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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be consolidated with and into and superseded by this Agreement;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:
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(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 fraudulent
manner or shall have committed an act of fraud), the Secured Party,
at its option, may declare any or all of the Indebtedness to be
immediately due and payable, without demand or notice to Debtor or
any Guarantor. If Borrower is in default under
Section 7(a)(viii), (x) or (xi) or if Debtor shall
have acted in a fraudulent manner or shall have committed an act of
fraud, then the Indebtedness shall immediately become due and
payable, without demand or notice to Debtor or any Guarantor. The
accelerated obligations and liabilities shall bear interest (both
before and after any judgment) until paid in full at the lower of
eighteen percent (18%) per annum or the maximum rate not
prohibited by applicable law.
(c) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event
of Default or if Debtor shall have acted in a fraudulent manner or
shall have committed an act of fraud, Secured Party shall have all
of the rights and remedies of a Secured Party under the Uniform
Commercial Code and under any other applicable law. Withou
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