POST-PETITION
SENIOR SECURED SUPER-PRIORITY CREDIT AGREEMENT
ISOLAGEN TECHNOLOGIES,
INC. ,
as Borrowers,
the LENDERS party hereto from
time to time,
VIRIATHUS SERVICES LLC
SERIES,
as Administrative Agent,
VIRIATHUS SERVICES LLC
SERIES,
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS; CERTAIN TERMS
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Section 1.02 Terms Generally
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Section 1.03 Accounting and Other
Terms
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Section 1.04 Time References
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Section 2.02 Use of Proceeds
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Section 2.03 Promise to Pay
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Section 2.05 Allocation of Proceeds of
Collateral
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Section 2.06 Liability of
Borrowers
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ARTICLE III PAYMENTS AND OTHER COMPENSATION;
EXIT FINANCING
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Section 3.01 No Voluntary
Prepayment
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Section 3.02 Mandatory Payments
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30
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Section 3.05 Exit Financing
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ARTICLE IV INTEREST AND FEES
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Section 4.01 Interest on the DIP Loans and
Other Obligations
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Section 4.02 Change in Law;
Illegality
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Section 4.03 Legal Counsel Fees
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Section 4.04 Administrative Agent
Fee
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Section 4.05 Arranging Agent Fee
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ARTICLE V CONDITIONS TO LOANS
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Section 5.01 Conditions Precedent to the
Initial Extension of Credit
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ARTICLE VI REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
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Section 6.01 Representations and Warranties
of Borrowers
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Section 6.02 DIP Lenders Accredited
Investors
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ARTICLE VII REPORTING COVENANTS
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Section 7.01 Financial
Statements
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Section 7.02 Other Financial
Information
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Section 7.03 Defaults, Events of
Default
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Section 7.05 Environmental
Notices
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Section 7.06 Agreed Budget
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Section 7.07 Certain Reports and
Information
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(i)
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ARTICLE VIII AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
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Section 8.01 Compliance with
Laws
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Section 8.02 Payment of Taxes and
Claims
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Section 8.03 Maintenance and Application of
Insurance
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Section 8.04 Inspection of Property; Books
and Records; Discussions
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Section 8.05 Further Assurances
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Section 8.06 Use of Proceeds
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Section 8.07 Environmental
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Section 8.09 Cash Management
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Section 8.10 Financing Orders
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ARTICLE IX NEGATIVE COVENANTS
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Section 9.02 Indebtedness
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Section 9.03 Consolidation;
Merger
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Section 9.04 Asset Dispositions
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Section 9.05 Weekly Budget
Compliance
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Section 9.06 Limitations on Dividends and
Distributions and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting
Subsidiaries
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Section 9.08 Sale and Leaseback
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Section 9.09 Negative Pledges
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Section 9.10 Modifications of Indebtedness,
Organizational Documents and Certain Other Agreements
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Section 9.11 Federal Reserve
Regulations
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Section 9.12 Investment Company Act of
1940
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Section 9.13 Securities and Deposit
Accounts
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Section 9.14 Impairment of Security
Interests
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Section 9.15 Restricted Payment
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Section 9.16 Contractual
Commitments
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Section 9.17 Change of Name
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Section 9.18 Transactions with
Affiliates
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Section 10.01 Security for the
Obligations
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ARTICLE XI EVENTS OF DEFAULT, RIGHTS AND
REMEDIES
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Section 11.01 Events of Default
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Section 11.03 Remedies
Cumulative
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Section 11.04 Entry Upon Premises and
Access to Information
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Section 11.05 Sale or Other Disposition of
Collateral by the DIP Lenders
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Section 11.06 Automatic Stay
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Section 11.07 Waiver of Notice
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(ii)
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Section 12.01 Appointment Powers and
Immunities; Delegation of Duties, Liability of Agents
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Section 12.02 Reliance by Agents
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Section 12.04 Rights as a DIP
Lender
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Section 12.05 Costs and Expenses;
Indemnification
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Section 12.06 Non-Reliance on Agents and
Other DIP Lenders
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Section 12.07 Failure to Act
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Section 12.08 Resignation of
Agent
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Section 12.09 Collateral
Sub-Agents
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Section 12.10 Communications by
Borrowers
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Section 12.11 Collateral Matters
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Section 12.12 Restrictions on Actions by
the Agents and the DIP Lenders; Sharing Payments
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Section 12.13 Several Obligations; No
Liability
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ARTICLE XIII MISCELLANEOUS
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Section 13.03 No Waiver;
Remedies
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Section 13.04 Expenses; Taxes;
Attorneys’ Fees
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Section 13.05 Right of Set-Off, Sharing of
Payments
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Section 13.06 Severability
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Section 13.07 Complete Agreement; Sale of
Interest
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Section 13.08 Assignment;
Register
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Section 13.09 Counterparts
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Section 13.10 GOVERNING LAW
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Section 13.11 CONSENT TO JURISDICTION,
SERVICE OF PROCESS AND VENUE
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Section 13.12 WAIVER OF JURY
TRIAL
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Section 13.14 Interpretation
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Section 13.15 Reinstatement; Certain
Payments
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Section 13.16 Indemnification
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Section 13.19 Binding Effect
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Section 13.20 USA Patriot Act
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Section 13.21 Equitable Relief
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Section 13.22 The DIP Lenders as Parties in
Interest
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Section 13.23 Section 506(c)
Waiver
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Section 13.24 Reversal of
Payments
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Section 13.25 Joint Agreement of
Borrowers
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(iii)
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• Schedule P – Permitted
Encumbrances
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Schedule PP –
Pre-Petition Lenders
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• Schedule 6.01(g) – ERISA
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• Schedule 6.01(k) – Real
Estate
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• Schedule 6.01(m) – Environmental
Matters
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• Schedule 6.01(n) –
Insurance
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• Schedule 6.01(o) – Bank
Accounts
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• Schedule 6.01(p) – Intellectual
Property
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• Schedule 9.13 – Securities
Accounts
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• Exhibit A-1 – Form of Assignment and
Acceptance
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• Exhibit B-1 – Form of Borrowing
Request
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• Exhibit C-1 – Interim
Order
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• Exhibit D-1 – Form of Note
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• Exhibit E-1 – Agreed
Budget
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(iv)
POST-PETITION
SENIOR SECURED SUPER-PRIORITY CREDIT AGREEMENT
This POST-PETITION SENIOR SECURED SUPER-PRIORITY
CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of June _____, 2009 (this “
Agreement ”), is entered into by and among ISOLAGEN,
INC., a Delaware corporation (“ Isolagen ”), and
ISOLAGEN TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a Delaware corporation (“
Technologies ” and, together with Isolagen, in their
capacity as borrowers hereunder, each a “ Borrower
” and collectively, the “ Borrowers ”),
the lenders party hereto from time to time, VIRIATHUS SERVICES LLC
SERIES, a Delaware series limited liability company, as
administrative agent for the DIP Lenders (in such capacity,
together with its successors and assigns, if any, the “
Administrative Agent ”), and VIRIATHUS SERVICES LLC
SERIES, a Delaware series limited liability company, as collateral
agent for the Secured Parties (in such capacity, together with its
successors and assigns, if any, the “ Collateral Agent
”).
WHEREAS, the Pre-Petition Borrower (as defined
herein), the Pre-Petition Lenders (as defined herein), and the
Pre-Petition Agent (as defined herein) are parties to the
Pre-Petition Credit Agreement (as defined herein);
WHEREAS, under the Pre-Petition Credit
Agreement, the Pre-Petition Lenders made certain loans and other
extensions of credit to the Pre-Petition Borrower;
WHEREAS, all
Pre-Petition Indebtedness is owed to the Pre-Petition
Lenders;
WHEREAS, on June _____, 2009 (the “
Petition Date ”), the Pre-Petition Borrower and
Technologies filed with the United States Bankruptcy Court for the
District of Delaware, separate voluntary petitions for relief under
Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, Case Nos.
(the “ Chapter 11 Cases ”);
WHEREAS, Borrowers are continuing to operate
their business and manage their properties as debtors-in-possession
under Sections 1107 and 1108 of the Bankruptcy
Code;
WHEREAS, an immediate and ongoing need exists
for Borrowers to obtain funds in order to continue to operate their
business and manage their properties as debtors-in-possession under
Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, and Borrowers have
requested that the DIP Lenders extend post-petition financing to
Borrowers, and the DIP Lenders are willing to provide such
post-petition financing on the terms and subject to the conditions
set forth in the Interim Financing Order, the Final Financing
Order, and this Agreement; and
WHEREAS, to secure the post-petition financing,
pursuant to the Interim Financing Order and the Final Financing
Order, Borrowers have agreed to grant to the Collateral Agent for
the ratable benefit of each of the DIP Lenders on a post-petition
basis a Lien on substantially all of Borrowers’ real and
person property and other assets.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises
and the covenants and agreements contained herein and other good
and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which
are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as
follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS; CERTAIN TERMS
Section 1.01 Definitions . As used
in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings set forth
below:
“ Acceptable Disclosure Statement
” means a disclosure statement of the Borrowers in form and
substance acceptable to the Instructing Group.
“ Acceptable Plan ” means a
plan of reorganization of the Debtors that is consistent with the
Restructuring Agreement and otherwise in form and substance
acceptable to the Instructing Group and the Pre-Petition Lenders.
Such Acceptable Plan shall provide, among other things, that,
assuming no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
(i) all outstanding principal of and interest accrued and
unpaid on the DIP Loans and the Indebtedness under the Pre-Petition
Loan Documents (the “ Unpaid DIP Loan and Pre-Petition
Balance ”), in lieu of being paid in accordance with this
Agreement, shall be converted into, or there shall be issued to the
DIP Lenders and Pre-Petition Lenders in full satisfaction of and in
exchange for the Unpaid DIP Loan and Pre-Petition Balance, new
common stock of Reorganized ILE representing in the aggregate not
less than 61% (and not less than 49.91% after dilution by any exit
financing) of the issued and outstanding common stock of
Reorganized ILE immediately after consummation of such Acceptable
Plan, which stock shall be allocated to the DIP Lenders and
Pre-Petition Lenders pro rata in proportion to their
respective shares of the Unpaid DIP Loan and Pre-Petition Balance
and (ii) the Board of Directors of Reorganized ILE shall be
comprised of such persons as the Instructing Group, the
Pre-Petition Lenders and the Person(s) providing exit financing to
Reorganized ILE shall mutually agree.
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Account ” means an “ account ” as
that term is defined in the UCC.
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Action ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 13.13 .
“ Administrative Agent ” has
the meaning ascribed to such term in the introductory paragraph
hereto.
“ Administrative Agent’s
Office ” means the office of the Administrative Agent
located at Viriathus Services LLC Series, Two Rector Street, 16th
Floor, New York, NY 10006-1840, or such other office as may be
designated pursuant to the provisions of Section 13.01
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“ Affiliate ”, as applied to
any Person, means any other Person directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, that
Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control”
(including, with correlative meanings, the terms
“controlling”, “controlled by” and
“under common control with”), as applied to any Person,
means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to
direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of
such specified Person, whether through the ownership of voting
Securities or by contract or otherwise.
