HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
AND
LUMINESCENT SYSTEMS,
INC.
LETTER OF
CREDIT
REIMBURSEMENT
AGREEMENT
Dated as of April 1,
2007
$6,000,000
Erie County Industrial
Development Agency
Variable Rate Demand
Industrial Development Revenue Bonds
(Luminescent Systems, Inc.
Project - Letter of Credit Secured)
Series
2007
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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SECTION
1.
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DEFINITIONS
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Defined
Terms
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Accounting Terms
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SECTION
2.
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APPLICATION
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SECTION
3.
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REIMBURSEMENT AND OTHER
PAYMENTS
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Letter
of Credit Draws
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Letter
of Credit Fees
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Interest
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Expenses
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Additional Costs
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Other
Amounts
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Form of
Payments
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SECTION
4.
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INTEREST PAYMENTS AND
PREPAYMENTS
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Interest Payments
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Mandatory Prepayments
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Optional Prepayments
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SECTION
5.
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CONDITIONS
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Corporate Action
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Bond
Documents
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Collateral Documents
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Opinions
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Other
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Costs
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SECTION
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REPRESENTATIONS
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Organization; Power and
Authority
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Valid
and Binding Obligation
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Approvals
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Other
Documents
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6
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Litigation
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Financial Statements
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ERISA
Matters
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Environmental Matters
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Leases
and Management Agreements
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Good
Title
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No
Violations
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Tax
Returns
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Federal
Regulations
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Subsidiaries; Affiliates
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Fiscal
Year
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Securities
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Anti-Terrorism Laws
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SECTION
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AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
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Certain
Agreements
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Reporting Requirements
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Taxes
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Insurance
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Existence; Conduct of
Business
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Maintenance of Properties; Books and
Records
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Compliance with Law
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Litigation
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Judgments
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Notice
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Pension
Default
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Inspections
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Environmental Compliance
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Equity
Contribution
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Other
Acts
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SECTION
8.
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NEGATIVE COVENANTS
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Bond
Documents
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Borrowed Money
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Encumbrances
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Guaranties
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Sale of
Assets
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Investments and Loans
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Merger
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Disposal of Hazardous
Substances
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Change
Fiscal Year
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SECTION
9.
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EVENTS
OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES.
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Events
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Remedies
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SECTION
10.
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MISCELLANEOUS
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Entire
Agreement; Amendments
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Additional Bonds
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Delays
and Omissions
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Notices
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Governing Laws
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Term
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Joint
and Several
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Counterparts
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SECTION
11.
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INDEMNIFICATION
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SECTION
12.
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LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
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SECTION
13.
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JURY
TRIAL WAIVER
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SECTION
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CONSENT
TO JURISDICTION
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EXHIBIT
A
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LETTER
OF CREDIT
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EXHIBIT
B
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COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
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SCHEDULE 1
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DEFINITIONS
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SCHEDULE 2
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PENSION
PLANS
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SCHEDULE 3
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LIABILITIES
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SCHEDULE 4
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PERMITTED ENCUMBRANCES
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LETTER OF CREDIT
REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT
THIS LETTER OF CREDIT REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT
(“Letter of Credit Reimbursement Agreement”) dated as
of April 1, 2007 is between HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION , a bank organized under the laws of the
United States of America (“Bank”), and
LUMINESCENT SYSTEMS, INC. ,
a business
corporation organized under the laws of the State of New York,
having an office at 130 Commerce Way, East Aurora, New
York 14052 (“Applicant”).
RECITALS
The Applicant has requested the Agency to issue
its Variable Rate Demand Industrial Development Revenue Bonds
(Luminescent Systems, Inc. Project - Letter of Credit
Secured) Series 2007 (collectively, “Bonds”) to finance
a portion of the costs of the Project. As a condition precedent to
the issuance and sale of the Bonds, the Applicant has requested the
Bank to issue its irrevocable direct pay letter of credit in
accordance with the terms and conditions of this Letter of Credit
Reimbursement Agreement.
1.1
Defined
Terms . Terms
used and not otherwise defined in this Letter of Credit
Reimbursement Agreement are defined in Schedule 1
annexed hereto and shall have the meanings specified therein or in
the Indenture or the Letter of Credit unless the context otherwise
requires.
1.2
Accounting
Terms . Each
accounting term not defined in Schedule 1 annexed
hereto, and each accounting term partly defined therein to the
extent not defined, shall have the meaning given to it under
generally accepted accounting principles consistent with those
applied in the preparation of the financial statements referred to
in Section 6.6 hereof.
