REVOLVING CREDIT LOAN
AGREEMENT
This Revolving Credit Loan
Agreement (this “
Agreement ”) entered into as of the 28
th day of August, 2009 (the “ Effective
Date ”), is made and entered into by and among IP
GLOBAL INVESTORS LTD., a Nevada corporation ( “
IPG ”), located at 499 N. Canon, Beverly Hills, CA
90210; EQUITIES MEDIA ACQUISITION CORP. INC. , located at
Via Lugano 11, 6982 Agno-Lugano, Switzerland (“ EMAC
”); and FUND.COM INC. , a Delaware corporation (the
“Borrower ”), located at 14 Wall Street, New
York, New York 10005; and certain of the Subsidiaries of the
Borrower who have executed this Agreement on the signature page
hereof (the “ Subsidiaries ”). IPG
and EMAC are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “
Lenders .” The Lenders, the Borrower
and the Subsidiaries are hereinafter sometimes referred to
individually as a “ Party ” and collectively as
“ Parties ”.
RECITALS
A. The
Borrower desires to receive additional loans and advances from the
Lenders (the “ Advances ”) for the purpose of
obtaining additional working capital for its business;
and
B. The
Borrower is currently unable to pay its debts and obligations
incurred in the ordinary course of its business and is in default
in payment of the Prior Advances (as hereinafter defined);
and
C. The
Lenders are willing to make Additional Advances to the Borrower of
up to “ Maximum Advances ” (as hereinafter
defined) all upon the terms and subject to the conditions
hereinafter set forth.
NOW, THEREFORE
, in consideration of the foregoing
recitals, the following mutual and respective covenants and
agreements of the Parties, intending to be legally bound, the
Parties agree as follows:
1.
Definitions. Except as otherwise specifically indicated, the
following terms shall have the following meanings in this Agreement
(such meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular and
plural forms of the terms defined):
“ Accounts ” shall mean all
“accounts” (as defined in the UCC) of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries (or, if referring to another Person, of such other
Person) that relates to the operation of the businesses of Borrower
and each of its Subsidiaries, as now conducted or may hereafter be
conducted until all of the Obligations shall have been paid and
satisfied, including without limitation, accounts, accounts
receivables, monies due or to become due and obligations in any
form (whether arising in connection with contracts, contract
rights, Instruments, General Intangibles or Chattel Paper), in each
case whether arising out of goods sold or services rendered or from
any other transaction and whether or not earned by performance, now
or hereafter in existence, and all documents of title or other
documents representing any of the foregoing, and all collateral
security and guaranties of any kind, now or hereafter in existence,
given by any Person with respect to any of the foregoing ;
provided however that the definition of Accounts shall not
include any of the securities or collateral as is contemplated by
that certain Demand Promissory Note dated as of April 7, 2009 by
and between the Borrower and Global Asset Fund Limited (“
GAF ”), the pledge to GAF of 666,666 shares of common
stock of National Holdings Corporation and all related documents
thereto (the “ GAF Note and Collateral
”).
“ Account Debtor
” shall mean any Person who is obligated under an
Account.
“ Additional Advances ” means all Advances made
by the Lenders from time to time under this Agreement (including
the Closing Date Advance) which are in addition to the aggregate
amount of the Prior Advances.
“ AdvisorShares ”
means AdvisorShares LLC, a partially owned subsidiary of the
Borrower which is not a party to this Agreement or the other
Transaction Documents.
“ AdvisorShares Advance
” means an Additional Advance in the amount of $1,000,000 to
be made by the Lenders to retire an obligation of the Borrowers to
AdvisorShares or its Affiliates, as provided herein.
“ Affiliate ”
means, with respect to any particular Person means any other Person
that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries,
controls, or is controlled by or under common control with such
Person. For purposes of this definition, “
control ” (including the terms “
controlling ,” “ controlled by ”
and “ under common control with ”) means the
possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether
through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise.
“ Advances ” means the
collective reference to the periodic loans and advances heretofore
made to the Borrower by either or both of the Lenders in respect of
Prior Advances, and hereafter made from time to time by the Lenders
to the Borrower under this Agreement following the receipt of a
Borrowing Report.
“ Business Day ”
means a day, other than a Saturday, Sunday or holiday, on which
banks in New York City are open for the general transaction of
business.
