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EXHIBIT
10.1
LOAN AND SECURITY
AGREEMENT
THIS LOAN AND SECURITY
AGREEMENT dated as of April 30, 2008 the “
Closing Date ”) (as amended, modified or restated from
time to time, this “ Agreement ”), will serve to
set forth the terms of the Revolving Credit Facility by and among
THERMO CREDIT, LLC , a Colorado limited liability company
(together with its successors and assigns, “ Lender
”), TELETOUCH COMMUNICATIONS, INC. , a Delaware
corporation (“ TCI ”), TELETOUCH LICENSES,
INC. , a Delaware corporation (“ TLI ”), and
PROGRESSIVE CONCEPTS, INC. , a Texas corporation (“
PCI ”, collectively with TCI, TLI, and any other
Person identified or named from time to time as a “
Debtor ” under the Loan Documents, jointly, severally
and in solido , “ Debtor ”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS , TCI, TLI,
and PCI desire to establish their borrowing potential on a
consolidated basis to the same extent possible if they were merged
into a single entity and that this Agreement reflects the
establishment of a Revolving Credit Facility which would not
otherwise be available to TCI, TLI, and PCI if they were not
jointly, severally and in solido liable for payment and
performance of the Indebtedness under the Loan Documents;
and
WHEREAS , TCI, TLI,
and PCI have (1) determined that each will benefit
specifically and materially from the Revolving Credit Facility
contemplated by this Agreement, and (2) have requested and
bargained for the structure, terms and obligations set forth in the
Loan Documents; and
WHEREAS, Debtor has
requested that Lender extend the Revolving Credit Facility to
Debtor on the terms described in this Agreement; and
WHEREAS , Lender is
willing to make the Revolving Credit Facility available to Debtor
upon and subject to the provisions, terms and conditions set forth
in the Loan Documents;
NOW THEREFORE , the
parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, agree as
follows:
1. Definitions . As
used in this Agreement, all exhibits, appendices and schedules
hereto, and in any other Loan Documents made or delivered pursuant
to this Agreement, the following terms will have the meanings given
such terms in this Section 1 or in the provisions,
sections or recitals herein:
(a) “
Acquisition ” means any transaction or series of
related transactions for the purpose of or resulting, directly or
indirectly, in (a) the acquisition of all or substantially all
of the assets of a Person, (b) the acquisition of in excess of
50% of the capital stock, partnership interests, membership
interests or equity of any Person (other than a Person that is a
Subsidiary), or otherwise causing any Person to become a
Subsidiary, or (c) a merger or consolidation or any other
combination with another Person (other than a Person that is a
Subsidiary).
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(b) “ Affiliate
” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person
that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries,
Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the
Person specified.
(c) “ AT&T
Contracts and Accounts ” means those certain distribution
agreements as amended from time-to-time between PCI and
Southwestern Bell Wireless, Inc. and its successor entities,
including Dallas SMSA Limited Partnership, New Cingular Wireless
PCS, LLC, AT&T Mobility and other like kind
entities.
(d) “ Borrowing
Base ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2(d)(i).
(e) “ Business
Day ” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday, or any
other day on which any branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of New
Orleans, Louisiana, is closed.
(f) “ Capital Lease
Obligations ” means, as to any Person, the obligations of
such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or
other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal
property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required
to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance
sheet of such Person under GAAP and, for the purposes of this
Agreement, the amount of such obligations at any time shall be the
capitalized amount thereof at such time determined in accordance
with GAAP.
(g) “ Code
” means the Uniform Commercial Code as the same may, from
time to time, be enacted and in effect in the State of Louisiana;
provided, that to the extent that the Code is used to define
any term herein or in any Loan Document and such term is defined
differently in different articles or divisions of the Code, the
definition of such term contained in Article 9 shall govern;
provided further, that in the event that, by reason of
mandatory provisions of law, any or all of the attachment,
perfection or priority of, or remedies with respect to,
Lender’s lien on any Collateral is governed by the Uniform
Commercial Code as enacted and in effect in a jurisdiction other
than the State of Louisiana, the term “ Code ”
shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted and in effect in
such other jurisdiction solely for purposes of the provisions
thereof relating to such attachment, perfection, priority or
remedies and for purposes of definitions related to such
provisions.
(h) “ Collateral
” means:
(i) All present and future
accounts, chattel paper (including electronic chattel paper),
commercial tort claims, commodity accounts, commodity contracts,
deposit accounts, documents, financial assets, general intangibles,
health care insurance receivables, instruments, investment
property, letters of credit, letter of credit rights, payment
intangibles, securities, security accounts, and security
entitlements now or hereafter owned, held, or acquired.
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(ii) All present and
hereafter acquired inventory and goods (including without
limitation, all raw materials, work in process and finished goods)
held, possessed, owned, held on consignment, or held for sale,
lease, return or to be furnished under contracts of services, in
whole or in part, wherever located.
(iii) All equipment and
fixtures of whatsoever kind and character now or hereafter
possessed, held, acquired, leased or owned, together with all
replacements, accessories, additions, substitutions and accessions
to all of the foregoing, and all records relating in any way to the
foregoing.
(iv) All Patents, Copyrights,
Trademarks, Licenses and other intellectual property or rights now
or hereafter owned, held, or acquired (including without
limitation, those Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, and licenses set
forth on Schedule 1(d)(iv) attached hereto, if
any).
(v) the Debtor
Judgment.
(vi) Any and all substitutes
and replacements for, accessions, attachments and other additions
to, tools, parts and equipment now or hereafter added to or used in
connection with, and all cash or non-cash proceeds and products of,
the Collateral (including, without limitation, all income, benefits
and property receivable, received or distributed which results from
any of the Collateral, such as dividends payable or distributable
in cash, property or stock; insurance distributions of any kind
related to the Collateral, including, without limitation, returned
premiums, interest, premium and principal payments; redemption
proceeds and subscription rights; and shares or other proceeds of
conversions or splits of any securities in the Collateral); any and
all causes in action and causes of action of Debtor, whether now
existing or hereafter arising, relating directly or indirectly to
the Collateral (whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise and
whether or not currently in litigation); all certificates of title,
manufacturer’s statements of origin; all warranties,
wrapping, packaging, advertising and shipping materials used or to
be used in connection with or related to the Collateral; all of
Debtor’s books, records, data, plans, manuals, computer
software, computer tapes, computer systems, computer disks,
computer programs, source codes and object codes containing any
information, pertaining directly or indirectly to the Collateral
and all rights of Debtor to retrieve data and other information
pertaining directly or indirectly to the Collateral from third
parties, whether now existing or hereafter arising; and all
returned, refused, stopped in transit, or repossessed Collateral,
any of which, if received by Debtor, upon request shall be
delivered immediately to Lender.
