Exhibit 10.3
AMENDED AND
RESTATED
MASTER SECURITY
AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED MASTER
SECURITY AGREEMENT (this
“ Agreemen t”) dated as of the 29
th
day of December, 2006,
from GTC BIOTHERAPEUTICS, INC. (“ Debtor
”) in favor of GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION
(together with its successors and assigns, if any, “
Secured Party ”). Secured Party has an office at 83
Wooster Heights Road, Danbury, CT 06810. Debtor is a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of the state of Massachusetts
(the “ State ”). Debtor’s mailing address
and chief place of business is 175 Crossing Blvd., Framingham, MA
01702.
RECITALS:
WHEREAS , Debtor has granted to Secured Party a security
interest in certain of its property pursuant to that certain Master
Security Agreement dated as of May 24, 2004 (the “
Original Security Agreement ”); and
WHEREAS , the Original Security Agreement secures the
obligations of Debtor to Secured Party under, among other things,
those certain Promissory Notes from Debtor to Secured Party dated
(i) May 20, 2004 in the original principal amount of
$10,000,000, (ii) February 25, 2005 in the original
principal amount of $2,400,000.00 and (iii) December 29,
2005 in the original principal amount of $2,400,000 (collectively,
the “ Original Notes ”); and
WHEREAS , Debtor and Secured Party have agreed to amend
and restate the Original Security Agreement and the Original Notes
on the terms and conditions set forth herein and in those certain
Amended and Restated Promissory Notes from Debtor to Secured Party
dated as of the date hereof in the original principal amounts of
$8,000,000 and $2,000,000 (collectively, the “ New
Notes ”).
NOW, THEREFORE
, in consideration of the mutual
covenants and undertakings herein contained, Debtor and Secured
Party agree as follows:
A . AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT.
As of the date hereof, the terms,
conditions, covenants, agreements, representations and warranties
contained in the Original Security Agreement shall be deemed
amended and restated in their entirety as follows and the Original
Security Agreement shall be consolidated with and into and
superseded by this Agreement; provided, however , that
nothing contained in this Agreement shall impair, limit or affect
the security interests heretofore granted, pledged and/or assigned
to Secured Party as security for the Indebtedness (as defined in
the Original Security Agreement ) under the Original Security
Agreement.
1. CREATION OF SECURITY INTEREST.
Debtor grants to Secured Party, its
successors and assigns, a continuing security interest in, to and
against all property listed on any collateral schedule now or in
the future annexed to or made a part of this Agreement (“
Collateral Schedule ”), whether now owned or existing
or hereafter acquired or arising and wheresoever located, and in
and against all additions, attachments, accessories and accessions
to such property, all substitutions, replacements or exchanges
therefor, and all proceeds or products thereof, in whatever form,
including without limitation cash, deposit accounts (whether or not
comprised solely of proceeds), certificates of deposit, insurance
proceeds (including hazard, flood and credit insurance), negotiable
instruments for the payment of money, chattel paper, security
agreements, documents, eminent domain proceeds, condemnation
proceeds and/or tort claim proceeds (all such property is
individually and collectively called the “ Collateral
”). This security interest is given to secure the payment and
performance of all debts, obligations and liabilities of any kind
whatsoever (including all interest (whether or not allowed or
disallowed), charges, expenses, fees and other sums accruing after
commencement of any case, proceeding or other action relating to
the bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of Debtor) of Debtor
to Secured Party, now existing or arising in the future, including
but not limited to the payment and performance of the New Notes or
other promissory notes from time to time identified on any
Collateral Schedule (collectively “ Notes ” and
each a “ Note ”), that certain Amended and
Restated Mortgage, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing dated as
of the date hereof from Debtor in favor of Secured Party (the
“ New Mortgage ”) , that certain Master Lease
Agreement dated as of July 23, 2004, between Debtor and
Secured Party, together with all Schedules and attachments thereto
(the “ Lease ”) and any renewals, extensions and
modifications of such debts, obligations and liabilities (such
Notes, New Mortgage, Lease, debts, obligations and liabilities are
called the “ Indebtedness ”).
2. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES
AND COVENANTS OF DEBTOR.
