EXHIBIT 10.12
FACTORING
AGREEMENT
STAR FUNDING, INC.
237 W. 37
th
Street, 5
th
Floor
NEW YORK, NY 10018
Date: March 20, 2009
12 East
52 nd
Street , 4
th floor
THE FOLLOWING IS THE AGREEMENT UNDER WHICH WE
ARE TO ACT AS YOUR SOLE FACTOR WITH RESPECT TO ALL ACCOUNTS
RECEIVABLE FROM YOUR PRESENT AND FUTURE CUSTOMERS ARISING FROM THE
SALE AND DELIVERY OF MERCHANDISE OR THE RENDITION OF SERVICES BY
YOUR COMPANY.
1. You
hereby sell and assign to us, making us absolute owner thereof, (a)
all accounts, contract rights, and all other obligations to you,
now existing or hereafter arising, for the payment of money,
arising out of the sale of goods you purchase from us under the
Supply Agreement dated as of the date hereof between you and us (as
it may be amended, the “ Supply Agreement
” ) and (b) such other accounts, contract rights and
other obligations to you for the payment of money as you may offer
to us and we may purchase from time to time (each a “
Receivable ” and collectively the “
Receivables ”), together with all proceeds
thereof; all security therefore, and guarantees thereof, and all of
your rights to any goods and property represented thereby or
relating thereto. We shall have all the rights of an unpaid seller
of any goods, the sale of which gives rise to each Receivable,
including, without limitation, the right of stoppage in transit,
reclamation and replevin. Upon each purchase of a Receivable from
you, you shall execute and deliver to us such further and
confirmatory assignments of the Receivable as we require, all of
which shall be in form and manner satisfactory to us (including,
without limitation, in the case of Receivables due from the U.S.
Government or any department or agency thereof, such assignments
and notices of assignment as may be necessary to comply with 41
U.S.C. §15, 31 U.S.C. §3727, and the regulations adopted
thereunder (collectively, the “ Assignment of
Claims Act ”)) ,
together with copies of invoices and all shipping or delivery
receipts and such other proof of sale and delivery or performance
as we from time to time may require. You will make appropriate
notations upon your books and ledgers indicating the sale and
assignment of the Receivables to us. All invoices or other
statements to customers evidencing Receivables shall be mailed at
your expense whether mailed by you or at our option by us and shall
clearly state in a manner satisfactory to us that each such
Receivable has been assigned to us or our assignees and is payable
to us or our assignees. Without limiting the foregoing, you agree
and acknowledge that (i) we have the right to sell, assign,
transfer and/or re-factor the Receivables to any entity or
entities; (ii) we may in connection with such sale, assignment
transfer and/or refactoring, from time to time, request that
any such entity or entities make advances to us and advance
payments of the purchase price of and/or secured by the
Receivables, (iii) we may purchase insurance against credit losses
arising on Receivables (“ Credit Insurance
”); (iv) we may assign any or all of our rights under this
Agreement or with respect to any of the Receivables to any issuer
of Credit Insurance on Receivables, and any entity or entities to
which we sell, assign, transfer and/or re-factor Receivables; and
(v) we may sell participations in any of the Receivables, in this
Agreement, or in any of your obligations to us hereunder, to any
person or entity.
2. (a)
We shall not assume the credit risk on any Receivable purchased by
us hereunder unless (i) it arises out of a specific sale to a
customer of yours that has been submitted to us for credit approval
and has been approved by us in writing (an “ Approved
Sale ”) or (ii) it arises out of a sale to a customer
of yours with respect to whom we have approved a credit limit (an
“ Approved Credit Limit ”) in writing,
the sale meets all of the terms and conditions of our approval, the
goods are shipped or the services are provided to the customer
during the period specified in our approval, and the resulting
Receivable, when added to all other outstanding Receivables from
such customer, does not exceed the Approved Credit Limit for such
customer. Any approval provided by us hereunder (whether of a
particular sale or a credit limit to a particular customer) must be
in writing and shall be limited to the specific terms and
conditions listed therein. In no event shall we have any credit
risk on any Receivable, whether or not approved by us, if the net
amount of such Receivable is less than $250.00.
