REVOLVING CREDIT AND TERM
LOAN AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) is made
and entered into as of the 21 st day of February, 2007,
by and between COMVEST CAPITAL, LLC , a Delaware
limited liability company (the “ Lender ”), and
LAPOLLA INDUSTRIES, INC. , a Delaware corporation
(the “ Borrower ”).
W I T N E S S E T
H :
WHEREAS , the Borrower is engaged in the business of
manufacturing and distributing coatings, foam, paints, sealants,
adhesives, equipment and other goods targeting commercial,
industrial and residential applications in the roofing,
construction and paint industries (collectively, the “
Business Operations ”); and
WHEREAS , in order to provide funds for the repayment
and retirement of the Borrower’s existing line of credit
facility and certain other Indebtedness and for the
Borrower’s working capital and other general corporate
purposes, the Borrower has requested the Lender to extend to the
Borrower a revolving credit facility and a term loan on the terms
and conditions of this Agreement; and
WHEREAS , the Lender is willing and able to provide such
revolving credit facility and make such term loan to the Borrower
on the terms and conditions of this 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 Domestic Subsidiaries from time to time.
“ Account Debtor ” shall mean
any Person who is obligated on an Account.
“ Act ” shall mean the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations
thereunder.
“ Advances ” shall mean the
principal amounts loaned to the Borrower from time to time pursuant
to 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
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
Revolving Credit and Term Loan 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.
“ Availability ” shall mean
the amount (if any) by which, at the time of determination, (a) the
Revolving Credit Commitment exceeds (b) the outstanding principal
amount of Advances.
“ Borrowing Base ” shall mean
an amount, determined in accordance with the most recent borrowing
base report provided to the Lender under Section 5.04(e) hereof,
equal to (a) 80% of Eligible Accounts, minus (b) such
reserves as the Lender may establish from time to time in its
Permitted Discretion (including, without limitation, to account for
concentration and other risks of collection). In the event that the
Borrower has not timely delivered a current Borrowing Base report
in accordance with Section 5.04(e) below, then the applicable
Borrowing Base shall be such amount as is established by the
Lender, until such time as the Borrower has delivered a current
Borrowing Base report.
“ 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 State of
Texas 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
Term Loan.
“ Closing Fee ” shall mean
the sum of $115,000, which shall be payable in accordance with
Section 2.03(a) below.
“ 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 Closing Date,
by and between the Borrower 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, $.01 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 and/or securities account
maintained by or in the name of the Borrower or any Domestic
Subsidiary, an agreement executed and delivered by the Borrower (or
the subject Domestic 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.
“ 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 twelve (12) month 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) taxes on income, whether paid,
payable or accrued, deducted in the calculation of such Net Income,
plus (d) depreciation expense deducted in the calculation of
such Net Income, plus (e) amortization expense deducted in
the calculation of such Net Income, plus (f) all other
non-cash charges and expenses deducted in the calculation of such
Net Income, excluding accruals for cash expenses made in the
ordinary course of business, plus (g) losses deducted in the
calculation of such Net Income from any sales of assets, other than
sales in the ordinary course of business, minus (h) gains
added in the calculation of such Net Income from any sales of
assets, other than sales in the ordinary course of business,
plus (i) other extraordinary or non-recurring non-cash
losses deducted in the calculation of such Net Income, minus
(j) other extraordinary or non-recurring non-cash gains added in
the calculation of such Net Income, all determined in accordance
with GAAP.
