LOAN AND SECURITY
AGREEMENT
THIS LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (the "
Agreement ") has been executed, as of this 31st
day of October, 2006 (" Closing Date "), by and
between RBL Capital Group, LLC, a New York limited liability
company ("RBL"), and Acies Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Acies
Corporation (" Borrower ").
Recitals
Borrower has applied to RBL for a Term Loan
facility; as such term is defined below, in the maximum principal
sum of up to $2,000,000.00.
Whereas Borrower has initially requested to
borrow $350,000.00.
Whereas Borrower desires to borrow additional
funds in the future at which time, if eligible, a new additional
original Note will be executed and added to and governed by this
Agreement. Any further loans are subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, specifically Section 5.01.
Whereas Borrower agrees to net out any fees and
interim interest due to RBL at time of funding
Subject to and in accordance with the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, RBL is willing to make this loan to
Borrower.
Agreement
In consideration of the promises, the mutual
covenants and agreements herein, and each act performed and to be
performed hereunder, Borrower and RBL agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definition of
Terms
Section 1.01 . Accounting Terms/Financial Statements .
All accounting terms used herein not expressly defined in this
Agreement shall have the respective meanings given to them in
accordance with GAAP. Except as otherwise expressly provided
herein, all computations and determinations for purposes of
determining compliance with the financial requirements of this
Agreement shall be made in accordance with GAAP as in effect on the
date hereof. Unless otherwise provided for herein, wherever any
computation is to be made with respect to Borrower, such
computation shall be made so as to include all items of income,
assets and liabilities attributable to Borrower and any other
entity, which, in conformance with GAAP, is included in the
consolidated financial statements of Borrower.
Section 1.02 . Definitions . When used in this
Agreement each of the following terms shall have the definitions
set out in this Article I.
Accelerated Term Loan Installment(s)
. The term " Accelerated
Term Loan Installment(s) " shall have the meaning ascribed
thereto in Section 3.01(e) of this Agreement.
Account(s) . The term " Account(s) " shall
have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 8.01 of this
Agreement.
Affiliate . The term " Affiliate " means,
(a) with respect to any Person, any officer, shareholder or
director of such Person and any Person or group acting in concert
in respect of the Person in question that, directly or indirectly,
controls or is controlled by or is under common control with such
Person and (b) without limiting the foregoing but specifically with
respect to Borrower, any employee, shareholder, officer or
director.
Agreement . The term " Agreement " means
this Loan and Security Agreement (including the above recitals and
all exhibits and schedules thereto) as amended, modified, extended,
renewed, supplemented and/or restated from time to time and at any
time.
Anniversary
Date . The term "
Anniversary Date " means one year from the Closing
Date (i.e., the first Anniversary Date) and the same day of each
calendar year thereafter.
Articles of Incorporation
. The term " Articles of
Incorporation " means the initial articles of
incorporation of Borrower, together with all exhibits, amendments
and modifications thereto.
Business Day . The term " Business Day "
means a day on which RBL's offices in New York, NY are open for the
conduct of substantially all of its business, except Saturdays,
Sundays and days on which banks in New York are closed.
By-Laws . The term " By-Laws " means
the by-laws or operating agreement of Borrower, including all
exhibits, amendments and modifications thereto.
Cash Flow Ratio . The term " Cash Flow Ratio "
means the ratio, during any particular calendar month, of
Processing Agreement Proceeds to, as applicable, the Term Loan
Installment or Accelerated Term Loan Installment due in that
calendar month .
Chase . The term “Chase” means Chase
Paymentech Solutions, LLC successor in interest to: i)Paymentech,
L.P., a Delaware limited liability company with its principal place
of business at 1601 Elm, 12 th floor, Dallas Texas
75201and ii)Chase Merchant Services, LLC with its principal place
of business at 265 Broad Hollow Rd, Melville, NY 11747.
Closing Date . The term " Closing Date "
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the head of this
Agreement.
Collateral . The term " Collateral " shall
have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 8.01 of this
Agreement.
