EXHIBIT 10.25
THIS MORTGAGE IS AN OPEN-END
MORTGAGE AND SECURES FUTURE ADVANCES
(All notices to be given to
Mortgagee pursuant to
42 Pa. C.S.A. 8143 shall be given as set forth
in Paragraph 25 of this Mortgage.)
OPEN-END MORTGAGE AND SECURITY
AGREEMENT
THIS OPEN-END MORTGAGE AND SECURITY
AGREEMENT (this “Mortgage” made this 14th day of
January, 2004, by and between Spitz, Inc., a Delaware corporation,
with an address of P.O. Box 198, Route 1, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania
19317 (the Mortgagor), and FIRST KEYSTONE BANK (Mortgagee), a
federally chartered stock savings bank organized and existing under
the laws of the United States of America, at Mortgagee’s
office located at 22 West State Street, Media, Pennsylvania,
19063.
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, this Mortgage is an
Open-End Mortgageas set forth in 42 Pa. C.S.A. 8143 and secures
obligations of Mortgagor and Transnational, Inc. (TN) to Mortgagee
up to a maximum amount of principal indebtedness outstanding at any
time of Three Million Two Hundred Thousand ($3,200,000.00) Dollars
together with, but not limited to, advances for the payment of
taxes and municipal assessments, maintenance charges, insurance
premiums, costs incurred for the protection of the Mortgaged
Property (hereinafter defined) or the lien of this Mortgage,
expenses incurred by Mortgagee by reason of default by Mortgagor
under this Mortgage the Note (hereinafter defined), and all other
sums due hereunder or secured hereby, plus accrued and unpaid
interest due under the Note; and
WHEREAS, Mortgagor and TN, as part
of the foregoing obligations, has executed and delivered to
Mortgagee its Mortgage Note, dated even date herewith (the Note),
evidencing Mortgagor’s and TN’s indebtedness to
Mortgagee in the principal amount of Three Million Two Hundred
Thousand ($3,200,000.00) Dollars in accordance with a certain
Commitment Letter from Mortgagee to Mortgagor and TN, dated
December 19, 2003, (the Commitment Letter), and a certain Loan
Agreement (the Loan Agreement), dated even date herewith, by and
between Mortgagor, TN and Mortgagee, together with interest thereon
payable at the rate and times, in the manner, and according to the
terms and conditions specified in the Note which provides for
interest rate adjustments based on a formula therein set forth;
and
WHEREAS, all of the terms,
conditions and provisions of the Note, the Commitment Letter and
the Loan Agreement are by reference incorporated herein as if fully
set forth; and
WHEREAS, Mortgagor has duly executed
and delivered this Mortgage to secure all of Mortgagor’s and
TN’s obligations under the Note and the Loan
Agreement.
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NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the aforesaid indebtedness, and to secure the payment of all sums
due or to become due under the Note, under the Commitment Letter,
under the Loan Agreement, and under the terms of this Mortgage, and
to secure the payment of all sums advanced by Mortgagee to
Mortgagor and TN, as well as to secure the performance and
observance of all of the terms, conditions and provisions of the
Note, the Commitment Letter, the Loan Agreement, this Mortgage, the
Assignment of Rents (hereinafter defined), the Environmental
Indemnity Agreement (hereinafter defined) and all other agreements
and instruments given by or on behalf of Mortgagor and TN to
Mortgagee in connection with the Note, the Commitment Letter, the
Loan Agreement, or this Mortgage (collectively the Loan Documents),
Mortgagor has granted, bargained, conveyed, sold, aliened,
enfeoffed, released, confirmed and mortgaged, and by these presents
does hereby grant, bargain, convey, sell, alien, enfeoff, release,
confirm and mortgage unto Mortgagee, its successors and assigns all
that certain parcel of real property known as Route 1, Chadds Ford
Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, being Folio No.
04-00-00034-02, and more specifically described on the metes and
bounds legal description, attached hereto, made a part of hereof,
and labeled Exhibit A (the Real Estate).
TOGETHER WITH all of
Mortgagor’s right, title and interest now owned or hereafter
acquired in:
(i) All buildings, structures
and improvements of every kind and description now or hereafter
erected or placed on the Real Estate.
(ii) All tenements,
hereditaments, appurtenances and all the estates and rights of
Mortgagor in and to the Real Estate or any part thereof.