“ Eligible Account ” shall
mean the face amount of each trade Account of the Borrower or a
Domestic Subsidiary (if same has executed a Guaranty Agreement and
become a party to the Collateral Agreement) for services rendered
or goods and products sold in the ordinary course of the Business
Operations which the Lender, in its Permitted Discretion, deems to
be an Eligible Account; provided , however , that an
Account shall not be deemed an Eligible Account unless it meets all
of the following conditions:
(a) the subject
services or products and goods have been rendered, shipped or
delivered on an absolute sale basis to an Account Debtor which is
not an Affiliate, vendor or supplier of the Borrower or a
Subsidiary, with an invoice date contemporaneous with or within
thirty (30) calendar days after the date of shipment or service,
and which does not constitute a consignment sale, bill-and-hold
sale, sale-and-return or other such arrangement and is not subject
to any other repurchase, return or offset agreement binding upon
the Borrower or a Domestic Subsidiary; the subject services or
products and goods have been rendered, shipped and delivered (or
shipped f.o.b.) to such Account Debtor on an open account basis (or
with payment guaranteed by a domestic letter of credit, drawn on or
by a domestic financial institution, acceptable to the Lender in
all respects), and no part of the subject services, products or
goods has been returned, rejected, lost or damaged; the Account is
not evidenced by chattel paper or an instrument of any kind; and
such Account Debtor, unless pre-approved in writing by the Lender,
is not insolvent or the subject of any bankruptcy or insolvency
proceeding of any kind in any jurisdiction;
(b) if the
Account Debtor is located outside the continental United States and
(i) the subject Account is greater than $25,000, or (ii) all
earlier-dated invoices to Account Debtors located outside the
continental United States represent (in the aggregate) 15% or more
of the total Eligible Accounts at the date of determination,
then the payment for the subject services or goods shall be
secured by an irrevocable letter of credit, which letter of credit
shall have been confirmed by a financial institutional reasonably
acceptable to the Lender payable in the full amount of the face
value of the Account in lawful currency of the United States;
provided , however , that the Lender may, from time
to time, in its sole and absolute discretion, waive any of the
requirements of this subsection (b);
(c) it is a
valid, legally enforceable obligation of the Account Debtor
thereunder payable in Dollars and is not subject to any recoupment,
offset or other defense or any discount or chargeback on the part
of such Account Debtor (provided that prompt payment discounts
granted in the ordinary course of business shall not cause an
Account to be disqualified hereunder, so long as only the
discounted amount of such Account, if not otherwise disqualified,
is included in the calculation of the Borrowing Base) or to any
claim on the part of such Account Debtor denying liability
thereunder (provided that the undisputed portion may be considered
to be an Eligible Account);
(d) it is
subject to no Lien whatsoever, except for the Lien of the
Lender;
(e) it has not
remained unpaid in whole or in part for a period exceeding ninety
(90) days after the original invoice date;
(f) it does not
arise out of a transaction (whether direct or indirect) with an
employee, officer, agent, director or Affiliate of the Borrower or
any Subsidiary or with any entity controlled by any employee,
officer, agent or director of the Borrower or any
Subsidiary;
(g) it is not
subject to any contract retainage or other withholding of any
portion of payments on amounts invoiced, whether to secure the
Borrower’s or any Subsidiary’s performance or
otherwise;
(h) it does not
represent the unpaid portion of an Account any portion of which was
previously paid or agreed to be paid through the issuance or
delivery of equity securities or other non-cash
consideration;
(i) if the
Account Debtor is the United States, any State or Commonwealth
therein, or any department, agency or instrumentality thereof, the
Borrower or the applicable Domestic Subsidiary has duly assigned
its rights to payment of such Account to the Lender pursuant to the
federal Assignment of Claims Act and any comparable state
statutes;
(j) the Lender
has a perfected first priority Lien in such Account;
(k) such Account
is not payable by any person other than the Account Debtor (such as
a beneficiary, recipient or subscriber individually), provided that
the portion thereof which is payable by the Account Debtor may be
considered to be an Eligible Domestic Account;
(l) at least
sixty (60%) percent in dollar amount of the total Accounts owed by
such Account Debtor and/or its Affiliates constitute Eligible
Domestic Accounts;
(m)
the total Accounts owed by the subject Account Debtor and/or its
Affiliates constitute less than ten (10%) percent of the net
collectible dollar value of all Eligible Accounts (provided that
only the excess over ten (10%) percent shall be disqualified under
this clause (m), unless the Lender has otherwise consented in
writing to the inclusion of all or any portion of such
excess);
(n) such Account
is payable solely to the Borrower or a Domestic Subsidiary, and the
Borrower or such Domestic Subsidiary is not aware of any dispute by
the Account Debtor with respect to such Account; and
(o) it is not
otherwise determined by the Lender, in the Lender’s Permitted
Discretion, to be difficult to collect, uncollectible or otherwise
unacceptable for any reason.
“ 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.
“ Existing Lender ” shall
mean Wachovia Bank, National Association, as the lender under the
outstanding line of credit facility by and between such lender and
the Borrower.
“ 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.
“ 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.
“ 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 a guaranty agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to
the Lender, to be executed by each Domestic Subsidiary in favor of
the Lender, pursuant to which such Domestic Subsidiary will
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, or in respect
of financial or other hedging obligations, 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.
