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EXHIBIT 10.1
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SECURED REVOLVING LOAN NOTE
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$8,000,000.00
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__________________, 2008
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Iselin, New Jersey
Upon the earlier of (a) three (3) years from the
date hereof, or (b) in accordance with a certain Revolving Loan and
Security Agreement of even date herewith, or as it may be
subsequently amended, signed by the undersigned as "Borrower"
("Loan Agreement") FOR VALUE
RECEIVED , the undersigned
"Borrower" jointly and severally promises to pay to
the order of SOVEREIGN
BANK (the "Lender"), at 101 Wood
Avenue South, 6 th
Floor, Iselin, New Jersey 08830, the principal sum
of Eight Million – 00/100
($8,000,000.00) Dollars or the amount
actually advanced pursuant to the Loan Agreement.
This Secured Revolving Loan Note
(“Note”) bears interest during each calendar month from
the date hereof until paid, at an interest rate per annum as set
forth in the Loan Agreement Interest is to be paid at time
intervals as set forth in the Loan Agreement. In no event is the
interest rate to be higher than the maximum lawful rate. Interest
is calculated on a daily basis upon the unpaid balance based upon
the actual number of days elapsed, with each date representing
1/360th of a year.
All payments on this Note shall be made in
immediately available lawful money of the United States by direct
charge to Borrower's deposit accounts with Lender. In addition to
the provision above for direct charge of payments due, Lender is
hereby authorized, at its sole and absolute discretion, to debit
any other of the Borrower's accounts for payments due. This
authorization does not affect the Borrower's 's obligations to pay
when due all amounts payable under this Note, whether or not there
are sufficient funds therefor in such accounts. The foregoing
authorization is in addition to, and not in limitation of, any
rights of setoff.
Upon the earlier of Default (as defined in the Loan
Agreement) or maturity of this Note, the Borrower's right to select
pricing options ceases (if applicable) and the unpaid principal of
all unpaid advances and amounts due pursuant to this Note bears
interest at a rate which is two (2) percentage points per annum
greater than that which would otherwise be applicable ("Default
Rate"). Borrower acknowledges that: (i) such additional rate is a
material inducement to Lender to make the loans; (ii) Lender would
not have made the loans in the absence of the agreement of the
Borrower to pay such default rate; (iii) such additional rate
represents compensation for increased risk to Lender that the loans
will not be repaid; and (iv) such rate is not a penalty and
represents a reasonable estimate of (a) the cost to Lender in
allocating its resources (both personnel and financial) to the
ongoing review, monitoring, administration and collection of the
loans and (b) compensation to Lender for losses that are difficult
to ascertain.
If a regularly scheduled payment is fifteen (15)
days or more late, the Borrower will be charged 5.000% of the
unpaid portion of the regularly scheduled payment or $10.00,
whichever is greater. Upon Default, the Borrower will be charged
either 5.000% of the unpaid principal plus accrued unpaid interest
or $10.00, whichever is greater. Any such late charge assessed is
immediately due and payable. Any payment received after 3:00 P.M.
on a banking day is deemed received on the next succeeding banking
day.
This Note is secured by such Collateral defined in
the Loan Agreement. Capitalized terms in this Note have the meaning
set forth in the Loan Agreement. All terms of the Loan Agreement
are incorporated herein by reference. In the event of ambiguity or
inconsistency between the terms of the Loan Agreement and the terms
hereof, the terms of the Loan Agreement prevail.
Except as otherwise specified herein, each payment
made under this Note is to be applied first to the payment of
accrued interest, then to any expenses or charges payable
hereunder, and the balance applied to principal amounts due under
this Note.
The undersigned hereby waives demand, notice of
non-payment, protest, and all other notices or demands whatsoever,
and hereby consents that without notice to and without releasing
the liability of any party, the obligations evidenced by this Note
or the Loan Agreement may from time to time, in whole or part, be
renewed, extended, modified, accelerated, compromised, settled or
released by Lender.
Lender's books and records are prima facie evidence
of the amount of the obligations and are binding upon
Borrower.
Lender is hereby authorized to fill in any blank
spaces in this Note and to date this Note as of the applicable date
and to correct patent errors herein.
This Note has been executed and delivered in New
Jersey and is deemed a contract made under New Jersey
law.
BORROWER HEREBY WAIVES ALL RIGHTS TO A TRIAL BY
JURY IN ANY LITIGATION RELATING TO THIS NOTE OR RELATED DOCUMENTS
AS AN INDUCEMENT TO THE ACCEPTANCE BY LENDER OF THIS
NOTE.
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Attest/Witness:
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MEDIA SCIENCES
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INTERNATIONAL, INC.
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By:
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Print Name:
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Print Name:
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Title:
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Attest/Witness:
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MEDIA SCIENCES, INC.
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By:
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Print Name:
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Print Name:
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Title:
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Attest/Witness:
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CADAPULT GRAPHIC SYSTEMS, INC.
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By:
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Print Name:
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Print Name:
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Title:
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REVOLVING LOAN AND SECURITY
AGREEMENT
This Revolving Loan and
Security Agreement ("Agreement")
among SOVEREIGN BANK,
a federal savings bank, having an address of 101
Wood Avenue South, Iselin NJ 08830 ( "Lender" ), MEDIA SCIENCES INTERNATIONAL, INC., a
Delaware corporation and MEDIA SCIENCES,
INC. a New Jersey corporation, and
CADAPULT GRAPHIC SYSTEMS, INC
., a New Jersey corporation, having their chief
executive office at 8 Allerman Road, Oakland NJ 07436 (either
separately, jointly, or jointly and severally,
"Borrower ") is
effective on ________________ , 2008 .
STATEMENTS
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A.
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The Borrower has requested financial
accommodation(s) from Lender.
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B. Lender is
willing to render the requested financial accommodation(s) to the
Borrower in connection with the Borrower's business and on certain
terms and conditions.
C. To secure the
financial accommodation(s), the Borrower is willing, among other
things, to grant a first priority security interest to Lender in
certain assets of the Borrower.
NOW, THEREFORE ,
in consideration of the promises, covenants and understandings set
forth in this Agreement and the benefits to be received from the
performance of such promises, covenants and understandings, and for
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency
of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as
follows:
DEFINITIONS
"Accounts" - as defined
in Exhibit A
"Advance Limit " - as
defined in Section 1.1(b)
"Affiliate" - as
defined in Section 7.12
"Chattel Paper" - as
defined in Exhibit A
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"Collateral"
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- as defined in Article 4
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"Commercial Tort Claims" - as defined in Exhibit A
"Compliance Certificate" - as defined in Section 6.7(a)
"Debt" - as defined in
Article 3
"Default" - as defined
in Section 9.1
"Default Period" – as defined in Section 1.3(d)
"Delivered Financials" - as defined in Section 5.4(a)
"Deposit Accounts" - as
defined in Exhibit A
"EBITDA" - as defined
in Section 7.16
"Environmental Laws" -
as defined in Section 5.15(c)
"Equipment" - as
defined in Exhibit A
"ERISA" - as defined in
Section 5.10
"Fixed Charge" – as defined in Section 7.16
"GAAP" - as defined in
Section 5.4(a)
"General Intangibles" -
as defined in Exhibit A
"Goods" - as defined in
Exhibit A
"Instruments" - as
defined in Exhibit A
"Inventory" - as
defined in Exhibit A
"Investment Property" -
as defined in Exhibit A
"Letter of Credit Rights" - as defined in Exhibit A
"Libor Rate" - as
defined in Section 1.4(a)
"Net Value of Qualified In-Transit
Inventory" - as defined in Section
1.1(g)
"Net Value of Qualified Inventory"
- as defined in Section 1.1(e)
"Note" - as defined in
Section 1.3(c)
"Operating Documents" -
as defined in Section 5.1(c)
"OSHA" - as defined in
Section 5.11
"Participant" - as
defined in Section 2.4(b)
"Plan" - as defined in
Section 5.10
"Prime Rate" - as
defined in Section 1.3(e)
"Qualified Accounts " -
as defined in Section 1.1(c)
"Qualified Inventory" -
as defined in Section 1.1(d)
"Revolving Loan" - as
defined in Section 1.1(a)
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"Roll Over Date" – as defined in Section 1.4(f)
"Re-Set Date" - as
defined in Section 1.4(e)
"Tangible Net Worth" -
as defined in Section 7.15
AGREEMENTS
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ARTICLE 1. THE REVOLVING
LOAN
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Section 1.1 The Revolving
Loan
1.1(a) Lender agrees to provide, subject to the
terms and conditions of this Agreement, at one time or from time to
time, at the request of the Borrower, revolving loans to the
Borrower in an aggregate amount up to but not in excess of the
Borrower's Advance Limit on a revolving loan basis which may be
repaid and re-borrowed (the “Revolving Loan") during the term
of this Agreement. The unpaid balance of principal and interest of
the Revolving Loan is to be payable in full on the earlier of (i)
three years from the date of execution of this Agreement, (ii) as
provided in Article 14 of this Agreement or (iii) upon a Default as
provided in this Agreement. Borrower has the option to designate
either the initial advance of One Million Five Hundred Thousand
($1,500,000.00) Dollars, or any other advances in multiples of Five
Hundred Thousand ($500,000.00) Dollars, (provided that the total of
the aggregate of the advances designated as a term loan does not
exceed Three Million ($3,000,000.00) Dollars) of the amounts
otherwise available to be advanced to the Borrower on account of
the Revolving Loan as non-amortizing term loans (but subject to the
prepayment provisions of the preceding sentence and such further
terms and conditions that Lender may prescribe in its discretion)
and provided that Borrower executes such further documents as
Lender may require in connection therewith. Notwithstanding such
option, any such amounts designated as a term loan are to be
treated as subject to the Advance Limit and part of the
Debt.
1.1(b) The term "Advance Limit" means the loans or
advances which Lender may make to the Borrower pursuant to this
Agreement which are not in the aggregate at any time outstanding to
exceed the lesser of Eight Million
($8,000,000.00) Dollars or the sum of
(A), (B) and (C) below:
(A) Eighty-five (85%) percent of the face amount of
the Borrower's "Qualified Accounts" as that term is defined in this
Agreement; plus
(B) up to the lesser of (i) $3,000,000.00, or (ii)
fifty (50%) percent of the "Net Value of Qualified Inventory" as
that term is defined in this Agreement, with a sub-limit not to
exceed the lesser of $1,000,000.00 or the sum of (x) the full
unpaid and outstanding balance of any standby letters of credit or
bankers acceptances which Lender in its sole and absolute
discretion may issue on account of the Borrower plus (y) fifty
(50%) percent of the unpaid and outstanding balance of any
documentary letters of credit issued on account of the Borrower for
the purchase of Inventory in the ordinary course of business which
Lender in its sole and absolute discretion may issue on account of
the Borrower, with a further sub-limit not to exceed $250,000.00 of
the “Net Value of Qualified In-Transit Inventory” as
that term is defined in this Agreement, or (iii) the maximum amount
available to be loaned or advanced pursuant to Section 1.1(b)(A);
less
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(C) any reserves established by Lender pursuant to
Section 1.1(b) hereof.
