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Title: LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
Governing Law: Florida     Date: 8/13/2007
Law Firm: Holland Knight;Greenberg Traurig    

LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT, Parties: fifth third bank , value financial services  inc
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Exhibit 10.9

LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

by and between

FIFTH THIRD BANK

as Lender

and

VALUE FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.

as Borrower

Dated: June 15, 2007

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

          Page
SECTION 1.   

DEFINITIONS

   1
SECTION 2.   

CREDIT FACILITY

   15
2.1   

R EVOLVING L OANS

   15
2.2   

T ERM L OAN

   15
SECTION 3.   

INTEREST AND FEES

   15
3.1   

I NTEREST

   15
3.2   

L ATE C HARGE

   16
3.4   

C HANGES IN L AWS AND I NCREASED C OSTS OF L OANS

   16
SECTION 4.   

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

   17
4.1   

C ONDITIONS P RECEDENT TO I NITIAL L OANS

   17
4.2   

C ONDITIONS P RECEDENT TO A LL L OANS

   18
SECTION 5.   

GRANT AND PERFECTION OF SECURITY INTEREST

   19
5.1   

G RANT OF S ECURITY I NTEREST

   19
5.2   

P ERFECTION OF S ECURITY I NTERESTS

   .20
SECTION 6.   

COLLECTION AND ADMINISTRATION

   21
6.1   

B ORROWERS L OAN A CCOUNT

   21
6.2   

S TATEMENTS

   21
6.3   

P AYMENTS

   21
6.4   

A UTHORIZATION TO M AKE R EVOLVING L OANS

   22
6.5   

U SE OF P ROCEEDS

   22
SECTION  7.   

COLLATERAL REPORTING AND COLLATERAL COVENANTS

   23
7.1   

C OLLATERAL R EPORTING

   23
7.2   

A CCOUNTS C OVENANTS

   23
7.3   

E QUIPMENT AND R EAL P ROPERTY C OVENANTS

   23
7.4   

P OWER OF A TTORNEY

   24
7.5   

R IGHT TO C URE

   24
7.6   

A CCESS T O P REMISES

   24
SECTION 8.   

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

   25
8.1   

C ORPORATE E XISTENCE ; P OWER AND A UTHORITY

   25
8.2   

N AME ; S TATE OF O RGANIZATION ; C HIEF E XECUTIVE O FFICE ; C OLLATERAL L OCATIONS

   25

 

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8.3   

F INANCIAL S TATEMENTS ; N O M ATERIAL A DVERSE C HANGE

   26
8.4   

P RIORITY OF L IENS ; T ITLE TO P ROPERTIES

   26
8.5   

T AX R ETURNS

   26
8.6   

L ITIGATION

   26
8.7   

C OMPLIANCE WITH O THER AGREEMENTS AND A PPLICABLE L AWS

   27
8.8   

E NVIRONMENTAL C OMPLIANCE

   27
8.9   

E MPLOYEE B ENEFITS

   27
8.10   

B ANK A CCOUNTS

   28
8.11   

I NTELLECTUAL P ROPERTY

   28
8.12   

S UBSIDIARIES ; A FFILIATES ; C APITALIZATION ; S OLVENCY

   29
8.13   

L ABOR D ISPUTES

   29
8.14   

R ESTRICTIONS ON S UBSIDIARIES

   29
8.15   

M ATERIAL C ONTRACTS

   29
8.16   

P AYABLE P RACTICES

   30
8.17   

A CCURACY AND C OMPLETENESS OF I NFORMATION

   30
8.18   

S URVIVAL OF W ARRANTIES ; C UMULATIVE

   30
8.19   

I NVESTMENT C OMPANY A CT ; R EGULATION

   30
8.20   

R ACKETEER I NFLUENCED AND C ORRUPT O RGANIZATIONS A CT

   30
8.21   

F OREIGN A SSETS C ONTROL R EGULATIONS AND A NTI -M ONEY L AUNDERING

   31
SECTION 9.   

AFFIRMATIVE AND NEGATIVE COVENANTS

   31
9.1   

M AINTENANCE OF E XISTENCE

   31
9.2   

N EW C OLLATERAL L OCATIONS

   32
9.3   

C OMPLIANCE WITH L AWS , R EGULATIONS , E TC .

   32
9.4   

P AYMENT OF T AXES AND C LAIMS

   33
9.5   

I NSURANCE

   33
9.6   

F INANCIAL S TATEMENTS AND O THER I NFORMATION

   34
9.7   

S ALE OF A SSETS , C ONSOLIDATION , A CQUISITIONS , M ERGER , D ISSOLUTION , E TC .

   35
9.8   

E NCUMBRANCES

   35
9.9   

N O O THER D EBT ; N O L IENS

   36
9.11   

D IVIDENDS AND R EDEMPTIONS

   36
9.12   

T RANSACTIONS WITH A FFILIATES

   37

 

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9.13   

C OMPLIANCE WITH ERISA

   37
9.14   

E ND OF F ISCAL Y EARS ; F ISCAL Q UARTERS

   37
9.15   

C HANGE IN B USINESS

   37
9.16   

L IMITATION OF R ESTRICTIONS A FFECTING S UBSIDIARIES

   37
9.17   

F INANCIAL C OVENANTS

   38
9.18   

C OSTS AND E XPENSES

   38
9.19   

P RIMARY D EPOSITORY A CCOUNT

   39
9.20   

F URTHER A SSURANCES

   39
9.21   

R EGULATION U

   39
SECTION 10.   

EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES

   40
10.1   

E VENTS OF D EFAULT

   40
10.2   

R EMEDIES

   41
SECTION 11.   

JURY TRIAL WAIVER; OTHER WAIVERS AND CONSENTS;

  
  

GOVERNING LAW

   44
11.1   

G OVERNING L AW ; C HOICE OF F ORUM ; S ERVICE OF P ROCESS ; J URY T RIAL W AIVER

   44
11.2   

W AIVER OF N OTICES

   46
11.3   

A MENDMENTS AND W AIVERS

   46
11.4   

W AIVER OF C OUNTERCLAIMS

   46
11.5   

I NDEMNIFICATION

   46
SECTION 12.   

TERM OF AGREEMENT; MISCELLANEOUS

   47
12.1   

T ERM

   47
12.2   

I NTERPRETATIVE P ROVISIONS

   48
12.3   

N OTICES

   49
12.4   

P ARTIAL I NVALIDITY

   50
12.5   

S UCCESSORS

   50
12.6   

E NTIRE A GREEMENT

   50
12.7   

C OUNTERPARTS , E TC .