Corporate Resolutions . The term " Corporate
Resolutions " means the corporate resolutions of Borrower
authorizing one or more officers of Borrower to execute and deliver
to RBL the Loan Instruments and authorizing Borrower to undertake
and perform the transactions contemplated by the Loan
Instruments.
Current Financial Statements
. The term " Current
Financial Statements " shall have the meaning ascribed
thereto in Section 2.01(q) of this Agreement.
Debt .
The term " Debt " means, as of the date any
determination thereof is to be made, with reference to any Person,
all indebtedness, liabilities and obligations which in accordance
with GAAP should be classified upon such Person's balance sheet as
liabilities, but in any event including liabilities secured by any
Lien on property owned or acquired by such Person (whether or not
the liability secured thereby shall have been assumed and whether
or not such Person is personally liable for the payment thereof),
and obligations under leases which have been (or which in
accordance with GAAP should be) capitalized for financial reporting
purposes.
Default Rate . The term " Default Rate "
means: (i) with respect to the Note, a rate per annum equal to the
interest rate which would otherwise be in effect under such Note
plus three percent (3%) per annum; and (ii) with respect to any
other amount, obligation or payment, a rate per annum equal to the
Prime Commercial Rate plus three percent (3%) per annum.
Documents . The term " Documents " shall
have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 8.01 of this
Agreement.
ERISA . The term " ERISA " means the
Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the
regulations used thereunder.
Equipment . The term " Equipment " shall
have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 8.01 of this
Agreement.
Event of Default . The term " Event of Default "
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 7.02 of this
Agreement.
Financial Statements . The term " Financial
Statements " includes, but is not limited to, balance
sheets, profit and loss statements, sources and applications of
funds statements and reconciliations of net worth prepared in
accordance with GAAP.
General Intangibles . The term " General
Intangibles " shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in
Section 8.01 of this Agreement.
Indemnified Liabilities . The term " Indemnified
Liabilities " shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in
Section 9.02 of this Agreement.
Indemnified Party/Parties
. The term " Indemnified
Party " and " Indemnified Parties " shall
have the meanings ascribed thereto in Section 9.02 of this
Agreement.
Instruments . The term " Instruments "
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 8.01 of this
Agreement.
Inventory . The term " Inventory " shall
have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 8.01 of this
Agreement.
Lien .
The term " Lien " means any mortgage, pledge,
security interest, encumbrance, lien, charge or deposit arrangement
of any kind (including, without limitation, any conditional sale or
other title retention agreement or lease in the nature thereof, any
sale of receivables with recourse against the seller, any filing or
agreement to file a financing statement as debtor under the UCC or
any similar statute other than to reflect ownership by a third
party of property leased to Borrower under a lease which is not in
the nature of a conditional sale or title retention agreement, and
any subordination arrangement in favor of another
Person).
Loan Instruments . The term " Loan Instruments "
means this Agreement, the Note, and all other instruments,
agreements and documents delivered or to be delivered to RBL
pursuant to or by virtue of this Agreement, as each may be amended,
modified, extended, renewed, supplemented and/or restated from time
to time and at any time.
Loan Term . The term " Loan Term " means
that period which begins on the Closing Date and ends on that date
on which the Obligations are paid and satisfied in full and no
Obligations thereafter arise.
Merchant
Base . The term "
Merchant Base " means the portfolio of merchants
that participate in a merchant bank card processing system that
originates with Borrower, its assignor or other predecessor in
interest, under the Processing Agreement.
Note .
The term " Note " means the Term Loan
Note.
Obligations . The term " Obligations "
means, collectively, all present and future indebtedness,
obligations and liabilities, and all renewals and extensions
thereof, now or hereafter owed to RBL by Borrower evidenced by or
arising under, by virtue of or pursuant to this Agreement, the Note
or any other of the Loan Instruments, and any present and future
indebtedness, obligations and liabilities, and all renewals and
extensions thereof, now or hereafter owed to RBL by Borrower,
together with all costs, expenses and reasonable attorneys' fees
incurred by RBL in the enforcement or collection thereof, whether
such indebtedness, obligations and liabilities are direct,
indirect, fixed, contingent, liquidated, unliquidated, joint,
several, joint and several, now exist or hereafter arise, or were
prior to acquisition thereof by RBL, owed to some other
Person.