1.1(c) The term "Qualified Accounts" means the
"Accounts" (as that term is defined on Exhibit A annexed hereto) as
to which the Borrower has furnished to Lender adequate written
information at such times and in such form as has been or, from
time to time, may be requested by Lender, which, taken selectively
or as a whole, meet all of the herein criteria until collected, are
not unpaid for more than ninety (90) days from the original date of
invoice, which are in all other respects acceptable to Lender in
its reasonable discretion, and specifically
exclude the
following:
(A) Accounts with respect to which the account
debtor is an officer, director, employee, subsidiary or agent of
the Borrower or an Affiliate thereof;
(B) Accounts with respect to which goods are placed
on consignment, guaranteed sale, bill-and-hold, repurchase or
return, or other terms by reason of which the payment by the
account debtor may be conditional;
(C) Accounts arising from progress billings,
invoices for deposits and rebills of amounts previously credited to
the extent of credits issued more than fifteen (15) days prior to
such rebill (unless such rebill is dated as of original invoice
date), or retainage;
(D) Accounts with respect to which the account
debtor is not domiciled in the United States of America or Canada
unless such Account is (1) fully guaranteed and secured by an
irrevocable letter of credit in form and substance satisfactory to
Lender and drawn on a United States bank acceptable to Lender, or
(2) is fully covered by foreign credit insurance pursuant to a
policy naming Lender as loss payee satisfactory in form and
substance to Lender and issued by an insurer acceptable to
Lender;
(E) Accounts which arise from a lease or other
extended payment basis;
(F) Accounts with respect to which the account
debtor is the government of the United States or any subdivision or
authority thereof unless assigned to Lender and otherwise in full
compliance with the federal Assignment of Claims Act or any similar
act or regulation and such compliance is satisfactory to
Lender;
(G) All Accounts owing by any account debtor if
fifty (50%) percent or more of the Accounts due from such account
debtor are deemed not to be Qualified Accounts
hereunder;
(H) Accounts with respect to which the Lender does
not for any reason have a perfected first priority security
interest, or with respect to which the Accounts are subject to any
claim, lien, security interest or financing statement of any
persons or entities, including without limitation, the United
States, or any agencies or instrumentalities thereof, except the
security interest and financing statements in favor of Lender or
except as otherwise approved in writing by Lender;
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(I) Accounts with respect to which the Borrower is
liable to the account debtor for goods sold or services rendered by
the account debtor to the Borrower, to the extent of the lesser of
Borrower's existing or potential liability to such account
debtor;
(J) that portion of the Accounts with respect to
which the account debtor has disputed any liability or the account
debtor has made any claim with respect to any other Account due to
the Borrower, or the Account is otherwise subject to any right of
setoff, deduction, breach of warranty or other defense, dispute or
counterclaim by the account debtor, or subject to contra Accounts,
but only to the extent of such portion;
(K) that portion of the Accounts owed by any single
account debtor which exceeds twenty (20%) percent of all of the
Accounts, except, subject to the sole and absolute discretion of
Lender, that for account debtors PrinterEssentials.com Inc. d/b/a
Printer Essentials and Bergen County Ribbon Xchange LLC d/b/a
“Supplies Guys,” that portion of the Accounts owed by
each such debtor which exceeds twenty-five (25%) percent of all of
the Accounts, but only to the extent of such portion;
(L) that portion of any Accounts representing late
fees, service charges or interest, but only to the extent of such
portion;
(M) Accounts of an account debtor where the account
debtor is located in a state which requires a Notice of Business
Activities Report or similar report to be filed and the Borrower
has not filed same for the current year, or where the Borrower is
not otherwise authorized to transact business in said state, or
where the Borrower is not in good standing in such
state;
(N) Accounts owed by any account debtor which is
insolvent or is the subject of an insolvency proceeding;
(O) that portion of any Accounts represented by
contract rights, documents, instruments, chattel paper or general
intangibles but only to the extent of such portion;
(P) any and all Accounts of an account debtor whose
credit-worthiness is not satisfactory to Lender in its reasonable
credit judgment based on information available to Lender;
and
(Q) Accounts deemed by Lender to constitute customer
deposits, advanced payments or prepayments.
References to percentages of all Accounts are based
on dollar amounts of Accounts and not number of
Accounts.
1.1(d) The term "Qualified Inventory" means the
Inventory (as that term is defined on Exhibit A annexed hereto) as
to which Borrower has furnished to Lender adequate written
information at such times and in such form as has been, or from
time to time, may be requested by Lender, which meet
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all of the following criteria on the date of any
advances under the Revolving Loan and during the term of this
Agreement, and which are in all other respects reasonably
acceptable to Lender:
(A) The Inventory consists of raw materials and
finished marketable goods stored at the address(es) of the Borrower
in the United States of America set forth on Schedule 2; if stored
at any other location, the Inventory is not Qualified Inventory
unless it is approved by Lender, made subject to an acceptable
landlord waiver or bailee waiver and is otherwise Qualified
Inventory in the sole and absolute discretion of Lender. The
Inventory is not (i) work in process, (ii) packaging, shipping or
supply materials, (iii) goods that have been returned for resale,
or (iv) held for sale or consisting of a product line held for sale
for longer than its useful life;
(B) Borrower is the sole owner of the Inventory,
none of the Inventory is being held by the Borrower or a third
party on a consignment basis, and the Borrower has not sold,
assigned, transferred, mortgaged or hypothecated, nor released all
or any part of the Inventory from Lender's security interest
created by this Agreement. The Inventory is otherwise not subject
to any claim, lien, security interest, financing statement or
trademark/license of any persons or entities, including without
limitation the United States, or any agencies or instrumentalities
thereof except the security interest and financing statements in
favor of Lender;
(C) If any of the Inventory is represented or
covered by documents of title, instruments or chattel paper, the
Borrower is the owner of all such documents, instruments and paper,
and (except as provided in this Agreement) none of it has been sold
or transferred nor has any security interest been granted in all or
any portion thereof, except in favor of Lender;
(D) The Inventory is not obsolete, has not been
rejected, returned or damaged;
(E) The Inventory, if purchased by Borrower, was
purchased in the ordinary course of business; and
(F) Lender has not notified the Borrower that the
Inventory is unsatisfactory.
1.1(e) The term "Net Value of Qualified Inventory"
means the lower of the net cost to the Borrower or the market
value, as reasonably determined by Lender, of the Qualified
Inventory in the actual or constructive possession of the Borrower
at any time, exclusive of any transportation other than in-bound
freight for products imported from a foreign country, processing or
handling charges, and exclusive of such other value (including
without limitation the value of partially finished goods, slow
moving or not current goods) as Lender in its reasonable discretion
desires to exclude.
1.1(f) Without limiting any other rights, terms,
conditions or remedies of Lender, all loans, advances or financial
accommodations made or otherwise available to Borrower is subject
to Lender’s continuing right, in its reasonable discretion,
to withhold from Borrower a reserve, and to increase and decrease
such reserve from time to time, if and to the extent that, in
Lender’s sole judgment, such reserve is necessary to protect
the interests of Lender against possible non-payment of Accounts
for any reason by account debtors, for decreases in value of
Collateral, for goods held on consignment, possible non-payment by
Borrower of any indebtedness owed to, or liens held by, third
parties, or to protect the interests of Lender against the possible
adverse effect of any state of facts which does or would, with or
without notice or passage of time, or both, constitute a Default
hereunder.
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1.1(g) The term “Net Value of Qualified
In-Transit Inventory” means the Inventory (as that term is
defined on Exhibit A annexed hereto) as to which Borrower has
furnished to Lender adequate written information at such times and
in such form as has been, or from time to time, may be requested by
Lender, which meet all of the following criteria on the date of any
advances under the Revolving Loan and during the term of this
Agreement, and which are in all other respects reasonably
acceptable to Lender:
(A) The Inventory is otherwise “Qualified
Inventory;”
(B) title to such Inventory has passed to Media
Sciences International, Inc. and the Inventory has been loaded on a
common carrier for shipment to Media Sciences International,
Inc.;
(C) the Inventory does not remain in-transit for
more than 60 days;
(D) the Inventory is fully insured consistent with
Section 6.13 of this Agreement; and
(E) Borrower has taken all such actions necessary
for documents of title to be transferred to Lender upon request by
Lender.
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Section 1.2
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[Intentionally Omitted]
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Section 1.3 Interest Rate and Other Provisions
Relating to The Revolving Loan
1.3(a) Interest accrues on the Revolving Loan based
upon Borrower’s compliance with the provisions of Section
7.16 (Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio) at Borrower's option, as set
forth in the grid below identifying such options based upon
Borrower’s range of Fixed Charge Coverage compliance, with
each such determination to be made by Lender monthly based upon the
then most recent covenant compliance submissions made pursuant to
this Agreement for the nine (9) month period ending 3/31/08, for
fiscal year ending 6/30/08 and rolling 12 month period
thereafter:
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Fixed Charge Coverage
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LIBOR Option
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Prime Option
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1.05:1 <
1.10:1
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LIBOR Rate plus 275 basis points*
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Prime Rate plus one-half ( ½%) percent
floating*
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1.10:1 <
1.25:1
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LIBOR Rate plus 250 basis points
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Prime Rate plus one-quarter (¼%) percent
floating
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> 1.25:1
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LIBOR Rate plus 225 basis points
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Prime Rate floating
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* for the 9 month period ending 3/31/08, for fiscal
year ending 6/30/08, and rolling 12 month period ending 9/30/08,
this option is applicable if the Fixed Charge Coverage is under
1.05:1, but there then otherwise
exists no event of Default.
1.3(b) Each change in the Prime Rate is to take
effect simultaneously with a corresponding change in the Prime Rate
without notice to Borrower. Interest is to be calculated on a daily
basis upon the unpaid balance based upon the actual number of days
elapsed, with each date representing 1/360th of a year.
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1.3(c) The Revolving Loan (including, but not
limited to, that part repayable on a term basis hereunder) is to be
evidenced by promissory note(s) (the "Note") in the form required
by Lender.
1.3(d) On the earlier of (A) the occurrence of any
event of Default through and including the date (if any) identified
by Lender as the date that the Default has either been waived or
cured as determined by Lender, (“Default Period”) or
(B) maturity of this Agreement, Borrower’s right to select
pricing options ceases (if applicable) and the unpaid principal of
all advances and the Revolving Loan bears interest at a rate which
is two (2) percentage points per annum greater than that which
would otherwise be applicable (“Default Rate”).
Borrower acknowledges that: (i) such additional rate is a material
inducement to Lender to make the Revolving Loan; (ii) Lender would
not have made the Revolving Loan or any other advances in the
absence of the agreement of Borrower to pay such Default Rate;
(iii) such additional rate represents compensation for increased
risk to Lender that the Debt will not be repaid; and (iv) such rate
is not a penalty and represents a reasonable estimate of (a) the
cost to Lender in allocating its resources (both personnel and
financial) to the ongoing review, monitoring, administration and
collection of the Revolving Loans and (b) compensation to Lender
for losses that are difficult to ascertain.
1.3(e) The “Prime Rate” means the rate
per annum from time to time established by the Lender as the Prime
Rate and made available by Lender at its main office or, in the
discretion of Lender, the base, reference or other rate then
designated by Lender for general commercial loan reference
purposes, it being understood that such rate is a reference rate,
not necessarily the lowest, established from time to time, which
serves as the basis upon which effective interest rates are
calculated for loans making reference thereto. In the event that
there should be a change in the Prime Rate, such change is
effective on the date of such change without notice to Borrower.
