AMENDED AND
RESTATED
REVOLVING CREDIT AND TERM LOAN
AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) is made
and entered into as of the 4th day of September, 2009, by and
between CVC CALIFORNIA, LLC , a Delaware limited liability
company (the “ Lender ”), and GENERAL
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, INC. , a Nevada corporation (the
“ Borrower ”);
W I T N E S S E T
H :
WHEREAS , the Borrower and its Subsidiaries are engaged
in the business of providing field services, technical services,
transportation, off-site treatment, on-site treatment services, and
environmental health and safety compliance services (collectively,
the “ Business Operations ”); and
WHEREAS , the Lender and Borrower are parties to a
Revolving Credit and Term Loan Agreement dated as of August 31,
2008 (the “ Original Agreement ”), pursuant to
which the Lender has made available to the Borrower a revolving
credit facility and a term loan; and
WHEREAS , in order to assist the Borrower to better
manage its anticipated cash flow needs and conform its credit
facilities with the needs of the Business Operations after giving
effect to the sale by the Borrower of its Wholly-Owned Subsidiary,
GEM Mobile Treatment Services, Inc., consummated on August 17,
2009, the Borrower has requested the Lender to restructure the
credit facilities under the Original Agreement on the terms and
conditions of this Agreement; and
WHEREAS , the Lender is willing and able to effect such
restructuring on the terms and conditions of this
Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the premises and the
mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereby agree as
follows:
Section 1.01. Defined
Terms . In
addition to the other terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, as
used herein, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:
“ Accounts ” shall mean
“accounts” (as defined in the UCC) of the Borrower and
its Domestic Subsidiaries from time to time.
“ Account Debtor ” shall mean
any Person who is obligated on an Account.
“ Acquisition Agreement ”
shall mean the Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of August 31, 2008
by and between Island, the Seller, the Trust and GEM-DE.
“ Act ” shall mean the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
thereunder.
“ Advances ” shall mean the
principal amounts loaned to the Borrower from time to time pursuant
to Section 2.01 below.
“ Affiliate ” shall mean,
with respect to any Person, any other Person in Control of,
Controlled by, or under common Control with the first Person, and
any other Person who has a substantial interest, direct or
indirect, in the first Person or any of its Affiliates, including,
without limitation, any officer or director of the first Person or
any of its Affiliates; provided , however , that
neither the Lender nor any of its Affiliates shall be deemed an
“Affiliate” of the Borrower for any purposes of this
Agreement. For the purpose of this definition, a
“substantial interest” shall mean the direct or
indirect legal or beneficial ownership of more than ten (10%)
percent of any class of stock or similar interest.
“ Agreement ” shall mean this
Amended and Restated Revolving Credit and Term Loan Agreement as it
may from time to time be amended, modified, supplemented and/or
restated.
“ Applicable Law ” shall mean
all applicable provisions of all (a) constitutions, statutes,
ordinances, rules, regulations and orders of all governmental
and/or quasi-governmental bodies, (b) Government Approvals, and (c)
order, judgments and decrees of all courts and
arbitrators.
“ Assignee Lender ” has the
meaning set forth in Section 8.02 below.
“ Availability ” shall mean
the amount (if any) by which, at the time of determination, (a) the
Revolving Credit Commitment exceeds (b) the outstanding principal
amount of Advances.
“ Board Observer Agreement ”
shall mean the letter agreement dated January 8, 2009 by and
between the Borrower and the Lender, pursuant to which the Borrower
has granted to the Lender certain observer rights with respect to
the Board of Directors of the Borrower.
“ Borrowing Base ” shall mean
an amount, determined in accordance with the most recent borrowing
base report provided to the Lender under Section 5.04(d) below,
equal to (a) 85% of Eligible Accounts, plus (b) 75% of the
value of unbilled goods and/or services theretofore provided by the
Borrower or any Domestic Subsidiary (such value to be calculated,
except to the extent otherwise provided in the applicable Contract
with the customer, on an arithmetic basis based on the portion of
the subject project for which goods and/or services have actually
been rendered but not yet billed) and which, if billed at such
time, would constitute an Eligible Account, minus (c) such
reserves as the Lender may establish from time to time in its
Permitted Discretion (including, without limitation, to account for
dilution and other contingencies and risks of
collection). In the event that the Borrower has not
timely delivered a current Borrowing Base report in accordance with
Section 5.04(d) below, then the applicable Borrowing Base shall be
such amount as is established by the Lender in its Permitted
Discretion, until such time as the Borrower has delivered a current
Borrowing Base report.
“ Borrowing Date ” means the
Business Day on which the Lender makes a Loan hereunder.
“ Business Day ” shall mean a
day other than (a) a Saturday, (b) a Sunday, or (c) a
day on which banking institutions in the State of California or the
State of Florida are authorized or required by law or executive
order to close.
“ Capital Expenditures ”
shall mean with respect to any Person, all expenditures of such
Person for tangible assets which are capitalized, and the fair
value of any tangible assets leased by such Person under any lease
which would be a Capitalized Lease, determined in accordance with
GAAP, including all amounts paid or accrued by such Person in
connection with the purchase (whether on a cash or deferred payment
basis) or lease (including Capitalized Lease Obligations) of any
machinery, equipment, real property, improvements to real property
(including leasehold improvements), or any other tangible asset of
such Person which is required, in accordance with GAAP, to be
treated as a fixed asset on the consolidated balance sheet of such
Person.
“ Capitalized Lease ” shall
mean any lease which is or should be capitalized on the balance
sheet of the lessee thereunder in accordance with GAAP.
“ Capitalized Lease Obligation
” shall mean with respect to any Person, the amount of the
liability which reflects the amount of future payments under all
Capitalized Leases of such Person as at any date, determined in
accordance with GAAP.
“ Cash Equivalents ” shall
mean (a) marketable securities issued, or directly and fully
guaranteed or insured, by the United States of America or any
agency or instrumentality thereof (provided that the full faith and
credit of the United States of America is pledged in support
thereof) having maturities of not more than twelve (12) months from
the date of acquisition; (b) time deposits, demand deposits,
certificates of deposit, acceptances or prime commercial paper
issued by, or repurchase obligations for underlying securities of
the types described in clause (a) entered into with any commercial
bank having a short-term deposit rating of at least A-2 or the
equivalent thereof by Standard & Poor’s Corporation or at
least P-2 or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s Investors
Service, Inc.; (c) commercial paper with a rating of A-I or A-2 or
the equivalent thereof by Standard & Poor’s Corporation
or P-1 or P-2 or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s Investors
Service, Inc. and in each case maturing within twelve (12) months
after the date of acquisition; (d) marketable direct obligations
issued by any state in the United States or any agency or
instrumentality thereof maturing within twelve (12) months from the
date of acquisition thereof and, at the time of acquisition, have
one of the two highest ratings generally obtainable from either
Standard & Poor’s Corporation or Moody’s Investors
Services, Inc.; (e) tax-exempt commercial paper of United States
municipal, state or local governments rated at least A-2 or the
equivalent thereof by Standard & Poor’s Corporation or at
least P-2 or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s Investors
Services, Inc. and maturing within twelve (12) months after the
date of acquisition thereof; (f) any other items selected by the
Borrower and approved by the Lender (which approval shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed); or (g) any mutual fund or other
pooled investment vehicle which invests principally in the
foregoing obligations.