“ Agent-Related Persons ”
means each of the Agents and its Affiliates, and the officers,
directors, employees, counsel, agents, and attorneys-in-fact of
such Agent and its Affiliates.
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Agents ” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent
and the Collateral Agent.
“ Agreed Budget ” means the
15 week budget (such 15 week period, the “
Budget Period ”) of Borrowers attached hereto as
Exhibit E-1 ; provided that on a weekly basis,
Borrowers shall provide to the DIP Lenders an updated budget for
the Budget Period in substantially the same format as the previous
budget, which upon acceptance by the Instructing Group in their
sole discretion, shall become the Agreed Budget; provided ,
further , that at the end of every four week period, prior
to the Entry Date, Borrowers shall provide the DIP Lenders with a
new 15-week budget for the ensuing 15-week period in substantially
the same format as the previous budget, which, upon acceptance by
the Instructing Group in their sole discretion, shall become the
Agreed Budget.
“ Agreement ” means this
Post-Petition Senior Secured Super-Priority Credit Agreement,
together with all Exhibits and Schedules hereto, as such agreement
may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time.
“ Applicable Law ” means, in
respect of any Person, all provisions of constitutions, laws,
statutes, rules, regulations, treaties, directives, guidelines and
orders of Governmental Authorities applicable to such Person,
including zoning ordinances, all Environmental Laws, and all
orders, decisions, judgments and decrees of all courts and
arbitrators in proceedings or actions to which the Person in
question is a party or by which it is bound.
“ Arranging Agent ” means
Viriathus Capital LLC, an affiliate of Trade Desk Financial Corp.,
a FINRA-registered broker-dealer.
“ Asset Purchase Agreement ”
means an agreement for an Asset Sale executed and delivered by
Borrowers, as sellers, and the DIP Lenders and, if they elect to
participate therein, the Pre-Petition Lenders, as
purchasers.
“ Asset Sale ” means the sale
of substantially all of the assets of Borrowers pursuant to the
terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement
shall preclude the Pre-Petition Lenders from participating, and the
Pre-Petition Lenders shall have the right to participate, in the
DIP Lenders’ purchase of the Debtors’ assets, including
without limitation any sale of Pre-Petition Collateral. In the
event the Pre-Petition Lenders participate in such a sale, the
Pre-Petition Lenders shall be entitled to credit bid the full
amount of the Indebtedness owing to them under the Pre-Petition
Credit Agreement at the time of such sale.
“ Assignment and Acceptance ”
means an Assignment and Acceptance substantially in the form of
Exhibit A-1 attached hereto and made a part hereof
(with blanks appropriately completed) delivered to the
Administrative Agent in connection with an assignment of a DIP
Lender’s interest under this Agreement in accordance with
Section 13.08(b) .
“ Avoidance Actions ” means,
collectively, any and all avoidance claims and causes of action of
the bankruptcy estates of the Debtors arising under
Sections 544, 545, 547, 548, 549, 550 or 553 of the Bankruptcy
Code.
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“ Bankruptcy Code ” means
Title 11 of the United States Code (11 U.S.C. §§ 101 et
seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor
statute.
“ Bankruptcy Court ” means
the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware or
such other courts as shall have jurisdiction over the
Chapter 11 Cases.
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Benefit Plan ” means any “employee benefit
plan”, as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA.
“ Bid Procedures ” means the
bid procedures to be established by the Bankruptcy Court with
respect to the auction of the assets of Borrowers.
“ Bid Procedures Order ” has
the meaning ascribed to such term in the definition of Sale
Milestone.
“ Borrower ” and “
Borrowers ” have the meanings ascribed to such terms
in the introductory paragraph hereto.
“ Borrowing Request ” means a
request and certification in substantially the form attached as
Exhibit B-1 hereto, executed by a Responsible Officer
of Borrower and delivered to the Administrative Agent.
“ Budget Period ” has the
meaning ascribed to such term in the definition of Agreed
Budget.
“ Business Day ” means any
day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which commercial
banks are required or permitted to be closed in the State of New
York.
“ Capital Expenditures ”
means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum of the
aggregate of all expenditures by such Person arising during such
period that, in accordance with GAAP, are or should be included in
the “property, plant and equipment” account on its
consolidated balance sheet, including all applicable Capitalized
Lease Obligations with respect to “property, plant and
equipment”, paid or payable during such period, plus any
other capital expenditures of such Person that are set forth in a
consolidated statement of cash flows of such person for such period
prepared in accordance with GAAP, excluding in each case,
(a) any such expenditures made for the repair, replacement or
restoration of assets to the extent paid or reimbursed by any
insurance policy or condemnation award to the extent such
expenditures for reinvestment are permitted under the Loan
Documents, and (b) any leasehold improvement expenditures to
the extent paid or reimbursed by the applicable lessor, sublessor
or sublessee.
“ Capitalized Lease ” means,
with respect to any Person, any lease of real or personal property
by such Person as lessee which is required under GAAP to be
capitalized on the balance sheet of such Person.
“ Capitalized Lease Obligations
” means, with respect to any Person, obligations of such
Person as lessee under Capitalized Leases as determined in
accordance with GAAP.
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“ Carve-Out ” means sums
having priority ahead of the Super-Priority Claims and Liens
securing the DIP Loans for (a) the payment of any unpaid fees
payable to the Clerk of the Bankruptcy Court and the Office of the
United States Trustee pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1930 and (b) the
payment of unpaid claims (whether then or subsequently allowed) for
fees and expenses incurred by professionals retained by the Debtors
pursuant to an order of the Bankruptcy Court, including
(i) fees and expenses actually incurred prior to the
occurrence of an Event of Default and (ii) fees and expenses
incurred after the occurrence of a Carve-Out Event up to:
(1) $200,000 for fees and expenses payable to counsel and
$97,500 payable to other professionals retained by the Debtors,
subject to Bankruptcy Court approval (the “ Debtors’
Professional Expense Cap ”); and (2) $50,000 for fees and
expenses payable to professionals retained by any committee in the
Chapter 11 Cases, subject to Bankruptcy Court approval
(together with the Debtors’ Professional Expense Cap,
collectively, the “ Professional Expense Cap ”);
provided , that any payments actually made to such
professionals under Sections 330 or 331 of the Bankruptcy Code
or any other provision of the Bankruptcy Code or order of the
Bankruptcy Court shall reduce the Professional Expense Cap on a
dollar-for-dollar basis, provided , however , that
(x) any prepetition retainers shall not count against and
shall not reduce the Professional Expense Cap and (y) all such
retainers shall be exhausted prior to Debtors’ payment of any
amounts subject to the Debtors’ Professional Expense Cap. The
post-petition Liens and security interests and the administrative
priority claims of the DIP Lenders shall be senior to, and no
proceeds of the DIP Loans nor any Collateral granted hereunder (nor
proceeds thereof) may be used to pay, any and all claims for
services rendered by any of the professionals retained by Borrower
or any official committee in connection with the investigation of,
assertion of or joinder in any claim, counterclaim, action,
proceeding, application, motion, objection, defense or other
contested matter against the Pre-Petition Lenders or the DIP
Lenders.
“ Carve-Out Event ” means the
earliest to occur of: (i) the Maturity Date; (ii) the
existence of a Default or Event of Default hereunder; or
(iii) any material violation of the Financing
Orders.
“ Cash Equivalents ” means
(a) marketable direct obligations issued or unconditionally
guaranteed by the United States Government or issued by an agency
thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United
States, in each case maturing within one (1) year after the
date of acquisition thereof; (b) marketable direct obligations
issued by any state of the United States of America or any
political subdivision of any such state or any public
instrumentality thereof maturing within one (1) year after the
date of acquisition thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having
one of the two highest ratings obtainable from either S&P or
Moody’s (or, if at any time neither S&P nor Moody’s
shall be rating such obligations, then from such other nationally
recognized rating services as are reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Agent) and not listed in Credit Watch published by
S&P; (c) commercial paper, other than commercial paper
issued by Borrower, maturing no more than two hundred seventy
(270) days after the date of acquisition thereof and, at the
time of acquisition, having a rating of at least A 1 or P 1,
respectively, from either S&P or Moody’s (or, if at any
time neither S&P nor Moody’s shall be rating such
obligations, then the comparable rating from such other nationally
recognized rating services as are reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Agent); (d) domestic and Eurodollar
certificates of deposit or time deposits or bankers’
acceptances maturing within one (1) year after the date of
acquisition thereof issued by any commercial bank organized under
the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof or
the District of Columbia or Canada having combined capital and
surplus of not less than $500,000,000; and (e) shares of money
market or mutual funds that are required to have a net asset value
of $1.00 per share with assets in excess of $250,000,000 and that
invest exclusively in assets satisfying the requirements of clauses
(a) through (d) of this definition.
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“ Cash Management Bank ”
means TD Bank, 405 Eagleview Blvd., Exton, PA 19341, or such other
financial institution as may be acting as cash management bank for
Borrowers with the consent of the Instructing Group.
“ Casualty ” means any
casualty, loss, damage, destruction or other similar loss with
respect to real or personal property or improvements.
“ Change of Control ” means,
at any time, (i) any Person or “group” (within the
meaning of Rules 13d 3 and 13d 5 under the Securities Exchange
Act) (a) shall become a beneficial owner (as defined in
Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act) of 50% or more
on a fully diluted basis of the voting and/or economic interest in
the Equity Interests of either Borrower or (b) shall have
obtained the power (whether or not exercised) to elect a majority
of the members of the board of directors (or similar governing
body) of either Borrower; (ii) Isolagen shall cease to
beneficially own and control 100% on a fully diluted basis of the
economic and voting interest in the Equity Interests of
Technologies except as otherwise permitted hereunder; or
(iii) the majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on
the board of directors (or similar governing body) of either
Borrower cease to be occupied by Persons who either (a) were
members of the board of directors of such Borrower on the Closing
Date, (b) were nominated for election by the board of
directors of such Borrower, a majority of whom were directors on
the Closing Date or whose election or nomination for election was
previously approved by a majority of such directors or
(c) were appointed by an equity investor pursuant to a right
to designate directors.
“
Chapter 11 Cases ” has the meaning ascribed to
such term in the recitals hereto.
“ Closing Date ” means the
Business Day, on or before June 16, 2009 or such later date to
which the Instructing Group may agree in their sole discretion, on
which all of the conditions precedent to the availability of DIP
Loans set forth in Section 5.01 have been satisfied (or
waived in accordance with the terms of this Agreement).
“ Code ” means the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations promulgated
thereunder, in each case as in effect from time to time. References
to sections of the Code shall be construed also to refer to any
successor sections.