   51
12.8   

C ONFIDENTIALITY

   51

        REVOLVING NOTE

  

        TERM NOTE

  

 

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INDEX TO

EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES

 

Exhibit A

  

Pricing Grid

Exhibit B

  

Revolving Note

Exhibit C

  

Term Note

Exhibit D

  

Compliance Certificate

Schedule 1.46

  

Permitted Indebtedness

Schedule 1.47

  

Permitted Loans, Advances and Investments

Schedule 1.48

  

Permitted Liens

Schedule 5.2

  

Deposit Accounts

Schedule 8.2

  

Locations

Schedule 8.4

  

Liens and Security Interests

Schedule 8.6

  

Litigation

Schedule 8.11

  

Intellectual Property

Schedule 8.12

  

Subsidiaries

Schedule 8.15

  

Material Contracts

 

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LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

This Loan and Security Agreement dated June 15, 2007, is entered into by and between Fifth Third Bank, a Michigan banking corporation (“Lender”) and Value Financial Services, Inc., a Florida corporation (“Borrower”).

WITNESSETH :

WHEREAS, Borrower has requested that Lender enter into financing arrangements with Borrower pursuant to which Lender will make a term loan and provide a line of credit to Borrower; and

WHEREAS, Lender is willing to make such term loan and provide such line of credit on the terms and conditions set forth herein;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual conditions and agreements set forth herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS

For purposes of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the respective meanings given to them below:

1.1 “Accounts” shall mean all present and future rights of Borrower to payment of a monetary obligation, whether or not earned by performance, which is not evidenced by chattel paper or an instrument, (a) for property that has been or is to be sold, leased, licensed, assigned, or otherwise disposed of, (b) for services rendered or to be rendered, (c) for a secondary obligation incurred or to be incurred, or (d) arising out of the use of a credit or charge card or information contained on or for use with the card.

1.2 “Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to a specified Person, any other Person which directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with such Person, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, includes (a) any Person which beneficially owns or holds fifteen (15%) percent or more of any class of Voting Stock of such Person or other equity interests in such Person, (b) any Person of which such Person beneficially owns or holds fifteen (15%) percent or more of any class of Voting Stock or in which such Person beneficially owns or holds fifteen (15%) percent or more of the equity interests and (c) any director or executive officer of such Person. For the purposes of this definition, the term “control” (including with correlative meanings, the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of Voting Stock, by agreement or otherwise.

1.3 “Agreement” shall mean, this Loan and Security Agreement, as the same now exists or may be amended, supplemented, restated, replaced, or otherwise modified from time to time.

 


1.4 “Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday, or other day on which commercial banks are authorized or required to close under the laws of the State of Florida, or the State of Florida, and a day on which the Lender is open for the transaction of business.

1.5 “Capital Leases” shall mean, as applied to any Person, any lease of (or any agreement conveying the right to use) any property (whether real, personal or mixed) by such Person as lessee which in accordance with GAAP, is required to be reflected as a Capital Lease liability or funded indebtedness on the balance sheet of such Person.

1.6 “Capital Stock” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of such Person’s capital stock or partnership, limited liability company or other equity interests at any time outstanding, and any and all rights, warrants or options exchangeable for or convertible into such capital stock or other interests (but excluding any debt security that is exchangeable for or convertible into such capital stock).

1.7 “Cash Equivalents” shall mean, at any time, (a) any evidence of Indebtedness with a maturity date of ninety (90) days or less issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof; provided , that , the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged in support thereof; (b) certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances with a maturity of ninety (90) days or less of any financial institution that is a member of the Federal Reserve System having combined capital and unimpaired surplus of not less than $1,000,000,000; (c) commercial paper (including variable rate demand notes) with a maturity of ninety (90) days or less issued by a corporation (except an Affiliate of Borrower) organized under the laws of any State of the United States of America or the District of Columbia and rated at least A-l by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Service, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. or at least P-1 by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.; (d) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than thirty (30) days for underlying securities of the types described in clause (a) above entered into with any financial institution having combined capital and unimpaired surplus of not less than $1,000,000,000; (e) repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements relating to marketable direct obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the United States of America or issued by any governmental agency thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America, in each case maturing within ninety (90) days or less from the date of acquisition; provided , that , the terms of such agreements comply with the guidelines set forth in the Federal Financial Agreements of Depository Institutions with Securities Dealers and Others, as adopted by the Comptroller of the Currency on October 31, 1985; and (f) investments in money market funds and mutual funds that are registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as amended which invest substantially all of their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (a) through (e) above.

1.8 “Change of Control” shall mean (a) the transfer (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of all or substantially all of the assets of Borrower to any Person or group (as such term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act); (b) the liquidation or dissolution of Borrower or the adoption of a plan by the shareholders of Borrower relating to the dissolution or liquidation of Borrower; (c) in one transaction or a series of related transactions, the acquisition by any Person or group (as such term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), of beneficial ownership, directly or indirectly, of a majority of the voting power of the total outstanding Voting Stock of Borrower.

 

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1.9 “Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as the same now exists or may from time to time hereafter be amended, modified, recodified or supplemented, together with all rules and regulations thereunder or related thereto.

1.10 “Collateral” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5 hereof.

1.11 “Commitment” shall mean that certain Commitment Letter dated June 6, 2007 from Lender to Borrower as accepted and agreed to in writing by Borrower.

1.12 “Consistent Basis” means in reference to the application of GAAP, that the accounting principles observed in the current period are comparable in all material respects to those applied in the preceding period.

1.13 “Currently Maturing Long Term Debt” shall mean payments of principal due within the next 360 days on any and all Indebtedness with a term exceeding one year.

1.14 “Default” shall mean an act, condition or event which with notice or passage of time or both would constitute an Event of Default.

1.15 “EBITDA” shall mean, for any Fiscal Quarter, the Borrower’s net income before Interest Expense, taxes, depreciation, and amortization expense, all computed in conformity with GAAP.

1.16 “Environmental Laws” shall mean all foreign, Federal, State and local laws (including common law), legislation, rules, codes, licenses, permits (including any conditions imposed therein), authorizations, judicial or administrative decisions, injunctions or agreements between Borrower and any Governmental Authority, (a) relating to pollution and the protection, preservation or restoration of the environment (including air, water vapor, surface water, ground water, drinking water, drinking water supply, surface land, subsurface land, plant and animal life or any other natural resource), or to human health or safety, (b) relating to the exposure to, or the use, storage, recycling, treatment, generation, manufacture, processing, distribution, transportation, handling, labeling, production, release or disposal, or threatened release, of Hazardous Materials, or (c) relating to all laws with regard to recordkeeping, notification, disclosure and reporting requirements respecting Hazardous Materials. The term “Environmental Laws” includes (i) the Federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, the Federal Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1972, the Federal Clean Water Act, the Federal Clean Air Act, the Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (including the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments thereto), the Federal Solid Waste Disposal and the Federal Toxic Substances Control Act, the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, and the Federal Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974, (ii) applicable state counterparts to such laws, and (iii) any common law or equitable doctrine that may impose liability or obligations for injuries or damages due to, or threatened as a result of, the presence of or exposure to any Hazardous Materials.