“ Closing Date ” shall mean
the date on which the conditions precedent set forth in part A of
Article IV below are satisfied or have been waived by the Lender in
its sole discretion.
“ Code ” shall mean the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder, as in effect from time to time.
“ Collateral ” shall mean all
collateral pledged by the Borrower and/or any Subsidiary as
security for the payment and performance of the Obligations,
whether pursuant to the Collateral Agreement or any other Security
Document.
“ Collateral Agreement ”
shall mean the Collateral Agreement, dated as of the Original
Closing Date, by and between the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and the
Lender, as same may be amended, modified, supplemented and/or
restated from time to time.
“ Common Stock ” shall mean
the authorized common stock of the Company, $.001 par value per
share.
“ Confidential Information ”
shall mean information that the Borrower furnishes to the Lender
which is not generally available to the public or available to the
Lender from a source other than the Borrower which is not, to the
Lender’s knowledge, bound by any confidentiality agreement in
respect thereof.
“ Contract ” shall mean any
indenture, agreement (other than this Agreement), other contractual
restriction, lease in which the Borrower or any Subsidiary is a
lessor or lessee, license or instrument.
“ Control ” shall mean the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause
the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether
through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise, and the terms “ Controlling ” and
“ Controlled ” shall have meanings correlative
thereto.
“ Control Agreement ” shall
mean, with respect to each bank account and/or securities account
maintained by or in the name of the Borrower or any Domestic
Subsidiary, an agreement executed and delivered by the Borrower (or
the subject Domestic Subsidiary, as applicable) and the account
intermediary, whereby the account intermediary acknowledges the
Lender’s Lien on such account and all funds or property
therein, and “control” (within the meaning of the UCC)
over such account is established in favor of the Lender.
“ Convertible Term Loan ”
shall mean the convertible term loan in the face amount of
$6,314,699.59 described in Section 2.02(a)(ii)
below.
“ Convertible Term Note ”
shall mean the promissory note of the Borrower issued to the Lender
as described in Section 2.02(d)(ii) below.
“ Deed of Trust ” shall mean
the outstanding deed of trust pursuant to which the Lender has
received a first priority Lien on the Owned Real Property as
Collateral for the Obligations.
“ Default ” shall mean any of
the events specified in Article VII hereof, whether or not any
requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both,
or any other condition, has been satisfied.
“ Disclosure Schedule ” shall
mean the disclosure schedule, dated as of the Closing Date,
executed and delivered by the Borrower to the Lender, the section
numbers of which correspond to the Section numbers of this
Agreement.
“ Dollars ” or “
$ ” shall mean United States Dollars, lawful currency
for the payment of public and private debts.
“ Domestic Subsidiary ” shall
mean any Subsidiary which is incorporated or formed under the laws
of the United States, any State or Commonwealth in the United
States, or the District of Columbia.
“ EBITDA ” shall mean, for
the subject period, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis, the sum of (a) Net Income, plus (b)
Interest Expense deducted in the calculation of such Net Income,
plus (c) all income taxes deducted in the calculation of
such Net Income, plus (d) depreciation and amortization
expense deducted in the calculation of such Net Income, plus
(e) other non-cash charges and expenses deducted in the calculation
of such Net Income, excluding accruals for operating expenses made
in the ordinary course of business.
“ Eligible Account ” shall
mean the face amount of each trade Account of the Borrower or a
Domestic Subsidiary (if same has executed a Guaranty Agreement and
become a party to the Collateral Agreement) for services rendered
or goods and products sold in the ordinary course of the Business
Operations which the Lender, in its Permitted Discretion, deems to
be an Eligible Account; provided , however , that an
Account shall not be deemed an Eligible Account unless it meets all
of the following conditions:
(a) the
subject services or products and goods have been rendered, shipped
or delivered on an absolute sale basis (subject to normal course
inspection and acceptance by customers) to an Account Debtor which
is not an Affiliate, vendor or supplier of the Borrower or a
Subsidiary, with an invoice date contemporaneous with or within
twenty (20) calendar days after the date of shipment or service,
and which does not constitute a consignment sale, bill-and-hold
sale, sale-and-return or other such arrangement and is not subject
to any other repurchase, return or offset agreement binding upon
the Borrower or a Domestic Subsidiary; the subject services or
products and goods have been fully provided, rendered, shipped
and/or delivered (or shipped f.o.b.) to such Account Debtor on an
open account basis (or with payment guaranteed by a domestic letter
of credit, drawn on or by a domestic financial institution,
acceptable to the Lender in all respects), and no part of the
subject services, products or goods has been returned, rejected,
lost or damaged; the Account is not evidenced by chattel paper or
an instrument of any kind; and such Account Debtor is not insolvent
or the subject of any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding of any
kind in any jurisdiction;
(b) if
the Account Debtor is located outside the continental United
States, payment for the subject services or goods shall be secured
by an irrevocable letter of credit, which letter of credit shall
have been confirmed by a financial institutional reasonably
acceptable to the Lender payable in the full amount of the face
value of the Account in lawful currency of the United
States;
(c) it
is a valid, legally enforceable obligation of the Account Debtor
thereunder payable in Dollars and is not subject to any recoupment,
offset or other defense or any discount or chargeback on the part
of such Account Debtor (provided that prompt payment discounts or
other discounts granted in the ordinary course of business shall
not cause an Account to be disqualified hereunder, so long as only
the discounted amount of such Account, if not otherwise
disqualified, is included in the calculation of the Borrowing Base)
or to any claim on the part of such Account Debtor denying
liability thereunder (provided that the undisputed portion may be
considered to be an Eligible Account);
(d) it
is subject to no Lien whatsoever, except for the Lien of the
Lender;
(e) it
has not remained unpaid in whole or in part for a period exceeding
ninety (90) days after the original invoice date;
(f) it
does not arise out of a transaction (whether direct or indirect)
with an employee, officer, agent, director or Affiliate of the
Borrower or any Subsidiary or with any entity controlled by any
employee, officer, or director of the Borrower or any
Subsidiary;
(g) it
is not subject to any contract retainage or other withholding of
any portion of payments on amounts invoiced, whether to secure the
Borrower’s or any Subsidiary’s performance or
otherwise;
(h) it
does not represent the unpaid portion of an Account any portion of
which was previously paid or agreed to be paid through the issuance
or delivery of equity securities or other non-cash
consideration;
(i)
if the Account Debtor is the United States, any State or
Commonwealth therein, or any department, agency or instrumentality
thereof, the Borrower or the applicable Domestic Subsidiary has
duly assigned its rights to payment of such Account to the Lender
pursuant to the federal Assignment of Claims Act and any comparable
State statutes;
(j)
the Lender has a perfected first priority Lien in such
Account;
(k) such
Account is not payable by any person other than the Account Debtor
(such as a beneficiary, recipient or subscriber individually),
provided that the portion thereof which is payable by the Account
Debtor may be considered to be an Eligible Account;
(l)
at least sixty (60%) percent in dollar amount of the total Accounts
owed by such Account Debtor and/or its Affiliates constitute
Eligible Accounts;
(m) the
total Accounts owed by the subject Account Debtor (other than
Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.) and/or its Affiliates constitute
less than twenty-five (25%) percent of all Eligible Accounts
(provided that only the excess over twenty-five (25%) percent shall
be disqualified under this clause (m), unless the Lender has
otherwise consented in writing to the inclusion of all or any
portion of such excess);
(n) such
Account is payable solely to the Borrower or a Domestic Subsidiary
which has executed a Guaranty Agreement and become a party to
Collateral Agreement, and the Borrower or such Domestic Subsidiary
is not aware of any dispute by the Account Debtor with respect to
such Account; and
(o) it
is not otherwise determined by the Lender, in the Lender’s
Permitted Discretion, to be difficult to collect, uncollectible or
otherwise unacceptable for any reason.
