TERM LOAN AGREEMENT
AMONG
CRAFTMADE INTERNATIONAL, INC.,
WOODARD—CM, LLC
AND
THE FROST NATIONAL BANK
July 8, 2009
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1.2 Additional Definitions
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2.4 Voluntary Prepayments
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2.5 Mandatory Prepayments
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ARTICLE III TAXES AND YIELD
PROTECTION
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3.2 Matters Applicable to all Requests for
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ARTICLE IV CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
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4.1 Conditions Precedent to Term Loan
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ARTICLE V AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
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5.2 Accounts, Reports and Other
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5.4 Compliance with ERISA
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5.5 Maintenance of Priority of Bank
Liens
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5.8 Parent Credit Agreement
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5.10 Access to Mortgaged Property
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ARTICLE VI NEGATIVE COVENANTS
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6.2 Liquidations, Mergers,
Consolidations
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6.3 Disposition of Assets
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6.6 [intentionally omitted]
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6.8 Transactions with Affiliates
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6.9 Burdensome Agreements
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6.10 Acquisition of Assets
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6.11 Loans and Investments
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ARTICLE VII REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
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7.1 Organization and Qualification
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7.3 Compliance With Laws and Other
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7.6 Authorization; Validity
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7.9 Possession of Franchises, Licenses,
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7.15 Environmental Matters
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7.16 Survival of Representations and Warranties,
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ARTICLE VIII EVENTS OF DEFAULT
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9.4 Determinations by Lender
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9.11 Interest and Charges
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9.12 Exception to Covenants
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9.13 USA Patriot Act Notice
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9.15 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
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S-1
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Term Loan
Note
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Mortgage
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[Intentionally
Omitted]
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Notice of Final
Agreement
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Guaranty
Agreement
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Existing
Liens
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Existing
Debt
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Existing
Investments
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Subsidiaries
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Existing
Litigation
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Notice
Addresses
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iii
THIS TERM LOAN AGREEMENT is dated as of
July 8, 2009 (this agreement, together with all amendments and
restatements, this “ Agreement ”), among
WOODARD—CM, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(“ Borrower ”), CRAFTMADE INTERNATIONAL, INC., a
Delaware corporation (“ Parent ”), and THE FROST
NATIONAL BANK (“ Lender ”).
Borrower has requested Lender to make a term
credit facility available to Borrower. Lender has agreed to do so,
subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
In consideration of the mutual covenants and
agreements contained herein, and other good and valuable
consideration, receipt of which is acknowledged by the parties
hereto, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1.1
Definitions . For purposes of this Agreement:
“ Affiliate ” means any
Person that directly, or indirectly, through one or more
intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled By or is Under Common
Control with any other Person.
“
Agreement Date ” means the date of this
Agreement.
“ Applicable Law ” means
(a) in respect of any Person, all provisions of Laws and
orders of Governmental Authorities applicable to such Person and
its properties, including, without limiting the foregoing, all
orders and decrees of all Governmental Authorities and arbitrators
in proceedings or actions to which the Person in question is a
party, and (b) in respect of contracts relating to interest or
finance charges that are made or performed in the State of Texas,
“Applicable Law” means the Laws of the United States of
America, including without limitation 12 U.S.C. §§85 and
86, and any other statute of the United States of America now or at
any time hereafter prescribing the maximum rates of interest on
loans and extensions of credit, and the Laws of the State of Texas,
and any other Laws of the State of Texas now or at any time
hereafter prescribing maximum rates of interest on loans and
extensions of credit.
“ Attorney Costs ” means and
includes all fees, expenses and disbursements of any law firm or
other external counsel and, without duplication, the allocated cost
of internal legal services and all expenses and disbursements of
internal counsel.
“ Auditors ” means
independent certified public accountants selected by Parent and
reasonably acceptable to Lender.
“ Authorized Signatory ”
means such senior personnel of Borrower, any Subsidiary of Borrower
or an Obligor as may be duly authorized and designated in writing
by Borrower, such Subsidiary or such Obligor to execute documents,
agreements and instruments on behalf of Borrower, such Subsidiary
or such Obligor.
“ Bank Liens ” means Liens in
favor of Lender securing all or any of the Obligations, arising
pursuant to the Mortgage, as amended, modified, restated, and/or
replaced from time to time.
“ Business Day ” means any
day other than a Saturday, Sunday, or other day on which commercial
banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in fact
closed in, the state where Lender’s office is
located.
