THIS CREDIT
AGREEMENT (as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented
from time to time, the “Agreement”) dated as of the
1 st
day of November, 2006 by and between
BANK OF CHARLES TOWN, a West Virginia banking corporation (the
“Bank”), and CUISINE SOLUTIONS, INC., a Delaware
corporation (the “Borrower”), recites and
provides:
Subject to the
terms of this Agreement, the Bank agrees to establish a working
capital line of credit (the “ Line ”) in favor
of the Borrower. The Bank and the Borrower agree that advances
under the Line shall be made on the following terms, covenants and
conditions.
ACCORDINGLY, for
and in consideration of the mutual covenants set forth in this
Agreement and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt
and sufficiency of which are acknowledged, the Bank and the
Borrower agree as follows:
(a) Subject
to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Bank agrees to
make advances under the Line to the Borrower from time to time. The
aggregate principal amount of advances under the Line outstanding
at any time shall not exceed the lesser of $5,000,000 or the
Borrowing Base (as defined below). Within this limit, the Borrower
may borrow, repay and reborrow until November 1, 2007 (as extended
from time to time in accordance with the provisions set forth
below, the “ Termination Date ”).
(b) Each
request for an advance under the Line shall be made by written
notice from the Borrower to the Bank, given not less than two
business days prior to the date of the advance. The proceeds of
advances under the Line shall be used to carry accounts receivable
and inventory and for other short-term working capital purposes.
The Borrower also may request that the Bank issue letters of credit
for the account of the Borrower from time to time. The Bank shall
not be required to issue any letter of credit unless the form, term
and purpose for which the letter of credit is to be issued are
approved by the Bank in its sole discretion. Each letter of credit
issued by the Bank for the account of the Borrower shall be treated
as an outstanding advance under the Line for the purposes of this
Agreement. Advances under the Line shall be credited to the
operating account of the Borrower with the Bank.
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(a) The
“Borrowing Base” shall mean, at any time, the sum of
80% of the Eligible Receivables plus 75% of Eligible Inventory,
valued at the lower of cost or market value, on a last-in, first
out basis.
(b)
“Eligible Receivables” means accounts receivable of the
Borrower (1) that represent valid obligations incurred by a
customer of the Borrower (a “Customer”) for goods
shipped or delivered or services completed under valid and binding
contracts of sale, lease or service; (2) with respect to which
the Borrower has no knowledge or notice of any inability of the
Customer to make full payment; (3) from the face amounts of
which have been deducted all payments, setoffs, amounts subject to
adverse claims made in writing to the Borrower, contractual
allowances, bad debt reserves and other applicable credits;
(4) that are subject to no liens or encumbrances;
(5) that continue to be in full conformity with the applicable
representations and warranties made by the Borrower to the Bank in
the Security Agreement (as defined below); (6) with respect to
which the Bank is and continues to be satisfied with the credit
standing of the Customer; (7) on which the Customer is not an
affiliate of the Borrower; and (8) that have been billed to
the appropriate Customer and are aged less than 90 days from
the date of the initial invoice. Notwithstanding the foregoing
provisions, if the Bank reasonably determines that the
collectibility of any account receivable makes it unacceptable for
inclusion in the Borrowing Base and gives written notice to the
Borrower indicating the reasons for such determination, then such
account receivable shall be excluded from the category of Eligible
Receivables from the date of such notice.
