Exhibit
10.1
REVOLVING LINE OF CREDIT AGREEMENT
by and between
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. ,
a national banking
association,
as Lender,
and
FRANKLIN COVEY CO. ,
a Utah corporation,
as Borrower
Dated as of March 14,
2007
REVOLVING LINE OF CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS REVOLVING LINE OF CREDIT
AGREEMENT is made as of March 14, 2007, by and between
FRANKLIN COVEY CO. , a Utah corporation (“
Borrower ”), whose address is 2200 West
Parkway Blvd., Salt Lake City, Utah 84119, and JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, N.A. , a national banking association (“
Lender ”), whose mailing address is 80 West
Broadway, Suite 200, Salt Lake City, Utah 84101.
RECITALS:
A. Borrower has applied to Lender for a revolving
line of credit loan to finance Borrower’s general corporate
purposes, including Borrower’s working capital needs, the
redemption of Borrower’s common or preferred stock, or other
Borrower purposes, and for other uses approved by Lender, upon the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.
B. Based on the foregoing and upon the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth herein, Lender is willing to
extend the requested revolving line of credit loan to
Borrower.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
covenants and conditions herein contained, the parties agree as
follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
1.1
Definitions
. As used herein, the following
terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
“ Account Control
Agreement ” means that certain Account Control
Agreement of even date herewith by and among Borrower, Guarantor,
Collateral Agent and Zions.
“ Advance ” means a
disbursement of Loan proceeds.
“ Affiliate ” of
any Person means any other Person directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such Person. For the purposes of this definition,
“control,” when used with respect to any Person, means
the power to direct the management and policies of such Person,
directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms
“controlling” and “controlled” have
meanings correlative to the foregoing. The term
“Affiliate” does not include the officers, directors,
or employees of a Person, if the Person is a corporation, and does
not include the employees or managers of a Person, if the Person is
a limited liability company or limited partnership.
“ Agreement ” means
this Revolving Line of Credit Agreement, as the same may be amended
and supplemented from time to time.
“ Authorized
Representative ” means, for any Person, the person
or persons designated by that Person to take any and all actions on
the part of that Person under any of the Loan Documents or in
connection with the Loan.
“ Average Quarterly Outstanding
Balance ” means the aggregate sum of the outstanding
and unpaid balance of the Loan for each day during a calendar
quarter (or portion thereof) with respect to which the Unused
Commitment Fee is being computed, divided by the number of days in
that calendar quarter (or portion thereof).
“ Borrower ” has
the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph of this
Agreement, together with its successors and permitted
assigns.
“ Borrower Operating
Documents ” means the Articles of Incorporation of
Borrower, as filed with the predecessor filing office to the Utah
Department of Commerce, Division of Corporations and Commercial
Code on December 2, 1983, and the Amended and Restated Bylaws of
Borrower, dated effective as of January 11, 2002, and all
modifications and amendments to those documents, pursuant to which
Borrower has been formed and exists.
“ Business Day ”
means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which
Lender’s branch located at 80 West Broadway, Salt Lake City,
Utah is authorized or obligated to close.
“ Capital Expenditures
” means expenditures for fixed or capital assets as
determined in accordance with GAAP.
“ Change of Control
” (a) means the closing of a sale or other disposition of all
or substantially all of Borrower’s or Guarantor’s
assets; (b) shall be deemed to have occurred at such time as a
“person” or “group” (within the meaning of
Sections 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined
in Rule 13d3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended), directly or indirectly, of more than fifty percent (50%)
of the total voting power of all classes of stock then outstanding
of Borrower entitled to vote in the election of directors; or (c)
Borrower’s or Guarantor’s merger into or consolidation
with any other entity, or any other reorganization or transfer,
directly or indirectly, of the ownership interests in Borrower or
Guarantor, in which the holders of the outstanding ownership
interests in Borrower or Guarantor immediately prior to such
transaction receive or retain, in connection with such transaction
on account of their ownership interests, ownership interests
representing less than fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of
the entity surviving such transaction; provided, however ,
that a Change of Control shall not include a merger effected
exclusively for the purpose of changing the domicile of Borrower or
Guarantor or a merger of a Guarantor into Borrower or another
Guarantor.
“ Closing Date ”
means the date upon which Borrower, Guarantor and Lender have
executed and delivered each of the Loan Documents and each of the
conditions precedent and other requirements in
Article 4 have been satisfied or waived, as
determined by Lender in its sole and absolute
discretion.
“ Code ” means the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any successor
statute promulgated in replacement thereof, together with all
temporary, final and other Treasury Regulations promulgated under
the Code.
“ Collateral ”
means all of Borrower’s and Guarantor’s assets and
proceeds thereof, including, without limitation, the personal
property subject to the Security Agreement, including proceeds,
products, interest on and investments thereof from time to time,
and all other property, interests in property, and rights to
property securing any or all of Borrower’s and
Guarantor’s payment and other obligations under the Loan
Documents from time to time.
“ Collateral Agent
” means JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. , a
national banking association, not in its individual capacity, but
solely as collateral agent for Lender and Zions.
“ Consolidated Entities
” means Borrower and any Subsidiaries thereof, including,
without limitation, Guarantor.
“ Covenant Compliance
Certificate ” means a Covenant Compliance
Certificate in form and substance satisfactory to Lender, which
shall be in substantially the form attached hereto as
Exhibit A from Borrower to Lender certifying
compliance with the financial covenants set forth in
Section 6.8 of this Agreement, together with such
other supporting documents and information as Lender may require
from time to time in accordance herewith.
“ Default Interest Rate
” means a rate of interest equal to the lesser of (a) the
aggregate of THREE PERCENT (3%) per annum plus the Interest Rate,
or (b) the highest rate legally permissible under applicable
Requirements of Law. The Default Interest Rate shall change from
time to time as and when the Interest Rate changes.
