Exhibit 10.1
AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN
AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT
(as the same may be amended,
restated or otherwise modified, the “Agreement”) is
made September 30, 2008, between PINNACLE DATA SYSTEMS,
INC. , an Ohio corporation with offices at 6600 Port Road,
Groveport, Ohio 43125 (“Borrower”) and KEYBANK
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , a national banking association, with
offices at 88 East Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215, and its
successors and assigns (“Lender”). The terms and
conditions of this Agreement shall supersede and replace in their
entirety the terms and conditions of that certain Loan Agreement
between Borrower and Lender dated April 8, 2008. Upon the
execution of this Agreement, such loan agreement shall be
terminated and of no further force or effect.
In consideration of the covenants
and agreements contained herein, the Borrower and the Lender hereby
mutually agree as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS
1.1. General
. Any accounting term used but not
specifically defined herein shall be construed in accordance with
GAAP (as defined below). The definition of each agreement,
document, and instrument set forth in Section 1.2 hereof shall
be deemed to mean and include such agreement, document, or
instrument as amended, restated, or modified from time to
time.
1.2. Defined
Terms . As used in
this Agreement:
“Account”,
“Chattel Paper”, “Consumer Goods”,
“Deposit Account”, “Document”, “Farm
Products”, “General Intangible”,
“Goods”, “Instrument” and
“Proceeds”, have the meanings as set forth in the Ohio
Uniform Commercial Code, Ohio Revised Code Title 13 inclusive, as
amended from time to time.
“Account Debtor” means
any Person obligated to pay all or any part of any Account in any
manner and includes (without limitation) any guarantor
thereof.
“Accounts Receivable
Collection Account” means a commercial Deposit Account
maintained by Borrower with Lender or a Lender Affiliate, without
liability by Lender or a Lender Affiliate to pay interest thereon,
from which account Lender shall have the exclusive right to
withdraw funds until all Obligations are paid, performed, and
observed in full.
“Affiliate” of any
specified entity means any other entity directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified entity and “control”, when
used with respect to any specified entity, means the power to
direct the management and policies of such entity, directly or
indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by
contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and
“controlled” have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.
“Borrowing Base” means
(a) 85% of Eligible Accounts plus (b) 30% of Eligible
Inventory, but not to exceed $5,000,000.
“Borrowing Base
Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of
attached Exhibit B.
“Business Day” means a
day of the year on which banks are not required or authorized to
close in Cleveland, Ohio.
“Code” shall mean the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, together with the rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Collateral” means the
collateral in which Borrower has given the Lender a security
interest pursuant to the Security Instruments and any other
instrument given to Lender to secure the Indebtedness and/or this
Agreement.
“Collection” means any payment made
from an Account Debtor to Borrower including, but not limited to,
cash, checks, drafts and any other form of payment.
“Contract Right” means
(a) any contract right, and (b) any right to payment
under a contract not yet earned by performance and not evidenced by
an Instrument or Chattel Paper.
“Controlled Disbursement
Account” means a commercial deposit account designated
“controlled disbursement account” and maintained by
borrower with lender, without liability by Lender to pay interest
thereon.
“Controlled Group” shall
mean Borrower and each Person required to be aggregated with
Borrower under Code Sections 414(b), (c), (m) or
(o).
“Demand Line of Credit”
means the credit facility described in Section 2.1 hereof,
which Demand Line of Credit shall be payable in accordance with the
terms of such demand credit facility and this Agreement.
“Deposit Account” means
(a) any deposit account, and (b) any demand, time,
savings, passbook, or a similar account maintained with a bank,
savings and loan association, credit union, or similar
organization, other than an account evidenced by a certificate of
deposit.
