AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING
CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) is made
and entered into as of the 14th day of August, 2009, by and between
COMVEST CAPITAL, LLC , a Delaware limited liability company
(the “ Lender ”), and CLEARPOINT BUSINESS
RESOURCES, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “
Borrower ”).
W I T N E S S E T
H :
WHEREAS , the Borrower and its Subsidiaries are engaged
in the business of providing comprehensive workforce management
solutions throughout the United States, including outsourcing
placement and recruiting services, vendor management services and
staff augmentation programs as well as offering clients the ability
to streamline their process of procuring and managing temporary
labor by utilizing the Borrower’s proprietary
technology-based iLabor platform (collectively, the “
Business Operations ”); and
WHEREAS , the Lender and the Borrower are parties to a
Revolving Credit and Term Loan Agreement dated as of June 20, 2008
(the “ Original Agreement ”), pursuant to which
the Lender has made available to the Borrower a revolving credit
facility and a term loan; and
WHEREAS , in order to assist the Borrower to better
manage its anticipated cash flow needs and conform its credit
facilities with the needs of the Business Operations, and to
address certain concerns raised by the Lender, the Lender and the
Borrower have agreed to amend and restate the Original Agreement on
the terms and conditions set forth herein (such that, from and
after the Closing Date, the terms of the relationship between the
Borrower and the Lender shall be governed by the terms of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents described herein and/or
contemplated hereby), including an increase in the Revolving Credit
Commitment and the repayment in full of the Term Loan; and in
connection herewith, the Borrower shall use the proceeds of the
increased Revolving Credit Commitment to repay the Term Loan
borrowed under the Original Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the premises and the
mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereby agree as
follows:
Section 1.01. Defined
Terms . In
addition to the other terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, as
used herein, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:
“ Accounts ” shall mean
“accounts” (as defined in the UCC) of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries from time to time.
“ Account Debtor ” shall mean
any Person who is obligated on an Account.
“ Acknowledgements of Pledge
” shall mean the Acknowledgements of Pledge, dated as of the
Original Closing Date, executed by each Subsidiary which is not a
corporation, confirming the Lien of the Lender in the limited
liability company interests in such Subsidiary and the notation of
such Lien on the books and records of such Subsidiary.
“ Act ” shall mean the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
thereunder.
“ Advances ” has the meaning
set forth in Section 2.01 below.
“ Affiliate ” shall mean,
with respect to any Person, any other Person in Control of,
Controlled by, or under common Control with the first Person, and
any other Person who has a substantial interest, direct or
indirect, in the first Person or any of its Affiliates, including,
without limitation, any officer or director of the first Person or
any of its Affiliates; provided , however , that,
except as otherwise provided herein, neither the Lender nor any of
its Affiliates shall be deemed an “Affiliate” of the
Borrower for any purposes of this Agreement. For the
purpose of this definition, a “substantial interest”
shall mean the direct or indirect legal or beneficial ownership of
more than ten (10%) percent of any class of stock or similar
interest.
“ Agreement ” shall mean this
Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement as it may from time
to time be amended, modified, supplemented and/or
restated.
“ Applicable Law ” shall mean
all applicable provisions of all (a) constitutions, statutes,
ordinances, rules, regulations and orders of all governmental
and/or quasi-governmental bodies, (b) Government Approvals, and (c)
order, judgments and decrees of all courts and
arbitrators.
“ Assignee Lender ” shall
have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 8.02 below.
“ Availability ” shall mean
the amount (if any) by which, at the time of determination, (a) the
Maximum Revolving Amount, exceeds (b) the outstanding principal
amount of Advances.
“ Board ” shall mean the
Board of Directors of the Borrower as constituted from time to
time.
“ Borrowing Date ” means the
Business Day on which the Lender makes a Loan hereunder.
“ Business Day ” shall mean a
day other than (a) a Saturday, (b) a Sunday, or (c) a
day on which banking institutions in either the State of Florida or
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania are authorized or required by law
or executive order to close.
“ Capital Expenditures ”
shall mean with respect to any Person, all expenditures of such
Person for tangible assets which are capitalized, and the fair
value of any tangible assets leased by such Person under any lease
which would be a Capitalized Lease, determined in accordance with
GAAP, including all amounts paid or accrued by such Person in
connection with the purchase (whether on a cash or deferred payment
basis) or lease (including Capitalized Lease Obligations) of any
machinery, equipment, real property, improvements to real property
(including leasehold improvements), or any other tangible asset of
such Person which is required, in accordance with GAAP, to be
treated as a fixed asset on the consolidated balance sheet of such
Person.
“ Capitalized Lease ” shall
mean any lease which is or should be capitalized on the balance
sheet of the lessee thereunder in accordance with GAAP.
“ Capitalized Lease Obligation
” shall mean with respect to any Person, the amount of the
liability which reflects the amount of future payments under all
Capitalized Leases of such Person as at any date, determined in
accordance with GAAP.
“ Cash Equivalents ” shall
mean (a) marketable securities issued, or directly and fully
guaranteed or insured, by the United States of America or any
agency or instrumentality thereof (provided that the full faith and
credit of the United States of America is pledged in support
thereof) having maturities of not more than twelve (12) months from
the date of acquisition; (b) time deposits, demand deposits,
certificates of deposit, acceptances or prime commercial paper
issued by, or repurchase obligations for underlying securities of
the types described in clause (a) entered into with any commercial
bank having a short-term deposit rating of at least A-2 or the
equivalent thereof by Standard & Poor’s Corporation or at
least P-2 or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s Investors
Service, Inc.; (c) commercial paper with a rating of A-I or A-2 or
the equivalent thereof by Standard & Poor’s Corporation
or P-1 or P-2 or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s Investors
Service, Inc. and in each case maturing within twelve (12) months
after the date of acquisition; (d) marketable direct obligations
issued by any state in the United States or any agency or
instrumentality thereof maturing within twelve (12) months from the
date of acquisition thereof and, at the time of acquisition, have
one of the two highest ratings generally obtainable from either
Standard & Poor’s Corporation or Moody’s Investors
Services, Inc.; (e) tax-exempt commercial paper of United States
municipal, state or local governments rated at least A-2 or the
equivalent thereof by Standard & Poor’s Corporation or at
least P-2 or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s Investors
Services, Inc. and maturing within twelve (12) months after the
date of acquisition thereof; (f) any other items selected by the
Borrower and approved by the Lender (which approval shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed); or (g) any mutual fund or other
pooled investment vehicle which invests principally in the
foregoing obligations.
