EXHIBIT
10.1
CREDIT AGREEMENT
among
DMRJ GROUP, LLC
as Lender
IMPLANT SCIENCES
CORPORATION
as Borrower
and
C ACQUISITION
CORP.
ACCUREL SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL
CORPORATION
IMX ACQUISITION
CORP.
as Guarantors
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TABLE OF
CONTENTS
PAGE
ARTICLE
I CERTAIN
DEFINITIONS AND
TERMS................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
2
ARTICLE
II CREDIT
FACILITY....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
2
ARTICLE
III CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
2
ARTICLE
IV REPRESENTATIONS
AND
WARRANTIES........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
2
ARTICLE
V COVENANTS.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
2
ARTICLE
VI INDEMNIFICATION;
INCREASED
COSTS........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
2
ARTICLE
VII EVENTS
OF
DEFAULT...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
2
ARTICLE
VIII RIGHTS
AND
REMEDIES......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
2
ARTICLE
IX MISCELLANEOUS..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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SCHEDULES
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Schedule
1.89
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Liens
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Schedule
4.2
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Authorization;
Enforcement
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Schedule 4.3
(i)
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Capitalization
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Schedule 4.3
(ii)
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Warrant holders
having registration rights
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Schedule 4.3
(iii)
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Obligation to
Repurchase Shares
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Schedule 4.3
(iv)
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Issue
Additional Shares
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Schedule 4.3
(v)
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Anti-Dilution
Rights
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Schedule
4.3(vi)
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Stock
Restrictions
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Schedule
4.6
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Commission
Documents, Financial Statements
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Schedule
4.7
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Subsidiaries
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Schedule
4.8
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Names; Prior
Names
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Schedule
4.9
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Material
Adverse Change
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Schedule
4.12
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Undisclosed
Liabilities
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Schedule
4.13
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Undisclosed
Events or Circumstances
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Schedule
4.14
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Indebtedness
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Schedule
4.15
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Title to
Assets
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Schedule
4.16
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Litigation
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Schedule
4.18
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Taxes
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Schedule
4.21
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Books and
Records; Internal Accounting Controls
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Schedule
4.22
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Material
Agreements
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Schedule
4.23
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Transactions
with Affiliates
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Schedule
4.25
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Employees
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Schedule
4.26
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Intellectual
Property
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Schedule
4.27
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Absence of
Certain Developments
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Schedule
4.29
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ERISA
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Schedule
4.30
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No Integrated
Offering
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Schedule
4.31
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DTC
Status
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Schedule
4.36
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Accounts
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Schedule
4.40
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Affiliates
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Schedule
5.3(g)
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Acquisitions,
Mergers and Dissolutions
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Schedule
5.3(j)
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Business
Locations
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EXHIBITS
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Exhibit
A
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Form of
Borrowing Certificate
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Exhibit
B
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Form of
Guaranty
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Exhibit
C
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Form of
Officer’s Certificate
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Exhibit
D
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Form of
Security Agreement
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Exhibit
E
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Form of Advance
Request
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Exhibit
F
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Form of Opinion
of Counsel
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Exhibit
G
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Form of
Budget
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130355.01002/11924525v.4
CREDIT
AGREEMENT
THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT , dated as of September 4, 2009 (this “
Agreement ”), is among IMPLANT SCIENCES
CORPORATION , a Massachusetts corporation as borrower (“
Borrower ”), C ACQUISITION CORP. ,
a Delaware corporation, ACCUREL SYSTEMS
INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION , a California corporation, and
IMX ACQUISITIONS CORP. , a Delaware
corporation, as guarantors (each a “ Guarantor ”
and collectively “ Guarantors ” and together
with Borrower, collectively, “ Loan Parties ”
and each individually a “ Loan Party ”), and
DMRJ GROUP, LLC (“ Lender ”).
RECITALS
A.
Borrower desires to borrow funds
from Lender for working capital purposes, which borrowings and
other Obligations (as defined herein) are to be secured by the
Collateral (as defined herein).
B.
Subject to the terms and conditions
hereinafter set forth, Lender has indicated its willingness to make
loans to Borrower; provided , however , that Lender
is only willing to make loans to Borrower subject to satisfaction
of certain conditions as set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
covenants contained herein, the receipt and sufficiency of which
are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as
follows:
AGREEMENT
ARTICLE I
CERTAIN DEFINITIONS AND
TERMS
As used herein, the following terms shall have
the meanings herein indicated:
1.1 Account
means each of the Funding Account and the Collection
Account.
1.2 Account
Bank means TD Bank, N.A. or such other bank which maintains one
or more of the Accounts as may be selected by Borrower, subject to
Lender’s approval.
1.3 Account Control
Agreements means, collectively, the Account Control Agreements,
dated as of the date hereof, between Borrower, Lender and the
Account Bank pertaining to the Funding Account and the Collection
Account, and each other Account Control Agreement, if any, entered
into among Borrower, Lender and a bank in connection herewith;
provided that each such Account Control Agreement shall be
in form and substance satisfactory to Lender.
1.4 Advance has
the meaning set forth in Section 2.1 .
1.5 Advance
Date has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2
.
1.6 Advance
Period means the period commencing on the Closing Date and
ending on the earlier of (a) October 31, 2009 and (b) the
Termination Date.
1.7 Advance
Request has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2
.
1.8 Affected
Party means Lender and its respective successors and
assigns.
1.9 Affiliate
means, in respect of any Person, (a) any other Person directly or
indirectly holding 10% or more of any class of Capital Stock of
that Person, (b) any other Person 10% or more of any class of whose
Capital Stock is held directly or indirectly by that Person, and
(c) any other Person that, directly or indirectly, controls or is
controlled by or is under common control with such Person; and for
the purpose of this definition, “control” (including,
with correlative meanings, the terms “controlled by”
and “under common control with”) means the power to
direct, or cause to be directed, the management and policies of a
Person whether through the ownership of securities or interests or
by contract or otherwise.
1.10 Agreement
means this Credit Agreement, including any Schedules and Exhibits
hereto.
1.11 Applicable
Law means all provisions of statutes, laws, rules, regulations,
ordinances, writs, interpretations, injunctions and orders of any
Governmental Authority applicable to any Person, property,
transaction or event, and all orders and decrees of all courts and
arbitrators in proceedings or actions in which the Person in
question is a party or which such property, transaction or event is
the subject including applicable federal, state and local laws and
regulations.
1.12 Articles of
Organization shall have the meaning set forth in Section
4.5 .
1.13 Blocked
Account shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.1(r)
1.14 Borrowing
Certificate means a certificate from an authorized Officer of
Borrower relating to a proposed Advance, in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit A , which certificate shall contain the
following certifications of an Officer on behalf of Borrower: (a)
as to Borrower’s compliance with all covenants set forth in
the Transaction Documents; (b) that all representations and
warranties of Borrower set forth in the Transaction Documents are
true and correct in all material respects as if made on the date
thereof (except to the extent already qualified by materiality or
Material Adverse Effect, in which case such representations and
warranties shall be true and correct in all respects as if made on
the date thereof); (c) that no Default or Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing or would result from the proposed
Advance; (d) the Funding Conditions have been satisfied in full (as
determined by Lender in its sole and absolute discretion); and (e)
as to such other information as Lender may request in connection
with any proposed borrowing hereunder.