“ Collateral ” means all
current and future assets, properties and rights of Debtors,
wherever located, including, but not limited to, all affiliate
indebtedness, Accounts, deposit accounts, chattel paper,
instruments, documents, securities, contract rights, receivables,
Equipment, goods, Inventory, investment property (including,
without limitation, Isolagen’s 100% interest in
Technologies), goodwill, General Intangibles, Intellectual
Property, letter-of-credit rights, commercial tort claims,
warranties and guarantees, leaseholds ( provided that
Debtors shall not be required to deliver or record real property
leasehold mortgages), licenses; and all products, proceeds
(including insurance policies and proceeds) and income of or
derived from of any of the foregoing, whether by disposition or
otherwise, and shall include all assets defined as
“Collateral” in the Financing Orders or any Security
Documents; provided , however , that Collateral shall
not include Isolagen’s 57% equity interest in Agera
Laboratories, Inc. or any proceeds thereof and provided ,
further , that, (i) until the Entry Date, Collateral
shall not include Avoidance Actions and proceeds thereof and
(ii) upon the Entry Date, Collateral shall include Avoidance
Actions and proceeds thereof.
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“ Collateral Agent ” has the
meaning ascribed to such term in the introductory paragraph
hereto.
“ Collateral Rights Agreement
” means that certain Collateral Rights Agreement dated as of
April 21, 2009 among Viriathus and the Pre-Petition Lenders
appointing Viriathus as agent for the Pre-Petition
Lenders.
“ Collections ” means all
cash, checks, notes, instruments, and other items of payment
(including insurance and condemnation proceeds, cash proceeds of
sales and other voluntary or involuntary dispositions of property,
rental proceeds, royalties, settlements and tax
refunds).
“ Commitment ” means, with
respect to any DIP Lender, the obligation of such DIP Lender to
make a DIP Loan pursuant to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, and which shall not exceed the amount set forth on such
DIP Lender’s signature page to this Agreement (as such amount
may be amended in connection with the exercise of the right of the
DIP Lenders to provided additional financing under
Section 2.01(b)(ii) hereof). “ Commitments
” means the aggregate principal amount of the Commitments of
all the DIP Lenders up to the Maximum Commitment Amount.
“ Condemnation ” means any
taking by a Governmental Authority of property or assets, or any
part thereof or interest therein, for public or quasi-public use
under the power of eminent domain, by reason of any public
improvement or condemnation or in any other manner.
“ Contingent Obligation ”
means, with respect to any Person, any obligation of such Person
guaranteeing or intended to guarantee any Indebtedness of any other
Person in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including,
without limitation, (a) the direct or indirect guaranty,
endorsement (other than for collection or deposit in the ordinary
course of business), co-making, discounting with recourse or sale
with recourse by such Person of the obligation of a primary
obligor, (b) the obligation to make take-or-pay or similar
payments, if required, regardless of nonperformance by any other
party or parties to an agreement, or (c) any obligation of
such Person, whether or not contingent, (i) to purchase any
such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or
indirect security therefor, (ii) to advance or supply funds
(A) for the purchase or payment of any such primary
obligation, or (B) to maintain working capital or equity
capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net
worth or solvency of the primary obligor, (iii) to purchase
property, assets, Securities or services primarily for the purpose
of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation, of the
ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary
obligation, or (iv) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the
holder of such primary obligation against loss in respect
thereof.
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“ Control Agreement ” means,
with respect to a Securities Account or a Deposit Account, an
agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Collateral Agent, which effectively gives “ control
” (as defined in the UCC) to the Collateral Agent in such
Securities Account and all investment property contained therein or
such Deposit Account and all funds contained therein, as the case
may be.
“ Copyrights ” means all
current and future (i) copyright rights, including mask work
rights and rights in and to published and unpublished works of
authorship in any medium, arising under the laws of the United
States, any other country, or union of countries, or any political
subdivision of any of the foregoing, whether registered or
unregistered and whether published or unpublished (ii) all
registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in
connection therewith, (iii) all extensions and renewals
thereof, (iv) all rights corresponding thereto throughout the
world, including without limitation, all registrations, recordings
and applications in the United States Copyright Office,
(v) all rights to sue for past, present and future
infringement thereof and all rights to receive proceeds, payments
and distributions made in connection with the foregoing and
(vi) all other rights of any kind whatsoever accruing
thereunder or pertaining thereto including rights to income,
proceeds of such receivables and royalties from the exploitation
thereof.
“ Debtor ” means a Borrower
as debtor and debtor-in-possession in its Chapter 11 Case and
“ Debtors ” means the Debtors,
collectively.
“ Default ” means an event
which, with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both,
would constitute an Event of Default.
“ Deposit Account ” means a
“ deposit account ” as that term is defined in
Article 9 of the UCC.
“ DIP Lenders ” means,
collectively, the lenders identified on the signature pages hereof,
together with their respective successors and permitted assigns,
each a “ DIP Lender .”
“ DIP
Liens ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 10.01 .
“ DIP
Loans ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 2.01(a) .
“ Disposition ” means any
transaction, or series of related transactions, pursuant to which a
Borrower or any of its subsidiaries conveys, sells, leases or
subleases, assigns, transfers or otherwise disposes of any part of
its business, property or assets (whether now owned or hereafter
acquired) to any other Person, in each case whether or not the
consideration therefor consists of cash, Securities or other
assets, excluding any sales of Inventory in the ordinary course of
business.
“ Dollar ”, “
Dollars ” and the symbol “ $ ” each
means lawful money of the United States of America.
“ Eligible Assignee ” means
(a) a DIP Lender; (b) Affiliate of a DIP Lender; and
(c) any other Person approved by the Administrative
Agent.
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“
Entry Date ” means the date of the entry of the Final
Order.
“ Environmental Actions ”
means any complaint, summons, citation, notice, directive, order,
claim, litigation, investigation, judicial or administrative
proceeding, judgment, letter or other communication from any
Governmental Authority or other Person alleging violations of, or
liability under, any Environmental Law or Releases of Hazardous
Materials on, in, at, to, from or under (i) any assets,
properties or businesses of a Borrower or any of its predecessors
in interest, and (ii) any facilities which received Hazardous
Materials generated by a Borrower or any of their predecessors in
interest.
“ Environmental Laws ” means
any federal, state, local or foreign law or regulation relating to
the protection of the environment or health and safety including
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act (42 U.S.C. § 9601, et seq .), the
Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. § 1801,
et s e q.), the Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act (42 U.S.C. § 6901, et seq .), the Federal
Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq .), the
Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. § 7401 et seq .), the
Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. § 2601 et
seq .) and the Occupational Safety and Health Act (29 U.S.C.
§ 651 et seq .) and any other law, including
common law, relating to the environment (including, without
limitation, laws relating to the storage, generation, use,
handling, manufacture, processing, labeling, advertising, sale,
display, transportation, treatment, reuse, recycling, release and
disposal of Hazardous Materials), as such laws may be amended or
otherwise modified from time to time, and any other present or
future federal, state, provincial, local or foreign statute,
ordinance, rule, regulation, order, judgment, decree, permit,
license or other binding determination (including the common law)
of any Governmental Authority imposing liability or establishing
standards of conduct for protection of the environment.
“ Environmental Liabilities and
Costs ” means all liabilities, monetary obligations,
Remedial Actions, losses, damages, punitive damages, consequential
damages, treble damages, costs and expenses (including all
reasonable fees, disbursements and expenses of counsel, experts and
consultants and costs of investigations and feasibility studies),
fines, penalties, sanctions and interest incurred as a result of
any claim or demand by any Governmental Authority or any third
party, and which relate to any environmental condition or a Release
of Hazardous Materials from or onto (a) any property presently
or formerly owned by a Borrower, or (b) any facility which
received Hazardous Materials generated by a Borrower.
“ Environmental Lien ” means
any Lien in favor of any Governmental Authority for Environmental
Liabilities and Costs or otherwise relating to any Environmental
Law.
“ Equipment ” means, with
respect to any Person, all of such Person’s now owned or
hereafter acquired right, title, and interest with respect to
equipment (including, without limitation, “ equipment
” as such term is defined in Article 9 of the UCC),
machinery, machine tools, motors, furniture, furnishings, fixtures,
vehicles, tools, parts, goods (other than consumer goods, farm
products, or Inventory), wherever located, including all
attachments, accessories, accessions, replacements, substitutions,
additions, and improvements to any of the foregoing.
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“ Equity Interest ” means,
with respect to any Person: (i) any shares of capital stock
of, or other ownership or profit interests in, such Person, whether
preferred or common and whether voting or nonvoting (including,
without limitation, partnership, membership or trust units or
interests therein); (ii) any warrant, option or other right to
purchase or otherwise acquire from such Person shares or interests
of the type described in clause (i) above; and (iii) any
security convertible into or exchangeable for any shares or
interests of the type described in clause (i) or
(ii) above, in each case whether or not such shares, warrants,
options, rights or other interests are authorized or otherwise
existing on any date of determination.
“ ERISA ” means the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the
regulations promulgated thereunder, in each case as in effect from
time to time. References to sections of ERISA shall be construed
also to refer to any successor sections.
“ ERISA Affiliate ” means,
with respect to any Person, any trade or business (whether or not
incorporated) which is a member of a group of which such Person is
a member and which would be deemed to be a “ controlled
group ” within the meaning of Sections 414(b), (c),
(m) and (o) of the Code.
“ ERISA Event ” means
(a) a Reportable Event with respect to any Benefit Plan,
(b) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate a Benefit
Plan in a distress termination (as described in Section 4041(c) of
ERISA), (c) the institution by the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation of proceedings to terminate a Benefit Plan or
Multiemployer Plan, (d) the appointment of a trustee to
administer any Benefit Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA, or
(e) any event requiring a Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate to
provide security to a Benefit Plan under Section 401(a)(29) of
the Code.
“ Escrow Account ” means a
non-interest-bearing account established by the Administrative
Agent into which funds from each of the DIP Lenders in the amount
of their respective Commitments shall be deposited on the Closing
Date.
“
Event of Default ” has the meaning ascribed to such
term in Section 10.01 .
“ Excluded Taxes ” means,
with respect to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any
DIP Lender, or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or
on account of any Obligation hereunder, Taxes imposed on or
measured by the overall net income (however denominated) of such
recipient, franchise Taxes (whether or not in lieu of net income
Taxes) and branch profit Taxes, in each case imposed on such
recipient by a jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof)
as a result of the recipient being organized or having its
principal office or, in the case of any DIP Lender, its applicable
lending office in such jurisdiction.
“ Federal Reserve Board ” or
the “ Board ” means the Board of the Federal
Reserve System or any Governmental Authority succeeding to its
functions.
“ Filing Deadline ” has the
meaning ascribed to such term in the definition of Plan
Milestone.
“ Final Order ” means an
order of the Bankruptcy Court, in form and substance satisfactory
to the Administrative Agent and Instructing Group, which
(a) contains substantially the same provisions as the Interim
Order (including reaffirming (x) that the DIP Lenders are
extending credit to Borrowers in good faith (within the meaning of
Section 364(e) of the Bankruptcy Code) under this Agreement and
(y) the granting of priming Liens and superpriority position
provided in connection with the Interim Order), (b) is not
subject to vacatur, amendment, modification, reversal or stay
without the prior written consent of the Instructing Group and (c)
reaffirms the grant of protections to be accorded to the
Administrative Agent and the DIP Lenders described
herein.