“ Closing Date ” shall mean
the date of this Agreement, simultaneously with the funding of the
Advance utilized to repay the Term Loan in full.
“ Code ” shall mean the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder, as in effect from time to time.
“ Collateral ” shall mean all
collateral pledged by the Borrower and/or any of the Subsidiaries
as security for the payment and performance of the Obligations,
whether pursuant to the Collateral Agreement or any other Security
Document.
“ Collateral Agreement ”
shall mean the Collateral Agreement, dated as of the Original
Closing Date, by and among the Borrower, the Subsidiaries and the
Lender, as same may be amended, modified, supplemented and/or
restated from time to time.
“ Common Stock ” shall mean
the authorized common stock of the Company, $.0001 par value per
share.
“ Confidential Information ”
shall mean information that the Borrower furnishes to the Lender
pursuant to any Loan Document, but does not include any such
information once such information has become, or if such
information is, generally available to the public or available to
the Lender from a source other than the Borrower which is not, to
the Lender’s knowledge, bound by any confidentiality
agreement in respect thereof.
“ Contract ” shall mean any
indenture, agreement (other than this Agreement), other contractual
restriction, lease in which the Borrower or any Subsidiary is a
lessor or lessee, license or instrument.
“ Control ” shall mean the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause
the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether
through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise, and the terms “ Controlling ” and
“ Controlled ” shall have meanings correlative
thereto.
“ Control Agreement ” shall
mean, with respect to each bank account (including lockbox service)
and/or securities account maintained by or in the name of the
Borrower or any Subsidiary from time to time, an agreement, in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Lender and executed
and delivered by the Borrower (or the subject Subsidiary, as
applicable) and the account intermediary, whereby the account
intermediary acknowledges the Lender’s Lien on such account
and all funds or property therein, and “control”
(within the meaning of the UCC) over such account is established in
favor of the Lender.
“ Costs and Expenses ” shall
have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Registration Rights
Agreement.
“ CPR ” shall mean ClearPoint
Resources, Inc., a Delaware corporation which is a Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary of the Borrower.
“ Debt Extension Agreements ”
shall mean, collectively, (a) the outstanding agreement, dated on
or about the Original Closing Date, pursuant to which ALS, LLC has
agreed to defer any principal payments on Indebtedness owed by the
Borrower or any Subsidiary until a date not earlier than March 31,
2014, and (b) the outstanding agreement, dated on or about the
Original Closing Date, pursuant to which B&N Associates, LLC,
Alyson P. Drew, Fergco Bros. Partnership and Matthew Kingfield
have agreed to defer all principal payments on Indebtedness to such
Persons owed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary until a date not
earlier than March 31, 2010.
“ Default ” shall mean any of
the events specified in Article VII hereof, whether or not any
requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both,
or any other condition, has been satisfied.
“ Disclosure Schedule ” shall
mean the disclosure schedule, dated as of the Closing Date,
executed and delivered by the Borrower to the Lender, the section
numbers of which correspond to the Section numbers of this
Agreement.
“ Dollars ” or “
$ ” shall mean United States Dollars, lawful currency
for the payment of public and private debts.
“ Domestic Subsidiary ” shall
mean any Subsidiary which is incorporated or formed under the laws
of the United States, any State or Commonwealth in the United
States, or the District of Columbia.
“ EBITDA ” shall mean, for
the subject period, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis, the sum of (a) Net Income, plus (b)
Interest Expense deducted in the calculation of such Net Income,
plus (c) all income taxes deducted in the calculation of
such Net Income, plus (d) depreciation and amortization
expense deducted in the calculation of such Net Income, plus
(e) other non-cash charges and expenses deducted in the calculation
of such Net Income, excluding accruals for cash operating expenses
made in the ordinary course of business, minus (f) any and
all dividends and distributions made by the Borrower to its
stockholders, plus (g) expenses deducted in the calculation
of such Net Income which were non-recurring, one-time and/or
extraordinary in nature.
“ ERISA ” shall mean the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as in effect from
time to time.
“ ERISA Affiliate ” shall
mean, with respect to any Person, any other Person which is under
common control with the first Person within the meaning of Section
414(b) or 414(c) of the Code; provided , however ,
that with respect to the Borrower, no Person which is an Affiliate
of the Lender (other than the Borrower and its Subsidiaries) shall
be deemed an ERISA Affiliate for purposes of this
Agreement
“ Event of Default ” has the
meaning set forth in Article VII below.
“ Exchange Act ” shall mean
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“ Financial Statements ” has
the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(a) below.
“ Fiscal Year ” shall mean
the fiscal year of the Borrower which ends on December 31 of each
year.
“ Fixed Charges ” shall mean,
for the period in question, the sum of (a) all cash principal
payments scheduled or required to be made during or with respect to
such period in respect of Indebtedness of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries (excluding mandatory prepayments in respect of the
Revolving Credit Note), plus (b) all cash Interest Expense
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period, plus
(c) all cash income taxes paid for the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries for such period.
“ Foreign Subsidiary ” shall
mean any Subsidiary which is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
“ GAAP ” shall mean generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States of America,
consistently applied, unless the context otherwise requires, with
respect to any financial terms contained herein, as then in effect
with respect to the preparation of financial statements;
provided , however , that in the event of any change
in GAAP which materially affects any numerical or financial
calculation under this Agreement, then the parties shall negotiate
in good faith appropriate amendments to such numerical or financial
covenants or calculations (pending which GAAP shall be applied
hereunder without giving effect to such change in GAAP).
“ Government Approval ” shall
mean an authorization, consent, non-action, approval, license or
exemption of, registration or filing with, or report to, any
governmental or quasi-governmental department, agency, body or
other unit.
“ Guaranty ”, “
Guaranteed ” or to “ Guarantee ”,
as applied to any Indebtedness, liability or other obligation,
shall mean (a) a guaranty, directly or indirectly, in any manner,
including by way of endorsement (other than endorsements of
negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of
business), of any part or all of such obligation, and (b) an
agreement, contingent or otherwise, and whether or not constituting
a guaranty, assuring, or intended to assure, the payment or
performance (or payment of damages in the event of non-performance)
of any part or all of such obligation by any means (including,
without limitation, the purchase of securities or obligations, the
purchase or sale of property or services, or the supplying of
funds).