1.15 Budget
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.1(e)(vi)
.
1.16 Business
Day means any day banking transactions can be conducted in New
York City, NY, USA and does not include any day which is a federal
or state holiday in such location or Rosh Hashanah (both days) or
Yom Kippur.
1.17 Bylaws
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.5 .
1.18 Capital
Stock means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares,
interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated)
of such Person’s capital stock or partnership, limited
liability company or other equity interests at any time
outstanding, and any and all rights, warrants or options
exchangeable for or convertible into such capital stock or other
interests.
1.19 Change of
Control means the occurrence of any of the following events in
one or a series of transactions:
(a) the consolidation,
merger or other business combination of the Borrower with or into
another Person (other than (A) pursuant to a migratory merger
effected solely for the purpose of changing the jurisdiction of
incorporation of the Borrower or (B) a consolidation, merger or
other business combination in which holders of the Borrower’s
voting power immediately prior to the transaction continue after
the transaction to hold, directly or indirectly, the voting power
of the surviving entity or entities necessary to elect a majority
of the members of the board of directors (or their equivalent if
other than a corporation) of such entity or entities);
(b) the sale or
transfer of more than fifty percent (50%) of the Borrower’s
assets (based on the fair market value as determined in good faith
by the Borrower’s Board of Directors) other than inventory in
the ordinary course of business in one or a related series of
transactions;
(c) closing of a
purchase, tender or exchange offer made to the holders of more than
fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding shares of Common Stock in
which more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding shares of
Common Stock were tendered and accepted; or
(d) the issuance by
the Borrower in one or more related or unrelated transactions of
any shares, Options (other than Options granted to employees and
consultants pursuant to any employee stock benefit, option,
purchase or similar plan approved by the Borrower’s Board of
Directors), warrants (other than the Warrants (as defined in the
Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement)), interests, participations,
or other equivalents (regardless of how designated) of the
Borrower, whether voting or nonvoting, including Common Stock,
preferred stock or any other “equity security” (as such
term is defined in Rule 3a11-1 of the General Rules and Regulations
promulgated by the Commission under the Exchange Act) or any equity
contribution in received by the Borrower, which in the aggregate
results in Net Cash Proceeds in excess of $500,000.
1.20 Closing
Date means the date hereof.
1.21 Code means
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time,
and all regulations promulgated and rulings issued
thereunder.
1.22 Collateral
means all property and proceeds thereof now owned or hereafter
acquired by any Loan Party or any other Person who has granted a
Lien to Lender, in or upon which a Lien now or hereafter exists in
favor of Lender, as security for the Obligations.
1.23 Collection
Account means the account of Borrower that is located at the
Account Bank, control of which is provided for in an Account
Control Agreement, and which account is acknowledged and agreed to
in writing by Lender as being the “Collection Account”
for the purpose of this Agreement.
1.24 Collections
means, with respect to each Receivable and all other Collateral,
all cash collections and other cash proceeds of such Receivable or
such other Collateral, including, without limitation, all (a)
payments or repayments of any nature, and any applicable late fees,
in any such case, received and collected on such Receivable, (b)
proceeds received by virtue of the liquidation of such Receivable,
net of expenses incurred in connection with such liquidation, (c)
proceeds received under any insurance policy with respect to such
Receivable, (d) other proceeds, including recoveries or collections
of any deficiency balance, relating to such Receivable, (e) all
cash proceeds of the Collateral, and (f) any other amounts received
at the Collection Account in respect of a Receivable.
1.25 Commission
means the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission.
1.26 Commission
Documents has the meaning set forth in Section 4.6
.
1.27 Common
Stock means the common stock, par value $0.10 per share, of the
Borrower.
1.28 Concentration
Account means that certain deposit account #7928416333 of
Lender located at TD Bank, N.A., or such other deposit account
which Lender shall identify as the “Concentration
Account” for the purpose of this Agreement.
1.29 Conditions
Precedent means all of the conditions set forth in Article
III .
1.30 Current
Ratio has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1(u)
.
1.31 Default
means any event that with the passage of time or the giving of
notice or both would be an Event of Default.
1.32 Default
Rate has the meaning set forth in Section 2.5(e)
.
1.33 Dollars and
$ means United States dollars.
1.34 Environmental
Laws means all applicable laws relating to the protection of
the environment including, without limitation, all requirements
pertaining to reporting, licensing, permitting, controlling,
investigating or remediating emissions, discharges, releases or
threatened releases of hazardous substances, chemical substances,
pollutants, contaminants or toxic substances, materials or wastes,
whether solid, liquid or gaseous in nature, into the air, surface
water, groundwater or land, or relating to the manufacture,
processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal,
transport or handling of hazardous substances, chemical substances,
pollutants, contaminants or toxic substances, material or wastes,
whether solid, liquid or gaseous in nature.
1.35 ERISA means
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended,
and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued
thereunder.
1.36 ERISA
Affiliate means any Person who is a member of any Loan
Party’s control group, or who is under common control with
any Loan Party, within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the
Code (and Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code for purposes of
provisions relating to Section 412 of the Code) and the regulations
promulgated and rulings issued thereunder.
1.37 ERISA Event
means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan; (b) a
withdrawal by any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension
Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which
it was a substantial employer (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of
ERISA) or a cessation of operations which is treated as such a
withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (c) a complete or
partial withdrawal by any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate from a
Multiemployer Plan or notification that a Multiemployer Plan is in
reorganization or receipt by any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate
of notice that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be in
endangered or critical status within the meaning of Section 305 of
ERISA; (d) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate, the
treatment of a Pension Plan amendment as a termination under
Section 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, or the commencement of proceedings
by the PBGC to terminate a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (e)
an event or condition which might reasonably be expected to
constitute grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination
of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan
or Multiemployer Plan; (f) a determination that any Pension Plan
is, or is expected to be, in “at-risk” status (as
defined in Section 303(i)(4)(A) of ERISA or Section 430(i)(4)(A) of
the Code); or (g) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of
ERISA, other than PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under
Section 4007 of ERISA, upon Borrower or any ERISA
Affiliate.
1.38 Evaluation
Date has the meaning set forth in Section 4.21 of this
Agreement.
1.39 Event of
Default has the meaning set forth in Article VII of this
Agreement or in any other Transaction Document.
1.40 Exchange
Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
1.41 Excluded
Taxes means, with respect to Lender, Taxes imposed on or
measured by its overall net income (however denominated), and
franchise taxes imposed on it (in lieu of net income taxes), by the
jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) under the laws
of which Lender is organized or in which its principal office is
located, and branch profits or similar taxes.
1.42 Existing
Security Agreement means that certain Security Agreement dated
as of December 10, 2008 among the Loan Parties and
Lender.
1.43 Expenses
means all documented out of pocket costs and expenses of Lender
(including, without limitation, accounting fees, audit fees,
attorneys’ fees, UCC search fees, appraisal fees,
underwriting fees, documentation costs and expenses and filing fees
and
expenses)
incurred in connection with this Agreement, the other Transaction
Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby.