“ Capital Leases ” means
capital leases and subleases, as defined in the Financial
Accounting Standards Board Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 13, dated November 1976, as
amended.
“ CM Real Estate ” means CM
Real Estate, LLC, a Texas limited liability company, and
wholly-owned direct Subsidiary of Borrower.
“ Code ” means the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect in Texas or such other state where any
Collateral is located, as the case may be.
“ Collateral ” means any
assets of any Person in which at any time Lender shall be granted a
Bank Lien to secure the Obligations.
“ Compliance Certificate ”
means a compliance certificate pursuant to
Section 5.2(c) of this Agreement.
“
Contingent Debt ” means, for any Person:
(a) guarantees, endorsements (other than
endorsements of negotiable instruments for collection in the
ordinary course of business) and other contingent liabilities
(whether direct or indirect) in connection with the obligations of
any other Person;
(b) obligations under any contract
providing for the making of loans, advances or capital
contributions to any other Person, or for the purchase of any
property from any other Person, in each case in order to enable
such other Person primarily to maintain working capital, net worth
or any other balance sheet condition or to pay Debts, Dividends or
expenses;
(c) obligations under any contract to rent
or lease (as lessee) any real or personal property (other than
operating leases) if such contract (or any related document)
provides that the obligation to make payments thereunder is
absolute and unconditional under conditions not customarily found
in commercial leases then in general use or requires that the
lessee purchase or otherwise acquire securities or obligations of
the lessor;
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(d) obligations in respect of letters of
credit; and
(e) obligations under any other contract
which, in economic effect, is substantially equivalent to a
guaranty, including but not limited to “keep well” or
“capital maintenance” agreements.
“ Control ” or “
Controlled By ” or “ Under Common Control
” means possession, directly or indirectly, of power to
direct or cause the direction of management or policies (whether
through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise);
provided that, in any event any Person which beneficially owns,
directly or indirectly, 10% or more (in number of votes) of the
securities having ordinary voting power for the election of
directors of a corporation or managers of a limited liability
company or other governance board of an entity shall be
conclusively presumed to control such corporation or limited
liability company.
“ Debt ” means, at any time,
for any Person, (a) Capital Leases, (b) Contingent Debt,
(c) debt created, issued, incurred or assumed for money
borrowed or for the deferred purchase price of property purchased,
(d) all debt, obligations and liabilities secured by any Lien
upon any property owned by such Person, even though it has not
assumed or become liable for the payment of same, and
(e) liabilities in respect of unfunded vested benefits under
any Plans.
“ Debtor Relief Laws ” means
any applicable liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy,
moratorium, rearrangement, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance,
reorganization or similar debtor relief Laws affecting the rights
of creditors generally from time to time in effect.
“ Default ” means any of the
events specified in Section 8.1 that would, with the
giving of notice or the passage of time, become an Event of
Default.
“ Disposition ” and “
Dispose ” mean any sale, lease, abandonment, transfer,
disposal, exchange or other transfer of any ownership or leasehold
interest in or control of any asset.
“ Dividends ” means, with
respect to any Person, any dividend on any class of its capital
stock or other equity interest now or hereafter outstanding, any
distribution of cash or property to owners of any shares of such
stock or other equity interest.
“
Dollars ” and the sign “ $ ” mean
lawful money of the United States of America.
“ Eligible Replacement Lender
” means any bank or financial institution with assets in
excess of $50,000,000,000 and which is regulated by the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, or
the Office of Thrift Supervision.
“ Elitex ” means the Elitex
Development, Ltd., a Hong Kong company, and wholly-owned direct
Subsidiary of Trade Source International, Inc.
“ Environment ” means ambient
air, surface water and groundwater (including potable water,
navigable water and wetlands), the land surface or subsurface
strata, real property improvements or as otherwise defined in any
Environmental Law.
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“ Environmental Claim ” means
any written accusation, allegation, notice of violation, claim,
demand, order, directive, consent decree, cost recovery action or
other cause of action by, or on behalf of, any Governmental
Authority or any Person for damages, injunctive or equitable
relief, personal injury (including sickness, disease or death),
Remedial Action costs, property damage, natural resource damages,
nuisance, pollution, any adverse effect on the Environment caused
by any Hazardous Material, or for fines, penalties or restrictions,
resulting from or based upon: (a) the existence, or the
continuation of the existence, of a Release; (b) exposure to
any Hazardous Material; (c) the presence, use, handling,
transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous
Material; or (d) the violation or alleged violation of any
Environmental Law or Environmental Permit.