(b) On
Approved Sales and sales under Approved Credit Limits we shall
assume the credit risk, being responsible only for the financial
inability of your customers with respect to Receivables we have
purchased (such customers herein referred to as “
Customers ”) to pay at maturity, such
assumption of credit risk going into effect upon delivery or
performance, and acceptance of the goods or services by such
Customer, without dispute. We shall not be responsible for any
nonpayment of a Receivable because of the assertion of any claim or
dispute by a Customer or the exercise of any counterclaim or offset
(whether or not such claim, dispute, counterclaim or offset relates
to the specific Receivable) or where nonpayment is a consequence of
enemy attack, civil commotion, the acts or restraint of public
authorities, acts of God or force majeure, or if any warranty made
by you to us in respect of such Receivable has been breached, or if
you fail to provide us upon our written request, with copies of
invoices and shipping or delivery receipts or such other woof of
sale and delivery or performance as we may from time to time
require. We shall have no liability of any kind for refusing to
give or for withdrawing credit approval pursuant to the terms of
this Agreement, or for exercising or refusing to exercise any
rights or remedies we have under this Agreement or
otherwise.
(c) We
reserve the right to withdraw credit approval of an Approved Sale
at any time before delivery or performance and, in any event, such
credit approval shall be deemed to be withdrawn if full delivery or
performance is not made within 30 days after the delivery or
shipment date specified in the terms of sale submitted to us for
approval, or, if no such delivery or shipment date is specified,
within 30 days of the date of such credit approval, or as may be
otherwise stated in such credit approval.
(d) We
reserve the right to reduce or cancel an Approved Credit Limit for
a Customer by giving you written notice to that effect. If we
reduce or cancel the Approved Credit Limit for a Customer (i) such
reduction or cancellation shall take effect immediately and (ii)
any Receivables arising out of sales you make to such customer
after receipt of such notice shall be CR Receivables (as defined
below) to the extent that they exceed the Approved Credit Limit as
so reduced or cancelled.
(e) Any
purchase of Receivables from you which is not approved in writing
by us as to credit shall be known as a C.R. (Client’s Risk)
Receivable (each a “ CR Receivable ”
and collectively the “ CR
Receivables ”). All CR Receivables are assigned to
and purchased by us with full recourse to you and at your credit
risk, but are otherwise subject to the covenants, terms and
conditions provided herein in respect of approved Receivables on
which we have assumed the credit risk. We shall have the right to
charge back to your account the amount of CR Receivables at any
time either before or after their maturity and you agree to pay us
upon demand the amount thereof, together with all expenses (if any)
including, without limitation, collection charges and other
collection and attorneys’ fees incurred by us up to the date
of such payment in attempting to collect or enforce any such
payment and in attempting to collect or enforce any such
Receivable. In addition, if we, at your request, but subject to our
discretion, file a proof of claim in any insolvency proceeding with
respect to a CR Receivable and/or forward such CR Receivable to an
attorney or agency for collection, we shall charge your account, at
the time such CR Receivable or claim is so filed or forwarded, with
an amount equal to 15% of the CR Receivable. In addition, (whether
or not such CR Receivable or claim is filed or submitted at your
request) any other charges incurred by us thereafter shall be
charged to your account.
(f) Any payments received by us from or for the
account of a Customer that is the account debtor with respect to
both CR Receivables and Receivables as to which we have assumed the
credit risk (“ Factor Risk Receivables ”)
shall be applied, first, to Factor Risk Receivables until all such
Receivables have been paid in full and then to CR Receivables,
irrespective of any instructions to the contrary from the person or
entity that made such payment.