“ Guaranty Agreement ” shall
mean the Guaranty Agreement, dated as of the Original Closing Date
(and as same may be amended, modified, supplemented and/or restated
from time to time), executed by each Subsidiary in favor of the
Lender, pursuant to which the Subsidiaries guaranty the full and
timely payment and performance of all of the
Obligations.
“ Indebtedness ” shall mean
(without duplication), with respect to any Person, (a) all
obligations or liabilities, contingent or otherwise, for borrowed
money, (b) any and all obligations represented by promissory notes,
bonds, debentures or the like, or on which interest charges are
customarily paid, (c) any liability secured by any mortgage,
pledge, lien or security interest on property owned or acquired,
whether or not such liability shall have been assumed, (d)
obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title
retention agreements relating to property or assets purchased by
such Person, (e) all obligations of such Person issued or assumed
as the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding
trade payables and accrued obligations incurred in the ordinary
course of business), (f) any obligations (contingent or otherwise)
of such Person as an account party or applicant in respect of
letters of credit and/or bankers’ acceptances, and (g)
Guarantees, endorsements (other than for collection in the ordinary
course of business) and other contingent obligations in respect of
the obligations of others.
“ Intercreditor Agreement ”
shall mean the Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of the Original
Closing Date, by and among the Lender, M&T, the Borrower and
CPR, pursuant to which, among other things, (a) the Lender and
M&T have established their relative rights and priorities with
respect to their respective claims against and Liens on the assets
of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, and (b) M&T has agreed,
as long as any Obligations are outstanding, to limit the collection
of the remaining Indebtedness owed by the Borrower and/or its
Subsidiaries to the proceeds of certain designated assets or
sources of collection, and thereafter collect any remaining balance
of such Indebtedness after the repayment in full of the Obligations
and on a basis otherwise satisfactory to the Lender.
“ Interest Expense ” shall
mean, for the relevant period, interest expense (including, without
limitation, interest attributable to Capitalized Leases in
accordance with GAAP) and fees (including, without limitation, the
Modification Fee and financing fees and costs associated with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and any other
financings permitted hereunder) with respect to
Indebtedness.
“ Investment ”, as applied to
the Borrower or any Subsidiary, shall mean: (a) any shares of
capital stock, evidence of Indebtedness or other security issued by
any other Person to the Borrower or any Subsidiary, (b) any loan,
advance or extension of credit to, or contribution to the capital
of, any other Person, other than credit terms extended to customers
in the ordinary course of business, (c) any other investment by the
Borrower or any Subsidiary in any assets or securities of any other
Person, and (d) any commitment to make any Investment.
“ Knowledge” or “Known
” or words of similar import shall mean, with respect to the
Borrower and/or any Subsidiary, the actual knowledge of Michael D.
Traina and/or John Phillips, after reasonable inquiry of the
appropriate employees of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries;
provided , however , that for purposes of any
representations and warranties made as of the Original Closing Date
(including any affirmation or reaffirmation made by operation of
this Agreement, that relate to the Original Closing Date), there
shall be no requirement for John Phillips to make inquiry of such
employees.
“ Landlord Waiver ” shall
mean a landlord waiver, subordination and/or access agreement, in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Lender, executed
in favor of the Lender by the landlord of a Real Property which is
leased by the Borrower or a Subsidiary as lessee.
“ Liabilities and Contingencies
” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(c)
below.
“ Lien ”, as applied to the
property or assets (or the income or profits therefrom) of the
Borrower or any Subsidiary, shall mean (in each case, whether the
same is consensual or nonconsensual or arises by contract,
operation of law, legal process or otherwise): (a) any mortgage,
lien, pledge, hypothecation, attachment, assignment, deposit
arrangement, encumbrance, charge, lease constituting a Capitalized
Lease Obligation, conditional sale or other title retention
agreement, or other security interest or encumbrance of any kind in
respect of any property (including, without limitation, stock of
any Subsidiary) of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or upon the
income or profits therefrom; (b) any arrangement under which any
property of the Borrower or any Subsidiary is transferred,
sequestered or otherwise identified for the purpose of subjecting
or making available the same for the payment of Indebtedness or the
performance of any other liability in priority to the payment of
the general, unsecured creditors of the Borrower or any Subsidiary;
(c) any Indebtedness or liability which remains unpaid after the
same shall become due and payable and which, if unpaid, by law or
otherwise is given any priority whatsoever over the general
unsecured creditors of the Borrower or any Subsidiary; and (d) any
agreement (other than this Agreement) or other arrangement which,
directly or indirectly, prohibits the Borrower or any Subsidiary
from creating or incurring any lien on any of its properties or
assets or which conditions the ability to do so on the security, on
a pro rata or other basis, of Indebtedness other than
Indebtedness outstanding under this Agreement.
“ Loan Documents ” shall mean
the collective reference to this Agreement, the Revolving Credit
Note, the Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement, the
Subordination Agreements, the Warrant, the Registration Rights
Agreement, and any and all other agreements, instruments,
certificates and other documents as may be executed and delivered
by the Borrower and/or any of the Subsidiaries pursuant hereto or
thereto.
“ Loans ” shall mean,
collectively, the Advances.
“ Lockbox ” shall mean the
lockbox and/or lockbox account maintained pursuant to the Lockbox
Agreement in effect from time to time.
“ Lockbox Agreement ” shall
mean (a) the Lockbox Service Agreement to be entered into on or
promptly following the Closing Date, by and between the Lender, CPR
and Wachovia Bank National Association, and (b) any replacement
lockbox service agreement from time to time.
“ Lockbox Bank ” shall mean
the bank or other financial institution acting under any Lockbox
Agreement in effect from time to time.
“ M&T ” shall mean
Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company.
“ Material Adverse Effect ”
shall mean any event, act, omission, condition or circumstance
which has or would reasonably be expected to have a material
adverse effect on (a) the business, operations, properties, assets
or condition, financial or otherwise, of the Borrower and the
Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) the ability of the Borrower or
any Subsidiary to pay or perform any of its obligations under any
of the Loan Documents, or (c) the validity or enforceability of, or
the Lender’s rights and remedies under, any of the Loan
Documents, other than due to the acts or omissions of the Lender or
any of its Affiliates.