Any such change will not affect or alter any other term or
condition.
1.3(f) Interest on the Revolving Loan is payable by
the Borrower each month beginning on the first banking day of
Lender in the month following the effective date of this Agreement,
unless otherwise provided herein or in the Note. Lender may, at its
sole and absolute discretion, charge unpaid interest or principal
to any loan, checking or other account of the Borrower, deduct
unpaid interest or principal from any future advance to the
Borrower, or apply any proceeds received by Lender to the payment
of due but unpaid interest or principal (although Lender will first
charge such sums(s) from the Borrower’s Revolving Loan
account). Borrower hereby so authorizes Lender to automatically
deduct from any deposit account of Borrower the amount of any
applicable Revolving Loan or other payment including all payments
of interest, principal and other sums due (“Automatic
Payment”), from time to time, under this Agreement and/or any
Note; Lender will thereafter notify Borrower of the amount so
charged. If the funds in the account are insufficient to cover any
payment due, Lender is not obligated to advance funds to cover the
payment; however, Lender has the sole and absolute discretion to
make such an advance to cover the payment and may charge the
Borrower's loan account for such advance. The failure of Lender to
charge any account or to give any such notice does not affect the
obligation of Borrower to pay interest, principal or other sums as
provided herein or in any Note. At any time and for any reason, the
Lender may terminate the Automatic Payment upon no less than thirty
(30) days’ notice to the Borrower. Any failure or delay by
Lender in submitting an invoice(s) for interest payments does not
discharge or relieve the Borrower of the obligation to render
timely payments. Borrower is to maintain its primary domestic
operating accounts, cash management accounts and primary depository
accounts (which Lender will establish with “sweep”
options) with Lender and is to maintain sufficient balances therein
at all times to enable Lender to directly charge all sums due to
Lender.
1.3(g) In no event is the interest rate or other
charges of this Agreement to exceed the highest rate permissible
under law. If any provision of this Agreement or any other
instrument executed in connection thereto be construed or held to
permit the collection of or to require the payment of
any
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amount of interest in excess of that permitted by
applicable law, the provisions of this paragraph control and
override any contrary or inconsistent provision of this Agreement
or instrument. The intention of the parties is to conform strictly
to the applicable laws relating to maximum rates of interest. This
Agreement and each other instrument evidencing or relating to the
Debt are to be held subject to reduction or rebate as to any amount
paid by or on behalf of the Borrower in violation of any such
law.
Section 1.4 Selection of LIBOR Rate or Prime
Rate
1.4(a) The term “LIBOR Rate” means, as
applicable to any amount advanced on account of the Revolving Loan
which is repayable at an interest rate based upon LIBOR (a "LIBOR
Advance"), the rate per annum as determined on the basis of the
offered rates for deposits in U.S. Dollars, for a period of time
comparable to such LIBOR Advance which appears on the Reuters
Screen LIBOR01 Page (or any successor page) as of 11:00 A.M. London
time on the day that is two London Banking Days (defined as a day
on which commercial banks are open for business in that city)
preceding the first day of such LIBOR Advance, provided, however,
if the rate described above does not appear on the Telerate System
on any applicable interest determination date, the LIBOR Rate shall
be the rate (rounded upward, if necessary, to the nearest one
hundred-thousandth of a percentage point), determined on the basis
of the offered rates for deposits in U.S. dollars for a period of
time comparable to such LIBOR Advance which are offered by four
major banks in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00
A.M. London time, on the day that is two (2) London Banking Days
preceding the first day of such LIBOR Advance as selected by
Lender. The principal London office of each of the four major
London banks will be requested to provide a quotation of its U.S.
Dollar deposit offered rate. If at least two such quotations are
provided, the rate for that date will be the arithmetic mean of the
quotations. If fewer than two quotations are provided as requested,
the rate for that date will be determined on the basis of the rates
quoted for loans in U.S. Dollars to leading European banks for a
period of time comparable to such LIBOR Advance offered by major
banks in New York City at approximately 11:00 A.M. New York City
time, on the day that is two London Banking Days preceding the
first day of such LIBOR Advance. In the event that Lender is unable
to obtain any such quotation as provided above, Lender will, in its
reasonable judgment, determine the rate from another comparable
source. In the event that the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve system imposes a Reserve Percentage with respect to LIBOR
deposits of Lender, then for any period during which such Reserve
Percentage applies, LIBOR Rate is to be equal to the amount
determined above divided by an amount equal to 1 minus the Reserve
percentage. “Reserve Percentage” means the maximum
aggregate reserve requirement (including all basic, supplemental,
marginal and other reserves) which is imposed on member banks of
the Federal Reserve system against “Euro-currency
Liabilities” as defined in Regulation D.
1.4(b) The Borrower may prepay a LIBOR Advance only
upon at least three (3) Business Days prior written notice to
Lender (which notice is to be irrevocable), and any such prepayment
may occur only on the last day of the Interest Period for such
LIBOR Advance. The Borrower is to pay to Lender, upon request of
Lender, such amount or amounts as are sufficient (in the reasonable
opinion of Lender) to compensate it for any loss, cost, or expense
incurred as a result of: (i) any payment of a LIBOR Advance on a
date other than the last day of the Interest Period for such
Advance; (ii) any failure by the Borrower to borrow a LIBOR Advance
on the date specified by the Borrower's written notice; (iii) any
failure by the Borrower to pay a LIBOR Advance on the date for
payment specified in the Borrower's written notice. Without
limiting the foregoing, the Borrower is to pay to Lender a
“yield maintenance fee” in an amount computed as
follows: The current rate for United States Treasury securities
(bills on a discounted basis is to be converted to a bond
equivalent) with a maturity date closest to the term chosen
pursuant to the LIBOR Rate Election as to which the prepayment is
made, is to be subtracted from the LIBOR Rate in effect at the time
of prepayment. If the result is zero or a negative number, there is
to be no yield maintenance fee. If the result is a positive number,
then the resulting percentage is to be multiplied by the amount of
the principal balance being prepaid. The
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resulting amount is to be divided by 360 and
multiplied by the number of days remaining in the term chosen
pursuant to the LIBOR Rate Election as to which the prepayment is
made. Said amount is to be reduced to present value calculated by
using the above referenced United States Treasury securities rate
and the number of days remaining in the term chosen pursuant to the
LIBOR Rate Election as to which prepayment is made. The resulting
amount is to be the yield maintenance fee due to Lender upon the
prepayment of a LIBOR Advance. Each reference in this paragraph to
“LIBOR Rate Election” means the election by the
Borrower of the LIBOR Rate. If by reason of an event of Default,
Lender elects to declare the Revolving Loan to be immediately due
and payable, then any yield maintenance fee with respect to a LIBOR
Advance becomes due and payable in the same manner as though the
Borrower had exercised such right of prepayment.
1.4(c) At each and every Re-Set Date during the term
of this Agreement, the Borrower has the right to select either the
LIBOR Rate(s) or Prime Rate(s) set forth in Sections 1.3(a)(i) and
1.3(a)(ii) as applicable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement to
a designated principal balance unless such principal balance has
been previously designated as being repayable at a LIBOR Rate which
is subject to an Interest Period which has not yet expired. Each
interest rate from time to time so selected by the Borrower is to
take effect and is to end on a Re-Set Date. If the Borrower does
not select an interest rate by written notice given to Lender at
least three (3) banking days prior to a particular Re-Set Date, the
interest rate applicable to the principal balance for such Re-Set
Date is to be the applicable alternate Prime Rate(s) set forth in
Sections 1.3(a) and 1.3(b) of this Agreement. The LIBOR Rate or
Rates selected by the Borrower or otherwise designated for a
particular Re-Set Date in accordance with the foregoing provisions
of this paragraph, are to be in effect from and including the first
day of the Interest Period to which such LIBOR Rate pertains to,
but not including, the Roll Over Date applicable to such Interest
Period, and will (subject to the following provisions of this
paragraph) be applicable to the portion of the principal balance of
the Revolving Loan with respect to which a LIBOR Rate or LIBOR
Rates are due to be re-set on such Re-Set Date, as well as to any
portion of the principal balance bearing interest at a Prime
Rate(s) and any advance scheduled to be made on such Re-Set
Date.
1.4(d) The term "Interest Period" means the period
of time during which a particular LIBOR Rate will be applicable to
all or any particular portion of the principal balance in
accordance with the provisions of this Section, it being agreed
that (a) each Interest Period is to commence and is to terminate on
a Re-Set Date, (b) each Interest Period is to be of a duration of
either one month, two months, three months or four months, (c) no
Interest Period is to extend beyond the term of this Agreement or
the date that an applicable principal payment is otherwise due
pursuant to this Agreement and (d) the portion of the principal
balance with respect to which a particular Interest Period is
applicable will bear interest at the LIBOR Rate pertaining to such
Interest Period from and including the first day of such Interest
Period to, but not including, the last day of such Interest Period
and cannot be prepaid except as provided in Section 1.4(b) prior
thereto, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the
contrary.
1.4(e) The term "Re-Set Date" means consecutive
numerical corresponding dates during the term of this Agreement,
the first of which Re-Set Dates is the first date that an advance
is made for which the Borrower has an option to select a LIBOR Rate
for a particular principal advance. Each subsequent Re-Set Date for
a particular principal advance during the term of this Agreement is
to be the date in each subsequent calendar month during the term of
this Agreement which numerically corresponds to the first Re-Set
Date for that advance and which next follows the expiration of an
applicable Interest Period, provided, however, that if the
numerically corresponding date in any such subsequent calendar
month during the term of this Agreement is not a banking day, the
Re-Set Date for such calendar month is to be the next succeeding
banking day, unless the next such succeeding banking day would fall
in the next calendar month, in which event the Re-Set Date for such
calendar month is to be the next preceding banking day.
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1.4(f) The "Roll Over Date" applicable to a
particular Interest Period is the last day of such Interest
Period.
1.4(g) If Lender has determined in good faith (which
determination is conclusive and binding upon the Borrower's absent
manifest error) that U.S. dollar deposits in an amount
approximately equal to the portion of the principal balance which
is to bear interest at a particular LIBOR Rate during such
particular Interest Period in accordance with the provisions of
this Agreement are not generally available at such time in the
London Interbank Market, or reasonable means do not exist for
ascertaining a LIBOR Rate for such particular Interest Period,
Lender is to so notify the Borrower and the interest rate
applicable to the portion of the principal balance with respect to
which such LIBOR Rate was to pertain is to automatically be
converted to the applicable Prime Rate(s) set forth in this
Agreement as of the next occurring Re-Set Date, it being agreed
that the applicable Prime Rate(s) set forth in this Agreement is to
remain in effect thereafter with respect to such portion of the
principal balance until the next succeeding Re-Set Date in
accordance with this Agreement.