“ Environmental Law ” means
any and all applicable domestic Laws, judgments, injunctions,
notices or binding agreements issued, promulgated or entered into
by any Governmental Authority, relating in any way to the
Environment, preservation or reclamation of natural resources, the
management, Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Material
or to health and safety matters, including the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as
amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of
1986, 42 U.S.C. §§ 9601 et seq. (collectively
“ CERCLA ”), the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as
amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 and
Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984, 42 U.S.C.
§§ 6901 et seq. , the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act, as amended by the Clean Water Act of 1977, 33 U.S.C.
§§ 1251 et seq. , the Clean Air Act of 1970, 42
U.S.C. §§ 7401 et seq. , as amended, the Toxic
Substances Control Act of 1976, 15 U.S.C. §§ 2601 et
seq. , the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, as
amended by 29 U.S.C. §§ 651 et seq. , the
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986, 42
U.S.C. §§ 11001 et seq. , the Safe Drinking Water
Act of 1974, as amended by 42 U.S.C. §§ 300(f) et
seq. , the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, 49 U.S.C.
§§ 5101 et seq. , and any similar or implementing
Law.
“ Environmental Permit ”
means any permit, approval, authorization, certificate, license,
variance, filing or permission required by or from any Governmental
Authority pursuant to any Environmental Law.
“
ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act of 1974.
“ Event of Default ” means
any of the events specified in Section 8.1 , provided
there has been satisfied any requirement in connection with such
event for the giving of notice, or the lapse of time, or the
happening of any further specified condition, event or
act.
“ Existing Credit Agreement ”
means that certain Third Amended and Restated Loan Agreement, dated
as of December 31, 2007, among the Parent, the lenders party
thereto and Frost, as administrative agent, as amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time.
“ Existing Debt ” means the
Debt of Parent and its Subsidiaries existing on the Agreement Date,
which is described on Schedule 6.5 , including renewals
(but not increases) thereof.
“ Existing Investments ”
means the Investments of Parent and its Subsidiaries existing on
the Agreement Date, which are described on
Schedule 6.11 .
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“ Existing Liens ” means
Liens against assets of Parent and its Subsidiaries existing on the
Agreement Date, which are described on Schedule 6.4
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“ Existing Litigation ” means
the Litigation involving or otherwise affecting Parent and its
Subsidiaries existing on the Agreement Date, which is described on
Schedule 7.4 .
“ Financial Statements ”
includes, but is not limited to, balance sheets, profit and loss
statements, reconciliations of capital and surplus and/or
partnership capital accounts, as appropriate, and statements of
changes in financial position or cash flow, prepared in comparative
form with respect to the corresponding period of the preceding
fiscal year and prepared in accordance with GAAP.
“ Foreign Subsidiary ” means
Elitex, TSI Prime Asia and any other direct or indirect Subsidiary
of Parent that is not organized under the laws of any political
subdivision of the United States.
“
Frost ” means The Frost National Bank and its
successors.
“ GAAP ” means generally
accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis, set
forth in the Opinions of the Accounting Principles Board of the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and/or in
statements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, which are
applicable in the circumstances as of the date in question, and the
requisite that such principles be applied on a consistent basis
shall mean that the accounting principles observed in a current
period are comparable in all material respects to those applied in
a preceding period.
“ Governmental Authority ”
means any nation or government, any state or other political
subdivision thereof, any agency, authority, instrumentality,
regulatory body, court, administrative Governmental Authority,
central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative,
judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions
of or pertaining to government.
“ Guarantor ” means
(a) Parent, (b) each Subsidiary (whether now or hereafter
existing) of Parent other than Borrower, any Foreign Subsidiary,
and CM Real Estate (so long as (i) CM Real Estate engages in
no business or activity other than the ownership, operation,
leasing and maintenance of the real property located at 650 South
Royal Lane, Coppell, Texas and activities related thereto and
(ii) Parent remains its sole member).
“ Guaranty ” means a Guaranty
Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit E ,
duly executed by each Guarantor.
“ Hazardous Materials ” means
all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes, hazardous or
toxic substances or wastes, pollutants, solid, liquid or gaseous
wastes, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or
asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls (“
PCBs ”) or PCB-containing materials or equipment,
radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or
wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental
Law.