The Applicant
hereby applies to the Bank and requests the Bank to issue, execute
and deliver on the date of the issuance of the Bonds to the Trustee
for its account an Irrevocable Direct Pay Letter of Credit in
substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A
(“Letter of Credit”). The initial term of the Letter of
Credit shall be approximately ten (10) years. The Applicant may
request the Bank to extend the expiration date of the Letter of
Credit with respect to any period following such initial term,
which request the Bank may approve, reject or condition, in its
sole and absolute discretion. In the event that the Bank agrees, in
its sole and absolute discretion, to extend the expiration date of
the Letter of Credit, each of the terms, covenants and conditions
of this Letter of Credit Reimbursement Agreement shall apply to
each such extension, absent written agreement to the
contrary.
SECTION
3.
REIMBURSEMENT AND OTHER
PAYMENTS .
The Applicant
hereby agrees to pay the Bank (collectively,
“Indebtedness”):
3.1
Letter of Credit
Draws . A sum
equal to any and all amounts which are drawn under the Letter of
Credit, payable (a) with respect to each portion of the total
Indebtedness resulting from a Bond Purchase
Drawing - Principal (as defined in the Letter of Credit)
on the earliest of (i) the stated expiration of the Letter of
Credit, (ii) any earlier date on which the Bank, pursuant to
Section 9.2 hereof, has declared such Indebtedness or portion
thereof to be immediately due and payable, or (iii) any
earlier date on which such Indebtedness or portion thereof is
subject to prepayment pursuant to Sections 4.2 or 4.3 hereof,
and (b) with respect to all other draws on the Letter of
Credit, on the same Business Day on which the Bank honors any Bond
Purchase Drawing - Interest, Interest Drawing or
Principal Drawing (as those terms are defined in the Letter of
Credit).
3.2
Letter of Credit
Fees . A sum
equal to (a) the Bank’s reasonable and customary
administrative, issuance, amendment, drawing and negotiation
charges in connection with letters of credit, which shall be
payable upon demand, and (b) a letter of credit fee computed
from the date of issuance of the Letter of Credit at the rate of
seven-tenths of one percent (0.70%) per annum of the Stated Amount
(as defined in the Letter of Credit), payable in advance for a
one-year period on the date of the issuance of the Letter of Credit
and annually in advance on each anniversary of such date while the
Letter of Credit remains in existence, which fee shall be fully
earned upon payment thereof and shall be non-refundable
(“Letter of Credit Fee”). Such Letter of Credit Fee
shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual
number of days elapsed and is subject to adjustment as provided in
Section 9.2(v). Upon the occurrence and during the continuance
of an Event of Default (as hereinafter defined), the Letter of
Credit Fee shall be increased to two percent (2%) per annum of the
Stated Amount, payable as aforesaid.
3.3
Interest . Interest on Indebtedness (a) with
respect to any Bond Purchase Drawing from the date such
Indebtedness is incurred until payment (unless such Indebtedness is
paid to the Bank on the same Business Day as incurred, in which
case no interest is payable) at a rate per annum equal to the
Bank’s Prime Rate, payable when and as interest is due and
payable on the Bonds, and (b) with respect to all other
Indebtedness from the date such Indebtedness is incurred (unless
such Indebtedness is paid to the Bank on the same Business Day as
incurred, in which case no interest is payable) at a per annum rate
equal to the Bank’s Prime Rate plus two percent (2%), payable
on demand.
3.4
Expenses . Any and all out-of-pocket costs and expenses
reasonably incurred by or on behalf of the Bank in connection with
the preparation, negotiation, administration or enforcement of this
Letter of Credit Reimbursement Agreement, the Letter of Credit, the
Bond Documents and the Collateral Documents, any sale or other
disposition of the collateral granted to the Bank pursuant to the
Collateral Documents, and any consent or action requested or
necessitated by the Applicant, the Agency, the Trustee or any other
party in connection with the subject transaction, including,
without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and
disbursements, title examination and insurance fees, UCC search
fees, appraisal, inspecting engineer, environmental report and
survey costs, mortgage taxes, and recording and filing fees, all
payable on demand.