(iii) All streets, roads,
passages, ways, waters, water courses, easements, and privileges of
whatsoever kind or character, belonging to, and adjoining, used in
connection with or in any way appertaining to the Real
Estate.
(iv) All reversions,
remainders, easements, rents, issues, income and profits arising or
issuing from the Real Estate and/or the buildings, structures and
improvements now or hereafter erected or placed thereon, or any
portion thereof, including, but not limited to, the rents, issues,
income and profits arising or issuing from all insurance policies,
sale agreements, licenses, options, leases and subleases now or
hereafter entered into covering any part of the Real Estate and/or
the buildings, structures and improvements now or hereafter erected
or placed thereon, or any portion thereof, all of which insurance
policies, sale agreements, licenses, options, leases, subleases,
rents, issues, income and profits are hereby assigned to Mortgagee
by Mortgagor. Mortgagor will execute and deliver to Mortgagee, on
demand, such separate, specific assignments and instruments as
Mortgagee may require to implement, confirm, maintain and continue
the assignment hereunder. Mortgagor hereby appoints Mortgagee, its
designees and nominees, as Mortgagor’s agents and
attorneys-in-fact to collect such rents, issues and
profits.
(v) All awards, damages,
payments and other compensation, and any and all claims therefor,
and rights thereto, which may result from taking or injury by
virtue of the exercise of the power of eminent domain of, or to, or
any damage, injury or destruction in any manner caused to, the Real
Estate and/or the
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buildings, structures and
improvements now or hereafter erected or placed thereon, or any
portion thereof, all of which award, damages, payments,
compensation, claims and rights are hereby assigned to Mortgagee to
the fullest extent that Mortgagor may do so under law. Mortgagor
hereby appoints Mortgagee, its designees and nominees, as
Mortgagor’s agents and attorneys-in-fact to collect any such
awards, damages, payments and compensation.
(vi) All fixtures, fittings,
furnishings, furniture, trade fixtures, machinery, equipment,
apparatus, building materials, appliances, goods, supplies, tools,
chattels, and all articles of tangible personal property of
whatever kind and nature, together with all replacements thereof,
substitutions therefor and additions and accessions thereto, and
all proceeds and profits thereof and therefrom, now or at anytime
hereafter, affixed or attached to, installed upon, included within,
or used in any way in connection with the construction, use,
enjoyment, operation, maintenance or occupancy of the Real Estate
and the buildings, structures and improvements now or hereafter
erected or placed thereon; and all agreements, contract rights,
chattel paper, negotiable instruments, general intangibles,
accounts, instruments, and documents (as those terms are defined in
the Pennsylvania Uniform Commercial Code). Any item referred to in
this paragraph (vi) shall hereinafter, for purposes of creating a
security interest therein under the Pennsylvania Uniform Commercial
Code, sometimes be referred to as the Personal Property.
The Real Estate, and all of the
right, title and interest of Mortgagor therein and thereto, and all
of the property rights, title and interest referred to in
paragraphs (i) through (vi) above shall hereinafter sometimes be
referred to collectively as the Mortgaged Property.
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the Mortgaged
Property hereby granted and conveyed, or mentioned and intended so
to be, unto Mortgagee, its successors and assigns, to its and their
own use and benefit forever.
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if Mortgagor
pays to Mortgagee the principal interest to become due under the
Note at the time and in the manner stipulated therein, and pays all
other sums payable by Mortgagor and TN to Mortgagee as are secured
hereby, and if Mortgagor and TN perform and comply with all the
agreements, conditions, covenants and provisions contained in the
Note, the Loan Agreement, this Mortgage and the other Loan
Documents, and if Mortgagor and TN pay all satisfaction costs,
including the recording costs for any Mortgage satisfaction and
termination statements, then this Mortgage and the estate, right,
title and interest of Mortgagee in and to the Mortgaged Property
shall cease and become void. Until such time, Mortgagor covenants,
represents, promises, warrants and agrees to and with Mortgagee as
follows:
1. Mortgagor’s Title.
Mortgagor warrants, covenants and represents as follows:
1.1 Mortgagor has good and
marketable and unencumbered fee simple title to the Mortgaged
Property subject only to the title exceptions not removed from
Title Insurance Commitment No. 03-1156 dated effective October 30,
2003, issued by Strong Abstract, Inc. agent for First American
Title Insurance Company, at the time of closing the loan evidenced
by the Note; and
1.2 Mortgagor will forever
warrant and defend the title to the Mortgaged Property unto the
Mortgagee, its successors and assigns, against all persons and all
claims of every kind and nature whatsoever.
