Exhibit 10.6(j)
CALLIDUS CAPITAL
CORPORATION
Suite 4320, Royal Trust Tower
77 King Street West
Toronto, Ontario
M5K 1K2
Fax (416) 941-9876
May 8, 2009
Blockbuster Canada Co.
c/o Blockbuster Inc.
1201 Elm Street
Dallas, Texas 75270
Attention: Mr. Thomas M.
Casey, Chief Financial Officer
Dear Sir:
Callidus Capital Corporation (the
“ Lender ”) hereby offers to the Borrower the
following credit facility (“ Credit Facility ”),
on the following terms and conditions:
Blockbuster Canada Co. (the “
Borrower ”)
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(a)
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Facility
A : Single advance
non-revolving loan in an amount of up to Twenty-five Million
Dollars ($25,000,000.00) (the “ Facility A Loan
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(b)
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Facility
B : Single advance
non-revolving loan in an amount of up to Ten Million Dollars
($10,000,000.00) (the “ Facility B Loan ” and
collectively with the Facility A Loan, the “ Loan
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The Loan shall be used for general
corporate purposes.
In addition to terms defined
elsewhere in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
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(a)
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Additional Closing Documents ” has the meaning
attributed thereto in Paragraph 13 of this Agreement.
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(b)
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“
Affiliate ” has the same meaning as that term is given
in the Business Corporations Act (Ontario).
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(c)
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“
Applicable Laws ” means, with respect to any person,
property, transaction or event, all present or future statutes,
regulations, rules, orders, codes, treaties, conventions,
judgments, awards, determinations and decrees of any governmental,
regulatory, fiscal or monetary body or court of competent
jurisdiction, in each case, having the force of law in any
applicable jurisdiction.
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(d)
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Authorization ” means, with respect to any person, any
authorization, order, permit, approval, grant, licence, consent,
right, notification, condition, franchise, privilege, certificate,
judgment, writ, injunction, award, determination, direction,
decree, by-law, rule or regulation of any Governmental Entity
having jurisdiction over such person, whether or not having the
force of law.
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(e)
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Availability Deficiency ” has the meaning attributed
thereto in Paragraph 15(g) of this Agreement.
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(f)
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BBI ” means Blockbuster Inc.
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(g)
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BCI ” means Blockbuster Canada Inc.
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(h)
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Blocked Account ” has the meaning attributed thereto
in Paragraph 15(a) of this Agreement.
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(i)
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“
Blocked Account Agreement ” has the meaning attributed
thereto in Paragraph 15(b) of this Agreement.
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(j)
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Blocked Account Banks ” mean the bank or banks in
which the Blocked Accounts are maintained.
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(k)
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Borrowing ” means each use of the Credit Facility and
all such usages outstanding at any time are “
Borrowings ”.
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(l)
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Business Day ” means a day, excluding Saturday, Sunday
and any other day which shall be a legal holiday or a day on which
banking institutions are closed in the province of
Ontario.
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(m)
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“ Cash
Collateral Deficiency ” has the meaning attributed
thereto in Paragraph 15(g) of this Agreement.
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(n)
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Collateral ” means any and all assets of the Borrower
in respect of which the Lender has or will have a Lien securing any
amount owing under a Credit Document.
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(o)
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Cost ” means the aggregate of the supplier’s
invoice cost of the inventory in question (net of all discounts,
rebates and allowances and excluding all applicable taxes) plus
inbound freight charges including to the Borrower’s
distribution centre and/or retail locations, clearing charges and
customs duties, and, provided there is no duplication, allocated
distribution centre costs.
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(p)
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Credit Documents ” means this Agreement, the Security
Agreements, and all other documents to be executed and delivered to
the Lender by the Borrower or any other person, as the case may be,
as the same have been or may at any time and from time to time
hereafter be amended, restated, supplemented, otherwise modified or
replaced.
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(q)
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Default ” means an event which, with the giving of
notice or passage of time, or both, would constitute an Event of
Default.
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(r)
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Disbursement Account ” means the Borrower’s
existing account listed in Schedule “A” to this
Agreement from which the Borrower shall make all of its payments
and disbursements.
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(s)
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Disclosure Schedule ” means Schedule “B”
attached hereto as amended from time to time with the written
consent of the Lender.
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(t)
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Distribution ” means, in respect of any person and
subject to the prohibitions and restrictions contained in Paragraph
18(b) of this Agreement, the amount of (i) any dividend or
other distribution on issued shares or other equity interests of
such person; (ii) the purchase, redemption or retirement
amount of any issued shares, warrants or any other options or
rights to acquire shares of the person redeemed, retired or
purchased by such person; (iii) the payment of any management
fees, the making of loans or advances to Borrower’s
Affiliates or payment of fees and amounts payable under the License
Agreements; and (iv) any payment made on, under or in respect
of any debt of such person. For greater certainty, the exercise of
a warrant or option for shares in the Borrower shall not constitute
a Distribution.
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(u)
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EBITDA ” means, with respect to any period, an amount
equal to the net income of the Borrower for such period determined
in accordance with U.S. GAAP (except item (v) below), plus or
minus, to the extent deducted or added in determining such net
income for such period, and without duplication:
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(i)
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interest paid
or payable or received or receivable;
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(ii)
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income taxes
paid or payable or refunds received or receivable in respect of
income taxes;
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(iii)
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depreciation
and amortization expenses (other than depreciation and amortization
of Rental Inventory) and other non-cash charges;
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(iv)
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extraordinary
gains or losses and other one-time cash charges or gains;
and
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(v)
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royalty and
management fees paid to BBI pursuant to the License
Agreements.