“ Early Termination Fee
” means, as of the date of any early termination of the Loan
by Borrower pursuant to Section 2.6(c) , an amount
equal to the sum of (a) the Unused Commitment Fee for the portion
of the calendar quarter that has passed as of such date and (b)
using a discount rate of seven percent (7%), the net present value
of the aggregate amount of future Unused Commitment Fees which
would have been due (assuming an Average Quarterly Outstanding
Balance of $0.00) for each calendar quarter (or portion thereof)
remaining in the term of the Loan after the date Borrower
terminates the Loan.
“ EBITDAR ” shall
have the meaning given in Section 6.8(a)
.
“ ERISA ” means the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and
any successor statute of similar import, together with the
regulations thereunder, in each case as in effect from time to
time. References to sections of ERISA shall be construed to also
refer to any successor sections.
“ ERISA Affiliate ”
means any corporation, partnership, or other trade or business
(whether or not incorporated) that is, along with Borrower or
Guarantor, a member of a controlled group of corporations or a
controlled group of trades or businesses, as described in sections
414(b) and 414(c), respectively, of the Code or section 4001 of
ERISA, or a member of the same affiliated service group within the
meaning of section 414(m) of the Code.
“ Event of Default
” means the occurrence of any of the events listed in
Section 7.1 and the expiration of any applicable
notice and cure period provided in said section.
“ Financing Statement
” means one or more UCC financing statements and/or addenda
thereto, to be prepared by Collateral Agent, naming Borrower and/or
Guarantor, as applicable, as debtor, in favor of Collateral Agent,
as secured party, and perfecting Collateral Agent’s security
interest in the Collateral now owned or hereafter acquired by
Borrower and Guarantor, in form and substance satisfactory to
Collateral Agent, to be filed with the Utah Department of Commerce,
Division of Corporations and Commercial Code and in such other
offices for recording or filing such statements in such
jurisdictions as Collateral Agent shall desire to perfect
Collateral Agent’s liens and security interest or reflect
such interest in appropriate public records.
“ Franklin Covey Mexico
” means FRANKLIN COVEY MEXICO, INC. , a Utah
corporation.
“ GAAP ”
shall have the meaning given in Section
1.3 .
“ Governmental Authority
” means the government of the United States of America, any
other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or
local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body,
court, central bank or other entity exercising executive,
legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers
or functions of or pertaining to government.
“ Guarantor ”
means, individually and collectively, as the context requires, and
jointly and severally, all present and future domestic Subsidiaries
of Borrower, including, without limitation, FRANKLIN COVEY
PRINTING, INC. , a Utah corporation (“
Printing ”), FRANKLIN DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION , a Utah corporation (“
Development ”), FRANKLIN COVEY
TRAVEL, INC. , a Utah corporation (“
Travel ”), FRANKLIN COVEY CATALOG
SALES, INC. , a Utah corporation (“
Catalog ”), FRANKLIN COVEY CLIENT
SALES, INC. , a Utah corporation (“
Client ”), FRANKLIN COVEY PRODUCT
SALES , a Utah corporation (“
Product ”), FRANKLIN COVEY SERVICES,
L.L.C. , a Utah limited liability company (“
Services ”), and FRANKLIN COVEY
MARKETING, LTD. , a Utah limited partnership (“
Marketing ”).
“ Guarantor Loan
Documents ” means the Guaranty and any other
guaranties, agreements, documents, or instruments now or hereafter
executed by Guarantor evidencing, guarantying, securing or
otherwise related to the obligations of Guarantor or the Loan, as
the Guaranty and such other guaranties, agreements, documents, and
instruments may be amended, modified, extended, renewed, or
supplemented from time to time.
“ Guarantor Operating
Documents ” means the articles of incorporation,
articles of organization, certificate of partnership, bylaws,
operating agreements and limited partnership agreements of
Guarantor, as applicable, and all modifications and amendments to
those documents, pursuant to which Guarantor has been formed and
exists.
“ Guaranty ” means
that certain Repayment Guaranty executed by Guarantor, as the same
may be amended, modified, supplemented and restated from time to
time.
“ Indebtedness ”
means, as to any Person (a) indebtedness created, issued, incurred
or assumed by such Person for borrowed money or evidenced by bonds,
debentures, notes or similar instruments; (b) all obligations of
such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or
services; (c) all indebtedness secured by a lien on any asset of
such Person whether or not such indebtedness is assumed by such
Person; (d) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such
Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any indebtedness or
other obligation of any other Person or in any manner providing for
the payment of any indebtedness or other obligation of any other
Person or otherwise protecting the holder of such indebtedness
against loss (excluding endorsements for collection or deposit in
the ordinary course of business); (e) the amount of all
reimbursement obligations and other obligations of such Person
(whether due or to become due, contingent or otherwise) in respect
of letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances, surety or other
bonds (but excluding surety or other bonds in favor of Governmental
Authorities) and similar instruments; (f) all obligations under
leases capitalized in accordance with GAAP; and (g) all other
obligations that would be included as liabilities on a balance
sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP.
“ Intercreditor Agreement
” means that certain Intercreditor Agreement of approximately
even date herewith by and among Collateral Agent, Lender and Zions,
as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from
time to time.
“ Interest Period ”
means each period commencing on the first day of a calendar month
and ending on the first day of the next succeeding calendar month;
provided, however , that (i) the first Interest Period
shall commence on the Closing Date; and (ii) any Interest Period
that would otherwise extend past the Maturity Date shall end on the
Maturity Date.
“ Interest Rate ”
means a variable rate equal to the LIBO Rate in effect from time to
time plus One and One-Tenth Percent (1.10%) per annum.