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2. Payment and Performance by
Mortgagor.
2.1 Mortgagor and TN shall pay
to Mortgagee all principal, interest and other sums now or
hereafter due and payable to Mortgagee under the terms of the Note,
this Mortgage, and all other Loan Documents, as and when the same
shall become due and payable by the terms thereof and
hereof.
2.2 Mortgagor and TN shall
perform and comply with all terms, condition, provisions, covenants
and agreements on the part of Mortgagor and/or TN to be observed
and performed under this Mortgage, the Note, the Loan Agreement,
and all other Loan Documents. All the terms, conditions and
provisions of the Loan Documents are by reference incorporated
herein as if fully set forth.
2.3 Mortgagor shall timely
perform all of its obligations and duties under any present or
future lease, easement, license, permit, approval, covenant or
agreement relating to, affecting, created for the benefit of or
used in connection with the operation of all or any portion of the
Mortgaged Property.
2.4 This mortgage secures
obligations of Mortgagor and TN to Mortgagee which obligations
shall include, but not be limited to, expenses and attorneys fees
incurred by Mortgagee by reason of default by Mortgagor and/or TN
hereunder, under the Note or under any of the other Loan Documents,
the payment of taxes, municipal assessments and insurance premiums
whether advanced prior to or after the entry of judgment in any
action to enforce this security instrument, together with all other
sums due hereunder or secured hereby, plus accrued and unpaid
interest.
3. Maintenance and Repair.
Mortgagor shall keep and maintain the Mortgaged Property and the
sidewalks, curbs and drives abutting and adjacent thereto, if any,
in good and tenantable order, condition and repair, and will make
as and when necessary all repairs, renewals and replacements,
structural and not structural, exterior and interior, ordinary and
extraordinary, foreseen and unforseen. All such repairs, renewals
and replacements made by Mortgagor shall be at least equal in
quality to the original portion of the Mortgaged Property being
repaired, renewed or replaced. Mortgagor shall abstain from and
shall not permit the commission of waste in or about the Mortgaged
Property.
4. Removal, Demolition and
Alteration. Mortgagor shall not undertake or permit the removal or
demolition of any building at any time erected on or forming a part
of the Mortgaged Property, nor shall Mortgagor, without
Mortgagee’s prior written consent, undertake or permit any
alteration in the design or structural character of any such
building.
5. Inspection by Mortgagee.
Mortgagor will permit Mortgagee and Mortgagee’s agents and
representatives to enter the Mortgaged Property and all parts
thereof for the purposes of making site and building
investigations, performing soil, groundwater, structural and other
tests, and generally to inspect. and photograph the condition and
state of repair of the Mortgaged Property at any reasonable time
upon one (1) business day prior notice.
6. Insurance. Mortgagor shall
from and after the date hereof and at all times while the
indebtedness secured hereby is outstanding maintain at
Mortgagor’s sole expense, insurance in amounts, with
deductibles satisfactory to Mortgagee as more fully set forth in
the Loan Agreement, including, without
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limitation, all risk, fire, hazard
and extended coverage insurance with vandalism and malicious
mischief endorsements on all buildings, structures and improvements
now existing or hereafter erected on or forming a part of the
Mortgaged Property, and all of the Personal Property, to the extent
of one hundred percent (100%) of the replacement value thereof
pursuant to full replacement value endorsements naming Mortgagee as
mortgagee and additional insured pursuant to a standard mortgagee
loss payable clause, without co-insurance. Mortgagor shall also
insure against such other hazards as Mortgagee may require from
time to time and shall maintain rent insurance against loss of
income arising out of damage or destruction by fire or the perils
of extended coverage insurance, in an amount equal to one (1)
year’s gross rental income to the owner of the Mortgaged
Premises, or business interruption insurance in an amount as
required by Mortgagee from time to time, but not to exceed
Mortgagee’s reasonable estimate of the annual cost of debt
service on the Note, taxes, insurance and maintenance for the
Mortgaged Premises. All such insurance shall be in such amounts as
is necessary to comply with co-insurance requirements and otherwise
as Mortgagee shall require, and shall be written by stock or
nonassessable mutual carriers with a general policy holders rating
of A or better and a financial rating of VI or better in the most
recent edition of Best’s Key Rating Guide, Property-Casualty,
published by Alfred M. Best Co., Inc. Mortgagor shall deliver to
Mortgagee upon demand, and in the absence of demand not less than
twenty (20) days prior to the expiration date of each such
insurance policy, proof of the renewal and continuance of all
required insurance coverages, with premiums prepaid. As additional
security for the payment of the indebtedness secured by this
Mortgage, shall name Mortgagee as an additional insured or be
endorsed with a standard mortgagee clause, shall not be subject to
contribution, shall be for a term of at least one (1) year, and
shall provide for cancellation or modification only upon at least
thirty (30) days prior written notice to Mortgagee.