“ Borrowing Report
” means a report, in substantially the form of Exhibit
A annexed hereto and made a part hereof, to be
delivered to the Lenders by the Borrower prior to or in connection
with each request for an Advance under this Agreement, setting
forth, inter alia (a) the date by which the Borrower needs the
Funds, which must be a Business Day, (b) the requested Advance
amount (c) the purpose and use of the Funds to be received from the
Advance, including the name of the Person to whom payments will be
made by the Borrower, (d) delivery instructions for the Advance,
and (e) such other information as the Lenders may, from time to
time, reasonably request as is necessary for the Lenders to issue
the Advance to the Borrower.
“ Certificate of
Amendment ” means the amended and restated Certificate
Incorporation of the Borrower in the form of Exhibit
B annexed hereto and made a part hereof, to be filed with
the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on the Closing
Date, and which, inter alia (a) increases the authorized number of
shares of Class A Common Stock from 100,000,000 shares to
200,000,000 share of Class A Common Stock, and (b) grants to the
holder(s) of outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock the right
to convert such share of Class B Common Stock owned of record by it
or them into ten (10) shares of Class A Common Stock.
“ Certificate of
Deposit ” means the restricted certificate of deposit
maturing in approximately eighteen months (the “ CD
Maturity Date ”) in the amount of Twenty Million Dollars
($20,000,000) issued by Global Bank of Commerce Limited and
constituting as asset of the Borrower.
“ Certificate of
Incorporation ” means the certificate of
incorporation of the Borrower, as amended and restated through the
Closing Date.
“ Class A Common Stock
” means the 300,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock of the
Borrower authorized for issuance pursuant to the Certificate of
Incorporation and the Certificate of Amendment.
“ Class B Common Stock
” means the 10,000,000 shares of Class B Common Stock of the
Borrower authorized for issuance pursuant to the Certificate of
Incorporation.
“ Closing Date ” means the date of delivery of
this Agreement and all other Transaction Documents and the funding
of the initial Advance by the Lenders.
“ Closing Date Advance ” shall mean the sum of
One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000); which sum
consists of: (a) $40,000 previously advanced to the Borrower in
July 2009, and (b) the $110,000 initial Advance to be made by the
Lenders to the Borrower on the Closing Date.
“ Collateral ”
shall have the meaning defined in Section 6 of this
Agreement.
“ Common Stock ” means the shares of
common stock of the Borrower, $0.001 par value per
share.
“ Conversion Price
” means twenty-one cents ($0.21) per share, being ninety
percent (90%) of the volume weighted average price (“
VWAP ”) of the Class A Common Stock of the Borrower,
as traded on the FINRA OTC Bulletin Board for the thirty (30)
Trading Days immediately prior to July 6, 2009.
“ Conversion Shares
” means the collective reference to (a) the number of shares
of Class A Common Stock of the Borrower issuable upon conversion of
any or all of the Note, and (b) the number of shares of Class A
Common Stock of the Borrower issuable upon conversion of the
6,387,655 issued and outstanding shares of Class B Common
Stock.
“ Exercise Price
” means thirty-five cents ($0.35) per share, being the
exercise price of the Warrants, calculated at one hundred and fifty
percent (150%) of the VWAP of the Class A Common Stock of the
Borrower, as traded on the FINRA OTC Bulletin Board for the thirty
(30) Trading Days immediately prior to July 6, 2009, subject to
adjustment as provided in the Warrant.
“ Founders ” means the collective
reference to Klaus and Mann.
“ Founders Shares ” means 10,859,030 shares of
Class A Common Stock of the Borrower, constituting the 5,429,515
shares of Class A Common Stock owned of record and beneficially by
each of Klaus and Mann.
“ Funds ” means the United States Dollars that
the Lenders provide to the Borrower as Advances.
“ GAF Note ”
means the Borrower’s $18,000 note, issued in December 2008,
originally payable to Global Asset Fund, Ltd. (“ GAF
”), but which Lenders purchased from Global Asset Fund,
Ltd.
“ Governmental
Authority ” shall mean any federal, state, municipal,
national, local or other governmental department, court,
commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality or political
subdivision thereof, or any entity or officer exercising executive,
legislative or judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of
or pertaining to any government or any court, in each case, whether
of the United States or a state, territory or possession thereof, a
foreign sovereign entity or country or jurisdiction or the District
of Columbia.
“ Guarantors ”
means each of the Subsidiaries of the Borrower, other than
AdvisorShares.
“ Guaranty Agreement
” means the guaranty of each of the Guarantors of the
Obligations, as set forth in the guaranty agreement annexed hereto
as Exhibit C and made a part hereof.