“ Lender ” means
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. , a national banking
association whose address is as set forth in the introductory
paragraph of this Agreement, its successors and assigns.
“ Letter of Credit
” means a written agreement by Lender to honor drafts or
other demands for payment in compliance with the conditions
specified in a letter of credit extended by Lender pursuant to this
Agreement, on such form(s) of letter of credit as customarily
issued by Lender and on such terms as Lender shall require in its
reasonable discretion.
“ Letter of Credit Application and
Agreement ” means Lender’s then-current form
of Letter of Credit Application and Agreement or such other
application form as Lender shall then require.
“ Letter of Credit Limit
” means the aggregate issued and committed amount of THREE
MILLION AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($3,000,000.00).
“ Letter of Credit Interest
Rate ” means the per annum interest rate set forth
in the Letter of Credit Application and Agreement executed and
delivered by Borrower in connection with any Letter of
Credit.
“ LIBO Rate ”
means, with respect to any Interest Period, the rate appearing on
Page 3750 of the Dow Jones Market Service (or on any successor or
substitute page of such Service, or any successor to or substitute
for such Service, providing rate quotations comparable to those
currently provided on such page of such Service, as determined by
Lender from time to time for purposes of providing quotations of
interest rates applicable to dollar deposits in the London
interbank market) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two (2)
Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, as
the rate for dollar deposits with a maturity comparable to such
Interest Period. In the event that such rate is not available at
such time for any reason, then the “ LIBO
Rate ” with respect to such Interest Period shall be
the rate at which dollar deposits of $1,000,000 and for a maturity
comparable to such Interest Period are offered by the principal
London office of Lender in immediately available funds in the
London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time,
two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest
Period.
“ Lien or Encumbrance
” and “ Liens and Encumbrances ”
means any assignment as security, conditional sale for security
purposes, grant in trust, lien, mortgage, pledge, security
interest, title retention arrangement, other encumbrance, or other
interest or right securing the payment of money or the performance
of any other liability or obligation, whether voluntarily or
involuntarily created and whether arising by agreement, document,
or instrument, under any law, ordinance, regulation, or rule
(federal, state, or local), or otherwise.
“ Loan ” means the
revolving line of credit loan from Lender to Borrower described in
this Agreement.
“ Loan Amount ”
means the amount of up to EIGHTEEN MILLION AND NO/100 DOLLARS
($18,000,000.00), plus any sum in addition thereto advanced by
Lender in its sole and absolute discretion in accordance with the
Loan Documents, to be disbursed pursuant to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement.
“ Loan Documents ”
means the documents described in Section 4.1(i) ,
any International Swap and Derivatives Association Master Agreement
(and any confirmation related thereto and any other Swap
Agreement), and any other guaranties, agreements, documents, or
instruments now or hereafter evidencing, guarantying or securing
the Obligations of Borrower hereunder, as this Agreement, the other
documents described in Section 4.1 , and such
other agreements, documents, and instruments may be amended,
modified, extended, renewed, or supplemented from time to
time.
“ Loan Party ”
means Borrower, Guarantor and each other Person that from time to
time is or becomes obligated to Lender or Collateral Agent under
any Loan Document or grants any Lien or Encumbrance to Lender or
Collateral Agent with respect to any Collateral.
“ Material Adverse Change
” means any change in the assets, liabilities, financial
condition, or results of operations of Borrower or Borrower and
Guarantor on an aggregate basis, or any other event or condition
with respect to Borrower or Borrower and Guarantor together, that
materially and adversely affects any of the following: (i) the
likelihood of performance by Borrower or Borrower and Guarantor
together of any Obligations or the ability of Borrower or Borrower
and Guarantor together to perform such Obligations, (ii) the
legality, validity or binding nature of any of the Obligations of
Borrower or Guarantor, (iii) any Lien or Encumbrance securing any
of such Obligations, or (iv) the priority of any Lien or
Encumbrance securing any of such Obligations.
“ Maturity Date ”
means the date which is exactly thirty-six (36) months from the
date of the Note.
“ Multiemployer Plan
” means a “multiemployer plan” as defined in
Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA which is maintained for employees of
Borrower or Guarantor.
“ Note ” means the
Secured Promissory Note of approximately even date herewith
executed by Borrower and payable to Lender, as such note may be
amended, modified, extended, renewed, supplemented or restated from
time to time.
“ Obligations ”
means, as the context requires, the duties and obligations of
Borrower and/or Guarantor under the Loan Documents from time to
time, including without limitation, any and all obligations,
contingent or otherwise, whether now existing or hereafter arising,
of Borrower to Lender arising under or in connection with Swap
Agreements.
“ Occupational Safety and Health
Law ” means the Occupational Safety and Health Act
of 1970, as amended, and any other federal, state or local statute,
law, ordinance, code, rule, regulation, order or decree regulating,
relating to or imposing liability or standards of conduct
concerning employee health and/or safety.
“ Other Loans”
means any loan, financing arrangement or extension of credit to
Borrower or its Subsidiaries, including, without limitation,
Guarantor, from Lender, any Affiliate of Lender, J.P. Morgan Chase
& Co. or any of its Affiliates, or Zions or any of its
Affiliates.
“ Payment Date ”
means the first (1 st ) day of each calendar month after
the Closing Date.
“ PBGC ” means the
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and any entity succeeding to
any or all of its functions under ERISA.