 

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1.17 “Equipment” shall mean all of Borrower’s now owned and hereafter acquired equipment, wherever located, including machinery, data processing and computer equipment and computer hardware and software, whether owned or licensed, and including embedded software, vehicles, tools, furniture, fixtures, all attachments, accessions and property now or hereafter affixed thereto or used in connection therewith, and substitutions and replacements thereof, wherever located.

1.18 “ERISA” shall mean the United States Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, together with all rules and regulations thereunder or related thereto.

1.19 “ERISA Affiliate” shall mean any person required to be aggregated with Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries under Sections 414(b), 414(c), 414(m) or 414(o) of the Code.

1.20 “ERISA Event” shall mean (a) any “reportable event”, as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder, with respect to a Plan; (b) the adoption of any amendment to a Plan that would require the provision of security pursuant to Section 401(a)(29) of the Code or Section 307 of ERISA; (c) the existence with respect to any Plan of an “accumulated funding deficiency” (as defined in Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived; (d) the filing pursuant to Section 412 of the Code or Section 303(d) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan; (e) the occurrence of a “prohibited transaction” with respect to which Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is a “disqualified person” (within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code) or with respect to which Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries could otherwise be liable if such liability is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect; (f) a complete or partial withdrawal by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan or a cessation of operations which is treated as such a withdrawal or notification that a Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization; (g) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate, the treatment of a Plan amendment as a termination under Section 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, or the commencement of proceedings by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation to terminate a Plan; (h) an event or condition which might reasonably be expected to constitute grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Plan; (i) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate in excess of $1,000,000; and (j) any other event or condition with respect to a Plan including any Plan subject to Title IV of ERISA maintained, or contributed to, by any ERISA Affiliate that could reasonably be expected to result in liability of Borrower in excess of $1,000,000.

1.21 “Event of Default” shall mean the occurrence or existence of any event or condition described in Section 10.1 hereof. “Event of Default” shall mean the occurrence or existence of any event or condition described

1.22 “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, together with all rules, regulations and interpretations thereunder or related thereto.

1.23 “Executive Officers” shall mean Borrower’s President, Chief Financial Officer, and Vice President of Operations.

 

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1.24 “Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” shall mean (a) the sum of Borrower’s net income plus (i) depreciation, (ii) taxes, (iii) amortization, (iv) Interest Expense, (v) real estate lease payments, and (vi) equipment lease payments less cash payments for taxes divided by (b) the sum of Borrower’s (i) scheduled principal payments, (ii) Interest Expense, (iii) real estate lease payments and (iv) equipment lease payments.

1.25 “Financing Agreements” shall mean, collectively, this Agreement, the Notes, and all other notes, guarantees, pledge agreements, security agreements, deposit account control agreements, investment property control agreements, intercreditor agreements, and all other agreements, documents and instruments now or at any time hereafter executed and/or delivered by Borrower or any Obligor in connection with this Agreement.

1.26 “GAAP” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect from time to time as set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board which are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination consistently applied.

1.27 “Governmental Authority” shall mean any nation or government, any state, province, or other political subdivision thereof, any central bank (or similar monetary or regulatory authority) thereof, any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, and any corporation or other entity owned or controlled, through stock or capital ownership or otherwise, by any of the foregoing.

1.28 “Guarantor” shall mean all domestic Subsidiaries of Borrower including, without limitation, Value Pawn Holdings, Inc., a Tennessee corporation.

1.29 “Hazardous Materials” shall mean any hazardous, toxic or dangerous substances, materials and wastes, including hydrocarbons (including naturally occurring or man-made petroleum and hydrocarbons), flammable explosives, asbestos, urea formaldehyde insulation, radioactive materials, biological substances, polychlorinated biphenyls, pesticides, herbicides and any other kind and/or type of pollutants or contaminants (including materials which include hazardous constituents), sewage, sludge, industrial slag, solvents and/or any other similar substances, materials, or wastes and including any other substances, materials or wastes that are or become regulated under any Environmental Law (including any that are or become classified as hazardous or toxic under any Environmental Law).

1.30 “Indebtedness” shall mean, (without duplication) with respect to any Person, any liability, whether or not contingent, (a) in respect of borrowed money (whether or not the recourse of the lender is to the whole of the assets of such Person or only to a portion thereof) or evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments; (b) representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property or services (except (i) any such balance that constitutes an account payable to a trade creditor (whether or not an Affiliate) created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed by such Person in the ordinary course of business of such Person in connection with obtaining goods, materials or services or other accrued expenses, and (ii) any conditional “earnout” or other deferred payments owed or to be owed by Borrower in connection with any investment or acquisition not prohibited by this Agreement); (c)

 

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all obligations as lessee under leases which have been, or should be, in accordance with GAAP recorded as Capital Leases; (d) any contractual obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person to pay or be liable for the payment of any indebtedness described in this definition of another Person, including, without limitation, any such indebtedness, directly or indirectly guaranteed, or any agreement to purchase, repurchase, or otherwise acquire such indebtedness, obligation or liability or any security therefor, or to provide funds for the payment or discharge thereof, or to maintain solvency, assets, level of income, or other financial condition; (e) all reimbursement obligations and other liabilities of such Person with respect to surety bonds (whether bid, performance or otherwise), letters of credit, banker’s acceptances, drafts or similar documents or instruments issued for such Person’s account; (f) all indebtedness of such Person in respect of indebtedness of another Person for borrowed money or indebtedness of another Person otherwise described in this definition which is secured by any consensual lien, security interest, collateral assignment, conditional sale, mortgage, deed of trust, or other encumbrance on any asset of such Person, whether or not such obligations, liabilities or indebtedness are assumed by or are a personal liability of such Person, all as of such time; and (g) all obligations, liabilities and indebtedness of such Person {marked to market) arising under swap agreements, cap agreements and collar agreements and other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such person against fluctuations in interest rates or currency or commodity values.

1.31 “Intellectual Property” shall mean Borrower’s now owned and hereafter arising or acquired; patents, patent rights, patent applications, copyrights, works which are the subject matter of copyrights, copyright registrations, copyright applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trade styles, trademark and service mark applications, and licenses and rights to use any of the foregoing; all extensions, renewals, reissues, divisions, continuations, and continuations-in-part of any of the foregoing; all rights to sue for past, present and future infringement of any of the foregoing; inventions, trade secrets, formulae, processes, compounds, drawings, designs, blueprints, surveys, reports, manuals, and operating standards; goodwill (including any goodwill associated with any trademark or the license of any trademark); customer and other lists in whatever form maintained; and trade secret rights, copyright rights, rights in works of authorship, domain names and domain name registrations; software and contract rights relating to software, in whatever form created or maintained.