Permitted Liens . The term " Permitted Liens "
means, collectively: (i) mechanics', materialmen's, carriers',
warehousemen's and similar Liens arising by operation of law and
arising in the ordinary course of business and securing obligations
of such Person that are not overdue for a period of more than sixty
(60) days or are being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings diligently pursued, provided that in the case of any
such contest any proceedings commenced for the enforcement of such
Liens shall have been duly suspended and provision for the payment
of such Liens has been made on the books of such Person to the
extent required by GAAP; (ii) Liens arising in connection with
worker's compensation, unemployment insurance, old age pensions and
social security benefits which are not overdue or are being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently
pursued, provided that in the case of any such contest any
proceedings commenced for the enforcement of such Liens shall have
been duly suspended and provision for the payment of such Liens has
been made on the books of such Person to the extent required by
GAAP; (iii) Liens granted to RBL pursuant to any of the Loan
Instruments; (iv) existing and future Liens on specific equipment,
software and furniture used in the ordinary course of business, (v)
interests of the processors under the Primary Processing Agreement
or any other Processing Agreement and (vi) those liens and
encumbrances described on Exhibit B
attached hereto and made a part hereof for all purposes.
Person . The term " Person " means any
individual, firm, corporation, association, partnership, joint
venture or other entity.
Prepayment Premium . The term " Prepayment Premium
" means a fee, based upon a percentage of the principal balance of
the Term Loan Note if Borrower were current thereunder and its
obligations determined where such percentage is equal to two
percent (2%). Notwithstanding the above, in the event Borrower is
eligible and requests additional funding and RBL declines such
request, the Prepayment Premium will be waived for all outstanding
loans.
Primary Processing Agreement
. The term “ Primary
Processing Agreement ” means (A) collectively the:
i) Marketing Agreement executed by and among Borrower and Chase
Merchant Services, LLC dated as of December 9, 2002 and the ii)
Card Processing Agreements by and among Borrower and Paymentech,
L.P. dated October 25, 2004, and (B) any future processing
agreement entered into pursuant to Section 6.02(o) of this
Agreement, as any of the foregoing may be amended, restated or
otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with this
Agreement. A copy of the existing Primary Processing Agreement(s)
are attached hereto as Exhibit A.
Prime Commercial Rate . The term " Prime Commercial
Rate " means a variable per annum interest rate equal at
all times to the rate of interest established and quoted by Bank of
America, or its successor, as its prime rate, such rate to change
contemporaneously with each change in the established and quoted
rate. In the event that such bank, during the term hereof, shall
abolish or abandon the practice of publishing its prime rate, or
should the same or any Replacement Prime Commercial Rate (as such
term is hereinafter defined) become unascertainable, RBL shall
select any alternative rate which in its reasonable judgment is
substantially equivalent to the "Prime Commercial Rate" (or
Replacement Prime Commercial Rate, as the case may be) being
replaced, expressed as a per annum rate, and, effective as of the
date notice of such selection is given by RBL to Borrower, such
selected alternative rate of interest (the " Replacement
Prime Commercial Rate ") shall constitute the "Prime
Commercial Rate." The Prime Commercial Rate is a reference rate and
does not necessarily represent the lowest or best rate actually
charged to a customer by RBL. RBL may make commercial loans or
other loans at an interest rate per annum at, above or below the
Prime Commercial Rate.
Proceeds . The term " Proceeds " shall
have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 8.01 of this
Agreement.
Processing Agreement . The term “ Processing
Agreement ” means any agreement between Borrower and
any Person other than with Chase, in which such Person agrees to
perform the services performed by Chase pursuant to the Primary
Processing Agreement.
Processing Agreement Proceeds
. The term " Processing
Agreement Proceeds " means the aggregate payments received
during any calendar month by Borrower under the Primary Processing
Agreement and any other Processing Agreement.
RBL's Office . The term " RBL's Office "
means the office of RBL located at the following address: 16w281
West 83 rd Burr Ridge, IL 60527 Suite B
Shareholders . The term " Shareholders "
means each of the Persons identified on
Exhibit C hereto.