“ Permitted Exceptions
” means the following: (a) the sale, transfer, or other
disposition of any Collateral that is (i) consumed or worn out in
ordinary usage and that is promptly replaced with similar items of
equal or greater value or (ii) sold in the ordinary course of
business; (b) the Loan Documents; (c) purchase money liens on items
of the Collateral; (d) Liens or Encumbrances granted to Zions or
Collateral Agent pursuant to the Zions Loan Documents in respect of
which Lender or Collateral Agent shares or is otherwise granted a
first priority security interest with Zions on a pari
passu basis pursuant to and as set forth in the Intercreditor
Agreement; (e) Liens and Encumbrances against Borrower or Guarantor
set forth on Schedule 5.6 in effect on the Closing
Date; (f) covenants, restrictions, rights, rights-of-way,
easements and minor irregularities and encumbrances in title which
do not materially interfere with the business or operations of
Borrower or Guarantor as presently conducted; (g) Liens and
Encumbrances arising by statute in connection with worker’s
compensation and unemployment insurance (other than Liens and
Encumbrances arising under ERISA), good faith cash deposits in
connection with tenders, contracts or leases to which Borrower or
Guarantor is a party or other cash deposits required to be made in
the ordinary course of business (provided in each case that the
obligation is not for borrowed money and that the obligation
secured is not overdue or, if overdue, is being contested in good
faith); (h) mechanics’, workmen’s,
materialmen’s, landlords’, carriers’ or other
similar Liens and Encumbrances arising in the ordinary course of
Borrower’s or Guarantor’s business with respect to
obligations which are not due or which are being contested in good
faith; (i) the pledge of assets for the purpose of securing an
appeal, stay or discharge in the course of any legal proceeding,
provided that the aggregate amount of liabilities of Borrower and
Guarantor secured by a pledge of Collateral, including interest and
penalties thereon, if any, shall not be in excess of $2,000,000 at
any one time outstanding; and (j) any interest or title of a
lessor under any operating lease to Borrower or
Guarantor.
“ Person ” means
any natural person, any unincorporated association, any
corporation, any partnership, any joint venture, any limited
liability company, any trust, any other legal entity, or any
Governmental Authority.
“ Pledged Securities
” means all of the shares of the common stock of Guarantor
(other than Services and Marketing) owned and pledged by Borrower,
together with all dividends therefrom (whether in cash or in equity
securities), all stock splits or reissuances thereof, all
distributions thereon or in respect thereof, all rights with
respect thereto, including voting and appraisement rights, all
investments thereof, interest thereon and proceeds thereof, all
securities, cash or other assets in replacement thereof.
“ Quarterly Payment Date
” means the last day of each of March, June, September and
December of each calendar year until the Maturity Date, unless any
such day is not a Business Day, in which case the Quarterly Payment
Date shall be the next succeeding Business Day.
“ Reimbursement
Obligations ” shall have the meaning
given in Section 3.2(a) .
“ Reportable Event
” has the meaning given to such term in ERISA, but shall not
include any event for which the thirty (30) day reporting
requirement has been waived by the PBGC.
“ Request for Advance
” means a completed, written Request for Advance and Pledge
in form and substance satisfactory to Lender, which shall be in
substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit
B from Borrower to Lender requesting an Advance from
Lender, together with such other documents and information as
Lender may require from time to time in accordance
herewith.
“ Requirements of Law
” means (a) the organizational documents of
an entity and (b) any law, regulation, ordinance, code, decree,
treaty, ruling or determination of an arbitrator, court or other
Governmental Authority, or any Executive Order issued by the
President of the United States, in each case applicable to or
binding upon such Person or to which such Person, any of its
property or the conduct of its business is subject.
“ Security Agreement
” means that certain Security Agreement of even date herewith
by and between Borrower and Guarantor, as debtor, and Collateral
Agent, as secured party, with respect to all of the assets of
Borrower and Guarantor.
“ Stock Pledge Agreement
” means that certain Pledge and Security Agreement of even
date herewith by and between Borrower, as pledgor, and Collateral
Agent, pledging all of the shares of each Guarantor other than
Services and Marketing.
“ Subsidiary ”
means, with respect to any Person (the “
parent ”) at any date, any corporation,
limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity
(a) of which securities or other ownership interests representing
more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting
power or, in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the
general partnership interests are, as of such date, owned,
controlled or held, or (b) that is, as of such date, otherwise
controlled, directly or indirectly, by the parent or one or more
subsidiaries of the parent. As used in this definition, “
control ” means 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 ability to
exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise.
“ Swap Agreement ”
means any agreement between Borrower and Lender with respect to any
swap, forward, future or derivative transaction or option or
similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or
more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or
securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures
of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar
transaction or any combination of these transactions.
“ Transfer ” means
(a) the granting of any Lien or Encumbrance on the Collateral or
any part thereof to any Person, except the security interests in
favor of Lender or Collateral Agent, the Permitted Exceptions and
other matters which have been approved in writing by Lender; (b)
any sale, transfer, conveyance, lease or vesting of the Collateral
or any part thereof or interest therein to or in any Person,
whether voluntary, involuntary, by operation of law, or otherwise,
except the Permitted Exceptions, which would result in a Material
Adverse Change (without taking into consideration subsections (iii)
and (iv) of the definition of Material Adverse Change); (c) any
Change of Control; or (d) the execution of any agreements to do any
of the foregoing, except the Permitted Exceptions.
“ Unused Commitment Fee
” means, with respect to each calendar quarter (or portion
thereof) during the term of the Loan, an amount equal to (i) the
Loan Amount minus (ii) the Average Quarterly Outstanding
Balance for such calendar quarter (or portion thereof) with respect
to which the Unused Commitment is being computed, with the
resulting number being multiplied by ONE QUARTER OF ONE
PERCENT (0.25%) per annum (i.e., 0.0625% per quarter). If the
Unused Commitment Fee is being computed for less than a full
calendar quarter, the percentage used in the preceding sentence
will be computed on a daily basis for the number of days for which
the fee is being computed.
“ Zions ” means
ZIONS FIRST NATIONAL BANK , a national banking
association.
“ Zions Account ”
means an account established by Borrower with Zions into which
Lender and Zions shall advance proceeds of the Loan and the Zions
Loan, respectively.