“ Insolvency Event
” occurs, with respect to the Borrower or any Guarantor, when
such Entity: (a) is dissolved, becomes insolvent, generally fails
to pay or admits in writing, its inability generally to pay its
debts as they become due; (b) makes a general assignment,
arrangement or composition agreement with or for the benefit of its
creditors; or (c) files a petition in bankruptcy or institutes any
action under federal or state law for relief from debts or seeks or
consents to the appointment of an administrator, receiver,
custodian, or similar entity for the winding up of its business (or
has such a petition or action filed against it and such petition,
action or appointment is not dismissed or stayed within 50
days).
“ Intellectual Property ” shall mean all present
and future: trade secrets, know-how and other
proprietary information; Trademarks, internet domain names
(including, without limitation, the domain name
“www.fund.com”), service marks, trade dress, trade
names, business names, designs, logos, slogans (and all
translations, adaptations, derivations and combinations of the
foregoing) indicia and other source and/or business identifiers,
and the goodwill of the business relating thereto and all
registrations or applications for registrations which have
heretofore been or may hereafter be issued thereon throughout the
world; Copyrights (including Copyrights for computer programs) and
all tangible and intangible property embodying the Copyrights,
unpatented inventions (whether or not patentable); Patents;
industrial design applications and registered industrial designs;
license agreements related to any of the foregoing and income
therefrom; books, records, writings, computer tapes or disks, flow
diagrams, specification sheets, computer software, source codes,
object codes, executable code, data, databases and other physical
manifestations, embodiments or incorporations of any of the
foregoing; the right to sue for all past, present and future
infringements of any of the foregoing; all other intellectual
property; and all common law and other rights throughout the world
in and to all of the foregoing.
“ Interest Rate ” means an amount equal to nine
percent (9%) per annum on the outstanding amount of all Advances
made by the Lenders pursuant to this Agreement.
“ Investment ”
means the collective reference to (a) aggregate dollar amount of
all Advances previously made by the Lenders to the Borrower as
Prior Advances and all Additional Advances made by the Lenders
during the Term, and (b) the aggregate purchase price(s) paid for
Option Shares by a Lender(s), in its or their capacity as an
Optionholder upon exercise of the Purchase Option.
“ Klaus ” means
Daniel Klaus, an individual, and a stockholder and director of the
Borrower.
“ Lenders Shares
” means the collective reference to the (a) Conversion
Shares; (b) the Option Shares; and (c) the Warrant
Shares.
“ Loan Servicing Fees
” means the sum of $16,500 per month to cover the servicing
and monitory of all Advances under this Agreement.
“ Majority
Stockholders’ Consent ” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 7(b)(ii) of this Agreement.
“ Mann ” means
Lucas Mann, an individual, and a stockholder and director of the
Borrower.
“ Material Adverse
Effect ” means a material adverse effect on (a) the
assets, liabilities, results of operations, condition (financial or
otherwise), business or prospects of the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries, whether individually or taken as a consolidated
whole, or (b) the ability of any of the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries to perform their respective obligations under the
Transaction Documents.
“ Maximum Advances
” means the sum of Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars
($2,500,000), which Maximum Advances may be increased only in the
sole and absolute discretion of the Lenders.
“ Note ” means the
revolving credit convertible note, dated as of the Closing Date,
and in the form of Exhibit D annexed hereto and made
a part hereof.
“ Obligations
” means the collective reference to (a) the obligation of the
Borrower and each Guarantor to repay Approved Advances, interest at
the Interest Rate on all Advances made under this Agreement, (b)
all Loan Servicing Fees, and (c) the respective obligations of the
Borrower and its Subsidiaries under other Transaction Documents,
including the timely issuance of all Conversion Shares and other
Lenders Shares upon (i) conversion of the Note, (ii) conversion of
the Class B Common Stock, (iii) exercise of the Purchase Option, or
(iv) exercise of the Warrants.
“ Permitted Discretion
” shall mean a determination or judgment made by Lenders in
good faith in the exercise of reasonable (from the perspective of a
lender) business judgment.
“ Person ” means
an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company,
trust, business trust, association, joint stock company, joint
venture, sole proprietorship, unincorporated organization,
governmental authority or any other form of entity not specifically
listed herein.