1.32 “Interest Rate” shall mean a rate equal to the Libor Rate plus the Applicable Margin as set forth in Exhibit A hereto; provided that notwithstanding anything in the Agreement to the contrary, interest shall be payable at a rate of four percent (4%) per annum in excess of the Interest Rate, at Lender’s option, without notice from and after the date of the occurrence of any Event of Default for so long as such Event of Default is continuing as determined by Lender.

1.33 The term “Interest Rate Determination Date” means the date this Note is closed and initially funded, and the fifteenth business day of each calendar month thereafter.

1.34 “Lender Payment Account” shall mean such account of Lender as Lender may from time to time designate to Borrower as the Lender Payment Account for purposes of this Agreement.

1.35 “Leverage Ratio” shall mean Funded Debt divided by EBITDA.

 

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1.36 The term “LIBOR Rate” means rate per annum effective on any Interest Rate Determination Date, which is equal to the quotient of: (a) the rate per annum equal to the offered rate for deposits in U.S. dollars for a one (1) month period, which rate appears on that page of Bloomberg reporting service, or such similar service as determined by Lender, that displays British Bankers’ Association interest settlement rates for deposits in U.S. Dollars, as of 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) two (2) business days prior to the Interest Rate Determination Date ; provided, that if no such offered rate appears on such page, the rate used for such Interest Period will be the per annum rate of interest determined by Lender to be the rate at which U.S. dollar deposits for the Interest Period are offered to Lender in the London Inter-Bank Market as of 11:00 a.m. (London, England time), on the day that is two (2) business days prior to the Interest Rate Determination Date, divided by (ii) the percentage equal to 1.00 minus the maximum reserve percentages (including any emergency, supplemental, special or other marginal reserves) expressed as a decimal in effect on any day to which Lender is subject with respect to any LIBOR loan pursuant to regulations issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System with respect to eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “eurocurrency liabilities” under Regulation D). This percentage will be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.

1.37 “Line of Business” shall mean Borrower’s business as the operator of pawn shops and the originator of short term consumer loans.

1.38 “Loans” shall mean the Revolving Loans and the Term Loan.

1.39 “Material Adverse Effect” shall have the meaning assigned in the Material Contract definition.

1.40 “Material Contract” shall mean (a) any contract or other agreement (other than the Financing Agreements), written or oral, of Borrower involving monetary liability of or to any Person in an amount in excess of $100,000 in any month and (b) any other contract or other agreement (other than the Financing Agreements), whether written or oral, to which Borrower is a party as to which the breach, nonperformance, cancellation or failure to renew by any party thereto is reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the business, assets, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of Borrower or the validity or enforceability of this Agreement, any of the other Financing Agreements, or any of the rights and remedies of Lender hereunder or thereunder (a “Material Adverse Effect”).

1.41 “Maturity Date” shall mean June 15, 2009, subject to annual review by Lender during the term of this Agreement, with respect to the Revolving Note, and June 15, 2012 with respect to the Term Note.

1.42 “Multiemployer Plan” shall mean a “multi-employer plan” as defined in Section 4001 (a)(3) of ERISA which is or was at any time during the current year or the immediately preceding six (6) years contributed to by Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate.

1.43 “Notes” shall mean the Term Note and the Revolving Note.

 

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1.44 “Obligations” shall mean the Term Loan, any and all Revolving Loans, all Rate Management Obligations, and all other obligations, liabilities and indebtedness of every kind, nature and description owing by Borrower to Lender and/or its subsidiaries or other affiliates, including principal, interest, charges, fees, costs and expenses, however evidenced, whether as principal, surety, endorser, guarantor or otherwise, whether arising under this Agreement or otherwise, whether now existing or hereafter arising, whether arising before, during or after the initial or any renewal term of this Agreement or after the commencement of any case with respect to Borrower under the United States Bankruptcy Code or any similar statute (including the payment of interest and other amounts which would accrue and become due but for the commencement of such case, whether or not such amounts are allowed or allowable in whole or in part in such case), whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, joint or several, due or not due, primary or secondary, liquidated or unliquidated, secured or unsecured, and however acquired by Lender.

1.45 “Obligor” shall mean any guarantor, endorser, acceptor, surety or other person liable on or with respect to the Obligations or who is the owner of any property which is security for the Obligations, other than Borrower.

1.46 “Permitted Indebtedness” means any of the following:

(a) Indebtedness incurred under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents;

(b) Indebtedness incurred in connection with the acquisition of Equipment;

(c) Indebtedness consisting of all obligations of Borrower or any Subsidiary (i) as lessee under a Capital Lease or (i) under any lease which is accounted for by the lessee as an operating lease and under which the lessee is intended to be the “owner” of the leased property for Federal income tax purposes;

(d) Indebtedness of Borrower or any Obligor under derivative, swap or hedge agreements in respect of any Indebtedness arising under this Agreement;

(e) Indebtedness listed on Schedule 1.46 hereof;

(f) Indebtedness arising out of the refinancing, extension, renewal or refunding of any Indebtedness referred to above or otherwise permitted under this Agreement.

1.47 “Permitted Investments” means each of the following:

(a) direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of America (or by any agency thereof to the extent such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America), in each case maturing not more than one year from the date of acquisition thereof;

(b) investments in commercial paper maturing not more than one year from the date of acquisition thereof and having, at such date of acquisition, the highest credit rating obtainable from Standard & Poors or from Moody’s Investment Services, Inc.;

 

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(c) investments in certificates of deposit, banker’s acceptances and time deposits maturing not more than one year from the date of acquisition thereof issued or guaranteed by or placed with, and money market deposit accounts issued or offered by, any domestic office of any financial institution organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof that has a combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000;

(d) fully collateralized repurchase agreements with a term of not more than 30 days for securities described in clause (a) above (without regard to the limitation on maturity contained in such clause) and entered into with a financial institution satisfying the criteria described in clause (c) above;

(e) marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the United States of America or any political subdivision of any such state or any public instrumentality thereof maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having one of the two highest ratings obtainable from either Standard & Poors or from Moody’s Investment Services, Inc.;

(f) investments in money market funds, substantially all the assets of which are comprised of securities of the types described in clauses (a) through (e) above;

(g) investments in money market funds access to which is provided as part of any “sweep” account;

(h) investments acquired by Borrower or any Subsidiary (i) in exchange for any other investment held by such Person in connection with or as a result of a bankruptcy, workout, reorganization or recapitalization of the issuer of such other investment, or (ii) as a result of a foreclosure by such Person with respect to any secured investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured investment in default; provided , that , the original of any such stock or instrument evidencing such obligations shall be promptly delivered to Lender, upon Lender’s request, together with such stock power, assignment or endorsement by Borrower as Lender may request;

(i) investments in any Subsidiary including without limitation any acquisitions permitted hereunder;

(j) to the extent not permitted by the foregoing clauses, existing investments in any Subsidiaries (and any increases thereof attributable to increases in retained earnings);

 