“ Maximum Revolver Amount ”
shall mean $10,500,000, as same is reduced from time to time
pursuant to Section 2.01(g) below, and as same may be increased
from time to time pursuant to Section 2.02 below.
“ Modification Fee ” shall
mean the sum of $210,000, which shall be payable in accordance with
Section 2.03(a) below.
“ Net Income ” shall mean the
consolidated net income (or loss) of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries for the period in question, after giving effect to
deduction of or provision for all operating expenses, all taxes and
reserves (including reserves for deferred taxes) and all other
proper deductions, all determined in accordance with GAAP;
provided , however , that for purposes of calculating
Net Income, there shall be excluded and no effect shall be given to
any Net Income attributable to any Subsidiary to the extent that
the Borrower (or any Subsidiary through which the Borrower owns the
subject Subsidiary) is prohibited (by law, Contract, minority
ownership rights or otherwise) from receiving a distribution of
such Net Income from such Subsidiary.
“ Obligations ” shall mean
the collective reference to all Indebtedness and other liabilities
and obligations of every kind and description owed by the Borrower
and/or any Subsidiaries to the Lender from time to time under or
pursuant to this Agreement, the Revolving Credit Note, the Security
Documents and the other Loan Documents (excluding the Warrant and
Registration Rights Agreement, other than amounts payable from time
to time pursuant to Section 1.4 of the Warrant (to the extent due
and payable on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date or the earlier
acceleration of the Obligations) and Section 2(c) of the
Registration Rights Agreement), and/or otherwise in respect of the
Loans, however evidenced, created or incurred, fixed or contingent,
now or hereafter existing, due or to become due.
“ Operating Expenses ” shall
mean all costs of sales, selling, general and administrative
expenses, research and development expenses, and all other
operating expenses of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis, all calculated in accordance with GAAP;
provided , that “Operating Expenses” shall not
include any amounts deducted or deductible in the calculation of
iLabor Revenue.
“ Organic Documents ” shall
mean, with respect to any Person, the certificate of incorporation,
articles of incorporation, certificate of formation, certificate of
limited partnership, by-laws, operating agreement, limited
liability company agreement, limited partnership agreement or other
such document of such Person.
“ Original Agreement ” shall
have the meaning ascribed thereto in the second
“WHEREAS” paragraph above.
“ Original Closing Date ”
shall mean June 20, 2008, which was the “Closing Date”
under, as defined in and for purposes of the Original
Agreement.
“ Participant ” shall have
the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 8.01 below.
“ Permitted Discretion ”
shall mean a determination or judgment made by the Lender in good
faith in the exercise of reasonable business judgment from the
perspective of a secured lender.
“ Permitted Indebtedness ”
shall mean any and all Indebtedness expressly permitted pursuant to
Section 6.01 below.
“ Permitted Liens ” shall
mean those Liens expressly permitted pursuant to Section 6.02
below.
“ Person ” shall mean any
individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company,
banking association, business trust, joint stock company, trust,
unincorporated association, joint venture, governmental authority
or other entity of whatever nature.
“ Real Properties ” shall
mean, collectively, any real properties (land, buildings and/or
improvements) now owned or leased or occupied by the Borrower or
any of the Subsidiaries, and, during the period of the
Borrower’s and/or Subsidiary’s occupancy thereof, any
other real properties heretofore owned or leased by the Borrower or
any Subsidiary (provided that, with respect to leased properties,
the term “Real Property” shall refer only to the
portion of the subject property (excluding common areas) leased by
the Borrower or a Subsidiary).
“ Register ” shall have the
meaning ascribed thereto in Section 8.03(a) below.
“ Registration Rights Agreement
” shall mean the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of
the Original Closing Date, made by the Borrower for the benefit of
the Lender and all other and/or subsequent Holders (as such term is
defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), as same may be
amended, modified, supplemented and/or restated from time to
time.
“ Revolving Credit Commitment
” shall mean the Lender’s agreement to make Advances to
the Borrower within the limitations set forth in Section 2.01
below.
“ Revolving Credit Maturity Date
” shall mean December 31, 2010; provided ,
however , that (a) in the event that the Advances are
prepaid or required to be prepaid pursuant to Section 2.07 below,
then the Revolving Credit Maturity Date shall be deemed to have
occurred simultaneously with such prepayment or required
prepayment, and (b) the Revolving Credit Maturity Date may be
extended in accordance with Section 2.01(e) below.
“ Revolving Credit Note ”
shall mean the promissory note of the Borrower issued to the Lender
to represent the Advances and interest thereon, as described in
Section 2.01(f) below.
“ Sale ” shall mean any
transaction or series of related transactions (a) whereby a
majority of the outstanding capital stock of the Borrower which
ordinarily has voting power for the election of directors
(including preferred stock counted on an “as converted”
basis into common stock and common stock counted on a fully diluted
basis) is sold, assigned or transferred, (b) whereby the Borrower
issues shares of its capital stock which, after giving effect to
such transaction or transactions, constitutes a majority of the
outstanding capital stock of the Borrower which ordinarily has
voting power for the election of directors (including preferred
stock counted on an “as converted” basis into common
stock and common stock counted on a fully diluted basis), (c)
whereby Control of the Borrower is held by a Person (or group of
Persons acting in concert) who does not hold such Control on the
date of this Agreement, (d) in which the Borrower is a
constituent party to any merger or consolidation and as a result
thereof (i) the holders of the outstanding capital stock of the
Borrower which ordinarily has voting power for the election of
directors (including preferred stock counted on an “as
converted” basis into common stock) immediately prior to such
merger or consolidation cease to own a majority of the outstanding
capital stock of the Borrower which ordinarily has voting power for
the election of directors (including preferred stock counted on an
“as converted” basis into common stock), or (ii) the
Borrower is not the surviving corporation, or (e) whereby all or
any material portion of the assets of the Borrower or any
Subsidiary are sold, assigned or transferred; provided ,
however , that a “Sale” shall not be deemed to
have occurred by reason of any of the aforedescribed transactions
(other than a sale of assets) if, after giving effect to the
consummation of the subject transaction, (A) the Borrower or the
surviving entity in such transaction shall be a corporation whose
common stock is traded or listed on any national securities
exchange, the Nasdaq Global Market, or the Nasdaq Global Select
Market or is actively quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board, (B) if the
surviving entity is not the Borrower, then such surviving entity
assumes all of the Borrower’s obligations under the Warrant
(on the same exchange or conversion basis as the outstanding Common
Stock was treated in the subject transaction) and the Registration
Rights Agreement, (C) the Borrower or other surviving entity is
Controlled by one or more significant stockholders of the Borrower
on the date of this Agreement, and (D) no Default or Event of
Default occurred in the performance of the subject transaction or
exists upon the consummation of the subject transaction.