The term “
Collateral ,” as used herein, shall also include
(i) any other Property, real or personal, tangible or
intangible, now existing or hereafter acquired, of Debtor that may
at any time be or become subject to a security interest or lien in
favor of Lender, and (ii) all SUPPORTING OBLIGATIONS, PRODUCTS
and PROCEEDS of all of the foregoing (including without limitation,
insurance payable by reason of loss or damage to the foregoing
property) and any Property, securities, guaranties or monies of
Debtor which
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may at any time come into the
possession of Lender. The designation of proceeds does not in and
of itself authorize Debtor to sell, transfer or otherwise convey
any of the foregoing property except in the ordinary course of
Debtor’s business or as otherwise provided herein.
Notwithstanding the
foregoing, as used herein the term “Collateral” shall
not include, and Lender shall not at any time have any security
interest in or any other lien on, any Excluded Assets.
(i) “ Collateral
Access Agreement ” means, with respect to any inventory,
any landlord waiver or other agreement, in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to Lender, between Lender and any third
party (including any bailee, consignee, customs broker, mortgagee,
or other similar Person) in possession of any such inventory for
any real Property where such inventory is located.
(j) “ Constituent
Documents ” means (i) in the case of a corporation,
its articles or certificate of incorporation and bylaws;
(ii) in the case of a general partnership, its partnership
agreement; (iii) in the case of a limited partnership, its
certificate of limited partnership and partnership agreement;
(iv) in the case of a trust, its trust agreement; (v) in
the case of a joint venture, its joint venture agreement;
(vi) in the case of a limited liability company, its articles
of organization and operating agreement or regulations; and
(vii) in the case of any other entity, its organizational and
governance documents and agreements.
(k) “ Control
” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power
to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a
Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by
contract or otherwise. “ Controlling ” and
“ Controlled ” have meanings correlative
thereto.
(l) “ Copyright
” means all right, title and interest in and to the copyright
applications and copyrights of a Person and those copyrights which
are hereafter obtained or acquired by such Person and all
registrations, applications and recordings thereof, including,
without limitation, all reissues, divisions, continuations,
renewals, extensions and continuations-in-part thereof, and all
applications, registrations and recordings in the United States
Copyright Office or in any similar office or agency of the United
States, or any State thereof, all whether now owned or hereafter
acquired by a Person.
(m) “ Debt
” means, with respect to Debtor, without duplication, the sum
of the following calculated in accordance with GAAP:
(i) all liabilities,
obligations and indebtedness for borrowed money of such Person
including, but not limited to, obligations evidenced by bonds,
debentures, notes or other similar instruments of such
Person;
(ii) all obligations for the
deferred purchase price of property or services of any such Person,
except trade payables arising in the ordinary course of business
not more than ninety (90) days past due;
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(iii) all Capital Lease
Obligations of such Person (regardless of whether accounted for as
indebtedness under GAAP);
(iv) all guarantees that have
the economic effect of guaranteeing the payment of any Indebtedness
of any other Person;
(v) all indebtedness created
under or arising under any conditional sale or other title
retention agreement with respect to property acquired, whether or
not such indebtedness shall have been assumed by such Person or is
limited in recourse;
(vi) all payment obligations,
contingent or otherwise, of such Person relative to the face amount
of letters of credit, whether or not drawn, including, without
limitation, any reimbursement obligation under any such letter of
credit issued for the account of such Person; and
(vii) Hedging
Obligations.
For all purposes hereof, the
Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture (other than a
joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability
company) in which such Person is a general partner or a joint
venturer, unless such Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse
to such Person.
(n) “ Debtor
Judgment ” means that certain final judgment rendered in
the matter of Teletouch, Inc. vs. Richard Fry, Locatient, Ltd. Co.,
and Datalogic International, Inc. by Judge Michael H. Schneider in
the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas,
Tyler Division, Cause No. 6:05-CV-363, and signed on
April 16, 2007.
(o) “ Debtor
Mortgage ” means a first and second lien on that certain
real property owned by PCI which is located in Tarrant County, Fort
Worth, Texas as further described in Schedules 1(d)(iii) and
1(jj)which secures PCI’s payment obligations under those
certain promissory notes dated May 8, 2007 made by PCI and
payable to the order of United Commercial Bank and Jardine Capital
Corp., as amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified
from time to time.
(p) “ Environmental
Laws ” means all laws, rules, regulations, codes,
ordinances, orders, decrees, judgments, injunctions, notices or
binding agreements issued, promulgated or entered into by any
Governmental Authority, relating in any way to the environment,
preservation or reclamation of natural resources, the management,
release or threatened release of any Hazardous Material or to
health and safety matters.
(q) “ Environmental
Liabilities ” means, as to any Person, all liabilities,
obligations, responsibilities, remedial actions, losses, damages,
punitive damages, consequential damages, treble damages, costs, and
expenses, (including, without limitation, all reasonable fees,
disbursements and expenses of counsel, expert and consulting fees
and costs of investigation and feasibility studies), fines,
penalties, sanctions, and interest incurred as a result of any
claim or demand, by any Person,
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whether based in contract,
tort, implied or express warranty, strict liability, criminal or
civil statute, including any Environmental Law, permit, order or
agreement with any Governmental Authority or other Person, arising
from environmental, health or safety conditions or the release or
threatened release of a Hazardous Material into the environment,
resulting from the past, present, or future operations of such
Person or its Affiliates.
(r) “ Excluded
Assets ” means the collective reference to:
(i) any lease, license,
contract, property right or agreement to which Debtor or any
Subsidiary of Debtor is a party or any of its rights or interests
thereunder (including, without limitation, the FCC Licenses and the
AT&T Contracts and Accounts) if at any time the grant of a
security interest hereunder shall constitute or result in a breach,
termination or default under any such lease, license, contract,
property right or agreement;
(ii) the Excluded Pledged
Equity Interests; and
(iii) the Factored
Property.