“ Zions Loan ”
means that certain revolving line of credit in the maximum
principal amount of up to SEVEN MILLION AND NO/100 DOLLARS
($7,000,000.00).
“ Zions Loan Documents
” means any agreements, documents, instruments or guaranties,
now or hereafter governing, evidencing, guarantying or securing the
obligations of Borrower with respect to the Zions Loan, as such
agreements, documents, instruments and guaranties may be amended,
modified, extended, renewed, or supplemented from time to
time.
1.2
Interpretation
. Unless the context of this
Agreement otherwise clearly requires, the following rules of
construction shall apply to this Agreement and each of the other
Loan Documents:
(a)
Number; Inclusion
. References to the plural include
the singular, the plural, the part and the whole; “or”
has the inclusive meaning represented by the phrase
“and/or”; and “including” has the meaning
represented by the phrase “including without
limitation”.
(b)
Documents Taken as a
Whole . The words
“hereof,” “herein,”
“hereunder,” “hereto” and similar terms in
this Agreement or any other Loan Document refer to this Agreement
or such other Loan Document as a whole and not to any particular
provision of this Agreement or such other Loan Document.
(c)
Headings . The section and other headings contained in
this Agreement or the other Loan Documents and the Table of
Contents (if any) preceding this Agreement or the other Loan
Documents are for reference purposes only and shall not control or
affect the construction of this Agreement or the other Loan
Documents or the interpretation thereof in any respect.
(d)
Implied References to This
Agreement . Article,
section, subsection, clause, schedule and exhibit references are to
this Agreement unless otherwise specified.
(e)
Persons . Reference to any Person includes such
Person’s successors and assigns but, if applicable, only if
such successors and assigns are permitted by this Agreement or the
other Loan Documents, as the case may be.
(f)
Modifications to
Documents . Reference to
any agreement (including this Agreement and any other Loan Document
together with the schedules and exhibits hereto or thereto),
document or instrument means such agreement, document or instrument
as amended, modified, replaced, substituted for, superseded or
restated.
1.3
Accounting Terms
. For purposes of this Agreement,
all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein or in the
Recitals shall have the meanings assigned to them in conformity
with generally accepted accounting practices and principles
(“ GAAP ”), consistently applied. In
the event that GAAP changes during the term of this Agreement such
that the covenants contained in Section 6.8 would
then be calculated in a different manner or with different
components, (a) Borrower and Lender agree to amend this Agreement
in such respects as are necessary to conform those covenants as
criteria for evaluating the Consolidated Entities’ financial
condition to substantially the same criteria as were effective
prior to such change in GAAP and (b) the Consolidated
Entities shall be deemed to be in compliance with the
covenants contained in Section 6.8 following any
such change in GAAP if and to the extent that the Consolidated
Entities would have been (and would continue to be) in
compliance therewith under GAAP as in effect immediately prior to
such change.
1.4
Actions by Lender
. Unless otherwise expressly
provided in this Agreement, all determinations, consents,
approvals, disapprovals, calculations, requirements, requests,
acts, actions, elections, selections, opinions, judgments, options,
exercise of rights, remedies or indemnities, satisfaction of
conditions or other decisions of or to be made by Lender under this
Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents shall be made in the
reasonable discretion of Lender. Any reference to Lender’s
“sole and absolute discretion” or similar phrases has
the meaning represented by the phrase “sole and absolute
discretion, acting in good faith”.
1.5
Knowledge of Borrower
. As used herein and in any other
Loan Document, the phrase “to the knowledge of
Borrower,” “to the knowledge of Guarantor” or
such similar phrases shall mean to the actual, conscious knowledge
of Borrower’s Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial
Officer or Treasurer.
ARTICLE
2
THE LOAN
2.1
Agreement to Lend and
Borrow .
(a)
Agreement to Lend and
Borrow . Subject to the
terms and conditions of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents, Lender agrees to lend to Borrower, and Borrower agrees
to borrow from Lender from time to time prior to the Maturity Date,
Advances of the proceeds of the Loan up to the Loan Amount.
Lender’s commitment to make Advances shall be decreased at
the same time and in the same amount as the aggregate stated amount
of any outstanding Letters of Credit.
(b)
Revolving Nature of
Loan . Prior to the
Maturity Date, the Loan Amount may be drawn, repaid, and drawn
again, on a revolving basis, in unlimited repetition so long as (i)
the aggregate of all outstanding Advances does not exceed, at any
time, the Loan Amount, and (ii) no Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing. Although the outstanding principal balance of
the Note may be zero from time to time, the Loan Documents will
remain in full force and effect until the Maturity Date or all
obligations of Borrower or Guarantor relating to the Loan are
indefeasibly paid and performed in full, whichever is later.
Borrower shall have the right to terminate the Loan upon
Borrower’s specific written direction and attendant payment
in full to Lender of all Obligations with respect to the Loan,
including, without limitation, the Early Termination Fee. Upon the
occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default,
Lender may suspend or terminate its commitment to make Advances of
the proceeds of the Loan without notice to Borrower or further act
on the part of Lender.
(c)
Use of Proceeds
. The proceeds of the Loan may be
used by Borrower for its general working capital purposes or other
Borrower purposes and to repurchase shares of Borrower’s
preferred and common stock.
2.2
Procedures for
Advances .
(a)
Requests for Advances
. Each request for an Advance shall
be in writing and in the form of a Request for Advance. Lender, at
its option, may set a cutoff time, after which all requests for
Advances will be treated as having been requested on the next
succeeding Business Day. In addition to complying with the other
requirements of this Agreement, each Request for Advance shall
specify the date (which shall be a Business Day) and the amount of
the requested Advance.
