DATED AS OF FEBRUARY 11,
1999
VENTURE INVESTORS EARLY STAGE
FUND II LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND TERMS
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ARTICLE II AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF
CREDIT
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2.2 Effect of Regulatory Change
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ARTICLE III CONDITIONS TO CLOSING
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3.3 Company Officers’
Certificate
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3.4 Corporate Resolutions
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3.5 Amendments to Articles of
Incorporation.
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3.6 Proceedings and Documents
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3.7 Life Insurance Policies
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3.8 Organization, Good Standing and
Authority
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3.9 Financial Statements; Budget;
Projections
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3.10 Securities Law Matters; Investment
Representations
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3.14 No Material Adverse Effect
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3.15 Representations and Warranties
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3.16 Nondisclosure, Noncompetition and
Assignment Agreement
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3.17 WARF License Agreement
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3.18 Subsequent Revolving Loans
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ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
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4.4 Subsidiaries, Other Investments
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4.8 Intellectual Property
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4.9 No Undisclosed Liabilities
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4.11 Compliance with Other Instruments, Laws,
Etc
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4.17 Federal Reserve Regulations
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4.18 Investment Company Act: Public Utility
Holding Company Act
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4.20 Survival of Representations and
Warranties
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ARTICLE V AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
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5.2 Maintain Corporate Existence and
Rights
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5.6 Inspection and Samples
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5.9 Conduct of Businesses
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5.11 Notice to Shareholders; Attendance at
Meetings
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5.12 Notice to Directors; Attendance at
Meetings
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5.13 Compliance with Instruments, Laws,
Etc
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5.14 Payment of Certain Expenses
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5.15 Information Regarding Effect of
Financing
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5.16 Section 1202 Capital Gains
Treatment
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ARTICLE VI NEGATIVE COVENANTS
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6.2 Investments, Loans and Advances
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6.3 Acquisition or Sale of Business; Merger or
Consolidation
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6.4 Change Capital Structure
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6.5 Shareholder-Employees’
Salaries
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6.6 Amend, Violate Charter, Etc.
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6.7 Compliance With Securities Laws
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6.8 Dealings With Affiliates
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6.10 Pension and Profit-Sharing Plan or
Arrangements
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6.11 Permitted Indebtedness
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ARTICLE VII EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
THEREFOR
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ARTICLE VIII CONVERSION OF REVOLVING
LOANS
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8.2 Optional Conversion/Participation
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8.3 Other Option Conversion Rights
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8.4 Rights to Receive Common Shares
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ARTICLE IX ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS
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9.2 Successors and Assigns
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9.4 No Waiver; Remedies Cumulative
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9.5 Amendments and Waivers
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9.11 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
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Exhibit A
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Form of
Borrowing Request
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Exhibit B
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Form of
Collateral Assignment
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Exhibit C
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Form of
Guaranty
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Exhibit D
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Form of
Nondisclosure, Noncompetition and Assignment Agreement
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Exhibit E
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Form of
Revolving Note
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Exhibit F
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Form of
Security Agreement
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Exhibit G
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Term Sheet for
Investment in Preferred Shares
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Exhibit H
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Form of
Warrant
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SCHEDULES:
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Schedule 3.2
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Opinion of
Counsel
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Schedule 3.5
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Amendments to
Articles of Incorporation
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Schedule 4.2
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Articles of
Incorporation and Bylaws
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Schedule 4.3(a)
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Issued and
Outstanding Stock
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Schedule 4.3(b)
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Outstanding
Subscriptions, Options, Warrants or Other Rights, Restrictions or
Agreements
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Schedule 4.4
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Subsidiaries or
Other Investments
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Schedule 4.6
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Financial
Statements
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Schedule 4.6(a)
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Disclosures to
Financial Statements
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Schedule 4.8
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Intellectual
Property
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Schedule 4.9
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Undisclosed
Liabilities
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Schedule 4.10
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Contracts
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Schedule 6.5
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Shareholder-Employees’ Salaries
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This LOAN
AGREEMENT, dated as of February 11, 1999 (this “
Agreement ”), is by and among Venture Investors Early
Stage Fund II Limited Partnership, a Wisconsin limited partnership
(the “ Lender ”), and TomoTherapy Incorporated,
a Wisconsin corporation (the “ Company
”).