(s) “ Excluded
Pledged Equity Interests ” means all of the common stock
of each of PCI and TCI.
(t) “ Factored
Property ” means any and all trade account receivable
balances and customer invoices and all other property and proceeds
thereof sold to the Purchaser (as defined under the Factoring
Agreement) from time to time under the Factoring
Agreement.
(u) “ Factoring
Agreement ” means, that certain Factoring and Security
Agreement dated as of August 10, 2006, by and between PCI and
Lender, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented,
extended, or otherwise modified from time to time.
(v) “ Factoring
Obligations ” means, on any date of determination, all
payment obligations of PCI to Thermo Credit, LLC, under the
Factoring Agreement, determined after giving effect to the exercise
by Thermo Credit, LLC of its rights and remedies against and
application of funds contained in the Thermo Contingency Account
(as defined in the Factoring Agreement) to such payment
obligations.
(w) “ FCC
” means the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, and any
successor.
(x) “ FCC
Licenses ” means all licenses and permits issued by the
FCC to Debtor that are necessary and required by the FCC to conduct
its business.
(y) “ GAAP
” means generally accepted accounting principles in the
United States as in effect from time to time, applied on a
consistent basis, as set forth in Opinions of the Accounting
Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified
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Public Accountants and/or in
statements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board and/or their
respective successors and which are applicable in the circumstances
as of the date in question. Accounting principles are applied on a
“consistent basis” when the accounting principles
applied in a current period are reasonably comparable in all
material respects to those accounting principles applied in a
preceding period.
(z) “ Governmental
Authority ” means the government of the United States of
America, any other nation or any political subdivision thereof,
whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality,
regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising
executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or
administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to
government.
(aa) “ Government
Receivable ” means any account where the account debtor
with respect to such account is a State or Federal governmental
agency, office, municipality or other government authority or
political subdivision thereof.
(bb) “ Hazardous
Materials ” means all explosive or radioactive substances
or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other
pollutants, and all other substances or wastes of any nature
regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.
(cc) “ Hedging
Agreement ” means (i) any agreement (including terms
and conditions incorporated by reference therein) which is a rate
swap agreement, basis swap, forward rate agreement, commodity swap,
interest rate option, forward foreign exchange agreement, spot
foreign exchange agreement, rate cap agreement, rate floor
agreement, rate collar agreement, currency swap agreement,
cross-currency rate swap agreement, currency option, any other
similar agreement or arrangement (including any option to enter
into any of the foregoing) designed to alter the risks of any
Person arising from fluctuations in interest rates, currency values
or commodity prices, (ii) any combination of the foregoing,
and (iii) a master agreement for any of the foregoing together
with all supplements, all as amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time.
(dd) “ Hedging
Obligations ” means all existing or future payment and
other obligations, including obligations arising from early
termination, of the Borrower arising under or in connection with
any Hedging Agreement.
(ee) “
Indebtedness ” means (i) all indebtedness,
obligations, and liabilities of Debtor to Lender of any kind or
character, now existing or hereafter arising, whether direct,
indirect, related, unrelated, fixed, contingent, liquidated,
unliquidated, joint, several and in solido, or joint and several
and in solido, under the Note, this Agreement or any of the other
Loan Documents, or Factoring Agreement Obligations, (ii) all
accrued but unpaid interest on any of the indebtedness described in
(i) above, (iii) all obligations of Obligors to Lender
under the Loan Documents, (iv) all costs and expenses
reasonably incurred by Lender in connection with the enforcement of
all or any part of the indebtedness and obligations described in
(i), (ii) and (iii) above or the protection or
preservation of, or realization upon, the Collateral securing all
or any part of such indebtedness and obligations, including without
limitation all reasonable attorneys’ fees,
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and (v) all renewals,
extensions, modifications and rearrangements of the indebtedness
and payment obligations described in (i), (ii), (iii) and
(iv) above; provided, however, that if on any date Thermo
Credit, LLC is either no longer the Purchaser (as defined under the
Factoring Agreement) under the Factoring Agreement or is no longer
the Lender under this Agreement, the Factoring Obligations shall
not constitute part of the Indebtedness for purposes of this
Agreement and the Loan Documents on such date.
(ff) “ Intercompany
Debt ” has the meaning specified in
Section 8(b)(ii).
(gg) “ Licenses
” means the patent, trademark or copyright license agreements
of a Person as any of the same may from time to time be amended or
supplemented and those licenses which are hereafter obtained or
acquired by such Person.
(hh) “ Loan
Documents ” means this Agreement, the Note, and the other
agreements, instruments and documents evidencing, securing,
governing, guaranteeing or pertaining to the Loans.
(ii) “ Loans
” means all advances under the Revolving Credit Facility as
established pursuant to the Loan Documents from time to
time.
(jj) “ Local
Governmental Authority ” means any state, local, city or
county Governmental Authority.
(kk) “ Mandatory
Principal Payments ” principal payments required under
the Note.
(ll) “ Material
Adverse Effect ” means a material adverse effect on
(i) the business, assets, property, operations, or financial
condition, of Debtor and its consolidated Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, (ii) the ability of the Obligors (taken as a whole) to
pay the Indebtedness, (iii) any of the material rights of or
material benefits available to Lender under the Loan Documents, or
(iv) the validity or enforceability of the Loan
Documents.
(mm) “ Monthly Step
Down ” shall mean, for each month, commencing with the
seventh (7 th ) full month following the effective date of this
Agreement, an amount equal to the average principal balance
outstanding for that month divided by sixty (60).
(nn) “ Note
” means, collectively, any promissory note evidencing all or
part of the Indebtedness from time to time (as any such Note may be
amended, modified or restated from time to time), including but not
limited to that certain Promissory Note dated as of the Closing
Date, executed by Debtor in favor of Lender, in the original
principal amount of $5,000,000.00.
(oo) “ Obligors
” means Debtor or any other Person who guaranteed or is
otherwise obligated to pay or perform all or any portion of
Indebtedness.
(pp) “Patents
” means all right, title and interest in and to the patent
applications and patents of a Person and those patents which are
hereafter obtained or acquired by
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Person and all registrations,
applications and recordings thereof, including, without limitation,
all reissues, divisions, continuations, renewals, extensions and
continuations-in-part thereof, and all applications, registrations
and recordings in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or
in any similar office or agency of the United States, or any State
thereof, all whether now owned or hereafter acquired by such
Person.