Debtor represents, warrants and
covenants as of the date of this Agreement and as of the date of
each Collateral Schedule that:
(a) Debtor’s exact legal name
is as set forth in the preamble of this Agreement and Debtor is,
and will remain, duly organized, existing and in good standing
under the laws of the State set forth in the preamble of this
Agreement, has its chief executive offices at the location
specified in the preamble, and is, and will remain, duly qualified
and licensed in every jurisdiction wherever necessary to carry on
its business and operations;
(b) Debtor has adequate power and
capacity to enter into, and to perform its obligations under this
Agreement, each Note and any other documents evidencing, or given
in connection with, any of the Indebtedness (all of the foregoing
are called the “ Debt Documents ”);
(c) This Agreement and the other
Debt Documents have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by
Debtor and constitute legal, valid and binding agreements
enforceable in accordance with their terms, except to the extent
that the enforcement of remedies may be limited under applicable
bankruptcy and insolvency laws and general principles of
equity;
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(d) No approval, consent or
withholding of objections is required from any governmental
authority or instrumentality with respect to the entry into, or
performance by Debtor of any of the Debt Documents, except any
already obtained;
(e) The entry into, and performance
by, Debtor of the Debt Documents will not (i) violate any of
the organizational documents of Debtor or any judgment, order, law
or regulation applicable to Debtor or (ii) result in any
breach of or constitute a default under any contract or agreement
to which Debtor is a party, or result in the creation any lien,
claim or encumbrance on any of Debtor’s property (except for
liens in favor of Secured Party) pursuant to any indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust, bank loan, credit agreement or other
agreement or instrument to which Debtor is a party;
(f) Except as set forth on
Schedule 2(f) attached hereto, there are no suits or
proceedings pending in court or before any commission, board or
other administrative agency against or affecting Debtor which
could, in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on Debtor,
its business or operations, or its ability to perform its
obligations under the Debt Documents, nor does Debtor have reason
to believe that any such suits or proceedings are
threatened;
(g) All financial statements
delivered to Secured Party in connection with the Indebtedness have
been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, except that quarterly financial statements will not
provide footnotes and will be subject to normal year-end
adjustments, and since the date of the most recent financial
statement, there has been no material adverse change in
Debtor’s financial condition;
(h) The Collateral is not, and will
not be, used by Debtor for personal, family or household
purposes;
(i) The Collateral is, and will
remain, in good condition and repair (ordinary wear and tear
excepted), and Debtor will not be negligent in its care and
use;
(j) Debtor is, and will remain, the
sole and lawful owner, and in possession of (other than the Offsite
Collateral (defined below) (solely with respect to possession)),
the Collateral, and has the sole right and lawful authority to
grant the security interest described in this Agreement;
(k) The Collateral is, and will
remain, free and clear of all liens, claims and encumbrances of any
kind whatsoever, except for (i) liens in favor of Secured
Party, (ii) liens existing as of the date of this Agreement
and set forth on Schedule 2(k) attached hereto,
(iii) liens for taxes not yet due or for taxes being contested
in good faith and which do not involve, in the judgment of Secured
Party, any risk of the sale, forfeiture or loss of any of the
Collateral and with respect to which adequate reserves have been
set aside for the payment thereof in accordance with GAAP, and
(iv) inchoate materialmen’s, mechanic’s,
repairmen’s and similar liens arising by operation of law in
the normal course of business for amounts which are not delinquent
(all of such liens are called “ Permitted Liens
”);
(l) Debtor is and will remain in
full compliance with all laws and regulations applicable to it
including without limitation (i) ensuring that no person who
owns a controlling interest in or otherwise controls Debtor is or
shall be (A) listed on the
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Specially Designated Nationals and
Blocked Person List maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets
Control (“ OFAC ”), Department of the Treasury,
and/or any other similar lists maintained by OFAC pursuant to any
authorizing statute, Executive Order or regulation or (B) a
person designated under Section 1(b), (c) or (d) of
Executive Order No. 13224 (September 23, 2001), any related
enabling legislation or any other similar Executive Orders, and
(ii) compliance with all applicable Bank Secrecy Act (“
BSA ”) laws, regulations and government guidance on
BSA compliance and on the prevention and detection of money
laundering violations;
(m) Debtor’s and each
Subsidiary’s (defined below) Intellectual Property (as
defined in Section 7 below) is and will remain free and clear
of all liens, claims and encumbrances of any kind whatsoever,
except for Permitted Liens as defined in subsection (k) of
this Section, the granting of licenses of Debtor’s
Intellectual Property in the ordinary course of business and other
licensing, partnership or joint ventures entered into in the
ordinary course of Debtor’s business and permitted hereunder.