“ Purchase Option
” means the irrevocable right and option, in the form of
Exhibit E annexed hereto and made a part hereof, that
is granted by the Borrower on the Closing Date to the Lenders or
its or their designees (the “ Optionholder ”),
entitling such Optionholder to purchase, at any time or from time
to time, commencing on the Closing Date and ending on or before
December 31, 2009 (the “ Option Period ”) for
cash payment(s) aggregating up to $5,000,000, that number of shares
of Class A Common Stock (the “ Option Shares ”)
determined by dividing (a) the aggregate amount paid in cash to the
Borrower on each occasion during the Option Period that the
Purchase Option is exercised, by (b) ninety percent
(90%) of the VWAP of the Class A Common Stock of the Borrower, as
traded on the FINRA OTC Bulletin Board for the thirty (30) Trading
Days immediately prior to July 6, 2009, subject to adjustment as
provided in such Purchase Option.
“ Prior Advances
” means the collective reference to the sum of approximately
$1,083,000, representing (a) a loan of $325,000 made by IPG to the
Borrower and evidenced by the Prior Note, (b) the $18,500 loan from
Global Asset Fund Ltd. (“ GAF ”) originally
evidenced by the GAF Note which was purchased by the Lenders from
GAF; (c) approximately $380,000 of other loans and Advances made by
the Lenders to the Borrower prior to the Execution Date of this
Agreement, (d) $300,000 advanced by IPG to the Borrower to enable
the Borrower to obtain website design and related services from The
Groop Inc., (e) $25,000 paid by the Lenders to defray legal fees
owed to Lender’s counsel in connection with legal services
provided in respect of prior loan documents, and (f) approximately
$34,500 of accrued and unpaid interest (at the rate of 9% per
annum) on the loans and advances referred to in clauses (a) through
(e) above.
“ Prior Note ”
shall mean the note from Borrower to IPG in the principal amount of
$325,000 and payable within 30 days of demand for payment by the
Lenders.
“ SEC Filings ”
means all reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents
the Corporations are required to file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission pursuant to the reporting requirements of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “
Exchange Act ”), including material filed pursuant to
Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
“ Subsidiary ”
means any corporation or other entity of which at least a majority
of the securities or other ownership interest having ordinary
voting power (absolutely or contingently) for the election of
directors or other persons performing similar functions are at the
time owned directly or indirectly by the Borrower and/or any of its
other subsidiaries. For purposes of this Agreement, as
at the date hereof and the Closing Date, the Subsidiaries of the
Borrower are the Persons who have executed this Agreement on the
signature page hereof, but shall not include
AdvisorShares.
“ Stock Purchase,
Redemption and Option Agreement ” means that agreement in
the form of Exhibit F annexed hereto and made a part
hereof to be dated the Closing Date, and entered into among the
Founders, the Borrower and certain investors introduced to the
Borrower by the Lenders (the “ Investors ”),
pursuant to which, inter alia :
(a)
Purchase of Founders Shares . On the
Closing Date and simultaneous with the Closing Date Advance, the
Lenders or their designees (the “ Purchasers ”)
shall purchase 1,000,000 Founders Shares from each of the
Founders. The purchase price for such 2,000,000 Founders
Shares shall be $0.25 per share, or an aggregate of $500,000; which
purchase price shall be paid by (i) the payment of $25,000 in cash
at Closing to each of the Founders (a total of $50,000), and (ii)
the balance by delivery of the Purchasers non-interest bearing
promissory notes (each in $225,000 amount) and each payable at the
rate of $45,000 per month, over the five month period commencing
August 31, 2009 and ending December 31, 2009. The notes
shall be secured by a pledge of the 2,000,000 Founders shares being
purchased.
(b)
Investors Option . On the Closing Date and
simultaneous with the Closing Date Advance, each of the Founders
will grant to the Investors a option (the “ Investors
Option ”) exercisable at any time, commencing on the
Closing Date and ending on December 31, 2009 (the “
Investors Option Term ”), to purchase from the each of
Founders up to 1,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock (the
“ Investors Option Shares ”) at an option price,
payable to such Founders in cash, equal to $0.25 per share (the
“ Investors Option Price ”). In the
event the Option is exercised, 50% of the 2,000,000 Option Shares
shall be purchased at the Option Price from Klaus and 50% shall be
purchased from Mann ; provided, however , that in the
event that the Purchasers shall default in payment of its
promissory notes referred to in paragraph (a) above (a “
Note Default ”), the Founders (or either of them)
shall have the right, but not the obligation, to terminate the
Investors Option; provided, that the Founders shall give the
Investor(s) holding the Investors Option written notice of any such
Note Default by the Purchasers and a 30 day opportunity to cure
such Note Default to enable such Investor(s) to retain the
Investors Option for the duration of the Investors Option
Term.