1.4(h) If any change in any law or regulation or in
the interpretation thereof by any governmental authority charged
with the administration or interpretation thereof makes it unlawful
for Lender to make or maintain LIBOR Rates with respect to the
principal balance of any portion thereof or to fund the principal
balance or any portion thereof at LIBOR Rates in the London
Interbank Market or to give effect to its obligations as
contemplated by this Agreement, then, upon notice by Lender to the
Borrower, the interest rate applicable to the entire principal
balance is to be automatically converted to the applicable Prime
Rate(s) set forth in this Agreement, it being agreed that any
notice given by Lender to the Borrower pursuant to this sentence is
to, if lawful, be effective insofar as it pertains to any
particular portion of the principal balance bearing interest at a
particular LIBOR Rate on the last day of the then existing Interest
Period pertaining to such particular portion of the principal
balance, or if not lawful, is to be effective immediately upon
being given by Lender to the Borrower, that the applicable Prime
Rate(s) is to remain in effect thereafter and the yield maintenance
fees described in Section 1.4(b) hereof do not apply with respect
to such particular portion of the principal balance. When Lender
has determined in good faith (which determinations are conclusive
and binding upon the Borrower's absent manifest error) that the
aforesaid circumstances no longer exist; the interest rate
applicable to such portion of the principal balance may upon
request of the Borrower be converted to a LIBOR Rate determined in
the manner hereinabove set forth in this Agreement effective as of
the first Re-Set Date which occurs ten (10) banking days or more
after such good faith determination by Lender.
1.4(i) The Borrower recognizes that the cost to
Lender of making or maintaining LIBOR Rates with respect to the
principal balance or any portion thereof imposed upon Banks,
generally, including Lender, may fluctuate and the Borrower agrees
to pay Lender within ten (10) days after demand by Lender such
additional amount or amounts as Lender reasonably determines will
compensate Lender for actual costs incurred by Lender in
maintaining LIBOR Rates on the principal balance or any portion
thereof. In order to maintain such level of costs, principal
balances may not be selected to be repayable at LIBOR Rates unless
they are in an amount not less than One Million ($1,000,000.00)
Dollars with increases in multiples of One Hundred Thousand
($100,000.00) Dollars and there are to be not more than three (3)
LIBOR Advances outstanding at any time.
Section 1.5 Determination of Revolving Loan
Balance
1.5(a) Borrower is to establish its main domestic
operating accounts and a system of lockbox or controlled bank
accounts with respect to the collection of Accounts and the deposit
of proceeds of Collateral acceptable to Lender in all respects.
Such accounts are to be made subject to blocked account agreements
(if requested by Lender), which are to be in form and substance
satisfactory to Lender. Notwithstanding, until any event of Default
or until such time as the amount of additional
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advances which the Borrower may borrow under the
Revolving Loan is less than $500,000.00 for any month, the Borrower
to deposit all proceeds of Collateral, including but not limited to
any checks, cash, credit card sales and receipts, notes or other
instruments or property received by the Borrower for deposit into
such accounts maintained with Lender as Borrower may elect in its
discretion, and is not obligated to deposit such proceeds into any
lockbox or other controlled account designated by Lender. During a
Default Period or if the amount of additional advances which
Borrower may borrow under the Revolving Loan is less than
$500,000.00 for any month, Lender has the right in its sole and
absolute discretion to require that the Borrower immediately (and
not less frequently than daily) deliver, at its sole expense, to
Lender, as agent for Lender and subject to the terms of this
Agreement, all proceeds of the Collateral (as that term is defined
in this Agreement), including but not limited to any checks, cash,
credit card sales and receipts, notes or other instruments or
property received by the Borrower for deposit into such lockbox or
other controlled account(s) designated by Lender. In such event,
Borrower is to (i) indicate on all of its invoices that funds
should be delivered to and deposited into such accounts; (ii)
direct all of its account debtors to deposit any and all proceeds
of Collateral into such accounts; (iii) irrevocably authorize and
direct any banks which maintain the Borrower’s initial
receipt of cash, checks and other items to promptly wire transfer
all available funds to such accounts; and (iv) advise all such
banks of Lender’s security interest in such funds. In the
event that any such event of Default has either been cured or
waived as determined by Lender, and if the amount which the
Borrower may borrow under the Revolving Loan is equal to or greater
than $500,000.00 in two successive months thereafter, Borrower need
no longer make such deposits into the lockbox and may proceed in
accordance with the third sentence of this subsection.
1.5(b) The balance of the Revolving Loan and
availability under the Revolving Loan will be determined as
follows:
(A) Domestic checks received by Lender on or before
12:00 Noon of any banking day are to be deemed received by Lender
on such banking day;
(B) Domestic checks received by Lender after 12:00
Noon of any banking day are to be deemed received by Lender on the
following banking day;
(C) Any other form of proceeds received by Lender is
to be deemed received by Lender when the Lender has received
notification of collection (if notice of collection is received on
or before 12:00 Noon of any such banking day, such proceeds are to
be deemed to have been received by the Lender on such banking day;
if notice of collection is received after 12:00 Noon of any such
banking day, such proceeds are to be deemed to have been received
by the Lender on the following banking day);
(D) Any credit(s) to the account of the Borrower are
conditioned upon final payment to Lender at its office in cash or
solvent credits;
(E) Any item(s) not collected or not paid are to be
charged as a debit against the Revolving Loan or any account of the
Borrower maintained with Lender.
1.5(c) Interest will continue to accrue on the
amount of any checks or other proceeds (other than wire
transactions or cash deposits) received by Lender for a period of
two (2) banking days after receipt (as defined in this Section) but
such checks or other proceeds are to be applied in calculating the
amount available to be borrowed under the Revolving Loan on and as
of the day so received by Lender.
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Section 1.6 Monthly
Statement
Once each month Lender may render a statement of
account to the Borrower reflecting the current status of the
Revolving Loan. Such statement is to be deemed an accounting and an
authenticated record within the meaning of the Uniform Commercial
Code. If at any time any determination made by Lender indicates
that the outstanding balance of the Revolving Loan (including, but
not limited to, amounts permitted to be repaid on a term basis
hereunder) exceeds the Advance Limit, the Borrower must immediately
pay the excess balance to Lender. Such excess is not to be
construed as a commitment or obligation of Lender to make advances
in excess of the Advance Limit. Each statement of account is to be
considered correct, accepted by the Borrower and conclusively
binding upon the Borrower, unless the Borrower gives notice to
Lender to the contrary in writing within ten (10) banking days
after receipt of the statement by Borrower.. If the Borrower
disputes the accuracy of Lender's statement, the Borrower's notice
is to specify in detail the basis of the dispute. If the Borrower
requests an accounting more frequently than once per six (6) month
period, Lender may charge the Borrower for the cost of each
additional accounting.
Section 1.7 Method of
Advances
Advances under the Revolving Loan may be made
through written requests from the Borrower from an individual
purporting to be an authorized representative of the Borrower and
other written notification means acceptable to Lender, not later
than 1:00 P.M. on the banking day on which the deposit is
requested, by deposit of the amount requested pursuant to this
Agreement in such controlled account(s) required by this Agreement.
All such requests, means of notification and writings are to be
deemed conclusively binding upon the Borrower. In the event Lender
honors a check of the Borrower resulting in the Borrower's checking
account being deemed overdrawn, Lender is to be deemed to have made
an advance to the Borrower in the amount overdrawn on the Lender's
banking day immediately preceding the day on which the Borrower's
check is tendered to Lender for collection (even if that amount is
in excess of the Advance Limit). Notwithstanding, Lender has no
obligation to honor any overdraft of the Borrower.
Section 1.8 Reimbursement of Increased Cost to
Lender
If, after the date hereof, Lender reasonably
determines that (i) the adoption of or change in any law, rule,
regulation or guideline regarding capital requirements for banks or
bank holding companies, or any change in the interpretation or
application thereof by any governmental authority charged with the
administration thereof, or (ii) compliance by Lender or its parent
bank holding company with any guideline, request, or directive of
any such entity regarding capital adequacy generally (whether or
not having the force of law), the effect of reducing the return on
Lender’s or such holding company's capital as a consequence
of the Lender’s obligations hereunder to a level below that
which Lender or such holding company could have achieved but for
such adoption, change, or compliance (taking into consideration
Lender’s or such holding company's then existing policies
with respect to capital adequacy and assuming the full utilization
of such entity's capital) by any amount deemed by Lender to be
material, then Lender may notify Borrower thereof. Following
receipt of such notice, Borrower agrees to pay Lender on demand the
amount of such reduction of return of capital as and when such
reduction is determined, payable within ninety (90) days after
presentation by Lender of a statement in the amount and setting
forth in reasonable detail Lender’s calculation thereof and
the assumptions upon which such calculation was based (which
statement is to be deemed true and correct absent manifest error).
In determining such amount, Lender may use any reasonable averaging
and attribution methods. "Governmental Authority" means any
federal, state, local, or other governmental or administrative
body, instrumentality, department, or agency or any court,
tribunal, administrative hearing body, arbitration panel,
commission, or other similar dispute-resolving panel or
body.
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Section 1.9 Conditions Precedent to the
Revolving Loan
The discretion of Lender to make the Revolving Loan
and the discretion by Lender to make any advances pursuant to this
Agreement is further subject to the following
conditions:
1.9(a) A certificate from a representative of the
Borrower that the representations and warranties of the Borrower
set forth in this Agreement or relating to this Agreement are true,
accurate and complete in all material respects;
1.9(b) A certificate from a representative of the
Borrower that the proceeds of the Revolving Loan are to be utilized
by the Borrower for the purposes set forth in this
Agreement;
1.9(c) A certificate from a representative of the
Borrower that no event of Default defined in this Agreement or
other documents relating to this Agreement exists, continues to
exist, or would exist but for the lapse of time or
notice;
1.9(d) Lender has received tax lien, judgment lien
and Uniform Commercial Code searches from all jurisdictions
reasonably required by Lender, and such searches verify that Lender
has a first and only priority security interest in the Collateral,
subject only to such liens on Schedule 1 hereof;
1.9(e) Borrower has delivered to Lender evidence
satisfactory to Lender that all required insurance is in full force
and effect, and Lender has confirmed that Lender has been named as
a lender’s loss payee and additional insured with respect to
the required insurance in a manner satisfactory to
Lender;
1.9(f) All Uniform Commercial Code financing
statements and similar documents required to be filed in order to
create in favor of Lender a first priority and exclusive perfected
security interest in the Collateral (to the extent that such a
security interest may be perfected by a filing under the Uniform
Commercial Code or applicable law), has been properly filed in each
office in each jurisdiction required. Lender has received (i)
acknowledgement copies of all such filings (or, in lieu thereof,
Lender has received other evidence satisfactory to Lender that all
such filings have been made), and (ii) evidence that all necessary
filing fees, taxes and other expenses related to such filings have
been paid in full;
1.9(g) Lender has received : (i) a copy of the resolutions of
the Board of Directors of Borrower authorizing the execution,
delivery and performance of the Revolving Loan documents to be
executed by Borrower, certified by the Secretary or Assistant
Secretary of Borrower as of the date hereof, together with a
certificate of such Secretary or Assistant Secretary as to the
incumbency and signature of the officer(s) executing the Revolving
Loan documents on behalf of Borrower.