“ Environmental Indemnity Agreement
” shall mean the environmental indemnity agreement, dated as
of the Closing Date, pursuant to which the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries have agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the Lender
and its Affiliates from and in respect of any and all environmental
claims and liabilities relating to the Owned Real Property and all
operations (past, present and future) conducted on or about the
Owned Real Property.
“ Environmental Report ”
shall mean the Phase I Environmental Site Assessment of the Owned
Real Property dated July 23, 2008, prepared by IVI Due Diligence
Services, Inc. for US Capital Corporation.
“ ERISA ” shall mean the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as in effect from
time to time.
“ ERISA Affiliate ” shall
mean, with respect to any Person, any other Person which is under
common control with the first Person within the meaning of Section
414(b) or 414(c) of the Code; provided , however ,
that with respect to the Borrower, no Person which is an Affiliate
of the Lender (other than the Borrower and its Subsidiaries) shall
be deemed an ERISA Affiliate for purposes of this
Agreement
“ Event of Default ” has the
meaning set forth in Article VII below.
“ Excess Cash Proceeds ” has
the meaning set forth in Section 6.18 below.
“ Exchange Act ” shall mean
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“ Financial Statements ” has
the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(a) below.
“ Fiscal Year ” shall mean
the fiscal year of the Company which ends on December 31 of each
year.
“ Fixed Charges ” shall mean,
for the period in question, the sum of (a) all principal payments
scheduled or required to be made during or with respect to such
period in respect of Indebtedness of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, plus (b) all cash Interest Expense of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period, plus (c) all
cash income taxes paid or accrued for the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries for such period.
“ Foreign Subsidiary ” shall
mean any Subsidiary which is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
“ GAAP ” shall mean generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States of America,
consistently applied, unless the context otherwise requires, with
respect to any financial terms contained herein, as then in effect
with respect to the preparation of financial statements.
“ GEM-DE ” shall mean General
Environmental Management, Inc., a Delaware corporation, which is a
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower.
“ Government Approval ” shall
mean an authorization, consent, non-action, approval, license or
exemption of, registration or filing with, or report to, any
governmental or quasi-governmental department, agency, body or
other unit.
“ GPP ” shall mean General
Pacific Partners LLC, a California limited liability
company.
“ Guaranty ”, “
Guaranteed ” or to “ Guarantee ”,
as applied to any Indebtedness, liability or other obligation,
shall mean (a) a guaranty, directly or indirectly, in any manner,
including by way of endorsement (other than endorsements of
negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of
business), of any part or all of such obligation, and (b) an
agreement, contingent or otherwise, and whether or not constituting
a guaranty, assuring, or intended to assure, the payment or
performance (or payment of damages in the event of non-performance)
of any part or all of such obligation by any means (including,
without limitation, the purchase of securities or obligations, the
purchase or sale of property or services, or the supplying of
funds).
“ Guaranty Agreement ” shall
mean the guaranty agreement, dated as of the Original Closing Date,
executed by each Domestic Subsidiary in favor of the Lender,
pursuant to which the Domestic Subsidiaries have jointly and
severally guaranteed the full and timely payment and performance of
all of the Obligations.
“ Indebtedness ” shall mean
(without duplication), with respect to any Person, (a) all
obligations or liabilities, contingent or otherwise, for borrowed
money, (b) any and all obligations represented by promissory notes,
bonds, debentures or the like, or on which interest charges are
customarily paid, (c) any liability secured by any mortgage,
pledge, lien or security interest on property owned or acquired,
whether or not such liability shall have been assumed, (d)
obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title
retention agreements relating to property or assets purchased by
such Person, (e) all obligations of such Person issued or assumed
as the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding
trade payables and accrued obligations incurred in the ordinary
course of business), (f) any obligations (contingent or otherwise)
of such Person as an account party or applicant in respect of
letters of credit and/or bankers’ acceptances, or in respect
of financial or other hedging obligations, and (g) Guarantees,
endorsements (other than for collection in the ordinary course of
business) and other contingent obligations in respect of the
obligations of others.
“ Intellectual Property ”
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Collateral
Agreement.
“ Interest Expense ” shall
mean, for the relevant period, interest expense (including, without
limitation, interest attributable to Capitalized Leases in
accordance with GAAP) and fees with respect to
Indebtedness.
“ Investment ”, as applied to
the Borrower or any Subsidiary, shall mean: (a) any shares of
capital stock, evidence of Indebtedness or other security issued by
any other Person to the Borrower or any Subsidiary, (b) any loan,
advance or extension of credit to, or contribution to the capital
of, any other Person, other than credit terms extended to customers
in the ordinary course of business, (c) any other investment by the
Borrower or any Subsidiary in any assets or securities of any other
Person, and (d) any commitment to make any Investment.
“ Island ” shall mean Island
Environmental Services, Inc., a California corporation, which is a
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary.
“ Knowledge” or “Known
” or words of similar import shall mean, with respect to the
Borrower and/or any Subsidiary, the actual knowledge of Timothy J.