WHEREAS, the
Lender desires to lend to the Company, upon the terms and subject
to the conditions set forth herein, up to $250,000;
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the mutual representations, warranties and
covenants contained herein, and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1.1
Definitions . As used in the Loan Documents, the following
terms have the following meanings:
“
Affiliate ” of a Person shall mean any Person (other
than a wholly owned Subsidiary) directly or indirectly controlling
or controlled by, or under direct or indirect common control with,
another Person. A Person shall be deemed to control another Person
for the purposes of this definition if the controlling Person
directly or indirectly, either individually or together with (in
the case of an individual) his spouse, lineal descendants and
ascendants and brothers or sisters by blood or adoption or spouses
of such descendants, ascendants, brothers and sisters, owns ten
percent or more of any class of voting securities of the controlled
Person or possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct,
or cause the direction of, the management or policies of the second
Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, common
directors, trustees or officers, by contract or
otherwise.
“
Agreement ” shall mean this Loan Agreement, as
amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time.
“
Borrowing Date ” shall have the meaning assigned in
Section 2.1(e) .
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Borrowing Request ” shall mean borrowing request for
Revolving Loans, substantially in the form of Exhibit A
hereto.
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Business Day ” shall mean a day other than a Saturday
or Sunday on which banks are open for business in Madison,
Wisconsin.
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Capitalized Lease Obligations ” shall mean, for any
period, the aggregate discounted present value of the obligations
of the Company as lessee under any lease of Property which would
properly be classified as a capitalized lease in the Financial
Statements of the Company.
“ Closing
Date ” shall mean February 16, 1999, or such other
date as may be agreed upon by the Company and the Lender;
provided that all conditions set forth in Article III
must be satisfied on the Closing Date..
“
Code ” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended from time to time.
“
Collateral ” shall mean all of Company’s
Property granted to the Lender as collateral under the Loan
Documents.
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Collateral Assignment ” shall mean the collateral
assignment of contract rights of even date herewith from the
Company to the Lender, substantially in the form of
Exhibit B hereto, pursuant to which the Company assigns
its rights under the WARF License Agreement, as amended,
supplemented or modified from time to time.
“ Common
Shares ” shall mean shares of the Company’s common
stock, par value $0.01 per share.
“
Company ” shall have the meaning set forth in the
first paragraph to this Agreement.
“
Conversion Gain ” shall have the meaning assigned in
Section 8.4(c) .
“
Conversion Shares ” shall have the meaning assigned in
Section 8.4(a) .
“
Default ” shall mean an event which with the giving of
notice or the passage of time or both would constitute an Event of
Default.
“ Default
Rate ” shall have the meaning assigned in
Section 2.1(c) .
“
Employee Plan ” shall mean any savings, profit
sharing, or retirement plan or any deferred compensation contract
or other plan maintained for employees of the Company and covered
by Title IV of ERISA, including, without limitation, any
“multiemployer plan” as defined in ERISA.
“
Environmental Law ” shall mean any local, state or
federal law or other statute, law, ordinance, rule, code,
regulation, decree or order governing, regulating or imposing
liability or standards of conduct concerning the use, treatment,
generation, storage, disposal or other handling or release of any
hazardous substance, including without limitation, any pollutant,
contaminant, waste or toxic or hazardous chemicals, wastes or
substances, including, without limitation, asbestos, urea
formaldehyde insulation, petroleum, PCB’s, air pollutants,
water pollutants, and other substances defined as hazardous
substances or toxic substances in the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as
amended,
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42 U.S.C.
‘ 9061 et seq., Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, 49
U.S.C. ‘ 1802, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42
U.S.C. ‘ 6901 et seq., the Toxic Substance Control Act of
1976, as amended, 15 U.S.C. ‘ 2601 et seq., the Solid Waste
Disposal Act, 42 U.S.C. ‘ 3251 et seq., the Clean Air Act, 42
U.S.C. ‘ 1857 et seq., the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. ‘
1251 et seq, Chapter 144 of the Wisconsin Statutes, or any other
statute, rule, regulation or order of any Government Authority
having jurisdiction over the control of such wastes or substances,
including without limitation the United States Environmental
Protection Agency, the United States Nuclear Regulatory Agency, the
State of Wisconsin and the Dane County Department of
Health.