1.9(h) Lender has received: (i) a copy of the Certificate or Articles of Incorporation of
Borrower, and copies of the by-laws (as amended through the date
hereof) of Borrower, certified by the respective Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary thereof;
1.9(i) Lender has received an executed Officer's
Certificate of Borrower, satisfactory in form and substance to
Lender, certifying that as of the date of the execution of this
Agreement (i) the representations and warranties contained herein
are true and correct in all material respects, (ii) Borrower is in
compliance with all of the terms and provisions set forth herein
and (iii) no Default or event of Default has occurred;
1.9(j) Borrower has delivered to Lender all
information necessary for Lender to issue wire transfer
instructions on behalf of Borrower for the initial and subsequent
loans and/or advances to be made under this Agreement, including
disbursement authorizations in form acceptable to
Lender;
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1.9(k) Lender is satisfied that no material adverse
change has occurred in the financial condition, Collateral,
business, prospects, profits, operations or assets of the Borrower
or the Borrower’s subsidiaries. In addition, the Borrower has
delivered to Lender and Lender is satisfied with such financial
statements requested by Lender, and all such other reports required
by Lender;
1.9(l) Lender and Borrower have entered into account
agreements with respect to each depository account;
1.9(m) Borrower’s existing credit agreements
with PNC Bank, N.A. and any other party holding a security interest
have been terminated, (ii) all loans and obligations of the
Borrower with respect thereto have been paid or satisfied in full
utilizing the proceeds of the initial Revolving Loans to be made
under this Agreement, and (iii) all liens and security interests in
favor of PNC Bank, N.A. or other parties in connection therewith
have been terminated and/or released upon such payment;
1.9(n) Subject to the filing, priority and remedies
provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code, the provisions of the
Bankruptcy Code, insolvency statutes or other like laws, the equity
powers of a court of law and such other matters as may be agreed
upon with Lender, counsel for the Borrower has delivered to Lender
opinion(s) satisfactory to Lender opining, inter alia , that each Revolving Loan document to which Borrower is a
party is valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with its
terms, as applicable, and that the execution, delivery and
performance by Borrower of the loan documents to which such person
or entity is a party are (i) duly authorized, (ii) do not violate
any terms, provisions, representations or covenants in the articles
of incorporation, by-laws or other organizational agreement of
Borrower, and (iii) to the best knowledge of such counsel, do not
violate any terms, provisions, representations or covenants in any
loan agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, note, security agreement,
indenture or other material contract to which any Borrower is a
signatory, or by which Borrower (or any of Borrower’s assets)
are bound;
1.9(o) As of the date of the execution of this
Agreement, there is no (x) injunction, writ or restraining order
restraining or prohibiting the consummation of the financing
arrangements contemplated under this Agreement, or (y) except as
set forth on Schedule 5.3 hereof, suit, action, investigation or
proceeding (judicial or administrative) pending against the
Borrower, any subsidiary of the Borrower or any of their assets,
which, in the reasonable opinion of Lender, if adversely
determined, would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse
effect on the Borrower’s ability to perform its obligations
hereunder;
1.9(p) Borrower has executed and delivered to Lender
such additional loan documents necessary to consummate the lending
arrangements contemplated by this Agreement as set forth on such
checklists prepared by or on behalf of Lender;
1.9(q) Borrower has fully complied with all of the
terms and conditions of the term sheets issued in connection
herewith by Lender; and
1 .9(r) Such other terms and
conditions, delivery of documents, guarantees, searches,
origination fee, opinions of counsel or other matters that Lender
may require, including those set forth in any conditional
commitment made to the Borrower by Lender relating to the Revolving
Loan, all in form and substance satisfactory to Lender.
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ARTICLE 2. ADDITIONAL OBLIGATIONS OF THE
BORROWER
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Section 2.1 Existing
Obligations
The Borrower agrees to pay and perform, when due,
all other debts, liabilities, duties, representations, covenants
and warranties to Lender, whether now or in the future existing,
direct, indirect or acquired by negotiation, or the result of any
derivative transaction, purchase, discount or assignment, primary
or secondary, joint or several, fixed or contingent, (regardless of
form, existence of collateral therefor, whether guaranteed, or
subject to a participation agreement) secured or unsecured, whether
arising from an extension of credit, funds transfers, letter of
credit, deposit relationship, or otherwise, and any amendments,
extensions or renewals thereof, together with all reasonable costs,
taxes, expenses and attorneys' fees (whether or not charged by
outside counsel) incurred in connection therewith.
Section 2.2 Future Advances
The Borrower agrees to pay and perform, when due,
future advances, loans, debts, liabilities, duties,
representations, covenants and warranties, whether now or in the
future existing, direct, indirect or acquired by negotiation, or
the result of any derivative transaction, purchase, discount or
assignment, primary or secondary, joint or several, fixed or
contingent, (regardless of form, existence of collateral therefor,
whether guaranteed, or subject to a participation agreement)
secured or unsecured, whether arising from an extension of credit,
funds transfers, letter of credit, deposit relationship, or
otherwise, and any amendments, extensions or renewals thereof,
together with all reasonable costs, taxes, expenses and attorneys'
fees (whether or not charged by outside counsel) incurred in
connection therewith.
Section 2.3 Expenses in Preserving Interests
of Lender
The Borrower agrees to pay on demand, such advances
made by Lender to or for the account of the Borrower, including
advances for insurance, repairs to any Collateral, taxes, and such
reasonable costs incurred by Lender (in its discretion and
regardless as to whether any such advance increases the unpaid
balance of the Revolving Loan or the Debt) in the discharge of any
lien, security interest, encumbrance, lease, pledge or assignment
whether prior to or following judgment.
Section 2.4 Obligations to Lender Affiliates
or Participants
2.4(a) The Borrower agrees to pay and perform, when
due, all other debts, liabilities, duties, representations,
covenants and warranties to any Affiliate or Participant of Lender,
whether now or in the future existing, direct, indirect or acquired
by negotiation, or the result of any derivative transaction,
purchase, discount or assignment, primary or secondary, joint or
several, fixed or contingent, (regardless of form, existence of
collateral therefor, whether guaranteed, or subject to a
participation agreement) secured or unsecured, whether arising from
an extension of credit, funds transfers, letter of credit, deposit
relationship, or otherwise, and any amendments, extensions or
renewals thereof, together with all reasonable costs, taxes,
expenses and attorneys' fees (whether or not charged by outside
counsel) incurred in connection therewith.
2.4(b) Lender has the unrestricted right at any time
and from time to time, and without the consent of or notice to
Borrower to grant to one or more institutions or other persons
(each a “Participant”) participating interests in
Lender’s obligations to lend hereunder and/or any or all of
the loans held by Lender hereunder. In the event of any such grant
by Lender of a participating interest to a Participant, whether or
not upon notice to the Borrower, Lender remains responsible for the
performance of its obligations hereunder and Borrower is to
continue to deal solely and directly with Lender in connection with
Lender’s rights and obligations hereunder. Lender may furnish
any information
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concerning Borrower in its possession from time to
time to any prospective assignees and Participants, provided that
Lender requires any such prospective assignee or Participant to
maintain the confidentiality of such information.
2.4(c) Lender may at any time pledge, endorse,
assign, or transfer all or any portion of its rights under this
Agreement or related loan documents including any portion thereof
to any of the twelve (12) Federal Reserve Banks organized under
Section 4 of the Federal Reserve Act. 12.U.S.C. Section 341. No
such pledge or enforcement thereof releases Lender from its
obligations under any of the loan documents. Such rights exist
without the need for Borrower’s consent.
2.4(d) Lender has the unrestricted right at any time
or from time to time, and without the Borrower’s consent, to
sell, assign, endorse, or transfer all or any portion of its rights
and obligations hereunder to one or more banks or other entities
(each, an “Assignee”) and Borrower agrees that it will
execute, or cause to be executed such documents including without
limitation, amendments to this Agreement and to any other
documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection
herewith as Lender deems necessary to effect the foregoing. In
addition, at the request of Lender and any such Assignee, the
Borrower will issue one or more new promissory notes, as
applicable, to any such Assignee and, if Lender has retained any of
its rights and obligations hereunder following such assignment, to
Lender, which new promissory notes are issued in replacement of,
but not in discharge of, the liability evidenced by the Note held
by Lender prior to such assignment and is to reflect the amount of
the respective commitments and loans held by such Assignee and
Lender after giving effect to such assignment. Upon the execution
and delivery of appropriate assignment documentation, amendments
and any other documentation required by Lender in connection with
such assignment, and the payment by Assignee of the purchase price
agreed to by Lender and such Assignee, such Assignee is a party to
this Agreement and has all of the rights and obligations of Lender
hereunder (and under any and all other guaranties, documents,
instruments and agreements executed in connection herewith) to the
extent that such rights and obligations have been assigned by
Lender pursuant to the assignment documentation between Lender and
Assignee, and Lender is to be released from its obligations
hereunder and thereunder to a corresponding extent. In the event of
such assignment, the fees payable in Section 14.2(iii)(b) or (c) do
not apply.
Section 2.5 Expenses in Realizing Upon
Security Interest
The Borrower agrees to pay, on demand, all
reasonable costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys fees
of both outside and in-house counsel, incurred by Lender to
preserve, collect, protect, foreclose, sell, or otherwise realize
upon its security interest in the Collateral identified in this
Agreement or in any other security agreement executed by the
Borrower or other obligation of the Borrower to Lender whether
prior to or subsequent to judgment.
Section 2.6 Expenses in Enforcing and
Defending Rights
The Borrower agrees to pay, on demand, all
reasonable costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys fees
of both outside and in-house counsel, incurred by Lender in the
prosecution or defense of any action or proceeding relating to the
subject matter of this Agreement or other agreement or instrument
executed by the Borrower.
Section 2.7 Costs of Lender
The Borrower agrees to pay, on demand, to Lender all
reasonable costs and expenses incurred by Lender in the
preparation, execution and administration of this Agreement or
other
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agreements including, but not limited to, attorneys
fees, consultant and other professional fees, search fees and other
out-of-pocket expenses whether prior to or following
judgment.
For purposes of this Agreement, the term "Debt" is
defined as the Revolving Loan and those additional obligations of
the Borrower defined in Article 1 and Article 2 of this
Agreement.
ARTICLE 4. SECURITY
INTEREST
To secure the payment and performance by the
Borrower of the Debt to Lender, the Borrower hereby pledges, sets
over, assigns, delivers and grants a first priority security
interest to Lender in all Accounts, Chattel Paper, Commercial Tort
Claims, Deposit Accounts, Equipment, General Intangibles, Goods,
Instruments, Inventory, Investment Property, Letter of Credit
Rights and all other Collateral more particularly described in
Exhibit A annexed hereto and incorporated herein and in the
insurance for the benefit of Lender described in Section 6.13 of
this Agreement. The Borrower hereby pledges, sets over, assigns,
delivers and grants such additional security interests set forth in
such other security agreements and pledge and control agreements
delivered or hereafter delivered in connection with this Agreement.
The security interest pledged, set over, assigned and granted by
the Borrower to Lender is to be a first and only priority security
interest pursuant to applicable law (unless otherwise provided on
Schedule 1 annexed hereto or in the other security or control
agreements delivered) and the Borrower is to take all such action
to create and perfect such security interest as Lender may require.
The foregoing is, collectively, the "Collateral."