Koziol and Brett M. Clark (and/or their respective successors as
officers of the Borrower) after reasonable inquiry of the
appropriate employees of the Borrower and the
Subsidiaries.
“ Landlord Waiver ” shall
mean a landlord waiver, subordination and/or access agreement, in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Lender, executed
in favor of the Lender by the Landlord of Real Property leased or
occupied by the Borrower or any Subsidiary.
“ Liabilities and Contingencies
” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(c)
below.
“ Lien ”, as applied to the
property or assets (or the income or profits therefrom) of the
Borrower or any Subsidiary, shall mean (in each case, whether the
same is consensual or nonconsensual or arises by contract,
operation of law, legal process or otherwise): (a) any mortgage,
lien, pledge, hypothecation, attachment, assignment, deposit
arrangement, encumbrance, charge, lease constituting a Capitalized
Lease Obligation, conditional sale or other title retention
agreement, or other security interest or encumbrance of any kind in
respect of any property (including, without limitation, stock of
any Subsidiary) of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or upon the
income or profits therefrom; (b) any arrangement under which any
property of the Borrower or any Subsidiary is transferred,
sequestered or otherwise identified for the purpose of subjecting
or making available the same for the payment of Indebtedness or the
performance of any other liability in priority to the payment of
the general, unsecured creditors of the Borrower or any Subsidiary;
(c) any Indebtedness or liability which remains unpaid after the
same shall become due and payable and which, if unpaid, by law or
otherwise is given any priority whatsoever over the general
unsecured creditors of the Borrower or any Subsidiary; and (d) any
agreement (other than this Agreement) or other arrangement which,
directly or indirectly, prohibits the Borrower or any Subsidiary
from creating or incurring any lien on any of its properties or
assets or which conditions the ability to do so on the security, on
a pro rata or other basis, of Indebtedness other than
Indebtedness outstanding under this Agreement.
“ Loan Documents ” shall mean
the collective reference to this Agreement, the Notes, the Security
Documents, the Environmental Indemnity Agreement, the Validity
Guaranties, the Subordination Agreement, the Board Observer
Agreement, the Warrant, the Registration Rights Agreement, and any
and all other agreements, instruments, certificates and other
documents as may be executed and delivered by the Borrower and/or
any of the Subsidiaries pursuant hereto or thereto.
“ Loans ” shall mean,
collectively, the Advances, the Term Loan and the Convertible Term
Loan.
“ Material Adverse Effect ”
shall mean any event, act, omission, condition or circumstance
which has or would reasonably be expected to have a material
adverse effect on (a) the business, operations, properties, assets
or condition, financial or otherwise, of the Borrower and the
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) the ability of the Borrower or
any Subsidiary to perform its obligations under any of the Loan
Documents, or (c) the validity or enforceability of, or the
Lender’s rights and remedies under, any of the Loan
Documents, other than due to the acts or omissions of the Lender or
any of its Affiliates.
“ Maximum Revolver Amount ”
shall mean $1,700,000.
“ Monitoring Fee ” shall mean
the fees payable to the Lender pursuant to Section 2.03(b)
below.
“ Net Income ” shall mean the
consolidated net income (or loss) of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries for the period in question, after giving effect to
deduction of or provision for all operating expenses, all taxes and
reserves (including reserves for deferred taxes) and all other
proper deductions, all determined in accordance with GAAP;
provided , however , that for purposes of calculating
Net Income, there shall be excluded and no effect shall be given to
(a) the restoration of any contingency reserve except to the extent
that such reserve was established during the subject period, and
(b) any Net Income attributable to any Subsidiary to the extent
that the Borrower (or any Subsidiary through which the Borrower
owns the subject Subsidiary) is prohibited (by law, Contract,
minority ownership rights or otherwise) from receiving a
distribution of such Net Income from such Subsidiary.
“ Notes ” shall mean,
collectively, the Revolving Credit Note, the Term Note and the
Convertible Term Note.
“ Obligations ” shall mean
the collective reference to all Indebtedness and other liabilities
and obligations of every kind and description owed by the Borrower
to the Lender from time to time under or pursuant to this
Agreement, the Notes, the Security Documents and the other Loan
Documents (excluding the Warrant and Registration Rights Agreement,
other than amounts payable (a) under Section 1.4 of the Warrant
based upon exercise of the Put Option thereunder prior to or at the
time of the repayment in full of all other Obligations, and (b)
from time to time pursuant to Section 2(c) of the Registration
Rights Agreement), and/or otherwise in respect of the Loans,
however evidenced, created or incurred, fixed or contingent, now or
hereafter existing, due or to become due.
“ Organic Documents ” shall
mean, with respect to any Person, the certificate of incorporation,
articles of incorporation, certificate of formation, certificate of
limited partnership, by-laws, operating agreement, limited
partnership agreement or other such document of such
Person.
“ Original Agreement ” shall
have the meaning ascribed thereto in the second
“WHEREAS” paragraph above.
“ Original Closing Date ”
shall mean August 31, 2008, which was the “Closing
Date” under, as defined in and for purposes of the Original
Agreement.
“ Owned Real Property ” shall
mean the Real Property, consisting of approximately 4.5 acres of
improved land and buildings, owned by General Environmental
Management of Rancho Cordova, LLC (a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the
Borrower) located at 11855 White Rock Road, Rancho Cordova,
California 95742.
“ Participant ” has the
meaning set forth in Section 8.01 below.
“ Permitted Discretion ”
shall mean a determination or judgment made by the Lender in good
faith in the exercise of reasonable business judgment from the
perspective of a secured lender.
“ Permitted Indebtedness ”
shall mean any and all Indebtedness expressly permitted pursuant to
Section 6.01 below.
“ Permitted Liens ” shall
mean those Liens expressly permitted pursuant to Section 6.02
below.
“ Person ” shall mean any
individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company,
banking association, business trust, joint stock company, trust,
unincorporated association, joint venture, governmental authority
or other entity of whatever nature.
“ Purchase Money Note ” shall
mean the Purchase Money Note dated August 17, 2009 in the principal
amount of $5,600,000 issued by MTS Acquisition Company, Inc. to
GEM-DE, as same may be amended, modified, supplemented and/or
restated from time to time (subject to any required consent under
this Agreement).
“ Real Properties ” shall
mean, collectively, any real properties (land, buildings and/or
improvements) now owned or leased or occupied by the Borrower or
any of the Subsidiaries, and, during the period of the
Borrower’s and/or Subsidiary’s occupancy thereof, any
other real properties heretofore owned or leased by the Borrower or
any Subsidiary (provided that, with respect to leased properties,
the “Real Property” shall refer only to the portion of
the subject property (excluding common areas) leased by the
Borrower or a Subsidiary).