3.5
Additional
Costs . If any
law, regulation, guideline or change in any law or regulation or in
the interpretation thereof or any ruling, decree, judgment or
recommendation by any regulatory body, court or any administrative
or governmental authority charged or claiming to be charged with
the administration thereof, shall either (i) impose upon,
modify, require, make or deem applicable to the Bank or any of its
affiliates any reserve requirement based upon the deeming of
letters of credit to be deposits held by the Bank, special deposit
requirement, insurance assessment or similar costs or requirements
against or affecting letters of credit issued or to be issued
hereunder or (ii) subject the Bank or any of its affiliates to
any tax (other than taxes based on the overall net income of the
Bank), charge, fee, deduction, withholding or similar costs of any
kind whatsoever or (iii) impose any condition upon or cause in
any manner the addition of any supplement to or increase of any
kind to the Bank’s or an affiliate’s capital or cost
base for issuing such letters of credit which results in an
increase in the capital requirement supporting such letters of
credit or (iv) impose upon, modify, require, make or deem
applicable to the Bank or any of its affiliates any capital
requirement, increased capital requirement or similar requirement
such as the deeming of such letters of credit to be assets held by
the Bank or any of its affiliates for capital calculation or other
purposes, and the result of any events referred to in (i), (ii),
(iii) or (iv) above shall be to increase the costs or decrease the
benefit in any way to the Bank or any affiliate of issuing,
maintaining or participating in such letters of credit, then the
Applicant shall, thirty (30) days after the mailing of written
notice of such increased costs or decreased benefits or both to the
Applicant by the Bank, pay to the Bank all such additional amounts
which in the Bank’s sole good faith calculation, as allocated
to such letters of credit,
(a) in the case of events referred to in (i) and
(ii) above, shall be sufficient to compensate the Bank for all such
increased costs, decreased benefits or both, and/or
(b) in the case of events referred to in (iii) and
(iv) above, shall be an amount as the Bank shall reasonably
determine is necessary to compensate the Bank for any decreased
benefit caused by such events.
For any amounts
arising under (a) and (b) above, the Bank shall deliver to the
Applicant a certificate as to such increased costs or decreased
benefit incurred or suffered by the Bank as a result of such event
or events, setting forth in reasonable detail the basis therefor
and the manner of calculation thereof, as soon as practicable after
the Bank becomes aware of such event or events, which certificate
shall be conclusive, absent manifest error, as to any amounts set
forth therein. In determining such amounts, the Bank may use any
reasonable averaging and attribution methods.
3.6
Other
Amounts .
All amounts due to the Bank pursuant to any
of the Bond Documents, Collateral Documents or SWAP Documents,
payable as provided for therein.
3.7
Form of
Payments . All
payments under this Letter of Credit Reimbursement Agreement shall
be in lawful currency of the United States and in immediately
available funds at the Bank’s office at One HSBC Center,
Buffalo, New York 14203 (or such other office or address as Bank
shall direct), with interest calculated on the basis of a 360-day
year for the actual number of days elapsed, which will result in a
higher effective annual rate.
SECTION
4.
INTEREST PAYMENTS AND
PREPAYMENTS .
4.1
Interest
Payments .
Whenever a payment of interest is due pursuant to Section 3.3
on Indebtedness with respect to a Bond Purchase
Drawing - Principal, the Applicant shall be deemed to
have made such payment in full so long as the payment of interest
due on the Bonds held pursuant to the pledge created pursuant to
the Pledge Agreement has been made and received by the Bank on a
timely basis, and the Applicant has paid to the Bank the difference
between the interest payable pursuant to Section 3.3 and the
interest received by the Bank on such Bonds.
4.2
Mandatory
Prepayments . On
each and every date on which principal is payable, whether by means
of a redemption pursuant to Section 3.1 of the Indenture or
otherwise, on any Bonds pledged to the Bank pursuant to the Pledge
Agreement in connection with Bond Purchase Drawings, the Applicant
will prepay Indebtedness in an amount equal to the total of such
principal due and payable on such Bonds, together with accrued
interest to the date of such prepayment. The Bank shall release to
the Applicant or its designee from the security interest created
under the Pledge Agreement a principal amount of Bonds equal to the
amount of such prepayment and deliver such Bonds or, if the Bonds
are in book-entry form, cause the beneficial ownership of such
Bonds to be reflected in the records of DTC or other designated
securities depository, pursuant to the instructions of the
Applicant.
4.3
Optional
Prepayments .
Indebtedness payable pursuant to Section 3.1(a) hereof, and
interest thereon, arising from Bond Purchase Drawings may be
prepaid by the Applicant or its designee at any time on three
(3) Business Days’ notice to the Bank stating the amount
to be prepaid (which shall be $100,000 or increments of $5,000 in
excess thereof ) upon payment of immediately available funds to the
Bank of the amount to be prepaid, together with accrued interest to
the date of such prepayment on the amount to be prepaid. The Bank
shall release to the Applicant or its designee from the security
interest created under the Pledge Agreement a principal amount of
Bonds equal to the amount of such prepayment and deliver such Bonds
or, if the Bonds are in book-entry form, cause the beneficial
ownership of such Bonds to be reflected in the records of DTC or
other designated securities depository, pursuant to the
instructions of the Applicant.
