest on all
amounts advanced pursuant to this Agreement is
calculated:
[X] on the
basis of the actual number of days outstanding divided by
360.
1.8
Your interest
rate. For advances
for New Goods, your interest rate is equal to the Commercial Base
Rate index rate (the “Index”) plus 50 basis points
and for advances for Used Goods, your interest rate is equal to the
Index plus N/A basis points. When the Index changes, your
interest rate will increase or decrease correspondingly. Such rate
change may occur each day.
1.9
Reduction of outstanding
amounts. You agree
to pay us the amount we have advanced on your line of credit for
the purchase of Goods as follows:
a.
New Goods.
If you have not sold New Goods
within 270 days of the date we made an advance for the purchase of
those Goods, you agree to make an immediate principal payment of
5.00 percent of the amount of the advance, due and payable by the
15 th day of the month immediately following the month
end. You agree to make additional principal payments of 10.00
percent of the amount of the advance 95 days thereafter. If you
have not sold New Goods within 540 days of the date we made an
advance for the purchase of those Goods, you agree to pay us
immediately in full the balance you owe on that advance. At our
option, if you have not sold New Goods on or before April 1 of the
year immediately following the model year of the New Goods, you
agree to make additional principal payments sufficient to curtail
the amount you owe us, on the advance for the purchase of those
Goods, down to 100% of clean NADA value for such Goods, and such
Goods will then be treated as “Used Goods” subject to
the principal reduction requirements of Section 1.9b.
hereinafter.
b.
Used Goods.
If you have not sold used Goods
within N/A days of the date we made an advance for the purchase of
those Goods, you agree to make an immediate principal payment of
0.00 percent of the amount of the advance, due and payable by the
15 th day of the month immediately following the month
end. You agree to make additional principal payments of 0.00
percent of the amount of the advance every N/A days thereafter
until the Goods are sold. If the Goods have not been sold within
N/A days of the date we made an advance for the purchase of those
Goods, you agree to pay us immediately in full the balance that you
owe on that advance.
c.
Repayment upon
sale. Upon the sale
of Goods for which we made an advance for the purchase of such
Goods, you agree, on the first to occur of seven (7) Calendar Days
after the sale or forty-eight (48) hours after the collection of
the sale proceeds, to make an immediate payment of principal
sufficient to pay, in full, the proportion of the advance allocable
to the Goods sold, as determined by us and in our sole
discretion.
d.
Accounting for unsold units
after audit. Within
five (5) Business Days after any audit, all Goods unaccounted for
during the audit must be presented to us for inspection or,
alternatively, you shall pay us for such Goods in the amount and
pursuant to the schedule set forth in Paragraph 1.9(c)
above.
1.10
Security for your line of
credit. As
security for all of your Obligations and for all of your other
present or future Indebtedness to us, including indirect and
contingent Obligations, you grant us a security interest in the
Collateral, including, but not limited to, the Goods. In addition,
you grant us a security interest in all Documents relating to the
Collateral, any after-acquired similar property, any returned or
unearned premiums on insurance insuring the Goods; any deposit now
or in the future held by us in which you have an interest, and any
property, securing any non-consumer loans you have with us. Any
other security agreement that you have entered with us will
continue to be in effect. You also assign to us all of your rights
in any and all factory repurchase agreements. Any prior security
interest that you have granted to us will continue to be in effect.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, Regions
Bank explicitly excludes consumer loans from the security interest
granted pursuant to this provision.
1.11
Previous
agreements. If you
have an existing floor plan line of credit agreement with us that
has an outstanding balance, that agreement will continue in effect
until you have paid all sums that you owe us under that agreement
for advances, interest, and other charges. The available amount of
credit that you have under this Agreement will be reduced by the
amount of your outstanding balance under the earlier
agreement.
1.12
Crediting of
payments. Payments
received before 1 p.m. Central Time on a Business Day will be
credited to your account no later than the next Business Day.
Posting of payments may be delayed up to five (5) Business Days if
the payment is not accompanied by the payment coupon (if provided),
the payment is not made by check or money order, the payment is not
received in the envelope (if provided), or if the payment is not
mailed to the location designated by us for payment. Checks or
money orders drawn on non-US banks shall not be
accepted.
1.13
Returned item
charges. You agree
that if you submit a check, draft, negotiable order of withdrawal
or like instrument in payment of an amount owing on your account
and the instrument is not paid or is dishonored , you will pay a
returned item charge in such amount as allowed by Law. You agree
that we may re-present, by electronic means or otherwise, an
instrument for payment. You will still be responsible for the
return item charge even if, upon re-presentation, the instrument is
paid. All returned item charges will be added to the principal
amount owing under your account and will accrue finance charges at
the interest rate set forth in Section 1.7 until paid in full.