Shareholder Distribution . The term " Shareholder
Distribution " means any dividend, redemption or other
acquisition for value of capital stock now or hereafter
outstanding, return of capital or any distribution of assets to any
of the Shareholders, including any repayment of debt owed to the
Shareholders by Borrower.
Solvent . The term " Solvent " means,
when used with respect to any Person, that: (i) the fair
salable value of its assets is in excess of the total amount of its
liabilities (including for purposes of this definition all
liabilities, whether or not reflected on a balance sheet prepared
in accordance with GAAP, and whether direct or indirect, fixed or
contingent, disputed or undisputed); (ii) it is able to pay
its debts or obligations in the ordinary course as they mature; and
(iii) Person has capital sufficient to carry on its business
and all business in which it is about to engage.
Term Loan . The term " Term Loan " means
the indebtedness represented by the Term Note.
Term Loan Installment(s) . The term " Term Loan
Installment(s) " shall have the meaning ascribed thereto
in Section 3.01(d) of this Agreement.
Term Loan Maturity Date . The term " Term Loan Maturity
Date " shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section
3.01(a) of this Agreement.
Term Loan Note . The term " Term Loan Note "
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 3.01(b) of this
Agreement.
Term Loan Rate . The term " Term Loan Rate "
shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 3.01(c) of this
Agreement.
Tri-Party
Agreement . The term
“ Tri-Party Agreement ” shall mean
that Agreement dated October 26, 2006 by and between Borrower, RBL,
and the processor under the Primary Processing Agreement, as may be
amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time in
accordance with this Agreement (attached as Exhibit C).
UCC .
The term " UCC " means the New York Uniform
Commercial Code, as amended and as may hereafter be further amended
or revised.
ARTICLE II
Representations and Warranties of
Borrower
Section 2.01 . Representations and Warranties of
Borrower . To induce RBL to enter into this Agreement and to
make the Term Loan, Borrower represents and warrants to RBL
that:
(a) Organization/Standing . Borrower is
and will continue to be a duly formed and validly existing
corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Nevada.
Borrower is duly qualified and in good standing as a foreign
corporation, and is duly authorized to do business, in each
jurisdiction in which the failure to so qualify would have a
material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise),
properties, business, prospects or results of operations of
Borrower.
(b) Right and Power . Borrower has full
right, power and authority, corporate and otherwise, to own the
Collateral, to execute and deliver the Loan Instruments, to borrow
funds, and to otherwise consummate the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement.
(c) Authorization, Validity and Binding
Effect . The execution, delivery and performance by Borrower of
the Loan Instruments, and the borrowing contemplated thereunder,
have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action taken
on the part of Borrower. This Agreement does, and the other Loan
Instruments will when duly executed and delivered, constitute
valid, legal and binding obligations of Borrower enforceable in
accordance with their respective terms.
(d) Litigation . There is no action,
litigation or proceeding pending or threatened against or involving
Borrower or the Collateral in any court or before or by any agency
or regulatory body which could result in a judgment or liability
against Borrower or the Collateral that is likely to materially
adversely affect any material asset of Borrower, including without
limitation all or any part of the Collateral, or the income of
Borrower or right of Borrower to carry on its businesses as now
conducted or as intended to be conducted. Borrower is not in
material default with respect to any order, writ, injunction,
decree or demand of any court or regulatory body and is not in
violation of any material ordinance, law or regulation of any
governmental authority applicable to Borrower or its businesses or
properties.
(e) intentionally left blank
(f) Articles of Organization . The copy
of the Articles of Organization delivered on behalf of Borrower to
RBL on the date hereof is a true, complete and correct copy of the
Articles of Organization, as in effect on the Closing
Date.
(g) Other Commitments, etc . Neither the
execution of, nor the consummation of the transactions and
borrowing contemplated by the Loan Instruments, nor compliance with
the terms and provisions of the Loan Instruments, will conflict
with, result in a breach of, or constitute a default under any of
the terms, conditions or provisions of the Articles of Organization
or operating agreement or any agreement, lease, indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust, land contract, license or other instrument
to which Borrower is a party or by which Borrower or any of its
assets are or may be bound or affected or to which Borrower is
subject, or any law, regulation, order, writ, injunction or decree
of any court or agency or regulatory body having
jurisdiction.