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“
Financial Statements ” has the meaning ascribed to
such term in Section 7.01 .
“
Financing Orders ” means both the Interim Order and
the Final Order.
“ FINRA ” means the Financial
Industry Regulatory Authority or any successor thereto exercising
similar authority.
“ First Day Orders ” means
the Interim Order and all other orders entered by the Bankruptcy
Court on the Petition Date or within five (5) Business Days of
the Petition Date or based on motions filed on the Petition
Date.
“ Fiscal Month ” means each
calendar month of Borrowers consisting of a four (4) or five
(5) week period.
“ Fiscal Quarter ” means the
calendar quarter of Borrowers ending on or about each March 31,
June 30, September 30 and December 31 of any Fiscal
Year.
“
Fiscal Year ” means the fiscal year of Borrowers
ending on December 31.
“ Fund ” means any Person
that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or
otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of
credit.
“
Funded DIP Loans ” has the meaning ascribed to such
term in Section 2.01(a) .
“ Funding Date ” means, with
respect to any DIP Loan, the date upon which the amount of the DIP
Loan is advanced to a Borrower.
“ GAAP ” means generally
accepted accounting principles in effect from time to time in the
United States, provided that, for the purpose of the
financial amounts and the definitions used herein, “
GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles
in effect on the date hereof and consistent with those used in the
preparation of the financial statements, and provided
further that, if there occurs after the date of this
Agreement any change in GAAP that affects in any material respect
the calculation of any financial covenant contained in ARTICLE
XI , the Administrative Agent and Borrowers shall negotiate in
good faith an amendment to such financial covenant and any other
provision of this Agreement that relates to the calculation of such
financial covenant with the intent of having the respective
positions of the DIP Lenders and Borrowers after such change in
GAAP conform as nearly as possible to their respective positions as
of the date of this Agreement and, after the execution of any such
amendment or consent by the Instructing Group in connection with
any such change in GAAP, “ GAAP ” means
generally accepted accounting principles in effect on the effective
date of such amendment or consent. Until any such amendments have
been agreed upon, the covenants in ARTICLE XI shall be
calculated as if no such change in GAAP has occurred.
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“
General Intangibles ” means general intangibles (as
that term is defined in the UCC).
“ Governing Documents ”
means, (a) with respect to any corporation, (i) the
articles or certificate of incorporation (or the equivalent
organizational documents) of such corporation, (ii) the by-laws (or
the equivalent governing documents) of the corporation and
(iii) any document setting forth the designation, amount
and/or relative rights, limitations and preferences of any class or
series of such corporation’s capital stock; (b) with
respect to any general partnership, (i) the partnership
agreement (or the equivalent organizational documents) of such
partnership, and (ii) any document setting forth the
designation, amount and/or relative rights, limitations and
preferences of any of the partnership interests; (c) with
respect to any limited partnership, (i) the partnership agreement
(or the equivalent organizational documents) of such partnership,
(ii) a certificate of limited partnership (or the equivalent
organizational documents), and (iii) any document setting
forth the designation, amount and/or relative rights, limitations
and preferences of any of the partnership interests; and
(d) with respect to any limited liability company,
(i) the certificate of formation (or equivalent filings) of
such limited liability company, (ii) the limited liability
company agreement (or the equivalent organizational documents) of
such limited liability company, and (iii) any document setting
forth the designation, amount and/or relative rights, limitations
and preferences of any of such company’s membership
interests; including, in each case, all agreements and other
documents establishing voting limitations and rights, puts, calls,
options and other arrangements among holders of Equity Interests in
such corporation, partnership or limited liability
company.
“ Governmental Authority ”
means any nation or government, any federal, state, provincial,
city, town, municipal, county, local or other political subdivision
thereof or thereto and any department, commission, board, bureau,
instrumentality, agency or other entity exercising executive,
legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers
or functions of or pertaining to government.
“ Hazardous Materials ” means
(a) any element, compound or chemical that is regulated under
any Environmental Law including any substance that is defined,
listed or otherwise classified as a contaminant, pollutant, toxic
pollutant, toxic or hazardous substance, extremely hazardous
substance or chemical, hazardous waste, special waste, or solid
waste under Environmental Laws; (b) petroleum and its refined
products; (c) polychlorinated biphenyls; (d) any waste
exhibiting a hazardous characteristic, including, but not limited
to, corrosivity, ignitability, toxicity or reactivity as well as
any radioactive or explosive materials; and (e) friable
asbestos-containing materials.
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“ Highest Lawful Rate ” has
the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 4.01(c) .
“ Indebtedness ” means, without duplication,
with respect to any Person, (a) all indebtedness of such Person for
borrowed money; (b) all obligations of such Person for the
deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade
payables incurred in the ordinary course of business irrespective
of when paid); (c) all obligations of such Person evidenced by
bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments; (d) all
obligations and liabilities of such Person created or arising under
any conditional sales or other title retention agreement with
respect to property used and/or acquired by such Person, even if
the rights and remedies of the lessor, seller and/or lender
thereunder are limited to repossession or sale of such property;
(e) all Capitalized Lease Obligations of such Person; (f) all
obligations and liabilities of such Person as an account party, in
respect of letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances and
similar facilities; (g) all Contingent Obligations; and
(h) all obligations referred to in clauses (a) through
(g) of this definition of another Person secured by (or for
which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right,
contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) a Lien upon property
owned by such Person, even though such Person has not assumed or
become liable for the payment of such Indebtedness, provided
that the amount of Indebtedness of others that constitutes
Indebtedness solely by reason of this clause (h) shall not
for purposes of this Agreement exceed the fair market value of the
properties or assets subject to such Lien. The Indebtedness of any
Person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership of or
joint venture in which such Person is a general partner or a joint
venturer that is required to be consolidated under GAAP to the
extent such Person would be liable therefor under Applicable Law or
any agreement or instrument by virtue of such Person’s
ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity,
except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness provide that
such Person shall not be liable therefor.
“
Indemnified Matters ” has the meaning ascribed to such
term in Section 13.16 .
“ Indemnified Taxes ” means
all Taxes imposed upon or with respect to payments from a Borrower
to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any DIP Lender,
or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account
of any Obligation hereunder, other than Excluded Taxes.
“
Indemnitees ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 13.16 .
“ Instructing Group ” means a
committee composed of three of the DIP Lenders appointed by DIP
Lenders holding more than 50% of the aggregate Loan Exposure of all
DIP Lenders (a “ Majority In Interest of DIP Lenders
”). The initial Instructing Group consists of Gavin Sargent,
Noburo Muto and Bob Sagarino. Any member of the Instructing Group
may be removed and/or replaced by a Majority In Interest of DIP
Lenders at any time for any reason or no reason and all actions of
the Instructing Group shall require the unanimous consent of the
members thereof.
“ Intellectual Property ”
means all current and future: (a) Trademarks; (b) Patents
(c) other inventions and discoveries, whether patentable or not;
(d) Trade Secrets; (e) Copyrights; (f) Internet domain
names; (g) other materials, information, data and works
whether copyrightable or not (including without limitation customer
lists, software, databases and other compilations of information)
and (h) any and all other know-how, technology, software,
hardware, intellectual property or proprietary rights.
“ Intellectual Property Contracts
” means all agreements concerning Intellectual Property to
which a Borrower is a party including, without limitation, licenses
or other agreements granting a Borrower rights to use Intellectual
Property, non-assertion agreements, settlement agreements, licenses
or other agreements granting rights to third parties to use
Intellectual Property listed on Schedule 6.01(p) ,
Trademark coexistence agreements and Trademark consent
agreements.
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“ Interest Payment Date ”
means (a) with respect to all DIP Loans, the last Business Day
of each month commencing on the first such date to occur after the
Closing Date and the Maturity Date; and (b) with respect to
the amount of any DIP Loans that are prepaid, the date of such
prepayment.
“
Interest Rate ” means interest at a rate equal to ten
percent (10%) per annum.
“ Interim Availability Amount
” means, until the Entry Date, the lesser of
(a) $1,000,000 and (b) the amount authorized by the
Bankruptcy Court in the Interim Order to be borrowed by Borrowers
under this Agreement.
“ Interim Order ” means an
order of the Bankruptcy Court in substantially the form attached
hereto as Exhibit D-1 , which, prior to the entry of
the Final Order, shall remain in full force and effect and shall
not have been stayed, reversed, vacated or otherwise modified
without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and
the Instructing Group.
“ Inventory ” means all
Borrowers’ now owned or hereafter acquired right, title, and
interest with respect to (a) all “ inventory
” as defined in Article 9 of the UCC, and (b) all goods
held for sale or lease or to be furnished under contracts of
service or so leased or furnished, all raw materials, work in
process, finished goods, and materials used or consumed in the
manufacture, packing, shipping, advertising, selling, leasing,
furnishing or production of such inventory or otherwise used or
consumed in Borrowers’ business; all goods which are returned
to or repossessed by a Borrower; and all software, computer
programs, or other Intellectual Property embedded in any of the
foregoing and all accessions thereto and products thereof (in each
case, regardless of whether characterized as inventory under the
UCC).
“ Investment ” means, with
respect to any Person, (a) any purchase or other acquisition
by that Person of Securities, or of a beneficial interest in
Securities, issued by any other Person, (b) any purchase by
that Person of all or substantially all of the assets of a business
conducted by another Person, (c) any joint venture, and
(d) any direct or indirect loan, advance (other than prepaid
expenses, accounts receivable, advances and other loans to
employees including, without limitation, employee forgivable loans
and similar items made or incurred in the ordinary course of
business) or capital contribution by that Person to any other
Person, including all Indebtedness owing to such Person arising
from a sale of any property or assets by such Person other than in
the ordinary course of its business.
“ IRS ” means the Internal
Revenue Service or any successor federal tax Governmental
Authority.
“
Isolagen ” means, Isolagen, Inc., a Delaware
corporation.
“
Lender Expenses ” has the meaning ascribed to such
term in Section 13.04 .
“ Lender Group ” means,
individually and collectively, each of the Agents and the DIP
Lenders.
“ Lender-Related Persons ”
means, with respect to any DIP Lender, such DIP Lender, together
with such DIP Lender’s Affiliates, and the officers,
directors, employees, counsel, advisors, agents, and
attorneys-in-fact of such DIP Lender and such DIP Lender’s
Affiliates.
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“ Lien ” means any lien,
security interest or other charge of any kind, or any other type of
preferential arrangement intended to have the effect of a lien or
security interest, including, without limitation, the lien or
retained security title of a conditional vendor and any easement,
right of way or other encumbrance on title to real
property.
“ Loan Documents ” means this
Agreement, the Notes, if any, the Security Documents, if any, and
all other agreements, instruments, and other documents executed and
delivered by either Borrower pursuant hereto or thereto or
otherwise evidencing or securing any DIP Loan.