(qq) “ Permitted
Acquisition ” means any Acquisition after the date of
this Agreement with respect to which all of the following
conditions shall have been satisfied:
(i) Debtor shall be in
compliance, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such
Acquisition, with the covenants contained in Section 9, in
each case recomputed as at the last day of the most recently ended
fiscal quarter of Debtor;
(ii) all governmental
approvals necessary to permit the consummation of the Acquisition
have been obtained and are in full force and effect;
(iii) the Acquisition shall
be approved by the Board of Directors or other comparable governing
body (or a majority of holders of the equity interests) of the
Person whose assets or equity interests are being acquired pursuant
to such Acquisition); and
(iv) no Event of Default
shall then exist or shall result after giving effect to the
Acquisition.
(rr) “ Permitted
Encumbrances ” means the following encumbrances:
(i) liens for taxes, assessments, fees or other governmental
charges or levies not yet delinquent or liens for taxes,
assessments, fees or other governmental charges or levies being
contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings for which
adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP;
(ii) liens in respect of Property of a Person imposed by law
which were incurred in the ordinary course of business and which
have not arisen to secure Debt for borrowed money, such as
carriers’, materialmen’s, warehousemen’s,
repairmen’s, suppliers, shipper’s, vendors, carriers
and mechanics’ liens, statutory and common law
landlord’s liens, and other similar liens arising in the
ordinary course of business, and which either (1) do not in
the aggregate materially detract from the value of such Property or
materially impair the use thereof in the operation of the business
of a Person, or (2) are being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings, which proceedings have the effect of
preventing the forfeiture or sale of the Property subject to such
lien; (iii) liens created by or pursuant to the Loan
Documents; (iv) liens in existence on the Closing Date which
are listed, and the Property subject thereto described, on
Schedule 1(rr) ; (v) liens arising from judgments,
decrees, awards or attachments in circumstances not constituting an
Event of Default under Section 12(f); (vi) liens
(1) incurred or deposits made in the ordinary course of
business in connection with general insurance maintained by a
Person, (2) incurred or pledges or deposits made in the
ordinary course of business of a Person in connection with
workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance, and other
types of social security, (3) to secure the performance by any
Person of tenders, statutory obligations (other than excise taxes),
surety, stay, customs and appeal bonds, statutory bonds, bids,
leases, government
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contracts, trade contracts,
performance and return of money bonds and other similar obligations
(exclusive of obligations for the payment of borrowed money) to the
extent incurred in the ordinary course of business, and (4) to
secure the performance by a Person of leases of real property, to
the extent incurred or made in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practices; (vii) licenses, sublicenses,
leases or subleases granted to third Persons in the ordinary course
of business not interfering in any material respect with the
business of a Person; (viii) easements, rights-of-way,
restrictions, minor defects or irregularities in title, servitudes,
encroachments, reservations, permits, variations, covenants, zoning
and building restrictions and ordinances, and other similar charges
or encumbrances, in each case not securing Indebtedness and not
interfering in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of
the business of a Person; (ix) liens constituting rights of
first refusal, options or other contractual rights to purchase,
sell, assign or otherwise dispose of any assets or property, or any
interest therein, the purchase, sale or other disposition of which
is not prohibited by this Agreement; (x) liens arising out of
conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar
arrangements for the sale of goods entered into by Debtor in the
ordinary course of business; (xi) liens arising from
precautionary Code financing statements regarding operating leases;
(xii) liens created pursuant to or in connection with Capital
Lease Obligations permitted under Section 8(b)(v),
provided that (1) such liens only serve to secure the
payment of rent or indebtedness arising under such capital leases,
and (2) the liens encumbering the assets leased or purported
to be leased under such capital leases do not encumber any other
assets of a Person; (xiii) (1) those liens, encumbrances,
hypothecations and other matters affecting title to any real
property and found reasonably acceptable by Lender or insured
against by title insurance, (2) as to any particular real
property at any time, such easements, encroachments, covenants,
rights of way, minor defects, irregularities or encumbrances on
title which could not reasonably be expected to materially impair
such real property for the purpose for which it is held by the
mortgagor or grantor thereof, or the lien or hypothec held by
Lender, or any other lien or encumbrance expressly permitted under
any mortgage or deed of trust made by Debtor for the benefit of
Lender, (3) zoning and other municipal ordinances which are
not violated in any material respect by the existing improvements
and the present use made by the mortgagor or grantor thereof of the
premises, (4) general real estate taxes and assessments not
yet delinquent, (5) any lien that would be disclosed on a
true, correct and complete survey of the real property that does
not materially affect the use or enjoyment of the real property as
it is currently being used, and (6) such other similar items
as Lender may consent to; (xiv) liens in equipment, fixtures
and other Property (other than those that are replacements of
existing equipment, fixtures and other Property) arising pursuant
to purchase money security interests securing indebtedness
representing the purchase price of assets acquired after the
Closing Date; provided that (1) any such liens attach
only to the assets so purchased, upgrades thereon and, if the asset
so purchased is an upgrade, the original asset itself (and such
other assets financed by the same financing source) and proceeds
thereof, (2) the indebtedness secured by any such lien does
not exceed the original purchase price of the property being
purchased at the time of the incurrence of such indebtedness, and
(3) the indebtedness secured thereby is permitted to be
incurred pursuant to this Agreement; (xv) liens granted to or
created or arising (A) in favor of banks, financial
institutions and other Persons with respect to letters of credit
issued for
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the account of Debtor, and
certificates of deposit pledged by Debtor, in either case to secure
Debt permitted under Section 8(b)(x) and (B) to secure
Hedging Obligations permitted under Section 8(b)(vi);
(xvi) bankers’ liens, rights of set-off or similar
rights with respect to deposit, disbursement or concentration
accounts maintained with such banks or other financial
institutions; (xvii) liens existing on any property or asset
at the time of the acquisition or construction thereof by Debtor,
in each case whether or not assumed by Debtor, securing Debt
permitted under Section 8(b); provided that
(A) such lien is not created in contemplation of or in
connection with such acquisition or construction, as applicable,
(B) such lien shall not apply to any other property or assets
of Debtor and (C) such lien shall secure only those
obligations which it secures on the date of such acquisition or
construction, as applicable, and extensions, renewals and
replacements thereof that do not increase the outstanding principal
amount secured thereby; (xviii) liens existing on any property
or asset of, or on the equity interests of, any Person that becomes
a Subsidiary of Debtor after the date hereof prior to or at the
time such Person becomes a Subsidiary, securing Debt permitted
under Section 8(b)(xi) or 8(b)(xv), provided that
(A) such lien shall not apply to any other property or assets
of Debtor or any Subsidiary and (B) such lien shall secure
only those obligations which it secures on the date of such
acquisition or the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary, as
applicable, and extensions, renewals, restructurings and
replacements thereof that do not increase the outstanding principal
amount secured thereby; (xix) liens securing Subordinated Debt
or Intercompany Debt permitted under this Agreement which liens are
subordinated to the liens created under this Agreement on terms
satisfactory to Lender; (xx) liens created under the Debtor
Mortgage; and (xxi) liens incurred pursuant to the refunding,
refinancing, replacement, renewal, restructuring or extension of
any other lien permitted under this definition that do not increase
the outstanding principal amount secured thereby. For the avoidance
of doubt, the term “lien” as used herein shall mean and
include any lien, security interest, pledge, or other
encumbrance.