(b)
Timing of Disbursement of
Advances . Provided the
conditions for the making of Advances contained herein are
satisfied, Lender shall disburse each Advance no later than the
first Business Day following the date of the receipt by Lender of a
valid Request for Advance. Upon acceptance of a Request for Advance
made hereunder, Lender will make the amount of each Advance
available to Borrower in immediately available funds by initiating
a wire transfer to the Zions Account designated by Borrower in the
Request for Advance.
(c)
Authorized Persons
. The persons initially authorized
to request Advances are all Authorized Representatives of Borrower.
At Lender’s request, Borrower shall provide Lender with
documentation satisfactory to Lender indicating the names of those
employees of Borrower authorized by Borrower to sign a Request for
Advance and other documents, and Lender shall be entitled to rely
upon such documentation until notified in writing by Borrower of
any change(s) in the names of the employees so
authorized.
2.3
Conditions Precedent to
Advances . The obligation
of Lender to make Advances is subject to the fulfillment, to the
satisfaction of Lender in its sole and absolute discretion, of each
of the following conditions; provided, however, that
Lender, in its sole and absolute discretion, may waive any of the
following conditions:
(a) Lender shall have received a Request for Advance
pursuant to Section 2.2 ;
(b) No Event of Default shall exist and be
continuing or shall result from such Advance;
(c) The amount of the requested Advance, together
with the amount of all prior Advances then outstanding and the
aggregate stated amount of all Letters of Credit then outstanding,
shall not exceed the Loan Amount;
(d) The representations and warranties made by
Borrower contained herein and in the other Loan Documents shall be
true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of
such Advance with the same effect as if made on and as of the date
of such Advance (except to the extent such representations and
warranties expressly refer to an earlier date, in which case they
shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such
earlier date); and
(e) Borrower shall have provided such additional
information and documents as Lender may reasonably
request.
Each Request
for Advance submitted by Borrower hereunder shall constitute a
representation and warranty by Borrower hereunder, as of the date
of each such request and as of the date of each Advance, that the
conditions in this Section 2.3 are
satisfied.
2.4
Evidence of
Indebtedness . The Loan
shall be evidenced by the Note. Disbursements of the Loan shall be
charged and funded under the Note. If there is any inconsistency
between the Note and this Agreement, the provisions of this
Agreement shall prevail.
(a)
Rate . The advanced and unpaid balance of the Loan
shall bear interest at the Interest Rate in effect from time to
time. Each change in the Interest Rate will become effective for
each Interest Period, without notice, on the date set forth in the
definition of the term LIBO Rate set forth herein.
(b)
Default Interest Rate
. Upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default hereunder or under any of the
Loan Documents, at the option of Lender, the outstanding and unpaid
principal balance of the Loan shall bear interest, payable on
demand, at a rate per annum equal to the Default Interest Rate.
Lender may also, at its option, from time to time, add any unpaid
accrued interest to principal and such sum will bear interest
therefrom until paid at the rate provided in this Agreement
(including at the Default Interest Rate, as and when applicable).
The application of the Default Interest Rate shall not be
interpreted or deemed to extend any cure period set forth in this
Agreement, or otherwise to limit any of Lender’s remedies
under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents.
(c)
Effective Rate
. Borrower agrees to pay an
effective rate of interest that is the sum of (i) the interest rate
provided in this Agreement and (ii) any additional rate of interest
resulting from any other charges or fees paid or to be paid in
connection herewith that are determined to be interest or in the
nature of interest. Any other provision of this Agreement or any of
the other Loan Documents to the contrary notwithstanding, Lender
and Borrower agree that none of the terms and provisions contained
herein or in any of the Loan Documents shall be construed to create
a contract for the use, forbearance or detention of money requiring
payment of interest at a rate in excess of the maximum interest
rate permitted to be charged by the Requirements of Laws of the
State of Utah. In such event, if any holder of the Note shall
collect monies which are deemed to constitute interest which would
otherwise increase the effective interest rate on the Note to a
rate in excess of the maximum rate permitted to be charged by
applicable Requirements of Law, all such sums deemed to constitute
interest in excess of such maximum rate shall, at the option of the
holder, be credited to the payment of other amounts payable under
the Loan Documents or returned to Borrower.
(d)
Computation of
Interest . Interest shall
be computed by applying the ratio of the annual Interest Rate over
a year of three hundred sixty (360) days, multiplied by the
outstanding principal balance, multiplied by the actual number of
days the principal balance is outstanding.
2.6
Payment of Principal and
Interest; Application of Payments .
(a)
Payments of Interest
. Commencing on the Payment Date
occurring in May, 2007, and continuing on each monthly Payment Date
thereafter, installments of all accrued and outstanding interest
shall be due and payable by Borrower to Lender.
(b)
Payment at Maturity
. The outstanding principal balance
of the Loan, together with all unpaid accrued interest thereon, and
all other amounts payable by Borrower with respect to the Note or
pursuant to the terms of any other Loan Documents, shall be due and
payable on the Maturity Date in lawful money of the United States
of America.
(c)
Early Termination
. Borrower shall have the right to
terminate the Loan at any time prior to the Maturity Date by (i)
giving written notice of its intent to do so to Lender; (ii) paying
the outstanding principal balance of the Loan, together with all
unpaid accrued interest thereon, and all other amounts payable by
Borrower with respect to the Note or pursuant to the terms of any
other Loan Documents; and (iii) paying the Early Termination
Fee.
(d)
Application of
Payments . Unless
otherwise agreed to in writing or otherwise required by applicable
Requirements of Law, payments will be applied first to accrued,
unpaid interest, then to any unpaid collection costs, late charges
and other charges, and any remaining amount to principal;
provided, however , upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default, Lender reserves the right to
apply payments among principal, interest, late charges, collection
costs and other charges at its sole and absolute
discretion.