“ Interest Expense ” shall
mean, for the relevant period, total interest expense (including
interest attributable to Capitalized Leases in accordance with
GAAP) and fees with respect to outstanding 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 Douglas J.
Kramer, Michael T. Adams and John A. Campbell (and/or their
respective successors as officers of the Borrower) after reasonable
inquiry of the appropriate employees of the Borrower and the
Subsidiaries.
“ 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 Notes, the Security
Documents, the Warrants, 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 and the Term Loan.
“ 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 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.
“ Maturity Date ” shall mean
the Revolver Maturity Date and/or the Term Loan Maturity Date, as
the case may be.
“ Monitoring Fee ” shall mean
the fees payable to the Lender pursuant to Section 2.03(b)
below.
“ Net Income ” shall mean the
consolidated net income (or loss) of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries for the twelve (12) month 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 that, for purposes of
calculating Net Income, there shall be excluded and no effect shall
be given to:
(a) any
restoration of any contingency reserve, except to the extent that
provision for such reserve was made out of income for the subject
period;
(b) any net gain
arising from the collection of the proceeds of any insurance policy
or policies or the sale or disposition of any fixed assets outside
of the ordinary course of business;
(c) any expenses
associated with any equity incentive plan of the Borrower;
and
(d) any Net
Income attributable to any Subsidiary to the extent that the
Borrower is prohibited (by law, by Contract or otherwise) from
receiving a distribution of such Net Income from such
Subsidiary.
“ Notes ” shall mean,
collectively, the Revolving Credit Note and the Term
Note.
“ Obligations ” shall mean
the collective reference to all Indebtedness and other liabilities
and obligations of every kind and description owed by the Borrower
to the Lender from time to time under or pursuant to this
Agreement, the Notes, 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
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.
“ 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
partnership agreement or other such document of such
Person.
“ 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.
“ Pro Forma Operating Cash Flow
” shall mean, for the twelve (12) month period ended most
recently prior to the date of determination, (a) EBITDA for such
twelve (12) month period, minus (b) the sum of (i) Capital
Expenditures paid or payable in cash during such twelve (12) month
period, plus (ii) Interest Expense to the extent paid or payable in
cash during such twelve (12) month period, plus (iii) all scheduled
payments of principal and interest required to be paid under the
Term Note during the next succeeding twelve (12) month
period.
“ Qualified Proceeds ” shall
mean any and all net proceeds received by the Borrower from time to
time from the issuance and/or sale of any capital stock of the
Borrower or any security or Indebtedness convertible into or
exchangeable for capital stock of the Borrower, except to the
extent that such proceeds are, within thirty (30) days after the
receipt thereof, applied to pay the purchase price and/or directly
associated expenses of the Borrower’s acquisition (directly
or through a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary) of another business (whether
through merger, consolidation, share exchange, stock purchase, or
purchase of all or substantially all of the assets of the target
company or an operating division or unit thereof), in each case
effected subject to and in accordance with the requirements of this
Agreement. In determining the amount of net proceeds for purposes
of this definition, there shall be deducted from gross proceeds
only those reasonable expenses incurred by the Borrower directly
related to the subject issuance or sale, exclusive of any fees or
commissions paid to any officer, director or other Affiliate of the
Borrower or any Affiliate of any of the foregoing.
“ 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 “Real Property” shall refer only to the portion of
the subject property (excluding common areas) leased by the
Borrower or a Subsidiary).
“ Registration Rights Agreement
” shall mean the Registration Rights Agreement, to be dated
as of the Closing Date, made by the Borrower for the benefit of the
Lender and any 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 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.
“ Revolving Maturity Date ”
shall mean February 28, 2009, subject to extension in accordance
with Section 2.01(e) below.
“ Sale ” shall mean any
transaction or series of related transactions (a) whereby Control
of the Borrower is held by a Person (or group of Persons acting in
concert) other than the management of the Borrower on the date of
this Agreement (or Affiliates of such management), (b) in which the
Borrower is a constituent party to any merger, consolidation or
share exchange 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 (c) whereby all or any material portion of the
assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary are sold, assigned or
transferred.
“ 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, any Guaranty Agreements, and any other
agreements or instruments securing or creating or evidencing Liens
securing the Obligations.
“ Series D Dividends ” shall
mean dividends payable from time to time on the Series D preferred
stock of the Borrower which is outstanding on the date of this
Agreement, payable at the rate and at the times provided in the
certificate of designations respecting such Series D preferred
stock as in effect on the date of this Agreement.