The
Bank’s agreement to issue the Letter of Credit shall be
effective only upon the fulfillment of the following conditions
precedent:
5.1
Corporate
Action . The
Applicant shall have taken all necessary and appropriate corporate
action and the Board of Directors of the Applicant shall have
authorized the execution and delivery of this Letter of Credit
Reimbursement Agreement, the form and content of the Letter of
Credit, the Bond Documents, the Collateral Documents and the taking
of all action required of the Applicant by this Letter of Credit
Reimbursement Agreement; and the Applicant shall have furnished to
the Bank certified copies of such corporate action and such other
corporate documents as the Bank shall reasonably
request.
5.2
Bond
Documents . The
Applicant shall have executed and delivered to the Bank the Bond
Documents to which the Applicant is a party, all in form and
content satisfactory to the Bank.
5.3
Collateral
Documents . The
Applicant shall have executed and delivered to the Bank the
Collateral Documents in form and content satisfactory to the
Bank.
5.4
Opinions . Counsel to the Applicant and the Guarantor
shall have executed and delivered to the Bank a favorable opinion
in form and content satisfactory to the Bank and its counsel as to
such matters as the Bank may reasonably request.
5.5
Other
. The Applicant shall have delivered
to the Bank such other documents, instruments and approvals as the
Bank may reasonably request, including, but not limited
to:
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Evidence of
insurance policies in amounts and form and with insurers acceptable
to the Bank, including (i) Extended coverage casualty
insurance in the form of a “Builder’s Risk”
nonreporting policy in an amount to be determined by the Bank as
the insurable value of the improvements to the Premises, with a New
York Mortgagee endorsement or its equivalent, naming the Bank as
mortgagee and loss payee, without subjecting the mortgagee to
defenses which may be available against the Applicant and providing
for mandatory 30-day notice to the Bank of cancellation;
(ii) Public liability and property damage insurance in amounts
acceptable to the Bank naming the Bank as an additional insured
party; (iii) Worker’s Compensation insurance;
(iv) Flood Insurance, naming the Bank as mortgagee, if
required; and (v) such other coverage as the Bank may require,
including such coverage as is available for similar projects in the
same locality;
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(b)
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A Mortgagee
title insurance policy in a minimum amount not less than
$4,815,484, insuring the Building Loan Mortgage and the Project
Loan Mortgage as a $1,184,516 priority lien on the Premises subject
only to existing liens and encumbrances satisfactory to the
Bank;
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(c)
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A current
“As-Built” survey of the Premises acceptable to the
Bank, which survey shall be certified to the Bank, together with
evidence satisfactory to the Bank that the Premises contains no
designated “wetlands;”
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(d)
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A current site
plan of the Premises illustrating the Project and showing all
required municipal approvals;
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(e)
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A completed
Environmental Questionnaire, in form and content satisfactory to
the Bank;
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Evidence from
the Agency that the Applicant and the Project have been approved by
the Agency;
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(g)
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Receipt and
approval by the Bank and its counsel of the terms of the Bonds and
all Bond documentation; and
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(h)
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The other
matters and documents described in the Bank’s
November 22, 2006 commitment letter to the
Applicant.
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5.6
Costs
.
The Applicant shall have reimbursed
the Bank for or paid all costs and expenses incurred by the Bank in
connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of this
Letter of Credit Reimbursement Agreement, the Bond Documents and
the Collateral Documents, including, without limitation, reasonable
attorneys’ fees and disbursements, title examination and
insurance fees, UCC search fees, appraisal, inspecting engineer,
survey costs, mortgage taxes, and recording and filing
fees.
SECTION
6.
REPRESENTATIONS
.
The Applicant
hereby represents and warrants as follows:
6.1
Organization; Power and
Authority . The
Applicant is a business corporation duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of New
York. The Applicant is qualified and in good standing in each state
where the nature of its business or ownership of its property
requires such qualification, except where failure to qualify would
not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and
has all necessary power and authority to execute and perform, and
to consummate all transactions contemplated by this Letter of
Credit Reimbursement Agreement, and each of the Bond Documents and
Collateral Documents, all of which have been duly authorized by all
proper and necessary corporate and shareholder action.
6.2
Valid and Binding
Obligation .
This Letter of Credit Reimbursement Agreement and each of the Bond
Documents and the Collateral Documents to which the Applicant is a
party have been duly executed and delivered by the Applicant,
constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the
Applicant, enforceable against the Applicant in accordance with
their respective terms.
6.3
Approvals . All authorizations, approvals, notices and
filings required for the Applicant to enter into this Letter of
Credit Reimbursement Agreement and each of the Bond Documents and
the Collateral Documents and to take all actions contemplated
hereby or thereby or in connection herewith or therewith, have been
obtained, copies thereof have been delivered to the Bank, and such
authorizations, approvals, notices and filings remain in full force
and effect.