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(v)
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Eligible Inventory ” means Merchandise Inventory and
Rental Inventory:
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(i)
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which is not,
in the opinion of the Lender, obsolete or damaged;
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(ii)
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title to which
is held by the Borrower;
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(iii)
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which is and
continues to be acceptable to the Lender, in its sole discretion,
for margining purposes;
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(iv)
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which is
insured under an all-risks insurance policy acceptable to the
Lender in its sole discretion and in which the Lender is named as
the loss payee, and a certified copy of which is provided to the
Lender by the Borrower;
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(v)
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which is not
subject to any liens or any other security interest in favour of
any person other than the Lender unless subordinated to the Lender
in a manner acceptable to the Lender in its discretion;
and
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(vi)
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which is not
purchased or sold on consignment.
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(w)
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Encumbrances ” means any mortgage, lien, pledge,
assignment, charge, security interest, title retention agreement,
hypothec, levy, execution, seizure, attachment, garnishment, right
of distress or other claim in respect of property of any nature or
kind whatsoever howsoever arising (whether consensual, statutory or
arising by operation of law or otherwise) and includes arrangements
known as sale and lease-back, sale and buy-back and sale with
option to buy-back or other agreement to sell or give a security
interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing
statement under the PPSA or Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent
statutes) of any jurisdiction.
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(x)
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Equity ” means the aggregate amount of:
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(i)
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the stated
capital of all of the outstanding shares or other ownership
interests of the Borrower;
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(ii)
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the
Borrower’s accumulated retained earnings; and
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(iii)
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the amount
without duplication, of any contributed surplus;
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all as set forth in the financial
statements for the Borrower as at the end of its most recently
completed Fiscal Month and determined in accordance with U.S.
GAAP.
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(y)
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ET ” means eastern daylight savings or standard time,
as the case may be.
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(z)
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Events of Default ” has the meaning attributed thereto
in Paragraph 25 of this Agreement.
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(aa)
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Excluded Cash ” means:
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(i)
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petty cash for
minor store disbursements consistent with past practices;
and
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(ii)
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cash floats for
stores consistent with past practices.
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(bb)
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Facility A Loan Availability ” has the meaning
attributed thereto in Paragraph 5 of this Agreement.
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(cc)
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Fiscal Month ” means the relevant 4 or 5 week period
based upon the Borrower’s accounting cycle which is currently
based on 4-4-5 week rotating periods.
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(dd)
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GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles
in effect from time to time in Canada or, where so indicated, in
the United States of America, applied in a consistent manner from
period to period.
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(ee)
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Governmental Entity ” means any
(i) multinational, federal, provincial, state, municipal,
local or other government, governmental or public department,
central bank, court, commission, board, bureau, agency or
instrumentality, domestic or foreign; (ii) any crown
corporation incorporated by the foregoing; (iii) any
subdivision or authority of any of the foregoing; or (iv) any
quasi-governmental or private body exercising any regulatory,
expropriation or taxing authority under or for the account of any
of the above.
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(ff)
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Indemnified Person ” has the meaning attributed
thereto in Paragraph 23(b) of this Agreement.
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(gg)
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Initial Blocked Accoun t” means Bank of Montreal
account number 0002 1590 118 at its 100 King Street West, Toronto,
Ontario branch.
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(hh)
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License Agreements ” means the Master Services
Agreement referred to in Paragraph 14(a)(xi) of this Agreement and
the License Agreement referred to in Paragraph 14(a)(xii) of this
Agreement;
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(ii)
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Lien ” means any mortgage, charge, pledge,
hypothecation, security interest, assignment, encumbrance, lien
(statutory or otherwise), charge, title retention agreement or
arrangement, restrictive covenant or other encumbrance of any
nature or any other arrangement or condition that in substance
secures payment or performance of an obligation.
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(jj)
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Material Adverse Change ” means any change, condition
or event which, when considered individually or together with other
changes, conditions, events or occurrences could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(kk)
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Material Adverse Effect ” means a material adverse
effect on (i) the business, revenues, operations, assets,
liabilities (contingent or otherwise), financial condition or
prospects of the person in question; (ii) on the rights and
remedies of the Lender under the Credit Documents; (iii) on
the ability of the Borrower to perform its obligations under the
Credit Documents; or (iv) on the Liens created by the Security
Agreements.
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(ll)
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Material Permits ” means the Authorizations, the
breach, non-performance, cancellation or non-availability of which
or failure of which to renew or maintain could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(mm)
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Merchandise Inventory ” means inventory of
pre-recorded videos and movies, video games, confections, licensed
merchandise, audio books, music, consumer electronics, games
hardware, games accessories and other entertainment related
merchandise for in-store sale by Borrower to customers.
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Monthly Borrowing Base Report ” has the meaning
attributed thereto in Paragraph 6 of this Agreement.
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(oo)
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NOLV ” means with respect to any real or personal
property at any time, the Canadian dollar amount of the “net
orderly liquidation value” of such property determined
pursuant to an appraisal which is current at the time NOLV is being
determined conducted by an appraiser acceptable to the Lender in
its sole discretion.
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(pp)
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Other Borrowing Base Report ” has the meaning
attributed thereto in Paragraph 5 of this Agreement.
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(qq)
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Payroll Account ” means the Borrower’s payroll
account at Royal Bank of Canada account number 0002 119 109
7.
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(rr)
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Pension Plans ” means each of the pension plans which
the Borrower sponsors or administers or into which the Borrower
makes contributions.