“ SEC ” shall mean the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission, and any successor agency
performing the functions thereof.
“ SEC Reports ” shall mean
the periodic and current reports, registration statements, proxy
statements and other reports filed or required to be filed by the
Borrower with the SEC pursuant to the Act and/or the Exchange Act,
and any amendments or supplements thereto filed with the
SEC.
“ Security Documents ” shall
mean the Collateral Agreement, any collateral assignments, control
agreements, financing statements or other such agreements or
documents pursuant thereto, the Acknowledgments of Pledge, the
Lockbox Agreement, the Guaranty Agreement, the Validity Guaranties,
and any other agreements or instruments (including, without
limitation, Control Agreements and Landlord Waivers) securing or
creating or evidencing Liens securing the Obligations.
“ Subordinated Debt ”
shall mean all Indebtedness for money borrowed and other
liabilities of the Borrower, whether or not evidenced by promissory
notes, which is contractually subordinated in right of payment, in
a manner satisfactory to the Lender (as evidenced by the
Lender’s prior written approval thereof), to all Obligations
of the Borrower to the Lender.
“ Subordination Agreements ”
shall mean, collectively, the outstanding subordination agreements,
dated on or about the Original Closing Date, by and between the
Lender and (a) ALS, LLC, and (b) B&N Associates, LLC, Alyson P.
Drew, Fergco Bros. Partnership and Matthew Kingfield, respectively,
pursuant to which such holders of Indebtedness of the Borrower
and/or CPR (as the case may be) have agreed, among other things,
(i) not to accept any prepayment of any such Indebtedness, and
(ii) upon notice of an Event of Default, not to accept any
payment (scheduled, accelerated or otherwise) in respect of such
Indebtedness except after such time or upon such conditions as are
satisfactory to the Lender.
“ Subsidiary ” or “
Subsidiaries ” shall mean the individual or collective
reference to any corporation, limited liability company or other
entity of which 50% or more of the outstanding shares of stock or
other equity interests of each class having ordinary voting power
and/or rights to profits (other than stock having such power only
by reason of the happening of a contingency) is at the time owned
by the Borrower, directly or indirectly through one or more
Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
“ Term Loan ” shall mean the
term loan made by the Lender to the Borrower pursuant to the
Original Agreement, which term loan is evidenced by the Term
Note.
“ Term Note ” shall mean the
Term Note of the Borrower issued to the Lender pursuant to the
Original Agreement (as such Term Note has heretofore been
amended).
“ UCC ” means the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York on the date
hereof and hereafter from time to time.
“ Unused Commitment Fees ”
shall mean the fees payable to the Lender pursuant to Section
2.03(b) below.
“ Validity Guaranties ” shall
mean the collective reference to the Validity Guaranties, dated as
of the Original Closing Date, by and among the Lender, the Borrower
and Michael D. Traina, and by and among the Lender, the Borrower
and John Phillips, respectively.
“ Warrant ” shall mean the
amended and restated warrant to purchase shares of Common Stock
(such warrant initially covering an aggregate of 2,210,825 shares
of Common Stock, subject to adjustment) to be issued by the
Borrower to the Lender on the Closing Date, and any and all
replacement warrants therefor.
“ Warrant Shares ” shall have
the meaning ascribed thereto in the Warrant.
“ Wholly-Owned Subsidiary ”
shall mean each Domestic Subsidiary of which all of the outstanding
equity securities (other than directors’ qualifying shares)
are owned by the Borrower or another such Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary.
Section 1.02. Use of Defined
Terms . All
terms defined in this Agreement shall have their defined meanings
when used in the Revolving Credit Note, the Security Documents, the
other Loan Documents, and all certificates, reports or other
documents made or delivered pursuant to this Agreement, unless
otherwise defined therein or unless the specific context shall
otherwise require.
Section 1.03. Accounting
Terms . All
accounting terms not specifically defined herein shall be construed
in accordance with GAAP.
Section 1.04. Other Definitional
Provisions . The words “hereof,”
“herein”, “hereto” and
“hereunder” and words of similar import when used in
this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to
any particular provision of this Agreement, and Section references
are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified. The
meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable
to both the singular and plural forms of such terms. The
word “including” and words of similar import when used
in this Agreement shall mean “including, without
limitation,” unless otherwise specified.
Section 2.01.
Revolving Credit Loans .
(a) Subject
at all times to all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement,
the Lender hereby agrees to extend to the Borrower a secured
revolving credit facility, from the Closing Date to the Revolving
Credit Maturity Date, in an aggregate principal amount not to
exceed, at any time outstanding, the Maximum Revolver Amount then
in effect (the “ Revolving Credit Commitment
”).
(b) Such
revolving credit loans are herein sometimes referred to
individually as an “ Advance ” and collectively
as the “ Advances .” Subject at all
times to all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, from
the Closing Date to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date and within
the limits of the Revolving Credit Commitment, the Lender shall
lend, and the Borrower may borrow, prepay (without premium or
penalty) and reborrow under this Section 2.01. Each
request for an Advance (i) shall be irrevocable for the amount
requested therein, (ii) shall be deemed to constitute an express
affirmation that all conditions precedent set forth in part B of
Article IV below are satisfied on the date of such request and will
be satisfied on the requested Borrowing Date, and (iii) shall be
made to the Lender in writing, not later than three (3) Business
Days prior to the requested Borrowing Date, by an authorized
officer of the Borrower or by telephonic communication by such
authorized officer to the Lender, which shall be confirmed by
written notice to the Lender to be delivered to the Lender by the
Business Day next following the subject request. In no
event shall the Borrower request, or shall the Lender be required
to honor, (A) any request for an Advance in an amount greater than
the Availability at such time, (B) any request for an Advance in an
amount less than $100,000 (or, if less, the remaining Availability
at such time), or (C) more than two (2) requests for the borrowing
of Advances in any seven (7) calendar day
period. Anything elsewhere contained in this Agreement
to the contrary notwithstanding, on the Closing Date, the Lender
shall make an Advance to the Borrower in an amount equal to the
outstanding principal balance of and unpaid accrued interest on the
Term Loan, the proceeds of which shall be used on the Closing Date
to repay in full such principal and interest of the Term Loan
(whereupon the Lender shall mark the Term Note as “paid in
full” and cancel same).