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ERISA ” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended, and any successor statute,
together with the regulations and published interpretations
thereunder, in each case as in effect from time to time.
“ Event
of Default ” shall have the meaning assigned in
Section 7.1 .
“ Exit
Period ” shall have the meaning assigned in
Section 8.4(d) .
“ Exit
Period Rights ” shall have the meaning assigned in
Section 8.4(b) .
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Financial Statements ” shall mean, for any Person, the
balance sheet, the statement of income, the statement of cash
flows, and the statement of shareholders’ equity, and all
notes and schedules thereto, prepared on a consolidated basis, in
accordance with GAAP.
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GAAP ” shall mean those generally accepted accounting
principles and practices which are recognized as such by the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants acting through
appropriate boards or committees thereof and which are consistently
applied for all periods so as to properly reflect the financial
condition, results of operations, and cash flows of the
Company.
“
Government Authority ” shall mean any nation or
government, any state or other political subdivision thereof, and
any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory
or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, and any
corporation or other entity owned or controlled through stock or
capital ownership or otherwise, by any of the foregoing.
“
Guaranty ” shall mean the guaranty of payment of even
date herewith made by each of the Principals in favor of the
Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto,
as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise extended from time
to time.
“
Indebtedness ” shall mean all: (a) indebtedness
for borrowed money; (b) indebtedness for the deferred purchase
price of property or services for which the Company is liable,
primarily, contingently or otherwise, as obligor, guarantor or
otherwise; (c) any commitment by which the Company assures a
creditor against loss, including, without limitation, contingent
reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit;
(d) obligations which are evidenced by notes, acceptances or
other instruments; (e) indebtedness and other obligations
arising under acceptance facilities and the face amount of all
letters of credit issued for the account of the Company;
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(f) indebtedness guarantied in any manner
by the Company, including without limitation guaranties in the form
of an agreement to repurchase or reimburse; (g) Capitalized
Lease Obligations, for which obligations the Company is liable,
primarily, contingently or otherwise, as obligor, guarantor or
otherwise, or in respect of which obligations the Company assures a
creditor against loss; (h) any unfunded obligation of the
Company to an Employee Plan; (i) all Liabilities secured by
any Lien on any Property owned by the Company whether or not the
Company has assumed or otherwise become liable for the payment
thereof; and (j) indebtedness or other obligations arising
under interest-rate swap agreements and other interest-rate hedging
arrangements.
“
Institutional Investor ” means a partnership,
corporation, limited liability company, firm, enterprise, business
trust, joint stock company or trust organized for the primary
purpose of making venture capital investments and which is managed
on a full-time basis by professional investors.
“
Intellectual Property ” shall have the meaning
assigned in Section 4.8 .
“
Lender ” shall have the meaning assigned in the first
paragraph of this Agreement.
“
Liability ” means any liability or obligation (whether
known or unknown, whether asserted or unasserted, whether absolute
or contingent, whether accrued or unaccrued, whether liquidated or
unliquidated, and whether due or to be come due), including,
without limitation, any guaranties of Indebtedness, liabilities or
other obligations.
“
Liens ” shall mean any mortgage, pledge, lien,
encumbrance, charge or other security interest of any
kind.
“ Loan
Documents ” shall mean the Revolving Note, the Security
Agreement, the Collateral Assignment, the Guaranty, the UCC
Financing Statements, the Warrants, and all other certificates,
resolutions, or other documents required or contemplated
hereunder.
“
Mandatory Conversion ” shall have the meaning assigned
in Section 8.1 .
“
Material Adverse Effect ” shall mean (a) a
Default, (b) a material adverse change in the business,
prospects or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company or
in any Property, (c) the termination of the WARF License
Agreement, (d) any material impairment of the right to carry
on the business as now or proposed to be conducted by the Company,
or (e) any material impairment of the ability of the Company
to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the other Loan
Documents.
“
Maturity Date ” shall mean December 31, 1999, or
such earlier date on which the Revolving Loan Commitment is
terminated and the Revolving Note shall mature and become fully due
and payable as provided in Section 7.3 .
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“ Maximum
Available Commitment ” shall mean an amount equal to the
excess (if any) of (a) the Revolving Loan Commitment
minus (b) the aggregate unpaid principal amount
outstanding of all Revolving Loans made by the Lender.