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“ Highest Lawful Rate ” means
at the particular time in question the maximum rate of interest
which, under Applicable Law, any Lender is then permitted to charge
on the Obligations. If the maximum rate of interest which, under
Applicable Law, any Lender is permitted to charge on the
Obligations shall change after the date hereof, the Highest Lawful
Rate shall be automatically increased or decreased, as the case may
be, from time to time as of the effective time of each change in
the Highest Lawful Rate without notice to Borrower. For purposes of
determining the Highest Lawful Rate under Applicable Law, the
indicated rate ceiling shall be the lesser of (a)(i) the “
weekly ceiling ”, as that expression is defined in
Section 303.003 of the Texas Finance Code, as amended, or
(ii) if available in accordance with the terms thereof and at
Lender’s option after notice to Borrower and otherwise in
accordance with the terms of Section 303.103 of the Texas
Finance Code, as amended, the “ annualized ceiling
” and (b)(i) if the amount outstanding under this Agreement
is less than $250,000, 24% per annum, or (ii) if the amount
under this Agreement is equal to or greater than $250,000, 28% per
annum.
“ Investment ” means, as to
any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by
such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or
acquisition of all or substantially all of the assets of any
Person, (b) any direct or indirect purchase or other
acquisition of, or a beneficial interest in, any equity interest or
other securities of any other Person, or (c) any direct or
indirect loan, advance, or capital contribution to or investment in
any other Person, including without limitation the incurrence or
sufferance of Debt or accounts receivable of any other Person that
are not current assets or do not arise from Dispositions to that
other Person in the ordinary course of business.
“ Investment Grade Securities
” means and includes (a) securities that are direct
obligations of the United States of America, the payment of which
is backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of
America, (b) debt securities or debt instruments with a rating
of A or higher by S&P, A2 or higher by Moody’s, Class
(1) or higher by NAIC or the equivalent of such rating by
S&P, Moody’s or NAIC, or if none of S&P,
Moody’s and NAIC shall then exist, the equivalent of such
rating by any other nationally recognized securities rating agency,
but excluding any debt securities or instruments constituting loans
or advances among Parent and its wholly-owned Subsidiaries, and
(c) any fund investing exclusively in investments of the type
described in clauses (a) and (b) , which funds may
also hold immaterial amounts of cash pending investment and/or
distribution.
“ Laws ” means, collectively,
all international, foreign, Federal, state and local constitutions,
statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances,
codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities,
including the interpretation or administration thereof by any
Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation
or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative
orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and
permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in
each case whether or not having the force of law.
“ Lender’s Office ”
means Lender’s address and, as appropriate, account as set
forth on Schedule 9.1 , or such other address or
account as Lender may from time to time notify Borrower.
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“ Lien ” means any mortgage,
pledge, security interest, encumbrance, lien or charge of any kind
(including any agreement to give or not to give any of the
foregoing), any conditional sale or other title retention
agreement, any financing or other lease in the nature thereof, and
the filing of or agreement to give any financing statement or other
similar form of public notice under the Laws of any
jurisdiction.
“ Litigation ” means any
proceeding, claim, lawsuit and/or investigation conducted or
threatened by or before any Governmental Authority, including, but
not limited to, proceedings, claims, lawsuits, and/or
investigations under or pursuant to any environmental,
occupational, safety and health, antitrust, unfair competition,
securities, Tax, or other Law, or under or pursuant to any
contract, agreement or other instrument.
“ Loan Documents ” means this
Agreement, the Term Loan Notes, the Security Documents, the
Guaranties, and all other documents and instruments executed and
delivered to Lender by any Obligor or any other Person in
connection with this Agreement.
“ Material Adverse Change or Effect
” means (a) a material adverse change in, or a material
adverse effect upon, the operations, business, properties,
liabilities (actual or contingent), or financial condition of
Parent and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; (b) a material
impairment of the ability of the Obligors, taken as a whole to
perform any obligations under any Loan Documents, including
repayment of the Obligations, or (c) an adverse effect on any
Lien granted pursuant to a Security Document.
“ Maximum Amount ” means the
maximum amount of interest which, under Applicable Law, any Lender
is permitted to charge on the Obligations.
“
Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service,
Inc.
“ Mortgage ” means the
Mortgage executed by Borrower, substantially in the form of
Exhibit B .
“
Mortgaged Property ” means the Property as that term
is defined in the Mortgage.