6.1 If any of the insurance
referred to herein, or any part thereof, shall expire, or be
canceled, or become void or voidable by reason of the breach of any
condition thereof, or if Mortgagee determines that such coverage is
unsatisfactory due to the failure or impairment of the capital of
any company in which the insurance may then be carried such that
its AM Best Rating falls below the standard set forth in this
Mortgage, or if for any reason whatever the insurance shall be or
become unsatisfactory to Mortgagee, Mortgagor shall place new
insurance on the Mortgaged Property, satisfactory to
Mortgagee.
6.2 If Mortgagee acquires
title to the Mortgaged Property either by virtue of a judicial sale
thereof pursuant to proceedings under the Note or upon this
Mortgage or by virtue of a deed in lieu of foreclosure, or
otherwise, then, and in any such event, all of Mortgagor’s
right, title and interest in and to all insurance policies referred
to herein, including unearned premiums thereon and the proceeds
thereof, shall vest in Mortgagee.
7. Taxes, Assessments and
Other Charges. If requested by Mortgagee, in addition to the
monthly installment of interest and/or principal due to Mortgagee,
Mortgagor shall pay to Mortgagee, on the payment date of
installments due under the Note, until the Note is fully paid, a
sum (the Escrow Payment) equal to one-twelfth (1/12) of the annual
real estate taxes, other municipal assessments and the estimated
annual premiums for all insurance required hereunder (the Escrow
Charges), with an initial deposit to cover the months which will
have elapsed between the last date such taxes, charges and premiums
were due and payable and the first date on which an installment
shall be due hereunder. The Escrow Payments may be commingled with
other funds of Mortgagee
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and no interest thereon shall be due
of payable to Mortgagor. Mortgagee shall apply the Escrow Payments
to the payment of the Escrow Charges in such order or priority as
Mortgagee shall determine. If, at any time, the Escrow Payments
theretofore paid to Mortgagee shall be insufficient for the payment
of the Escrow Charges, Mortgagor, within ten (10) days after
demand, shall pay the amount of the deficiency to
Mortgagee.
Mortgagor shall pay, prior to the
accrual of any interest or penalties, without any deduction,
defalcation or abatement, and shall furnish to Mortgagee proper
receipts for, within five (5) days after their respective due
dates, all ground rents, taxes, assessments, water and sewer rents,
licenses or permit fees, and all other charges or claims which may
be assessed, levied charged, imposed or filed at any time against
Mortgagor, the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof, or against
the interest of Mortgagee therein, by any governmental
instrumentality or agency or other lawful authority or by any deed
restriction, private agreement or declaration, recorded or
otherwise, or which by any present or future law may have priority
over the indebtedness secured hereby either in lien or in
distribution out of the proceeds of any judicial sale. Mortgagor
will pay, when due, all charges for utilities, whether public or
private, used or consumed upon, in or in connection with the
Mortgaged Property.
8. Sale or Transfer of the
Mortgaged Property. Mortgagor shall not, without the prior written
consent of Mortgagee: (i) sell, transfer, convey or assign the
Mortgaged Property, or any part thereof, or any interest therein,
including but not limited to, an equitable interest in the
Mortgaged Property, or any part thereof, to any party; or (ii)
permit the sale, transfer, conveyance or assignment of the
Mortgaged Property or any part thereof or any interest therein,
either voluntarily or by operation of law.
9. Internal Revenue Stamps. If
at any time the United States Government or any department or
bureau thereof shall require Internal Revenue stamps on the Note or
other indebtedness secured hereby, Mortgagor shall, upon demand
made by Mortgage, pay for such stamps together with any interest
and penalties payable with respect thereto.