(h) Payment of Taxes . Borrower has filed
all tax returns which were required to be filed by it prior to and
as of the date of this Agreement and has paid all taxes and
assessments which to Borrower's knowledge are payable by it, to the
extent that the same have become due and payable and before they
became delinquent. Borrower does not know of any proposed material
tax assessment against it or any of its properties for which
adequate provision has not been made on its books.
(i) Governmental Consents . There are no
governmental authorizations, permits, certificates, licenses,
filings, registrations, approvals or consents which must be
obtained, received or made, and which have not been obtained,
received or made as of the date of this Agreement, for Borrower
lawfully to (i) make, execute and deliver the Loan Instruments or
(ii) perform all of its obligations under the Loan
Instruments.
(j) Compliance . Borrower is in
substantial compliance with and in conformity to all laws,
ordinances, rules, regulations, and all other legal requirements
the violation of which would have a material, adverse effect on its
businesses, financial condition or properties.
(k) Use of Proceeds . The proceeds of the
Term Loan will be used as working capital for the operations and
growth of the business of Borrower and to payoff any outstanding
loans from officers.
(l) Fictitious Names . Borrower has not,
during the preceding six (6) years, been known as or used any other
corporate or fictitious names and Borrower shall not change its
corporate name without the prior written consent of RBL.
(m) ERISA Compliance . If and to the
extent applicable to Borrower, Borrower is in compliance with ERISA
and, without limitation of the foregoing, no fact including, but
not limited to, any "reportable event" (as such term is defined in
ERISA) exists or shall exist during the term of this Agreement in
connection with any "Employee Pension Benefit Plan," as such term
is defined in ERISA, or any such plan currently in effect which
might constitute grounds for the termination of any such plan by
the "Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation," as such term is defined
in ERISA, or for the appointment by the appropriate United States
District Court of a trustee to administer such plan, and Borrower
has not received any notice to the effect that it is not in full
compliance with any of the requirements of ERISA. No such plan
maintained by Borrower, nor any trust created thereunder, has
incurred any "accumulated funding deficiency," as such term is
defined in Section 302 of ERISA, nor does the present value of all
benefits vested under all such plans exceed, as of the last annual
valuation date, the value of the assets of such plans allocable to
such vested benefits.
(n) Labor Agreements . There are no labor
agreements between Borrower and the representative of any of the
employees of Borrower, other than employment agreements.
(o) Solvency . Borrower is Solvent and
will continue to be Solvent following the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(p) Location of Borrower . The chief
executive office and principal place of business of Borrower is 14
Wall Street, New York, NY, 10005.
(q) Financial Statements . The Financial
Statements of Borrower previously delivered to RBL in connection
with Borrower's application for the Term Loan (the "
Current Financial Statements ") correctly and
fairly present the financial condition and results of operations of
Borrower as of the dates and for the periods shown and covered
thereby. Borrower knows of no material liabilities, direct,
indirect, contingent or otherwise, not shown on the Current
Financial Statements, and there has been no material, adverse
change in its assets or condition (financial or otherwise) since
that date of the Current Financial Statements.
(r) Title to Assets and Properties .
Borrower has good and marketable title to all of the properties and
assets reflected on the Current Financial Statements pertaining to
Borrower and all properties and assets acquired by Borrower
thereafter and prior to the date hereof, except for such assets as
have been disposed of since the date of such Current Financial
Statements in the ordinary course of business or are no longer used
or useful in the conduct of its business.
(s) No Casualty . Since the date of the
Current Financial Statements pertaining to Borrower, no damage,
injury or adverse impairment of or to the Collateral by virtue of
casualty or other cause has occurred.
(t) Primary Processing Agreement . The
copy of the Primary Processing Agreement delivered by Borrower to
RBL, and attached hereto as Exhibit A , is
a true, accurate and complete copy of such agreement in the form
existent on the Closing Date. There are no other Processing
Agreements in effect as of the Closing Date.