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(k) investments of Borrower or any Subsidiary in derivative, swap or hedge agreements in connection with Indebtedness arising under this Agreement;

(l) investments of any Person which are outstanding at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary as a result of an acquisition permitted hereunder, but not any increase in the amount thereof;

(m) any other investments (whether in the form of cash or contribution of property, and if in the form of a contribution of property, such property shall be valued for purposes of this clause at the fair value thereof as reasonably determined by the relevant Loan Party) in any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture or other business entity, which is not itself a Subsidiary of a Borrower or owned or controlled by any director, officer or employee of a Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, not otherwise permitted by the foregoing clauses, made after the date of this Agreement, shall be permitted to be incurred if (i) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, or would result therefrom, and (ii) the aggregate cumulative amount of such investments after the date of this Agreement does not exceed $500,000;

(n) Cash or Cash Equivalents;

(o) Obligations of account debtors to Borrower arising from accounts which are past due evidenced by a promissory note made by such account debtor payable to Borrower;

(p) the endorsement of instruments for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business;

(q) loans to employees in the ordinary course of business, not to exceed $50,000.00 and

(r) to the extent not permitted by the foregoing clauses, the existing loans, advances and investments described on Schedule 1.47 hereto and any refinancing thereof; provided that , as to any such loans and advances, (i) Borrower shall not, directly or indirectly, amend, modify, alter or change the terms of such loans and advances or any agreement, document or instrument related thereto in a manner adverse to Borrower except as otherwise permitted in any collateral assignment or pledge to Lender applicable to such loan or advance, and (ii) Borrower shall furnish to Lender all notices or demands in connection with such loans and advances either received by Borrower or on its behalf, promptly after the receipt thereof, or sent by Borrower or on its behalf, concurrently with the sending thereof, as the case may be;

1.48 “Permitted Lien” means any of the following:

(a) liens or encumbrances for taxes not yet delinquent or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, provided that adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP (and in the good faith judgment of the management of such Obligor with respect thereto are maintained on the books of such Obligor;

 

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(b) liens or encumbrances in respect of property or assets imposed by law in the ordinary course of business, such as carrier’s, warehousemen’s, processor’s mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s, landlord’s or similar encumbrances which do not in the aggregate materially detract from the value of such property or assets or materially impair the use thereof in the operation of the business of such Person or which are being contested in good faith by such Person, by appropriate proceedings diligently instituted and conducted and without danger of any material risk to the Collateral and such reserve or other appropriate provision, if any, as shall be required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made therefor;

(c) liens, encumbrances, pledges or deposits in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment and social security;

(d) deposits, liens or encumbrances, to secure the performance of tenders, bids, sales, trade and government contracts, leases, statutory obligations, surety, appeal bonds and supersedes, warranty, advance payment, appeal, customs, performance and return-of-money bonds and other obligations of a like nature in the ordinary course of business whether pursuant to statutory requirements, common law or consensual arrangements;

(e) any lien or encumbrance, UCC financing statement, interest or title of a lessor under any lease entered into in the ordinary course of business; or any interest or title of any lessee under any leases or subleases of real property;

(f) rights of consignors of goods, whether or not perfected by the filing of a financing statement under the UCC;

(g) liens and encumbrances arising from judgments, decrees or attachments with respect to which execution has been stayed, with respect to which payment in excess of any applicable deductible is covered by insurance or a bond, or in circumstances not constituting an Event of Default hereunder;

(h) liens or encumbrances created by this Agreement or the other loan documents executed in connection herewith;

(i) liens and encumbrances listed on Schedule 1.48, annexed hereto.

1.49 “Person” or “person” shall mean any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation (including any corporation which elects subchapter S status under the Code), limited liability company, limited liability partnership, business trust, unincorporated association, joint stock corporation, trust, joint venture or other entity or any government or any agency or instrumentality or political subdivision thereof.

 

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1.50 “Plan” means an employee benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) covered by Title IV of ERISA or subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412 of the Code which Borrower sponsors, maintains, or to which it makes, is making, or is obligated to make contributions, or in the case of a Multiemployer Plan has made contributions at any time during the immediately preceding six (6) plan years.

1.51 “Rate Management Agreement” means any agreement, device or arrangement providing for payments which are related to fluctuations of interest rates, exchange rates, forward rates, or equity prices, including, but not limited to dollar-denominated or cross- currency interest rate exchange agreements, forward currency exchange agreements, interest rate cap or collar protection agreements, forward rate currency or interest rate options, puts and warrants, and any agreement pertaining to equity derivative transactions (e.g., equity or equity index swaps, options, caps, floors, collars and forwards), including without limitation any ISDA Master Agreement between Borrower and Bank or any affiliate of Fifth Third Bancorp, and any schedules, confirmations and documents and other confirming evidence between the parties confirming transactions thereunder, all whether now existing or hereafter arising, and in each case as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.

1.52 “Rate Management Obligations” means any and all obligations of Borrower to Bank or any affiliate of Fifth Third Bancorp, whether absolute, contingent or otherwise and howsoever and whensoever (whether now or hereafter) created, arising, evidenced or acquired (including all renewals, extensions and modifications thereof and substitutions therefore), under or in connection with (i) any and all Rate Management Agreements, and (ii) any and all concellations, buy-backs, reversals, terminations or assignments of any Rate Management Agreement.

1.53 “Real Property” shall mean all now owned and hereafter acquired real property of Borrower, including leasehold interests, together with all buildings, structures, and other improvements located thereon and all licenses, easements and appurtenances relating thereto, wherever located.

1.54 “Receivables” shall mean all of the following now owned or hereafter arising or acquired property of Borrower: (a) all Accounts; (b) all interest, fees, late charges, penalties, collection fees and other amounts due or to become due or otherwise payable in connection with any Account; (c) all payment intangibles of Borrower and other contract rights, chattel paper, instruments, notes, and other forms of obligations owing to Borrower, whether from the sale and lease of goods or other property, licensing of any property (including Intellectual Property or other general intangibles), rendition of services or from loans or advances by Borrower or to or for the benefit of any third person (including loans or advances to any Affiliates or Subsidiaries of Borrower) or otherwise associated with any Accounts, Inventory or general intangibles of Borrower (including, without limitation, choses in action, causes of action, tax refunds, tax refund claims, any funds which may become payable to Borrower in connection with the termination of any Plan or other employee benefit plan and any other amounts payable to Borrower from any Plan or other employee benefit plan, rights and claims against carriers and shippers, rights to indemnification, business interruption insurance and proceeds thereof, and casualty or any similar types of insurance and any proceeds thereof.

 

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1.55 “Records” shall mean all of Borrower’s present and future books of account of every kind or nature, purchase and sale agreements, invoices, ledger cards, bills of lading and other shipping evidence, statements, correspondence, memoranda, credit files and other data relating to the Collateral or any account debtor, together with the tapes, disks, diskettes and other data and software storage media and devices, file cabinets or containers in or on which the foregoing are stored (including any rights of Borrower with respect to the foregoing maintained with or by any other person).