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(ss)
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Permitted Encumbrances ” means, without Lender having
or being deemed to have acknowledged, acquiesced or agreed to the
quantum of such Encumbrances or to the priority, enforceability, or
validity of same:
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any “
purchase money security interests ” or vendor’s
hypothecs or other Encumbrances, in each case on equipment (as
defined in the PPSA) used by the Borrower in the operation of its
business and which is not for resale, lease or rental to its
customers which is assumed, created or reserved to secure the
unpaid purchase price of, or future lease payments for, such
equipment after the date hereof provided that any such Encumbrance
is limited to the equipment so acquired and the proceeds thereof
including, subject to Paragraph 14(a)(ii) of this Agreement,
Ontario PPSA File No. 643893183 in favour of CBSC Capital and
the lease in respect thereof;
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(ii)
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any Statutory
Encumbrances;
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(iii)
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zoning
restrictions, easements, licenses, covenants and other restrictions
affecting the use of real property which do not interfere in any
material respect with the use of such real property or ordinary
conduct of the business of the Borrower as presently conducted
thereon or materially impair the value of the real property which
may be subject thereto;
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(iv)
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the rights
reserved to or vested in any person by the terms of any lease,
license (but subject to the Rights Agreements) or permit held by
the Borrower or by any statutory provision, to terminate any such
lease, license or permit, or to require annual or periodic payments
as a condition to the continuance thereof;
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Encumbrances
(including servicing agreements, development agreements, site plan
agreements and other agreements) with or given to a public utility
or any municipality or governmental or other public authority,
provided that such Encumbrances do not interfere in any material
respect with the use of the real property affected thereby or
ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrower as presently
conducted;
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(vi)
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applicable
municipal and other governmental restrictions, including municipal
by-laws and regulations, affecting the use of land or the nature of
any structures which may be erected thereon, provided such
restrictions have been complied with and do not interfere in any
material respect with the use of the real property affected thereby
or ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrower as presently
conducted;
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(vii)
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subject to the
continued subordination of same to the security of the Lender as
contemplated in Paragraph 14(a)(i) of this Agreement and only so
long as such subordination continues, RPMRR conventional hypothec
without delivery #01-0181494-0001 against the Borrower in favour of
Du Bocage Co-Propriete Enr., Rene Beaucage, acting under the
business name Du Bocage Co-Propriete Enr., Joseph Beaucage, acting
under the business name Du Bocage Co-Propriete Enr., Gerald
Beaucage, acting under the business name Du Bocage Co-Propriete
Enr.;
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Encumbrances in
the nature of title retention provisions contained in Supply
Agreements and in a Scan Based Trading Short Form Agreement dated
November 7, 2008 between the Borrower and Sony Pictures Home
Entertainment Canada Ltd.; and
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(ix)
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Encumbrances in
favour of the Lender created by the Credit Documents.
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(tt)
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person ” includes a natural person, a partnership, a
joint venture, a trust, a fund, an unincorporated organization, a
company, a corporation, an association, a government or any
department or agency thereof, and any other incorporated or
unincorporated entity.
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(uu)
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PPSA ” means the Personal Property Security Act
as in effect from time to time in the Province of Ontario; provided
that, if validity, perfection or the effect of perfection or
non-perfection or the priority of the security interest granted by
any Security Agreement in any Collateral and the rights and
remedies of the Lender are governed by the PPSA or other similar
legislation as in effect in a jurisdiction other than Ontario, then
“ PPSA ” shall mean the Personal Property
Security Act or other similar legislation as in effect from
time to time in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the
provisions hereof relating to such validity, perfection, effect of
perfection or non-perfection or priority and to such rights and
remedies.
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Priority Claims ” means the aggregate of any amounts
accrued or payable by the Borrower which under any law may rank
prior to or pari passu with any of the Security Agreements
or otherwise in priority to any claim by the Lender for payment or
repayment of any amounts owing under this Agreement, including to
the extent of such priority: (i) wages, salaries, commissions
or other remuneration (including, without limitation, amounts
payable pursuant to the Wage Earner Protection Program Act);
(ii) vacation pay; (iii) pension plan contributions;
(iv) amounts required to be withheld from payments to
employees or other persons for federal and provincial income taxes,
employee Canadian Pension Plan contributions and employee
Employment Insurance premiums, additional amounts payable on
account of employer Canada Pension Plan contributions and employer
Employment Insurance premiums; (v) federal goods and services
tax; (vi) provincial sales or other consumption taxes;
(vii) Workers’ Compensation Board and Workplace Safety
and Insurance Board premiums or similar premiums; (viii) rent
and other amounts payable in respect of the use of real property;
and (ix) claims which suppliers could assert pursuant to
Section 81.1 or Section 81.2 of the Bankruptcy and
Insolvency Act (Canada).
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(ww)
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Receiver ” has the meaning attributed thereto in
Paragraph 25 of this Agreement.
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(xx)
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related person ” means all of the Borrower’s
Affiliates, subsidiaries, officers, employees, agents, directors or
other persons.
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(yy)
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Rental Inventory ” means inventory of pre-recorded
videos and movies and video games for in-store rental by Borrower
to customers.
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(zz)
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Repayment Date ” has the meaning attributed thereto in
Paragraph 8 of this Agreement.
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(aaa)
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Restatement Effective Date ” means May 11,
2009.
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(bbb)
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Rights Agreements ” means the Rights Agreements
referred to in Paragraph 14(a)(xiii) of this Agreement.
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(ccc)
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Security Agreements ” means, collectively, the
agreements referred to in Paragraph 13 and any other security
granted to the Lender, as security for the obligations of the
Borrower under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, as
the same have been or may at any time and from time to time
hereafter be amended, restated, supplemented, otherwise modified or
replaced.
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Shrink Reserve ” means a reserve for inventory
shrinkage established from time to time by the Lender in its
discretion and which is, inter alia , based upon the
Borrower’s actual historical shrink results disclosed by its
current and prior physical inventory counts and adjusted, if
necessary, for then current economic conditions.