Section 2.02 . Full Disclosure--Survival of
Representations and Warranties . Borrower further warrants to
RBL that to the best of its knowledge and belief: (a) none of the
written statements, representations or warranties furnished by
Borrower to RBL in connection with this Agreement or any of the
other Loan Instruments contain or will contain any untrue statement
or omits or will omit a material fact necessary to make the
statements contained therein or herein, in light of the
circumstances when made, misleading and (b) there is no fact which
Borrower has not disclosed to RBL in writing which materially,
adversely affects or which will materially, adversely affect the
Collateral or the condition (financial or otherwise) of Borrower.
All representations and warranties made by Borrower under or in
connection with any of the Loan Instruments shall survive the
making of the Term Loan provided for herein and issuance and
delivery of the Note to RBL, notwithstanding any investigation made
by RBL or on RBL's behalf.
ARTICLE III
Borrowing Terms
Section 3.01 . The Term Loan
(a) Term
Loan--In General . RBL has heretofore agreed, subject to the
terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth, to lend
to Borrower the aggregate of Two Million Dollars and Borrower
intends to initially borrow from RBL hereunder the principal
sum of Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($350,000.00)
(“Initial Loan”) for the term ending on that date (the
"Term Loan Maturity Date ") which is the earlier
of: (a) April 30 th , 2008, (b) that date on which RBL
accelerates payment of the Term Loan or (c) Borrower exercises its
prepayment options in their entirety. All loans shall be payable in
18 monthly equal fully amortizing loan payments.
(b) Term
Loan Note . Borrower's obligation to pay the principal of, and
interest on, the Term Loan shall be evidenced by a promissory note
payable to the order of RBL in the principal amount of $350,000.00
executed and delivered by Borrower to RBL on the Closing Date
pursuant to and in accordance with Section 5.01(c) of this
Agreement, in form and substance the same as
Exhibit D attached hereto and made a
part hereof for all purposes, and being referred to herein,
together with all extensions, renewals and replacements thereof, as
any of the foregoing may be amended and/or restated from time to
time and at any time, as the " Term Loan Note
".
(c) Interest
on the Term Loan . The Term Loan, as evidenced by the Term Loan
Note, shall bear interest (the " Term Loan Rate
"): (i) from and after the date of the Term Loan Note until
the Term Loan Maturity Date, at a fixed rate per annum equal to
seventeen and fifteen one hundredths percent (17.15%) per annum and
(ii) after the Term Loan Maturity Date until paid in full, at
a rate per annum equal to the Default Rate. Such interest
calculations are on a per annum basis, compounded monthly. For any
additional Loans contemplated herein, the Term Loan Rate will be
calculated using an 890 basis point spread to the U.S. Prime Rate
that exists three (3) business days prior to the specific
subsequent funding.
(d) Initial
Payments Required . Commencing on or before November 30th, 2006
and on no later than the 30th day of each calendar month thereafter
until and including the Term Loan Maturity Date, Borrower shall,
subject to the provisions of Section 3.01(e), make, as evidenced by
the Term Loan Note, eighteen (18) equal monthly payments of
principal and interest (referred to herein collectively as "
Term Loan Installments " and individually as a "
Term Loan Installment "), which in the case of the
Initial Loan shall be each in the amount of $22,190.50. For
subsequent Term Loan Notes, the Term Loan Installments will be made
and governed by this Agreement and the specific Term Loan
Note.