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ARTICLE 5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
TO LENDER
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In order to induce Lender to execute this Agreement,
the Borrower, for itself and its subsidiaries (collectively,
"they", "them" or "their") makes the following representations and
warranties:
Section 5.1 Organization and
Standing
5.1(a) They are duly organized, validly existing
registered organizations in good standing under the laws of the
state of formation. The spelling and identification of them in this
Agreement are accurate in all respects and consistent with their
registration. They are duly licensed or qualified to do business in
each jurisdiction in which qualification is required by law, and
they are in good standing in all such jurisdictions. They have full
power and authority to own their properties and to carry on
business in all jurisdictions where they are doing business. All
leases relating to the use by them of properties or assets are in
full force and effect. The Borrower has no subsidiaries other than
(i) Media Sciences, UK Limited, which is a validly existing
organization in good standing under the laws of the United Kingdom
and a subsidiary of Media Sciences, Inc., and (ii) Media Sciences
Trading, Ltd., which is a validly existing organization in good
standing under the laws of Bermuda, and a subsidiary of Media
Sciences International, Inc., and (iii) MSIA, LLC, which is a
subsidiary of Media Sciences, Inc., which has no assets or
Collateral; MSIA, LLC is an organization in good standing under the
laws of Delaware.
5.1(b) They possess all licenses, permits,
franchises, patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade names, or
rights thereto, to conduct their respective business substantially
as now conducted and as presently proposed to be conducted, and
are, to the best of Borrower’s knowledge, not in violation of
rights of others with respect to any of the foregoing.
5.1(c) Lender has been provided with a true copy of
the filed Certificate of Incorporation, shareholder agreements,
resolutions, bylaws and any amendments thereto (collectively
and
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where applicable "Operating Documents") of them as
the same are still in full force and effect. Lender may rely on the
accuracy and integrity of the Operating Documents. Borrower has the
authority to execute this Agreement and perform the undertakings
set forth herein.
5.1(d) There has been no Certificate of Cancellation
or Certificate of Dissolution filed on behalf of the Borrower nor
has the Borrower been de facto dissolved by any event such as the
death, retirement, resignation, expulsion, bankruptcy or
dissolution of any shareholder or any other event which would cause
the dissolution of Borrower pursuant to applicable law.
5.1(e) The individual(s) executing this Agreement on
behalf of the Borrower are authorized as officers to do so and to
bind and obligate Borrower pursuant to the terms hereof.
5.1(f) To the extent that the provisions of this
Agreement are inconsistent with the provisions of the Operating
Documents, the provisions of this Agreement will
control.
Section 5.2 Power
5.2(a) The Borrower has the power to execute,
deliver and carry out this Agreement, and such other related
documents and instruments executed by it. The Borrower’s
governing board has duly authorized and approved the terms of this
Agreement and all related actions by it. No other action, whether
by resolution, governmental entity, or otherwise, is necessary for
the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement. The Borrower’s performance hereunder does not and
will not constitute a breach or default of any agreement or law to
which it is subject.
5.2(b) This Agreement and the documents relating
thereto, upon execution and delivery, will constitute
Borrower’s legal, valid and binding agreements enforceable in
accordance with their terms.
Section 5.3 Litigation
There are no judgments, lawsuits, judicial
proceedings, investigations or complaints pending or, to the best
of the Borrower’s knowledge, threatened against them relating
to any aspect of their business or properties, including but not
limited to environmental protection except as described on Schedule
5.3 attached hereto. They are not in default with respect to any
judgment, order, injunction or assessment issued by any court or
any governmental agency relating to any aspect of their business or
properties or relating to their ability to consummate the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Section 5.4 Financial Statements and
Solvency
5.4(a) Prior to the execution of this Agreement, the
Borrower has delivered to Lender its financial statements (the
"Delivered Financials") requested by Lender. The Delivered
Financials are accurate and complete, have been prepared in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles
consistently applied ("GAAP"), and fairly and accurately present
the assets, liabilities, results of operations and capital as at
the dates thereof. The Delivered Financials reflect or provide for
all fixed and contingent claims against debts and liabilities as of
the dates thereof. There has not been any material adverse change
of financial condition between the date of the most recent of the
Delivered Financials and the date of this Agreement. Other than as
described on Schedule 5.3 attached hereto, to the best of
Borrower’s knowledge, no fact or condition exists, is
contemplated or threatened which may cause any such material
adverse change at any time in the future.
5.4(b) Except as shown on the Delivered Financials,
the Borrower has no other liabilities as of the date hereof which
would materially or adversely affect its financial
condition.
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5.4(c) All books and records of account are
accurate, complete in all material respects and properly reflect
all transactions purported to be documented thereby.
5.4(d) Borrower's assets, at a fair valuation,
exceed Borrower's liabilities (including, without limitation,
contingent liabilities). Borrower is paying its debts generally as
they become due, and Borrower has capital and assets sufficient to
carry on its business.
Section 5.5 Compliance with
Law
5.5 (a) To the best of Borrower’s knowledge,
they have, and at all times during the past have been, in
compliance in all material respects with all laws, governmental
rules and regulations applicable to their business and properties,
including those relating to environmental protection.
5.5(b) To the best of Borrower’s knowledge,
the Borrower is, and at all times during the past has been, in
compliance with all requirements of the Americans with Disabilities
Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. 12101 et
seq. , including, but not limited to,
those regulations promulgated by the Architectural and
Transportation Barrier Compliance Board at 36 CFR 1191
et seq. , and by the
Department of Justice at 28 CFR 36 et
seq.
Section 5.6 No Adverse
Restrictions
They are not subject to any provision in their
Operating Documents, any contract, mortgage, lease, judgment, court
order, rule or regulation, or any other restriction of any kind
which would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely
affect their business and properties, the results of their
operations or their ability to fulfill any obligations in this
Agreement or in any document relating thereto. No contract,
instrument, understanding, judgment, statute, court order, rule or
regulation to which they are a party or by which they are bound has
been or will be violated or breached by the execution and
performance of this Agreement.
Section 5.7 Taxes and Tax
Returns
5.7(a) They have filed all tax returns which were
required to be filed as of the date of this Agreement (or have
obtained appropriate extensions therefor).
5.7(b) The provisions for taxes shown in the
Delivered Financials are sufficient to satisfy all taxes due and
all assessments received for all periods ended on or prior to the
dates thereof.
5.7(c) As of the date of this Agreement, no taxes
are due from Borrower and no tax liabilities have been assessed or
proposed against Borrower which either remain unpaid or are not
otherwise provided for in the Delivered Financials.
5.7(d) Except as provided for in the Delivered
Financials, they are not aware of any basis upon which any
assessment for a material amount of additional taxes can be made
against them.
5.7(e) They have not signed any extension agreement
with the Internal Revenue Service or any governmental authority or
given any waiver of a statute of limitations with respect to the
payment of taxes.
5.7(f) The results of any governmental examination
or audit of tax returns are properly reflected in the Delivered
Financials.
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5.7(g) All taxes which they are required by law to
withhold or collect (the "Withholding Taxes") have been duly
withheld and collected. To the extent required, they have paid over
the Withholding Taxes to the proper governmental authorities on a
timely basis or have reflected them as a liability in the Delivered
Financials.
Section 5.8 Title to
Collateral
The Borrower has good and marketable title to all of
its tangible and intangible assets subject only to those liens,
encumbrances, security interests, assignments, pledges, mortgages
or leases set forth on the Delivered Financials. The Borrower has
good and marketable title and rights to the Collateral except for
the security interest granted to Lender by the Borrower, or except
as provided on Schedule 1 or in the other security and control
agreements delivered in connection with this Agreement. The
Borrower has the right and power to grant the security interests in
and to the Collateral provided by or referred to in this Agreement.
Except as herein provided, none of the Collateral is or is about to
become subject to any other assignment, mortgage, pledge, lien,
security interest, lease or encumbrance by virtue of the execution
or performance of this Agreement.
Section 5.9 Use of Proceeds of the Revolving
Loan
5.9(a) The Borrower is not engaged in the business
of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying
margin stock within the meaning of Regulation U of the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System. The proceeds of the
Revolving Loan are not intended by the Borrower to be used to
purchase or carry any margin stock or to reduce or retire any
indebtedness incurred for such purpose. If requested by Lender, the
Borrower has furnished to Lender statements in conformity with the
requirements of Federal Reserve Form U-1 referred to in Regulation
U to the foregoing effect.
5.9(b) The Borrower is a "United States person(s)"
and (except as otherwise permitted in this Agreement) does not
intend to apply the proceeds of the Revolving Loan directly or
indirectly to the "acquisition" of "stock" of a "foreign issuer" or
"debt obligation" of a "foreign obligor", as such terms are defined
in the United States Interest Equalization Tax Act, or to take or
permit any other action which would subject Lender to the tax
imposed by said Act.
5.9(c) The Borrower is not an "investment company",
or an "affiliated person" of, or "promoter" or "principal
underwriter" for, an "investment company", as such terms are
defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940. The application of
the proceeds and repayment thereof of the Revolving Loan by the
Borrower and the performance of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement will not violate any provision of said Act, or any
rule, regulation or order issued by the Securities and Exchange
Commission thereunder.
5.9(d) The Revolving Loan has been requested by
Borrower to pay debt facilities, for working capital purposes, and
to finance a capital project in China and for other potential
non-domestic acquisition opportunities acceptable to
Lender.
Section 5.10 ERISA
To the best of the Borrower’s knowledge,
Borrower is in compliance in all material respects with the
provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974,
as amended ("ERISA"), and the related provisions of the Internal
Revenue Code, and with all regulations and published
interpretations issued thereunder by the United States Treasury
Department, the United States Department of Labor and the Pension
Benefit Guaranty Corporation ("PBGC").Neither a reportable
event
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as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA, nor a
prohibited transaction as defined in Section 406 of ERISA or
Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code, has occurred and is
continuing with respect to any employee benefit plan subject to
ERISA established or maintained, or to which contributions have
been or may be made, by Borrower or by any trade or business
(whether or not incorporated) which together with Borrower would be
treated as a single employer under Section 4001 of ERISA (any such
trade or business being referred to as an "ERISA Affiliate," and
any such employee benefit plan being referred to as a "Plan"). No
notice of intention to terminate a Plan has been filed nor has any
Plan been terminated; the PBGC has not instituted proceedings to
terminate, or to appoint a trustee to administer, any Plan, nor do
circumstances exist that constitute grounds for any such
proceedings; and neither Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate has
completely or partially withdrawn from any multiemployer Plan
described in Section 4001(a) (3) of ERISA. Borrower and each ERISA
Affiliate has met the minimum funding standards under ERISA with
respect to each of its Plans; no Plan of Borrower or of any ERISA
Affiliate has an accumulated funding deficiency or waived funding
deficiency within the meaning of ERISA; and no material liability
to the PBGC under ERISA has been incurred by Borrower or any ERISA
Affiliate.
Section 5.11 OSHA
To the best of the Borrower’s knowledge,
Borrower has duly complied with, and its facilities, business,
leaseholds, equipment and other property are in compliance in all
material respects with, the provisions of the federal Occupational
Safety and Health Act ("OSHA") and all rules and regulations
thereunder and all similar state and local laws, rules and
regulations; and there are no outstanding citations, notices or
orders of non-compliance issued to Borrower or relating to its
facilities, business, leaseholds, equipment or other property under
any such law, rule or regulation.