“
Nondisclosure, Noncompetition and Assignment Agreement
” shall mean the Nondisclosure, Noncompetition and Assignment
Agreement of even date herewith between the Company and each of the
Principals, substantially in the form of Exhibit D
hereto, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified
from time to time.
“
Obligations ” shall mean the Revolving Loans,
including all accrued interest thereon, and all other obligations
and liabilities of the Company to the Lender, including without
limitation, all Indebtedness whether primary, secondary, direct,
contingent, fixed, or otherwise, whether now and/or hereafter
owing, due, or payable, and whether arising under this Agreement,
the Loan Documents, by operation of law or otherwise.
“
Participation Amount ” shall have the meaning assigned
in Section 8.2 .
“
Participation Financing ” shall have the meaning
assigned in Section 8.2 .
“
Participation Notice ” shall have the meaning assigned
in Section 8.2 .
“
Participation Right ” shall have the meaning assigned
in Section 8.2 .
“
PBGC ” shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation established pursuant to Subtitle A of Title IV of
ERISA.
“
Permitted Liens ” shall mean: (a) Liens imposed
by law and incurred in the ordinary course of the Company’s
business for Indebtedness not yet due to carriers, warehousemen,
laborers, or materialmen and the like; and (b) Liens in
respect of pledges or deposits under worker’s compensation
laws or similar legislation; and (c) Liens for property taxes,
assessments or governmental charges not yet subject to penalties
for nonpayment.
“
Person ” shall mean an individual, partnership,
corporation, limited liability company, firm, enterprise, business
trust, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association,
joint venture, Government Authority or other entity of whatever
nature.
“
Preferred Shares ” shall mean shares of the
Company’s Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, par
value $1.00 per share.
“
Principals ” shall mean, collectively, Dr. Thomas
Rockwell Mackie and Paul J. Reckwerdt.
“
Property ” shall mean any interest of the Company of
any kind in property or assets, whether real, personal, mixed,
tangible or intangible, wherever located, and whether now
owned
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or subsequently
acquired or arising and in the products, proceeds, additions and
accessions thereof or thereto.
“
Regulatory Change ” shall mean the adoption or
amendment, after the date of this Agreement, of any federal or
state law, regulation, interpretation, direction, policy, guideline
or court decision applicable to the Lender which increases the cost
to the Lender of making or maintaining the Revolving Loans or
reduces the rate of return to the Lender (by reduction of
principal, interest or otherwise) on the Revolving Loans by
subjecting the Lender to any tax, duty or other charge with respect
to the Revolving Loans, imposing any reserve requirement, affecting
the treatment of the Revolving Loans for purposes of calculating
the appropriate amount of capital to be maintained by the Lender or
any Person controlling the Lender, or imposing on the Lender any
other condition affecting the Revolving Loans.
“
Requirements of Law ” shall mean as to any matter or
Person, the Certificate or Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws or
other organizational or governing documents of such Person, and any
law (including, without limitation, any Environmental Law),
ordinance, treaty, rule, regulation, order, decree, determination
or other requirement having the force of law relating to such
matter or Person and, where applicable, any interpretation thereof
by any Government Authority.
“
Restricted Payments ” shall mean: (a) dividends
or other distributions by the Company based upon the stock of the
Company (except dividends payable solely in stock of the Company);
(b) purchases, redemptions or other acquisitions, direct or
indirect, by the Company, of stock of the Company, whether now or
hereafter outstanding; (c) any other distribution by the
Company in respect of stock of the Company, whether now or
hereafter outstanding, either directly or indirectly, whether in
cash or property or otherwise; and (d) payment of management
fees by the Company to any Affiliate, either directly or
indirectly, whether in cash or property or otherwise.
“
Revolving Loan Commitment ” shall mean an aggregate
principal amount not to exceed $250,000.
“
Revolving Loan Request ” shall have the meaning
assigned in Section 2.1(e) .
“
Revolving Loans ” shall have the meaning assigned in
Section 2.1(a) .
“
Revolving Note ” shall mean the promissory note from
the Company to the Lender, substantially in the form of
Exhibit E hereto, evidencing the Revolving Loans, as
amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time.