For purposes of this Agreement, the term “ Subsidiary
” shall mean a corporation or other entity of which more than
50% of the outstanding stock or other ownership interests having
ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the directors (or
other persons performing similar functions) of such corporation is
owned, directly or indirectly, by Debtor;
(n) Debtor has not and will not, and
will not permit any Subsidiary to, enter into any other agreement
or financing arrangement in which it grants a negative pledge in
Debtor’s or any Subsidiary’s Intellectual Property to
any other party;
(o) Debtor agrees that it shall not,
and shall not allow any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or
indirectly, create, incur, assume, permit to exist, guarantee or
otherwise become or remain directly or indirectly liable with
respect to, any Debt (as hereinafter defined), except for
(i) Debt of Debtor to Secured Party, (ii) Debt existing
on the date hereof and set forth on Schedule 2(o) to this
Agreement, (iii) unsecured Debt incurred under and pursuant to
that certain $2,558,650 Subordinated Convertible Note (the “
Subordinated Note ”), dated December 14 2006,
from Debtor to LFB Biotechnologies (“ Subordinated
Debt ”) and (iv) additional Debt in an amount up to
$1,500,000. The term “ Debt ” shall mean, with
respect to any person, at any date, without duplication,
(A) all obligations of such person for borrowed money,
(B) all obligations of such person evidenced by bonds,
debentures, notes or other similar instruments, or upon which
interest payments are customarily made, (C) all obligations of
such person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or
services incurred in the ordinary course of business if the
purchase price is due more than six (6) months from the date
the obligation is incurred, (D) all capital lease obligations
of such person, (E) the principal balance outstanding under
any synthetic lease, tax retention operating lease, off-balance
sheet loan or similar off-balance sheet financing product,
(F) all obligations of such person to purchase securities (or
other property) which arise out of or in connection with the
issuance or sale of the same or substantially similar securities
(or property), (G) all contingent or non-contingent
obligations of such person to reimburse any bank or other person in
respect of amounts paid under a letter of credit or similar
instrument, (H) all equity securities of such person subject
to repurchase or redemption otherwise than at the sole option of
such person, (I) all “amounts” and similar payment
obligations of such person, (J) all Indebtedness secured by a
lien on any asset of such person, whether or not such Debt is
otherwise an obligation of such person, (K) all obligations of
such person under any foreign
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exchange contract, currency swap
agreement, interest rate swap, cap or collar agreement or other
similar agreement or arrangement designed to alter the risks of
that person arising from fluctuations in currency values or
interest rates, in each case whether contingent or matured,
(L) all obligations or liabilities of other guaranteed by such
person; and (M) all obligations of such person to trade
creditors (other than Genzyme Corporation) incurred in the ordinary
course of business and more than ninety (90) days past
due;
(p) Debtor agrees that it shall not,
and shall not allow any of its Subsidiaries to, (i) make any
payment in respect of any Subordinated Debt, except in accordance
with that certain Subordination Agreement dated as of the date
hereof between Secured Party and LFB Biotechnologies S.A.S.U. or
(ii) amend, supplement, modify or waive any of the terms of
any document governing any Subordinated Debt. Debtor further agrees
to provide Secured Party copies of any notices, reports, financial
statements, financial information or other information either
delivered or received by Debtor in relation to the Subordinated
Debt or pursuant to the Subordinated Note except to the extent that
such information is to be provided to Secured Party under this
Agreement or any of the other Debt Documents;
(q) Debtor (i) shall, within 30
days after the initial funding of the Indebtedness secured hereby,
cause each securities, depository or disbursement account of Debtor
or any of its Subsidiaries (other than any tax or payroll account)
to be subject to a control agreement satisfactory to Secured Party
in its reasonable discretion and (ii) shall not and shall not
allow any of its Subsidiaries to open or maintain any securities,
depository or disbursement accounts except upon thirty
(30) days’ prior written notice to Secured Party, and
Debtor shall not, and shall not allow any Subsidiary to, use any
such accounts until such time as the applicable securities
intermediary or depository institution, as the case may be, Debtor
or such subsidiary of Debtor, as the case may be, and Secured Party
have entered into a control agreement satisfactory to Secured Party
in its reasonable discretion and in any event sufficient to perfect
a first priority lien and security interest in such account in
favor of Secured Party. All funds in or transferred into such
account on or after the effectiveness of this Agreement shall be
subject to the security interest granted under this Agreement. Each
control agreement entered into pursuant to (i) or
(ii) above shall grant Secured Party control of such
securities, depository or disbursement account and provide that the
applicable securities intermediary or depository institution, as
the case may be, will comply with instructions originated by the
Secured Party directing disposition of the funds in such account
without further consent by Debtor, provided, that Debtor
shall have full access to such accounts and the funds therein until
the earlier to occur of (A) an Event of Default or
(B) Debtor shall have acted in a fraudulent manner or shall
have committed an act of fraud; and
(r) Debtor agrees that it shall not,
and shall not allow any of its Subsidiaries to, without the prior
written consent of Secured Party, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld, purchase or acquire obligations or stock of,
or any other interest in, any corporation or other entity (other
than cash equivalents and equity investments in its Subsidiaries
existing as of the date hereof), or form any Subsidiary or enter
into any partnership, joint venture or similar
arrangement.