(ss) “ Person
” means any individual, corporation, limited liability
company, business trust, association, company, partnership, joint
venture, Governmental Authority, or other entity, and shall include
such Person’s heirs, administrators, personal
representatives, executors, successors and assigns.
(tt) “ Property
” of a Person means any and all property, whether real,
personal, tangible, intangible or mixed, of such Person, or any
other assets owned, operated or leased by such Person.
(uu) “ Reducing Loan
Availability ” means the aggregate amount of each Monthly
Step Down.
(vv) “ Subordinated
Debt ” has the meaning specified in
Section 9(d)(vi).
(ww) “
Subsidiary ” means any entity (i) of which at
least a majority of the ownership, equity or voting interest is at
the time directly or indirectly owned or controlled by a Person
and/or its Subsidiaries, and (ii) which is treated as a
subsidiary in accordance with GAAP.
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(xx) “
Trademarks ” means the registered trademarks and
pending applications of a Person and those trademarks which are
hereafter adopted or acquired by such Person, and all right, title
and interest therein and thereto, and all registrations,
applications, and recordings thereof, including, without
limitation, applications, registrations and recordings in the
United States Patent and Trademark Office or in any similar office
or agency of the United States, any State thereof, all whether now
owned or hereafter acquired by such Person.
All financial covenants for
Debtor shall be calculated for purposes of this Agreement on a
combined and consolidated basis.
All words and phrases used
herein shall have the meaning specified in the Code except to the
extent such meaning is inconsistent with this Agreement. All
definitions contained in this Agreement are equally applicable to
the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. The words
“hereof”, “herein”, and
“hereunder” and words of similar import referring to
this Agreement refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any
particular provision of this Agreement. Any accounting term used in
the Loan Documents shall have, unless otherwise specifically
provided therein, the meaning customarily given such term in
accordance with GAAP, and all financial computations thereunder
shall be computed, unless otherwise specifically provided therein,
in accordance with GAAP consistently applied. In the event that any
“Accounting Change” (as defined below) shall occur and
such change requires a change in the method of calculation of
financial covenants contained in Article 9 of this Agreement, then
Debtor and Lender agree to enter into negotiations in order to
amend such provisions of this Agreement so as to reflect equitably
such Accounting Changes with the desired result that the criteria
for evaluating Debtor’s financial condition shall be
substantially similar after such Accounting Changes as if such
Accounting Changes had not been made. “Accounting
Changes” refers to changes in accounting principles required
by the promulgation of any rule, regulation, pronouncement or
opinion by the Financial Accounting Standard Board of the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants or, if applicable, the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“ SEC
”). Notwithstanding any term or provision in this Agreement
or any other Loan Document, Debtor and Lender have agreed that the
Debtor may use the fair value methodology for calculating the
balance sheet. That certain items or computations are explicitly
modified by the phrase “in accordance with GAAP” shall
in no way be construed to limit the foregoing.
2. Revolving Credit
Facility .
(a) Joint, Several and In
Solido Liability . TCI, TLI, PCI and any other Person named or
identified as a Debtor under the Loan Documents from time to time
hereby irrevocably and unconditionally: (i) agree that each is
JOINTLY, SEVERALLY AND IN SOLIDO liable to Lender for the full and
prompt payment and performance of the Indebtedness under the Loan
Documents in accordance with the terms thereof; and (ii) agree
to fully and promptly perform all of their obligations hereunder
and the other Loan Documents with respect to each Loan hereunder as
if such Loan had been made directly to it. Debtor hereby designates
TCI as its representative and agent on its behalf for the purposes
of giving instructions with respect to the disbursement of the
proceeds of the
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Loans, selecting interest
rate options, giving and receiving all other notices and consents
hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents and taking all
other actions (including in respect of compliance with covenants)
on behalf of Debtor under the Loan Documents. TCI hereby accepts
such appointment. Lender may regard any notice or other
communication pursuant to any Loan Document from TCI as a notice or
communication from Debtor. Each warranty, covenant, agreement and
undertaking made on behalf of Debtor by TCI shall be deemed for all
purposes to have been made by Debtor and shall be binding upon and
enforceable against Debtor to the same extent as it if the same had
been made directly by Debtor.
(b) Cross-Guaranty .
Debtor hereby agrees that Debtor is JOINTLY SEVERALLY AND IN SOLIDO
liable for, and hereby absolutely and unconditionally guarantees to
Lender and its successors and assigns, the full and prompt payment
(whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) and
performance of, all Indebtedness owed or hereafter owing to Lender
by Debtor; provided TCI and TLI will guaranty only the
payment of the Factoring Obligations and not the performance of the
Factoring Obligations. Debtor agrees that its guaranty obligation
hereunder is a continuing guaranty of payment and not of
collection, that its obligations under this
Section 2(b) shall not be discharged until payment and
performance (subject to the proviso in the immediately preceding
sentence) in full of the Indebtedness has occurred, and that its
obligations under this Section 2(b) shall be absolute
and unconditional, irrespective of, and unaffected by:
(i) the genuineness,
validity, regularity, enforceability or any future amendment of, or
change in, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other
agreement, document or instrument to which any Debtor is or may
become a party;
(ii) the absence of any
action to enforce this Agreement, including this
Section 2(b) , or any other Loan Document or the waiver
or consent by Lender with respect to any of the provisions
thereof;
(iii) the existence, value or
condition of, or failure to perfect its lien against, any security
or Collateral for the Indebtedness or any action, or the absence of
any action, by Lender in respect thereof (including the release of
any such security or Collateral);
(iv) the insolvency of any
Obligor; or
(v) any other action or
circumstance that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable
discharge or defense of a surety or guarantor.