“ Register ” has the meaning
set forth in Section 8.03(a) below.
“ Registration Rights Agreement
” shall mean the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of
the Original Closing Date, made by the Company for the benefit of
the Lender and any subsequent Holders (as such term is defined in
the Registration Rights Agreement), as same may be amended,
modified, supplemented and/or restated from time to
time.
“ Revolving Credit Commitment
” shall mean the Lender’s agreement to make Advances to
the Borrower within the limitations set forth in Section 2.01
below.
“ Revolving Credit Maturity Date
” shall mean August 31, 2011; provided ,
however , that in the event that the Advances are prepaid or
required to be prepaid pursuant to Section 2.01(e) or Section 2.07
below, then the Revolving Credit Maturity Date shall be deemed to
have occurred simultaneously with such prepayment or required
prepayment.
“ Revolving Credit Note ”
shall mean the amended and restated promissory note of the Borrower
issued to the Lender to represent the Advances and interest
thereon, as described in Section 2.01(f) below.
“ Royalty Provisions ” shall
mean Section 2.2 of the Stock Purchase Agreement, as same may be
amended, modified, supplemented and/or restated from time to time
(subject to any required consent under this Agreement).
“ Sale ” shall mean any
transaction or series of related transactions (a) whereby a
majority of the outstanding capital stock of or equity interests in
the Borrower which ordinarily has voting power for the election of
directors (including preferred stock counted on an “as
converted” basis into common stock and common stock counted
on a fully diluted basis) is sold, assigned or transferred, (b)
whereby the Borrower issues shares of its capital stock or equity
interests which, after giving effect to such transaction or
transactions, constitute a majority of the outstanding capital
stock of the Borrower which ordinarily has voting power for the
election of a majority of the Borrower’s directors
(including, if applicable, preferred stock counted on an “as
converted” basis into common stock and common stock counted
on a fully diluted basis), (c) whereby Control of the Borrower
is held by a Person (or group of Persons acting in concert) who
does not hold such Control on the date of this Agreement, (d) in
which the Borrower is a constituent party to any merger or
consolidation and as a result thereof (i) the holders of the
outstanding capital stock of the Borrower which ordinarily has
voting power for the election of a majority of the Borrower’s
directors (including, if applicable, preferred stock counted on an
“as converted” basis into common stock) immediately
prior to such merger or consolidation cease to own a majority of
the outstanding capital stock of the Borrower which ordinarily has
voting power for the election of a majority of the Borrower’s
directors (including, if applicable, preferred stock counted on an
“as converted” basis into common stock), or (ii) the
Borrower is not the surviving entity, or (e) whereby all or any
material portion of the assets of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries
(taken as a whole) are sold, assigned or transferred.
“ SEC ” shall mean the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission, and any successor agency
performing the functions thereof.
“ SEC Reports ” shall mean
all periodic and current reports, registration statements, proxy
statements and other reports filed or required to be filed by the
Borrower with the SEC pursuant to the Act and/or the Exchange Act,
and any amendments or supplements thereto filed with the
SEC.
“ Security Documents ” shall
mean the Guaranty Agreement, the Collateral Agreement, the Deed of
Trust, collateral assignments, Landlord Waivers, Control
Agreements, financing statements or other such agreements or
documents pursuant thereto, and any other agreements or instruments
securing or creating or evidencing Liens securing the
Obligations.
“ Seller ” shall mean Randy
Costales and Gloria Costales.
“ Seller Notes ” shall mean
(a) the subordinated promissory note of GEM-DE in the principal
amount of $1,062,500, issued by GEM-DE to the Seller on the
Original Closing Date pursuant to the Acquisition Agreement, (b)
the subordinated promissory note of GEM-DE in the principal amount
of $187,500, issued by GEM-DE to the Trust on the Original Closing
Date pursuant to the Acquisition Agreement, and (c) any Contingent
Note (as defined in the Acquisition Agreement) which may be issued
at any time.
“ Stock Purchase Agreement ”
shall mean the Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of August 17, 2009
by and among the Borrower, GEM-DE, GEM Mobile Treatment Services,
Inc., and MTS Acquisition Company, Inc., as same may be amended,
modified, supplemented and/or restated from time to time (subject
to any required consent under this Agreement).
“ Subordinated Debt ” shall
mean the Seller Notes and all other Indebtedness for money borrowed
and other liabilities of the Borrower, whether or not evidenced by
promissory notes, which is contractually subordinated in right of
payment, in a manner satisfactory to the Lender (as evidenced by
the Lender’s prior written approval thereof), to all
Obligations of the Borrower to the Lender.
“ Subordination Agreement ”
shall mean the Subordination Agreement, dated as of the Original
Closing Date (as same may thereafter be amended, modified,
supplemented and/or restated from time to time), by and between the
Lender, the Seller, the Trust and GEM-DE, pursuant to which the
Seller and the Trust have subordinated their rights under the
Seller Notes to the Obligations.
“ Subsidiary ” or “
Subsidiaries ” shall mean the individual or collective
reference to any corporation, limited liability company or other
entity of which 50% or more of the outstanding shares of stock or
other equity interests of each class having ordinary voting power
and/or rights to profits (other than stock having such power only
by reason of the happening of a contingency) is at the time owned
by the Borrower, directly or indirectly through one or more
Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
“ Term Loan ” shall mean the
term loan in the face amount of $5,600,000 described in Section
2.02(a)(i) below.
“ Term Note ” shall mean the
promissory note of the Borrower issued to the Lender as described
in Section 2.02(d)(i) below.
“ Third Party Payment ” shall
have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.08(a)
below.
“ Trust ” shall mean NCF
Charitable Trust, a Florida wholly charitable trust and tax-exempt
organization classified as a public charity.
“ UCC ” means the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York on the date
hereof and hereafter from time to time.
“ Validity Guaranties ” shall
mean, collectively, (a) the Validity Guaranty, dated as of the
Original Closing Date, by and among the Lender, the Borrower and
Timothy J. Koziol, and (b) the Validity Guaranty, dated as of the
Original Closing Date, by and among the Lender, the Borrower and
Brett M. Clark.
“ Warrant ” shall mean the
amended and restated warrant to purchase an aggregate of 2,700,000
shares of Common Stock (subject to adjustment), such warrant to be
issued by the Borrower to the Lender on the Closing
Date.
“ Wholly-Owned Subsidiary ”
shall mean each Domestic Subsidiary of which all of the outstanding
equity securities (other than directors’ qualifying shares)
are owned by the Borrower or another such Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary.
Section 1.02. Use of Defined
Terms . All
terms defined in this Agreement shall have their defined meanings
when used in the Notes, the Security Documents, the other Loan
Documents, and all certificates, reports or other documents made or
delivered pursuant to this Agreement, unless otherwise defined
therein or unless the specific context shall otherwise
require.