(c) The
Borrower shall pay the Lender interest on all Advances at the
rate(s) per annum as in effect from time to time in accordance with
the Revolving Credit Note, which shall be computed on the daily
unpaid balance of all Advances made under the Borrower’s
revolving credit loan accounts with the Lender, based on a three
hundred sixty (360) day year, counting the actual number of days
elapsed. Such interest shall be payable in the amounts
and at the times provided in the Revolving Credit
Note. The Borrower hereby authorizes the Lender to
charge the Borrower’s revolving credit loan accounts for all
such interest; provided , however , that the Lender
shall be under no obligation to make any such charge to the
Borrower’s revolving credit loan accounts (including, without
limitation, if there is insufficient Availability at the time such
interest is due and payable).
(d) In
the event and to the extent that, at any time, the outstanding
principal amount of Advances exceeds the Maximum Revolver Amount
then in effect, then the Borrower shall immediately, without notice
or demand, make a payment to the Lender in respect of the Advances
in an amount sufficient to cause the outstanding principal amount
of Advances to be equal to or less than the Maximum Revolver Amount
then in effect.
(e) Unless
sooner due and payable by reason of an Event of Default hereunder
having occurred and having been continuing at the time of
acceleration, the Borrower shall pay in full all of the Obligations
to the Lender in respect of all Advances on or prior to the
Revolving Credit Maturity Date. If so requested by the
Borrower not earlier than September 30, 2010 and not later than
October 31, 2010, the Lender may, in its sole and absolute
discretion, agree to extend the Revolving Credit Maturity Date to
December 31, 2011, provided that any such extension must be stated
in writing by the Lender and shall be expressly subject to there
being no continuing Default or Event of Default on the originally
scheduled Revolving Credit Maturity Date (which condition may be
waived in the Lender’s sole and absolute
discretion).
(f) All
Advances shall be evidenced by a secured Amended and Restated
Revolving Credit Note of the Borrower payable to the Lender or
registered assigns.
(g) On
the first Business Day of each of the first twelve (12) calendar
weeks in each calendar quarter commencing with the calendar quarter
ending March 31, 2010, the Maximum Revolver Amount shall be reduced
by an amount equal to 1/12 th of
the amount, calculated as of the last day of the immediately
preceding calendar quarter, equal to the sum of (i) the amount (if
any) of Availability, plus (ii) all cash and cash
equivalents of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries determined in
accordance with GAAP on a consolidated basis, minus (iii)
all documented reasonable Costs and Expenses incurred and paid in
cash by the Borrower between the date of this Agreement and such
quarter-end in connection with the registration of the resale of
the Warrant Shares. Such reduction amounts shall
initially be based upon an estimated consolidated balance sheet of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to be delivered by the Borrower
to the Lender not later than the last day of the immediately
preceding calendar quarter, and such reductions shall be subject to
adjustment and reconciliation on the first weekly reduction date
following delivery of the final consolidated balance sheet for the
immediately preceding calendar quarter; and in the event that the
Borrower is late in delivering any such estimated balance sheet,
the adjustments to be made pending delivery of the delinquent
balance sheet shall be made in such amounts as the Lender may
determine in its Permitted Discretion. To the extent
that, after giving effect to any such reduction, the outstanding
Advances shall exceed the Revolving Credit Commitment, then the
Borrower shall immediately, without notice or demand, make a
payment to the Lender in respect of the Advances in an amount
sufficient to cause the outstanding principal amount of Advances to
be equal to or less than the Revolving Credit Commitment then in
effect. In addition, the Borrower may, at its option,
without payment of any premium or penalty, terminate or reduce the
Maximum Revolver Amount at any time by giving ten (10) Business
Days’ prior written notice thereof to the Lender, and paying
to the Lender, (A) on the date fixed for termination, an amount
equal to the sum of all outstanding principal and accrued interest
of the Advances, or (B) on the date fixed for reduction, any amount
required to cause the outstanding Advances to be equal to or less
than the Revolving Credit Commitment then in effect; and following
any such optional reduction, the starting point for the next
mandatory reduction shall be the Maximum Revolver Amount
established pursuant to the optional reduction.
Section 2.02. Increase of Revolving
Credit Commitment . Upon written request of the
Borrower at any time, the Lender will consider in good faith an
increase in the Maximum Revolver Amount to an aggregate amount not
in excess of $11,250,000 minus any and all required reductions in
the Maximum Revolver Amount pursuant to Section 2.01(g) above and
minus the outstanding principal amount of any Indebtedness incurred
pursuant to Section 6.01(j) below, provided and on condition that
the Borrower introduce the Lender to a Participant, reasonably
satisfactory to the Lender, to participate in the Loans and the
Revolving Credit Commitment, in a principal amount not less than
the requested increase in the Maximum Revolver Amount, on a
pari passu basis with the Lender pursuant to a
participation agreement in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Lender.
Section 2.03. Fees and
Premiums .
(a) The
Borrower shall pay the Modification Fee in installments, which
shall be due and payable (i) $60,000 on January 1, 2010, and (ii)
$50,000 on each of April 1, 2010, July 1, 2010 and October 1, 2010
(subject to acceleration in accordance with Section 7.02 below);
and the Borrower hereby authorizes the Lender to charge any and all
such installments, as and when due, to the Borrower’s
revolving credit loan account with the Lender. The
Modification Fee shall be deemed fully earned on the Closing Date,
and shall not be refundable in whole or in part and shall not be
subject to reduction or set-off under any circumstances.
(b) The
Borrower shall further pay to the Lender, on the first (1
st ) Business Day of each calendar month prior to
the Revolving Credit Maturity Date or the earlier termination of
the Revolving Credit Commitment, and on the Revolving Credit
Maturity Date or the earlier termination of the Revolving Credit
Commitment and payment of the Obligations, an Unused Commitment Fee
in an amount equal to 0.25% per annum (calculated on the basis of a
360-day year counting the actual number of days) of the amount by
which the Maximum Revolving Amount exceeded the average daily
outstanding principal amount of Advances during the immediately
preceding calendar month (or other applicable calculation
period). The Borrower hereby authorizes the Lender to
charge any and all such Unused Commitment Fees, as and when due, to
the Borrower’s revolving credit loan account with the
Lender.