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(s) Debtor will not, and will not
permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, engage in any
transaction with any Affiliate, except where such transactions are
(i) on terms that are no less favorable to the Debtor or such
Subsidiary than those which might be obtained at the time from
unaffiliated third parties and (ii) entered into in the
ordinary course of business. As used herein, “
Affiliate ” of any person means (a) any person
which, directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by,
or is under common control with such person, or (b) any person
who is a partner, shareholder, director or officer (i) of such
person, or (ii) of any person described in clause
(a) above, and, for purposes of this definition, control of a
person shall mean the power, direct or indirect, (x) to vote
10% or more of the voting equity interests of such person, or
(y) to direct or cause the direction of the management and
policies of such person whether by contract or
otherwise.
3. COLLATERAL;
SUBSIDIARIES.
(a) Until repossession of Collateral
by Secured Party in the exercise of its remedies under
Section 7 hereof, Debtor shall remain in possession of the
Collateral, other than such portion of the Collateral as shall be
located from time to time at the locations in connection with the
purification, packaging and storage arrangements more fully
described in Schedule 3 attached hereto (the “
Offsite Collateral ”); except that Secured Party shall
have the right to possess (i) any chattel paper or instrument
that constitutes a part of the Collateral, and (ii) any other
Collateral in which Secured Party’s security interest may be
perfected only by possession. Secured Party may inspect any of the
Collateral during normal business hours after giving Debtor
reasonable prior notice. If Secured Party asks, Debtor will
promptly notify Secured Party in writing of the location of any
Collateral. Debtor shall (A) within 45 days after the initial
funding of the Indebtedness secured hereby, cause the Secured Party
to be properly perfected in any portion of the Collateral held
outside of the United States, (B) within 60 days after the
initial funding of the Indebtedness secured hereby, use best
efforts to cause each of Cambrex Bio Science MA, Inc.(“
Cambrex ”) and MedImmune, Inc. (“
MedImmune ”) to enter into a bailee acknowledgment
with Secured Party and (C) within 60 days after any portion of
the Collateral is located at the facilities of (I) Cardinal
Health PTS, Inc. (“ Cardinal Health ”) or (II)
Cryonix, Inc. (“ Cryonix ”), use best efforts to
cause (in the case of (I)), Cardinal Health and (in the case of
(II)), Cryonix) to enter into such acknowledgment. With respect to
(B) and (C) above, the bailee acknowledgments shall be
satisfactory to Secured Party in its reasonable discretion, and
Secured Party agrees to negotiate the form of bailee acknowledgment
in good faith with each bailee. In the event that Debtor is unable
to cause any of Cambrex, MedImmune, Cardinal Health or Cryonix to
enter into a bailee acknowledgment within the relevant time period
set forth in (B) or (C) above, Debtor shall (from the day
following the expiration of such time period until such bailee
acknowledgment is entered into) be prohibited from acquiring,
transferring or placing (or causing to be acquired, transferred or
placed) or otherwise taking possession of or asserting control over
any additional equipment (as such term is defined in the UCC (as
defined in the Collateral Schedule)) at the location of such bailee
without the prior written consent of Secured Party.
(b) Debtor shall (i) use the
Collateral only in its trade or business, (ii) maintain all of
the Collateral in good operating order and repair, normal wear and
tear excepted, (iii) use and maintain the Collateral only in
compliance with manufacturers recommendations and all applicable
laws and (iv) keep all of the Collateral free and clear of all
liens, claims and encumbrances (except for Permitted
Liens).