“ Loan Exposure ” means, with
respect to any DIP Lender, as of any date of determination
(a) prior to the funding of the DIP Loans in full, such DIP
Lender’s Commitment plus the such DIP Lender’s Pro Rata
Share of the outstanding DIP Loans, and (b) after the funding
of the DIP Loans in full and the termination of the Commitments
under this Agreement, the outstanding principal amount of the DIP
Loans of such DIP Lender.
“ Material Adverse Effect ”
means a material adverse effect on (a) the business,
operations, properties, assets, condition (financial or otherwise)
or prospects of either Borrower, (b) the ability of either
Borrower to perform its obligations hereunder or under any of the
other Loan Documents, or (c) the rights or remedies of the
Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or any DIP Lender hereunder
or under any other Loan Document.
“ Maturity Date ” means the
earliest of (a) December 31, 2009 or such later date to
which the Instructing Group may agree in their discretion,
(b) thirty (30) days after the entry of the Interim Order
if the Final Order has not been entered prior to the expiration of
such thirty (30) day period (as such period may be extended
with the consent of the Administrative Agent), (c) the date on
which all Obligations become due as the result of an acceleration
pursuant to Section 11.04 , and (d) the
substantial consummation (as defined in Section 1101 of the
Bankruptcy Code) of a plan of reorganization that is confirmed
pursuant to an order entered by the Bankruptcy Court in any of the
Chapter 11 Cases unless such plan is an Acceptable Plan and
the DIP Lenders have agreed to make additional DIP Loans in
accordance with the provisions of Section 2.01(b) and to waive the
provisions of this clause (d) with respect to their
outstanding DIP Loans.
“ Maximum Commitment Amount ”
means $2,750,000 (subject to increase, in the discretion of the DIP
Lenders, in connection with the exercise of their right to provided
additional financing under Section 2.01(b)(ii)
hereof).
“
Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investor
Service.
“ Multiemployer Plan ” means
a “ multiemployer plan ” as defined in Section
4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which a Borrower or any of its ERISA
Affiliates has contributed, or has been obligated to contribute, at
any time during the preceding six years, or has
liability.
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“ Net Cash Proceeds ” means
all cash and Cash Equivalents received by a Borrower from time to
time in connection with a Disposition (whether as initial
consideration or through the payment of deferred consideration)
other than a Disposition permitted under Section 9.04 ,
after deducting therefrom only (a) the principal amount of any
Indebtedness of such Borrower secured by any Permitted Encumbrance
on any asset that is the subject of the Disposition (other than
Indebtedness assumed by the purchaser of such asset) which is
required to be, and is, repaid in connection with such Disposition
(other than Indebtedness under this Agreement), (b) reasonable
fees and expenses related thereto reasonably incurred by such
Borrower in connection therewith, and (c) a provision for any
Taxes to be paid or reasonably estimated to be payable, in
connection with such Disposition (after taking into account any tax
credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements).
“ Net Income ” means, with
respect to any Person for any period, the net income (loss) of such
Person and its consolidated Subsidiaries for such period,
determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with
GAAP.
“ Net Insurance Proceeds ”
means the amount of any insurance proceeds received by a Borrower
or any of its subsidiaries from time to time in connection with
Casualty, key man life insurance, business interruption insurance
or other insurance, but excluding, with respect to Casualty, any
proceeds or awards required to be paid to a creditor (other than
the DIP Lenders) which holds a first-priority Lien permitted
pursuant to this Agreement on the property which is the subject of
Casualty after deducting therefrom only (a) a reserve for any
Taxes to be paid or estimated by such Borrower to be paid as a
result of such Casualty, and (b) to the extent not excluded
above, payments to retire Indebtedness where payment of such
Indebtedness is required in connection with such
Casualty.
“ Note ” means a promissory
note in substantially the form attached as Exhibit E-1
payable to a DIP Lender pursuant to Section 2.04
.
“ Obligations ” means all DIP
Loans, advances, debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and
duties, owing by Borrowers to the Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent, any DIP Lender, any Affiliate of any DIP Lender,
or any Person entitled to indemnification pursuant to
Section 13.16 of this Agreement, of any kind or nature,
present or future, whether or not evidenced by any note, guaranty
or other instrument, whether or not for the payment of money,
whether arising by reason of an extension of credit, loan,
guaranty, indemnification, interest rate contract, foreign exchange
contract or in any other manner, whether direct or indirect
(including those acquired by assignment), absolute or contingent,
due or to become due, but in all such circumstances only to the
extent now existing or hereafter arising or however acquired,
arising under or in connection with this Agreement, the Notes or
any other Loan Document. The term includes all interest (including
any interest that, but for the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code,
would have accrued), charges, expenses, fees, attorneys’ fees
and disbursements and any other sum chargeable to Borrowers under
this Agreement, the Notes, or any other Loan Document.
“ Operating Lease ” means, as
applied to any Person, any lease (including leases that may be
terminated by the lessee at any time) of any property (whether
real, personal or mixed) that is not a Capitalized Lease other than
any such lease under which that Person is the lessor.
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“
Other Taxes ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 3.04(b) .
“
Participant ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 13.08(e) .
“ Patents ” means:
(a) all current and future letters patent of the United States
or any other country, union of countries or any political
subdivision of any of the foregoing, all registrations and
recordings thereof, all applications for letters patent of the
United States or any other country, union of countries or any
political subdivision of any of the foregoing, including without
limitation, registrations, recordings and applications in the
United States Patent and Trademark Office or in any similar office
or agency of the United States, any State or Territory thereof, or
any other country and all patentable inventions and improvements
described and claimed in any of the foregoing, (b) all
reissues, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisions,
renewals, or extensions thereof and all amendments and supplements
thereto and improvements thereon, (c) all rights to sue for
past, present and future infringement of the foregoing including in
the case of each of (a) and (b) and any Intellectual
Property Contracts related to Patents, all rights corresponding
thereto in the United States and in every other country, union of
countries or any political subdivision of any of the foregoing,
including the right to make, use, lease, license, sell and
otherwise transfer the technology or inventions disclosed therein,
all proceeds, payments and distributions made in connection with
the foregoing, including without limitation, all income and
proceeds thereof and all license royalties and proceeds of
infringement suits.
“ Patriot Act ” means the
Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools
Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Title III
of Pub. L. No. 107-56 (signed into law October 26,
2001).
“
Permitted Encumbrances ” means:
(a) Liens imposed by law for unpaid
utilities and taxes, assessments or governmental charges or levies
that are not yet due or are being contested in a Permitted Protest,
provided that a stay of enforcement of any such Lien is in
effect;
(b) landlords’, carriers’,
warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s,
repairmen’s and other like Liens imposed by law, arising in
the ordinary course of business and securing obligations that are
not overdue or are being contested in a Permitted Protest,
provided that a stay of enforcement of any such Lien is in
effect;
(c) pledges and deposits made in the
ordinary course of business in compliance with workers’
compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security or
employment laws or regulations or similar legislation or to secure
public, statutory or regulatory obligations;
(d) deposits to secure the performance of
bids, trade contracts, government contracts, leases, statutory or
regulatory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds
and other obligations of a like nature, in each case in the
ordinary course of business;
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(e) deposits made in connection with
utility services and deposits required under any lease specifically
permitted by this Agreement;
(f) easements, zoning restrictions,
rights-of-way and similar encumbrances on real property imposed by
law or arising in the ordinary course of business that do not
secure any monetary obligations and which individually or in the
aggregate do not have a Material Adverse Effect;
(g) pre-petition Liens existing on the
Closing Date and listed on Schedule P hereto, in each
case solely to the extent that such Liens are or are made junior to
the DIP Loans and the Liens securing the DIP Loans under section
364(d) of the Bankruptcy Code unless otherwise expressly agreed in
writing by the Instructing Group;
(h) any interest or title of a lessor,
sublessor, licensee or licensor under any Operating Lease or
license agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business
and not interfering in any material respect with the business of
Borrowers;
(i) Liens held by the Pre-Petition Agent on
behalf of the Pre-Petition Lenders pursuant to the Pre-Petition
Loan Documents; and
(j) Liens under this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents pursuant to the Interim Order and the Final
Order.
“
Permitted Indebtedness ” means:
(a) the
Pre-Petition Indebtedness;
(b) Indebtedness of Borrowers under this
Agreement or other Loan Documents;
(c) Intercompany indebtedness owed to
either Borrower;
(d) Indebtedness under performance bonds,
surety bonds and letter of credit obligations to provide security
for worker’s compensation claims, in each case, incurred in
the ordinary course of business;
(e) Contingent Obligations with respect to
endorsements of checks and other negotiable instruments for deposit
or collection;
(f) to the extent constituting Contingent
Obligations, indemnification obligations and other similar
obligations of a Borrower in favor of directors, officers,
employees, consultants or agents of such Borrower extended in the
ordinary course of business;
(g) Contingent Obligations with respect to
customer deposits received in the ordinary course of business;
and
(h) Indebtedness disclosed in the Agreed
Budget.
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“ Permitted Protest ” means
the right of a Person to protest any Lien (other than a Lien that
secures all or any portion of the Obligations) or taxes,
provided that (a) a reserve with respect to such
obligation is established, if required, by such Person in such
amount as is required under GAAP, (b) any such protest is
instituted promptly and prosecuted diligently and in good faith by
such Person, and (c) if such Permitted Protest or any Lien is
for an amount in excess of $50,000 and the Administrative Agent
determines in the exercise of its reasonable discretion, that such
Lien could not reasonably be or become senior to, or have or obtain
priority over, any Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent in or to
any portion of the Collateral.
“ Person ” means any
individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership,
association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated
organization, joint venture or Governmental Authority.
“
Petition Date ” has the meaning ascribed to such term
in the recitals hereto.
“ Plan
Milestone ” means any of the following:
(a) the filing by the Debtors with the
Bankruptcy Court of an Acceptable Disclosure Statement and an
Acceptable Plan not later than the date (the “ Filing
Deadline ”) that is ten (10) days after the Petition
Date;
(b) the holding of a hearing and approval
of an Acceptable Disclosure Statement by the Bankruptcy Court on or
before July 20, 2009; and
(c) entry of an order of the Bankruptcy
Court, in form and substance acceptable to the Instructing Group,
evidencing the confirmation of an Acceptable Plan on or before
August 17, 2009.
“ Pre-Petition Agent ” means
Viriathus in its capacity as agent of the Pre-Petition Lenders
under the Collateral Rights Agreement.
“ Pre-Petition Borrowers ”
has the meaning ascribed to such term in the definition of
Pre-Petition Credit Agreement.
“ Pre-Petition Collateral ”
means the Pre-Petition Borrower’s 57% interest in Agera
Laboratories, Inc. and any proceeds thereof securing the
Pre-Petition Indebtedness under the Pre-Petition Loan
Documents.
“ Pre-Petition Credit Agreement
” means, collectively, the Secured Promissory Note and
Security Agreement dated April 30, 2009 from Isolagen (in such
capacity, “ Pre-Petition Borrower ”) in favor of
each of the Pre-Petition Lenders in the aggregate principal amount
of $500,417.