“ 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.
“ 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 in the principal amount of $2,000,000 to be made pursuant
to Section 2.02(a) below.
“ Term Loan Maturity Date ”
shall mean February 28, 2010.
“ Term Note ” shall mean the
promissory note of the Borrower issued to the Lender as described
in Section 2.02(d) below.
“ 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.
“ Warrants ” shall mean the
warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock (such warrants covering
an aggregate of 1,500,000 shares of Common Stock, subject to
adjustment) to be issued by the Borrower to the Lender on the
Closing Date.
“ 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 Notes,
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 Primary Maturity
Date, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed, at any time
outstanding, the lesser of (i) the Borrowing Base at the subject
time, or (ii) $3,500,000 (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 Revolver
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, (ii)
shall be deemed to constitute an express affirmation that all
conditions precedent set forth in part B of Article IV hereof 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 (C) more
than one request for the borrowing of Advances in any seven (7)
calendar day period.
(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. Such interest shall be payable monthly in
arrears on the last day of each calendar month and on the Revolver
Maturity Date, and 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. 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 Revolving Credit Commitment 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 Revolving Credit
Commitment then in effect.
(e) Unless
sooner due and payable by reason of an Event of Default or Sale
having occurred, the Borrower shall pay in full all of the
Obligations to the Lender in respect of all Advances on or prior to
the Revolver Maturity Date; provided , however , that
upon written request of the Borrower made not more than sixty (60)
days or less than thirty (30) days prior to the Revolver Maturity
Date, the Lender shall extend the Revolver Maturity Date to the
Term Loan Maturity Date, provided and on condition that, on the
date of such extension request and on the scheduled Revolver
Maturity Date, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred.
Anything elsewhere contained herein to the contrary
notwithstanding, in the event that and at such time as the Term
Loan shall be repaid in full, the Revolving Credit Commitment shall
thereupon terminate and all outstanding Advances, all accrued
interest thereon and all other outstanding Obligations shall be
immediately due and payable, without requirement of any notice or
demand.
(f) All
Advances shall be evidenced by a secured Revolving Credit Note of
the Borrower payable to the order of the Lender.
(g) The Borrower
may, at its option, terminate the Revolving Credit Commitment at
any time upon ten (10) Business Days’ prior written notice,
and paying to the Lender, on the date fixed for termination, an
amount equal to the sum of all outstanding principal and accrued
interest of the Advances.
Section 2.02. Term Loan
.
(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 Term Loan in the
principal amount of $2,000,000. The Term Loan shall be borrowed in
a single borrowing on the Closing Date, and any principal amounts
repaid in respect of the Term Loan may not be
reborrowed.
(b) The Term
Loan shall be repayable in installments, in accordance with the
schedules of payments set forth in the Term Note. The Borrower
shall be required to prepay the Term Loan (i) in full upon the
consummation of any Sale, and (ii) in whole or in part from time to
time in the event and to the extent of 50% of any Qualified
Proceeds received by the Borrower from time to time. Any prepayment
required under the foregoing clause (ii) shall be due and payable
as and when the amount of Qualified Proceeds is determined (i.e.,
upon receipt of such Qualified Proceeds in the event that no
acquisition transaction is then pending, or thirty (30) days after
receipt of such Qualified Proceeds to the extent that such
Qualified Proceeds are not applied to the purchase price and/or
related expenses of a consummated business acquisition).
(c) The Borrower
shall pay the Lender interest on the principal balance of the Term
Loan at the rate(s) per annum as in effect from time to time in
accordance with the Term Note. Such interest shall be payable
monthly in arrears on the last day of each calendar month and on
the Term Loan Maturity Date, and shall be computed on the daily
unpaid balance of the Term Loan, based on a three hundred sixty
(360) day year, counting the actual number of days elapsed. The
Borrower hereby authorizes the Lender to charge the
Borrower’s revolving credit loan accounts for all such
interest and/or for any or all principal amounts due and payable in
respect of the Term Loans; 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 and/or principal is due and payable).
(d) The Term
Loan shall be evidenced by a secured Convertible Term Note of the
Borrower payable to the order of the Lender.
Section 2.03. Fees and
Premiums .