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(c) Secured Party does not authorize
and Debtor agrees it shall not, and shall not allow any of its
Subsidiaries to, without the prior written consent of Secured
Party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld:
(i) part with possession of any of
its assets (including without limitation in respect of Debtor, the
Collateral) (except for (A) the Offsite Collateral,
(B) to Secured Party, (C) for maintenance and repair,
(D) any sale or disposition of inventory in the ordinary
course of business or the sale of equipment or other assets which
are determined by the Debtor in good faith to be obsolete or no
longer used or useful in Debtor’s business and (E) any
licenses of Intellectual Property entered into in the ordinary
course of business);
(ii) remove any of the Collateral
from the continental United States (except for that portion of the
Offsite Collateral which from time to time shall be located in
Europe as set forth in Schedule 3 attached hereto or any
sale or disposition of inventory in the ordinary course of
business); or
(iii) sell, rent, lease, mortgage,
license, grant a security interest in or otherwise transfer or
encumber (except for Permitted Liens) any of its assets (including,
without limitation, in respect of Debtor, the Collateral) (except
for (A) any sale or disposition of inventory in the ordinary
course of business, (B) the sale of equipment or other assets
which are determined by the Debtor in good faith to be obsolete or
no longer used or useful in Debtor’s business,
(C) transfers of Intellectual Property expressly permitted
under Section 2(m), and (D) liens on assets financed
under capital leases, to the extent such the amount of related
capital lease obligations together with other Debt permitted
hereunder, do not violate the terms of
Section 2(o).
(d) Debtor shall pay promptly when
due all taxes, license fees, assessments and public and private
charges levied or assessed on any of the Collateral, on its use, or
on this Agreement or any of the other Debt Documents. At its
option, Secured Party may discharge taxes, liens, security
interests or other encumbrances at any time levied or placed on the
Collateral and may pay for the maintenance, insurance and
preservation of the Collateral and effect compliance with the terms
of this Agreement or any of the other Debt Documents. Debtor agrees
to reimburse Secured Party, on demand, all reasonable out-of-pocket
costs and expenses incurred by Secured Party in connection with
such payment or performance and agrees that such reimbursement
obligation shall constitute Indebtedness.
(e) Debtor shall, at all times, keep
accurate and complete records of the Collateral, and Secured Party
shall have the right to inspect and make copies of all of
Debtor’s books and records relating to the Collateral during
normal business hours, after giving Debtor reasonable prior
notice.
(f) Debtor agrees and acknowledges
that any third person who may at any time possess all or any
portion of the Collateral shall be deemed to hold, and shall hold,
the Collateral as the agent of, and as pledge holder for, Secured
Party. Secured Party may at any time give notice to any third
person described in the preceding sentence that such third person
is holding such Collateral as the agent of, and as pledge holder
for, the Secured Party.
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(g) At the request of Secured Party,
but no more frequently than once each fiscal year unless a default
has occurred hereunder or Secured Party is otherwise insecure as to
the value of the Collateral, upon reasonable notice to Debtor
(unless a default has occurred hereunder), Debtor shall permit
Secured Party or one or more agents to perform, at Debtor’s
expense, appraisals of Collateral, field examinations, collateral
analysis, monitoring or other business analysis as reasonably
required by Secured party and shall provide Secured Party with
access to all facilities and all books and records of Debtor
reasonably required by Secured Party to conduct such
audits.
(h) Within ninety (90) days
after the initial funding of the Indebtedness secured hereby,
Debtor shall provide to Secured Party an ALTA survey of the Land
and Improvements, prepared by an engineer or surveyor registered in
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and certified to Secured Party
and Old Republic Title Insurance Company (the “ Title
Company ”), in form sufficient to allow the Title Company
to delete or omit the standard survey exception in Secured
Party’s loan policy of title insurance, and otherwise in form
and content satisfactory to Secured Party (the “
Survey ”); provided, however , that Secured
Party shall not unreasonably withhold its consent to an extension
of such 90-day period if Secured Party determines, in its
reasonable judgment, that adverse weather conditions prevented
Debtor’s surveyor from completing the Survey within such
period. Debtor shall request an extension of such 90-day period in
writing at least five (5) business days prior to the
expiration of such 90-day period if adverse weather conditions have
prevented Debtor’s surveyor from completing such Survey, and
shall provide a proposed completion date with such notice, which
proposed completion date shall be reasonably acceptable to Secured
Party. If Secured Party consents to such extension and such
proposed completion date, Debtor shall thereafter cause its
surveyor to complete and deliver the Survey on or before such
proposed completion date, the failure of which shall be an Event of
Default without further notice, grace period or opportunity to
cure. If the Survey reveals any defect, encumbrance, or other
qualification unacceptable to Secured Party (whether one or more, a
“ Survey Defect ”), Secured Party shall provide
written notice thereof to Debtor, and Debtor shall cause such
Survey Defect to be removed or eliminated, and an updated certified
survey satisfactory to Secured Party to be provided to Secured
Party and the Title Company within sixty (60) days after
receipt of such written notice.