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(eee)
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Solvent ” means, with respect to any person on a
particular date, that on such date (a) the fair value of the
property of such person is greater than the total amount of
liabilities, including contingent liabilities, of such person;
(b) the present fair salable value of the assets of such
person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the
probable liability of such person on its debts as they become
absolute and matured; (c) such person does not intend to, and
does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond
such person’s ability to pay as such debts and liabilities
mature; and (d) such person is not engaged in a business or
transaction, and is not about to engage in a business or
transaction, for which such person’s property would
constitute an unreasonably small capital. The amount of contingent
liabilities (such as litigation, guarantees and pension plan
liabilities) at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in
light of all the facts and circumstances existing at the time,
represents the amount that can be reasonably be expected to become
an actual or matured liability.
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Statutory Encumbrances ” means any Encumbrances
arising by operation of Applicable Laws, including, without
limitation, for carriers, warehousemen, repairers’, taxes,
assessments, statutory obligations and government charges and
levies for amounts not yet due and payable or which may be past due
but which are being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings (and as to which there are no other enforcement
proceedings or they shall have been effectively stayed).
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(ggg)
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Supply Agreements ” has the meaning attributed thereto
in Paragraph 16(s) of this Agreement;
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(hhh)
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“ Term
of this Agreement ” means the period from and including
the date on which this Agreement is executed to and including the
date on which all amounts owing by the Borrower to the Lender
hereunder have been paid in full and the Lender has no further
obligations hereunder.
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(iii)
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Termination Date ” has the meaning attributed thereto
in the U.S. Credit Amending Agreement.
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(jjj)
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“ U.S.
Credit Agreement ” means the Credit Agreement dated as of
August 20, 2004 as amended and restated as of April 2,
2009 among BBI, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and others.
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(kkk)
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“ U.S.
Credit Amending Agreement ” means the Amendment dated as
of April 2, 2009 among BBI, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and
others which, inter alia , provides for the coming into
force of the U.S. Credit Agreement.
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Words importing the singular include
the plural thereof and vice versa and words importing gender
include the masculine, feminine and neuter genders.
For the purposes of the Province of
Quebec, references in this Agreement to a “lien”,
“mortgage” or “security interest” shall
include a “hypothec” and “servitude” and
references to “setoff” shall include
“compensation”.
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FACILITY A
LOAN AVAILABILITY:
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On the fifth
(5 th ) Business Day of each
Fiscal Month (or as more frequently required by the Lender at any
time and from time to time), the Borrower will provide a report (a
“ Monthly Borrowing Base Report ”) to the Lender
(in the form attached hereto as Schedule “C” with such
modifications thereto as the Lender shall require and certified as
correct by the chief financial officer of the Borrower) providing,
as at the end of the previous Fiscal Month, a listing of all of the
Borrower’s inventories, a summary trial balance, details of
any existing and/or potential Priority Claims then existing, and
any other information that may be reasonably required by the
Lender.
On the first
(1 st ) Business Day of each
week (except the first week of each month), or at the
Lender’s option more frequently at any time and from time to
time, the Borrower will provide a report (an “ Other
Borrowing Base Report ”) to the Lender (in the form
attached hereto as Schedule “C” with such modifications
thereto as the Lender shall require and certified as correct by the
chief financial officer of the Borrower) providing, as at the end
of the previous week (or other time as aforesaid), a good faith
estimate of all of the Borrower’s inventories, details of any
existing and/or potential Priority Claims then existing, and any
other information that may be reasonably required by the
Lender.
For the purposes of enabling the
Lender to calculate the amount of cash collateral to be provided by
the Borrower to the Lender pursuant to this Agreement, the Lender
shall on the next Business Day following receipt by it of the
Monthly Borrowing Base Report or Other Borrowing Base Report, as
the case may be, determine availability in accordance with the
following formula (the “ Facility A Loan Availability
”):
the LESSER of:
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sixty percent
(60%) of the Cost of Rental Inventory and the weighted average
Cost of Merchandise Inventory, determined in a manner consistent
with the Borrower’s current practices (save as otherwise
provided in the definition herein of Cost), and as reflected in the
then current Monthly Borrowing Base Report or Other Borrowing Base
Report, as the case may be;
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(b)
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ninety percent
(90%) of the then NOLV of the Eligible Inventory as reflected
in its then current Monthly Borrowing Base Report or Other
Borrowing Base Report, as the case may be;
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LESS the aggregate of:
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(c)
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the amount of
the Facility A Loan then outstanding, together with all amounts
owing by the Borrower to the Lender under this Agreement
(including, without limitation, interest owing on the amount of the
Loan then outstanding, but excluding any principal amount
outstanding, but not yet payable, in respect of the Facility B
Loan) or under any other Credit Document;
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(d)
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reserves,
determined by the Lender in its sole discretion, in respect of
actual and/or potential Priority Claims and Statutory Encumbrances,
Shrink Reserve, outstanding rental reserve and obsolesence reserve
for Rental Inventory;
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(e)
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any other
reserves, determined by the Lender in its sole
discretion.
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The Facility A Loan
Availability calculated as aforesaid will remain in effect until
the receipt by the Lender of the next Fiscal Month’s Monthly
Borrowing Base Report or next week’s (or other time as
aforesaid) Other Borrowing Base Report, as the case may be, and
calculation by the Lender of Facility A Loan Availability based
thereon. Provided further that if such next Fiscal Month’s
Monthly Borrowing Base Report or next week’s (or other time
as aforesaid) Other Borrowing Base Report, as the case may be, is
not received by the Lender on or before the fifth (5
th
) Business Day of
the Fiscal Month or first (1 st ) Business Day of the week
or other time as aforesaid, the Facility A Loan Availability shall
be zero until such report has been received by the Lender and the
Lender has calculated the Facility A Loan Availability based
thereon.
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6.