(c)
“Eligible Inventory” means, as applied to the Borrower,
goods, as defined under Article 9 of the West Virginia Uniform
Commercial Code, which are owned and held for sale by the Borrower
in the ordinary course of the Borrower’s business and in
which the Bank has a perfected security interest, but excludes the
following, unless otherwise specifically approved in writing as
being eligible by the Bank: (1) goods held for lease;
(2) goods that are to be furnished under a contract of
service; (3) work in process; (4) materials used or
consumed in the Borrower’s business; (5) farm products;
(6) goods which have been held for sale by the Borrower for a
period of 12 months or more; (7) damaged, broken, flawed,
imperfect, inoperable, discounted, returned, repossessed or
reclaimed goods; (8) goods held for sale to an affiliate or a
subsidiary of the Borrower; (9) goods being sold by others on
“sale or return” or under some other consignment
arrangement with the Borrower; (10) goods of another being
sold on consignment by the Borrower; (11) goods located
outside of the borders of the United States of America,
(12) goods located in the borders of the United States of
America but in the possession of someone else without the Borrower
having appropriate warehouse receipts or other negotiable
documentation evidencing a valid bailment and the ownership of the
goods by the Borrower; and (13) goods which are subject to a
lien or security interest in favor of someone other than Bank,
whether a superior lien or security interest or an inferior lien or
security interest.
1.3
Interest . Advances made under the Line shall bear interest
at a rate per annum equal to the Prime Rate, adjusted daily when
and as the Prime Rate is changed. The “
Prime
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Rate ” shall mean the Wall Street Journal Prime
Rate, which is the highest Prime Rate published in the “Money
Rates” section of the Wall Street Journal from time to
time. Accrued interest shall be payable monthly, in arrears, on the
first day of each month, beginning on November 1,
2006.
(a)
Line Note . The Borrower’s obligations to pay the
principal amount of all advances of the Line, together with accrued
interest, shall be evidenced by a promissory note, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Bank, in the principal amount of the
Line, made by the Borrower and payable to the order of the Bank (as
the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to
time, the “ Line Note ”). The unpaid principal
balance of the Line Note shall be payable on demand. The Borrower
agrees that the Bank may demand payment at any time, even if no
Event of Default (as defined below) has occurred. The Borrower
shall prepay the Line Note to the extent that the aggregate amount
of outstanding advances under the Line exceeds the Borrowing Base
at any time.
1.4
Extensions . The Bank may elect from time to time, in its
sole discretion, to extend the Termination Date. During any period
or periods of extension, all of the remaining terms and conditions
of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 2.
Payments, Computations, Fees and Charges
2.1
Payments . All payments due with respect to this Agreement
and the Line shall be made in immediately available funds to the
Bank at its office at 111 East Washington Street, Charles Town,
West Virginia 25414. The Bank is authorized, but shall be under no
obligation, to charge any deposit account maintained by the
Borrower with the Bank for any payments due to the Bank with
respect to this Agreement or the Line. Payments shall be applied
first to accrued late charges, next to accrued fees, next to
accrued interest and then to principal.
2.2 Default
Charges . If any payment due under the Line Note is not made
within ten days of its due date, the Borrower shall pay to the Bank
a late charge equal to 5% of the amount of such payment. Upon the
occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default under
this Agreement, the rate at which interest accrues on the Line Note
shall be increased to an amount equal to the rate of interest then
in effect under the Line Note plus 2.00% per annum.
(a)
Fees . The Borrower agrees to pay to the Bank a loan fee
equal to $12,500 on or before November 1, 2006.
2.3
Computations . Interest and fees shall be computed on the
basis of a year of 360 days and actual days elapsed.
2.4 Increased
Costs . The Borrower agrees to reimburse the Bank for any
regulatory costs or expenses incurred by the Bank in connection
with its obligations under this Agreement, including, without
limitation, costs arising out of the Bank’s compliance with
capital adequacy guidelines, reserve requirements and deposit
insurance regulations. A statement of the costs incurred shall be
rendered to the Borrower by the Bank, setting forth the method of
calculation,
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and such
increased costs shall be paid to the Bank by the Borrower within
30 days after such statement is received by the
Borrower.
3.1
Indebtedness . As used in this Agreement, the term “
Indebtedness ” means all present and future
indebtedness of the Borrower to the Bank, whether direct or
indirect, fixed or contingent, due or to become due, several, joint
or joint and several, including, without limitation, the Line, the
Line Note, the obligations of the Borrower to the Bank with respect
to any letter of credit issued by the Bank for the account of the
Borrower and overdrafts in any deposit account maintained by the
Borrower with the Bank.