(e)
Accelerated Payment Schedule . In the event that the Cash
Flow Ratio as at the end of any two consecutive calendar months is
less than 4.0:1.0, then Borrower shall begin, as of the next date
that a Term Loan Installment would fall due, making payments of
principal and interest, instead of in the amount of a Term Loan
Installment, in the sum of One Hundred Fifty Percent (150%) of the
Term Loan Installment (referred to herein collectively as "
Accelerated Term Loan Installments " and
individually as a " Accelerated Term Loan
Installment ") (which in the case of the Initial Loan
would in the amount of $44,000). Accelerated Term Loan Installments
shall be applied first to accrued interest, then to other
Obligations, and, finally, to the remaining principal balance of
the Term Note. RBL's receipt of Accelerated Term Loan Installments
shall not constitute a prepayment, but shall constitute a payment
under the Term Loan Note. In the event that Borrower begins making
Accelerated Term Loan Installments but the Cash Flow Ratio as at
the end of any calendar month is equal to or greater than 4.0:1.0
for two (2) consecutive months, then Borrower shall resume, as of
the next date that an Accelerated Term Loan Installment would fall
due following such three (3) months, making payments of principal
and interest in an amount equal to the Term Loan
Installments.
(f)
Prepayment of the Term
Loan . Borrower may
prepay the principal of the Term Loan with the payment of the
Prepayment Premium.
(g) Notice to Chase . RBL agrees to notify the processor under the
Primary Processing Agreement promptly upon payment in full of (i)
any Term Loan Note and simultaneously to instruct Chase to no
longer remit any Processing Agreement Proceeds to RBL with respect
to that Term Loan Note and (ii) all outstanding Obligations and
simultaneously to instruct Chase to terminate the Tri-Party Letter
in its entirety..
Section 3.02 . Payments/Late Payments
(a) All Term Loan Installments (or Accelerated
Term Loan Installments for so long as such installments are due
pursuant to Section 3.01(e)) to be made by Borrower on account of
the Loan shall be made to RBL's Office not later than 11:00 A.M.
(EST) on the date when due in each case in lawful money of the
United States of America and in immediately available funds.
Pursuant to the Tri-Party Agreement, Borrower has authorized and
directed Chase to pay all amounts otherwise due to Borrower from
Chase pursuant to the Primary Processing Agreement. RBL, after
deducting any amount due under this Loan Agreement, will
electronically remit the excess within a twenty-four (24) hour
period.
(b) In the event that for any reason Chase does
not pay all of the Term Loan Installment (or Accelerated Term Loan
Installments for so long as such installments are due pursuant to
Section 3.01(e)) on the date each such payment is due; RBL shall
promptly notify Borrower, and Borrower authorizes RBL to
automatically withdraw all such payments that remain unpaid
hereunder and under the Term Loan Note by initiating debit entries
to Borrower account at {NEED TO FILL IN}evidenced by the check copy
provided, or such other financial institution as may be used by
Borrower from time to time. Borrower hereby authorizes its
financial institution referenced above to accept and to charge any
debit entries initiated by RBL to Borrower’s account and
agrees to execute any further documentation required by such
financial institution to accomplish such authorization.
(c) In the event any Term Loan Installment or
Accelerated Term Loan Installment due under the Note is not
received by RBL in full within ten (10) days after the due date
thereof, and the same subsequently is received and accepted by RBL,
Borrower shall pay RBL on demand a late charge in the amount of
Five Percent (5%) of the amount of the delinquent Term Loan
Installment or Accelerated Term Loan Installment.
(d) Monies received by RBL shall be applied
toward accrued interest and then principal. Except as otherwise
expressly set forth in this Agreement, Borrower shall not have the
right to prepay or to reborrow any amounts repaid under the Term
Loan. Any monies received other than on the date that a Term Loan
Installment or Accelerated Term Loan Installment first becomes due
shall, if received prior thereto and except as provided in Section
3.01(f), be applied on the date that the next Term Loan Installment
or Accelerated Term Loan Installment falls due.
Section 3.03 . Collection Costs . All amounts payable
by Borrower under or pursuant to any of the Loan Instruments shall
be payable without relief from valuation and appraisement
laws.
Section 3.04 . Closing . Closing of the Loan shall be
held on the Closing Date, at RBL's Office or such other place as it
may direct. On or prior to the Closing Date and the date of funding
(“Future Funding Dates”) of each future funding of a
loan under this Agreement, Borrower shall have fulfilled the
conditions specified in Section 5.01 of this Agreement and shall at
the closing deliver to RBL those Loan Instruments required to be
delivered by Borrower to RBL pursuant to subsection 5.01(c) of this
Agreement.
ARTICLE IV
Security for
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