Debtor shall be regarded, and
shall be in the same position, as principal debtor with respect to
the Indebtedness guaranteed hereunder. Notwithstanding any
provision herein contained to the contrary, Debtor’s
liability under this Section 2(b) , which liability is
in addition to amounts for which such Debtor is liable under
Section 2(a) , shall be limited to an amount not to
exceed as of any date of determination the greater of: (i) the
net amount
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of all Loans advanced to any
Debtor under this Agreement and then re-loaned or otherwise
transferred to, or for the benefit of, Debtor; and (ii) the
amount that could be claimed by Lender from Debtor under this
Section 2(b) without rendering such claim voidable or
avoidable under Section 548 of Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy
Code or under any applicable state Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act,
Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act or similar statute or common law
after taking into account, among other things, Debtor’s right
of contribution and indemnification from each other Debtor. To the
extent that Debtor shall make a payment under this
Section 2(b) of all or any of the Indebtedness (other
than Loans made to Debtor for which it is primarily liable) (a
“ Guarantor Payment ”) that, taking into account
all other Guarantor Payments then previously or concurrently made
by any Debtor, exceeds the amount that such Debtor would otherwise
have paid if each Debtor had paid the aggregate Indebtedness
satisfied by such Guarantor Payment in the same proportion that
such Debtor’s Allocable Amount (as defined below) (as
determined immediately prior to such Guarantor Payment) bore to the
aggregate Allocable Amounts of each of Debtor as determined
immediately prior to the making of such Guarantor Payment, then,
following indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Indebtedness,
such Debtor shall be entitled to receive contribution and
indemnification payments from, and be reimbursed by, each other
Debtor for the amount of such excess, pro rata based upon their
respective Allocable Amounts in effect immediately prior to such
Guarantor Payment. As of any date of determination, the “
Allocable Amount ” of any Debtor shall be equal to the
maximum amount of the claim that could then be recovered from such
Debtor under this Section 2(b) without rendering such
claim voidable or avoidable under Section 548 of Chapter 11 of
the Bankruptcy Code or under any applicable state Uniform
Fraudulent Transfer Act, Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act or
similar statute or common law. This Section 2(b) is
intended only to define the relative rights of Debtor and nothing
set forth herein is intended to or shall impair the obligations of
Debtor, jointly, severally and in solido , to pay any
amounts as and when the same shall become due and payable in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Nothing contained in
this Section 2(b) shall limit the liability of any
Debtor to pay the Loans made directly or indirectly to that Debtor
and accrued interest, fees and expenses with respect thereto for
which such Debtor shall be primarily liable. The liability of
Debtor under this Section 2(b) is in addition to and
shall be cumulative with all other liabilities of Debtor to Lender
under the Loan Documents to which such Debtor is a party, without
any limitation as to amount, unless the instrument or agreement
evidencing or creating such other liability specifically provides
to the contrary.
(c) Revolving Credit
Facility . Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, Lender hereby agrees
to lend to Debtor an aggregate sum not to exceed at any time the
lesser of (i) an amount equal to the Borrowing Base
existing at such time or (ii) (A) FIVE MILLION AND NO/100
DOLLARS ($5,000,000.00) minus (B) the Reducing Loan
Availability at such time (the “ Revolving Credit
Facility ”), on a revolving basis from time to time
during the period commencing on the date hereof and continuing
until the second (2nd) anniversary of the Closing Date, or
such other date as may be established by a written instrument
between Debtor and Lender from time to time (the “
Revolving Credit Maturity Date ”). If at any time the
sum of the aggregate principal amount of Loans outstanding
hereunder exceeds the lesser of the amount of the Revolving
Credit Facility or the Borrowing Base (after
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giving effect to
Section 2(e)), such amounts shall be deemed an “
Overadvance .” Debtor shall repay the amount of such
Overadvance within one (1) Business Day after the date of
determination thereof (after giving effect to Section 2(e))
plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon upon written
demand from Lender; provided interest shall not accrue at
the Default Rate until after such date of determination.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, an
Overadvance shall be considered a Loan and shall bear interest at
the Default Rate as set forth in the Revolving Credit Note and be
secured by this Agreement. Subject to the terms and conditions
hereof, Debtor may borrow, repay and reborrow funds under the
Revolving Credit Facility.