“
Right(s) ” shall have the meaning assigned in
Section 8.4(a) .
“
Securities Act ” shall mean the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, and any successor statute, together with the
rules and regulations thereunder, in each case as in effect from
time to time.
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Security Agreement ” shall mean the security agreement
of even date herewith between the Company and the Lender,
substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto, pursuant
to which the Company grants a Lien to the Lender in substantially
all of the Company’s Property, as amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“ Share
Price Rights ” shall have the meaning assigned in
Section 8.4(b) .
“
Subsidiary ” shall mean, as to any Person, a
corporation of which shares of stock having voting power (other
than stock having such power only by reason of the happening of a
contingency that has not occurred) sufficient to elect a majority
of the board of directors or other managers of such corporation are
at the time owned, or the management of which is otherwise
controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, or both, by such Person.
“ Term
Sheet ” shall mean that certain Term Sheet dated as of
November 11, 1998, between the Lender and the Company, a copy
of which is attached hereto as Exhibit G .
“
Transaction Documents ” shall mean the Loan Documents
and the Nondisclosure, Noncompetition and Assignment
Agreements.
“
Triggering Event ” shall have the meaning assigned in
Section 8.4(a) .
“ UCC
” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of
Wisconsin, as amended from time to time.
“ UCC
Financing Statements ” shall mean that certain UCC-1
financing statement and that certain UCC-3 financing statement
executed by the Company, as debtor, in favor of the Lender, as
secured party, describing the Collateral.
“
Underlying Shares ” shall mean, collectively, the
Preferred Shares issuable upon conversion of the Revolving Loans as
provided in Article VIII and the Common Shares issuable
upon conversion of the Preferred Shares.
“
Warrant ” shall mean that certain Preferred Shares
Purchase Warrant of even date herewith issued by the Company to the
Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto,
providing Lender with the right to purchase Preferred Shares on the
terms and for the price therein contained.
“ WARF
License Agreement ” shall mean that certain License
Agreement dated as of February [___] , 1999 between the
Company and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, as the same
may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time.
“ Year
2000 Problem ” shall have the meaning assigned in
Section 4.19 .
1.2
Interpretation . Unless otherwise expressly provided or
unless the context requires otherwise, (a) all references in
this Agreement to Articles, Sections, Schedules and Exhibits
shall
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mean and refer
to Articles, Sections, Schedules and Exhibits of this Agreement;
(b) all references to statutes and related regulations shall
include all amendments of the same and any successor or replacement
statutes and regulations; (c) words using the singular or
plural number also shall include the plural and singular number,
respectively; (d) references to “hereof,”
“herein,” “hereby” and similar terms shall
refer to this entire Agreement (including the Schedules and
Exhibits hereto); and (e) references to any Person shall be
deemed to mean and include the successors and permitted assigns of
such Person (or, in the case of a Government Authority, Persons
succeeding to the relevant functions of such Person).
1.3 Other
Terms . Except as otherwise specifically provided, each
accounting term used herein shall have the meaning given to it
under GAAP, and all other terms contained in this Agreement (and
which are not otherwise specifically defined herein) shall have the
meanings provided in the UCC to the extent the same are used or
defined therein unless the context otherwise requires.
AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF
CREDIT
(a)
Amount . Prior to the Maturity Date and so long as no Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing, or would be created
thereby, the Lender agrees on the terms and conditions set forth in
this Agreement to extend to the Company revolving credit loans (the
“ Revolving Loans ”) from time to time in
amounts not to exceed the Revolving Loan Commitment at any one time
outstanding. The Revolving Loans made by the Lender shall be
evidenced by the Revolving Note.
(b)
Interest Rate Prior to an Event of Default . Prior to the
Maturity Date, and so long as no Event of Default has occurred and
is continuing, interest shall accrue on the aggregate unpaid
principal amount outstanding under the Revolving Note at a rate per
annum equal to eight percent (8%). Interest shall be computed and
adjusted daily based on the actual number of days elapsed in a year
of 360 days.
(c)
Interest Rate After an Event of Default . After an Event of
Default and so long as the same is continuing, interest shall
accrue on the aggregate unpaid principal amount outstanding under
the Revolving Note at a rate per annum equal to five percent (5.0%)
in excess of the rate otherwise applicable under
Section 2.1(b) (the “ Default Rate
”). In no event shall the interest rate under the Revolving
Note exceed the highest rate permitted by law.