(i) Debtor will (i) deliver to
Secured Party immediately upon execution of this Agreement the
originals of all stock, certificated securities and other
certificated investment property, and instruments constituting the
membership or other equity interests in ATIII, LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company (if any then exist) and (ii) hold in
trust for Secured Party upon receipt and immediately thereafter
deliver to Secured Party any such Collateral, in each case together
with stock or similar powers executed in blank with respect to such
Collateral in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Secured
Party. Debtor will permit Secured Party from time to time to cause
the appropriate issuers (and, if held with a securities
intermediary, such securities intermediary) of uncertificated
securities or other types of investment property not represented by
certificates which are Collateral owned by Debtor to mark their
books and records with the numbers and face amounts of all such
uncertificated securities or other types of investment property not
represented by certificates and all rollovers and replacements
therefor to reflect the lien of Secured Party granted pursuant to
this
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Agreement. In addition, Debtor shall within 10
days of the initial funding of the Indebtedness secured hereby,
deliver to Secured Party a stock pledge agreement with respect to
the membership or other equity interests in ATIII LLC,
substantially in the form of Exhibit “A”
attached hereto.
(j) Debtor will (i) within 30
days of the initial funding of the Indebtedness secured hereby,
deliver to Secured Party (A) that certain Confirmation of
Landlord Subordination and Consent Agreement (together with copy of
the lease identified therein) with respect to the NDNE lease, fully
executed by the parties thereto (other than Secured Party), and
(B) that certain Confirmation of Consent to Lease with respect
to the Merrimack lease, fully executed by the parties thereto
(other than Secured Party), and (ii) within 60 days of the
initial funding of the Indebtedness secured hereby, (A) comply
in all material respects with the Order of Conditions recorded in
the Worcester County Registry of Deeds (the “ Registry
”), in Book 40117, at page 284 (the “ Order of
Conditions ”), and, promptly after completion of the
Proposed Upgrade Plan as described in the Order of Conditions,
obtain a certificate of compliance from the Town of Charlton, cause
such certificate to be recorded in the Registry and provide a copy
of such recorded certificate of compliance to Secured Party and
(B) deliver to Secured Party that certain Confirmation of
Consent to Lease with respect to that certain Sublease Agreement
dated July 16, 2002, between Antigenics, Inc., a Massachusetts
corporation (“Antigenics”), and the Borrower, as
amended by First Amendment to Sublease dated March 16, 2004,
and that certain Antigenics Leasehold Lease between Antigenics and
the Borrower, dated July 19, 2002, as amended by First
Amendment to Leasehold Lease dated March 16, 2004, fully
executed by the parties thereto (other than Secured
Party).
4. INSURANCE.
(a) Debtor shall at all times bear
the entire risk of any loss, theft, damage to, or destruction of,
any of the Collateral from any cause whatsoever other than the
gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Secured
Party.
(b) Debtor agrees to keep the
Collateral insured against loss or damage by fire and extended
coverage perils, theft, burglary, and for any or all Collateral
which are vehicles, for risk of loss by collision, and if requested
by Secured Party, against such other risks as Secured Party may
reasonably require. The insurance coverage shall be in an amount no
less than the full replacement value of the Collateral, and
deductible amounts, insurers and policies shall be acceptable to
Secured Party. Debtor shall deliver to Secured Party policies or
certificates of insurance evidencing such coverage. Each policy
shall name Secured Party as additional insured and lender’s
loss payee, shall provide for coverage to Secured Party regardless
of the breach by Debtor of any warranty or representation made
therein, shall not be subject to co-insurance and shall provide
that coverage may not be canceled or altered by the insurer except
upon thirty (30) days prior written notice to Secured Party.
Debtor appoints Secured Party as its attorney-in-fact to make proof
of loss, claim for insurance and adjustments with insurers and to
receive payment of and execute or endorse all documents, checks or
drafts in connection with insurance payments. Secured Party shall
not act as Debtor’s attorney-in-fact unless Debtor is in
default. Proceeds of insurance in excess of $100,000 per claim
shall be applied, at the option of Secured Party, to repair or
replace the Collateral or to reduce any of the Indebtedness.
Proceeds of insurance below $100,000 per claim shall be applied, at
the option of Debtor, to repair or replace the Collateral or to
reduce any of the Indebtedness.