Section 5.12 Inventory
To the best of the Borrower’s knowledge, the
Inventory of the Borrower consists of items of a quality and
quantity usable or saleable in the ordinary course of its business
and is in compliance with the Fair Labor Standards Act. The value
of obsolete items, items below standard quality and items in the
process of repair have been written down to realizable market
value, or adequate reserves have been provided. The value of
Inventory reflected on the Delivered Financials and Collateral
reports is set at the lower of cost or market in accordance with
GAAP.
Section 5.13 Accounts
The most recent list of Accounts of the Borrower
delivered to Lender is complete in all material respects, and
contains an accurate aging. Except as otherwise indicated, all of
the Accounts are collectible, are subject to no counterclaims or
setoffs of any nature whatsoever, and require no further action to
constitute such accounts as due and owing by the account debtors.
None of the Accounts includes any conditional sales, consignments
or sales on any basis other than that of an absolute sale in the
ordinary and usual course of business, except as otherwise noted.
No agreement has been made under which any deductions or discounts
may be claimed except regular discounts in the usual course of
business.
Section 5.14 No Consents or Approvals
Needed
To the best of the Borrower’s knowledge, under
the state of the applicable law at the time of the signing of this
Agreement, no approval, consent, authorization, or notice by or to
any party, including a governmental entity, is required in
connection with this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions and matters covered by this Agreement.
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Section 5.15 Environmental
Compliance
5.15(a) To the best of the Borrower’s
knowledge, none of the Collateral or real or personal property
owned or occupied by them in the State of New Jersey has ever been
used by previous owners or operators to refine, produce, store,
handle, transfer, process or transport hazardous substances,
hazardous wastes, pollutants or other related substances as those
terms are defined by New Jersey or federal law. Borrower has not
nor intends to use any Collateral or real or personal property
owned or occupied by it in the State of New Jersey for the purpose
of refining, producing, storing, handling, transferring, processing
or transporting such hazardous substances, hazardous wastes,
pollutants or other related substances. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Lender specifically acknowledges that the
Borrower’s premises at 8 Allerman Road, in Oakland, New
Jersey was the subject of an environmental remediation for which a
no further action letter and covenant not to sue was issued by the
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection on July 21,
2005.
5.l5(b) To the best of the Borrower’s
knowledge, no friable asbestos or any substance containing asbestos
deemed hazardous by federal or state regulations has been installed
in the Collateral.
5.15(c) To the best of the Borrower’s
knowledge, neither Borrower nor the Collateral or real or personal
property owned or occupied by Borrower in the State of New Jersey
are in violation of or subject to any existing, pending, or, to its
best knowledge, threatened investigation or inquiry or to any
remedial obligations under any federal or state laws pertaining to
health or the environment, including, but not limited to the
Industrial Site Recovery Act f/k/a the Environmental Cleanup
Responsibility Act ("ISRA") (N.J.S.A.13:1K-6 et seq. , as amended), the Spill
Compensation and Control Act (N.J.S.A.58:10 23.11 as amended), the
Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984 Pub. L98-616 (42
U.S.C. 699 et. seq. , as amended); a certain statute adopted by New Jersey for
registration of underground storage tanks (N.J.S.A.58:10-21
et seq. ,), the
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 6901
et. seq. , as amended)
and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and
Liability Act (42 U.S.C. 9601 et
seq. , as amended); (all such federal,
state, county, municipal or other laws, ordinances or regulations
are hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Environmental
Laws").
5.15(d) Borrower has not obtained and, to the best
of the Borrower’s knowledge, is not required to obtain any
permits, licenses or similar authorizations to construct, occupy,
operate or use any buildings, improvements, fixtures and equipment
by reason of any Environmental Laws.
5.15(e) To the best of the Borrower’s
knowledge, none of the Collateral or real or personal property
owned or occupied by Borrower in the State of New Jersey has been
used as a major storage facility or for the operation of a
hazardous substance or waste disposal facility as those terms are
defined by any Environmental Laws. None of the Collateral or real
property is now or intended to be so used.
5.15(f) No lien or claim has been attached to or
made against Borrower, any revenues, the Collateral or any real or
personal property owned or, to the best of the Borrower’s
knowledge, occupied by them in the State of New Jersey by the State
of New Jersey or the federal government for damages or cleanup and
removal costs, as those terms are defined by any Environmental Laws
arising from an intentional or unintentional act or omission of
Borrower or any previous owner or operator of their real or
personal property resulting in the releasing, spilling, pumping,
pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging or dumping of hazardous
substances, hazardous wastes, pollutants or other related
substances as those terms are defined by any Environmental
Laws.
5.15(g) Neither Borrower nor, to the best of the
Borrower’s knowledge, any occupant of any real property owned
or leased by the Borrower in the State of New Jersey, has taken any
intentional
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or unintentional act or omission resulting in the
releasing, spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying,
discharging or dumping of hazardous substances, hazardous wastes,
pollutants or related substances as those terms are defined by any
Environmental Laws.
Section 5.16 Identification of the
Borrower
5.16(a) Schedule 2 annexed hereto sets forth a
complete and accurate list of all names by which the Borrower is
known or under which the Borrower is conducting business,
including, without limitation, its fictitious names, alternate
names and trade names. Schedule 2 sets forth all of the federal tax
identification numbers of the Borrower and its organizational
numbers (if any) assigned by the state of its
organization.
5.16(b) Schedule 2 annexed hereto sets forth a
complete and accurate list of all offices and locations at which
the Borrower conducts any of its business or operations, the
locations of all Collateral and records relating to Collateral and
the Borrower's chief executive office, if any.
5.16(c) The Borrower has not, within the six (6)
year period immediately preceding the effective date of this
Agreement, changed its name, been the survivor of a merger or
consolidation, or acquired all or substantially all of the assets
of any person or entity except as otherwise set forth in
Schedule 2.
5.16(d) All of the issued and outstanding capital
stock or other ownership interests of the Borrower and its
subsidiaries is owned and registered as otherwise disclosed in
writing by or on behalf of the Borrower. Schedule 2 annexed hereto
sets forth a complete and accurate list of all subsidiaries of the
Borrower and identifies all applicable shareholder agreements (if
any) among the Borrower and its subsidiaries.
5.16(e) Schedule 2 annexed hereto sets forth the
North American Industry Classification System Code(s) (“NAICS”) applicable to the properties and
operations of Borrower.
Section 5.17 Duration and Effect of
Representations and Warranties
5.17(a) The representations and warranties made to
Lender in this Article 5 are to be true, accurate and complete in
all material respects for the duration of the term of this
Agreement and are reaffirmed at the time of each advance under the
Revolving Loan made hereunder.
5.17(b) None of the representations, warranties or
statements made to Lender in this Agreement or in connection with
this Agreement contain any untrue statement of a material fact, or
omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the
statements made not misleading.
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ARTICLE 6. COVENANTS TO
LENDER
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In order to induce Lender to execute this Agreement,
the Borrower, makes the following affirmative covenants:
Section 6.1 Payment of Debt
The Borrower is to pay all of its obligations, to
Lender, including the Debt to Lender, when due in accordance with
such documents evidencing or documenting such obligations including
but not limited to, this Agreement.
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Section 6.2 Change of Financial
Conditions
Any and all future substantial and material adverse
changes in the Borrower’s financial condition is to be
immediately brought to the attention of Lender.
Section 6.3 Litigation
The Borrower is to immediately notify Lender if any
judgments, lawsuits, losses, claims, judicial proceedings,
investigations, complaints, notices, or citations including but not
limited to, those relating to occupational health, safety, or
environmental protection, including changes to those that are
already identified on Schedule 5.3 hereto, are pending or
threatened against the Borrower in an amount claimed of $50,000.00
or more, individually or in the aggregate.
Section 6.4 Organization and
Standing
The Borrower is to continue to be duly licensed or
qualified to do business in each jurisdiction in which
qualification is required by law, and to continue to be in good
standing and to preserve legal existence.
Section 6.5 Compliance with
Law
The Borrower is to comply in all material respects
with all laws, governmental rules and regulations applicable to its
business and properties, including, but not limited to, ERISA, OSHA
and Environmental Laws.
The Borrower is to make due and timely payment
(subject to extensions duly requested and obtained) of all Federal,
State and local taxes and assessments required by law and to
execute and deliver to Lender, on demand, appropriate certificates
attesting to the payment or deposit of any such taxes or
assessments.
Section 6.7 Reports
The Borrower is to provide to Lender, (for Lender,
Participant, or governmental authority having jurisdiction) in form
and substance satisfactory to Lender:
6.7(a) As soon as available, but in no event later
than one hundred twenty (120) days after the end of each fiscal
year of Borrower, a consolidated and consolidating balance sheet as
of the end of such year and statements of income, cash flows and
changes in equity for such year (all in reasonable detail and with
all notes and supporting schedules), prepared on an audited basis
by an independent certified public accountant (“CPA”)
reasonably satisfactory to Lender, and attested to by the chief
financial officers of Borrower, as presenting fairly Borrower's
financial condition as of the dates and for the periods indicated
and as having been prepared in accordance with GAAP, except as may
be otherwise disclosed in such financial statements or the notes
thereto, together with 10K financial reports, accompanied by an
accountant's reliance letter acknowledging Lender's reliance upon
such balance sheet and financial information and an unqualified
opinion from the CPA in form and substance acceptable to Lender.
The Borrower is to also deliver a certificate as to its compliance
with all applicable financial covenants herein (containing detailed
calculations of all financial covenants) for the period then ended
and whether any event of Default exists, and, if so, the nature
thereof and the corrective measures the Borrower proposes to take
(“Compliance Certificate”). In addition, within two
hundred ninety (290) days
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after the end of each fiscal year of Borrower,
Borrower is to deliver to Lender certified copies of
Borrower’s state and federal income tax returns for such
fiscal year.
6.7(b) As soon as available, but in no event later
than forty-five (45) days after the end of the first, second and
third quarterly fiscal periods of Borrower, a Form 10Q or a balance
sheet as of the end of such period and statements of income, cash
flows and changes in equity for such period commencing at the end
of the previous fiscal year and ending with the end of such period
(all in reasonable detail), prepared by the Borrower, adjusted by
the Borrower to conform with GAAP, and certified by the chief
financial officers of the Borrower, together with a Compliance
Certificate.
6.7(c) Prior to the close of each fiscal year end of
Borrower, a budget for the next fiscal year, including a profit and
loss statement all prepared on a quarterly basis in form and
substance acceptable to Lender.
6.7(d)(i) On or before the fifteenth (15
th ) day of each
month in such form as may be required by Lender from time to time,
a certificate or borrowing base and such other reporting as Lender
may require (in such form reasonably required by Lender) of the
Borrower certifying Borrower’s calculations of the amount it
may borrow under the Revolving Loan and either describing each
Qualified Account, or, if Lender so elects, certifying the face
amount of all Qualified Accounts in the aggregate, and a certified
statement of Inventory position of the Borrower showing Inventory
on hand, Inventory represented or covered by warehouse receipts or
bills of lading, Qualified Inventory on hand and Inventory in
possession of bailees, including the names and addresses of such
bailees.