“Eligible Account” means
an Account that is an account receivable (i.e., each specific
invoice) of Borrower that, at all times until it is collected in
full, continuously meets the following requirements:
(a) is not subject to any claim for
credit, allowance or adjustment by the Account Debtor or any
defense, dispute, set-off or counterclaim; provided that, with
respect to any set-off against an Account owed by Sun Microsystems,
Inc., only the portion of the Account that is subject to the
set-off shall be excluded;
(b) arose in the ordinary course of
business of Borrower from the performance of services or bona fide
sale of goods that have been shipped or otherwise delivered to the
Account Debtor, and (i) not more than ninety (90) days
have elapsed since the invoice date, and (ii) not more than
sixty (60) days have elapsed since the date payment was
due;
(c) is not owing from an Account
Debtor with respect to which Borrower has received any notice or
has any knowledge of insolvency, bankruptcy, or material financial
impairment, or that has suspended normal business operations,
dissolved, liquidated or terminated its existence;
(d) is not subject to an assignment,
pledge, claim, mortgage, lien or security interest of any type
except that granted to or in favor of Lender;
(e) does not relate to any goods
repossessed, lost, damaged, rejected or returned, or acceptance of
which has been revoked or refused, to the extend of the amount of
such matters;
(f) is not evidenced by a promissory
note or any other instrument or by chattel paper;
(g) has not been determined by
Lender to be unsatisfactory in any respect in the exercise of its
reasonable credit judgment;
(h) is not a Government Account
Receivable, unless the security interest of Lender in such
Government Account Receivable is filed in accordance with the
Federal Assignment of Claims Act;
(i) is not owing from an affiliate,
a shareholder or an employee of Borrower;
(j) is not owing from an Account
Debtor that has failed to pay more than twenty-five percent
(25%) of its currently outstanding accounts receivable within
(i) ninety (90) days of the invoice date, or
(ii) sixty (60) days of the date payment was
due;
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(k) with respect to an Account
Debtor that, together with its affiliates, owes Borrower more than
twenty-five percent (25%) of all Accounts, is not the portion
of the accounts receivable of Borrower that represents the excess
of twenty-five percent (25%) of such accounts
receivable;
(l) is an Account in which Lender
has a valid and enforceable first security interest;
(m) has arisen in connection with
sales of goods that were not shipped or delivered to an Account
Debtor on consignment, a sale or return basis, a guaranteed sale
basis, a bill and hold basis, or on the basis of any similar
understanding;
(n) is not subject to any provision
expressly prohibiting assignment of the Account or requiring notice
of or consent to such assignment;
(o) is not owing from an Account
Debtor located in a state that requires that Borrower, in order to
sue any Person in such state’s courts, to either
(i) qualify to do business in such state or (ii) file a
report with the taxation division of such state for the then
current year, unless, in each case, Borrower has fulfilled such
requirements to the extent applicable for the then current
year;
(p) is not owing from an Account
Debtor located in Minnesota, unless Borrower has filed all legally
required Notice of Business Activities Reports with the Minnesota
Department of Revenue;
(q) is not an Account with respect
to which any of the representations, warranties, covenants and
agreements contained in this Agreement or any of the related
instruments are not or have ceased to be complete and correct in
all material respects, or have been breached;
(r) is not an Account that
represents a progress billing or an account that has had the time
for payment extended by Borrower without the consent of Lender (for
the purposes hereof, “progress billing” means any
invoice for goods sold or leased or services rendered under a
contract or agreement pursuant to which the Account Debtor’s
obligation to pay such invoice is conditioned upon Borrower’s
completion of any further performance under the contract or
agreement);
(s) is not owing from an Account
Debtor that is also a supplier to or creditor of Borrower to the
extent of the amount owing to such supplier or creditor;
and
(t) does not represent a
manufacturer’s or supplier’s credits, discounts,
incentive plans or similar arrangements entitling Borrower to
discounts on future purchases therefrom.
“Eligible Inventory”
means all Inventory of Borrower in which Lender has a valid and
enforceable first security interest, except Inventory
that:
(a) is located outside of the United
States;
(b) is in the possession of a
bailee, consignee or other third party in possession of Inventory
of Borrower, unless (i) reserves, satisfactory to Lender, have
been established with respect thereto; or (ii) (A) with
respect to a processor or bailee, an acknowledged processor’s
waiver (or bailee’s waiver) has been received by Lender,
(B) such third party is listed on Schedule 1 attached
hereto, or Lender has received prior written notice of such third
party location, (C) if required by Lender, proper notice has
been given to all secured parties of such third party that have
filed U.C.C. Financing Statements claiming a security interest in
such third party’s inventory, and (D) Borrower has filed
appropriate U.C.C. Financing Statements to protect its interest
therein, in form and substance satisfactory to Lender;
(c) is located on facilities leased
by Borrower, unless an acknowledged landlord’s waiver in form
acceptable to Lender has been received by it or reserves,
satisfactory to Lender, have been established with respect
thereto;
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(d) is slow-moving, damaged,
defective or obsolete;
(e) consists of (i) goods not
held for sale, such as labels, maintenance items, supplies (other
than shop supply inventory) and packaging, or (ii) Inventory
used in connection with research and development;
(f) is held for return to
vendors;
(g) is subject to a Lien in favor of
any Person other than Lender; or
(h) is determined by Lender to be
unsatisfactory in any respect, in the exercise of its reasonable
credit judgment.