1.44 Facility
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1 .
1.45 Facility
Limit means $3,000,000.
1.46 Financial
Statements means balance sheets, profit and loss statements,
statements of cash flows and statements of equityholders’
equity prepared in comparative form with respect to the
corresponding period of the preceding fiscal year and prepared in
accordance with GAAP.
1.47 Funding
Account means that certain deposit account #7930880419 located
at the Account Bank.
1.48 Funding
Conditions has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
3.2 .
1.49 GAAP means
all applicable generally accepted accounting principles of the
Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants and the Financial Accounting Standards
Board.
1.50 Governmental
Authority means the government of the United States of America
or any political subdivision thereof, whether state, federal or
local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body,
court, administrative court or judge, central bank or other entity
exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or
administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to
government.
1.51 Guaranty
means that certain Guaranty to be delivered by each of the
Guarantors, dated as of the date hereof, substantially in the form
of Exhibit B .
1.52
Indebtedness means, with respect to any Person, (a) all
obligations for borrowed money, (b) all obligations evidenced by
bonds, debentures, notes, or other similar instruments and all
reimbursement or other obligations in respect of letters of credit,
bankers acceptances, current swap agreements, interest rate hedging
agreements, interest rate swaps, or other financial products, (c)
all capital lease obligations that exceed $50,000 in the aggregate
in any fiscal year, (d) all obligations or liabilities secured by a
lien or encumbrance on any asset of such Person, irrespective of
whether such obligation or liability is assumed, (e) all
obligations for the deferred purchase price of assets, together
with trade debt and other accounts payable that exceed $50,000 in
the aggregate in any fiscal year, (f) all synthetic leases, (g) all
obligations with respect to redeemable stock and redemption or
repurchase obligations under any capital stock or other equity
securities issued by such Person, (h) all reimbursement obligations
and other liabilities of such Person with respect to surety bonds
(whether bid, performance or otherwise), letters of credit,
banker’s acceptances, drafts or similar documents or
instruments issued for such Person’s account, (i)
indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture in which such
Person is a general partner or a joint venturer to the extent such
Person is liable therefore as a result of such Person’s
ownership interest in such entity, except to the extent that the
terms of such indebtedness expressly provide that such Person is
not liable therefore or such Person has no liability therefore as a
matter of law, (j) trade debt and other account payables which
remain unpaid more than one
hundred (100)
days past the invoice date, and (k) any obligation guaranteeing or
intended to guarantee (whether directly or indirectly guaranteed,
endorsed, co-made, discounted or sold with recourse) any of the
foregoing obligations of any other Person; provided, however,
Indebtedness shall not include (I) usual and customary trade debt
and other accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of
business less than one hundred (100) days past the invoice date and
(II) endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course
of business.
1.53 Indemnified
Party has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
6.1 .
1.54 Indemnified
Taxes means Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.
1.55 Indemnity
Claim has the meaning set forth in Section 6.2
.
1.56 Indemnity
Matter has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1
.
1.57 Interest
Expense means the interest expense of Loan Parties as would be
shown on a statement of earnings and cash flow of Borrower for any
measurement period prepared in accordance with GAAP, including
without limitation all scheduled payments of interest on
Indebtedness (specifically including the interest component of
payment with respect to capital leases) and all fees (to the extent
carried as interest expense on the financial statements of
Borrower), as shown on a statement of income for Borrower for any
measurement period prepared in accordance with GAAP. For
purposes of calculating Interest Expense, it shall be assumed that
any guaranty constituting Indebtedness will require payments of
interest, if any, in the amounts as called for in the underlying
obligation which is the subject of the guaranty.
1.58 Interest
Paid means any interest actually paid in cash by Borrower under
Section 2.5(b) of this Agreement.
1.59 Investment
means, with respect to any Person, all investments (by capital
contribution or otherwise) in any other Person, or any extension of
credit, loan, advance, purchase or repurchase of stock or other
ownership interest, any Indebtedness or all or a substantial part
of the assets or property of any Person, bonds, notes, debentures
or other securities, or otherwise, and whether existing on the date
of this Agreement or thereafter made, but such term shall not
include the cash surrender value of life insurance policies on the
lives of officers or employees, excluding amounts due from
customers for services or products delivered or sold in the
ordinary course of business.
1.60 Investment
Property means all “investment property” (as
defined in the Code) including, without limitation, (a) all
securities, whether certificated or uncertificated, including
stocks, bonds, interests in limited liability companies,
partnership interests, treasuries, certificates of deposit, and
mutual fund shares; (b) all securities entitlements of Borrower (or
if referring to another Person, of such other Person), including
the rights of Borrower (or if referring to another Person, of such
other Person) to any securities account and the financial assets
held by a securities intermediary in such securities account and
any free credit balance or other money owing by any securities
intermediary with respect to that account; (c) all securities
accounts held by Borrower (or if referring to another Person, by
such other Person); (d) all commodity contracts held by Borrower
(or if referring to another Person, by such other
Person);
and (e) all
commodity accounts held by Borrower (or if referring to another
Person, by such other Person).
1.61 IP Security
Agreements means the Patent Security Agreement by and among the
Loan Parties and the Lender, substantially in the form of
Exhibit B attached to the Security Agreement, together with
any Copyright Security Agreement or Trademark Security Agreement
subsequently entered into by the Borrower or any Subsidiary and the
Lender pursuant to the terms of the Security Agreement.
1.62 Lender-Related
Persons has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1
.
1.63 Lien means
any lien, security interest, mortgage, debenture, pledge, charge,
claim, assignment by way of security, hypothecation or other
encumbrance of any kind granted or permitted by a Person or arising
by operation of law, in respect of any Person’s property or
assets, or any consignment or capital lease of property by such
Person as consignee or lessee or any other security agreement,
trust or arrangement, having the effect of security for the payment
or performance of any debt, liability or obligation.
1.64
Loan Parties
has the meaning set forth in the
introduction to this Agreement.
1.65
Management Consultant
shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 5.1(o)(i) .
1.66 Material
Adverse Effect means any material adverse effect on the
business, operations, properties or financial condition of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries (taken together as a whole) and/or
any condition, circumstance, or situation that would prohibit or
otherwise materially interfere with the ability of any Loan Party
to perform any of its obligations under this Agreement or any of
the Transaction Documents in any material respect.
1.67 Material
Agreements means any written or oral contract, instrument,
agreement, commitment, obligation, plan or arrangement, filed or
required to be filed with the Commission.
1.68 Maturity
Date means December 10, 2009.
1.69 Maximum
Rate means the maximum rate or amount of interest that Lender
is allowed to contract for, charge, take, reserve or receive under
Applicable Law.
1.70 Minimum
Balance has the meaning set forth in Section
5.1(r) .
1.71 Multiemployer
Plan means a “multiemployer plan,” within the
meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which any Loan Party or
any ERISA Affiliate makes, is making, or is obligated to make
contributions or, during the preceding three calendar years, has
made, or been obligated to make, contributions.