3.2
Collateral . The Indebtedness is secured by the following
(the “ Collateral ”):
(a)
UCC Collateral . A first priority security interest in all
of the Borrower’s present and future accounts, chattel paper,
deposit accounts, documents, instruments, general intangibles,
inventory, investment property, letter-of-credit rights (whether or
not the letter of credit is evidenced by a writing), supporting
obligations and all proceeds and products of all of the foregoing
(the “ UCC Collateral ”). The security interest
of the Bank in the UCC Collateral shall be subject to a security
agreement, in form and substance acceptable to the Bank, from the
Borrower in favor of the Bank (as amended, modified or supplemented
from time to time, the “ Security Agreement ”);
and
(b)
Deed of Trust . A credit line deed of trust, in form and
substance acceptable to the Bank, from Food Investor Corporation, a
Virginia corporation (the “ Grantor ”) to C.
Christopher Giragosian and Kevin F. Hull, as trustees, in the
amount of $5,000,000 (as amended, modified or supplemented from
time to time, the “ Deed of Trust ”) creating a
first lien against the approximately 345.55 acres of land, and
improvements thereon owned by the Grantor and located at 40506
Tamworth Farm Lane, Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, as
more particularly described in the Deed of Trust (the “
Real Estate ”).
4.1
Disbursements . The following conditions must be satisfied
prior to any disbursements under this Agreement:
(a)
No Default . No event shall have occurred and be continuing
that constitutes an Event of Default (as defined below), or that
would constitute an Event of Default but for the requirement that
notice be given or that a period of time elapse, or both, either
before or after such disbursement;
(b)
Representations . All representations and warranties
contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct as of the
date of the disbursement with the same effect as though made on
such date, both before and after giving effect to such
disbursement, except that
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the
representations and warranties set forth in Section 5.4 shall
be deemed to apply to the most recent financial statements
furnished by the Borrower to the Bank prior to such
disbursement;
(c)
Borrowing Base Certificate . If required by the Bank, a
Borrowing Base Certificate (as defined below), setting forth a
calculation of the Borrowing Base as of the date of the applicable
disbursement; and
(d)
Legal Matters . All legal matters incident to the advance of
the disbursement will be satisfactory to the Bank and its
counsel.
Each borrowing by
the Borrower shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by
the Borrower on the date of such borrowing as to matters specified
above in subparagraphs (b) and (c) of this
Section 4.1.
SECTION 5.
Representations and Warranties
In order to induce
the Bank to extend credit to the Borrower, the Borrower represents
and warrants as follows:
5.1
Organization . The Borrower is a corporation duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the state
of its incorporation, and is duly qualified as a foreign
corporation and in good standing under the laws of each other
jurisdiction in which such qualification is required.
5.2 Execution
and Delivery . The Borrower has the corporate power, and has
taken all the necessary corporate actions, to execute and deliver
and perform its obligations under the Loan Documents, and the Loan
Documents, when executed and delivered, will be binding obligations
of the Borrower, enforceable in accordance with their
terms.
5.3 Corporate
Power . The Borrower has the corporate power and authority to
own its properties and to carry on its business as now being
conducted.
5.4 Financial
Statements . All financial statements and information delivered
to the Bank by the Borrower (including, without limitation, the
Borrower’s audited financial statements for its fiscal year
ending on June 24, 2006) were prepared in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles, are correct and complete
and present fairly the financial conditions, and reflect all known
liabilities, contingent or otherwise, of the Borrower as of the
dates of such statements and information, and since such dates no
material adverse change in the assets, liabilities, financial
condition, business or operations of the Borrower has
occurred.
5.5 Taxes .
All tax returns and reports of the Borrower required by law to be
filed have been duly filed, and all taxes, assessments, other
governmen
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