1.56 “Reserves” shall mean as of any date of determination, such amounts as Lender may from time to time establish and revise in good faith reducing the amount of Revolving Loans which would otherwise be available to Borrower under the lending formula(s) provided for herein: (a) to reflect events, conditions, contingencies or risks which, as determined by Lender in good faith, adversely affect, or would have a reasonable likelihood of adversely affecting, either (i) the Collateral or any other property which is security for the Obligations or its value, (ii) the assets, business or prospects of Borrower or any Obligor or (iii) the security interests and other rights of Lender in the Collateral (including the enforceability, perfection and priority thereof) or (b) to reflect Lender’s good faith belief that any collateral report or financial information furnished by or on behalf of Borrower or any Obligor to Lender is or may have been incomplete, inaccurate or misleading in any material respect or (c) in respect of any state of facts which Lender determines in good faith constitutes a Default or an Event of Default. The amount of any Reserve established by Lender shall have a reasonable relationship to the event, condition or other matter which is the basis for such reserve as determined by Lender in good faith.

1.57 “Revolving Loan Limit” shall mean $17,000,000.

1.58 “Revolving Loans” shall mean the loans now or hereafter made by Lender to or for the benefit of Borrower on a revolving basis (involving advances, repayments and readvances) as set forth in Section 2.1 hereof.

1.59 “Revolving Note” shall have the meaning assigned in Section 2.1.

1.60 “Solvent” shall mean, at any time with respect to any Person, that at such time such Person (a) is able to pay its debts as they mature and has (and has a reasonable basis to believe it will continue to have) sufficient capital (and not unreasonably small capital) to carry on its business consistent with its practices as of the date hereof, and (b) the assets and properties of such Person at a fair valuation (and including as assets for this purpose at a fair valuation all rights of subrogation, contribution or indemnification arising pursuant to any guarantees given by such Person) are greater than the Indebtedness of such Person, and including subordinated and contingent liabilities computed at the amount which, such person has a reasonable basis to believe, represents an amount which can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability (and including as to contingent liabilities arising pursuant to any guarantee the face amount of such liability as reduced to reflect the probability of it becoming a matured liability). The determination of whether a Person is Solvent shall take into account all such Person’s properties and liabilities regardless of whether, or the amount at which, any such property or liability is included on a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP, including

 

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properties such as contingent contribution or subrogation rights, business prospects, distribution channels and goodwill. The determination of the sum of a Person’s properties at a fair valuation or the present fair saleable value of a Person’s properties shall be made on a going concern basis, unless at the time of such determination the liquidation of the business in which such properties are used or useful is in process or is demonstrably imminent. In computing the amount of contingent or unrealized properties or contingent or unliquidated liabilities at any time, such properties and liabilities will be computed at the amounts which, in light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represent the amount that reasonably can be expected to become realized properties or matured liabilities, as the case may be. In computing the amount that would be required to pay a Person’s probable liability on its existing debts as they become absolute and matured, reasonable valuation techniques, including a present value analysis, shall be applied using such rates over such periods as are appropriate under the circumstances, and it is understood that, in appropriate circumstances, the present value of contingent liabilities may be zero.

1.61 “Subordinated Debt” shall mean all Indebtedness fully subordinated to debt of Borrower to Lender.

1.62 “Subsidiary” or “subsidiary” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any corporation, limited liability company, limited liability partnership or other limited or general partnership, trust, association or other business entity of which an aggregate of at least a majority of the outstanding Capital Stock or other interests entitled to vote in the election of the board of directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether, at the time, Capital Stock of any other class or classes of such corporation shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency), managers, trustees or other controlling persons, or an equivalent controlling interest therein, of such Person is, at the time, directly or indirectly, owned by such Person and/or one or more subsidiaries of such Person.

1.63 “Term Loan” shall mean the term loan made by Lender to Borrower as provided in Section 2.2 hereof.

1.64 “Term Note” shall have the meaning assigned in Section 2.2.

1.65 “UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of Florida, and any successor statute, as in effect from time to time (except that terms used herein which are defined in the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of Florida on the date hereof shall continue to have the same meaning notwithstanding any replacement or amendment of such statute except as Lender may otherwise determine).

1.66 “Voting Stock” shall mean with respect to any Person, (a) one (1) or more classes of Capital Stock of such Person having general voting powers to elect at least a majority of the board of directors, managers or trustees of such Person, irrespective of whether at the time Capital Stock of any other class or classes have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency, and (b) any Capital Stock of such Person convertible or exchangeable without restriction at the option of the holder thereof into Capital Stock of such Person described in clause (a) of this definition.

 

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SECTION 2. CREDIT FACILITY

2.1 Revolving Loans.

(a) Subject to and upon the terms and conditions contained herein, Lender agrees to make Revolving Loans to Borrower from time to time in amounts requested by Borrower up to the Revolving Loan Limit. The Revolving Loans are (i) evidenced by a Revolving Note duly executed and delivered by Borrower to Lender concurrently herewith in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Revolving Note”); (ii) to be repaid, together with interest and other amounts on the Maturity Date or earlier in accordance with the Revolving Note, this Agreement and the other Financing Agreements; and (iii) secured by all of the Collateral.

(b) Except in Lender’s discretion, the aggregate amount of the Revolving Loans outstanding at any time shall not exceed the Revolving Loan Limit. In the event that the outstanding amount of any component of the Revolving Loans exceeds the amount available pursuant to the Revolving Loan Limit, such event shall not limit, waive or otherwise affect any rights of Lender in that circumstance or on any future occasions and Borrower shall, upon demand by Lender, which may be made at any time or from time to time, immediately repay to Lender the entire amount of any such excess(es) for which payment is demanded.

(c) Borrower may from time to time request Revolving Loans and each such request from Borrower shall specify the amount of the Revolving Loan requested. Subject to the terms and conditions contained herein, two (2) Business Days after receipt by Lender of such a request from Borrower, such Loan shall be made, provided , that , (i) no Default or Event of Default shall exist or have occurred and be continuing, (ii) no party hereto shall have sent any notice of termination of this Agreement, (iii) Borrower shall have complied with such customary procedures as are established by Lender and specified by Lender to Borrower from time to time for requests by Borrower for Loans, and (iv) Lender shall have determined that the Interest Rate can be readily determined as of the date of the request. Any request by Borrower for Revolving Loans shall be irrevocable.

2.2 Term Loan . Lender is making a Term Loan to Borrower in the original principal amount of $20,000,000. The Term Loan is (a) evidenced by a Term Note in such original principal amount duly executed and delivered by Borrower to Lender concurrently herewith in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (the “Term Note”); (b) to be repaid, together with interest and other amounts, in accordance with the Terra Note, this Agreement and the other Financing Agreements; and (c) secured by all of the Collateral.