10. Taxation of Note and
Mortgage. If any law is hereafter enacted: (i) deducting from the
value of real estate, for purposes of taxation, any lien or
encumbrance thereon; (ii) revising or changing in any way the laws
and ordinances now in force for the taxation of mortgages or the
debts secured thereby, or the manner of collections of such taxes;
(iii) imposing a tax directly or indirectly on Mortgagee with
respect to the Mortgaged Property, the value of Mortgagor’s
equity therein, the indebtedness evidenced by the Note and/or
secured by this Mortgage; (iv) requiring Mortgagee to pay, in whole
or in part, any tax, assessment, charge or lien required to be paid
by Mortgagor pursuant to the terms of this Mortgage; then, and in
any such event, the entire unpaid balance of the indebtedness
secured by this Mortgage shall, at the option of Mortgagee, without
notice to Mortgagor, become immediately due and payable, unless, to
the extent permitted by such law or ordinance, Mortgagor is
authorized to, and does, pay or reimburse Mortgagee for the full
amount of any such tax, assessment, charge or lien.
11. Protection of Mortgage
Lien. Mortgagor will promptly perform and observe, or cause to be
performed and observed, all of the terms, covenants and condition
of all instruments of record affecting the Mortgaged Property, or
imposing any duty or obligation upon Mortgagor or any occupant or
tenant of the Mortgaged Property or any part thereof. Mortgagor
shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve
intact and unimpaired any and all easements, appurtenances and
other interests and rights in favor of or constituting any portion
of the Mortgaged Property.
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12. Costs, Expenses and
Counsel Fees. Mortgagor and/or TN shall pay all expenses incurred
by Mortgagee incident to the preparation, execution, delivery
and/or recording of the Note, this Mortgage and all of the other
Loan Documents. Mortgagor and/or TN shall, upon demand made by
Mortgagee, promptly pay to Mortgagee all expenses and costs,
including reasonable attorneys’ fees, incurred by Mortgagee
to collect any of the indebtedness secured hereby or to enforce the
performance of the terms, conditions, provisions, agreements and
covenants contained herein, in the Note, the Loan Agreement, or in
any other Loan Document, whether or not suit is instituted, or
incurred by Mortgagee in connection with any action, proceeding,
litigation or claim instituted or asserted by or against Mortgagee
or in which the Mortgagee becomes engaged, wherein it becomes
necessary, in the opinion of Mortgagee, to enforce, defend or
uphold the lien of this Mortgage or the validity or effectiveness
of any assignment of any claim, award, payment, insurance recovery
or any other right or property conveyed, encumbered or assigned by
Mortgagor to Mortgagee hereunder, or the priority of any of the
same or otherwise. All such expenses, costs and attorneys’
fees, together with interest thereon at the rate set forth in the
Note in the event of a default thereunder, shall be deemed to be
part of the principal indebtedness evidenced by the Note on a pro
rata basis and secured by this Mortgage.
13. Security Interest in the
Personal Property. Mortgagor and Mortgagee hereby acknowledge that
this Mortgage constitutes a security agreement under the
Pennsylvania Uniform Commercial Code, and Mortgagor hereby grants
to Mortgagee a security interest in every item of the Personal
Property and the proceeds thereof and profits therefrom,
replacements and substitutions therefor and additions and
accessions thereto. Mortgagor shall, upon demand made by Mortgagee,
execute, deliver and file any financing statements, continuation
statements and other instruments as Mortgagee may from time to time
require in order to perfect, confirm and maintain such perfected
security interest under the Pennsylvania Uniform Commercial Code.
Mortgagor hereby irrevocably appoints Mortgagee, its designees and
nominees, as Mortgagor’s agents and attorneys-in-fact to
execute, deliver and file, on Mortgagor’s behalf and in its
name, any such financing statements, continuation statements, and
other instruments as Mortgagee, in its sole discretion, deems
necessary.
13.1 Mortgagor hereby warrants
and represents to Mortgagee that Mortgagor is and will be the owner
of every item of the Personal Property, free from any leases,
conditional sales, chattel mortgages, security interests, liens or
encumbrances other than the security interest hereby created.
Mortgagor further hereby represents and warrants to Mortgagee that,
unless Mortgagee gives its prior written consent to the contrary,
every item of the Personal Property has been, and shall be created
thereon except the security interest hereby created.
14. Rents, Profits and Leases.
Mortgagor hereby assigns and transfers unto Mortgagee, i