You agree that we may, in our discretion, add the amount of
the return item charge to the electronic re-presentation of the
instrument that was unpaid.
1.14
Late charge.
You will pay a late
charge of five percent (5%) on any amount due to be paid to us
under this Agreement, if your payment is not received by the 15
th day of each month.
SECTION II
WARRANTIES,
REPRESENTATIONS AND COVENANTS
2.1
Warranty of
title. You warrant
that you have good and absolute title to all existing Goods, and
have good right, full power and lawful authority to sell, convey,
and grant a security interest that the same is free and clear of
all grants, reservations, security interests, liens, charges, and
encumbrances whatsoever, including conditional sales contracts,
security agreements, financing statements, and anything of a
similar nature, and that you shall and will warrant and forever
defend the title thereto and the quiet use and enjoyment thereof
unto us, our successors and assigns, against the lawful claims of
all Persons whomsoever.
2.2
Formation and
qualification. You
warrant that each Loan Party which is a corporation is duly
incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws
of the jurisdiction of its incorporation and is duly qualified to
do business in all states in which the Loan Parties transact
business. Each Loan Party which is a partnership, limited liability
company, trust or other entity is duly formed and validly existing
under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its formation and is duly
registered in all jurisdictions where it engages in any form of
business transaction. Each Loan Party which is a corporation,
limited partnership or limited liability company is in good
standing in all states in which such Loan Party transacts business
and each Loan Party has all requisite power and authority to
conduct its business.
2.3
Loan
documents. The
execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents by each
Loan Party are within such Loan Party’s power and authority,
have been duly authorized by all necessary action and do not and
will not (a) require any Authorization which has not been obtained,
(b) contravene the Charter Documents of any Loan Party, any
applicable Laws or Other Requirements or any agreement or
restriction binding on or affecting any Loan Party, or (c) result
in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien upon or with
respect to any property now or in the future owned by any Loan
Party, including the Goods (other than Liens in favor of us). No
Authorization which has not been obtained is required for the
creation of the Liens or the enforcement by us of our Remedies
under the Loan Documents. Each Loan Document, when executed and
delivered, will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation
of each Loan Party which is a party to or bound by such Loan
Document, enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with
its terms, except as enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency or other similar Laws affecting the rights of creditors
generally.
2.4
Financial
information. The
Financial Statements of each Loan Party which have been furnished
to us fairly present such Loan Party’s financial condition as
of the dates of such Financial Statements and the results of
operations for the periods covered by such Financial Statements in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles
consistently applied (or such other method of preparation approved
by us in writing), and since the respective dates of such Financial
Statements, there has been no material adverse change in the
financial condition, operations, properties or prospects of such
Loan Parties. Each Loan Party has filed all tax returns required to
be filed by it, and has paid all taxes due pursuant to such returns
or in respect of any of its properties (except for any such taxes
which are being actively contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings), and to the best knowledge of each Loan Party, no
basis exists for additional assessments which have not been
adequately reserved against in the Financial Statements referred to
above or otherwise disclosed in writing to us.
2.5
Your corporate
resolution. If a
corporation, you agree, before requesting your initial advance and
as a condition to our issuing such advance, to provide us with a
corporate resolution duly signed by a person or persons with
appropriate authority evidencing the authority of your officers or
agents to request advances or otherwise transact business with us
in connection with this Agreement. Such corporate resolution must
be signed by your secretary or assistant secretary, include duly
adopted resolutions of your Board of Directors so authorizing such
officers and certify that each such officer holds the office beside
his or her name.
2.6
Litigation and other
matters. You
acknowledge that, except as otherwise disclosed in writing to us:
(a) no actions or other proceedings affecting or relating to the
Goods are pending or, to the best knowledge of each Loan Party,
threatened, (b) no actions or other proceedings are pending or, to
the best knowledge of each Loan Party, threatened against or
affecting any Loan Party or any property of any Loan Party which,
if determined adversely to such Loan Party, could materially impair
the financial condition, operations, properties or prospects of
such Loan Party or the ability of such Loan Party to perform its
Obligations under the Loan Documents, and (c) you have given notice
to us of any other matters which you are required to disclose to us
under this Agreement . See Schedule 2.6
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2.7
Performance.