(c)
Contribution of Shares . On the Closing Date, each of
Klaus and Mann will transfer and contribute to the Borrower or its
designee(s), for no additional consideration, an aggregate of
500,000 of the Founders Shares then owned by each of them, or a
total of 1,000,000 Founders Shares (the “ Redemption
Shares ”)
“ Term ” shall
mean one (1) year from the Closing Date, subject to extension by
the Parties.
“ Trademarks ”
shall mean, with respect to any Person, all of such Person’s
now existing or hereafter acquired right, title, and interest in
and to: (i) trademarks, trade names, corporate names, company
names, business names, fictitious business names, trade styles,
service marks, logos, other business identifiers, prints and labels
on which any of the foregoing have appeared or appear, all
applications, registrations and recordings relating to the
foregoing as may at any time be filed in the United States Patent
and Trademark Office or in any similar office or agency of the
United States, any State thereof, any political subdivision thereof
or in any other country, and all research and development relating
to the foregoing; (ii) all renewals thereof; and (iii) all designs
and general intangibles of a like nature.
“ Transaction Documents
” means the collective reference to (a) this Agreement, (b)
the Borrowing Report, (c) the Certificate of Amendment, (d) the
Note, (e) the Guaranty Agreement, (f) the Purchase Option, (g) the
Stock Purchase, Redemption and Option Agreement, and (h) the
Warrant.
“ Warrant ” means
a three (3) year warrant to be delivered to the Optionholder(s) on
each occasion that the Purchase Option is exercised entitling such
Optionholder(s) to purchase, at the Exercise Price, that number of
shares of Class A Common Stock of the Borrower (the “
Warrant Shares ”) equal to fifty percent (50%) of the
number of Option Shares purchased on exercise of the Option, and in
the from of Exhibit G annexed hereto and made a part
hereof.
“ Warrant Shares
” means the number of shares of Class A Common Stock of the
Borrower issuable upon exercise of any or all of the
Warrant.
(a) Subject
to the provisions of this Agreement the Lenders shall make
Additional Advances to the Borrower from time to time during the
Term; provided
that , notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement, the aggregate amount of all Advances at any one time
outstanding under this Agreement shall not exceed the (i) the
Maximum Advances, less (ii) the sum of (A) the
Prior Advances, and (B) the outstanding amount of all Additional
Advances previously made from time to time under this Agreement
(the “ Availability ”).
(b) The
Advances made under this Agreement is in the nature of a revolving
credit facility, which may be drawn, repaid and redrawn, from time
to time as permitted under this Agreement. Additional
Advances shall be made by the Lenders under this Agreement
following delivery to the Lenders of a Borrowing Report in form and
substance reasonably acceptable to the Lenders, in the exercise of
its Permitted Discretion.
(c) On
the Closing Date, the Lenders shall make a payment of $150,000 to
the Borrower, representing the balance of the Closing Date
Advance.
(d) For
so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, on or before August 20, 2009, the Lenders shall make
the AdvisorShares Advance. The proceeds of the
AdvisorShares Advance shall be wired by the Lenders directly to one
or more bank accounts designated by AdvisorShares or to its
Affiliates. Such AdvisorShares Advance shall, for all
purposes be deemed an Advance to the Borrower under this Agreement,
and included in the Obligations covered by this Agreement, the
Guaranty Agreement, the Security Agreement and the other Exhibits
hereto.
(e) All
Additional Advances made under this Agreement (including the
AdvisorShares Advance) shall be made by the Lenders in such amounts
and percentages as between them as they may determine from time to
time; provided, that EMAC shall make not less than fifty percent
(50%) of all such Additional Advances.
(f) Additional
Advances shall be made during the Term. Each Additional
Advance made subsequent to the Closing Date Advance shall be in an
amount of at least $10,000 and in increments of $10,000 in excess
thereof. Subject to the provisions of this Agreement,
Borrower may request Advances under this Agreement up to and
including the Availability.
(g) All
Advances and all other Obligations under this Agreement shall be
due and payable in full in cash, if not earlier in accordance with
this Agreement, on the earlier of (i) the occurrence of an Event of
Default if required pursuant hereto or Lenders’ demand upon
the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default,
and (ii) the last day of the Term (such earlier date being the
“Maturity Date” ).
(h) Interest
on all outstanding Advances under this Agreement shall be payable
monthly in arrears on the first day of each month, commencing on
August 1, 2009 (each an “ Interest Calculation Period
”) at the Interest Rate, calculated on the basis of a 360-day
year and for the actual number of calendar days elapsed in each
Interest Calculation Period. Interest accrued on each
Advance under the this Agreement shall be due and payable on the
first day of each month, commencing August 1, 2009, and continuing
until the later of the expiration of the Term and the full
performance and irrevocable payment in full in cash of the
Obligations and termination of this Agreement. To the
extent Additional Advances are then available under this Agreement,
such Advances shall be automatically made for the payment of
interest on the Obligations at the Interest Rate on the date when
such interest is due to the extent available and as provided for
herein.