6.4
Other
Documents . The
execution, delivery and performance by the Applicant of this Letter
of Credit Reimbursement Agreement do not and will not contravene,
conflict with or constitute a breach of or default under
(i) the Applicant’s organizational documents, or
(ii) any note, mortgage, borrowing agreement or other material
instrument or agreement binding on the Applicant, or (iii) any
order, writ, judgment, injunction or decree of any court of
competent jurisdiction to which the Applicant is a party or by
which the Applicant is otherwise bound.
6.5
Litigation . There are not any actions, suits, proceedings
(whether or not purportedly on behalf of the Applicant) or
investigations pending or, to the knowledge of the Applicant,
threatened against the Applicant or any basis therefor, which,
reasonably could be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or
which question the validity of this Letter of Credit Reimbursement
Agreement, the Bonds or any of the Bond Documents or the Collateral
Documents.
6.6
Financial
Statements . All
financial statements of the Applicant heretofore given and
hereafter to be given to the Bank are and will be true and complete
in all material respects as of their respective dates and prepared
in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles
consistently applied, and fairly represent the financial conditions
of the business to which they pertain, and no materially adverse
change has occurred in the financial conditions reflected therein
since the respective dates thereof. None of the property or assets
shown in the financial statements heretofore delivered to the Bank
has been materially adversely affected as a result of any fire,
explosion, accident, flood, drought, storm, earthquake,
condemnation, requisition, statutory or regulatory change, act of
God, or act of public enemy or other casualty, whether or not
insured.
6.7
ERISA
Matters . All
Plans to which the Applicant or any Subsidiary is a party are
listed on Schedule 2 annexed hereto; no Plan has been
terminated or partially terminated or is insolvent or in
reorganization, nor have any proceedings been instituted to
terminate or reorganize any Plan; neither the Applicant nor any
Subsidiary has withdrawn from any Plan in a complete or partial
withdrawal, nor has a condition occurred which if continued would
result in a complete or partial withdrawal; neither the Applicant
nor any Subsidiary has incurred any withdrawal liability, including
contingent withdrawal liability, to any Plan pursuant to
Title IV of ERISA; neither the Applicant nor any Subsidiary
has incurred any liability to the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation other than for required insurance premiums which have
been paid when due; no Reportable Event has occurred and no Plan or
other “employee pension benefit plan”, as defined in
Section 3(2) of ERISA to which the Applicant or any Subsidiary
is a party has an “accumulated funding deficiency”
(whether or not waived) as defined in Section 302 of ERISA or
in Section 412 of the Code. Each Plan and each other
“employee benefit plan” as defined in Section 3(3)
of ERISA to which the Applicant or any Subsidiary is a party is in
substantial compliance with ERISA, and no such plan, nor any
administrator, trustee or fiduciary thereof, to the best knowledge
of the Applicant, has engaged in a prohibited transaction described
in Section 406 of ERISA or in Section 4975 of the
Code.
6.8
Environmental
Matters . To the
best of Applicant’s knowledge, after due inquiry and
investigation:
(a) Any Environmental Questionnaire previously
provided to the Bank was and is accurate and complete and does not
omit any material fact the omission of which would make the
information contained therein materially misleading;
(b) No above ground or underground storage tanks
containing Hazardous Substances are or have been located on any
property owned, leased or operated by the Applicant or any
Subsidiary, except for storage tanks containing diesel fuel,
gasoline or waste oil, which tanks are in material compliance with
all applicable laws, rules and regulations;
(c) No property owned, leased or operated by the
Applicant or any Subsidiary is or has been used for the storage or
Disposal of any Hazardous Substance, except in the ordinary course
of its business in material compliance with applicable
Environmental Laws, or for the treatment or Disposal of Hazardous
Substances;
(d) No unpermitted Release of a Hazardous Substance
has occurred or is threatened on, at, from or near any property
owned, leased or operated by the Applicant or any Subsidiary,
except where such unpermitted Release does not have, and could not
reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse
Effect;
(e) Neither the Applicant nor any Subsidiary is
subject to any existing, pending or threatened suit, claim, notice
of material violation or request for information under any
Environmental Law;
(f) The Applicant and each Subsidiary are in
compliance with all Environmental Laws, except where noncompliance
does not have, and could not be reasonably expected to have, a
Material Adverse Effect;
(g) All Environmental Permits have been obtained and
are in full force and effect, except where the failure to obtain
such Environmental Permit is not likely to have a Material Adverse
Effect; and
(h) There are no agreements, consents, orders,
decrees, judgment, license or permit conditions or other orders or
directives of any federal, state or local court, governmental
agency or authority relating to the past, present or future
ownership, use, operation, sale, transfer or conveyance of any
property owned, leased or operated by the Applicant or any
Subsidiary which required any change in condition or any work,
repairs, construction, containment, clean up, investigation, study,
removal or other remedial action or capital
expenditures.