3. Any
goods rejected or returned by any Customer shall be our property
held by you in trust for us separate and apart from any other
goods, and upon demand shall forthwith be delivered to us or
disposed of by you at our direction and without charge to us. You
shall report to us in writing all disputes and claims made by any
Customers, and the return of or offer to return any goods, and you
will promptly settle all such claims and disputes at your expense.
As absolute owner of each Receivable, we may in our sole discretion
enforce, effect any compromise, settle and adjust any Receivable,
in our name or yours, without affecting or limiting your obligation
to us under this Agreement, and whether or not any such Receivable
shall have been charged back. We reserve the right at any time to
charge back to your account the full amount of the Receivable
involved in any claim, dispute or return asserted by your Customer,
and you agree to pay us upon demand the full amount thereof. The
charge back to your account of the amount of any Receivable shall
not be deemed a reassignment thereof to you and title thereto, to
the proceeds thereof, to all security and guarantees therefor and
to your interest in the goods represented thereby, shall remain in
us. You shall indemnify us for, and hold us harmless against, any
loss, liability, claim or expense of any kind arising from any
claims of, or disputes with any Customer as to terms, price,
quality, or otherwise, with respect to any Receivable, including,
without limitation, any claim for a return of any payments
thereunder and any and all expenses and attorneys’ (whether
in-house or outside) fees incurred by us in collecting or
attempting to collect any Receivables charged back to
you.
4. If
any checks, drafts, notes, acceptances, cash collections or
payments in any form shall be received by you on any Receivable,
you will immediately transmit and deliver them to us or to our
assignees in the identical form received. You agree that we and any
such person or entity as we may from time to time designate, shall
have the right to sign and/or endorse your name on all remittances
and all papers, bills of lading, receipts, instruments and
documents relating to Receivables and the transactions between us.
We shall have the right to deposit any checks or other remittances
received on any Receivable regardless of notations or conditions
placed thereon by any Customer or deductions reflected thereby and
to charge the amount of any such deductions to your
account.
5. As
to each Receivable assigned to us, you hereby warrant that (i) it
is a bona fide existing obligation created by the sale and actual
delivery of goods or the rendition of services to a Customer in the
ordinary course of business and in compliance with such
Customer’s purchase order and all applicable procurement
regulations, which you then own free of liens and encumbrances,
except for Permitted Liens (as defined in that certain Security
Agreement of even date herewith between the parties hereto) and
which is then unconditionally owing to you without defense, offset
or counterclaim; and (ii) the Customer has received and will accept
the goods or services, and the invoices therefor, without dispute
or claim of any kind. Nothing contained in the previous sentence
shall reduce, affect or limit in any way your responsibility to
assure us (or your liability to us in connection therewith) that
each Receivable assigned to us by you will be paid in the ordinary
course of business regardless of your knowledge of any
irregularity, defense, offset or counterclaim in connection with
any such Receivable or our ability to rely on such assurances. You
hereby represent and warrant that you are solvent, that you have
full right and authority to sell and assign to us and to grant to
us a security interest in the Receivables, that other than as
contemplated by that certain Subordination Agreement between you,
us, PERF Go-Green Holdings, Inc., and certain third party lenders,
dated as of the date hereof (as may be amended or modified from
time to time, the “ Subordination Agreement
”), you have not granted a security interest therein or in
any of your inventory to any other party and that you will not
hereafter grant any security interest therein or in any of your
inventory to anyone other than to us at any time during the term of
this Agreement and until the security interests granted hereunder
have been terminated, and that your inventory and Receivables are
not subject to any lien, interest, claim or other encumbrance in
favor of any third party (other than Permitted Liens), whether
arising by contract, by operation of law or in equity. You further
represent and warrant that your name, place of business, chief
executive office and location of your books and records relating to
the Receivables is as you are addressed above and you agree to
notify us promptly of any change in such or in your corporate or
business structure or your state of organization. You further
represent and warrant that (i) you have identified to us all
tradenames, tradestyles or other assumed or fictitious business
names (sometimes referred to as “DBA” or “doing
business as” names) that you use; (ii) you will advise us in
writing if you commence using any other such names in the future;
and (iii) upon our request therefor, you will provide to us
evidence of your registration of all such names in all
jurisdictions in which such registration is required by law. You
hereby covenant that you will not change your name or jurisdiction
of organization without giving us at least 30 days’ prior
written notice thereof.