“Environmental Law”
means any federal, state or local statute, law, ordinance, code,
rule, regulation, order or decree regulating, relating to, or
imposing liability upon a Person in connection with the use,
release or disposal of any hazardous, toxic or dangerous substance,
waste or material.
“Environmental Laws”
means all provisions of law (including the common law), statues,
ordinances, codes, rules, guidelines, policies, procedures,
orders-in-council, regulations, permits, licenses, judgments,
writs, injunctions, decrees, orders, awards and standards
promulgated by a Governmental Authority or by any court, agency,
instrumentality, regulatory authority or commission of any of the
foregoing concerning environmental health or safety and protection
of, or regulation of the discharge of substances into, the
environment.
“ERISA” shall mean the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from
time to time, and the regulations promulgated pursuant
thereto.
“ERISA Event” shall mean
(a) the existence of a condition or event with respect to an
ERISA Plan that presents a risk of the imposition of an excise tax
or any other liability on the Borrower or of the imposition of a
Lien on the assets of Borrower; (b) the engagement by a
Controlled Group member in a non-exempt “prohibited
transaction” (as defined under ERISA Section 406 or Code
Section 4975) or a breach of a fiduciary duty under ERISA that
could result in liability to Borrower; (c) the application
by a Controlled Group member for a waiver from the minimum
funding requirements of Code Section 412 or ERISA
Section 302 or a Controlled Group member is required to
provide security under Code Section 401(a)(29) or ERISA
Section 307; (d) the occurrence of a Reportable Event
with respect to any Pension Plan as to which notice is required to
be provided to the PBGC; (e) the withdrawal by a
Controlled Group member from a Multiemployer Plan in a
“complete withdrawal” or a “partial
withdrawal” (as such terms are defined in ERISA Sections 4203
and 4205, respectively); (f) the involvement of, or occurrence
or existence of any event or condition that makes likely the
involvement of, a Multiemployer Plan in any reorganization under
ERISA Section 4241; (g) the failure of an ERISA Plan
(and any related trust) that is intended to be qualified under Code
Sections 401 and 501 to be so qualified or any “cash or
deferred arrangement” under any such ERISA Plan to meet the
requirements of Code Section 401(k); (h) the taking by
the PBGC of any steps to terminate a Pension Plan or appoint a
trustee to administer a Pension Plan, or the taking by a Controlled
Group member of any steps to terminate a Pension Plan; (i) the
failure by a Controlled Group member or an ERISA Plan to
satisfy any requirements of law applicable to an ERISA Plan;
(j) the commencement, existence or threatening of the
incurrence by a Controlled Group member of a claim, action, suit,
audit or investigation with respect to an ERISA Plan, other than a
routine claim for benefits; or (k) any occurrence by or any
expectation of the incurrence by a Controlled Group member of any
liability for post-retirement benefits under any Welfare Plan,
other than as required by ERISA Section 601, et.
seq . or Code Section 4980B.
“ERISA Plan” shall mean
an “employee benefit plan” (within the meaning of ERISA
Section 3(3)) that a Controlled Group member at any time
sponsors, maintains, contributes to, has liability with respect to
or has an obligation to contribute to such plan.
“ERISA Affiliate” means
each Person (whether or not incorporated) which together with
Borrower would be treated as a single employer under
ERISA.
“Event of Default” means
any one or more of the occurrences described in Section 6
hereof.
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“GAAP” means generally accepted
accounting principles as in effect, which shall include the
official interpretations thereof by the Financial Accounting
Standards Board, consistently applied.
“Government Account
Receivable” means an Account that arises out of contracts
with or orders from the United States or any of its departments,
agencies or instrumentalities and that is subject to the Federal
Assignment of Claims Act.
“Indebtedness” shall
mean, for any Person (excluding in all cases trade payables payable
in the ordinary course of business by such Person), (a) all
obligations to repay borrowed money, direct or indirect, incurred,
assumed, or guaranteed, (b) all obligations for the deferred
purchase price of capital assets, (c) all obligations under
conditional sales or other title retention agreements, (d) all
obligations (contingent or otherwise) under any letter of credit,
banker’s acceptance, currency swap agreement, or Interest
Rate Agreement, (e) all synthetic leases, (f) all lease
obligations that have been or should be capitalized on the books of
such Person in accordance with GAAP, (g) all obligations of
such Person with respect to asset securitization financing programs
to the extent that there is recourse against such Person or such
Person is liable (contingent or otherwise) under any such program,
(h) all obligations to advance funds to, or to purchase
assets, property or services from, any other Person in order to
maintain the financial condition of such Person, and (i) any
other transaction (including forward sale or purchase agreements)
having the commercial effect of a borrowing of money entered into
by such Person to finance its operations or capital
requirements.