(c) Payments
received in respect of the Obligations after 2:00 p.m. Eastern time
on any day shall be deemed to be received on the next succeeding
Business Day, and if any payment is received other than by wire
transfer of immediately available funds, such payment shall be
subject to three (3) Business Days’ clearance prior to being
credited to the Obligations for interest calculation
purposes.
Section 2.04. Use of
Proceeds . The
Borrower shall utilize the proceeds of the Loans (a) on the Closing
Date, (i) to repay the outstanding principal of and all unpaid
accrued interest on the Term Loan, and (ii) to pay out-of-pocket
costs and expenses relating to the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement, and (b) from and after the Closing Date, for
working capital and other general corporate purposes of the
Borrower.
Section 2.05. Further
Obligations . With respect to all Obligations for
which the interest rate is not otherwise specified herein or in the
applicable Loan Documents (whether such Obligations arise
hereunder, pursuant to the Security Documents, or otherwise), such
Obligations shall bear interest at the rate(s) in effect from time
to time pursuant to the Revolving Credit Note.
Section 2.06. Application of
Payments . All
amounts paid to or received by the Lender in respect of the
Obligations from whatever source (whether from the Borrower, any
Subsidiary pursuant to the Guaranty Agreement, any realization upon
any Collateral, or otherwise) shall, unless otherwise specified in
this Agreement or otherwise directed by the Borrower with respect
to any particular payment (unless an Event of Default shall then be
continuing, in which event the Lender may disregard the
Borrower’s direction), be applied (a) first, to reimburse the
Lender for all out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the
Lender which are reimbursable to the Lender in accordance with this
Agreement, the Revolving Credit Note and/or any of the other Loan
Documents, (b) next, to any accrued but unpaid fees due under any
of the Loan Documents, (c) next, to unpaid accrued interest on
the Advances to the extent then due and payable in cash, (d) next,
to the outstanding principal of the Advances, and (e) finally, to
the payment of any other outstanding Obligations; provided ,
however , that during the continuance of an Event of
Default, the Lender may apply any and all such amounts to such of
the Obligations as the Lender may determine in its sole and
absolute discretion. After payment in full of the
Obligations (to the extent then due and payable), any further
amounts paid to or received by the Lender in respect of the
Obligations shall be paid over to the Borrower or such other
Person(s) as may be legally entitled thereto.
Section 2.07. Sale or Maturity
Date . Anything elsewhere contained in
this Agreement and/or the Revolving Credit Note to the contrary
notwithstanding, the Revolving Credit Commitment shall terminate
and the Advances and all other Obligations shall become immediately
due and payable, without requirement of notice or demand, upon the
consummation of any Sale or on the Revolving Credit Maturity
Date.
Section 2.08. Obligations
Unconditional .
(a) The
payment and performance of all Obligations shall constitute the
absolute and unconditional obligations of the Borrower, and shall
be independent of any defense or rights of set-off, recoupment or
counterclaim which the Borrower might otherwise have against the
Lender. All payments required by this Agreement and/or
the Revolving Credit Note shall be paid free of any deductions or
withholdings for any taxes or other amounts and without abatement,
diminution or set-off. If the Borrower is required by
Applicable Law to make such a deduction or withholding from a
payment hereunder, the Borrower shall pay to the Lender such
additional amount as is necessary to ensure that, after the making
of such deduction or withholding, the Lender receives (free from
any liability in respect of any such deduction or withholding) a
net sum equal to the sum which it would have received and so
retained had no such deduction or withholding been made or required
to be made. The Borrower shall (i) pay the full amount
of any deduction or withholding, which it is required to make by
Applicable Law, to the relevant authority within the payment period
set by the relevant Applicable Law, and (ii) promptly after any
such payment, deliver to the Lender an original (or certified copy)
official receipt issued by the relevant authority in respect of the
amount withheld or deducted or, if the relevant authority does not
issue such official receipts, such other evidence of payment of the
amount withheld or deducted as is reasonably acceptable to the
Lender.
(b) If,
at any time and from time to time after the Closing Date, (i) any
change in any existing Applicable Law, regulation, treaty or
directive or in the interpretation or application thereof, (ii) any
new Applicable Law, regulation, treaty or directive enacted or
application thereof, or (iii) compliance by the Lender with any
request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from
any governmental authority (A) subjects the Lender to any tax,
levy, impost, deduction, assessment, charge or withholding of any
kind whatsoever with respect to any Loan Document, or changes the
basis of taxation of payments to the Lender of any amount payable
thereunder (except for net income taxes, or franchise taxes imposed
in lieu of net income taxes, imposed generally by federal, state or
local taxing authorities with respect to interest or commitment
fees or other fees payable hereunder or changes in the rate of tax
on the overall net income of the Lender or its members), or (B)
imposes on the Lender any other condition or increased cost in
connection with the transactions contemplated thereby or
participations therein, and the result of any of the foregoing is
to increase the cost to the Lender of making or continuing any Loan
or to reduce any amount receivable hereunder, then, in any such
case, the Borrower shall promptly pay to the Lender any additional
amounts necessary to compensate the Lender, on an after-tax basis,
for such additional cost or reduced amount as determined by the
Lender. If the Lender becomes entitled to claim any
additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.08(b), the Lender
shall promptly notify the Borrower of the event by reason of which
the Lender has become so entitled, and each such notice of
additional amounts payable pursuant to this Section 2.08(b)
submitted by the Lender to the Borrower shall, absent manifest
error, be final, conclusive and binding for all
purposes.
Section 2.09. Reversal of
Payments . To
the extent that any payment or payments made to or received by the
Lender pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document are
subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or
preferential, set aside, or required to be repaid to any trustee,
receiver or other person under any state or federal bankruptcy or
other such law, then, to the extent thereof, such amounts shall be
revived as Obligations and continue in full force and effect
hereunder as if such payment or payments had not been received by
the Lender.