(e)
No Deductions
. All payments of principal or
interest hereunder or under the Note shall be made (i) without
deduction of any present and future taxes, levies, imposts,
deductions, charges or withholdings, which amounts shall be paid by
Borrower, and (ii) without any other set off. Borrower will pay the
amounts necessary such that the gross amount of the principal and
interest received by Lender is not less than that required hereby
and by the Note.
(f)
Late Charges
. If any payment of interest or
principal required pursuant to any provision of this Agreement is
not received by Lender within ten (10) days after its due date,
then, in addition to the other rights and remedies of Lender
pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, Borrower
will be charged five percent (5.0%) of the regularly scheduled
payment or Twenty-Five and No/100 Dollars ($25.00), whichever is
greater, up to the maximum amount of One Thousand Five Hundred and
No/100 Dollars ($1,500.00) per late charge. Such late charge will
be immediately due and payable and is in addition to any other
costs, fees, and expenses that Borrower may owe as a result of such
late payment.
2.7
Manner and Time of
Payment . All amounts
payable by Borrower on or with respect to the Loan, or pursuant to
the terms of any other Loan Documents, shall be paid without
condition or reservation of right, in lawful money of the United
States of America at 80 West Broadway, Suite 200, Salt Lake City,
Utah 84101, or at such other place as Lender may from time to time
designate in writing, not later than 1:00 p.m. (Utah time), in same
day funds, on the date due, and to such account of Lender as Lender
may designate; funds received by Lender after that time shall be
deemed to have been paid on the next succeeding Business Day. If
any payment would otherwise be due on a day which is not a Business
Day, the payment instead shall be due on the next succeeding
Business Day and such extension of time shall be included in
computing the interest due in respect of said payment.
2.8
Guaranty . Payment of the Note and performance of
Borrower’s obligations hereunder shall be unconditionally
guaranteed by Guarantor pursuant to the Guaranty and secured by,
among other things, the Security Agreement, which shall be a first
priority security interest in and to all of the personal property
assets of Borrower and Guarantor, as more fully described in the
Security Agreement, subject to Permitted Exceptions.
2.9
Security . Payment of the Note shall be secured by and/or
guaranteed by, among other things, the following:
(b) the Security Agreement, which shall secure the
Obligations and the Guaranty and be a first priority security
interest in and to all of the personal property assets of Borrower
and Guarantor, as more fully described in the Security Agreement,
subject to Permitted Exceptions;
(c) the Stock Pledge Agreement, which shall secure
the Obligations and be a first priority security interest in and to
the Pledged Securities, subject to Permitted Exceptions;
and
(d) the Account Control Agreement, which shall
secure the Obligations and the Guaranty and perfect the security
interest given to Collateral Agent in and to all of
Borrower’s and Guarantor’s deposit accounts maintained
with Zions.
(a)
Unused Commitment Fee
. During the term hereof, Borrower
shall pay to Lender the applicable Unused Commitment Fee on each
Quarterly Payment Date. The Unused Commitment Fee shall be
calculated on a quarterly basis and payable quarterly in arrears
for the calendar quarter or portion thereof throughout the term of
the Loan and on the Maturity Date.
(b)
Early Termination Fee
. As set forth in Section 2.6(c)
above, Borrower shall pay to Lender the Early Termination Fee in
the event Borrower elects to terminate the Loan prior to the
Maturity Date.
(c)
Additional Provisions Regarding
Fees . The fees described
in this Section 2.10 shall be payable in addition
to, and not in lieu of, interest, expense reimbursements,
indemnification and other Obligations. Borrower acknowledges that
all fees and other amounts described in this
Section 2.10 have been fully earned by Lender
at the time of payment and are non-refundable to Borrower in the
event this Agreement is terminated or expires as provided herein.
All fees specified or referred to in this Agreement shall bear
interest, if not paid when due, at the Default Interest Rate.
Borrower hereby authorizes Lender, at its sole option and
direction, without prior notice to Borrower, to advance any of the
fees provided for in this Section 2.10 if not paid
within ten (10) days of when due.
ARTICLE 3
LETTERS OF
CREDIT
3.1
Issuance of Letters of
Credit .
(a)
Issuance of Letters of
Credit . Subject to the
terms and conditions of this Agreement and the policies,
procedures, and requirements of Lender for issuance of Letters of
Credit in effect from time to time, Lender agrees to issue, from
time to time on or before the Maturity Date, Letters of Credit upon
request by and for the account of Borrower. Letters of Credit (i)
will expire on the earlier of the date stated therein or
thirty (30) days prior to the Maturity Date; and (ii) will not
exceed, in the aggregate stated amount outstanding at any time, the
lesser of (A) Letter of Credit Limit or (B) the difference between
the Loan Amount and the then outstanding principal balance of the
Loan. Each reference in this Agreement to “issue” or
“issuance” or other forms of such words in relation to
Letters of Credit will also include any extension or renewal of a
Letter of Credit. Requests for the issuance of a Letter of Credit
will be processed by Lender in accordance with its policies,
procedures, and requirements then in effect. Upon the occurrence
and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Lender may
suspend or terminate its agreement to issue Letters of Credit
hereunder.
(b)
Issuance Procedures
. Lender’s obligation to
issue Letters of Credit is expressly conditioned upon the receipt
and approval by Lender, in its sole and absolute discretion, of
each of the following items and the satisfaction by Borrower of the
following conditions:
(i) Borrower shall deliver to Lender the Letter of
Credit Application and Agreement in form and content satisfactory
to Lender, duly executed (and acknowledged where necessary) by the
appropriate parties thereto.
(ii) The stated face amount of the requested Letter
of Credit, when aggregated with the stated face amount of all
Letters of Credit then issued and outstanding, will not exceed the
Letter of Credit Limit.