Section 1.03. Accounting
Terms . All
accounting terms not specifically defined herein shall be construed
in accordance with GAAP.
Section 1.04. Other Definitional
Provisions . The words “hereof,”
“herein”, “hereto” and
“hereunder” and words of similar import when used in
this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to
any particular provision of this Agreement, and Section references
are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified. The
meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable
to both the singular and plural forms of such terms. The
word “including” and words of similar import when used
in this Agreement shall mean “including, without
limitation,” unless otherwise specified.
Section 2.01. Revolving Credit Loans
.
(a) Subject
at all times to all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement,
the Lender hereby agrees to extend to the Borrower a secured
revolving credit facility, from the Closing Date to the Revolving
Credit Maturity Date, in an aggregate principal amount not to
exceed, at any time outstanding, the lesser of (i) the Borrowing
Base at the subject time, or (ii) the Maximum Revolver Amount (the
" Revolving Credit Commitment ").
(b) Such
revolving credit loans are herein sometimes referred to
individually as an " Advance " and collectively as the "
Advances ." Subject at all times to all of the
terms and conditions of this Agreement, from the Closing Date to
the Revolving Credit Maturity Date and within the limits of the
Revolving Credit Commitment, the Lender shall lend, and the
Borrower may borrow, prepay (without premium or penalty) and
reborrow under this Section 2.01. Each request for an
Advance (i) shall be irrevocable, (ii) shall be deemed to
constitute an express affirmation that all conditions precedent set
forth in part B of Article IV hereof are satisfied on the date of
such request and will be satisfied on the requested Borrowing Date,
and (iii) shall be made to the Lender in writing, not later than
three (3) Business Days prior to the requested Borrowing Date, by
an authorized officer of the Borrower or by telephonic
communication by such authorized officer to the Lender, which shall
be confirmed by written notice to the Lender to be delivered to the
Lender by the Business Day next following the subject
request. In no event shall the Borrower request, or
shall the Lender be required to honor, (A) any request for an
Advance in an amount greater than the Availability at such time,
(B) any request for an Advance in an amount less than $100,000, or
(C) more than one request (or more frequently if reasonably
required by the Borrower) for the borrowing of Advances in any
seven (7) calendar day period.
(c) The
Borrower shall pay the Lender interest on all Advances at the
rate(s) per annum as in effect from time to time in accordance with
the Revolving Credit Note. Such interest shall be
payable monthly in arrears on the first day of each calendar month
and on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, and shall be computed on
the daily unpaid balance of all Advances made under the Borrower's
revolving credit loan accounts with the Lender, based on a three
hundred sixty (360) day year, counting the actual number of days
elapsed. The Borrower hereby authorizes the Lender to
charge the Borrower's revolving credit loan accounts for all such
interest; provided , however , that the Lender shall
be under no obligation to make any such charge to the
Borrower’s revolving credit loan accounts (including, without
limitation, if there is insufficient Availability at the time such
interest is due and payable).
(d) In
the event and to the extent that, at any time, the outstanding
principal amount of Advances exceeds the Revolving Credit
Commitment then in effect, then the Borrower shall immediately,
without notice or demand, make a payment to the Lender in respect
of the Advances in an amount sufficient to cause the outstanding
principal amount of Advances to be equal to or less than the
Revolving Credit Commitment then in effect.
(e) Unless
sooner due and payable by reason of the Lender’s demand for
payment or an Event of Default or Sale having occurred, the
Borrower shall pay in full all of the Obligations to the Lender in
respect of all Advances on or prior to the Revolving Credit
Maturity Date. Anything elsewhere contained in this
Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event that and at
such time as the Convertible Term Loan shall be repaid or be
required to be repaid in full, the Revolving Credit Commitment
shall thereupon terminate and all outstanding Advances, all accrued
interest thereon and all other outstanding Obligations (including,
without limitation, accrued Monitoring Fees) shall be immediately
due and payable, without requirement of any notice or
demand.
(f) All
Advances shall be evidenced by a secured Amended and Restated
Revolving Credit Note of the Company payable to the Lender or
registered assigns.
(g) The
Borrower may, at its option, terminate the Revolving Credit
Commitment at any time by giving twenty (20) days’ prior
written notice thereof to the Lender, and paying to the Lender, on
the date fixed for termination, an amount equal to the sum of (i)
all outstanding principal and accrued interest of the Advances, and
(ii) all accrued Monitoring Fees.
(h) The
Lender and the Borrower hereby agree that, after giving effect to
the restructuring of the credit facilities pursuant to this
Agreement, the outstanding principal amount of Advances on
September 4, 2009 is $1,700,000.
Section 2.02. Term Loans
.
(a) Subject
at all times to all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement,
the Lender hereby agrees (i) to convert a portion of the
outstanding Advances and a portion of the outstanding term loan
under the Original Agreement into a Term Loan in the principal
amount of $5,600,000, and (ii) to convert a portion of the
outstanding Advances and outstanding term loan under the Original
Agreement into a convertible term loan in the principal amount of
$6,314,699.59. Such conversion shall become effective on
the Closing Date, and any amounts repaid in respect of the Term
Loan and the Convertible Term Loan may not be
reborrowed.
(b) The
Term Loan shall be repayable in installments in accordance with the
schedule of payments set forth in the Term Note, and the
Convertible Term Loan shall be repayable on demand or, in the
absence of demand, in installments in accordance with the schedule
of payments set forth in the Convertible Term Note. The
Borrower shall be required to prepay the Term Loan and the
Convertible Term Loan in full simultaneously with the consummation
of any Sale or any termination of the Revolving Credit
Commitment.
(c) The
Borrower shall pay the Lender interest on the principal balances of
the Term Loan and the Convertible Term Loan at the rate(s) per
annum as in effect from time to time in accordance with the Term
Note and the Convertible Term Note, respectively. Such
interest shall be payable in accordance with the Term Note and the
Convertible Term Note, respectively, and shall be computed on the
daily unpaid balance of the Term Loan and the Convertible Term
Loan, based on a three hundred sixty (360) day year, counting the
actual number of days elapsed. The Borrower hereby
authorizes the Lender to charge the Borrower’s revolving
credit loan accounts for all such interest and/or for any or all
principal amounts due and payable in respect of the Term Loan
and/or the Convertible Term Loan; provided , however
, that the Lender shall be under no obligation to make any such
charge to the Borrower’s revolving credit loan accounts
(including, without limitation, if there is insufficient
Availability at the time such interest and/or principal is due and
payable).