1.72 Net Cash
Proceeds means 100% of the aggregate amount of cash received
(directly or indirectly) from time to time (whether as initial
consideration or through the payment or disposition of deferred
consideration) by or on behalf of Borrower in connection with a
transaction or series of transactions after deducting therefrom
only reasonable fees, commissions, and expenses related thereto and
required to be paid by the Borrower in connection with
such
transaction or
transactions to the extent, but only to the extent, that the
amounts so deducted are, at the time of receipt of such cash,
actually paid or payable to a Person that is not an affiliate of
Borrower and are properly attributable to such transaction or
transactions.
1.73 Net Income
means for any period, the aggregate net income (or loss) of Loan
Parties for such period on a consolidated basis determined in
accordance with GAAP, provided , the following items shall
be excluded from the calculation of Net Income: (a) after-tax gains
and losses from asset sales or abandonment or reserves relating
thereto; (b) items classified as extraordinary, nonrecurring or
unusual gains, losses or charges, and the related tax effects, each
determined in accordance with GAAP; (c) the net income of any
Person acquired in a “pooling of interests” transaction
accrued prior to the date it becomes a Subsidiary of a Loan Party
or is merged or consolidated with a Loan Party or any Subsidiary of
a Loan Party; (d) the net income (but not loss) of any Loan Party
or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party to the extent that the
declaration of dividends, the making of intercompany loans or
similar payments by that Subsidiary of that income is restricted by
a contract, operation of law or otherwise; (e) the net income of
any Person, other than a Loan Party or a Subsidiary of a Loan
Party, except to the extent of cash dividends or distributions paid
to a Loan Party or a Subsidiary of a Loan Party by such Person; (f)
any restoration to income of any contingency reserve; (g) income or
loss attributable to discontinued operations (including operations
disposed of during such period whether or not such operations were
classified as discontinued); and (h) income attributable to
insurance proceeds, condemnation awards or litigation awards or
settlements.
1.74 Net Profits
Interest has the meaning set forth in Section 2.7
.
1.75 Net Profits
Paid means any Net Profits Interest actually paid in cash by
Borrower under Section 2.7 of this Agreement.
1.76 Net Profits
Payment Date means each Advance Date and the Termination
Date.
1.77 Net Profits
means, with respect to Loan Parties for the period commencing on
the date hereof through the Termination Date, the Net Income after
taxes of Loan Parties for such period plus the sum of the following
(to the extent deducted in the computation of such Net Income): (a)
depreciation expense; (b) amortization expense; (c) Interest
Expense; and (d) income taxes, all as shown on a statement of
income for Borrower for any measurement period on a consolidated
basis prepared in accordance with GAAP.
1.78 Note has
the meaning set forth in Section 2.3 .
1.79 Note and
Warrant Purchase Agreement means that certain Note and Warrant
Purchase Agreement dated as of December 10, 2008 between Borrower
and Lender, as has been and may hereafter be amended, supplemented,
restated or otherwise modified from time to time.
1.80
Note and Warrant Purchase
Agreement Documents means
the Transaction Documents (as defined in the Note and Warrant
Purchase Agreement, as has been and may hereafter be amended,
supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to
time).
1.81 Obligations
shall mean, without duplication, all present and future
obligations, Indebtedness and liabilities of any Loan Party to
Lender or any of its affiliates at any time and
from time to
time of every kind, nature and description arising under any
Transaction Document or Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement
Document, whether direct or indirect, secured or unsecured, joint
and/or several, absolute or contingent, due or to become due,
matured or unmatured, now existing or hereafter arising,
contractual or tortious or liquidated or unliquidated, including,
without limitation, the Net Profits Interest, all interest, fees,
charges, expenses and indemnities, all amounts paid or advanced by
Lender to, on behalf of or for the benefit of any such Loan Party
in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents, for any
reason at any time, and all obligations of performance as well as
obligations of payment and all interest, fees and other amounts
that accrue after the commencement of any receivership, insolvency
or bankruptcy proceeding by or against any such Loan Party or its
Properties.
1.82 Officer
means Glenn Bolduc, in his capacity as the President of Borrower,
and Roger Deschenes, in his capacity as the Vice President, Finance
of Borrower.
1.83 Officer’s
Certificate means a certificate to be delivered by the
Borrower, dated as of the Closing Date, substantially in the form
of Exhibit C attached hereto.
1.84 Opinion of
Counsel means a written opinion of counsel in form and
substance acceptable to Lender.
1.85 Other Taxes
means all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other
excise, goods and services, sales or property taxes, charges or
similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or under any
other Transaction Document or from the execution, delivery,
performance or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this
Agreement or any other Transaction Document.
1.86 Payment
Date means the first day of each calendar month.
1.87 PBGC means
the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and any entity succeeding
to any or all of its functions under ERISA.
1.88 Pension
Plan means a pension plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA)
subject to Title IV of ERISA (other than a Multiemployer Plan)
which any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate sponsors, maintains, or
to which it makes, is making, or is obligated to make
contributions, or in the case of a multiple employer plan (as
described in Section 4064(a) of ERISA) has made contributions at
any time during the immediately preceding five (5) plan
years.
1.89 Permitted
Liens means the individual and collective reference to the
following: (a) Liens for taxes, assessments and other governmental
charges or levies not yet due or Liens for taxes, assessments and
other governmental charges or levies being contested in good faith
and by appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves (in the
good faith judgment of the management of the Borrower) have been
established in accordance with GAAP; (b) Liens imposed by law which
were incurred in the ordinary course of the Borrower’s
business, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s and
mechanics’ Liens, statutory landlords’ Liens, and other
similar Liens arising in the ordinary course of the
Borrower’s business, and which (x) do not individually or in
the aggregate materially detract from the value of such property or
assets or materially impair the use thereof in the operation of the
business of the Borrower and its
consolidated
Subsidiaries or (y) are being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings, which proceedings have the effect of
preventing for the foreseeable future the forfeiture or sale of the
property or asset subject to such Lien; (c) the Liens set forth in
Schedule 1.89 hereto in effect on the date hereof; (d) the
Liens of Lender set forth in the Existing Security Agreement; and
(e) Liens of Lender as set forth in the Transaction
Documents.
1.90 Person
means any individual, sole proprietorship, joint venture,
corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association,
joint-stock company, trust, banking association, unincorporated
organization, cooperative, estate or Governmental Authority or any
agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity of any
kind or nature whatsoever.
1.91 Plan means
an employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that
any Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates sponsors or maintains
or to which any Loan Party or any of its ERISA Affiliates makes, is
making, or is obligated to make contributions other than a Pension
Plan or Multiemployer Plan.
1.92 Receivable
means an account as defined in the UCC.
1.93 Reportable
Event means, any of the events set forth in Section 4043(b) of
ERISA or the regulations thereunder, other than any such event for
which the thirty (30) day notice requirement under ERISA has been
waived in regulations issued by the PBGC.
1.94 Right
means, with respect to any Person, any rights, remedies, powers,
privileges and/or benefits of such Person whether at law or in
equity.
1.95 Securities
Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
1.96 Security
Agreement means that certain Security Agreement, dated as of
the Closing Date, from Loan Parties in favor of Lender,
substantially in the form of Exhibit D attached
hereto.