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ADVANCE OF
FACILITY A LOAN:
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(a)
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There shall be
only one Facility A Loan advance. Provided that no Default or Event
of Default has occurred, and that at the time the advance is to be
made the conditions contained in Paragraph 14(a) of this Agreement
have then been satisfied, the Lender shall advance the sum of
Twenty-five Million Dollars ($25,000,000) as the Facility A Loan
advance on May 8, 2009. The full amount of the said Facility A
Loan advance shall be deposited into the Initial Blocked Account
and shall thereafter be transferred to the Lender by way of a cash
sweep of the Initial Blocked Account by Bank of Montreal pursuant
to the blocked account agreement among the Lender, the Borrower and
the said Bank to be held by the Lender as cash collateral pursuant
to the agreement contemplated in Paragraph 13(e) of this
Agreement.
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(b)
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Provided that no Default or Event
of Default has occurred and that the conditions contained in
Paragraph 14(b) of this Agreement have then been satisfied, the
Lender shall transfer the amount contemplated in Paragraph 6(a) of
this Agreement (less the amount, if any, contemplated in Paragraph
6(c) of this Agreement) to the Borrower’s
Disbursement
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Account on the day on which the
last of the conditions contained in Paragraph 14(b) of this
Agreement is satisfied and if same occurs by 3:00 p.m. ET, or on
the Business Day following the day on which the last of such
conditions is satisfied if same occurs after 3:00 p.m.
ET.
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(c)
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Prior to the
transfer contemplated in Paragraph 6(b) of this Agreement, the
Lender shall calculate the then Facility A Loan Availability. To
the extent that the then Facility A Loan Availability is less than
Twenty-five Million Dollars ($25,000,000), the Lender shall retain
an amount equal to such difference, shall not transfer such amount
pursuant to Paragraph 6(b) of this Agreement, and shall continue to
hold such amount as cash collateral pursuant to the cash collateral
agreement contemplated in Paragraph 13(e) of this
Agreement.
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(d)
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Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement and for greater clarity, the
Lender and Borrower acknowledge and agree that, prior to a Default
and following a Default but prior to the Lender exercising any of
its rights and remedies herein or as hereafter referred to with
respect to the funds hereinafter referred to, each of (i) the
funds advanced by the Lender as contemplated in Paragraph 6(a) of
this Agreement, (ii) the funds that are from time to time
deposited into the Initial Blocked Account or the Blocked Accounts
as provided in this Agreement, and (iii) the funds that are
from time to time held by the Lender as cash collateral pursuant to
this Agreement or any other Credit Document, are and shall be the
property of the Borrower, subject to: (iv) the rights of the
Lender contained in this Agreement; (v) any and all other
rights granted to the Lender in any other agreement now or
hereafter in effect between the Borrower and the Lender; and
(vi) any other rights and remedies the Lender may have as a
secured party at law or in equity.
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7.
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ADVANCES OF
FACILITY B LOAN
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(a)
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There shall be only one
Facility B Loan advance. A request for a Facility B Loan advance
shall be made by the Borrower in writing. A request for a Facility
B Loan advance may not be made until after the sixtieth (60
th
) day following
the first Facility A Loan advance made hereunder. The Lender may,
in its absolute discretion, determine whether or not it wishes to
provide a Facility B Loan advance and, if so, the amount thereof.
Any Facility B Loan advance to be made hereunder will, less any
amounts to be deducted therefrom as provided for hereunder, be
deposited into the Borrower’s Disbursement
Account.
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(b)
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Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, any Facility
B Loan advance to be made by the Lender shall be subject to a
maximum to be advanced under this Paragraph 7 by the Lender of Ten
Million Dollars ($10,000,000).
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The Loan (together with all accrued
interest and all other amounts payable hereunder) shall be repaid
in full upon the date (the “ Repayment Date ”)
which is the earliest of:
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(b)
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the occurrence
of an Event of Default and written notice to the Borrower (it being
acknowledged that such notice may be immediate) declaring the
Borrowings outstanding hereunder to be immediately due and payable;
or
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(c)
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on or after the
amendments and restatements provided for in the U.S. Credit
Amending Agreement become effective, the termination of all of the
Revolving Commitments pursuant to (and as defined in) the U.S.
Credit Agreement.
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(a)
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Interest on the principal
amount of each advance made hereunder and outstanding from time to
time shall be calculated at a rate of eighteen percent
(18%) per annum, which interest shall be calculated daily on
the daily closing principal balance owing hereunder in respect of
the Loan, not in advance, and shall be payable both before and
after default and/or judgment as well after as before maturity.
Interest calculated as aforesaid shall be payable monthly, on the
first day of each month until the full amount outstanding hereunder
on account of the Loan has been paid. The first payment of interest
hereunder shall be payable on the first day of June, 2009, computed
from the 8 th day of May, 2009.
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(b)
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Interest on
overdue interest payable in respect of the Loan shall be calculated
at the aforementioned interest rate, shall be compounded monthly
and shall be payable on demand.
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(c)
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Any unpaid
costs and expenses and other fees and charges contemplated herein
which are not paid when due hereunder shall bear interest
calculated at the aforementioned interest rate which interest shall
be payable on demand.
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(d)
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For purposes of
disclosure under the Interest Act (Canada), where in this
Agreement or in any Security Agreement an annual rate of interest
is to be calculated during a leap year, the yearly rate of interest
to which such rate is equivalent is such rate multiplied by 366 and
divided by 365.
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(e)
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For greater
certainty, whenever any amount is payable under any Credit Document
by the Borrower as interest or as a fee which requires the
calculation of an amount using a percentage per annum, each party
to this Agreement acknowledges and agrees that such amount shall be
calculated as of the date payment is due without application of the
“deemed reinvestment principle” or the “effective
yield method”.
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(a)
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Subject to
Paragraph 10(b), prepayment of the Loan in part (but subject to
Paragraph 10(d) of this Agreement) or in full (together in any such
case with all accrued interest and other amounts payable hereunder)
is permitted at any time.