SECTION 3. INTEREST AND FEES

3.1 Interest .

(a) Borrower shall pay to Lender interest on the outstanding principal amount of the Loans at the Interest Rate. All interest accruing hereunder on and after the date of any Event of Default or termination hereof shall be payable on demand.

(b) Interest shall be payable by Borrower to Lender monthly in arrears not later than the fifteenth day of each calendar month and shall be calculated on the basis of a three hundred sixty (360) day year and actual days elapsed. The interest rate shall increase or

 

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decrease by an amount equal to each increase or decrease in the Libor Rate effective on the first day of the month after any change in such Libor Rate is announced based on the Libor Rate in effect on the last day of the month in which any such change occurs. In no event shall charges constituting interest payable by Borrower to Lender exceed the maximum amount or the rate permitted under any applicable law or regulation, and if any such part or provision of this Agreement is in contravention of any such law or regulation, such part or provision shall be deemed amended to conform thereto.

3.2 Late Charge . Borrower shall pay to Lender a late charge equal to five percent (5%) of each payment of principal and/or interest which is not paid on or before the date on which it is due.

3.3 Fees .

(a) Commitment Fees . On the date hereof, the Borrower shall pay to Bank a fee of $68,000.00 with respect to the Revolving Loan and $50,000.00 with respect to the Term Loan.

(b) Unused Fee for Revolving Credit. As consideration for making the Revolving Credit available, Borrower shall pay to Bank an unused fee from the date hereof to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, equal to the product of the unused portion of the Revolving Credit Loan Amount, multiplied by the applicable “Unused Fee” rate set forth in attached Exhibit A. Such fee shall be computed on the basis of the average daily unused portion of the then existing Revolving Loan Amount and shall be payable quarterly in arrears.

3.4 Changes in Laws and Increased Costs of Loans . If after the date hereof, either (i) any change in, or in the interpretation of, any law or regulation is introduced, including, without limitation, with respect to reserve requirements, applicable to Lender or any banking or financial institution from whom Lender borrows funds or obtains credit (a “Funding Bank”), or (ii) a Funding Bank or Lender complies with any future guideline or request from any central bank or other Governmental Authority, or (iii) a Funding Bank or Lender determines that the adoption of any applicable law, rule or regulation regarding capital adequacy, or any change therein, or any change in the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration thereof has or would have the effect described below, or a Funding Bank or Lender complies with any request or directive regarding capital adequacy (whether or not having the force of law) of any such authority, central bank or comparable agency, and in the case of any event set forth in this clause (iii), such adoption, change or compliance has or would have the direct or indirect effect of reducing the rate of return on Lender’s capital as a consequence of its obligations hereunder to a level below that which Lender could have achieved but for such adoption, change or compliance (taking into consideration the Funding Bank’s or Lender’s policies with respect to capital adequacy) by an amount deemed by Lender to be material, and the result of any of the foregoing events described in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) is or results in an increase in the cost to Lender of funding or maintaining the Loans, then Borrower shall from time to time upon demand by Lender pay to Lender additional amounts sufficient to indemnify Lender against such increased cost on an after-tax basis (after taking into account applicable deductions and credits in respect of the amount indemnified). A certificate as to the basis and amount of such increased cost shall be submitted to Borrower by Lender and shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.

 

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SECTION 4. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

4.1 Conditions Precedent to Initial Loans . Each of the following is a condition precedent to Lender making the initial Loans hereunder:

(a) Lender shall have received, in form and substance satisfactory to Lender, all releases, terminations and such other documents as Leader may request to evidence and effectuate the termination by any existing lenders other than Permitted Indebtedness to Borrower of their respective financing arrangements with Borrower and the termination and release by it or them, as the case may be, of any interest in and to any assets and properties of Borrower and each Obligor, duly authorized, executed and delivered by it or each of them, including, but not limited to, UCC termination statements for all UCC financing statements previously filed by it or any of them or their predecessors, as secured party and Borrower or any Obligor, as debtor;

(b) all requisite corporate action and proceedings in connection with this Agreement and the other Financing Agreements shall be satisfactory in form and substance to Lender, and Lender shall have received all information and copies of all documents, including records of requisite corporate action and proceedings which Lender may have requested in connection therewith, such documents where requested by Lender or its counsel to be certified by appropriate corporate officers or Governmental Authority (and including a copy of the certificate of incorporation of Borrower certified by the Secretary of State (or equivalent Governmental Authority) which shall set forth the same complete corporate name of Borrower as is set forth herein and such document as shall set forth the organizational identification number of Borrower, if one is issued in its jurisdiction of incorporation);

(c) no material adverse change shall have occurred in the assets, business or prospects of Borrower since the date of the Commitment and no change or event shall have occurred which would impair the ability of Borrower or any Obligor to perform its obligations hereunder or under any of the other Financing Agreements to which it is a party or of Lender to enforce the Obligations or realize upon the Collateral;

(d) Lender shall have completed a review of the Records and such other information with respect to the Collateral as Lender may require;

(e) Lender shall have received, in form and substance satisfactory to Lender, all consents, waivers, acknowledgments and other agreements from third persons which Lender may deem reasonably necessary or desirable in order to permit, protect and perfect its security interests in and liens upon the Collateral or to effectuate the provisions or purposes of this Agreement and the other Financing Agreements;

(f) Lender shall have received evidence, in form and substance satisfactory to Lender, that Lender has a valid perfected first priority security interest in all of the Collateral that can be perfected by a UCC filing with Borrower’s state of incorporation (other than Permitted Liens);

 

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(g) Lender shall have received and reviewed lien and judgment search results for the jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of Borrower, the jurisdiction of the chief executive office of Borrower and all jurisdictions in which assets of Borrower are located, which search results shall be in form and substance satisfactory to Lender;

(h) Lender shall have received evidence of insurance and loss payee endorsements required hereunder and under the other Financing Agreements, in form and substance satisfactory to Lender, and certificates of insurance policies and/or endorsements naming Lender as loss payee;

(i) Lender shall have received, in form and substance satisfactory to Lender, such opinion letters of counsel to Borrower and Guarantors with respect to the Financing Agreements and such other matters as Lender may request;

(j) Lender shall have received, in form and substance satisfactory to Lender, a guarantee of the Obligations from each Guarantor;

(k) Lender shall have received in form and substance satisfactory to Lender, a Stock Pledge Agreement in form and substance satisfactory to Lender from Borrower as to the shares of Value Pawn Holdings, Inc., a Tennessee corporation;

(l) Lender shall have received in form and substance satisfactory to Lender a pro forma opening balance sheet and solvency certificate of Borrower;

(m) the other Financing Agreements and all instruments and documents hereunder and thereunder shall have been duly executed and delivered to Lender, in form and substance satisfactory to Lender.