(d) Certain Defined Terms
Relating to the Revolving Credit Facility . As used in this
Agreement, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:
(i) “ Borrowing
Base ” means, on any date of determination, an amount
equal to the sum of each of the following on such date of
determination:
(1) eighty percent
(80.00%) of the amount of Debtor’s Eligible Real
Estate;
(2) twenty-five percent
(25.00%) of the amount of Debtor’s Eligible
Equipment;
(3) fifty percent
(50.00%) of the amount of Debtor’s Eligible
Infrastructure;
(4) sixty percent
(60.00%) of Debtor’s Eligible Inventory (except forty
percent (40.00%) in the case of parts for two way
radios);
(5) eighty-five percent
(85.00%) of the amount of Debtor’s Eligible Accounts;
and
(6) fifty percent
(50.00%) of Debtor’s Eligible Intangibles;
(ii) “ Eligible
Accounts ” means, at any time, all accounts receivable of
Debtor, created in the ordinary course of business that satisfy the
following conditions:
(1) The account complies in
all material respects with all applicable laws, rules, and
regulations;
(2) The account has not been
outstanding for more than ninety (90) days past the original
date of invoice;
(3) The account does not
represent a commission and the account was created under an
enforceable contract in connection with (A) the sale of goods
by Debtor in the ordinary course of business and such sale has been
consummated and such goods have been shipped and delivered and
received by the account debtor, or (B) the performance of
services by Debtor in the ordinary course of business and such
services have been completed and accepted by the account
debtor;
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(4) The account does not
arise from the sale of any good that is on a bill-and-hold,
guaranteed sale, sale-or-return, sale on approval, consignment, or
any other repurchase or return basis;
(5) Debtor has good and
marketable title to the account and the account is not subject to
any lien except liens in favor of Lender;
(6) The account is not
subject to any factoring agreement;
(7) The account does not
arise out of a contract with or order from an account debtor that,
by its express terms, prohibits or makes void or unenforceable the
grant of a security interest by Debtor to Lender in and to such
account;
(8) The account is not
subject to any setoff, counterclaim, defense, dispute, recoupment,
or negative adjustment other than normal discounts for prompt
payment ( provided , however , that the portion of
any such account that is not subject to any such setoff,
counterclaim, defense, dispute, recoupment, or negative adjustment
shall be an Eligible Account);
(9) The account debtor is not
insolvent or the subject of any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding
and has not made an assignment for the benefit of creditors,
suspended normal business operations, dissolved, liquidated,
terminated its existence, ceased to pay its debts generally as they
become due, or suffered a receiver or trustee to be appointed for
any of its assets or affairs;
(10) The account is not
evidenced by chattel paper or an instrument that has not been
received by Debtor and delivered to Lender;
(11) No payment or other
material default exists under the account by the Debtor or the
account debtor;
(12) The account debtor has
not returned to Debtor or refused to retain, or otherwise notified
Debtor of any material dispute concerning, or claimed nonconformity
of any material portion of the goods from the sale of which the
account arose;
(13) The account is not owed
by an Affiliate, Subsidiary, employee, officer, director or equity
holder of Debtor;
(14) The account is payable
in U.S. Dollars by the account debtor;
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(15) The account shall be
ineligible if the account debtor is domiciled in any country other
than the United States of America;
(16) The account shall be
ineligible if more than twenty percent (20.00%) of the
aggregate balances then outstanding on other accounts owed by such
account debtor and its Affiliates (other than an account debtor
which is a Local Governmental Authority or any of its Affiliates)
to Debtor are more than ninety (90) days past the dates of
their original invoices ( provided that any accounts that
are the subject of a good faith bona-fide dispute shall be excluded
from the percentage limitation calculation in this sub-section
(16));
(17) The account shall be
ineligible if the account debtor is the United States of America or
any department, agency, or instrumentality thereof, and the Federal
Assignment of Claims Act of 1940, as amended, shall not have been
complied with;
(18) The account (or portion
thereof) shall be ineligible if and to the extent the aggregate of
all accounts (i) owed by the account debtor and its Affiliates
(other than a Local Governmental Authority or any of its
Affiliates) to which the account relates, when taken together with
such account or portion thereof, exceeds twenty percent
(20.00%) of all accounts then owed by all of Debtor’s
account debtors, and (ii) owed by an account debtor that is a
Local Governmental Authority to which the account relates, when
taken together with such account or portion thereof, exceeds thirty
percent (30.00%) of all accounts then owed by all of
Debtor’s account debtors; and
(19) The account is otherwise
acceptable in the reasonable discretion of Lender.
The amount of the Eligible
Accounts owed by an account debtor to Debtor on any date of
determination shall be reduced by the amount of all “contra
accounts” owed by Debtor to such account debtor on such date
of determination. In the event that Lender, at any time in its
reasonable discretion, determines that the dollar amount of any
Eligible Account collectable by Debtor is reduced or diluted as a
result of discounts or rebates granted by Debtor, returned,
rejected or disputed goods or services, or such other reasons or
factors as Lender reasonably and in good faith deems applicable,
Lender may reduce the amount of (or, if such amount is reduced or
diluted to an amount equal to zero, exclude) any such Eligible
Account included within the Borrowing Base by an amount determined
by Lender in its reasonable discretion.
(iii) “ Eligible
Equipment ” means, at any time, all equipment then owned
by (and in the possession or under the control of) Debtor in which
Lender has a perfected, first priority security interest (subject
to Permitted Encumbrances), valued at the lower of cost or fair
market value. Eligible Equipment shall not include
(1) equipment that is not in good condition (ordinary wear and
tear excepted), (2) equipment with respect to which a valid
and
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documented claim initiated in
a legal proceeding against Debtor exists disputing Debtor’s
title to or right to own and possess such equipment,
(3) equipment that does not comply in any material respect
with any applicable law, rule, or regulation or any standard
imposed by any Governmental Authority with regard to its
manufacture, use, or sale, and (4) equipment that is
materially damaged or obsolete so as to have no fair market
value.
(iv) “ Eligible
Infrastructure ” means, at any time, the two-way radio
lease fleet and related two-way infrastructure then owned by
Debtor, in which Lender has a perfected, first priority security
interest (subject to Permitted Encumbrances), in an amount valued
by Lender in its reasonable discretion. Eligible Infrastructure
shall not include: (1) items that are not in good condition
(ordinary wear and tear excepted), (2) items with respect to
which a valid and documented claim initiated in legal proceeding
against claim against Debtor exists disputing Debtor’s title
to or right to own and possess such items, (3) items that do
not comply in any material respect with any applicable law, rule,
or regulation or any standard imposed by any Governmental Authority
with regard to its manufacture, use, or sale, and (4) items
that are materially damaged or obsolete so as to have no fair
market value.
(v) “ Eligible
Intangibles ” means, at any time, the following general
intangibles then owned by Debtor, in which Lender has a perfected,
first priority security interest (subject to Permitted
Encumbrances), in an amount equal to the fair market value (as
determined by Lender in its reasonable discretion): (1) FCC
Licenses, (2) GeoFleet Property, (3) Two Way Customer
Lists, (4) the AT&T Contracts and Accounts, (5) the
wholesale distribution business of TCI, and (6) such other
intangibles approved by Lender in its reasonable discretion from
time to time.