6. (a) Subject
to the other provisions of this Section, you shall pay us for our
services hereunder a factoring commission (the “
Factoring Commission ”) equal to (i) 1.0% of
the gross invoice amount of each Receivable due from a retailer and
(ii) 1.5% of the gross invoice amount of each Receivable due from a
commercial or municipal customer, which commission, in each case,
shall be due and payable by you as at the date a Receivable arises,
and shall then be chargeable to your account. Our factoring
commission is based, in each case, upon maximum selling terms of
net 60 days, and no more extended terms or additional dating shall
be granted by you to any Customer without our prior written
approval. If such approval is given by us, then for each additional
60 days or part thereof of such extended terms or additional dating
our factoring commission with respect to any Receivable covered
thereby shall be increased by an amount equal to 0.25% of the
invoice amount of such Receivable.
(b) The
factoring commission on Receivables due from a Customer (or any
affiliates or subsidiaries thereof) listed on any schedule issued
by us from time to time which refers to this Agreement and is
designated a Special Accounts Schedule, shall be equal to the rate
set forth above, plus an amount equal to the surcharge set
forth on the such Special Accounts Schedule for such Customer. The
surcharge with respect to any Receivable shall be due and payable
on the date on which the factoring commission for such Receivable
is due and payable, and shall be chargeable to your
account.
(c) You
have represented to us that your factored sales volume will be at
least $10,000,000.00 per twelve-month period during the duration of
this Agreement. You hereby acknowledge that we have relied on that
representation in deciding to offer to you the discretionary
factoring facility contemplated hereby, and that lower sales
volumes would have a material adverse effect on our projected
profit margins hereunder. Accordingly, in order to induce us to
enter into this Agreement and provide the discretionary factoring
facility contemplated hereby, you hereby agree that,
notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in the
event that the aggregate amount of all factoring commissions
actually paid by you during any Calculation Period (the “
Actual Commissions ”) are less than the Minimum
Commission payable during such Calculation Period, you shall pay to
us immediately upon demand the difference between the Minimum
Commission and the Actual Commissions for such Calculation Period
(said difference herein called the “ Shortfall
”). For purposes of this Agreement, (i) the term “
Calculation Period ” shall mean each
twelve-month period commencing on the date hereof or on any
anniversary of such date and (ii) the term “ Minimum
Commission ” shall mean, with respect to any
Calculation Period, the sum of $100,000. You further agree that we
may, at our option, charge the amount of the Shortfall at any time
owing to us to your account with us. At your request and as an
accommodation to you, we hereby agree that, notwithstanding the
foregoing, so long as you are in compliance with all of the terms
and conditions of this Agreement and all related documents and no
default or event of default has occurred hereunder or
thereunder:
(x) we
shall not charge the amount of the Shortfall to your account with
us prior to June 1,2009;
(y) we
shall limit the amount of the Shortfall charged to your account
with us during any calendar month commencing on or after June 1,
2009 and before March 1, 2010, to an amount not exceeding the
Minimum Commission minus the Actual Commissions paid prior to June
1,2009, divided by nine (9); and
(z) we
shall limit the amount of the Shortfall charged to your account
with us during any calendar month commencing on or after March 1,
2010 to an amount not exceeding the Minimum Commissions divided by
twelve (12).
7. (a)
The purchase price for each Receivable shall be the invoice amount
of the Receivable, less returns (whenever made), all selling
discounts (at our option, calculated on shortest terms), and
credits or deductions of any kind allowed or granted to or taken by
the Custome
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