6.9
Leases and Management
Agreements . The
Applicant has not entered into (i) any lease with respect to
all or any portion of the Project, or (ii) any management
agreement with respect to the operation or management of the
Project.
6.10
Good
Title . Each of
the Applicant and each Subsidiary has good and marketable title to
all of its assets, none of which is subject to any mortgage,
indenture, pledge, lien, conditional sale contract, security
interest, encumbrance, claim, trust or charge except as set forth
on Schedule 4 annexed hereto or in favor of the Bank or
HSBC Bank Canada.
6.11
No
Violations .
Neither the Applicant nor any Subsidiary is in violation of any
term of its certificate of incorporation or by-laws, or of any
mortgage, borrowing agreement or other instrument or agreement
pertaining to indebtedness for borrowed money which might
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Neither the Applicant nor any Subsidiary is in violation of any
term of any other indenture, instrument, or agreement to which it
is a party or by which it may be bound, resulting, or which might
reasonably be expected to result, in a Material Adverse Effect.
Neither the Applicant nor any Subsidiary is in violation of any
order, writ, judgment, injunction or decree of any court of
competent jurisdiction or of any statute, rule or regulation of any
competent governmental authority which might reasonably be expected
to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The execution and delivery
of this Letter of Credit Reimbursement Agreement and other
documents required by this Letter of Credit Reimbursement Agreement
and the performance of all of the same is and will be in compliance
with the foregoing and will not result in any violation or result
in the creation of any mortgage, lien, security interest, charge or
encumbrance upon any properties or assets except in favor of the
Bank. There exists no fact or circumstance not disclosed in this
Letter of Credit Reimbursement Agreement, in the documents
furnished in connection herewith, the Applicant’s filings
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or in the financial
projections furnished to the Bank which has, or could reasonably be
expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect, except those facts and
circumstances which generally affect all Persons engaged in the
Applicant’s lines of business.
6.12
Tax
Returns . The
Applicant has duly filed all federal and other tax returns required
to be filed for itself and all Subsidiaries except where an
extension has been obtained and has duly paid all taxes required by
such returns through its fiscal year ending [December 31,
2006]. Federal income tax liability of the Applicant and the
Subsidiaries has been reviewed by the United States Internal
Revenue Service through its fiscal year ending December 31,
2003, and the Applicant has not received any assessments by the
Internal Revenue Service or other taxing authority for additional
unpaid taxes.
6.13
Federal
Regulations .
Neither the Applicant nor any Subsidiary is engaged principally, or
as one of its important activities, in the business of extending or
arranging for the extension of credit for the purpose of purchasing
or carrying “margin stock” (as defined in Regulation U
issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System).
Neither the Applicant nor any Subsidiary owns nor intends to carry
or purchase any such “margin stock”, and the Applicant
will not use the proceeds of the Letter of Credit to purchase or
carry (or refinance any borrowing the proceeds of which were used
to purchase or carry) any such “margin stock”. Neither
the Applicant nor any Subsidiary is an “investment
company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended, or a “holding company,” or a
“subsidiary company” of a “holding company”
or of a “subsidiary company” of a “holding
company,” within the meaning of the Public Utility Holding
Company Act of 1935, as amended.
6.14
Subsidiaries;
Affiliates . The
Applicant has no Subsidiaries except Luminescent Systems of Canada
Inc.
6.15
Fiscal
Year . The
fiscal year of the Applicant is the year ending
December 31.
6.16
Securities . Each outstanding share of stock, debenture,
bond, note and other security of the Applicant has been validly
issued in full compliance with each statute, regulation and other
law, and, if a share of stock, is fully paid and
nonassessable.
6.17
Anti-Terrorism
Laws .
(a)
General . Neither the Applicant, the Guarantor, nor any
of their Subsidiaries, is in violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law or
engages in or conspires to engage in any transaction that evades or
avoids, or has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to
violate, any of the prohibitions set forth in any Anti-Terrorism
Law.
(b)
Executive Order No.