“ Net Proceeds ” means, with
respect to any event (a) the cash proceeds received in respect
of such event including (i) any cash received in respect of
any non-cash proceeds, but only as and when received, (ii) in
the case of an insured loss, casualty insurance proceeds, and
(iii) in the case of a condemnation or similar event,
condemnation awards and similar payments, net of (b) the sum
of (i) all reasonable fees, commissions and out-of-pocket
expenses paid by any Obligor to third parties (other than
Affiliates) in connection with such event (including reasonable
attorneys fees and expenses), (ii) in the case of a sale,
transfer or other disposition of an asset (including pursuant to a
sale and leaseback transaction or a casualty or a condemnation or
similar proceeding), the amount of all payments required to be made
by any Obligor as a result of such event to repay Debt (other than
the Term Loan) secured by such asset or otherwise subject to
mandatory prepayment as a result of such event, and (iii) the
amount of all taxes paid (or reasonably estimated to be payable) by
any Obligor (as determined reasonably and in good faith by the
chief financial officer of Borrower).
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“ Notice of Final Agreement ”
means the Arbitration and Notice of Final Agreement, substantially
in the form of Exhibit D .
“ Obligations ” means all
obligations, indebtedness and liabilities under the Loan Documents
now or hereafter owing by Borrower or any other Person to or for
the benefit of Lender, whether joint or several, fixed or
contingent, including principal, interest, expenses of collection
and foreclosure and attorneys’ fees that Borrower is
responsible for pursuant to Section 9.2 . Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, “
Obligations ” includes interest, fees and other
amounts that would accrue after the commencement by or against
Borrower, any Affiliate thereof or any other Person (other than
Lender or any Participant) of any proceeding under any Debtor
Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding,
regardless of whether such interest, fees and other amounts are
allowed claims in such proceeding.
“ Obligor ” means Borrower,
each Guarantor and each other Person liable for performance of any
of the Obligations or the property of which secures the performance
of any of the Obligations.
“ Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities
” means, with respect to any Person as of any date of
determination thereof, without duplication and to the extent not
included as a liability on the consolidated balance sheet of such
Person and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP: (a) with
respect to any asset securitization transaction (including any
accounts receivable purchase facility) (i) the unrecovered
investment of purchasers or transferees of assets so transferred
and (ii) any other payment, recourse, repurchase, hold
harmless, indemnity or similar obligation of such Person or any of
its Subsidiaries in respect of assets transferred or payments made
in respect thereof, other than limited recourse provisions that are
customary for transactions of such type and that neither
(x) have the effect of limiting the loss or credit risk of
such purchasers or transferees with respect to payment or
performance by the obligors of the assets so transferred nor
(y) impair the characterization of the transaction as a true
sale under applicable Laws (including Debtor Relief Laws);
(b) the monetary obligations under any financing lease or
so-called “synthetic,” tax retention or off-balance
sheet lease transaction which, upon the application of any Debtor
Relief Law to such Person or any of its Subsidiaries, would be
characterized as indebtedness; (c) the monetary obligations
under any sale and leaseback transaction which does not create a
liability on the consolidated balance sheet of such Person and its
Subsidiaries; or (d) any other monetary obligation arising
with respect to any other transaction which (i) upon the
application of any Debtor Relief Law to such Person or any of its
Subsidiaries, would be characterized as indebtedness or
(ii) is the functional equivalent of or takes the place of
borrowing but which does not constitute a liability on the
consolidated balance sheet of such Person and its Subsidiaries (for
purposes of this clause (d) , any transaction structured to
provide tax deductibility as interest expense of any Dividend,
coupon or other periodic payment will be deemed to be the
functional equivalent of a borrowing).
“ Parent Credit Agreement ”
means that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of July 8, 2009,
between the Parent and Bank of America, N.A., as amended, modified
or supplemented from time to time, and including any renewals,
refinancings, replacements and extensions of the Debt evidenced
thereby, so long as the lender is Parent Lender.
“
Parent Lender ” means Bank of America, N.A. or any
Eligible Replacement Lender.
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“ Parent Credit Agreement Satisfaction
Conditions ” means the satisfaction of all of the
following conditions: (a) the obligations under the Parent
Credit Agreement have been paid in full, provided ,
however , with respect to any contingent or unliquidated
obligations owing to Parent Lender, adequate provision
(satisfactory to the Parent Lender or as a court of competent
jurisdiction may otherwise determine in a final non-appealable
judgment) has been made, (b) all commitments to extend credit
under the Parent Credit Agreement have been terminated, and
(c) there are no outstanding letters of credit or other
instruments issued under or in connection with the Parent Credit
Agreement.
“ Parent Credit Agreement Satisfaction
Date ” means the earlier of (i) the first date on
which (a) all of the Parent Credit Agreement Satisfaction
Conditions have been satisfied, and (b) Parent Lender shall
have given the Parent Credit Agreement Satisfaction Notice; and
(ii) such time as Parent Lender is no longer the lead lender
under the Parent Credit Agreement.