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5. REPORTS.
(a) Debtor shall promptly notify
Secured Party of (i) any change in the name of Debtor,
(ii) any change in the state of its incorporation,
organization or registration, (iii) any relocation of its
chief executive offices, (iv) any relocation of any of the
Collateral, (v) any of the Collateral being lost, stolen,
missing, destroyed, materially damaged or worn out or (vi) any
lien, claim or encumbrance other than Permitted Liens attaching to
or being made against any of the Collateral. Debtor shall promptly
deliver to Secured Party, at Secured Party’s request, reports
specifying the location and value of the Offsite
Collateral.
(b) Debtor will deliver to Secured
Party financial statements as follow: If Debtor is a privately held
company, then Debtor agrees to provide monthly financial
statements, certified by Debtor’s president or chief
financial officer including a balance sheet, statement of
operations and cash flow statement within 30 days of each month end
and its complete audited annual financial statements, certified by
a recognized firm of certified public accountants, within 120 days
of fiscal year end or at such time as Debtor’s Board of
Directors receives the audit. If Debtor is a publicly held company,
then Debtor agrees to provide quarterly unaudited statements and
annual audited statements, certified by a recognized firm of
certified public accountants, within 10 days after the statements
are provided to the Securities and Exchange Commission (“
SEC ”). All such statements are to be prepared using
generally accepted accounting principles (“ GAAP
”), except that quarterly financial statements will not
provide footnotes and will be subject to normal year-end
adjustments and, if Debtor is a publicly held company, are to be in
compliance with SEC requirements.
6. FURTHER
ASSURANCES.
(a) Debtor shall upon request of
Secured Party, furnish to Secured Party such further information,
execute and deliver to Secured Party such documents and instruments
(including, without limitation, Uniform Commercial Code financing
statements) and shall do such other acts and things as Secured
Party may at any time reasonably request relating to the perfection
or protection of the security interest created by this Agreement or
for the purpose of carrying out the intent of this Agreement.
Without limiting the foregoing, Debtor shall cooperate and do all
acts reasonably deemed necessary or advisable by Secured Party to
continue in Secured Party a perfected first security interest in
the Collateral, and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to
obtain and furnish to Secured Party any subordinations, releases,
landlord waivers, lessor waivers, mortgagee waivers, or control
agreements, and similar documents as may be from time to time
requested by, and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to,
Secured Party.
(b) Debtor authorizes Secured Party
to file a financing statement and amendments thereto describing the
Collateral and containing any other information required by the
applicable Uniform Commercial Code. Debtor irrevocably grants to
Secured Party the power to sign Debtor’s name and generally
to act on behalf of Debtor to execute and file applications for
title, transfers of title, financing statements, notices of lien
and other documents pertaining to any or all of the Collateral;
this power is coupled with Secured Party’s interest in the
Collateral. Debtor shall, if any certificate of title be required
or permitted by law for any of the Collateral,
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obtain and promptly deliver to Secured Party
such certificate showing the lien of this Agreement with respect to
the Collateral. Debtor ratifies its prior authorization for Secured
Party to file financing statements and amendments thereto
describing the Collateral and containing any other information
required by the Uniform Commercial Code if filed prior to the date
hereof.
7. DEFAULT AND
REMEDIES.