III.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
As of the Closing Date, on each day when an
Advance is requested, and on each Borrowing Date (unless the
representation and warranty relates solely to a specific date, in
which case such representation and warranty shall continue to
relate to such specific date), the Borrower hereby makes the
following representations and warranties to the Lender, all of
which representations and warranties shall survive the Closing
Date, the delivery of the Revolving Credit Note and the making of
the Loans, shall be continuing in nature so long as any Obligations
are outstanding or the Revolving Credit Commitment remains in
effect, and are as follows:
Section 3.01. Financial
Matters .
(a) The
Borrower has heretofore furnished to the Lender (i) the audited
consolidated financial statements (including balance sheets,
statements of income and statements of cash flows, and including
the notes thereto) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at
December 31, 2006, 2007 and 2008, and for the Fiscal Years then
ended, and (ii) the unaudited consolidated financial statements of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (including the notes thereto) as
of March 31, 2009 and for the three (3) months then ended
(collectively, the “ Financial Statements
”).
(b) The
Financial Statements (i) have been prepared in accordance with GAAP
and Regulation S-X promulgated under the Act on a consistent basis
for all periods (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to
the absence of full footnote disclosures, and to normal
non-material audit adjustments), (ii) are complete and correct in
all material respects, (iii) fairly present the consolidated
financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of said
dates, and the results of their operations for the periods stated,
(iv) contain and reflect all necessary material adjustments and
accruals for a fair presentation of the Company’s
consolidated financial condition and the results of its
consolidated operations as of the dates of and for the periods
covered by such Financial Statements, and (v) make full and
adequate provision, subject to and in accordance with GAAP, for the
various assets and liabilities (including, without limitation,
deferred revenues) of the Company and its Subsidiaries, fixed or
contingent, and the results of their operations and transactions in
their accounts, as of the dates and for the periods referred to
therein.
(c) Except
as set forth in Schedule 3.01 of the Disclosure Schedule,
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries do not have any liabilities,
obligations or commitments of any kind or nature whatsoever,
whether absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise (collectively
“ Liabilities and Contingencies ”), including,
without limitation, Liabilities and Contingencies under employment
agreements and with respect to any “earn-outs”, stock
appreciation rights, or related compensation obligations, except:
(i) Liabilities and Contingencies disclosed in the Financial
Statements or footnotes thereto, (ii) Liabilities and Contingencies
incurred in the ordinary course of business and consistent with
past practice since the date of the most recent Financial
Statements, or (iii) those Liabilities and Contingencies
which are not required to be disclosed under GAAP. The
reserves, if any, reflected on the consolidated balance sheet of
the Borrower and its Subsidiaries included in the most recent
Financial Statements are appropriate and
reasonable. Neither the Borrower nor any of its
Subsidiaries has had or presently has any Indebtedness for money
borrowed, outstanding obligations for the purchase price of
property, contingent obligations or liabilities for taxes, or any
unusual forward or long-term commitments, except as
specifically set forth or provided for in the Financial Statements
or in Schedule 3.01 of the Disclosure Schedule.
(d) Since
the date of the most recent Financial Statements, except for the
transactions pursuant to the Loan Documents and except as set forth
in Schedule 3.01 of the Disclosure Schedule, there has been
no material adverse change in the working capital, condition
(financial or otherwise), assets, liabilities, reserves, business,
management or Business Operations of the Borrower or any of its
Subsidiaries, including, without limitation, the
following:
(i) there
has been no material change in any assumptions underlying, or in
any methods of calculating, any bad debt, contingency or other
reserve relating to the Borrower or any Subsidiary;
(ii) there
have been (A) no write-downs in the value of any inventory of, and
there have been no write-offs as uncollectible of any notes,
Accounts or other receivables of, the Borrower or any Subsidiary
other than write-offs of accounts receivable reserved in full as of
the date of the most recent financial statements delivered to the
Lender, and (B) no reserves established for the uncollectibility of
any notes, Accounts or other receivables of the Borrower or any
Subsidiary except to the extent that same have been disclosed to
the Lender in writing;
(iii) no
debts have been cancelled, no claims or rights of substantial value
have been waived and no properties or assets (real, personal or
mixed, tangible or intangible) have been sold, transferred, or
otherwise disposed of by the Borrower or any Subsidiary except (A)
dispositions of worn-out or obsolete personal property, and (B)
otherwise in the ordinary course of business and consistent with
past practice;
(iv) there
has been no change in any method of accounting or accounting
practice utilized by the Borrower or any Subsidiary;
(v) no
material casualty, loss or damage has been suffered by the Borrower
or any Subsidiary, regardless of whether such casualty, loss or
damage is or was covered by insurance;
(vi) to
the Borrower’s Knowledge, (A) there have been no announced
changes in the policies or practices of any customer, supplier or
referral source which would reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect, and (B) no material Account Debtor has
suffered or effected any of the conditions described in Sections
7.01(f) or 7.01(g) below or otherwise indicated in writing its
inability to or its anticipated inability to pay its debts and
obligations as they become due;
(vii) there
has been no incurrence by the Company or any Subsidiary of (A) any
material liability or obligation outside of the ordinary course of
business, or (B) any Indebtedness other than Permitted
Indebtedness;
(viii) there
has been no declaration, setting aside or payment of any dividend
or distribution or any other payment of any kind by the Borrower to
or in respect of any equity securities of the Borrower;
and
(ix) no
action described in this Section 3.01(d) has been agreed to be
taken by the Borrower or any Subsidiary.
(e) Except
as otherwise provided in the SEC Reports, as evaluated at the end
of each fiscal quarter in the case of disclosure controls and
procedures, and as evaluated at the end of each Fiscal Year in the
case of internal controls, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries have
in place adequate systems of internal controls and disclosure
controls and procedures sufficient to provide reasonable assurance
that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with
management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii)
transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of
financial statements in accordance with GAAP and Regulation S-X and
to maintain asset accountability, (iii) access to assets is
permitted only in accordance with management’s general or
specific authorization, (iv) the recorded accountability for assets
is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and
appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences, and
(v) the Borrower and its management are able to obtain timely and
accurate information regarding the Business Operations and all
material transactions relating to the Borrower and the
Subsidiaries; and no material deficiency exists with respect to the
Borrower’s or any Subsidiary’s systems of internal
controls.
(f) All
of the SEC Reports, as of the respective dates thereof (but giving
effect to any amendments or supplements thereto filed prior to the
date of this Agreement), complied in all material respects, as
applicable, with the Act and the Exchange Act.
Section 3.02. Organization; Corporate
Existence .
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