“Interest Rate
Agreement” means any agreement for a derivative or hedging
product, including, without limitation, interest rate or equity
swaps, futures, options, caps, floors, collars, or forwards now or
hereafter executed by and between Borrower and Lender or any Lender
Affiliate.
“Inventory” is as
defined in the UCC and means, without limitation, goods,
merchandise and other personal property furnished under any
contract of service or intended for sale or lease, including,
without limitation, and all raw materials, work in process,
finished goods and materials and supplies, of any kind, nature or
description, that are used or consumed by Borrower’s
business, or are or might be used in connection with the
manufacture, packing, shipping, advertising, selling or finishing
such goods, merchandise and other personal property, and all
returned or repossessed goods now or hereafter in the possession of
or under the control of Borrower, wherever located.
“Lender Affiliate” means
any one or more bank or non-bank subsidiaries (other than the
Lender) of KeyCorp and its successors.
“Lien” means any
mortgage, security interest, lien, charge, encumbrance on, pledge
or deposit of, or conditional sale or other title retention
agreement with respect to any property or asset.
“Loan” or
“Loans” means the credit to the Borrower extended by
the Lender in accordance with Section 2 hereof.
“Loan Documents” means
the collective reference to this Agreement and all other
instruments, agreements and documents entered into from time to
time, evidencing or securing the Loan or any obligation of payment
thereof or performance of Borrower’s obligations in
connection with the transaction contemplated hereunder, each as
amended, including without limitation the Loan Documents listed on
Exhibit A.
“Margin Stock” shall
have the meaning given to it under Regulation U of the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as amended from time to
time.
“Material Adverse
Change” means any condition or event that Lender determines
has or is reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on
(a) the business, operations, property or condition (financial
or otherwise) or prospects of Borrower, (b) the business,
operations, property, condition (financial or otherwise) or
prospects of Borrower and its Subsidiaries, if any, taken as a
whole, or (c) the validity or enforceability of this Agreement
or any of the other Loan Documents or the rights and remedies of
Lender hereunder or thereunder.
“Multiemployer Plan”
shall mean a Pension Plan that is subject to the requirements of
Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
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“Note” or “Notes” means,
as the case may be, the promissory note(s) signed and delivered by
the Borrower to evidence its Indebtedness to the Lender pursuant to
Section 2 hereof .
“Obligation” or
“Obligations” means, collectively, (a) all
Indebtedness and other obligations incurred by Borrower to Lender
pursuant to this Agreement and includes the principal of and
interest on all Notes; (b) each extension, renewal or
refinancing thereof in whole or in part; (c) the commitment
and other fees, and any prepayment fees payable under this
Agreement or any other Loan Document; (d) every other
liability, now or hereafter owing to Lender or any Lender Affiliate
by Borrower, and includes, without limitation, any Interest Rate
Agreement entered into by Borrower with Lender or any Lender
Affiliate and every other liability, whether owing by only Borrower
or by Borrower with one or more others in a several, joint or joint
and several capacity, whether owing absolutely or contingently,
whether created by note, overdraft, guaranty of payment or other
contract or by quasi-contract, tort, statute or other operation of
law, whether incurred directly to Lender or any Lender Affiliate or
acquired by Lender or any Lender Affiliate by purchase, pledge or
otherwise and whether participated to or from Lender or any Lender
Affiliate in whole or in part; and (e) all Related
Expenses.
“Obligor” shall mean
(a) a Person whose credit or any of whose property is pledged
to the payment of the Obligations and includes, without limitation,
any Guarantor, and (b) any signatory to a Loan
Document.
“Organization” means a
corporation, government or government subdivision or agency,
business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, two or
more Persons having a joint or common interest, and any other legal
or commercial entity.
“PBGC” shall mean the
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, or its successor.
“Pension Plan” shall
mean an ERISA Plan that is a “pension plan” within the
meaning of ERISA Section 3(2).