(a) The Borrower
shall pay the Closing Fee to the Lender simultaneously with the
execution and delivery of this Agreement. The Closing Fee shall be
deemed fully earned upon the parties’ execution and delivery
of this Agreement, 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, in advance on the Closing Date and
on the first (1 st ) Business Day of each calendar month
prior to the Revolver Maturity Date or the earlier termination of
the Revolving Credit Commitment and payment of the Obligations
thereon in accordance with this Agreement, a collateral monitoring,
availability and administrative fee in the amount of $1,750 per
month or portion thereof.
(c) In the event
of any prepayment of all or any portion of the Term Loan, in
addition to the payment of the subject principal amount and all
unpaid accrued interest thereon, the Borrower shall be required to
pay to the Lender a prepayment premium in an amount equal to (i)
two (2%) percent of the principal amount being prepaid if such
prepayment is made or required to be made on or before the first (1
st ) anniversary of the Closing Date, or (ii) one (1%)
percent of the principal amount being prepaid if such prepayment is
made or required to be made subsequent to the first (1
st ) anniversary of the Closing Date; provided ,
however , that no such prepayment premium shall be required
with respect to any required prepayment out of Qualified Proceeds
unless and to the extent that such Qualified Proceeds were received
from or on behalf of any current holder of Common Stock or any
current or future holder of Series D preferred stock of the
Borrower.
(d) Payments
received in respect of the Obligations after 12:00 Noon 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.
(e) In the event
that the Closing Date has not occurred on or before February 28,
2007 and the Lender was, prior thereto, ready, willing and able to
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement on
substantially the terms hereof, then the Lender may, at any time
thereafter until the Closing Date, terminate this Agreement by
written notice to the Borrower, in which event the Borrower shall
immediately become obligated to pay to the Lender an amount equal
to the sum of (i) $90,000 (the “ Breakup Fee ”),
plus (ii) all out-of-pocket costs, charges and expenses (including,
reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by the
Lender in respect of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement (up to a maximum of $35,000). Such payment shall be
sooner due and payable in the event that and at such time as the
Borrower consummates an alternative financing prior to February 28,
2007.
Section 2.04. Use of Proceeds
. The Borrower shall utilize the
proceeds of the Loans solely (a) to repay and retire the
Borrower’s existing line of credit facility with the Existing
Lender, (b) to repay and retire approximately $238,000 of
outstanding Indebtedness owed by the Borrower to Commerce Bank, (c)
to repay and retire up to $400,000 of outstanding Indebtedness owed
by the Borrower to Richard J. Kurtz, and (d) 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 (whether such Obligations arise
hereunder, pursuant to the Notes or 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 Loans from
whatever source (whether from the Borrower, any Subsidiary pursuant
to the Guaranty Agreement, any realization upon any Collateral, or
otherwise) shall, unless 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 Notes and/or any of the other Loan Documents, (b)
next, to any accrued but unpaid fees or prepayment premiums, and
amounts payable under Section 2.2(c) of the Registration Rights
Agreement, (c) next, to unpaid accrued interest on the Term Loan,
(d) next, to unpaid accrued interest on the Advances, (e) next, to
the outstanding principal of the Term Loan, to the extent then due
and payable, (f) next, to the outstanding principal of the
Advances, and (g) finally, to the payment of any other outstanding
Obligations; and after payment in full of the Obligations, any
further amounts paid to or received by the Lender in respect of the
Loans shall be paid over to the Borrower or such other Person(s) as
may be legally entitled thereto.
Section 2.07. Sale
. Anything elsewhere contained in
this Agreement and/or the Notes to the contrary notwithstanding,
the Revolving Credit commitment shall terminate and all Obligations
shall become immediately due and payable, without requirement of
any notice or demand, upon the consummation of any Sale.
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 Notes
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 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-law, to the relevant authority within the payment period
set by the relevant 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 law, regulation, treaty or directive or in the
interpretation or application thereof, (ii) any new 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.
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REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
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As of the Closing Date and on each Borrowing
Date (unless the representation and warranty refers to a 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
Notes 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 financial
statements (including balance sheets, statements of income and
statements of cash flows) of the Borrower as at December 31, 2004
and 2005, and for the Fiscal Years then ended, and (ii) the
unaudited financial statements of the Borrower as of September 30,
2006 and for the nine (9) 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 financial condition
of the Borrower as of said dates, and the results of its operations
for the periods stated, (iv) contain and reflect all necessary
adjustments and accruals for a fair presentation of the
Borrower’s financial condition and the results of its
operations as of the dates of and for the periods covered by such
Financial Statements, and (v) make full and adequate
provision,
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