“ Pre-Petition Indebtedness ”
means Indebtedness of Pre-Petition Borrower immediately prior to
the Petition Date under the Pre-Petition Loan Documents.
“ Pre-Petition Lenders ”
means the Persons identified on Schedule PP hereto and
their respective successors and permitted assigns (each a “
Pre-Petition Lender ”).
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“ Pre-Petition Loan Documents
” means the Pre-Petition Credit Agreement, the Collateral
Rights Agreement and the other documents related thereto and
entered into in conjunction with the credit facilities referenced
therein.
“ Professional Expense Cap ”
has the meaning ascribed to such term in the definition of
Carve-Out.
“ Property ” means any right
or interest in or to property of any kind whatsoever, whether real,
personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible.
“ Pro Rata Share ” means,
with respect to any DIP Lender, the percentage obtained by dividing
(x) such DIP Lender’s Loan Exposure by
(y) the aggregate Loan Exposure of all DIP Lenders.
“ Real Estate Asset ” means,
at any time of determination, any interest (fee, leasehold or
otherwise) then owned by either Borrower in any real
property.
“
Register ” has the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 13.08(d) .
“ Registered ” means issued
by, registered with, renewed by or the subject of a pending
application before any Governmental Authority or Internet domain
name registrar.
“ Registered Intellectual Property
” means all (i) Intellectual Property that has been
registered with, filed in or issued by, as the case may be, the
United States Patent and Trademark Office or such other similar
filing offices, domestic or foreign, as applicable and
(ii) domain names.
“ Regulation T ”,
“ Regulation U ”, and “
Regulation X ” mean, respectively, Regulations T,
U, and X of the Federal Reserve Board or any successor, as the same
may be amended or supplemented from time to time.
“ Related Party ”, as applied
to any Person, means any other Person directly or indirectly
controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, that
Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control”
(including, with correlative meanings, the terms
“controlling”, “controlled by” and
“under common control with”), as applied to any Person,
means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to vote
ten percent (10%) or more of the Securities having voting power for
the election of directors of such specified Person or otherwise to
direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of
such specified Person, whether through the ownership of voting
Securities or by contract or otherwise.
“ Release ” means any
spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying,
discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, seeping, migrating,
dumping or disposing of any Hazardous Material (including the
abandonment or discarding of barrels, containers and other closed
receptacles containing any Hazardous Material) into the indoor or
outdoor environment, including ambient air, soil, surface or ground
water in violation of any Environmental Law.
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“ Remedial Action ” means all
actions taken to (a) clean up, remove, remediate, contain,
treat, monitor, assess, evaluate or in any other way address
Hazardous Materials in the indoor or outdoor environment;
(b) prevent or minimize a Release or threatened Release of
Hazardous Materials so they do not migrate or endanger or threaten
to endanger public health or welfare or the indoor or outdoor
environment; (c) perform pre-remedial studies and
investigations and post-remedial operation and maintenance
activities; or (d) any other actions authorized by 42 U.S.C.
§ 9601.
“ Reorganized ILE ” means
Isolagen as reorganized under the Bankruptcy Code following
confirmation of an Acceptable Plan under, inter alia ,
Bankruptcy Code Sections 1129, 1141, 1142, 1145 et seq
.
“ Reportable Event ” means
any of the events described in Section 4043(c) of ERISA or the
regulations thereunder other than a Reportable Event as to which
the provision of thirty (30) days’ notice to the Pension
Benefit Guaranty Corporation is waived under applicable
regulations.
“ Requirements of Law ”
means, as to any Person, the charter and by-laws or other
organizational or Governing Documents of such Person, and any law,
ordinance, rule, regulation, requirement, or determination of an
arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, including,
without limitation, the Bankruptcy Court, in each case applicable
to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which
such Person or any of its property is subject, including, without
limitation, the Patriot Act, the Securities Act, the Securities
Exchange Act, Regulations T, U and X, ERISA, the Internal Revenue
Code, the Fair Labor Standards Act and any certificate of
occupancy, zoning ordinance, building, environmental or land use
requirement or Permit or environmental, labor, employment,
occupational safety or health law, rule or regulation.
“ Responsible Officer ”
means, with respect to Borrowers, either Borrower’s chief
financial officer, treasurer, or other Senior Officer.
“ Restricted Payments ”
means, with respect to any Person, (a) any dividend or other
distribution, direct or indirect, on account of any Equity Interest
of such Person, now or hereafter outstanding, (b) any
redemption, retirement, sinking fund or similar payment made to
redeem, purchase, repurchase or retire, or to obtain the surrender
of, or any other purchase or other acquisition for value, direct or
indirect, of, any Equity Interest of such Person now or hereafter
outstanding, and (c) any payment or prepayment of principal
of, premium, if any, or interest, fees or other charges on or with
respect to, and any redemption, purchase, retirement, defeasance,
sinking fund or similar payment and any claim for rescission with
respect to, any Indebtedness which is contractually subordinated to
the Obligations or to the Pre-Petition Indebtedness.
“ Restructuring Agreement ”
means that certain Restructuring Agreement dated as of June
_____, 2009 by and among the Borrowers, Viriathus Holdings
LLC, the Pre-Petition Agent, as agent for the Pre-Petition Lenders,
and the noteholders party thereto, and the Term Sheet annexed
thereto.
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“ Sale Milestone ” means, if
Debtors do not file an Acceptable Disclosure Statement and an
Acceptable Plan by the Filing Deadline, any of the
following:
(a) the execution and delivery of an Asset
Purchase Agreement by all parties thereto and filing of a motion
with the Bankruptcy Court seeking approval of the Bid Procedures
Order on or before June 26, 2009;
(b) entry of an order of the Bankruptcy
Court in form and substance acceptable to the Instructing Group
establishing the Bid Procedures (the “ Bid Procedures
Order ”) on or before July 8, 2009;
(c) the completion of an auction in
accordance with the Bid Procedures Order on or before
August 13, 2009;
(d) (i) the holding of a hearing by the
Bankruptcy Court regarding the sale of all or substantially all of
the assets of Borrowers in accordance with the Bid Procedures Order
and an Asset Purchase Agreement (at which hearing the Bankruptcy
Court shall have indicated its approval of the foregoing) on or
before August 14, 2009 and (ii) an order of the
Bankruptcy Court, in form and substance acceptable to the
Instructing Group, evidencing the approval described in the
foregoing clause (i) entered on or before August 14,
2009; and
(e) the closing of the Asset Sale on or
before August 17, 2009 unless extended by agreement of the
purchaser and the Debtors.
“ S&P ” means Standard
& Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill
Companies, Inc., and any successor thereto.
“ SEC ” means the Securities
and Exchange Commission or any other similar or successor agency of
the Federal government administering the Securities Act.
“
Secured Parties ” means the Collateral Agent and the
DIP Lenders.
“ Securities ” means any
capital stock, shares, voting trust certificates, bonds,
debentures, notes, loans or other evidences of indebtedness,
secured or unsecured, convertible, subordinated or otherwise, or
any certificates of interest, shares or participations in temporary
or interim certificates for the purchase or acquisition of, or any
right to subscribe to, purchase or acquire any of the foregoing,
but shall not include the Obligations.
“
Securities Account ” has the meaning provided in
Section 8-501(a) of the UCC.
“ Securities Act ” means the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor Federal
statute, and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder, all
as the same shall be in effect at the time.
“ Securities Exchange Act ”
means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any
successor Federal statute, and the rules and regulations of the SEC
thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the
time.
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“ Security Documents ” means
any UCC financing statements, the Control Agreements, and any other
documents granting or perfecting a Lien upon any portion of the
Collateral as security for all or any part of the
Obligations.
“ Senior Officer ” means,
with respect to Borrowers, either Borrower’s president, chief
executive officer, chief operating officer or chief financial
officer.
“ Sub-Arranger ” means any
FINRA-registered broker-dealer the services of which have been
enlisted by the Arranger to solicit or arrange for the
participation by any Person as a DIP Lender under this
Agreement.
“ Subsidiary ” means, with
respect to any Person at any date, any corporation, limited or
general partnership, limited liability company, trust, association
or other entity (a) the accounts of which would be
consolidated with those of such Person in such Person’s
consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were
prepared in accordance with GAAP, or (b) of which more than
50% of (i) the outstanding capital stock having (in the
absence of contingencies) ordinary voting power to elect a majority
of the board of directors of such corporation, (ii) the
interest in the capital or profits of such partnership or limited
liability company, or (iii) the beneficial interest in such
trust or estate is, in respect of each of (i), (ii) and
(iii) above, at the time of determination, owned or controlled
directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, by such
Person.
“ Super-Priority Claims ” has
the meaning ascribed to such term in the Interim Order or Financing
Order, as applicable.
“ Taxes ” means any and all
present or future taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges or
withholdings imposed by any Governmental Authority.
“
Technologies ” means, Isolagen Technologies, Inc., a
Delaware corporation.
“ Trademarks ” means all
current and future United States, state and foreign trademarks,
trade names, corporate names, company names, business names,
fictitious business names, internet domain names, trade dress,
service marks, certification marks, collective marks, logos, all
indicators of the source of goods or services, designs and general
intangibles of a like nature whether registered or unregistered and
all common law rights related thereto, all registrations,
recordings and applications for any of the foregoing including, but
not limited to the registrations and applications referred to in
Section 6.01(p) (as such schedule may be amended or
supplemented from time to time), but excluding all intent-to-use
United States trademark applications until an amendment to allege
use or statement of use has been filed under 15 U.S.C. §
1051(c) or 15 U.S.C. § 1051(d), accepted by the United States
Patent and Trademark Office upon which such application shall
automatically be subject to the security interest granted herein
and deemed to be included in the Collateral, all extensions or
renewals of any of the foregoing, all of the goodwill of the
business connected with the use of and symbolized by the foregoing,
the right to sue for past, present and future infringement or
dilution of any of the foregoing or for any injury to goodwill, and
all proceeds of the foregoing, including without limitation
licenses, royalties, income, payments, claims, damages, and
proceeds of suit, which are owned or licensed by a
Borrower.
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“ Trade Secrets ” means all
(i) trade secrets and all other confidential or proprietary
information and intangible and tangible know-how, including
drawings, formulae, schematics, designs, plans, processes, supplier
lists, business plans, business methods and prototypes, now or
hereafter owned or used in the business of a Borrower throughout
the world (all of the foregoing being collectively called a “
Trade Secret ”), whether or not such Trade Secret has
been reduced to a writing or recorded in another medium, including
all documents and things embodying, incorporating, or referring in
any way to such Trade Secret, and (ii) the right to sue for
past, present and future misappropriation or other violation of any
Trade Secret, and all proceeds of the foregoing, including
licenses, royalties, income, payments, claims, damages and proceeds
of suit.