“ Parent Credit Agreement Satisfaction
Notice” means a written notice from Parent Lender which
states that the Parent Credit Agreement Satisfaction Conditions
have occurred. Following the satisfaction of the Parent Credit
Agreement Satisfaction Conditions, Parent shall request that Parent
Lender deliver to Lender the Parent Credit Agreement Satisfaction
Notice within 15 days after request therefor from either
Lender or Parent, provided, however, that if the Parent Credit
Agreement Satisfaction Conditions have not been satisfied, Parent
shall request that Parent Lender deliver to Lender a statement
setting forth which Parent Credit Agreement Satisfaction Conditions
have not been satisfied and what obligations remain outstanding
under the Parent Credit Agreement.
“
PBGC ” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
established under ERISA.
“ Permitted Acquisition ”
means the acquisition of the assets or equity of another Person, so
long as in each case (a) the acquisition is permitted by the
terms of the Parent Credit Agreement or any consent of the Parent
Lender and (b) each acquired entity executes and delivers, or
causes to be executed and delivered, each of the documents
described in Section 6.10 .
“ Permitted Debt ” means
(a) Existing Debt, (b) the Obligations, (c) trade
accounts payable and other similar obligations incurred in the
ordinary course of business, (d) purchase money Debt not to
exceed $1,500,000 in aggregate amount outstanding at any time, and
(e) Debt in respect of the Parent Credit Agreement.
“ Permitted Investments ”
means (a) Investment Grade Securities, (b) Existing
Investments, (c) travel advances to employees in the ordinary
course of business, (d) equity contributions made by Parent or
Subsidiaries of Parent in existing Subsidiaries of Parent that are
either Guarantors, if such equity contribution results in an
increase in shareholders’ or members’ equity of such
Subsidiary receiving such equity contribution, and (e) other
Investments of Parent and its Subsidiaries that do not, as at any
date of determination, exceed in the aggregate $500,000 (the value
of each such Investment to be the greater of (1) the then
current market value of such Investment, and (2) the purchase
price of such Investment).
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“ Permitted Liens ” means
(a) Bank Liens, (b) pledges or deposits made to secure
payment of workmen’s compensation, or to participate in any
fund in connection with workmen’s compensation, unemployment
insurance, pensions, or other social security programs (excluding
any Liens in respect of ERISA), (c) good-faith pledges or
deposits made to secure performance of bids, tenders, contracts
(other than for the repayment of borrowed money), or leases, or to
secure statutory obligations, surety or appeal bonds, or indemnity,
performance, or other similar bonds in the ordinary course of
business, (d) encumbrances consisting of zoning restrictions,
easements, or other restrictions on the use of real property, none
of which impair the use of such property by any Obligor or any of
its Subsidiaries in the operation of its business in any manner
which would have a Material Adverse Effect, (e) the following,
if the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith
and by appropriate and lawful proceedings for which Borrower has
established adequate reserves and so long as levy and execution
thereon have been stayed and continue to be stayed: claims and
Liens for Taxes due and payable; claims and Liens upon, and defects
of title to, real or personal property or other legal process prior
to adjudication of a dispute on the merits, including
mechanic’s and materialmen’s Liens; and adverse
judgments on appeal, (f) set-off, charge-back and other rights
of depository and collection banks and other financial institutions
with respect to money or instruments of Borrower or its
Subsidiaries on depository with or in possession of such
institutions, (g) Liens arising under Capital Leases and
purchase money Debt permitted under this Agreement,
(h) Existing Liens and (i) and other Liens permitted by
the Parent Credit Agreement or by the prior written consent of
Parent Lender.
“ Person ” means and includes
an individual, a partnership, a joint venture, a limited liability
company, a corporation, a trust, an unincorporated organization,
and a government or any department, Governmental Authority, agency
or political subdivision thereof.
“ Plan ” means any plan
subject to Title IV of ERISA and maintained for employees of any
Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries, or of any member of a
controlled group of corporations, as the term “controlled
group of corporations” is defined in Section 1563 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, of which any Obligor or
any of its Subsidiaries is a part.
“ Prepayment Event ” means
(a) any sale, transfer, condemnation or other disposition
(including pursuant to a sale and leaseback transaction) of
Collateral, and (b) the receipt by Borrower or any other
Obligor of any insurance or other cash proceeds by reason of theft,
loss, physical destruction or damage or any other similar event
with respect to any Collateral.