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(b)
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If prepayment
of the Loan is made on or before November 8, 2009, the
Borrower shall pay a prepayment fee in the amount of Two Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($200,000).
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(c)
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If prepayment
of the Loan is made after November 8, 2009, but before the
Repayment Date, the Borrower shall pay a prepayment fee in the
amount of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000).
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(d)
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Prepayment of the Loan in part
shall only be permitted where the then outstanding principal amount
of the Loan is more than Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000) and
where the result of such partial prepayment does not reduce the
then outstanding principal
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amount of the Loan after such
prepayment to an amount less than Ten Million Dollars
($10,000,000).
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(a)
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The Borrower
shall pay a non-refundable facility fee in the amount of Two
Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) which fee shall be
payable by deduction from the Facility A Loan advance and shall be
fully earned at the time of the execution of this
Agreement.
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(b)
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The Borrower
shall pay a further non-refundable facility fee in the amount of
one percent (1%) of the amount of any Facility B Loan advance
made hereunder, which fee shall be payable by deduction from the
Facility B Loan advance and shall be fully earned at the time of
the making of the said Facility B Loan advance.
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12.
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MAINTENANCE
AND MONITORING FEE:
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The Borrower shall pay a maintenance
and monitoring fee in the amount of One Thousand Seven Hundred and
Fifty Dollars ($1,750.00) for each month or partial month, until
the Loan is repaid in full. The aforesaid fee shall be paid monthly
on the last Business Day of each month during which such fee is
payable, as provided for herein, and upon repayment of the Loan in
respect of the final month in question.
The Loan shall be evidenced or
secured by the following documents, made by the Borrower, which
shall be provided contemporaneously with the execution of this
Agreement, shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the
Lender and shall be supported by all necessary resolutions and
opinions (each in form and substance satisfactory to the Lender and
the Lender’s counsel):
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(a)
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a promissory
note made by the Borrower;
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(b)
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a general
security agreement from the Borrower in favour of the Lender
granting a first-ranking security interest in all of its present
and after-acquired real and personal property, assets and
undertaking, subject to Permitted Encumbrances;
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(c)
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a deed of
moveable hypothec under Quebec law granting a first-ranking charge
in all present and future personal (moveable) collateral of the
Borrower located in the Province of Quebec, subject to Permitted
Encumbrances;
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(d)
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an assignment
of all of the Borrower’s rights and interests pursuant to the
License Agreements;
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(e)
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a cash
collateral agreement pursuant to which the Borrower will, from time
to time and as adjusted from time to time, deposit cash with the
Lender as additional security for the liabilities and obligations
of the Borrower hereunder and in respect of which the Borrower will
grant to the Lender a security interest pursuant to the PPSA;
and
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(f)
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an assignment of insurance from
the Borrower covering fire and all risks normally insured against
by similar businesses to that carried on by the Borrower and in
such form
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and amount as the Lender may
require in respect of all of the Collateral and in respect of which
the Lender is shown as a loss payee.
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In addition, the Borrower shall
provide the Lender with the following (the “ Additional
Closing Documents ”), in form and substance satisfactory
to the Lender:
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(g)
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such
officers’ certificates with respect to the Borrower and such
legal opinions and other supporting documents as the Lender shall
require; and
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(h)
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an
acknowledgement by the head landlord of the Borrower’s
distribution centre and by 3E Logistics Inc. of the Lender’s
security interest in the assets of the Borrower, waivers
satisfactory to the Lender by such persons of any Lien or other
claims by either of them to the Borrower’s assets and
agreements permitting the Lender access to, and a right to remain
on, the premises in question to exercise its rights and remedies
and otherwise deal with the Borrower’s assets.
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The Borrower will from time to time
at its expense duly authorize, execute and deliver to the Lender
such further instruments and documents and take such further action
as the Lender may reasonably request for the purpose of obtaining
or preserving the full benefits granted or intended to be granted
to the Lender by the Security Agreements and of the rights and
remedies therein granted to the Lender, including without
limitation, the filing of financing statements or other documents
under any Applicable Law with respect to the Liens created thereby.
Unless prohibited by Applicable Law, the Borrower authorizes the
Lender to file any such financing statement or similar documents
without the signature of the Borrower.
The Borrower acknowledges that
changes to Applicable Law may require the execution and delivery of
different forms of documentation, and accordingly the Lender shall
have the right to require that the Security Agreements be amended,
supplemented or replaced (and the Borrower shall duly authorize,
execute and deliver to the Lender on request any such amendment,
supplement or replacement with respect to any of the Security
Agreements to which the Borrower is a party): (i) to reflect
any change in Applicable Law, whether arising as a result of
statutory amendments, court decisions or otherwise; or (ii) to
facilitate the creation and registration of appropriate forms of
security in all applicable jurisdictions.