(d) (i)
The Term Loan shall be evidenced by a secured Term Note of the
Borrower payable to the Lender or registered assigns, and (ii) the
Convertible Term Loan shall be evidenced by a secured Convertible
Term Note of the Borrower payable to the Lender or registered
assigns.
(e) In
the event and to the extent that, at any time and from time to
time, (i) the Borrower, GEM-DE and/or any other Person (including,
without limitation, the Lender as collateral assignee) shall
receive any prepayment under or in respect of the Purchase Money
Note, an equal prepayment shall immediately be made under and
pursuant to the Term Note, (ii) any payment is received by the
Borrower, GEM-DE and/or any other Person (including, without
limitation, the Lender as collateral assignee) under the Royalty
Provisions, then an equal prepayment shall immediately be made
under and pursuant to the Convertible Term Note, and (iii) the
Borrower shall receive payment (other than by offset) in respect of
any indemnification claim under the Acquisition Agreement, (A) the
Borrower shall immediately give written notice to the Lender upon
receipt of such indemnification payment, stating the date and
amount of such payment, and (B) the Borrower shall, upon demand by
the Lender, make a prepayment on the Convertible Term Note in an
amount equal to the net after-tax amount of the indemnification
payment received by the Borrower. Any prepayment under
this Section 2.02(e) shall not require payment of any prepayment
premium. In the event and to the extent that, at any
time and from time to time, the Lender (as collateral assignee)
shall receive (A) any scheduled payment under or in respect of the
Purchase Money Note, the Lender shall apply same to the
corresponding payment under the Term Note, (B) any prepayment under
or in respect of the Purchase Money Note, the Lender shall apply
same as a prepayment under the Term Note, and (C) any payment under
the Royalty Provisions, the Lender shall apply same as a prepayment
under the Convertible Term Note; and any such application of
payments by the Lender shall be deemed to constitute a payment by
the Borrower of the corresponding obligations under the subject
Note.
Section 2.03. Fees and
Premiums .
(b) The
Borrower shall further pay to the Lender, on the first (1
st ) day of each calendar month prior to the
Revolving Credit Maturity Date or the earlier termination of the
Revolving Credit Commitment and payment of the Obligations in
accordance with Section 2.01(g) above or Section 2.07 below, and
upon the termination of the Revolving Credit Commitment and payment
of the Obligations thereon, a collateral monitoring, availability
and administrative fee in an amount equal to 0.083% of the average
daily outstanding principal amount of Advances during the
immediately preceding calendar month (which shall be appropriately
prorated, based on a 30-day month, for any partial calendar
month).
(c) In
the event of any prepayment of all or any portion of the Term Loan
or the Convertible Term Loan (other than a prepayment (i) pursuant
to Section 2.02(e) above, or (ii) made with the proceeds received
from the sale of any business unit or units, promptly upon receipt
of such proceeds), in addition to the payment of the subject
principal amount and all unpaid accrued interest thereon, the
Borrower shall be required to pay to the Lender a prepayment
premium in an amount equal to (A) two (2%) percent of the principal
amount being prepaid if the prepayment is made on or prior to
February 28, 2010, and (B) one (1%) percent of the principal amount
being prepaid if such prepayment is made subsequent to February 28,
2010 and prior to August 1, 2011.
(d) Payments
received in respect of the Obligations after 12:00 Noon on any day
shall be deemed to be received on the next succeeding Business Day,
and if any payment is received other than by wire transfer of
immediately available funds, such payment shall be subject to three
(3) Business Days’ clearance prior to being credited to the
Obligations for interest calculation purposes.
Section 2.04. Use of
Proceeds . The
Borrower shall utilize the proceeds of the Loans solely for working
capital and other general corporate purposes of the Borrower, and
for the payment of fees and expenses associated with the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
Section 2.05. Further
Obligations . With respect to all Obligations for
which the interest rate is not otherwise specified herein (whether
such Obligations arise hereunder, pursuant to the Notes or Security
Documents, or otherwise), such Obligations shall bear interest at
the rate(s) in effect from time to time pursuant to the Revolving
Credit Note.
Section 2.06. Application of
Payments . All
amounts paid to or received by the Lender in respect of the Loans
from whatever source (whether from the Borrower, any Subsidiary
pursuant to a Guaranty Agreement, any realization upon any
Collateral, or otherwise) shall, except as otherwise provided in
Section 2.02(e) above, unless otherwise directed by the Borrower
with respect to any particular payment (unless an Event of Default
shall then be continuing, in which event the Lender may disregard
Section 2.02(e) and/or disregard the Borrower’s direction),
be applied (a) first, to reimburse the Lender for all out-of-pocket
costs and expenses incurred by the Lender which are reimbursable to
the Lender in accordance with this Agreement, the Notes and/or any
of the other Loan Documents, (e) next, to any accrued but unpaid
fees or prepayment premiums, and amounts payable under Section 2(c)
of the Registration Rights Agreement, (c) next, to unpaid accrued
interest on the Convertible Term Loan, (d) next, to unpaid accrued
interest on the Term Loan, (e) next, to unpaid accrued interest on
the Advances, (f) next, to the outstanding principal of the
Convertible Term Loan, to the extent then due and payable, (g)
next, to the outstanding principal of the Advances, (h) next, to
the payment of any unpaid Option Purchase Price under the Warrant,
(i) next, to the outstanding principal of the Term Loan, to the
extent then due and payable, and (j) finally, to the payment of any
other outstanding Obligations; and after payment in full of the
Obligations, any further amounts paid to or received by the Lender
in respect of the Loans shall be paid over to the Borrower or such
other Person(s) as may be legally entitled thereto.
Section 2.07. Sale; Term Loan
Payment . Anything elsewhere contained in
this Agreement and/or the Notes to the contrary notwithstanding,
the Revolving Credit Commitment shall terminate and all Obligations
shall become immediately due and payable, without requirement of
any notice or demand, (a) upon the consummation of any Sale, and
(b) upon the prepayment or required payment or prepayment in full
of the Term Loan or the Convertible Term Loan. In
addition, the Term Loan, the Convertible Term Loan and all
Obligations shall become immediately due and payable, without
requirement of any notice or demand, (i) upon the consummation of
any Sale, and (ii) upon any termination of the Revolving Credit
Commitment.
Section 2.08. Obligations
Unconditional .