“ Prime Rate ” means for any
day a per annum rate of interest equal to the “prime
rate,” as published in the “Money Rates” column
of The Wall Street Journal , from time to time, or if
for any reason such rate is no longer available, the rate
established by Frost as its prime rate. The Prime Rate shall change
effective as of the date of any change as published in The
Wall Street Journal , or as established by Frost, as
appropriate. The Prime Rate is a reference rate and does not
necessarily represent the lowest or best rate actually charged to
any customer of any Lender.
“
Principal Office ” means the principal office of a
Lender specified on Schedule 9.1 .
“ Release ” means any
spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying,
discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, disposing,
depositing, dispersing, emanating or migrating of any Hazardous
Material in, into, onto or through the Environment.
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“ Remedial Action ” means (a)
“remedial action” as such term is defined in CERCLA, 42
U.S.C. Section 9601(24), and (b) all other actions
required by any Governmental Authority or voluntarily undertaken
to: (i) cleanup, remove, treat, abate or in any other way
address any Hazardous Material in the Environment;
(ii) prevent the Release or threat of Release, or minimize the
further Release of any Hazardous Material so it does not migrate or
endanger or threaten to endanger public health, welfare or the
Environment; or (iii) perform studies and investigations in
connection with, or as a precondition to, (i) or
(ii) above.
“ Reportable Event ” means a
reportable event as defined in Section 4043(b) of Title IV of ERISA
or PBGC regulations issued thereunder, other than a reportable
event not subject to Section 4043’s notification
requirements pursuant to PGBC’s regulations.
“ S&P ” means Standard
& Poor’s Ratings Group, a division of McGraw-Hill, Inc.,
a New York corporation.
“ Security Documents ” means,
collectively, the Mortgage and any and all other documents,
instruments, financing statements, public notices and the like
executed and delivered in connection with any of the Bank Liens or
the Collateral.
“
Senior Management ” means each of James Ridings, Brad
Heimann, and Marcus Scrudder.
“ Solvent ” means, with
respect to any Person, that the fair value of the assets of such
Person (both at fair valuation and at present fair saleable value)
is, on the date of determination, greater than the total amount of
liabilities (including contingent and unliquidated liabilities) of
such Person as of such date and that, as of such date, such Person
is able to pay all liabilities of such Person as such liabilities
mature and such Person does not have unreasonably small capital
with which to carry on its business. In computing the amount of
contingent or unliquidated liabilities at any time, such
liabilities will be computed at the amount which, in light of all
the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the
amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or
matured liability discounted to present value at rates believed to
be reasonable by such Person.
“ Special Counsel ” means the
law firm of Winstead PC, or such other legal counsel as Lender may
select.
“ Stock Repurchases ” means,
with respect to any Person, any retirement, redemption, purchase,
repurchase or other acquisition, directly or indirectly, of any
shares of any class of its capital stock or other equity interest
now or hereafter outstanding.
“ Subordinated Debt ” means
any indebtedness of Parent or its Subsidiaries which shall have
been and continues to be validly and effectively subordinated to
the Obligations pursuant to a written agreement in form and
substance acceptable to Lender.
“ Subsidiary ” of a Person
means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability
company or other business entity of which a majority of the shares
of securities or other interests having ordinary voting power for
the election of directors or other governing body (other than
securities or interests having such power only by reason of the
happening of a contingency) are at the time beneficially owned, or
the management of which is otherwise Controlled, directly or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such
Person.
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“ Taxes ” means all taxes,
assessments, fees or other charges from time to time or at any time
imposed by any Laws or by any Governmental Authority.
“ Term
Loan ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.1 .
“ Term
Loan Commitment ” means $3,500,000.
“ Term Loan Maturity Date ”
means the first to occur of (a) the Termination Date, or
(b) the date the Obligations are accelerated.
“ Term Loan Note ” means the
promissory note made by Borrower in favor of Lender evidencing the
Term Loan made by Lender, substantially in the form of
Exhibit A .
“
Termination Date ” means July _____,
2012.
“ TSI
Prime Asia ” means TSI Prime Asia Limited, a wholly-owned
direct Subsidiary of Elitex.