1.97 Security
Documents means (a) the Guaranty, (b) the Security Agreement,
(c) the Account Control Agreements, (d) the IP Security Agreements
and (e) all other documents, certificates and instruments from time
to time securing or guaranteeing the Obligations under the
Transaction Documents, or relating to the perfection or priority of
any such security interest or guaranty, including, without
limitation, all security agreements, financing statements, fixture
filings and chattel mortgages, title insurance policies and
endorsements, segregated account and depository account agreements,
blocked account agreements, control agreements, copies of leases,
landlord waivers, bailee agreements, and other agreements affecting
the Collateral, insurance certificates and endorsements, and other
documentation relative to the liens and security interests in the
Collateral as Lender may request.
1.98 Subsidiary
means, with respect to any Person, any other Person of which at
least 50% of the securities or other ownership interests having
ordinary voting power (absolutely or contingently) for the election
of directors or other Persons performing similar functions of such
corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other entity
(irrespective of whether or not at the time securities or other
ownership interests of any other class or classes of such
corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other entity
shall have voting power by
reason of the
happening of any contingency) is at the time directly or indirectly
owned or controlled by such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of
such Person.
1.99 Taxes means
all taxes, assessments, fees, levies, imposts, duties, deductions,
withholdings, or other charges of any nature whatsoever from time
to time or at any time imposed by any Applicable Law or
Governmental Authority.
1.100 Termination
Date means earlier of (a) the Maturity Date, (b) the date on
which the Obligations, or any part thereof, are accelerated (or
deemed accelerated) in accordance with Article VIII or (c)
the date on which Borrower notifies Lender of its election to
terminate the Facility at such time as all Obligations have been
indefeasibly paid in full in cash.
1.101 Transaction
Documents means this Agreement, the Note, the Security
Documents, the Officer’s Certificate and any other
agreements, notes, guaranties, certificates, instruments or other
documents delivered pursuant to or therewith, as each may be
amended, modified, replaced or restated from time to
time.
1.102 UCC means
the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the relevant
jurisdiction, as amended from time to time.
1.103 Voidable
Transfer has the meaning set forth in Section 9.23
.
1.104 Welfare
Plan means a “welfare plan,” as such term is
defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA
ARTICLE II
CREDIT FACILITY.
2.1 Credit
Facility . Subject to and in reliance upon the
terms, conditions, representations and warranties contained in this
Agreement, Lender hereby establishes a revolving credit facility
(the “ Facility ”) for Borrower pursuant to
which Lender may, in Lender’s sole discretion, make loans
during the Advance Period to Borrower in one or more advances (the
“ Advances ”) for uses expressly permitted under
Section 2.12 hereto; provided , however , that
in no event shall (a) the aggregate principal balance or all
Advances exceed the Facility Limit, (b) the amount of any Advance
be less than $100,000, (c) any Advance be available after the
Advance Period, and (d) any Advance be made until the Funding
Conditions for such Advance have been satisfied.
2.2 Borrowing
Procedures. Borrower shall request each Advance by
delivering to Lender a written notice (by facsimile or an
electronic format acceptable to Lender) (an “ Advance
Request ”) to Lender specifying (i) the amount of the
requested Advance, (ii) the proposed date of funding of the Advance
(which shall be a Business Day) (the “ Advance Date
”), and (iii) the aggregate amount of Net Profits generated
by the Loan Parties since the Closing Date through such Advance
Request. Each Advance Request shall be in substantially
the form attached hereto as Exhibit E , shall be delivered
together with an executed Borrowing Certificate and must be
received by Lender no later than noon (New York City time) five (5)
Business Days prior to the applicable Advance Date. In
the event that Lender elects to fund the Advance and
the Funding
Conditions are satisfied, Lender shall remit the amount of the
Advance in immediately available funds to the Funding Account by
3:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Advance Date.
2.3 Promissory
Note. All Advances made by Lender shall be
evidenced by a promissory note executed by Borrower in favor of
Lender in form and substance satisfactory to Lender (the “
Note ”).
2.4 Manner of
Payments. All payments made by or on behalf of
Borrower to Lender under this Agreement or the other Transaction
Documents on account of principal, interest or otherwise shall,
unless otherwise specified in this Agreement or by Lender in
writing, be made directly by Borrower or via wire transfer on
behalf of Borrower to Lender and shall be received by Lender on
each related due date not later than noon (New York City time), in
immediately available funds, in the Collection Account or such
other account or place as Lender shall direct, in immediately
available funds. If any payment by or on behalf of
Borrower under this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents is
to be made on a day that is not a Business Day, such payment shall
be made on the next succeeding Business Day and such extension of
time will in such case be included in computing interest in
connection with such payment. All payments shall be made
by Borrower to Lender without offset, deduction, defense or
counterclaim.
2.5 Interest and
Other Payments.
(a) Borrower shall pay
to Lender interest on the outstanding principal amount of the
Advances at a rate equal to the lesser of 25% per annum and the
Maximum Rate (which interest accruing at the Maximum Rate shall
compound at the maximum frequency permitted under Applicable
Law).
(b) On each Payment
Date, Borrower shall pay to Lender, with respect to each Advance,
all accrued and unpaid interest on the outstanding
Obligations.
(c) [Intentionally
Omitted]
(d) At all times after
the occurrence and during the continuation of any Event of Default,
interest shall be payable on demand. If interest in
excess of the Maximum Rate is at any time received by Lender, as
determined by a court of competent jurisdiction, such excess shall
be applied against other outstanding Obligations.
(e) At the option of
Lender, following any Event of Default and to the extent permitted
by Applicable Law, all Obligations shall bear interest at the per
annum rate set forth in Section 2.5(a) plus 5% (the “
Default Rate ”) until paid, regardless of whether such
payment is made before or after entry of a judgment, provided that
the Default Rate shall never exceed the Maximum Rate.
2.6 Computation of
Interest. Interest shall be calculated on the basis
of a three hundred sixty (360) day year and the actual number of
days elapsed. Further, for the purpose of computing
interest, all items of payment in immediately available funds
received by Lender shall be applied by Lender against the
Obligations on the Business Day immediately following
the
date on which
such payment is received, and (subject to final payment of all
drafts and other items) any other items of payment received by
Lender shall be applied by Lender against the Obligations on the
Business Day such payment constitutes good funds in Lender’s
account. The determination of when a payment is received
by Lender will be made in accordance with Section 2.4
.
2.7 Net Profits
Interest . As additional compensation to Lender for
its extensions of credit under this Agreement, Borrower shall pay
to Lender on each Net Profits Payment Date an amount equal to 50%
of the aggregate Net Profits generated by Loan Parties between the
Closing Date through such Net Profits Payment Date less any amounts
previously paid to Lender pursuant to this Agreement as either
Interest Paid and/or any Net Profits Paid prior to such Net Profits
Payment Date (the “ Net Profits Interest
”) (the Advance Request delivered to Lender on or about such
date, as applicable, shall include calculations of the Net Profits
from the Closing Date through such date in reasonable detail,
together with such other information necessary or reasonably
requested to support such calculations). The payment of
Net Profits Interest shall apply to all Net Profits generated by
Loan Parties between the Closing Date and Termination
Date. Borrower’s obligation to pay Net Profits
Interest to Lender shall exist regardless of, and shall not be
diminished by, the actual amount outstanding, if any, under this
Agreement and regardless of whether there are any claims, defenses
or offsets, it being understood that said obligation is not subject
to any rights, claims, defenses or offsets, each of which are
knowingly, expressly and unequivocally waived by Borrower with
respect to the obligations contained in this paragraph.