(a) The
payment and performance of all Obligations shall constitute the
absolute and unconditional obligations of the Borrower, and shall
be independent of any defense or rights of set-off, recoupment or
counterclaim which the Borrower might otherwise have against the
Lender. All payments required by this Agreement and/or
the Notes shall be paid free of any deductions or withholdings for
any taxes or other amounts and without abatement, diminution or
set-off. If the Borrower is required by law to make such
a deduction or withholding from a payment hereunder (except for net
income taxes, or franchise taxes imposed in lieu of net income
taxes, imposed generally by federal, state or local taxing
authorities with respect to interest or commitment fees or other
fees payable hereunder or changes in the rate of tax on the overall
net income of the Lender or its members), the Borrower shall pay to
the Lender such additional amount as is necessary to ensure that,
after the making of such deduction or withholding, the Lender
receives (free from any liability in respect of any such deduction
or withholding) a net sum equal to the sum which it would have
received and so retained had no such deduction or withholding been
made or required to be made. The Borrower shall (i) pay
the full amount of any deduction or withholding, which it is
required to make by-law, to the relevant authority within the
payment period set by the relevant law, and (ii) promptly after any
such payment, deliver to the Lender an original (or certified copy)
official receipt issued by the relevant authority in respect of the
amount withheld or deducted or, if the relevant authority does not
issue such official receipts, such other evidence of payment of the
amount withheld or deducted as is reasonably acceptable to the
Lender. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in this Section 2.08(a), in the event that the Borrower
is compelled by legal process to make payment to a third party
(“ Third Party Payment ”), including any taxing
authority, of any amount that is unrelated to this Agreement or the
transactions hereunder and that is owed by the Lender to such third
party, then, upon the Borrower making such payment and presenting
to the Lender satisfactory evidence of such payment, such Third
Party Payment shall be entered on the Lender’s books and
records as a credit to the Borrower’s account. The
Borrower shall give the Lender at least fifteen (15) days’
written notice prior to making any such Third Party
Payment.
(b) If,
at any time and from time to time after the Closing Date, (i) any
change in any existing law, regulation, treaty or directive or in
the interpretation or application thereof, (ii) any new law,
regulation, treaty or directive enacted or application thereof, or
(iii) compliance by the Lender with any request or directive
(whether or not having the force of law) from any governmental
authority (A) subjects the Lender to any tax, levy, impost,
deduction, assessment, charge or withholding of any kind whatsoever
with respect to any Loan Document, or changes the basis of taxation
of payments to the Lender of any amount payable thereunder (except
for net income taxes, or franchise taxes imposed in lieu of net
income taxes, imposed generally by federal, state or local taxing
authorities with respect to interest or commitment fees or other
fees payable hereunder or changes in the rate of tax on the overall
net income of the Lender or its members), or (B) imposes on the
Lender any other condition or increased cost in connection with the
transactions contemplated thereby or participations therein, and
the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to the
Lender of making or continuing any Loan or to reduce any amount
receivable hereunder, then, in any such case, the Borrower shall
promptly pay to the Lender any additional amounts necessary to
compensate the Lender, on an after-tax basis, for such additional
cost or reduced amount as determined by the Lender. If
the Lender becomes entitled to claim any additional amounts
pursuant to this Section 2.08(b), the Lender shall promptly notify
the Borrower of the event by reason of which the Lender has become
so entitled, and each such notice of additional amounts payable
pursuant to this Section 2.08(b) submitted by the Lender to the
Borrower shall, absent manifest error, be final, conclusive and
binding for all purposes.
Section 2.09. Reversal of
Payments . To
the extent that any payment or payments made to or received by the
Lender pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document are
subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or
preferential, set aside, or required to be repaid to any trustee,
receiver or other person under any state or federal bankruptcy or
other such law, then, to the extent thereof, such amounts shall be
revived as Obligations and continue in full force and effect
hereunder as if such payment or payments had not been received by
the Lender.
III.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
As of the Closing Date and on each Borrowing
Date (unless the representation and warranty refers to a specific
date, in which case such representation and warranty shall continue
in effect with respect to such specific date), the Borrower hereby
makes the following representations and warranties to the Lender,
all of which representations and warranties shall survive the
Closing Date, the delivery of the Notes and the making of the
Loans, shall be continuing in nature so long as any Obligations are
outstanding or the Revolving Credit Commitment remains in effect,
and are as follows:
Section 3.01. Financial
Matters .
(a) The
Borrower has heretofore furnished to the Lender (i) the audited
consolidated financial statements (including balance sheets,
statements of income, statements of cash flows and statements of
stockholders’ equity) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as
at December 31, 2006, 2007 and 2008, and for the Fiscal Years then
ended, and (ii) the unaudited consolidated financial statements of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of June 30, 2009 and for the
six (6) months then ended (collectively, the “ Financial
Statements ”).
(b) The
Financial Statements (i) have been prepared in accordance with GAAP
on a consistent basis for all periods (subject, in the case of the
unaudited Financial Statements, to the absence of full footnote
disclosures, and to normal non-material audit adjustments), (ii)
are complete and correct in all material respects, (iii) fairly
present the consolidated financial condition of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries as of said dates, and the results of their
operations for the periods stated, (iv) contain and reflect all
necessary adjustments and accruals for a fair presentation of the
Borrower’s and its Subsidiaries’ consolidated financial
condition and results of operations as of the dates of and for the
periods covered by such Financial Statements, and (v) make full and
adequate provision, subject to and in accordance with GAAP, for the
various assets and liabilities (including, without limitation,
deferred revenues) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, fixed or
contingent, and the results of their operations and transactions in
their accounts, as of the dates and for the periods referred to
therein.
(c) Except
as set forth in Schedule 3.01(c) of the Disclosure Schedule,
neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary has any liabilities,
obligations or commitments of any kind or nature whatsoever,
whether absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise (collectively
“ Liabilities and Contingencies ”), including,
without limitation, Liabilities and Contingencies under employment
agreements and with respect to any “earn-outs”, stock
appreciation rights, or related compensation obligations, except:
(i) Liabilities and Contingencies disclosed in the Financial
Statements or footnotes thereto, (ii) Liabilities and Contingencies
incurred in the ordinary course of business and consistent with
past practice since the date of the most recent Financial
Statements, or (iii) those Liabilities and Contingencies
which are not required to be disclosed under GAAP. The
reserves, if any, reflected on the balance sheet included in the
most recent Financial Statements are appropriate and
reasonable. Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary has
any Indebtedness for money borrowed, outstanding obligations for
the purchase price of property, contingent obligations or
liabilities for taxes, or any unusual forward or long-term
commitments, except as specifically set forth in Schedule
3.01 of the Disclosure Schedule.
(d) Since
the date of the most recent Financial Statements, except as set
forth in Schedule 3.01(d) of the Disclosure Schedule, there
has been no material adverse change in the working capital,
condition (financial or otherwise), assets, liabilities, reserves,
business, management, operations or prospects of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole), including, without limitation,
the following:
(i) there
has been no material change in any assumptions underlying, or in
any methods of calculating, any bad debt, contingency or other
reserve relating to the Borrower or any Subsidiary;
(ii) there
have been (A) no material write-downs in the val
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