1.2 Additional Definitions . The
following additional terms have the meaning specified in the
indicated Section or other provision of this
Agreement:
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1.3 Construction . Unless otherwise
expressly provided in this Agreement or the context requires
otherwise, (a) the singular shall include the plural, and vice
versa, (b) words of a gender include the other gender,
(c) all accounting and financial terms shall be construed in
accordance with GAAP, (d) all references to time are San
Antonio time,(e) monetary references are to Dollars, (f) all
references to “Articles,” “Sections,”
“Exhibits,” and “Schedules” are to the
Articles, Sections, Exhibits, and Schedules of and to this
Agreement, (g) headings used in this Agreement and each other
Loan Document are for convenience only and shall not be used in
connection with the interpretation of any provision hereof or
thereof, (h) references to any Person include that
Person’s heirs, personal representatives, successors, and
permitted assigns, that Person as a debtor-in possession, and any
receiver, trustee, liquidator, conservator, custodian, or similar
party appointed for such Person or all or substantially all of its
assets, (i) references to any Law include every amendment or
restatement to it, rule and regulation adopted under it, and
successor or replacement for it, and (j) references to a
particular Loan Document include each amendment, modification, or
supplement to or restatement of it made in accordance with this
Agreement and such Loan Document.
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2.1 Term Loan . Subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, Lender agrees to make a term loan in
the amount of the Term Loan Commitment (the “ Term
Loan ”), to Borrower on the Agreement Date.
2.2 Funding . Upon satisfaction of the
applicable conditions set forth in Article V , Lender
shall make the proceeds of the Term Loan available to Borrower by
crediting the account of Borrower on the books of Lender with the
amount of such funds.
2.3 Term Loan Note . The Term Loan will
be evidenced by the Term Loan Note. Interest on the Term Loan will
accrue at the rates set forth in the Term Loan Note. The principal
of and interest on the Term Loan will be due and payable in
accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in the Term Loan
Note and in this Agreement.
2.4 Voluntary Prepayments . Borrower may
at any time or from time to time voluntarily prepay the Term Loan
in whole or in part without premium or penalty. Each partial
prepayment of the Term Loan shall be in an aggregate amount of
$100,000 or an integral multiple thereof. Prepayments shall be
accompanied by accrued interest on the principal amount prepaid.
Such amount prepaid shall be applied to the Term Loan in the
inverse order of maturity.
2.5 Mandatory Prepayments . In the event
and on each occasion that any Net Proceeds are received by or on
behalf of Borrower in respect of any Prepayment Event, Borrower
shall, within five days after such Net Proceeds are received,
prepay the Term Loan in an aggregate amount equal to:
(a) Asset Dispositions . In the
case of Net Proceeds received in any event described in clause
(a) of the definition of Prepayment Event, the total amount of
such Net Proceeds; and
(b) Recovery Events . Subject to
Section 2.5(e) , in the case of Net Proceeds received
in any event described in clause (b) of the definition of
Prepayment Event, the total amount of such Net Proceeds;
provided that if (A) no Default or Event of Default
exists, (B) Borrower delivers to Lender a written plan
describing the proposed use of such Net Proceeds to repair, restore
or replace the stolen, lost, destroyed or damaged property or
asset, and certifying that no Default or Event of Default exists,
and (C) such repair, restoration or replacement has commenced
within 60 days after the loss event, then no prepayment shall
be required pursuant to this Section 2.5(b)
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(c) Application . All amounts
prepaid pursuant to this Section 2.5 shall be applied
to the unpaid principal of the Term Loan in the inverse order of
maturity and shall be accompanied by accrued interest on the
principal amount prepaid.
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(d) Exception . Notwithstanding
Section 2.5(b) , in the event that Borrower has
received Net Proceeds (i) in an aggregate amount less than
$50,000 from a single event described in Section 2.5(b)
, (ii) or in an aggregate amount less than $100,000 from all
events and circumstances described in Section 2.5(b) ,
Borrower shall not be required to comply with the mandatory
prepayment requirements of Section 2.5(b) with respect
to such amounts received after the Agreement Date.
2.6 Payments Generally . (a) Each
payment (including prepayments) by Borrower of the principal of or
interest on the Term Loan and any other amount owed under this
Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be made not later than
2:00 p.m. on the date specified for payment under this Agreement to
Lender at Lender’s Office, in Dollars constituting
immediately available funds. All payments received by Lender after
2:00 p.m. shall be deemed received on the next succeeding Business
Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to
accrue.
(b) If any payment under this Agreement or
any other Loan Document shall be specified to be made upon a day
which is not a Business Day, it shall be made on the next
succeeding day which is a Business Day. Any extension of time shall
in such case be included in computing interest and fees, if any, in
connection with such payment.
(c) Borrower agrees to pay principal,
interest, fees and all
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