13224 . Neither
the Applicant, the Guarantor nor any of their Subsidiaries or their
respective agents acting or benefiting in any capacity in
connection with the Letter of Credit or other transactions
hereunder, is any of the following (each a “Blocked
Person”):
(1)
a Person that is listed in the
annex to, or is otherwise subject to the provisions of, the
Executive Order No. 13224;
(2)
a Person owned or controlled by, or
acting for or on behalf of, any Person that is listed in the annex
to, or is otherwise subject to the provisions of, the Executive
Order No. 13224;
(3)
a Person or entity with which any
bank is prohibited from dealing or otherwise engaging in any
transaction by any Anti-Terrorism Law;
(4)
a Person or entity that commits,
threatens or conspires to commit or supports
“terrorism” as defined in the Executive Order No.
13224;
(5)
a Person or entity that is named as
a “specially designated national” on the most current
list published by the U.S. Treasury Department Office of Foreign
Asset Control at its official website or any replacement website or
other replacement official publication of such list; or
(6)
a Person or entity who is
affiliated or associated with a Person or entity listed
above.
Neither the
Applicant, the Guarantor nor any Subsidiary of the Applicant or, to
the knowledge of the Applicant, any of its agents acting in any
capacity in connection with the Letter of Credit or other
transactions hereunder (i) conducts any business or engages in
making or receiving any contributions of funds, goods or services
to or for the benefit of any Blocked Person, or (ii) deals in,
or otherwise engages in any transaction relating to, any property
or interests in property blocked pursuant to the Executive Order
No. 13224.
SECTION
7.
AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS .
Until the
expiration of the Letter of Credit and the payment in full of all
sums due under this Letter of Credit Reimbursement Agreement, the
Applicant will:
7.1
Certain
Agreements .
Perform and comply with all terms, covenants and conditions of each
of the Bond Documents and the Collateral Documents.
7.2
Reporting
Requirements .
Furnish, or cause the Trustee or the Guarantor, as applicable, to
furnish, to the Bank the following:
(i) as soon as possible and in any event within ten
(10) days after the occurrence of any default or Event of Default,
notice of such default or Event of Default together with a
statement of the Applicant describing the facts giving rise to the
occurrence(s) and the action which the Applicant proposes to take
with respect thereto;
(ii) as soon as such notices are required to be
given, copies of each of the notices, reports and certificates
which are required to be given (a) to the Trustee by the
Applicant under any of the Bond Documents and (b) to the
Bondholders under the Indenture by the Trustee;
(iii) as soon as available, and in any event within
ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year of the
Guarantor, a consolidating and consolidated statement of financial
position for the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal
year, including statements of activities and cash flows through the
end of such fiscal year, all audited by Ernst &
Young LLP, Certified Public Accountants, or such other
independent certified public accountants as may from time to time
be selected by the Guarantor and reasonably approved by the Bank,
together with a satisfactory, unqualified opinion of such
accountants;
(iv) within forty-five (45) days after the end of
each quarter of each of its fiscal years, unaudited financial
statements of the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries, which statements
shall consist of Consolidated and summary consolidating balance
sheets as of the end of such quarter, and related statements of
income, covering the period from the end of the Guarantor’s
immediately preceding fiscal year to the end of such quarter
certified to be correct by the President or chief fiscal officer of
the Guarantor;
(v) within twenty-five (25) days after each
month-end which is not the end of a fiscal quarter of Guarantor,
monthly year-to-date consolidating internally prepared financial
statements of Guarantor and its Subsidiaries;
(vi) accompanying each set of financial statements
specified in (iii) and (iv) above, a certificate of a responsible
officer of the Applicant substantially in the form of
Exhibit B attached hereto to the effect that
(a) the Applicant has complied with and is in compliance with
all the terms and covenants of this Letter of Credit Reimbursement
Agreement binding upon it, including, without limitation,
demonstration of compliance with the financial covenants set forth
in the Parent Guaranty, and (b) there exists no Event of
Default, and no event which with the giving of notice or passage of
time, or both, would constitute such an Event of Default has
occurred or if this is not the case, that one or more specified
Events of Default has occurred or is occurring and the specific
steps the Applicant is taking to cure same;
(vii) promptly after their preparation, copies of all
such proxy statements, financial statements and reports which the
Applicant sends to its stockholders, and copies of all regular,
periodic and special reports, as well as all registration
statements, which the Applicant files with the Securities and
Exchange Commission;
(viii) promptly after the filing thereof with the
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, a copy of each annual report
filed with respect to each Plan;
(ix) by the end of each of its fiscal years, a
forecast of the statements of income and cash flows as of and
through the close of the following fiscal year of the Applicant and
its Subsidiaries; and
(x) such other information respecting the business
or the condition or operations, financial or otherwise, of the
Applicant as the Bank may from time to time reasonably
request.