(a) Debtor shall be in default under
this Agreement and each of the other Debt Documents upon the
occurrence and during the continuance of any of the following
events or circumstances (each an “Event of
Default”):
(i) Debtor breaches its obligation
to pay when due any installment or other amount due or coming due
under any of the Debt Documents and fails to cure the breach within
three (3) days; provided , that prior to the delivery
of the Survey as contemplated in Section 3(h) above, Debtor
shall have no right to cure any such breach;
(ii) Debtor, without the prior
written consent of Secured Party, (A) attempts to or does
sell, rent, lease, license, mortgage, grant a security interest in,
or otherwise transfer or encumber (except for Permitted Liens) any
of the Collateral, except for any sale or disposition of inventory
in the ordinary course of business, or the sale of equipment or
other assets which are determined by the Debtor in good faith to be
obsolete or no longer used or useful in Debtor’s business or
(B) breaches any of its obligations under Sections 2(n), (o),
(p), (q), (r) or (s) or 3(a), (h), (i) or
(j) hereof;
(iii) Debtor breaches any of its
insurance obligations under Section 4;
(iv) Debtor breaches any of its
other obligations under any of the Debt Documents and fails to cure
that breach within ten (10) days after written notice from
Secured Party; provided , that prior to the delivery of the
Survey as contemplated in Section 3(h) above, Debtor shall
have no right to cure any such breach;
(v) Any warranty, representation or
statement made by Debtor in any of the Debt Documents or otherwise
in connection with any of the Indebtedness shall be false or
misleading in any material respect when made;
(vi) Any of the Collateral is
subjected to attachment, execution, levy, seizure or confiscation
in any legal proceeding or otherwise and such attachment, seizure
or levy is not removed in ten (10) days or if any legal or
administrative proceeding is commenced against Debtor or any of the
Collateral, which in the good faith judgment of Secured Party
subjects any of the Collateral to a material risk of attachment,
execution, levy, seizure or confiscation and no bond is posted or
protective order obtained to negate such risk;
(vii) Debtor breaches or is in
default under any other agreement between Debtor and Secured
Party;
(viii) Debtor, any material
Subsidiary (including without limitation ATIII, LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company), or any guarantor or other obligor for
any of the Indebtedness (collectively “ Guarantor
”) dissolves, terminates its existence, becomes insolvent or
ceases to do business as a going concern;
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(ix) If Debtor, any Subsidiary, or
any Guarantor is a natural person, Debtor or any such Guarantor
dies or becomes incompetent;
(x) A receiver is appointed for all
or of any part of the property of Debtor, any Subsidiary or any
Guarantor, or Debtor, any Subsidiary or any Guarantor makes any
assignment for the benefit of creditors;
(xi) Debtor, any Subsidiary or any
Guarantor files a petition under any bankruptcy, insolvency or
similar law, or any such petition is filed against Debtor, any
Subsidiary or any Guarantor and is not dismissed within sixty
(60) days;
(xii) Debtor’s improper filing
of an amendment or termination statement relating to a filed
financing statement describing the Collateral;
(xiii) There is a material adverse
change in the Debtor’s financial condition and operations as
determined in the commercially reasonable judgment of Secured
Party; provided, however, that such a change will not be deemed to
have occurred solely because of the occurrence of any of the
following individual events: (a) negative responses from
regulatory agencies; (b) negative clinical trial results;
(c) a low cash position; (d) fluctuations in revenues; or
(e) continuing losses from operations; provided, further,
however, that (I) the occurrence of any of (a), (b) or
(c) may form the basis on which the Secured Party reasonably
determines that a material adverse change has occurred if any such
event occurs in combination with one or more of the others of (a),
(b) and (c) and (II) the occurrence of any of (a), (b),
and (c), may form the basis on which the Secured Party reasonably
determines that a material adverse change has occurred if any such
event occurs with other adverse changes in Debtor’s financial
condition;
(xiv) Any Guarantor revokes or
attempts to revoke its guaranty of any of the Indebtedness or fails
to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement to be
performed under any guaranty or other related document to which it
is a party;
(xv) Debtor defaults under any other
obligation in excess of $100,000 for (A) borrowed money,
including without limitation the Subordinated Debt, (B) the
deferred purchase price of property or (C) payments due under
any lease agreement;
(xvi) At any time during the term of
this Agreement Debtor experiences a change in control such that any
person or entity acquires either more than 50% of the voting stock
of Debtor or sells all or substantially all of its assets, in
either case, without Secured Party’s prior written consent;
or
(xvii) Debtor or any Guarantor or
other obligor for any of the Indebtedness sells, licenses,
sublicenses, transfers, assigns, mortgages, pledges, leases, grants
a security interest in or encumbers any or all of Debtor’s
Intellectual Property now existing or hereafter acquired. “
Intellectual Property ” shall, with respect to Debtor
or any Subsidiary, be defined as any and all copyright, trademark,
servicemark, patent, design right, software, license, trade secret
and intangible rights of such entity, any marketing
rights
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granted by such entity, and any applications,
registrations, claims, licenses, products, proceeds, awards,
judgments, amendments, renewals, extensions, improvements,
insurance claims related thereto. For purposes of this paragraph
(xvii) only, licenses, sublicenses or marketing rights granted
by the Debtor of its Intellectual Property pursuant to
Section 2(m) shall be excluded from the definition of
Intellectual Property. Debtor shall provide Secured Party with a
listing of licenses, sublicenses and marketing rights granted to
third parties within ten (10) days of receipt of written
request.
(b) Upon the occurrence and during
the continuance of any Event of Default (other than a default under
Section 7(a)(viii), (x) or (xi) or if Debtor shall
have acted in a fraud