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(a)
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Each of the
following is a condition precedent to the initial Borrowing
hereunder:
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(i)
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The Lender
shall have received from the secured creditor described in Schedule
“D” hereto, a postponement and subordination of the
security held by such secured party in favour of the
Lender;
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(ii)
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The Lender
shall have received from CBSC Capital an acknowledgement in favour
of the Lender and its successors and assigns, in a form acceptable
to the Lender, specifying the collateral which is the subject
matter of the PPSA registration in its favour, and confirming that
such secured creditor will not take any new security which ranks or
purports to rank ahead of the Security Agreements pursuant to such
registration;
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(iii)
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The Borrower
shall have opened its Initial Blocked Account and shall have
entered into a blocked account agreement satisfactory to the Lender
in its discretion with respect to such account;
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(iv)
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The Security
Agreements shall have been duly executed and delivered and, where
required, registered;
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(v)
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The Lender
shall have received the Additional Closing Documents;
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(vi)
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At or prior to
the time the advance in question is to be made, no Default or Event
of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
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(vii)
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The Lender
shall have completed all of its due diligence investigations and
shall, in its sole discretion, be satisfied with the results of
same;
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(viii)
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The Lender
shall have received an appraisal satisfactory to it in its sole
discretion with respect to the Borrower’s Eligible
Inventory;
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(ix)
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The Lender
shall have received evidence satisfactory to it that all insurance
coverage contemplated in this Agreement is then in
place;
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(x)
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The Lender
shall have received payment of all fees (including all legal fees
of the Lender), expenses and other amounts then payable under the
Credit Documents;
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(xi)
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The Borrower
and BBI shall have entered into a Master Services Agreement in the
form attached hereto as Schedule “E”;
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(xii)
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The Borrower
and BBI shall have entered into a License Agreement with respect
to, inter alia, trademarks and other intellectual property in the
form attached hereto as Schedule “F”;
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(xiii)
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The Lender and
BBI shall have entered into Rights Agreements in the form attached
hereto as Schedules “G” and “H”;
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(xiv)
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The Lender
shall have received the deposit referred to in Paragraph 24 of this
Agreement from the Borrower;
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(xv)
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The Lender
shall have received from the Borrower the facility fee referred to
in Paragraph 11(a) of this Agreement;
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(xvi)
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The board of
directors of BBI shall, by no later than 2:30 p.m. ET on
May 8, 2009, have approved the amendments and restatements
contemplated in the U.S. Credit Amending Agreement becoming
effective on or before May 11, 2009 and shall have approved
the U.S. Credit Agreement and its coming into force on or before
May 11, 2009 and the Borrower shall have delivered to the
Lender a letter from BBI’s general counsel in a form
acceptable to Lender certifying that said approvals have been
properly given by BBI’s board of directors;
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(xvii)
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Contemporaneously with the
execution of this Agreement, the Lender and the Borrower shall have
entered into an agreement, in a form acceptable to the Lender,
pursuant to which the Borrower agrees that if it at any time prior
to
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payment and repayment in full of
all of the Borrower’s liabilities and obligations owing and
payable to the Lender pursuant to this Agreement wishes to arrange
new or additional debt financing (including financing of any future
acquisitions by the Borrower) it shall acknowledge that it requires
the consent of the Lender and will further agree that the Lender
shall be granted a first right of refusal to provide such debt
financing;
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(xviii)
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There shall not
have occurred or become known any Material Adverse Change with
respect to the Borrower or any condition or event that could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change with
respect to the Borrower, in each case, since January 4,
2009;
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(xix)
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There shall not
have occurred or become known any Material Adverse Change with
respect to BBI or any condition or event that could reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Change with respect to
BBI, in each case, since January 4, 2009 (provided that the
Lender acknowledges and accepts the “going concern”
qualification on BBI’s financial statements for its year
ended January 4, 2009 and that a similar qualification will be
included in BBI’s financial statements for its year ended
January 3, 2010); and
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(xx)
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No other event
shall have occurred that, in the Lender’s sole discretion,
materially adversely affects or could materially adversely affect
either: (i) the business, assets, liabilities, prospects,
financial condition or operations of the Borrower or of BBI, or
(ii) the value of the Collateral which is the subject matter
of the Security Agreements.
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(b)
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Each of the
following is a condition precedent to the transfer contemplated in
Paragraph 6(b) of this Agreement and to any subsequent Borrowing
hereunder:
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(i)
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All of the
conditions contained in Paragraph 14(a) shall have been satisfied
and shall as at the time of the making of the subsequent advance in
question continue to be satisfied;
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(ii)
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All of the
representations and warranties of the Borrower herein are true and
correct on and as of such date as though made on and as of such
date, except in the case of a representation or warranty of the
Borrower that is made with respect to a specific date, in which
case such representation or warranty shall have been true on such
date;
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(iii)
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No event or
condition has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such
Borrowing, which constitutes or which, with notice, lapse of time,
or both, would constitute, a breach of any covenant or other term
or condition of this Agreement or of any Credit Document. For the
purposes of this Paragraph, the covenants referred to in Paragraph
18(d) of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been in effect
since the execution of this Agreement notwithstanding Paragraph
18(d) of this Agreement;
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(iv)
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Such Borrowing
will not violate any Applicable Law then in effect;
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(v)
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If such
subsequent advance is a Facility B Loan advance, the Lender shall
have received the facility fee referred to in Paragraph 11(b) of
this Agreement at or prior to the time of the making of the advance
in question;
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(vi)
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No Default or
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
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(vii)
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The amendments
and restatements provided for in the U.S. Credit Amending Agreement
shall have become effective as contemplated therein and the U.S.
Credit Agreement shall be in full force and effect and the Borrower
shall have delivered to the Lender a letter from BBI’s
general counsel in a form acceptable to the Lender certifying to
such effect;
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(viii)
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There shall not
have occurred or become known any Material Adverse Change with
respect to the Borrower or any condition or event that could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change with
respect to the Borrower, in each case, since January 4,
2009;
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(ix)
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There shall not
have occurred or become known any Material Adverse Change with
respect to BBI or any condition or event that could reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Change with respect to
BBI, in each case, since January 4, 2009 (provided that the
Lender acknowledges and accepts the “going concern”
qualification on BBI’s financial statements for its year
ended January 4, 2009 and that a similar qualification will be
included in BBI’s financial statements for its year ended
January 3, 2010); and
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(x)
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No other event
shall have occurred that, in the Lender’s sole discretion,
acting reasonably, materially adversely affects or could materially
adversely affect either: (i) the business, assets,
liabilities, prospects, financial condition or operations of the
Borrower or of BBI, or (ii) the value of the
Collateral.