2.8 Principal
Payments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, any unpaid principal balance of the Advances and
any accrued and unpaid interest and all other Obligations,
including without limitation, the Net Profits Interest shall be due
and payable on the Termination Date.
2.9 Cash
Management; Distribution of Funds. (a) Borrower
shall establish and maintain, at its expense, the Funding Account
and the Collection Account. Borrower shall instruct, or
shall cause all payments in respect of Receivables to be deposited
in the Collection Account (either directly by wire transfer or
electronic funds transfer). In addition, Borrower shall
promptly (and in any event not later than one (1) Business Day
following receipt thereof) remit to the Collection Account all
Collections, if any, received by Borrower. Borrower
shall not permit funds other than Collections to be deposited into
the Collection Account. If any such funds are
nevertheless deposited into the Collection Account, Borrower shall
promptly identify such funds for segregation. Borrower
shall not, and shall not permit any Person to, commingle
Collections or other funds to which Lender is entitled with any
other funds. The Collection Account, and all funds on
deposit therein, shall, at all times, be subject to an Account
Control Agreement pursuant to which (i) Lender has
“control” (within the meaning of the applicable UCC)
over such Accounts and all funds on deposit therein and (ii)
Lender, Borrower and Account Bank shall agree to cause all funds in
the Collection Account in excess of a minimum balance to be swept
into the Concentration Account on a daily
basis. Borrower shall have no right of access to or
withdrawal from the Collection Account.
(b)
(i) Subject to Section 2.9(b)(ii) , on each
Payment Date or Net Profits Payment Date, Lender shall distribute,
or cause to be distributed, the funds on deposit in the
Concentration Account representing the cash proceeds of Collateral
in the following order:
first , to Lender an amount equal to all costs and
expenses then owing to Lender;
second , to Lender all amounts owing under Section
2.5 herein;
third , to Lender an amount equal to the Net Profits
Interest;
fourth, to Lender all amounts owing consisting of
accrued but unpaid interest owing pursuant to or under the Note and
Warrant Purchase Agreement Documents;
fifth , to Lender an amount equal to the aggregate
principal amount of the Obligations outstanding under this
Agreement;
sixth , unless otherwise required by Applicable Law,
to the Borrower’s Operating Account, an amount equal to any
surplus after giving effect to the distributions made pursuant to
clauses first through fifth of this Section
2.9(b)(i) , for use by the Borrower.
(ii) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in Section 2.9(b)(i) or
in any other provision of this Agreement or the other Transaction
Documents, during the existence of an Event of Default, Lender may
apply all payments and proceeds of Collateral to the Obligations in
any order as determined by Lender in its sole
discretion.
2.10 No
Termination. This Agreement shall not be deemed to
be terminated solely because the Obligations may from time to time
be paid in full.
2.11 Voluntary
Principal Prepayments. Advances may be prepaid in
whole or in part prior to the applicable Payment
Dates. In the event that Borrower proposes to make any
prepayment, Borrower shall give Lender at least five (5) Business
Days prior written notice thereof.
2.12 Use of
Proceeds. Borrower shall use the proceeds of each
Advance solely for working capital purposes that are consistent
with all Applicable Laws.
2.13
Borrower’s Loan Account .
(a) Lender shall
maintain one or more loan account(s) on its books in which shall be
recorded (i) all Advances and other Obligations and the Collateral,
(ii) all payments made by or on behalf of Borrower and (iii) all
other appropriate debits and credits as provided in this Agreement,
including interest, costs and expenses. All entries in
the loan account(s) shall be made in accordance with Lender’s
customary practices as in effect from time to time.
(b) Upon the
reasonable request of Borrower and at reasonable intervals, Lender
shall render to Borrower a statement setting forth the balance in
the Borrower’s loan account(s) maintained by Lender for
Borrower pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement,
including
principal,
interest, Net Profits Interest, fees, expenses and any other
amounts owing to Lender under the Transaction Documents, within a
reasonable period of time following the request of
Borrower. Each such statement shall be subject to
subsequent adjustment by Lender but shall, absent manifest errors
or omissions, be considered correct and deemed accepted by Borrower
and conclusively binding upon Borrower as an account stated except
to the extent that Lender receives a written notice from Borrower
of any specific exceptions of Borrower thereto within thirty (30)
days after the date such statement has been mailed by
Lender. Until such time as Lender shall have rendered to
Borrower a written statement as provided above, the balance in
Borrower’s loan account(s) shall be presumptive evidence of
the amounts owing to Lender by Borrower.
ARTICLE III
CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT.
3.1 Initial
Advance. Lender has indicated that it does not
intend to make the initial Advance unless Lender has received all
of the following items described in this Section 3.1 , in
each case, in form and substance satisfactory to Lender, and unless
Borrower has complied with all of the following conditions and
terms described in this Section 3.1 , in each case, to the
satisfaction of Lender (unless waived in writing in any
instance):
(a) Lender shall have
received a fully executed copy of (i) this Agreement, (ii) the
Note, (iii) each other Transaction Document, and (iv) such other
documents and instruments as Lender may request;
(b) Each of the
representations and warranties of the Loan Parties in this
Agreement, the Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement Documents and
the other Transaction Documents shall be true and correct in all
respects as of the Closing Date, except for representations and
warranties that speak as of a particular date, which shall be true
and correct in all respects as of such date;
(c) The Loan Parties
shall have performed, satisfied and complied in all material
respects with all covenants, agreements and conditions required by
this Agreement, the Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement Documents
and the other Transaction Documents to be performed, satisfied or
complied with by the Loan Parties at or prior to the Closing
Date;
(d) No statute, rule,
regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall
have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by any court or
governmental authority of competent jurisdiction which prohibits
the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement;
(e) No action, suit or
proceeding before any arbitrator or any governmental authority
shall have been commenced, and no investigation by any governmental
authority shall have been threatened, against any Loan Party or any
Subsidiary of a Loan Party, or any of the officers, directors or
affiliates of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party
seeking to restrain, prevent or change the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, or seeking damages in
connection with
such transactions and there shall be no pending or threatened
material litigation, investigations or other matters affecting any
Loan Party;
(f) The Lender shall
have received an Opinion of Counsel, dated the Closing Date,
substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto, with such
exceptions and limitations as shall be reasonably acceptable to
counsel to the Lender;
(g) Lender shall have
received a good standing certificate issued by the Secretary of
State or comparable officer of the jurisdiction of formation, as
applicable, as of a recent date acceptable to Lender, evidencing
the legal existence and good standing of Borrower;
(h) Each of the Loan
Parties shall have delivered to the Lender a secretary’s
certificate, dated as of the Closing Date, as to (i) the
resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of such Loan Party
approving the transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) the Articles
of Organization or comparable formation documents, duly certified