(d)
Payments . All outstanding unpaid principal and accrued
interest on the Revolving Loans shall be due and payable on the
Maturity Date, and may be prepaid in whole or in part at any time
prior to the Maturity Date without penalty. All amounts paid shall
be applied first to outstanding interest and the balance to
principal.
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(e)
Disbursement of Revolving Loans . The Company may obtain
Revolving Loans by making a request (the “ Revolving Loan
Request ”) therefor to the Lender, orally or in writing.
The Revolving Loan Request shall specify a Business Day prior to
the Maturity Date on which such Revolving Loans are to be made (the
“ Borrowing Date ”), shall be received by the
Lender by 12:00 Noon (Madison, Wisconsin time) of the Borrowing
Date, and shall specify the amount of the Revolving Loans
requested; provided , however , that within three
(3) days after any oral request for a Revolving Loan, the
Lender shall receive from the Company a written confirmation in
form acceptable to the Lender confirming the Revolving Loan
Request, and the Lender’s obligation to make further
Revolving Loans hereunder shall be suspended until such
confirmation has been received by the Lender. In the event of any
inconsistency between the telephonic notice and the written
confirmation thereof, the telephonic notice shall control. The
Company shall be obligated to repay all Revolving Loans
notwithstanding the failure of the Lender to receive written
confirmation, and notwithstanding the fact that the person
requesting the Revolving Loan was not in fact authorized to do so.
No Revolving Loan Request shall be modified, altered or amended
without the prior written consent of the Lender. Each Revolving
Loan shall be in the principal amount equal to or greater than
Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000); provided , that the
aggregate amount of all Revolving Loans shall not exceed the
Maximum Available Commitment.
2.2 Effect of
Regulatory Change . In the event of a Regulatory Change deemed
by the Lender in good faith to be material, the Company shall pay
to the Lender (within ten (10) days after notice by the Lender
to the Company of such Regulatory Change) such amounts as the
Lender deems reasonably necessary to compensate the Lender for the
increase in the cost of making or maintaining the Revolving Loans
or the reduction in the rate of return to the Lender on the
Revolving Loans resulting from the Regulatory Change.
In addition to the
terms and conditions otherwise contained herein, the obligation of
the Lender to extend credit hereunder is conditional on the Lender
receiving and the Company covenants and agrees to deliver, prior to
the Closing Date, each of the following items in form, detail and
content satisfactory to the Lender:
3.1 Loan
Documents . The Lender shall have received the following Loan
Documents:
(a) the
executed Revolving Note;
(b) the
executed Security Agreement;
(c) the
executed Guaranty;
(d) the
executed UCC Financing Statements;
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(e) the
executed Collateral Assignment; and
(f) the
executed Warrant.
3.2 Opinion of
Counsel . The Lender shall have received from counsel for the
Company a favorable opinion addressed to the Lender dated the
Closing Date and incorporating all those matters set forth in the
form attached hereto and incorporated by reference as Schedule
3.2 .
3.3 Company
Officers’ Certificate . The Company shall have delivered
to the Lender a certificate signed by the Company’s president
and secretary that:
(a) as
of the Closing Date, there does not exist any state of facts which
would constitute an Event of Default as defined in
Article VII or would, with notice or lapse of time as
provided herein, or both, constitute such an Event of
Default;
(b) all
representations and warranties contained in Article IV
are true and correct as of the Closing Date;
(c) the
Company is in compliance with all of the affirmative and negative
covenants set forth in Article V and
Article VI ; and
(d) all
conditions set forth in Article III to be performed by
the Company have been satisfied.
3.4 Corporate
Resolutions . A certified copy of the resolutions adopted by
the shareholders and/or Board of Directors of the
Company:
(a) amending
the Company’s Articles of Incorporation to create a class of
Preferred Shares; and
(b) authorizing
and approving (i) this Agreement, (ii) the other
Transaction Documents and (iii) the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby
shall have been
delivered to the Lender.
3.5 Amendments
to Articles of Incorporation . The Company shall have filed
with the Department of Financial Institutions of the State of
Wisconsin an Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation
creating the Preferred Shares as set forth on
Schedule 3.5 .