“ UCC ” means the Uniform
Commercial Code as enacted in the State of New York, as amended
from time to time; provided that if by reason of mandatory
provisions of law, the perfection, the effect of perfection or
non-perfection or priority is governed by the Uniform Commercial
Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other than New York, “
UCC ” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect
in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof
relating to such perfection, effect of perfection or non-perfection
or priority.
Section 1.02 Terms Generally . The
definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and
plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may
require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine,
feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”,
“includes” and “including” shall be deemed
to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. The
word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning
and effect as the word “shall”. Unless the context
requires otherwise, (a) any definition of or reference to any
agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed
as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as
from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified
(subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or
modifications set forth herein), (b) any reference herein to
any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s
successors and assigns, (c) the words “herein”,
“hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of
similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in
its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, and
(d) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and
Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of,
and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement.
Section 1.03 Accounting and Other
Terms . Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, each
accounting term used herein has the meaning given to it under GAAP.
All terms used in this Agreement which are defined in
Article 8 or Article 9 of the UCC and which are not
otherwise defined herein shall have the same meanings herein as set
forth therein.
Section 1.04 Time References .
Unless otherwise indicated herein, all references to time of day
refer to Eastern standard time or Eastern daylight saving time, as
in effect in New York, New York on such day. For purposes of the
computation of a period of time from a specified date to a later
specified date, the word “from” means “from and
including” and the words “to” and
“until” each means “to but excluding”;
provided , however , that with respect to a
computation of fees or interest payable to the Administrative Agent
or the DIP Lenders, such period shall in any event consist of at
least one full day.
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(a) Escrow of Commitments . Subject to
the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, including
ARTICLE V hereof, each DIP Lender hereby severally agrees to
transfer to the Escrow Account, by wire transfer of immediately
available funds in accordance with wire instructions delivered to
the DIP Lenders by the Administrative Agent, on the Closing Date an
amount equal to such DIP Lender’s Commitment as set forth
opposite on DIP Lender’s signature page to this
Agreement.
(i) Subject to the terms and conditions set
forth in this Agreement, including ARTICLE V hereof, the
Administrative Agent shall make advances (each, a “ DIP
Loan ” and collectively, the “ DIP Loans
”) to Borrowers on behalf of each DIP Lender on each Funding
Date for such DIP Loans (each of which, once funded, shall be a
“ Funded DIP Loan ”) provided ,
that (i) prior to the Entry Date, the aggregate amount
of DIP Loans shall not exceed, and no DIP Loan shall be made on
behalf of any DIP Lender if, after giving effect to the making of
such DIP Loan and the simultaneous application of the proceeds
thereof, the aggregate amount of outstanding DIP Loans would
exceed, (x) with respect to any DIP Lender, its Pro Rata Share
of the Interim Availability Amount and (y) for all DIP Lenders
collectively, the Interim Availability Amount and (ii) on and
after the Entry Date, the aggregate amount of DIP Loans made on
behalf of the DIP Lenders shall not exceed, and no DIP Loan shall
be made on behalf of any DIP Lender if, after giving effect to the
making of such DIP Loan and the simultaneous application of the
proceeds thereof, the aggregate amount of outstanding DIP Loans
would exceed, (x) with respect to any DIP Lender, the
principal amount set forth on such DIP Lender’s signature
page to this Agreement and (y) for all DIP Lenders
collectively, the Maximum Commitment Amount.
(ii) Notwithstanding the provisions of
Section 2.01(b)(i), if the Debtors have met all of the Plan
Milestones, the DIP Lenders shall have the right, but not the
obligation, to make additional DIP Loans, on and in accordance with
the terms and provisions of this Agreement (as the same may be
amended in connection with such additional financing), up to such
aggregate amount as the DIP Lenders may agree among themselves,
provided that in no event shall the aggregate amount of DIP Loans
made under this Agreement exceed $3,000,000. Each DIP Lender
agreeing to make additional DIP Loans shall deposit in the Escrow
Account the maximum amount of additional DIP Loans it has agreed to
make at the time it agrees to make such additional DIP Loans. If
and to the extent that funds remain in the Escrow Account at the
Maturity Date, the Administrative Agent shall return such funds to
the DIP Lenders as promptly as possible thereafter, without
interest, pro rata in proportion to their respective Pro Rata
Shares.
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(c) Borrowing Request . Borrowers shall
deliver to the Administrative Agent a Borrowing Request not later
than 1:00 P.M. on the day that is at least three (3) Business
days prior to each proposed Funding Date. Such Borrowing Request
shall specify the proposed Funding Date, which must be a Business
Day and contain the other information specified in the form of
Borrowing Request attached as Exhibit B-1 , together
with a certification that the conditions precedent to the funding
of such DIP Loan under ARTICLE V have been satisfied.
Borrowers shall not deliver a Borrowing Request more frequently
than once daily unless authorized by the Administrative Agent. At
the Administrative Agent’s election, in lieu of delivering
the above-described written request, Borrowers may give the
Administrative Agent telephonic notice of such request by the
required time. In such circumstance, Borrowers agree that any
telephonic notice will be confirmed in writing within 24 hours of
the giving of such telephonic notice, but the failure to provide
such written confirmation shall not affect the validity of the
request.
(d) Making the DIP Loans . The
Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each DIP Lender of the
amount of DIP Loans requested by Borrowers and the proposed Funding
Date. Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set
forth in this Agreement, including Section 2.01(b) and
ARTICLE V , the Administrative Agent shall make the DIP
Loans to Borrowers on behalf of the DIP Lenders on the Funding
Date. A Borrowing Request given pursuant to
Section 2.01(b) shall be irrevocable and binding on
Borrowers, unless the Borrowing Request is not honored by the
Administrative Agent.
(e) Funding of DIP Loan Commitments .
Except as otherwise provided in this Section 2.01(e) ,
all DIP Loans under this Agreement shall be made on behalf of the
DIP Lenders simultaneously and proportionately in accordance with
their Pro Rata Shares. The failure of any DIP Lender to deposit the
amount of its Commitment with the Administrative Agent shall not
relieve any other DIP Lender of such other DIP Lender’s
obligation to deposit its Commitment as provided herein nor shall
the Commitment of any DIP Lender be increased or decreased as a
result of any such failure.
(f) Repayment of DIP Loans . The
aggregate principal amount of the DIP Loans shall be payable by
Borrowers in full on the Maturity Date or upon such earlier date as
the Obligations may have become due by operation of
Section 3.02 , by acceleration or otherwise. Amounts
borrowed pursuant to this Section 2.01 may be repaid at
any time during the term of this Agreement and may not be
reborrowed.
Section 2.02 Use of Proceeds .
Proceeds of the DIP Loans shall be utilized to pay for the
operating expenses of Borrowers (including, without limitation,
payments of fees and expenses to professionals under sections 330
and 331 of the Bankruptcy Code and administrative expenses of the
kind specified in section 503(b) of the Bankruptcy Code incurred in
the ordinary course of business of Borrowers) and other costs and
expenses of administration of the Chapter 11 Cases in
accordance with the Agreed Budget and consistent with the terms and
conditions hereof; provided , however , that nothing
herein shall in way prejudice or prevent the Agents or the DIP
Lenders from objecting, for any reason, to any requests, motions or
applications made in the Bankruptcy Court, including any
applications for interim or final allowances of compensation for
services rendered or reimbursement of expenses incurred under
clause (a) of Section 105, or Section 330 or 331 of
the Bankruptcy Code, by any party in interest. For the avoidance of
doubt, except as otherwise provided in the Financing Orders with
respect to investigations by any official creditors’
committee appointed in the Chapter 11 Cases, no proceeds of
any DIP Loans or any cash collateral shall be available for any
fees or expenses incurred in connection with the initiation or
prosecution of any claims, causes of action, adversary proceedings
or other litigation (i) against the Agents, the DIP Lenders,
the Pre-Petition Agent, or the Pre-Petition Lenders, or
(ii) in connection with challenging, invalidating,
disallowing, recharacterizing, setting aside, avoiding,
subordinating, in whole or in part, or taking or attempting to take
any other action to render unenforceable, the Pre-Petition Lender
s’ or DIP Lenders’ liens, claims, interests and
adequate protection, as secured creditors of Borrowers.
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Section 2.03 Promise to Pay .
Borrowers, jointly and severally, agree to pay (a) the
principal amount of the DIP Loans in full on the Maturity Date or
such earlier date as they may become due and payable, whether by
operation of Section 3.02 , by acceleration or
otherwise, (b) all Lender Expenses within five (5) days
of presentation of an invoice therefor, (c) all unpaid
interest accrued, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement
and any applicable Note or such earlier date as such amounts may
become due and payable, whether by acceleration or otherwise, and
(d) all other Obligations when due.
(a) Borrowers’ obligation to pay the
principal of, and interest on, the DIP Loans made to Borrowers by
each DIP Lender shall be set forth on the Register maintained by
the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 13.08(d) and,
subject to the provisions of Section 2.04(c), shall be evidenced by
a Note with blanks appropriately completed in conformity
herewith.
(b) The Note issued to any DIP Lender shall
(i) be executed by Borrowers, (ii) be payable to such DIP
Lender or its registered assigns and be dated as of the Funding
Date of such DIP Loan, (iii) be in a stated principal amount
equal to the principal amount of the DIP Loan of such DIP Lender on
the date of the issuance thereof and be payable in the principal
amount of such DIP Loan evidenced thereby from time to time,
(iv) mature on the Maturity Date, (v) bear interest as
provided for herein, and (vi) be entitled to the benefits of
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained above or elsewhere in this Agreement, Notes
shall only be required hereunder and delivered to those DIP Lenders
that at any time specifically request the delivery of such Notes.
No failure of any DIP Lender to request or obtain a Note evidencing
its DIP Loans to Borrowers shall affect or in any manner impair
(i) the obligations of Borrowers to pay the DIP Loans (and all
related Obligations) which would otherwise be evidenced thereby in
accordance with the requirements of this Agreement, (ii) the
Collateral provided for the Obligations pursuant to the Loan
Documents, or (iii) any of the rights or remedies of any Agent
or any DIP Lender under any Loan Document. At any time when any DIP
Lender requests the delivery of a Note to evidence any of its DIP
Loans, Borrowers shall promptly execute and deliver to that DIP
Lender the requested Note in the appropriate amount or amounts to
evidence such DIP Loans.
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Section 2.05 Allocation of Proceeds of
Collateral . In all circumstances, all proceeds of the
Collateral shall be paid over or delivered to the Administrative
Agent for distribution as follows:
FIRST, to the payment of all reasonable
out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent and
the Collateral Agent (including reasonable attorneys’ fees of
one counsel for both the Administrative Agent and the Collateral
Agent) in connection with enforcing the rights of the
Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent under the Loan
Documents, and to the payment of any fees owed to the
Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, each in its capacity
as such;
SECOND, to the payment of all reasonable
out-of-pocket costs and expenses of each of the DIP Lenders
(including reasonable attorneys’ fees of one counsel to
separately represent the DIP Lenders) in connection with enforcing
its rights under the Loan Documents, as applicable, with respect to
Borrowers’ Obligations owing to such DIP Lender and to all
other Lender Expenses;
THIRD, to the payment of all of Borrowers’
Obligations to the DIP Lenders consisting of accrued fees and
interest;
FOURTH, to the payment of the outstanding
principal amount of Borrowers’ Obligations under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents;
FIFTH, to all other of Borrowers’
Obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and
other obligations to DIP Lenders which shall have become due and
payable under the Loan Documents; and
SIXTH, to the payment of the surplus, if any, to
Borrowers or whoever may be lawfully entitled to receive such
surplus.