(vi) “ Eligible
Inventory ” means, at any time, all inventory of finished
goods or parts then owned by Debtor (and in the possession or under
the control of) Debtor) (other than inventory which is located in
any third party warehouse or is in the possession of a bailee and
is evidenced by bills of lading, unless such warehouseman or bailee
has delivered to Lender under a Collateral Access Agreement and
such other documentation as the Lender may require and held for
sale or disposition in the ordinary course of Debtor’s
business, in which Lender has a perfected, first priority security
interest (subject to Permitted Encumbrances), valued at the lower
of actual cost or fair market value. Eligible Inventory shall not
include (1) inventory that has been shipped or delivered to a
customer on consignment, a sale-or-return basis, or on the basis of
any similar understanding, (2) inventory with respect to which
a valid and documented claim initiated in a legal proceeding
against Debtor exists disputing Debtor’s title to or right to
own and possess such inventory, (3) inventory that does not
comply in any material respect with any applicable law, rule, or
regulation imposed by any Governmental Authority with respect to
its manufacture, use, or sale, (4) inventory that is
materially damaged, slow moving, or otherwise not readily saleable,
(5) inventory covered by negotiable warehouse receipts or
other
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document of title (unless
such warehouse receipts are in the possession of Lender for the
purpose of perfecting Lender’s security interest therein (or
such inventory is covered by a Collateral Access Agreement)),
(6) inventory held solely for rental or lease,
(7) inventory that Lender, in its reasonable discretion, has
determined to be unmarketable, (8) the sale of which is
subject to third-party intellectual property agreements, and
(9) inventory that requires consent of a third-party for
manufacture or sale.
(vii) “ Eligible
Real Estate ” means, at any time, (A) the land and
buildings known 5718 Airport Freeway, 5722 Airport Freeway and 705
East Daggett Avenue located in Tarrant County, Fort Worth, Texas
(collectively “Fort Worth Real Estate”)owned by Debtor,
in an amount equal to the fair market value thereof (as determined
by Debtor pursuant to third party appraisals of such Property)
minus the outstanding principal amount of any third party loans
secured by such land and buildings and (B) the land and
building known as 2121 Old Henderson Highway located in Smith
County, Tyler, Texas, owned by Debtor, in an amount equal to the
fair market value thereof (as determined by Debtor).
(e) Borrowing Base
Redeterminations . Notwithstanding any term or provision in
Section 2(d):
(1) the value of any Property
included in the Borrowing Base shall be determined by the method of
valuation set forth in the Borrowing Base Report proposed by Debtor
and approved by Lender and, once an initial method of valuation for
or in respect of any such Property has been agreed to by Borrower
and Lender, that method shall not change unless agreed to by
Borrower and Lender; and
(2) if at any time Lender in
its reasonable judgment acting in good faith determines that any
item of Property of Debtor constituting part of the Borrowing Base
at such time either (A) should no longer be included in the
Borrowing Base because such item of Property no longer satisfies,
in the reasonable judgment of Lender, one or more of the applicable
requirements of Eligible Real Estate, Eligible Equipment, Eligible
Infrastructure, Eligible Inventory, Eligible Accounts or Eligible
Intangibles (as applicable), or (B) the value of such item of
Property should be an amount other than the value thereof proposed
by Debtor in a Borrowing Base Report or otherwise be redetermined
for Borrowing Base purposes, then Lender shall, prior to excluding
such item of Property from the Borrowing Base or prior to
redetermining the value of such item of Property for Borrowing Base
purposes (as applicable), provide written notice (“
Borrowing Base Notice ”) to Debtor of Lender’s
intent to exclude such item of Property from the Borrowing Base or
to redetermine the value of such item of Property for Borrowing
Base purposes (as applicable), setting forth in reasonable detail
such proposed exclusion or redetermination and the basis therefor,
and Lender and Debtor shall in good faith consult with each other
in an attempt to resolve such matter
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prior to the Lender enforcing
such exclusion or redetermination and, if the Debtor and Lender
cannot resolve the matter within sixty (60) days after Lender
provides the Borrowing Base Notice to Debtor, Lender’s
determination as to such matter shall control.
(f) Funding . Lender
reserves the right to require one (1) Business Day prior
notice of each Loan under the Revolving Credit Facility, specifying
the aggregate amount of such Loan together with any documentation
relating thereto as Lender may reasonably request; including, but
not limited to, a Borrowing Base report. Debtor shall give Lender
notice of each Loan under the Revolving Credit Facility by no later
than 1:00 p.m. (New Orleans, Louisiana time) on the date provided
herein. Lender at its option may accept telephonic requests for
such Loan, provided that such acceptance shall not
constitute a waiver of Lender’s right to require delivery of
a written request in connection with subsequent Loans. Lender shall
have no liability to Debtor for any loss or damage suffered by
Debtor as a result of Lender’s honoring of any requests,
execution of any instructions, authorizations or agreements or
reliance on any reports communicated to it telephonically, by
facsimile or electronically and purporting to have been sent to
Lender by Debtor and Lender shall have no duty to verify the origin
of any such communication or the identity or authority of the
Person sending it. Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, each Loan under this Section shall be made available to
Debtor by depositing the same, in immediately available funds, in
an account of Debtor designated by Debtor or by paying the proceeds
of such Loan to a third party designated by Debtor.
(g) Use of Proceeds .
The Loans under the Revolving Credit Facility shall be used by
Debtor for working capital and other organizational purposes;
(including, without limitation, to make any dividends and
distributions permitted under Section 8(e) of this
Agreement).
(h) Fees . Debtor
agrees to pay to Lender:
(i) An unused facility fee on
the daily average unused amount of the Revolving Credit Facility
for the period from and including the date of this Agreement to and
including the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, at the rate of one
quarter of one percent (0.25%) per annum based on a 360 day year
and the actual number of days elapsed. For the purpose of
calculating the facility fee hereunder, the Revolving Credit
Facility shall be deemed utilized by the amount of all outstanding
Loans under the Revolving Credit Facility. The accrued facility fee
shall be payable in arrears on the first Business Day of each
calendar quarter and on the Revolving Maturity Date;
(ii) A commitment fee equal
to $75,000 for the establishment of the Revolving Credit Facility.
An amount equal to $37,500 of the commitment fee shall be due and
payable on the Closing Date and $37,500 of the commitment fee shall
be due and payable on the first anniversary of the Closing Date and
the entire amount of the commitment fee shall be deemed to be fully
earned as of the Closing Date. The commitment fee shall be to
compensate Lender for its reserving funds to make the Loans under
the Revolving Credit Facility until the Revolving Credit Maturity
Date; and
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(iii) An origination fee
equal to $50,000 for the establishment of the Revolving Credit
Facility. The origination fee shall be due and payable on the
Closing Date and shall be deemed fully earned as of the Closing
Date. The origination fee shall be to compensate Lender for its
costs and expe
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