6.7(d)(ii) On a weekly basis (or more frequently as
Lender may require during a Default Period or if the amount which
Borrower may borrow under the Revolving Loan is less than
$500,000.00 in any month) in such form as may be required by Lender
from time to time, a certificate or borrowing base and such other
reporting as Lender may require (in such form reasonably required
by Lender) of the Borrower certifying Borrower’s calculations
of the amount it may borrow under the Revolving Loan and either
describing each Qualified Account, or, if Lender so elects,
certifying the face amount of all Qualified Accounts in the
aggregate, and a certified statement of Inventory position of the
Borrower showing Inventory on hand, Inventory represented or
covered by warehouse receipts or bills of lading, Qualified
Inventory on hand and Inventory in possession of bailees, including
the names and addresses of such bailees. In the event that any such
event of Default has either been cured or waived as determined by
Lender, and if the amount which the Borrower may borrow under the
Revolving Loan is equal to or greater than $500,000.00 in two
successive months thereafter, Borrower need no longer make such
more frequent reporting and may proceed in accordance with
reporting on a weekly basis.
6.7(e) On or before the fifteenth (15
th ) day of each
month, a detailed aging report setting forth the amount due and
owing on Accounts on the Borrower's books as of the close of the
preceding month, together with a reconciliation report satisfactory
to Lender showing all sales, collections, backlogs, payments and
adjustments to Accounts, together with a current list of names and
addresses of all account debtors on the Borrower's books as of the
close of the preceding month.
6.7(f) On or before the fifteenth (15
th ) day of each
month, a detailed aging report setting forth the amount due and
owing on the Borrower's accounts payable on the Borrower's books as
of the close of the preceding month, together with a reconciliation
report satisfactory to Lender showing all purchases, payments and
adjustments to accounts payable on the Borrower's books as of the
close of the preceding month.
6.7(g) Immediately (and in addition to such notice
required by Section 6.7(d) hereof), notice of any change in the
status of Inventory or an Account from one Qualified to one which
is not, but only if such change occurs (i) during a Default Period,
or (ii) following such time as the amount which the Borrower may
borrow under the Revolving Loan is less than $500,000.00 in any
month. .
6.7(h) Immediately, notice of any material rejection
of goods, delay in performance, or claims made (other than good
faith claims made in the ordinary course of business) in regard to
Accounts.
6.7(i) Immediately, notice, in such form acceptable
to Lender, stating such information and attaching such pertinent
documentation as to any and all claims, citations, demands, notices
or events,
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the occurrence of which would make any
representation, warranty or covenant of them to be untrue in any
material respect or incapable of performance.
6.7(j) Upon demand, and to the extent not previously
provided:
(A) Certificates of insurance and lender’s
loss payable endorsements for all policies of insurance to be
maintained pursuant to this Agreement;
(B) An estoppel certificate executed by an
authorized representative of the Borrower indicating that there
then exists no event of Default, not less than quarterly, such
estoppel certificate must specify that there then exists no
event(s) of Default defined in this Agreement;
(C) All original and other documents evidencing
right to payment or evidencing Accounts, including but not limited
to invoices, original orders, shipping and delivery
receipts;
(D) All information received by the Borrower
affecting the financial status or condition of any account
debtor;
(E) Assignments, in form reasonably acceptable to
Lender, of all Qualified Accounts, and of the monies due or to
become due on specific contracts; and
6.7(k) From time to time and at the time of each
advance, such information as Lender may reasonably request,
including financial projections, cash flow analysis and information
otherwise to be submitted in accordance with this
Section.
6.7(l) Promptly after preparation or
receipt:
(A) Copies of all reports, including annual reports,
and notices which the Borrower and its subsidiaries file with or
receive under ERISA, OSHA or any occupational safety, pension or
retirement, or Environmental Laws;
(B) Upon request by Lender, copies of any statement
or report furnished to any other party pursuant to the terms of any
indenture, loan, or credit or similar agreement and not otherwise
required to be furnished to Lender pursuant to this Agreement;
and
(C) Copies of all proxy statements, financial
statements, and reports which the Borrower and its subsidiaries
send to stockholders or owners, and copies of all regular,
periodic, and special reports, and all registration statements
which they file or receive with any national securities exchange or
regulatory agency.
Section 6.8 Access to Records and
Property
No more than three (3) times per year, and subject
to the limitations set forth in Section 6.19(c) hereof, the
Borrower is to give any representatives of Lender or independent
contractor selected by Lender access during normal business hours
(and during any Default Period at any time) to conduct a field
examination and audit of the Collateral, and at any time and from
time to time, to examine, copy or make extracts from, any and all
books, records and documents in its possession relating to its
affairs and the Collateral, and to inspect any of its properties
wherever located at the expense of Borrower, payable upon demand by
Lender. Such limitations do not apply during a Default Period.
During a Default
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Period, in the event that during the term of this
Agreement or any extension thereof, Lender deems it reasonably
necessary to obtain a current appraisal of any Collateral, Lender
may engage the services of an appraiser in providing the current
appraisal which expense is to be paid by Borrower upon demand by
Lender.
Section 6.9 [Intentionally
Omitted]
Section 6.10 Preservation of Title to
Collateral
The Borrower is to immediately notify Lender of any
material loss or damage to, or any occurrence which would adversely
affect the security interest of Lender in and to the Collateral.
The Collateral is to be free and clear of all assignments,
mortgages, pledges, liens, security interests, leases, or
encumbrances, except as provided on Schedule 1. The Borrower is to
continue to maintain good and marketable title to the Collateral,
except as provided in this Agreement, at the sole expense of the
Borrower.
Section 6.11 Financial Records and Location of
Collateral
The Borrower is to maintain true, accurate and
complete books, records, and accounts of its business affairs in
accordance with GAAP. The Borrower is to keep accurate records of
the Collateral, which records are at all times to be physically
located at the chief executive office of the Borrower set forth on
Schedule 2. All tangible Collateral is to be physically located at
the address of the Borrower set forth on Schedule 2, unless
otherwise agreed by Lender and documented to the satisfaction of
Lender.
Section 6.12 Condition of Buildings and
Collateral
All Collateral is to be used solely by the Borrower
in connection with its business. The Borrower is to maintain the
Collateral and they are to maintain their buildings, plants,
improvements and structures in good condition, repair and in
compliance with all zoning laws, ordinances, and regulations of
governmental authorities having jurisdiction.
Section 6.13 Insurance
6.13(a) The Borrower is to maintain in full force
and effect on the Collateral (and on all of its other assets, if
requested by Lender), the following insurance:
(i) Comprehensive general public liability insurance
in commercially reasonable amounts consistent with Borrower’s
past practice and acceptable to Lender;
(ii) "All-Risk" coverage policy of fire, pilferage,
theft, burglary, loss in transit, title and extended coverage
hazard insurance (together with vandalism and malicious mischief
endorsements) in an aggregate amount not less than 100% of the
agreed upon full insurable replacement value of the Collateral;
and
(iii) Boiler and machinery insurance covering
vessels, air tanks, boilers, machinery, pressure piping, heating,
air conditioning and elevator equipment in such amounts as Lender
requires from time to time, provided that such equipment is part of
the Collateral.
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(b) Each insurance policy required under this
Section 6.13 is to be written by insurance companies authorized or
licensed to do business in New Jersey having an Alfred M. Best
Company, Inc. rating of A+ or higher and a financial size category
of not less than VII, and is to be on such forms and written by
such companies as reasonably approved by Lender.
(c) Each insurance policy required under this
Section 6.13 providing insurance against loss or damage to property
is to be written or endorsed so as to (i) contain a New Jersey
standard mortgagee, secured party, or lender’s loss payee
endorsement, as the case may be, or its equivalent, and (ii) make
all losses payable directly to the Lender, without
contribution.
(d) Each insurance policy required under this
Section 6.13 providing public liability coverage is to be written
and endorsed so as to name the Lender as an additional insured, as
its interest may appear.
(e) Each insurance policy required under this
Section 6.13 is to contain a provision to the effect that such
policy is not to be canceled, altered or in any way limited in
coverage or reduced in amount unless the Lender is notified in
writing at least thirty (30) days prior to such change. At least
thirty (30) days prior to the expiration of any such policy, the
Borrower is to furnish evidence satisfactory to the Lender that
such policy has been renewed or replaced or is no longer required
by this Section.
(f) Each insurance policy required under this
Section 6.13 (except flood insurance written under the federal
flood insurance program) is to contain an endorsement by the
insurer that any loss is to be payable to Lender, as its interest
may appear, in accordance with the terms of such policy
notwithstanding any act or negligence or breach of any warranty of
or by the Borrower which might otherwise result in forfeiture of
said insurance and the further agreement of the insurer waiving all
rights of setoff, counterclaim, deduction or subrogation against
the Borrower (so as not to interfere with Lender's
rights).
(g) In the event of loss or damage to the
Collateral, the proceeds of any insurance provided hereunder is to
be applied as set forth in Section 6.13(k); except that if there is
a public liability claim, the proceeds of any insurance provided
hereunder is to be applied toward extinguishing or satisfying the
liability and expense incurred in connection therewith.
(h) The Borrower is not to take out any separate or
additional insurance with respect to the Collateral which is
contributing in the event of loss unless it is properly compatible
with all of the requirements of this Section.
(i) Borrower is to pay the premiums on the policies
therefor as they become payable, and is to deliver to Lender such
policies, with standard clauses in favor of Lender
attached.
(j) Each insurance policy required under this
Section 6.13 is to be written and endorsed to provide that the
intentional actions of Borrower are not to affect the insurable
interest of Lender or prevent payment of the proceeds of the policy
to Lender.
(k) Lender is entitled to receive all insurance
proceeds. So long as no event of Default has occurred, Lender is to
promptly deliver such insurance proceeds to Borrower to be applied
to the cost of the replacement or repair of the Collateral (or to
reimburse Borrower therefor, to the extent Borrower has already
paid for same). During a Default Period, Lender may, at its option,
either apply the insurance proceeds on account of the Debt or
deliver them to Borrower for pay for (or reimburse Borrower for)
the cost of the replacement or repair of the Collateral.
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(l) In no event is Lender required either to (i)
ascertain the existence of or examine any insurance policy, or (ii)
advise Borrower in the event such insurance coverage does not
comply with the requirements of this Agreement.
Section 6.14 Further
Assurances
6.14(a) The Borrower is to execute and/or hereby
consents to the execution and filing by Lender of such further
instruments and documents, including Uniform Commercial Code
financing statements, as may be required by Lender in order to
render effective the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Any
such Uniform Commercial Code financing statements are to be filed
in such locations as Lender may require, at Borrower's sole
expense. If requested, the Borrower is to provide Lender with
satisfactory evidence of such filing(s) prior to any advance under
the Revolving Loan.
6.14(b) Borrower will promptly notify Lender in
writing in the event that Borrower becomes a party to or obtains
any rights with respect to any Commercial Tort Claim. Such
notification must include information sufficient to describe such
Commercial Tort Claim, including, but not limited to, the parties
to the claim, the court in which the claim was commenced, the
document number assigned to such claim, if any, and a detailed
explanation of the events that gave rise to the claim. Borrower is
to execute and deliver to Lender all documents and/or agreements
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