(i) For
so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, Borrower may give Lenders irrevocable written notice
requesting an Advance under this Agreement by delivering to Lenders
not later than 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) at least three (3)
Business Days before the Borrower requires such Advance (the
“Borrowing Date” ), a completed Borrowing Report
in substantially the same form as Exhibit A attached
hereto, and relevant supporting documentation satisfactory to
Lenders, in the exercise of its Permitted Discretion. If
specified by the Borrower in the Borrowing Report, the Borrower
irrevocably authorizes Lenders to disburse the proceeds of the
requested Advance directly to the creditor of the Borrower, in all
cases for credit to the Borrower (or to such other account as to
which the Borrower shall instruct Lenders) via Federal funds wire
transfer no later than 4:00 p.m. (New York City
time).
(j) Subject
to its approval of the form and content of such Borrowing Report
(which approval shall be given in the exercise of Lenders’
Permitted Discretion, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed), the Lenders shall disburse the Advance as set forth in
the Borrowing Report within three (3) Business Days after receipt
of such Borrowing Report.
(k) Borrower
absolutely and unconditionally promises to pay principal, interest
and all other amounts and Obligations payable hereunder, or under
any other Transaction Document, without any right of rescission and
without any deduction whatsoever, including any deduction for any
setoff, counterclaim or recoupment, and notwithstanding any damage
to, defects in or destruction of the Collateral or any other event,
including obsolescence of any property or improvements.
(l) As
of the Closing Date, each of the Guarantors shall unconditionally
and irrevocably guaranty payment and performance of all outstanding
Advances and interest thereon at the Interest Rate, pursuant to the
Guaranty Agreement.
(m) As
of the Closing Date, the Prior Note shall be deemed cancelled and
replaced by the Note issued under this Agreement.
(n) Should
any amount required to be paid under any Transaction Document to
the Lenders be unpaid, such amount may be paid by Lenders, which
payment shall be deemed a request for an Advance under this
Agreement as of the date such payment is due, and Borrower
irrevocably authorizes disbursement of any such funds to Lenders by
way of direct payment of the relevant amount, interest or
Obligations without necessity of any demand. No payment
or prepayment of any amount by Lenders or any other Person shall
entitle any Person to be subrogated to the rights of Lenders under
any Transaction Document unless and until the Obligations have been
fully performed and paid irrevocably in cash and this Agreement has
been terminated. Any sums expended by Lenders as a
result of the failure of the Borrower or the Guarantors to pay,
perform or comply with any Transaction Document or any of the
Obligations may be charged to the account of Borrower and the
Guarantors and added to the Obligations.
(o) Subject
at all times to (i) there being adequate Availability at the time a
request for an Advance is made and after giving effect to the
funding thereof, (ii) such request for an Advance is accompanied by
a duly completed Borrowing Report furnished to the Lenders as
provided in this Agreement, and (iii) requests for Advances are
approved for proper business purposes of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries, as determined by the Lenders in the exercise of its
Permitted Discretion (which approval shall not be unreasonably
withheld or delayed), in the event that the Lenders shall fail to
make any such requested Advance within five (5) Business Days of
the date such Advance is approved, the Lenders shall not be
entitled to receive or accrue any fees or interest on then
outstanding Advances for the month or applicable part thereof that
the Advance was so approved and funding delayed.
3. Waiver
of Defaults and Payment of Loan Servicing Fees
(a) Each
of the Lenders do hereby waive all prior defaults by the Borrower
under the Prior Note and/or in connection with all Prior
Advances.
(b) Each
of the Lenders and the Borrower do hereby covenant and agree that
all Loan Servicing Fees payable under this Agreement shall accrue
and shall be paid to the Lenders on the Maturity Date and shall be
deemed part of the Obligations.