7.3
Taxes
. Promptly pay and discharge all of
its taxes, assessments and other governmental charges (including
any charged or assessed on the issuance of the Bonds) prior to the
date on which penalties are attached thereto, establish adequate
reserves for the payment of taxes and assessments and make all
required withholding and other tax deposits; provided, however,
that nothing herein contained shall be interpreted to require the
payment of any tax, assessment or charge so long as its validity is
being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings
diligently conducted.
7.4
Insurance . (a) Keep, and cause any Subsidiary to
keep, all its property insured at all times with responsible
insurance carriers against fire, theft and other risks in coverage,
in form and amount consistent with industry standards and
reasonably satisfactory to the Bank; (b) keep, and cause any
Subsidiary to keep, adequately insured at all times in reasonable
amounts with responsible insurance carriers against liability on
account of damage to persons or property, and under all applicable
worker’s compensation laws; (c) promptly deliver to the
Bank certificates of insurance or any of those insurance policies
required to be carried by the Applicant pursuant hereto, with
appropriate endorsements designating the Bank as a named insured,
mortgagee and loss payee as requested by the Bank; (d) deliver
to the Bank evidence of flood insurance, if the Project is located
in an area identified as a special flood hazard area, naming the
Bank as mortgagee and an additional insured; and (e) cause
each such insurance policy to contain a notice of cancellation
clause providing for a mandatory 30-day notice to the Bank of
cancellation, in form satisfactory to the Bank.
7.5
Existence; Conduct of
Business .
Preserve and maintain, and cause any Subsidiary to preserve and
maintain, its corporate existence, in good standing and all of its
rights, privileges and franchises necessary or desirable in the
normal conduct of its operations, except where failure to preserve
and maintain any such right, privilege or franchise would not have
a Material Adverse Effect.
7.6
Maintenance of
Properties; Books and Records . Keep all of its properties in good working
condition, keep proper books and records in accordance with GAAP,
and permit representatives of the Bank to inspect such properties
and to examine and make reasonable extracts from its books and
records during normal business hours upon reasonable prior notice,
and notify the Bank promptly in writing of any proposed change in
the location at which such books and records are
maintained.
7.7
Compliance with
Law . Comply
with all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders of all
governmental authorities, except where failure to so comply does
not have, and would not reasonably be expected to have, a Material
Adverse Effect. Maintain all licenses, approvals, etc., necessary
or proper for the Applicant to construct and operate the Project
consistent with the Applicant’s past operations.
7.8
Litigation . Promptly notify the Bank in writing as soon
as the Applicant has knowledge thereof, of the institution or
filing of any litigation, action, suit, claim, counterclaim, or
administrative proceeding against, or investigation of, the
Applicant or any Subsidiary or to which the Applicant or any
Subsidiary is a party by or before any regulatory body or
governmental agency (i) the outcome of which (A) could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or could
reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the
Applicant’s ability to fulfill its obligations hereunder, or
(B) involves more than $1,000,000 and is not covered by
insurance carried by Applicant in accordance with Section 7.4
hereof, or (ii) which questions the validity of this Letter of
Credit Reimbursement Agreement, the Letter of Credit, the Bonds,
the Bond Documents or the Collateral Documents, or any action taken
or to be taken pursuant to the foregoing; and furnish or cause to
be furnished to the Bank such information regarding the same as the
Bank may request from time to time.
7.9
Judgments . Promptly notify the Bank in writing as soon
as the Applicant has knowledge thereof, of any judgment, order or
award of any court, agency or other governmental agency or any
arbitrator, (a) the outcome of which could reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect or could reasonably be expected
to materially and adversely affect the Applicant’s ability to
fulfill its obligations hereunder or which involves more than
$1,000,000 unless adequately covered by insurance, or (b) renders
invalid this Letter of Credit Reimbursement Agreement, the Letter
of Credit or any action taken or to be taken pursuant to any of the
foregoing, and furnish or cause to be furnished to the Bank such
information regarding the same as the Bank may request.
7.10
Notice . Promptly notify the Bank in writing of
(a) any pending or future audits of the Applicant’s or
any Subsidiary’s federal income tax returns by the Internal
Revenue Service as soon as the Applicant has knowledge thereof, and
the results of each such audit upon its completion; (b) any
default by the Applicant or any Subsidiary in the performance of,
or any material modifications of, any of the terms or conditions
contained in any agreement, mortgage, indenture or instrument
relating to borrowed money to which the Applicant or any Subsidiary
is a party or which is binding upon the Applicant or any Subsidiary
and of any default by the Applicant or any Subsidiary in the
payment of any of its indebtedness; (c) any default by the
Applicant in the performance of any of the terms or conditions
contained in any of the Collateral Documents or any of the Bond
Documents. The Applicant shall not, however, be required
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