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(c)
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The making of
Borrowings hereunder, without the fulfillment of one or more
conditions set forth in Paragraphs 14(a) or 14(b), shall not
constitute a waiver of any such condition, and the Lender reserves
the right to require fulfillment of such condition in connection
with any subsequent Borrowing.
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CASH
MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS:
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(a)
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Within thirty (30) days
following execution of this Agreement, the Borrower shall use its
reasonable best efforts to establish and, once established, shall
continue to maintain, at its expense, blocked accounts at the banks
identified at level A on Schedule “I” hereto as
determined by the Lender (“ Blocked Accounts ”)
into which the Borrower shall promptly deposit all funds received
from all sources other than Excluded Cash but including, without
limitation, all account receivable payments, cash sales receipts,
credit card payments, any and all refunds received from any source
whatsoever and any proceeds of any advances or other loans made to
them and shall direct their account debtors that remit payments by
electronic funds transfers to directly remit all payments into the
Blocked Accounts. For greater certainty, the Borrower’s
agreement to use its reasonable best efforts to establish the
Blocked Accounts shall not require the Borrower to change any of
its banking relationships if a bank refuses to establish the
Blocked Accounts contemplated hereby. Until the Blocked Accounts
are established as aforesaid, or if the Borrower, following the use
of its reasonable best efforts to do so, is unsuccessful
in
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establishing some or all of the
Blocked Accounts contemplated hereby then, with respect to those
banks where it is unable to do so, the Borrower shall, on a daily
basis, wire transfer to the Initial Blocked Account all monies in
all of the Borrower’s deposit accounts other than Excluded
Cash (including, without limitation, all of the accounts shown on
Schedule “I” hereto) and which monies shall thereafter
be transferred to the Lender by way of cash sweeps of the Blocked
Accounts by the Blocked Account Banks pursuant to the Blocked
Account Agreements to be held by the Lender as cash collateral
pursuant to the agreement contemplated in Paragraph 13(e) of this
Agreement.
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(b)
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The Blocked
Account Banks and the Borrower shall enter into agreements (“
Blocked Account Agreements ”), in form and substance
satisfactory to the Lender providing that the Blocked Account Banks
have no Lien upon, or right to setoff against, the Blocked
Accounts, the items received for deposit therein, or the funds from
time to time on deposit therein and that the Blocked Account Banks
will wire, or otherwise transfer, in immediately available funds,
on a daily basis, all funds received or deposited into the Blocked
Accounts to the Lender’s account, as the Lender may from time
to time designate for such purpose, to be held by the Lender as
cash collateral pursuant to the agreement contemplated in Paragraph
13(e) of this Agreement.
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(c)
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Within thirty
(30) days following execution of this Agreement, the Borrower
shall take all steps necessary to cause all monies currently
deposited into the account identified on Schedule “I”
hereto as the “credit and debit cards” account to be
instead deposited into one of the Blocked Accounts (or, in the
interim, into the Initial Blocked Account).
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(d)
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Any monies,
cheques, notes, drafts or any other payment which come into the
possession or under the control of the Borrower or, in the case of
any related person, comes into its possession or under its control
and is rightfully that of the Borrower, shall, immediately upon
receipt thereof where received by the Borrower or upon the Borrower
becoming aware of the receipt thereof where received by a related
person, be deposited by the Borrower, or shall be caused by the
Borrower to be deposited, in the Blocked Accounts and shall be
dealt with as contemplated in Paragraph 15(b) of this Agreement. In
no event shall the same be commingled with any of the
Borrower’s own funds. The Borrower agrees to reimburse the
Lender on demand for any amounts owed or paid to the Blocked
Account Banks regarding the Blocked Accounts or any other bank or
person involved in the transfer of funds to or from such Blocked
Accounts arising out of the Lender’s payments to or
indemnification of such bank or person.
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(e)
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The Lender
shall, on each Business Day in respect of amounts received from the
Borrower’s Blocked Accounts on the previous Business Day and
held by the Lender as cash collateral as aforesaid, provided that
no Default or Event of Default has occurred and subject to
Paragraph 15(g) of this Agreement, transfer such amounts to the
Borrower’s Disbursement Account.
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(f)
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The Borrower
shall make all of its payments and disbursements only from its
Disbursement Account or from its Payroll Account.
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(g)
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Upon receipt of the Monthly
Borrowing Base Report or Other Borrowing Base Report, as the case
may be, the Lender shall calculate the then Facility A Loan
Availability as contemplated in Paragraph 5 of this Agreement and
shall calculate the amount, if any, by which the amount of the Loan
then outstanding (including principal, accrued and unpaid interest,
unpaid fees and expenses and all other amounts owing by the
Borrower to the
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Lender under this Agreement but
excluding any principal amount then outstanding but not yet payable
in respect of the Facility B Loan) exceeds the then Facility A Loan
Availability (such excess, if any, being the “
Availability Deficiency ”). The Lender shall further
calculate the amount, if any, by which the Availability Deficiency
exceeds the amount of cash then held by the Lender as cash
collateral pursuant to the agreement contemplated in Paragraph
13(e) of this Agreement (such excess, if any, being the “
Cash Collateral Deficiency ”). The Lender shall, in
addition to any cash collateral then held by it, retain amounts
received from the Borrower’s Blocked Accounts as additional
cash collateral until it has retained amounts which in the
aggregate equal the Cash Collateral Deficiency and only thereafter
shall the provisions of Paragraph 15(e) of this Agreement
apply.
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16.
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BORROWER’S REPRESENTATIONS:
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The Borrower represents and
warrants, which representations and warranties are deemed to be
repeated at the time of each advance hereunder as though made at
such time, except in the case of a representation or warranty of
the Borrower that is made with respect to a spe
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