“Permitted Encumbrances”
means, as of any particular time, (a) liens for ad valorem
taxes and special assessments not then delinquent, (b) this
Agreement, and any security interest or other lien created thereby,
(c) any Permitted Encumbrances defined in any of the Loan
Documents, including, without limitation, as defined in any
Security Instrument, (d) any liens permitted by
Section 5.15 hereof, and (e) such minor defects,
irregularities, encumbrances and clouds on title as normally exist
with respect to property similar in character to the Collateral and
as do not materially interfere with or impair the use or value of
the property affected thereby.
“Person” means an
individual or an Organization.
“Plan” means any plan
(other than a Multiemployer Plan) defined in ERISA in which the
Borrower or any Subsidiary is, or has been at any time during the
preceding two (2) years, an “employer” or a
“substantial employer” as such terms are defined in
ERISA.
“Potential Default”
means any condition, action, or failure to act which, with the
passage of time, service of notice, or both, will constitute an
Event of Default under this Agreement.
“Proceeds” means
(a) any proceeds, and (b) whatever is received upon the
sale, exchange, collection, or other disposition of Collateral or
Proceeds, whether cash or non-cash. Cash Proceeds includes, without
limitation, moneys, checks, and Deposit Accounts. Proceeds
includes, without limitation, any Account arising when the right to
payment is earned under a Contract Right, any insurance payable by
reason of loss or damage to the Collateral, and any return or
unearned premium upon any cancellation of insurance. Except as
expressly authorized in the Agreement or the Security Instruments,
Lender’s right to Proceeds specifically set forth herein or
indicated in any financing statement shall never constitute an
express or implied authorization on the part of Lender to
Borrower’s sale, exchange, collection, or other disposition
of any or all of the Collateral.
“Quarters” or
“Quarterly” means calendar quarters, being each of the
three (3) calendar month periods ending 3/31, 6/30, 9/30 and
12/31 of each calendar year.
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“Related Expenses” means any and all
costs, liabilities, and expenses (including, without limitation,
losses, damages, penalties, claims, actions, reasonable
attorney’s fees, legal expenses, judgments, suits and
disbursements) reasonably incurred by, or imposed upon, or asserted
against, Lender in any attempt by Lender:
(a) to obtain, preserve, perfect, or
enforce any security interest evidenced by (i) this Agreement,
or (ii) any other pledge agreement, mortgage, deed of trust,
hypothecation agreement, guaranty, security agreement, assignment,
or security instrument executed or given by Borrower to or in favor
of Lender;
(b) to obtain payment, performance,
and observance of any and all of the Obligations;
(c) to maintain, insure, audit,
inspect, collect, preserve, repossess, and dispose of any of the
Collateral, including, without limitation, costs and expenses for
appraisals, assessments, and audits of Borrower or the Collateral;
or
(d) incidental or related to
(a) through (c) above, including, without limitation,
interest thereupon from the date incurred, imposed, or asserted
until paid at the rate payable as set forth in the Note, but in no
event greater than the highest rate permitted by law.
“Related Person” means
any Person who (i) now or hereafter owns an equity interest in
Borrower or Guarantor or (ii) has warrants, debentures, or
similar rights to own any equity interest in Borrower or Guarantor,
whether or not the same has vested or been delivered or
(iii) is owned, in whole or in part, by Borrower or
Guarantor.
“Reportable Event” shall
mean a reportable event as that term is defined in Title IV of
ERISA, except actions of general applicability by the Secretary of
Labor under Section 110 of such Act.
“Reserves” means any
amount that Lender reserves, without duplication, pursuant to the
Section 2.3, against the Borrowing Base.
“Security Instrument(s)”
means the written document(s) listed in Exhibit A attached hereto,
signed and delivered from time to time to the Lender in connection
with Indebtedness owed by Borrower to the Lender.
“Subsidiary” means any
Person of which more than fifty percent (50%) of the following
is, at the time, owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by
Borrower or one or more other Subsidiaries: (i) the voting
stock or units entitling the holders thereof to elect a majority of
the board of directors, managers, or trustees thereof, or
(ii) the interest in the capital or profits of such
Person.
The foregoing definitions shall be
applicable to the singulars and plurals of the foregoing defined
terms.