4.2 Conditions Precedent to All Loans . Each of the following is an additional condition precedent to Lender making Loans to Borrower, including the initial Loans and any future Loans:

(a) all representations and warranties contained herein and in the other Financing Agreements shall be true and correct with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on and as of the date of the making of each such Loan and after giving effect thereto, except to the extent that such representations and warranties expressly relate solely to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and accurate on and as of such earlier date);

(b) no law, regulation, order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority shall exist, and no action, suit, investigation, litigation or proceeding shall be pending or threatened in any court or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority, which (i) purports to enjoin, prohibit, restrain or otherwise affect (A) the making of the Loans, or (B) the consummation of the transactions contemplated pursuant to the terms hereof or the other Financing Agreements or (ii) has or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the assets, business or prospects of Borrower or would impair the ability of Borrower to perform its obligations hereunder or under any of the other Financing Agreements or of Lender to enforce any Obligations or realize upon any of the Collateral;

 

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(c) Lender shall have received, in form and substance satisfactory to Lender, a guarantee of the Obligations from each Guarantor; and

(d) no Default or Event of Default shall exist or have occurred and be continuing on and as of the date of the making of such Loan and after giving effect thereto.

SECTION 5. GRANT AND PERFECTION OF SECURITY INTEREST

5.1 Grant of Security Interest . To secure payment and performance of all Obligations, including, without limitation, the Term Loan and Revolving Loans, Borrower hereby grants to Lender a continuing security interest in, a lien upon, and a right of set off against, and hereby assigns to Lender as security, all personal property and interests in property and fixtures of Borrower, whether now owned or hereafter acquired or existing, and wherever located (together with all other collateral security for the Obligations at any time granted to or held or acquired by Lender, collectively, the “Collateral”), including:

(a) all Accounts;

(b) all general intangibles, including, without limitation, all Intellectual Property;

(c) all goods, including, without limitation, Inventory and Equipment;

(d) all chattel paper (including all tangible and electronic chattel paper);

(e) all instruments (including all promissory notes);

(f) all documents;

(g) all deposit accounts;

(h) all letters of credit, banker’s acceptances and similar instruments and including all letter-of-credit rights;

(i) all supporting obligations and all present and future liens, security interests, rights, remedies, title and interest in, to and in respect of Receivables and other Collateral, including (i) rights and remedies under or relating to guaranties, contracts of suretyship, letters of credit and credit and other insurance related to the Collateral, (ii) rights of stoppage in transit, replevin, repossession, reclamation and other rights and remedies of an unpaid vendor, lienor or secured party, (iii) goods described in invoices, documents, contracts or instruments with respect to, or otherwise representing or evidencing, Receivables or other Collateral, including returned, repossessed and reclaimed goods, and (iv) deposits by and property of account debtors or other persons securing the obligations of account debtors;

(j) all (i) investment property (including securities, whether certificated or uncertificated, securities accounts, security entitlements, commodity contracts or commodity accounts) and (ii) monies, credit balances, deposits and other property of Borrower now or hereafter held or received by or in transit to Lender or its Affiliates or at any other depository or other institution from or for the account of Borrower, whether for safekeeping, pledge, custody, transmission, collection or otherwise;

 

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(k) all commercial tort claims;

(l) to the extent not otherwise described above, all Receivables;

(m) all Records; and

(n) all products and proceeds of the foregoing, in any form, including insurance proceeds and all claims against third parties for loss or damage to or destruction of or other involuntary conversion of any kind or nature of any or all of the other Collateral.

This Agreement shall also serve as a “Security Agreement” within the meaning of that term as used in the Uniform Commercial Code as adopted and in force from time to time in the State of Florida, and shall be operative and effective as a Security Agreement in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other Security Agreement executed by Borrower in connection with the extension of credit or loan transaction secured hereby. Borrower agrees to and shall, upon the request of Lender, execute and deliver to Lender, in form satisfactory to Lender, such financing statements, descriptions of property and such further assurances as Lender, in its sole discretion, may from time to time consider necessary to create, perfect, continue, and preserve the lien and encumbrances hereof and the security interest granted herein upon and in such Collateral. Lender, at the expenses of Borrower, may or shall cause such statements, descriptions, and assurances to be recorded and re-recorded, filed and refiled, at such times and in such places as may be required or permitted by law to so create, perfect and preserve the lien and encumbrances hereof upon all of said collateral. In addition to any other rights and remedies contained in this Agreement or any other documents executed in connection with the Obligations, Lender shall have all the rights and remedies of a secured party under the Uniform Commercial Code as adopted and in force from time to time in the State of Florida or other applicable law, all of which rights shall be cumulative and nonexclusive, to the extent permitted by law.

5.2 Perfection of Security Interests.

(a) Borrower irrevocably and unconditionally authorizes Lender (or its agent) to file at any time and from time to time such financing statements with respect to the Collateral naming Lender or its designee as secured party and Borrower as debtor, as Lender may require, and including any other information with respect to Borrower or otherwise required by part 5 of Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code of such jurisdiction as Lender may determine, together with any amendment and continuations with respect thereto, which authorization shall apply to all financing statements filed on, prior to or after the date hereof. Borrower hereby ratifies and approves all financing statements naming Lender or its designee as secured party and Borrower as debtor with respect to the Collateral (and any amendments with respect to such financing statements) filed by or on behalf of Lender prior to the date hereof and ratifies and confirms the authorization of Lender to file such financing statements (and amendments, if any). Borrower hereby authorizes Lender to adopt on behalf of Borrower any symbol required for authenticating any electronic filing. In the event that the description of the collateral in any financing statement naming Lender or its designee as the secured party and Borrower as debtor

 

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includes assets and properties of Borrower that do not at any time constitute Collateral, whether hereunder, under any of the other Financing Agreements or otherwise, the filing of such financing statement shall nonetheless be deemed authorized by Borrower to the extent of the Collateral included in such description and it shall not render the financing statement ineffective as to any of the Collateral or otherwise affect the financing statement as it applies to any of the Collateral. In no event shall Borrower at any time file, or permit or cause to be filed, any correction statement or termination statement with respect to any financing statement (or amendment or continuation with respect thereto) naming Lender or its designee as secured party and Borrower as debtor.

(b) Borrower does not have any deposit accounts as of the date hereof, except as set forth on Schedule 5.2.

(c) Borrower shall take any other actions reasonably requested by Lender from time to time to cause the attachment, perfection and first priority of, subject to Permitted Liens, and the ability of Lender to enforce, the security interest of Lender in any and alt of the Collateral, including, without limitation, executing, delivering and, where appropriate, filing financing statements and amendments relating thereto under the UCC or other applicable law, to the extent, if any, that Borrower’s signature thereon is required therefor.

SECTION 6. COLLECTION AND ADMINISTRATION

6.1 Borrower’s Lo a n Account . Lender shall maintain one or more loan account


 
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