In carrying out
the foregoing, (i) amounts received shall be applied equally
and ratably in the numerical order provided until exhausted prior
to the application to the next succeeding category; and
(ii) each of the DIP Lenders shall receive an amount equal to
its Pro Rata Share (based on the proportion that the then
outstanding DIP Loans held by such DIP Lender bears to the
aggregate then outstanding DIP Loans) of amounts available to be
applied pursuant to clauses THIRD and FOURTH above.
Section 2.06 Liability of Borrowers
.
(a) Borrowers are accepting liability
hereunder and under the other Loan Documents in consideration of
the financial accommodations to be provided by the Lender Group
under this Agreement, for the benefit, directly and indirectly, of
Borrowers.
(b) Borrowers hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally accept liability with respect to the payment and
performance of all of the Obligations (including, any Obligations
arising under this Section 2.06 ). The Obligations of
Borrowers under the provisions of this Agreement constitute the
absolute and unconditional, full recourse Obligations of Borrowers
enforceable against Borrowers to the full extent of their
properties and assets, irrespective of the validity, regularity or
enforceability of this Agreement or any other circumstances
whatsoever.
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(c) Except as otherwise expressly provided
in this Agreement, Borrowers hereby waive notice of acceptance of
its liability, notice of any advances issued under or pursuant to
this Agreement, notice of the occurrence of any Default, Event of
Default, or of any demand for any payment under this Agreement,
notice of any action at any time taken or omitted by the Agents or
the DIP Lenders under or in respect of any of the Obligations, any
requirement of diligence or to mitigate damages, and, generally, to
the extent permitted by applicable law, all demands, notices, and
other formalities of every kind in connection with this Agreement
(except as otherwise provided in this Agreement). Borrowers hereby
assent to, and waive notice of, any extension or postponement of
the time for the payment of any of the Obligations, the acceptance
of any payment of any of the Obligations, the acceptance of any
partial payment thereon, any waiver, consent, or other action or
acquiescence by the Agents or the DIP Lenders at any time or times
in respect of any default by a Borrower in the performance or
satisfaction of any term, covenant, condition, or provision of this
Agreement, any and all other indulgences whatsoever by the Agents
or the DIP Lenders in respect of any of the Obligations, and the
taking, addition, substitution, or release, in whole or in part, at
any time or times, of any security for any of the Obligations.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Borrowers assent
to any other action or delay in acting or failure to act on the
part of any Agent or DIP Lender with respect to the failure by
Borrowers to comply with any of its Obligations, including any
failure strictly or diligently to assert any right or to pursue any
remedy or to comply fully with applicable laws or regulations
thereunder, which might, but for the provisions of this Section
2.06 , afford grounds for terminating, discharging, or
relieving a Borrower, in whole or in part, from any of its
Obligations under this Agreement. The intention of Borrowers is
that, so long as any of the Obligations hereunder remain
unsatisfied, the Obligations of Borrowers under this Agreement
shall not be discharged except by performance and then only to the
extent of such performance. The Obligations of each Borrower under
this Section 2.06 shall not be diminished or rendered
unenforceable by any winding up, reorganization, arrangement,
liquidation, reconstruction, or similar proceeding with respect to
any Agent or DIP Lender.
(d) Borrowers further represent and warrant
to the Agents and the DIP Lenders that Borrowers have read and
understand the terms and conditions of the Loan Documents. Each
Borrower hereby covenants that it will continue to keep informed of
the financial condition of the other Borrower and any guarantor of
the Obligations and of all other circumstances that bear upon the
risk of nonpayment or nonperformance of the Obligations.
(e) Borrowers waive all rights and defenses
arising out of an election of remedies by the Agents or any DIP
Lender, even though that election of remedies, such as a
nonjudicial foreclosure with respect to security for a guaranteed
obligation, has destroyed such Agent’s or such DIP
Lender’s rights of subrogation and reimbursement against
Borrowers under applicable law.
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(f) The provisions of this
Section 2.06 are made for the benefit of the Agents,
the DIP Lenders and their respective successors and assigns, and
may be enforced by it or them from time to time against either
Borrower as often as occasion therefor may arise and without
requirement on the part of any such Agent, DIP Lender, successor,
or assign first to marshal any of its or their claims or to
exercise any of its or their rights against the other Borrower or
to exhaust any remedies available to it or them against any
guarantor or to resort to any other source or means of obtaining
payment of any of the Obligations hereunder or to elect any other
remedy. The provisions of this Section 2.06 shall
remain in effect until all of the Obligations shall have been paid
in full or otherwise fully satisfied. If at any time, any payment,
or any part thereof, made in respect of any of the Obligations is
rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned by any Agent or
DIP Lender upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, or reorganization of
either Borrower, or otherwise, the provisions of this
Section 2.06 will forthwith be reinstated in effect, as
though such payment had not been made.
ARTICLE III
PAYMENTS AND OTHER COMPENSATION; EXIT FINANCING
Section 3.01 No Voluntary Prepayment
. Borrowers shall not be entitled to pay all or any portion of the
DIP Loans at any time prior to the Maturity Date.
Section 3.02 Mandatory
Payments.
(a) Prepayments from Asset Dispositions and
Insurance Proceeds . Within one (1) Business Day after the
receipt by a Borrower or any subsidiary of a Borrower of any Net
Cash Proceeds or Net Insurance Proceeds, Borrowers shall pay an
amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds or Net Insurance
Proceeds received to the Administrative Agent.
(b) Prepayments from Loan Proceeds . On
the day of receipt by a Borrower of the net cash proceeds of any
Indebtedness incurred by Borrowers (other than a DIP Loan incurred
pursuant to this Agreement), Borrowers shall pay to the
Administrative Agent (i) an amount equal to 100% of such net
cash proceeds as a prepayment of the DIP Loans and (ii) an
amount equal to 5% of the amount paid in accordance with clause
(i) above as a loan proceeds prepayment penalty.
(c) Application of Proceeds . Subject to
Section 2.05 , all payments under this
Section 3.02 shall be applied to the remaining
installments of the Funded DIP Loans in the inverse order of
maturity thereof until all of the Funded DIP Loans are repaid in
full.
(a) General Provisions . All payments to
be made by Borrowers shall be made without set-off, counterclaim or
other defense. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all
payments by Borrowers shall be made to the Administrative Agent for
the ratable account of the relevant DIP Lender, Pre-Petition
Lenders, Agent, or Pre-Petition Agent, as the case may be, at the
Administrative Agent’s office or by wire transfer to such
account or accounts as the Administrative Agent shall direct, and
shall be made in immediately available funds, no later than 2:00
p.m., on the dates specified herein, as the case may be, to be
reimbursed. The Administrative Agent will promptly distribute to
the relevant DIP Lender, Pre-Petition Lenders, Agent, or
Pre-Petition Agent its applicable share as provided herein or in
the Financing Orders, of each such payment in like funds as
received. Any payment received by the Administrative Agent later
than 2:00 p.m. on any Business Day shall be deemed to have been
received on the following Business Day and any applicable interest
or fee shall continue to accrue until such following Business
Day.
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(b) Sharing of Payments . Except as
otherwise provided herein, if any DIP Lender shall obtain any
payment (whether voluntary, involuntary, through the exercise of
any right of set-off, or otherwise) on account of any Obligation in
excess of its ratable share of payments on account of similar
obligations obtained by all the DIP Lenders, such DIP Lender shall
forthwith purchase from the other DIP Lenders such participations
in such similar obligations held by them as shall be necessary to
cause such purchasing DIP Lender to share the excess payment
ratably with each of them; provided , however , that
if all or any portion of such excess payment is thereafter
recovered from such purchasing DIP Lender, such purchase from each
other DIP Lender shall be rescinded and each such other DIP Lender
shall repay to the purchasing DIP Lender the amount of the purchase
made under this Section 3.03(b) to the extent of such
recovery together with an amount equal to such other DIP
Lender’s ratable share (according to the proportion of (i)
the amount of such DIP Lender’s required repayment to
(ii) the total amount so recovered from the purchasing DIP
Lender of any interest or other amount paid by the purchasing DIP
Lender in respect of the total amount so recovered). Borrowers
agree that any DIP Lender so purchasing a participation from
another DIP Lender pursuant to this Section 3.03(b)
may, to the fullest extent permitted by law, exercise all of its
rights (including the DIP Lender’s right of set-off) with
respect to such participation as fully as if such DIP Lender were
the direct creditor of Borrowers in the amount of such
participation.
(c) Apportionment of Payments . Subject
to the provisions of Section 2.05 , Section 3.01
, Section 3.02 and this Section 3.03(c) ,
all payments of principal and interest in respect of outstanding
DIP Loans, and all other payments in respect of any Obligations,
shall be allocated among the DIP Lenders in proportion to their
respective Pro Rata Shares of such Obligations unless otherwise
specified in this Agreement, in any other Loan Document, or the
Financing Orders.
(d) Payments on Non-Business Days .
Whenever any payment to be made by Borrowers hereunder or under the
Notes is stated to be due on a day which is not a Business Day, the
payment shall instead be due on the next succeeding Business Day
(unless such succeeding Business Day would be in the subsequent
calendar quarter, in which case such payment shall be made on the
immediately preceding Business Day).
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(a) Payment of Taxes . Except as set
forth below, any and all payments by Borrowers hereunder, under the
Notes or under any other Loan Document shall be made free and clear
of and without deduction for any and all Indemnified Taxes. If
Borrowers shall be required by law to withhold or deduct any
Indemnified Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable hereunder,
under the Notes or under any other Loan Document to any DIP Lender
or Agent, (x) such sum payable shall be increased by an
additional amount so that after making all required withholdings or
deductions (including withholdings or deductions applicable to
additional amounts payable under this Section 3.04(a) )
such DIP Lender or Agent receives an amount equal to the sum it
would have received had no such withholdings or deductions been
made, (y) Borrowers shall make such withholdings or
deductions, and (z) Borrowers shall pay the full amount withheld or
deducted to the relevant taxation authority or other authority in
accordance with Applicable Law.
(b) Other Taxes . Borrowers agree to pay
any present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other
excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies which arise
from and which relate directly to the execution, delivery or
registration of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement, the
Notes or any other Loan Document, including all such amounts
related to the creation, perfection or maintenance of the interests
of the Agents and the DIP Lenders in the Collateral and all
interest and penalties related thereto (“ Other Taxes
”).
(c) Indemnification . Borrowers will
indemnify each DIP Lender and each Agent against, and reimburse
each, within five (5) days of a receipt of written demand
therefor, for the f
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