2. CREDIT FACILITIES.
2.1. Demand Line of Credit
Facility . The Lender
hereby agrees, subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement and the Demand Line of Credit Note, to extend the Demand
Line of Credit facility to Borrower as follows: Lender will, upon
request from Borrower, make loan advances to or for the account of
borrower up to but not exceeding an aggregate unpaid principal
amount outstanding at any one time equal to: (i) the lesser of
(a) $8,000,000 or (b) the Borrowing Base; less
(ii) Reserves, if any. Borrower’s obligation to pay the
Demand Line of Credit facility advances shall be evidenced by the
Demand Line of Credit Note.
2.2. Establishment of
Reserves . Lender
shall have the right, from time to time, in the good faith exercise
of its reasonable credit judgment (consistent with the asset-based
nature of this credit), to establish Reserves in such amounts and
with respect to such matters as Lender deems necessary or
appropriate, and to increase or decrease such Reserves. In
exercising such reasonable credit judgment, Lender may take into
account factors which (a) will or could reasonably be expected
to adversely affect the value of any Collateral, the enforceability
or priority of the Liens of Lender or the amount that Lender would
be likely to receive in the liquidation of such Collateral, or
(b) may demonstrate that any collateral report or financial
information concerning Borrower is incomplete, inaccurate or
misleading in any material respect. In exercising such reasonable
credit judgment, Reserves may be established against anticipated
obligations, contingencies or conditions affecting Borrower,
including (i) tax liabilities and other
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obligations owing to Governmental Authorities,
(ii) asserted litigation liabilities, (iii) anticipated
remediation for compliance with Environmental Laws, and
(iv) obligations owing to any lessor of real property, any
warehouseman or any mortgagor on third-party mortgaged sites.
Reserves may also be established with respect to the dilution of
Accounts and as a result of inventory appraisals.
2.3. Reserve for Inventory
. There shall at all
times be a Reserve equal to the amount of Borrower’s
inventory reserve as shown in its financial statements.
2.4. Demand for
Payment . The Demand
Line of Credit facility is payable upon demand by Lender, whether
or not there is an Event of Default under Section 6. In
addition, Lender may, at any time, with or without cause, refuse to
advance funds or extend credit to Borrower under the Demand Line of
Credit facility.
3. WARRANTIES.
Borrower represents and warrants to
the Lender (which representations and warranties will survive the
delivery of the Notes and the making of the Loans) that:
3.1.
Existence and Legal Authority .
Borrower is a corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of
the State of Ohio and has all requisite power and authority to own
its property and to carry on its business as now being conducted,
to enter into the Loan Documents to which it is a party and the
other agreements referred to herein and transactions contemplated
thereby, and to carry out the provisions and conditions of such
Loan Documents to which it is a party. Borrower is duly qualified
to do business and is in good standing in every jurisdiction where
the failure to so qualify would have a material adverse
effect.
3.2.
Due Execution and Delivery .
Borrower has full power, authority
and legal right to incur the obligations provided for in, and to
execute and deliver and to perform and observe the terms and
provisions of, the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and each
of them has been duly executed and delivered by Borrower and has
been authorized by all required action, and Borrower has obtained
all requisite consents to the transactions contemplated thereby
under any instrument to which it is a party, and the Loan Documents
constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of Borrower
enforceable against Borrower in accordance with their respective
terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar laws affecting
creditors’ rights generally.
3.3.
No Breach of Other Instruments
. Neither the execution
and delivery of the Loan Documents, nor the compliance by Borrower
with the terms and conditions of the Loan Documents, nor the
consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, will
conflict with or result in a breach of the Articles of
Incorporation or Code of Regulations, as applicable, or other
governing documents of Borrower, or any of the terms, conditions or
provisions of any agreement or instrument or any charter or other
corporate restriction or law, regulation, rule or order of any
governmental body or agency to which Borrower is now a party or is
subject, or imposition of a lien, charge or encumbrance of any
nature whatsoever upon any of the property or assets of Borrower
pursuant to the terms of any such agreement or
instrument.
3.4.
Government Authorization . No consent, approval, authorization or order of
any court or governmental agency or body is required for the
consummation by Borrower of the transactions contemplated by the
Loan Documents.
3.5. Ownership of Property
. Except for Permitted
Encumbrances or as otherwise permitted in the Security Instruments
or this Agreement, Borrower has and will have good and marketable
fee title to, or valid leasehold interests in, its real properties
in accordance with the laws of the jurisdiction where located, and
good and marketable title to substantially all its other property
and assets, subject, however, in the case of real property, to
title defects and restrictions which do not materially interfere
with the operations conducted thereon by Borrower. Except for
Permitted Encumbrances, the real property and