You agree to perform, observe and
comply with all provisions hereof and of all other Loan Documents
and you agree to duly and punctually pay to us the sum of money
expressed in this Agreement with interest thereon, and all other
sums required to be paid by you pursuant to the provisions of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
2.8
Compliance with laws and
other requirements. You shall comply in all material respects with
all applicable Laws relating to the Goods and shall obtain and
maintain all authorizations, consents, approvals, orders, licenses,
permits, exemptions or other action by or from, or any filing,
registration or qualification required in connection with the
Goods.
2.9
Your obligations regarding
the Goods. You agree
to keep the Goods free and clear from any debt, lien, security
interest, encumbrance or claim, except those stated in
Schedule II , if any; which are the only debts, liens,
security interests, encumbrances or claims on the Goods.
2.10
Documents from
you. You agree to
supply us with copies of any present or future agreements you have
with your Suppliers. You agree to deliver to us original title
Documents (e.g., certificates of title, manufacturer’s
statements of origin, bills of sale) on the Goods whenever we
request. You agree to deliver these Documents to us
promptly.
2.11
Books and
records . You shall
at all times maintain (a) full and complete books of account and
other records with respect to the Goods and your business and
operations, and (b) complete copies of all Authorizations issued in
connection with the Goods, and shall permit us and our agents, upon
request from time to time, to inspect and copy any of such books,
records and other documents.
2.12
Estoppel
affidavits . You
shall, within ten (10) days after written request from us, furnish
a written statement, duly acknowledged, setting forth the unpaid
principal of and interest on the line of credit and any other
Indebtedness owed by you to us and whether or not any offsets or
defenses exist against any principal and interest owed. You shall,
within ten (10) days after written request from us, furnish a
written estoppel certificate from your landlord, in form and
substance acceptable to us, duly acknowledged, setting forth any
defaults, offsets or defenses under the lease between the landlord
and you and stating the nature of any such defaults, offsets or
defenses.
2.13
Landlord’s lien waiver. You shall,
within ten (10) days after written request from us, furnish a
written statement, duly acknowledged, from your landlord waiving
all of the landlord’s lien rights in the Goods.
2.14
Reporting
requirements. You
shall cause to be delivered to us, in form and detail satisfactory
to us:
a. Promptly after discovery by you, notice of (i)
any dispute between you and any agency or Person relating to any of
the Goods, the adverse determination of which could adversely
affect the Goods in any material respect, (ii) any material adverse
change in the financial condition, operations, properties or
prospects of any Loan Party to the Agreement, including, but not
limited to, any and all Guarantors, (iii) any event which has or
may have a material adverse impact on the Goods, and (iv) the
occurrence of any Event of Default or event which, with the giving
of notice and/or the passage of time, could become an Event of
Default;
b. Within ninety (90) days after the end of each
fiscal year of each Loan Party, audited Financial Statements for
such Loan Party for and as at the end of such fiscal year, and upon
request by us from time to time, quarterly audited Financial
Statements for each Loan Party and copies of any audited Financial
Statements prepared for each Loan Party, in each case certified in
a manner acceptable to us and updated periodically at our sole
discretion; and
c. Within thirty (30) days after the end of each
calendar month, monthly unaudited Financial Statements pertaining
to you and your business which business is the subject of this
Agreement.
d. Such other Documents or information relating to
any Loan Party, the Goods or the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement as we may reasonably request from time to time. We are
authorized at any time and from time to time to directly contact
any Person or agency to verify any information provided by you or
for any other purpose relating to any Loan Party, the line of
credit, the Goods or the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement or the Loan Documents executed in connection with this
Agreement.
2.15
Documents and other
information. All
Documents and other information delivered to us pursuant to any of
the Loan Documents are and will be complete and correct in all
material respects at the time of delivery to us.
2.16
Power of
attorney. You grant
us a power of attorney to execute in your name any Documents we
believe are necessary or helpful to perfect or protect our security
interest or to sell or transfer any of the Goods. You agree that
this power cannot be canceled as long as you are indebted to
us.
2.17
Other
creditors. You agree
to give us ten (10) days written notice before obtaining floor plan
financing from any other creditor. You also agree to give us copies
of any agreements you have with other creditors.
2.18
Location of the
security. You agree
not to change the location or use of the Goods without obtaining
our written permission in advance. See Schedule
2.18 .
2.19
Disposing of the
security. You agree
not to sell, transfer, or dispose of the Goods except in the
ordinary course of business, without our prior written permission.