3.6 Proceedings
and Documents . All proceedings to be taken prior to or on the
Closing Date in connection with the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement shall have been consummated, and all documents,
schedules, exhibits, opinions and certificates related thereto
shall each be satisfactory in form and substance to the Lender, and
the Lender shall have
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received copies
of all such documents which the Lender reasonably has requested in
connection with said transactions.
3.7 Life
Insurance Policies . The Company shall have delivered to the
Lender copies of each life insurance policy described in
Section 5.4 (or, if any such policy has not been
issued, a copy of a commitment for the issuance of same), and a
duly executed assignment thereof by the Company to the Lender (in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to it). Life insurance
shall be held for the mutual benefit of the Company and the Lender
and may be used to pay all Obligations if the Lender so decides. If
the Lender decides to use payment under the life insurance policies
to satisfy the Obligations, the Obligations (including the
Revolving Loans) shall be considered paid in full to the extent of
such life insurance proceeds.
3.8
Organization, Good Standing and Authority . The Company
shall be a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the State of Wisconsin, and shall have
all requisite corporate power and authority to conduct its business
as it is now conducted, to enter into and carry out the provisions
of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to perform its
obligations hereunder and thereunder. Copies of the Company’s
Articles of Incorporation (including all amendments) and
certificates of status of recent date, both certified by the
Department of Financial Institutions of the State of Wisconsin, and
a copy of the respective Bylaws of the Company (including all
amendments) and a copy of the stock ledger of the Company,
certified by the secretary of the Company, shall have been
delivered to the Lender. The Company shall have complied with and
shall not be in violation of any term or provision of its Articles
of Incorporation and Bylaws. The Company shall be qualified to do
business as a foreign corporation in all jurisdictions where the
conduct of its business or the nature of its activities requires
such qualification and where the failure to qualify would have a
Material Adverse Effect.
3.9 Financial
Statements; Budget; Projections . The Company shall have
delivered to the Lender: (a) unaudited financial statements
(including balance sheet, income statement and statement of cash
flows) as of the fiscal year ended December 31, 1998;
(b) a detailed budget for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 1999; (c) detailed monthly projections for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 1999; and (d) detailed
quarterly projections for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2000.
3.10 Securities
Law Matters; Investment Representations . The Company shall not
be in violation of any provision of federal or state securities
laws applicable to this transaction.
3.11 No
Litigation . There shall be no action, proceeding or
investigation pending or, to the knowledge of the Company,
threatened which might result in any Material Adverse
Effect.
3.12
Consents . There shall have been secured from each
governmental or regulatory agency having jurisdiction over the
transactions described herein, and from each person whose consent
to the transactions described herein is required, all consents,
approvals and permits as
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shall be
necessary or, in the opinion of counsel for the Lender,
appropriate, for the consummation of the transactions described
herein.
3.13 UCC
Search . The Company shall have delivered to the Lender a UCC
search, prepared by a reputable title company acceptable to the
Lender, of the records of the Dane County Register of Deeds, the
Department of Financial Institutions of the State of Wisconsin and
the filing offices of any other jurisdiction in which the Company
has substantial assets, properties, inventories or business
operations, disclosing that all personal property, equipment and
fixtures of the Company are free and clear of all Liens (except
Permitted Liens).
3.14 No
Material Adverse Effect . There shall not be in existence any
event, including any judicial or administrative proceeding which,
in the opinion of the Lender, would have a Material Adverse
Effect.
3.15
Representations and Warranties . All representations and
warranties in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be
true and correct in all respects as of and at the Closing Date with
the same force and effect as though said representations and
warranties had been again made on the Closing Date.
3.16
Nondisclosure, Noncompetition and Assignment Agreement .
Each of the Principals and other employees of the Company shall
have entered into a Nondisclosure, Noncompetition and Assignment
Agreement.
3.17 WARF
License Agreement . The Company shall have entered into the
WARF License Agreement on terms and conditions satisfactory to the
Lender.
3.18 Subsequent
Revolving Loans . In addition to the terms and conditions
otherwise contained herein, the obligation of the Lender to make or
incur subsequent Revolving Loans is subject to the satisfaction, on
the date of making or incurring each such Revolving Loan, of the
following conditions:
(a) All
of the representations, warranties and acknowledgments of the
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