(iii) The stated face amount of the requested Letter
of Credit, when aggregated with (A) the stated face amount of all
Letters of Credit then issued and outstanding and (B) the then
outstanding principal balance of the Loan, will not exceed the Loan
Amount.
(iv) The representations and warranties of Borrower
contained in all of the Loan Documents shall be true and correct in
all material respects on and as of the date of each issuance as
though made on and as of that date (except to the extent such
representations and warranties expressly refer to an earlier date,
in which case they shall be true and correct in all material
respects as of such earlier date) and no Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing as of the date of issuance of the
Letter of Credit or request therefor.
3.2
Reimbursement
Obligations .
(a) Borrower hereby agrees to pay to Lender the
following (collectively, the “ Reimbursement
Obligations ”):
(i) On the date of each drawing under a Letter of
Credit, a sum equal to (A) the amount of such drawing under the
Letter of Credit to the extent actually paid by Lender plus (B) any
and all transaction charges or other charges and expenses which
Lender may pay or incur relative to the drawing or Letter of
Credit;
(ii) Upon the date incurred, any and all expenses
incurred by Lender in enforcing any rights under this Agreement,
any of the other Loan Documents, or under any agreement, document
or instrument securing Lender’s rights under this Agreement;
and
(iii) All payments or drawings due and owing to Lender
which are related to any Letter of Credit shall bear interest
payable from the date such amounts become payable (in the case of
an amount payable on demand, from the date Lender is first entitled
to demand payment, regardless as to whether a demand for payment is
actually made) until payment in full, at an annual rate at all
times equal to the Letter of Credit Interest Rate, but in no event
above the maximum rate permitted by law. Interest accruing pursuant
to this Section 3.2(a)(iii) shall be due and
payable on the day on which amounts due hereunder are paid or
earlier upon demand of Lender. All interest becoming due and
payable under this Agreement shall be computed on the basis of the
actual number of days elapsed and a year of 360 days.
(b) The Reimbursement Obligations shall be paid as
herein provided without notice from or demand of Lender to
Borrower. The Reimbursement Obligations and the other obligations
from Borrower to Lender shall at all times be full recourse
obligations of Borrower.
(c) Lender, in its sole and absolute discretion, is
authorized, but not obligated, to make Advances under the Note
without notice to Borrower or any Guarantor to satisfy any amounts
owing to Lender by Borrower as a result of any drawing.
3.3
Obligations Absolute
. The Reimbursement Obligations of
Borrower shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and
shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement and the Letter of Credit Application and Agreement, under
all circumstances whatsoever, including, without limitation, the
following circumstances:
(a) any lack of validity or enforceability of a
Letter of Credit or any of the Loan Documents;
(b) any amendment or waiver of or any consent to or
departure from a Letter of Credit or any of the Loan
Documents;
(c) the existence of any claim, set-off, defense or
other right which Borrower may have at any time against Lender, any
holder of a Letter of Credit, or any other person or entity,
whether in connection with this Agreement, the transactions
contemplated herein or in any of the Loan Documents or any
unrelated transactions; or
(d) any statement or any other document presented
under or in connection with a Letter of Credit proving to be
forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any
statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect
whatsoever.
3.4
Assumption of Risk and
Liability . Borrower
hereby assumes all risk of the acts or omissions of any holder of a
Letter of Credit, and any beneficiary or transferee of a Letter of
Credit with respect to its use of a Letter of Credit. Neither
Lender nor any of its employees, officers, directors, agents or
representatives shall be liable or responsible for:
(a) the use which may be made of a Letter of Credit
or for any acts or omissions of Lender in connection
therewith;
(b) the validity, sufficiency or genuineness of
documents, or of any endorsements thereon, whether submitted in
connection with a drawing under a Letter of Credit, or otherwise,
even if such documents or endorsements should in fact prove to be
in any or all respects invalid, insufficient, fraudulent, forged,
inaccurate or untrue;
(c) payment by Lender against presentation of
documents which do not strictly comply with the terms of a Letter
of Credit, including failure of any such documents to bear
reference or adequate reference to a Letter of Credit or the
failure of any holder or beneficiary of a Letter of Credit to
comply fully with conditions required in order to obtain honor of a
drawing under a Letter of Credit;
(d) the validity or sufficiency of any instrument
transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a
Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds
thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or
ineffective for any reason;
(e) omissions, interruptions, losses or delays in
transmission or delivery of any messages by mail, cable, telegraph,
telex, telephone, facsimile transmission or otherwise;
(f) any loss or delay in the transmission of any
document or draft required in order to make a drawing under a
Letter of Credit; or
(g) any other circumstances whatsoever in making or
failing to make payment under a Letter of Credit.
ARTICLE 4
LOAN CLOSING; INITIAL
ADVANCE
4.1
Conditions Precedent
. Lender’s obligation to
close the Loan and to disburse the initial Advance and to perform
the remainder of its obligations under this Agreement are expressly
conditioned upon the receipt and approval by Lender, in its sole
and absolute discretion, of each of the following items and the
satisfaction by Borrower of the following conditions on or before
the Closing Date unless otherwise waived by Lender in its sole and
absolute discretion:
(a) Borrower’s payment of all fees and costs
payable under this Agreement;
(b) Receipt, review and approval by Lender of copies
of the Borrower Operating Documents and the Guarantor Operating
Documents;
(c) The representations and warranties of Borrower
and/or Guarantor in Article 5 and elsewhere in the
Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material
respects;
(d) No Event of Default shall exist and be
continuing;
(e) Receipt, review and approval by Lender, in its
sole discretion, of such financial statements and tax returns for
Borrower and/or Guarantor as Lender may require;
(f) A determination by Lender that the Collateral
provides an adequate loan-to-value coverage ratio for the Loan and
all Other Loans which are secured by the Collateral;
(g) The original certificat