4. Representations
and Warranties
Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries
jointly and severally represents and warrants as of the date
hereof, the Closing Date and each Borrowing Date, as
follows:
4.1
Organization and Authority
Borrower and each of Borrower’s
Subsidiaries is a corporation or limited liability
company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under
the laws of its state of formation. Borrower and each of
its Subsidiaries (i) has all requisite corporate or entity
power and authority to own its properties and assets and to carry
on its business as now being conducted and as contemplated in the
Transaction Documents, (ii) is duly qualified to do business
in every jurisdiction in which failure so to qualify would
reasonably be likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (iii)
has all requisite power and authority (A) to execute, deliver
and perform the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, (B)
to borrow hereunder, and (C) to consummate the transactions
contemplated under the Transaction Documents. Except as
set forth on Schedule 4.1, neither Borrower nor any of its
Subsidiaries is an “investment company” registered or
required to be registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended, or is controlled by such an “investment
company.”
4.2
Transaction Documents
Except as set forth on Schedule
4.2 , the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower
and each of Borrower’s Subsidiaries (collectively, the
“ Corporations ”) of the Transaction Documents
to which it is a party, and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated thereby, (i) have been duly authorized by all
requisite action of each such Person and have been duly executed
and delivered by or on behalf of each such Person; (ii) do not
violate any provisions of (A) applicable law, statute, rule,
regulation, ordinance or tariff, (B) any order of any
Governmental Authority binding on any such Person or any of their
respective properties, or (C) the certificate of incorporation
or bylaws (or any other equivalent governing agreement or document)
of any such Person, or any agreement between any such Person and
its respective stockholders, members, partners or equity owners or
among any such stockholders, members, partners or equity owners;
(iii) are not in conflict with, and do not result in a breach or
default of or constitute an event of default, or an event, fact,
condition or circumstance which, with notice or passage of time, or
both, would constitute or result in a conflict, breach, default or
event of default under, any indenture, agreement or other
instrument to which any such Person is a party, or by which the
properties or assets of such Person are bound; (iv) except as
set forth therein, will not result in the creation or imposition of
any Lien of any nature upon any of the properties or assets of any
such Person, and (v) do not require the consent, approval or
authorization of, or filing, registration or qualification with,
any Governmental Authority or any other Person. When
executed and delivered, each of the Transaction Documents to which
Borrower and each of the other Corporations is a party will
constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Person,
enforceable against such Person in accordance with its terms,
subject to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, moratorium,
insolvency, reorganization or other similar law affecting the
enforceability of creditors’ rights generally and to the
effect of general principles of equity which may limit the
availability of equitable remedies (whether in a proceeding at law
or in equity).
4.3 Subsidiaries,
Capitalization and Ownership Interests
Schedule 4.11
states the names of all of the
Subsidiaries of the Borrower who have executed this Agreement,
other than AdvisorShares which is not a party to this Agreement or
any of the other Transaction Documents. Schedule
4.3 sets forth, the number and class of equity securities
and/or ownership, voting or partnership interests issued and
outstanding of Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries and the record
and beneficial owners thereof (including options, warrants
and other rights to acquire any of the
foregoing). The outstanding equity securities and/or
ownership, voting or partnership interests of Borrower and its
Subsidiaries have been duly authorized and validly issued and are
fully paid and non-assessable, and each Person listed on
Schedule 4.3 owns beneficially and of record all the
equity securities and/or ownership, voting or partnership interests
it is listed as owning free and clear of any Liens other than Liens
created by the Transaction Documents.
Schedule 4.3 also lists the directors, members,
managers and/or partners of Borrower and each of its
Subsidiaries.
Except as set forth on Schedule
4.4 or as otherwise disclosed in the Corporations’ SEC
filings, none of the Corporations is (i) a party to any judgment,
order or decree or any agreement, document or instrument, or
subject to any restriction, which would affect its ability to
execute and deliver, or perform under, any Transaction Document or
to pay the Obligations, (ii) in default in the performance,
observance or fulfillment of any obligation, covenant or condition
contained in any agreement, document or instrument to which it is a
party or to which any of its properties or assets are subject,
which default, if not remedied within any applicable grace or cure
period would reasonably be likely to have a Material Adverse
Effect, nor is there any event, fact, condition or circumstance
which, with notice or passage of time or both, would constitute or
result in a conflict, breach, default or event of default under,
any of the foregoing which, if not remedied within any applicable
grace or cure period would reasonably be likely to have a Material
Adverse Effect; or (iii) a party or subject to any agreement,
document or instrument with respect to, or obligation to pay any,
management or service fee with respect to, the ownership,
operation, leasing or performance of its business.