You also agree to let us receive, endorse and apply any payments
resulting from transfer or disposal of the Goods. You agree not to
release any of the Goods (including inventory) without our prior
written permission.
2.20
Inspection rights and
easements. In
addition to other inspection rights, you shall and hereby do grant
and convey to us, our agents, representatives, contractors, and
employees, to be exercised by us, periodically as deemed necessary
by us and in our sole discretion, an easement and license to enter
on the Premises, at any time and from time to time, for the purpose
of making such audits, tests, inspections, and examinations, as we,
in our sole discretion, deem necessary, convenient, or proper to
determine the condition and use of the Goods, to make an inventory
of the Goods, and to determine whether the ownership, use and
operation of the Goods are in compliance with all federal, state,
and local laws, ordinances, rules, and regulations, including,
without limitation, environmental laws, health and public
accommodation laws, the ADA and the Rehabilitation Act, as
applicable, and ordinances, rules and regulations relating thereto.
Notwithstanding the grant of the above easement and license to us,
we shall have no obligation to perform any such inspections, or to
take any remedial action. All the costs and expenses incurred by us
with respect to any inspections which we may conduct or take
pursuant to this paragraph, including, without limitation, the fees
of any engineers, laboratories, and contractors, shall be repaid by
you, with interest, and shall be secured by this Agreement and the
other Documents executed in connection with this Agreement.
Further, any audit or examination conducted by us is for our sole
use and benefit, and is not for your benefit. Our inspection
rights, audits and examinations are for our business purposes, and
may not be relied upon by you for your business purposes apart from
the requirements of this Agreement.
2.21
Demonstrators. If you plan to use any of the Goods as a
demonstration model, you must first give us notice in writing of
your intention to do so and provide us with a written description
of the Goods to be so used.
2.22
Taxes and
liens. You agree to
pay promptly, when and as due, and, if requested, will exhibit
promptly to us, receipts for the payment of all taxes and other
expenses incurred and impositions of every nature whatsoever
imposed, levied or assessed or to be imposed, levied or assessed
upon or against the Goods or any charge which, if unpaid, would
become a lien or charge upon the Goods. You will not allow any
statutory or other lien to be created or to remain outstanding upon
any of the Goods.
a. You shall procure for, deliver to, and maintain
for the benefit of us during the term of this Agreement, insurance
policies in an aggregate amount not less than the aggregate amount
of the advances outstanding on your line of credit (or such greater
amount as we may specify from time to time) combined single
limit in such amounts as we shall require, insuring the
Goods, while in transit and otherwise, against fire, extended
coverage, and such other insurable hazards, casualties and
contingencies as we may require. The form of such policies and the
companies issuing them shall be acceptable to us, and, unless
otherwise agreed by us in writing, shall provide for coverage
without coinsurance or deductibles. All policies shall contain a
New York standard, non-contributory endorsement
making losses payable to us. At least fifteen (15) days prior to
the expiration date of all such policies, renewals thereof
satisfactory to us shall be delivered to us. You shall deliver to
us receipts evidencing the payment of all such insurance policies
and renewals.
b. We hereby are authorized and empowered, at our
option, to adjust or compromise any loss under any insurance
policies on the Goods, and to collect and receive the proceeds from
any such policy or policies. Each insurance company hereby is
authorized and directed to make payment for all such losses
directly to us instead of to you and us jointly. After deducting
from said insurance proceeds any expenses incurred by us in the
collection or handling of said funds, we may apply the net
proceeds, at our option, either toward repairing or restoring the
Goods, or as a credit on any portion of your Indebtedness selected
by us, whether then matured or to mature in the future, or at our
option, such sums either wholly or in part may be used to repair
the Goods or for any other purpose and in a manner satisfactory to
us, all without affecting the Lien of this Agreement for the full
amount secured hereby before such payment took place. We shall not
be liable to you or otherwise responsible for any failure to
collect any insurance proceeds due under the terms of any policy
regardless of the cause of such failure, nor shall we bear any risk
of loss as to the Goods.
c. If required by us, you shall pay on the first
day of each month, in addition to any regular installment of
principal and interest and other charges with respect to the
Indebtedness secured hereby, one-twelfth (1/12th) of the yearly
premiums for insurance maintained pursuant to the provisions of
this paragraph. Such amount shall be used by us to pay such
insurance premiums when due. Such added payments shall not be, nor
be deemed to be, trust funds, but may be commingled with the
general funds of ours, and no interest shall be payable in respect
thereof. Upon our demand, you agre
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