by the Secretary of State or comparable officer of the jurisdiction
of incorporation as of a recent date acceptable to Lender, (iii)
the Bylaws or comparable organizational document, each as in effect
as of the Closing Date, and (iv) the authority and incumbency of
the officers of such Loan Party executing the Transaction Documents
and any other documents required to be executed or delivered in
connection therewith;
(i) On the Closing
Date, the Borrower shall have delivered to the Lender a certificate
signed by an executive officer on behalf of the Borrower, dated as
of the Closing Date, (A) confirming the accuracy of the Loan
Parties’ representations, warranties and covenants as of such
date, (B) confirming the compliance by the Loan Parties with the
conditions precedent set forth in paragraphs (b)-(e) and (j) of
this Section 3.1 as of the Closing Date and (C) certifying that no
Event of Default or Default has occurred and is continuing, or
would result from the making of the initial Advance;
(j) Except as
disclosed on Schedule 4.9 hereto, no Material Adverse Effect
shall have occurred since December 31, 2008;
(k) The Borrower shall
have permitted Lender to make such audits and inspections as the
Lender deems reasonably appropriate and the Lender is satisfied, in
its reasonable discretion, with the results
thereof. Such audits and inspections by the Lender shall
not affect any of the representations and warranties made by the
Loan Parties in this Agreement or any of the Transaction Documents
and shall not, under any circumstances constitute a waiver of the
Lender’s indemnification rights under Article VI hereof, or
otherwise relieve the Loan Parties of any liability
thereunder;
(l) The Borrower shall
have paid the fees and expenses described in Section 9.11 of
this Agreement (including, without limitation, the
Expenses);
(m) The Loan Parties
shall have obtained all consents, approvals, or waivers from all
governmental authorities, third parties and Loan Party security
holders necessary for the execution, delivery and performance of
this Agreement and the Transaction Documents and the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby;
(n) Lender shall have
received copies of UCC, tax and judgment lien reports (the expense
of which shall be paid directly by Borrower) from all jurisdictions
requested by Lender, covering such periods as Lender may request
and listing effective financing statements and tax and judgment
liens filed against Borrower, together with copies of all financing
statements or liens disclosed in such reports, and none of such
financing statements (except those filed in favor of Lender and the
holders of Permitted Liens) or liens shall refer to the Collateral,
unless releases therefor, in form and substance satisfactory to
Lender, have been obtained, and UCC-3 termination statements have
been filed, on or prior to the Closing Date;
(o) Lender shall have
received evidence satisfactory to it that all security interests in
favor of Lender in the Collateral are fully perfected, first
priority security interests and are subject to no other liens or
adverse claims other than Permitted Liens;
(p) Lender shall have
received a fully executed copy of an Account Control Agreement in
respect of (i) the Collection Account and (ii) the Funding
Account;
(q) Lender shall have
received a fully executed copy of a consent letter or amendment to
the Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement Documents consenting to the
transactions contemplated hereby and by the Transaction Documents;
and
(r) all other terms
and conditions of this Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents and each other document executed in connection herewith
or therewith shall have been complied with, except to the extent
expressly waived in writing by Lender.
3.2 Each
Advance. Lender shall not be obligated to make any
Advance (including the initial Advance) unless the following
conditions have been satisfied (such conditions the “
Funding Conditions ”):
(a) Lender shall have
received an Advance Request with respect to such proposed Advance
together with a detailed calculation of the aggregate cumulative
Net Profits and a completed Borrowing Certificate, and each
statement or certification made by Borrower in the Advance Request
and the Borrowing Certificate shall be true and correct on the
Advance Date;
(b) At the time of
each Advance (i) the representations and warranties made in this
Agreement, the Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement Documents and in
Transaction Documents shall be, in the case of the initial Advance,
true and correct in all respects as of the date of the initial
Advance, and in the case of any subsequent Advance, true and
correct in all material respects as of the date of such Advance
(except to the extent already qualified by materiality or Material
Adverse Effect, in which case such representations and warranties
shall be true and correct in all respects, and except for
representations and warranties that are only made as of a specific
earlier date), and (ii) no Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, or would result from the making of the
Advance;
(c) The making of each
Advance shall be permitted by all Applicable Law;
(d) All conditions
related to any Advance shall have been met in a manner satisfactory
to Lender, and, if requested by Lender, Borrower shall have
delivered to Lender
evidence in
form and substance satisfactory to Lender substantiating any of the
conditions contained in this Agreement that are necessary to enable
Borrower to qualify for any Advance;
(e) From the date of
the Borrower’s most recent audited financial statements
delivered to Lender, no Material Adverse Effect shall have
occurred; and
(f) Lender shall have
received such other items, in form and substance satisfactory to
Lender, as Lender may request.
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
Each of the Loan Parties represents and warrants
to Lender as follows:
4.1 Organization,
Good Standing and Power . The Borrower is a
corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and
has the requisite corporate power to own, lease and operate its
properties and assets and to conduct its business as it is now
being conducted. Each Guarantor and Subsidiary of a
Guarantor is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and
in good standing under the laws or its jurisdiction of
incorporation and laws of the jurisdictions set forth on
Schedule 4.7 and has the requisite corporate power to own,
lease and operate its properties and assets and to conduct its
business as it is now being conducted. The Borrower does
not have any direct or indirect Subsidiaries or own securities of
any kind in any other entity except as set forth on Schedule
4.7 hereto. The Borrower and each such Subsidiary is
duly qualified as a foreign corporation, limited liability company
or limited partnership to do business and is in good standing in
every other jurisdiction in which the nature of the business
conducted or property owned by it makes such qualification
necessary except for any jurisdiction(s) (alone or in the
aggregate) in which the failure to be so qualified would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
4.2 Authorization;
Enforcement . Each Loan Party has the requisite
corporate power and authority to enter into and perform this
Agreement, the Note, the Security Agreement, the Officer’s
Certificate, the IP Security Agreements and the
Guaranty. The execution, delivery and performance of the
Transaction Documents by the Loan Parties and the consummation by
them of the transactions contemplated thereby have been duly and
validly authorized by all necessary corporate action, and, except
as set forth on Schedule 4.2 , no further consent or
authorization of the Loan Parties, their Board of Directors,
stockholders or any other third party is required. When
executed and delivered by the Loan Parties, each of the Transaction
Documents shall constitute a valid and binding obligation of the
Loan Parties enforceable against the applicable Loan Party in
accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be
limited by applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, moratorium,
liquidation, conservatorship, receivership or similar laws relating
to, or affecting generally the enforcement of, creditor’s
rights and remedies or by other equitable principles of general
application.