Except as set forth on Schedule 4.5 ,
there is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending or,
to Borrower’s knowledge, threatened against any of the
Corporations that (i) questions or could prevent the validity of
any of the Transaction Documents or the right of such Person to
enter into any Transaction Document or to consummate the
transactions contemplated thereby, (ii) would reasonably be likely
to be or have, either individually or in the aggregate, any
Material Adverse Effect, or (iii) would reasonably be likely
to result in any change of control or other change in the current
ownership, control or management of any of the
Corporations. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.5
, neither Borrower nor any of the Guarantors is aware that there is
any basis for the foregoing. None of the Corporations is
a party or subject to any order, writ, injunction, judgment or
decree of any Governmental Authority. There is no
action, suit, proceeding or investigation initiated by any of the
Corporations currently pending. None of the Corporations
has any existing accrued and/or unpaid indebtedness or other
payment obligations to any Governmental Authority.
Each of the Corporations (i) is in
compliance with all laws, statutes, rules, regulations, ordinances
and tariffs of any Governmental Authority applicable to such Person
and/or such Person’s business, assets or operations,
including, without limitation, ERISA, and (ii) is not in violation
of any order of any Governmental Authority or other board or
tribunal, except where noncompliance or violation could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect. There is no event, fact, condition or
circumstance which, with notice or passage of time, or both, would
constitute or result in any noncompliance with, or any violation
of, any of the foregoing, in each case except where noncompliance
or violation could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. None of the Corporations has received
any notice that such Corporation is not in compliance in any
respect with any of the requirements of any of the
foregoing. None of the Corporations have (a) engaged in
any Prohibited Transactions as defined in Section 405 of ERISA
and Section 4965 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1985, as
amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, (b)
failed to meet any applicable minimum funding requirements under
Section 302 of ERISA in respect of its plans and no funding
requirements have been postponed or delayed, (c) any knowledge of
any amounts due but unpaid to the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation, or of any event or occurrence which would cause the
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation to institute proceedings under
Title IV of ERISA to terminate any of the employee benefit plans,
(d) any fiduciary responsibility under ERISA for investments with
respect to any plan existing for the benefit of Persons other than
its employees or former employees, or (e) withdrawn, completely or
partially, from any multi-employer pension plans so as to incur
liability under the MultiEmployer Pension Plan Amendments of
1980.
4.7 Intellectual
Property
Each of the Corporations owns, licenses or
utilizes, and is a party to, all patents, patent applications,
trademarks, trademark applications, service marks, registered
copyrights, copyright applications, copyrights, trade names, trade
secrets, software, licenses and other Intellectual Property,
necessary to operate the business of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries.
4.8 Licenses
and Permits; Labor
Each of the Corporations is in
compliance with and has all permits and Intellectual Property
necessary or required by applicable law or Governmental Authority
for the operation of such Corporation’s
businesses. All of the foregoing are in full force and
effect and not in known conflict with the rights of
others. None of the Corporations is (i) in breach of or
default under the provisions of any of the foregoing, nor is there
any event, fact, condition or circumstance which, with notice or
passage of time or both, would constitute or result in a conflict,
breach, default or event of default under, any of the foregoing
which, if not remedied within any applicable grace or cure period
would reasonably be likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, (ii)
a party to or subject to any agreement, instrument or restriction
that is so unusual or burdensome that it might have a Material
Adverse Effect, and/or (iii) and has not been, involved in any
labor dispute, strike, walkout or union organization which would
reasonably be likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
No Transaction Document nor any
other agreement, document, certificate, or statement furnished to
Lenders by or on behalf of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in
connection with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents, nor any representation or warranty made by any of the
Corporations in any Transaction Document, contains any untrue
statement of material fact or omits to state any fact necessary to
make the statements therein not materially
misleading. There is no fact known to Borrower which has
not been disclosed to Lenders in writing which would reasonably be
likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Each of Borrower and each of its
Subsidiaries has in full force and effect such insurance policies
as are customary in its industry.
4.11 Names;
Location of Offices, Records and Collateral
During the preceding two years, neither the
Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has conducted
business under or used any name (whether corporate, partnership or
assumed) other than as shown on Schedule 4.11
. The Corporations, as applicable, is the sole owner of
all of its names listed on Schedule 4.11 , and any and all
business done and invoices issued in such names are such
Person’s sales, business and invoices. Each trade
name of Borrower or, as applicable, the Borrower’s Subsidiary
represents a division or trading style of Borrower or such
Subsidiary. Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries
maintains its places of business and chief executive offices only
at the locations set forth on Schedule 4.11 , and all
Accounts of Borrower arise, originate and are located, and all of
the Collateral granted by Borrower and its Subsidiaries and all
books and records in connection therewith or in any way relating
thereto or evidencing such Collateral are located and shall only be
located, in and at such locations of Borrower and its Su
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