4.3
Capitalization . The authorized capital stock and
the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Borrower
as of the Closing Date is set forth on Schedule
4.3(i)
hereto. All of the outstanding shares
of the Common Stock and any other outstanding security of the
Borrower have been duly and validly authorized. Except
as set forth in the Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement, or as set
forth on Schedule 4.3(ii) hereto, no shares of Common Stock
or any other security of the Borrower or any other Loan Party are
entitled to preemptive, conversion or other rights or registration
rights and there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip,
rights to subscribe to, call or commitments of any character
whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into,
or agreements granted or issued by or binding upon any Loan Party
or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party of for the purchase or
acquisition of any shares of capital stock of such Person or any
other securities convertible into, exchangeable for or evidencing
the rights to subscribe for any shares of capital stock of the
Borrower or such Loan Party. Neither the Borrower nor
any Subsidiary is subject to any obligation (contingent or
otherwise) to repurchase or otherwise acquire or retire any shares
of the capital stock of any Subsidiary or any convertible
securities, rights, warrants or options of the type described in
the preceding sentence except as set forth on Schedule
4.3(iii) hereto. Furthermore, except as set forth in
this Agreement, the Note and Warrant Purchase Agreement and as set
forth on Schedule 4.3(iv) hereto, there are no contracts,
commitments, understandings, or arrangements by which the Borrower
or any other Loan Party is or may become bound to issue additional
shares of the capital stock of the Borrower or any other Loan Party
or options, securities or rights convertible into shares of capital
stock of the Borrower or such Loan Party. Except as
provided on Schedule 4.3(v) hereto, neither the Borrower nor
any other Loan Party is a party to or bound by any agreement or
understanding granting registration or anti-dilution rights to any
person with respect to any of its equity or debt
securities. Except as set forth on Schedule
4.3(vi) , neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party is a
party to, and it has no knowledge of, any agreement or
understanding restricting the voting or transfer of any shares of
the capital stock of the Borrower or such other Loan
Party.
4.4 Issuance of
Note . The Note has been duly authorized by all
necessary corporate action and, when paid for or issued in
accordance with the terms hereof, the Note shall be validly issued
and outstanding, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and
rights of refusal of any kind.
4.5 No
Conflicts . The execution, delivery and performance
of the Transaction Documents by the Loan Parties, the performance
by the Borrower of its obligations under the Note and the
consummation by the Loan Parties of the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby do not and will not (i) violate or conflict with
any provision of the Borrower’s Amended and Restated Articles
of Organization (the “ Articles of Organization
”) or Bylaws (the “ Bylaws ”), each as
amended to date, or any other Loan Party’s comparable charter
documents, (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an event
which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default)
under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment,
acceleration or cancellation of, any agreement, mortgage, deed of
trust, indenture, note, bond, license, lease agreement, instrument
or obligation to which the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of
their Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Borrower, any other
Loan Party or any of their Subsidiaries’ respective
properties or assets are bound, (iii) result in a violation of any
federal, state, local or foreign statute, rule, regulation, order,
judgment or decree (including federal and state securities laws and
regulations) applicable to the Borrower, any other Loan Party or
any of their Subsidiaries or by which any property or asset of the
Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries are bound
or affected, or (iv) create or impose a lien,
mortgage,
security interest, charge or encumbrance of any nature on any
property or asset of the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of
their Subsidiaries under any agreement or any commitment to which
the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their Subsidiaries is
a party or by which the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of
their Subsidiaries is bound or by which any of their respective
properties or assets are bound, except, in all cases, for such
conflicts, defaults, terminations, amendments, acceleration,
cancellations and violations as would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect (other than violations
pursuant to clauses (i) or (iii) (with respect to federal and state
securities laws)). None of the Borrower, any other Loan
Party nor any of their Subsidiaries is required under federal,
state, foreign or local law, rule or regulation to obtain any
consent, authorization or order of, or make any filing or
registration with, any court or governmental agency in order for it
to execute, deliver or perform any of its obligations under the
Transaction Documents in accordance with the terms hereof (other
than any filings, consents and approvals which may be required to
be made by the Borrower under applicable state and federal
securities laws, rules or regulations). The business of
the Borrower, any other Loan Party and their Subsidiaries is not
being conducted in violation of any laws, ordinances or regulations
of any governmental entity.
4.6 Commission
Documents, Financial Statements . The Common Stock
of the Borrower is registered pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of
the Exchange Act, and, except as set forth on Schedule 4.6 ,
the Borrower has timely filed all reports, schedules, forms,
statements and other documents required to be filed by it with the
Commission pursuant to the reporting requirements of the Exchange
Act (all of the foregoing including filings incorporated by
reference therein being referred to herein as the “
Commission Documents ”). Except as set
forth on Schedule 4.6 , each Commission Document complied in
all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and
the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder
and other federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations
applicable to such documents, and the Commission Documents did not,
as of their respective filing dates, contain any untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements
therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading. Except as set forth on Schedule
4.6 , as of their respective dates, the financial statements of
the Borrower included in the Commission Documents complied as to
form in all material respects with applicable accounting
requirements and the published rules and regulations of the
Commission or other applicable rules and regulations with respect
thereto. Such financial statements have been prepared in
accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis during the
periods involved (except (i) as may be otherwise indicated in such
financial statements or the notes thereto or (ii) in the case of
unaudited interim statements, to the extent they may not include
footnotes or may be condensed or summary statements), and fairly
present in all material respects the financial position of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the dates thereof and the
results of operations and cash flows for the periods then ended
(subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end
audit adjustments).
4.7
Subsidiaries . Schedule 4.7 hereto sets
forth each Subsidiary of the Borrower, showing the jurisdiction of
its incorporation or organization and showing the percentage of
each person’s ownership of the outstanding stock or other
interests of such Subsidiary. All of the outstanding
shares of capital stock of each Subsidiary have been duly
authorized and validly issued, and are fully paid and
nonassessable.
4.8 Name; Prior
Names. The complete and exact legal name of each
Loan Party is set forth on the signature page to this
Agreement. Neither Borrower nor any other Loan Party has
transacted business under any other corporate or trade name within
the last five years, been a party to any merger, combination or
consolidation or acquired all or substantially all of the assets of
any Person other than as set forth on Schedule 4.8
.
4.9 No Material
Adverse Change . Except as disclosed in the
Commission Documents or on Schedule 4.9 hereto, since
December 31, 2008, the Borrower has not experienced or suffered any
Material Adverse Effect. There are no facts or
conditions relating to the Transaction Documents, any of the
Collateral or the financial condition and business of any Loan
Party that would, individually or collectively, cause a Material
Adverse Effect.
4.10 Licenses,
Registrations and Approvals. Each Loan Party
possesses all necessary authority and has obtained all the
licenses, registrations and approvals necessary for the conduct of
such Loan Party’s business in each jurisdiction where such
Loan Party operates, and to continue to conduct its business as
presently conducted and as expected to be conducted in each
jurisdiction and for the performance of such Loan Party’s
obligations hereunder and under each of the Transaction Documents
to which such Loan Party is a party and all such licenses,
registrations and approvals are in full force and effect, except,
in each case, as could not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
4.11 Ability to
Perform. No Loan Party believes, nor does any Loan
Party nor have any reason or cause to believe, that it cannot
perform each and every one of its obligations under this Agreement
and under the other Transaction Documents.
4.12 No Undisclosed
Liabilities . Except as disclosed on Schedule
4.12 hereto, since December 31, 2008, none of the Borrower, any
other Loan Party nor any of their Subsidiaries has incurred any
liabilities, obligations, claims or losses (whether liquidated or
unliquidated, secured o
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