LOAN AND SECURITY
AGREEMENT
THIS LOAN AND
SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of the
Effective Date among SILICON VALLEY BANK, a California corporation
(“Bank”), and ULTRA CLEAN TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS AND
SERVICE, INC., a California company (“Ultra Clean”),
BOB ACQUISITION INC. (and any successor by merger), a California
corporation, and PETE ACQUISITION LLC (to be renamed UCT Sieger
Engineering LLC), a Delaware limited liability company
(“Sieger”, together with Ultra Clean and Bob, each a
“Borrowers” and collectively, “Borrowers”),
provides the terms on which Bank shall lend to Borrowers and
Borrowers shall repay Bank. The parties agree as
follows:
1. ACCOUNTING AND OTHER
TERMS.
Accounting terms
not defined in this Agreement shall be construed following GAAP.
Calculations and determinations must be made following GAAP.
Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Agreement shall
have the meanings set forth in Section 13. All other terms
contained in this Agreement, unless otherwise indicated, shall have
the meaning provided by the Code to the extent such terms are
defined therein.
2. LOAN AND TERMS OF
PAYMENT.
2.1.
Promise to Pay . Each Borrower hereby unconditionally,
jointly and severally, promises to pay Bank the outstanding
principal amount of all Credit Extensions and accrued and unpaid
interest thereon as and when due in accordance with this
Agreement.
2.1.1. Revolving Advances .
(a)
Availability . Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, Bank will make Advances to Borrowers from time to time
up to an aggregate amount (“Net Borrowing
Availability”) not to exceed the lesser of: (a) the
Revolving Line; or (b) amounts available under the Borrowing
Base.
(b)
Streamline Period . Borrowers may, at their option, elect
not to have any Advances outstanding during specified periods of
time (each, a “Streamline Period”). At least
5 days prior to requesting that a Streamline Period be put
into effect, Borrowers shall give Bank written notice thereof,
specifying the date the Streamline Period is to begin. On or prior
to the Business Day immediately preceding the commencement of the
Streamline Period, Borrowers will pay to Bank, by wire transfer, an
amount sufficient to repay in full all outstanding Advances, all
accrued interest thereon, and all other outstanding monetary
Obligations then due hereunder. A Streamline Period may not be put
into effect if there are outstanding Obligations in connection with
Cash Management Services in excess of $500,000. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, a Streamline Period may be permitted to exist even if
Advances are outstanding so long as the Trigger Availability is in
excess of $3,000,000 at all times during such period. During a
Streamline Period, Borrowers will not be permitted to incur
Obligations in connection with Cash Management Services in an
amount more than $500,000 and no additional Letters of Credit will
be issued. During a Streamline Period, Borrowers may not request
any Advances, and Bank shall have no obligation to make any
Advances. To terminate a Streamline Period, Borrowers shall provide
Bank at least 15 days prior written notice thereof together
with such information relating to the
Eligible
Accounts, the Cash Management Services Sublimit and other
Collateral as Bank may reasonably request.
(c)
Termination; Repayment . The Revolving Line terminates on
the Revolving Line Maturity Date, when the principal amount of all
Advances, the unpaid interest thereon, and all other Obligations
relating to the Revolving Line shall be immediately due and
payable.
2.1.2. Letters of Credit Sublimit.
(a) As
part of the Revolving Line, Bank shall issue or have issued Letters
of Credit for a Borrower’s account for such Borrower’s
benefit or for the benefit of any of its Subsidiaries or its
Affiliate, Shanghai. The sum of (i) the aggregate undrawn
amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit plus
(ii) the amount of reimbursement obligations in respect of
Letters of Credit plus (iii) any Letter of Credit Reserve
may not exceed $10,000,000 minus the sum of (x) the Cash
Management Services Sublimit and (y) the FX Sublimit (the
“L/C Sublimit”). The amount otherwise available for
Advances under the Revolving Line (calculated as provided in
Section 2.1.1(a)) will be reduced by the sum of amounts
described in clauses (i) through (iii) and clauses
(x) and (y) above. If, on the Revolving Maturity Date,
there are any outstanding Letters of Credit, then on such date
Borrowers shall provide to Bank cash collateral in an amount equal
to 105% of the sum of the undrawn amount of all such Letters of
Credit plus the amount of all reimbursement obligations in respect
of Letters of Credit, to secure all of the Obligations relating to
said Letters of Credit. All Letters of Credit shall be in form and
substance reasonably acceptable to Bank and shall be subject to the
terms and conditions of Bank’s standard Application and
Letter of Credit Agreement (the “Letter of Credit
Application”). Borrowers agree to execute any further
documentation in connection with the Letters of Credit as Bank may
reasonably request. Borrowers further agree to be bound by the
terms of each letter of credit (and letter of credit application
applicable thereto) guarantied by Bank and opened for a
Borrower’s account or by Bank’s interpretations of any
Letter of Credit issued by Bank for a Borrower’s account, and
Borrowers understand and agree that Bank shall not be liable for
any error, negligence, or mistake, whether of omission or
commission, in following a Borrower’s instructions or those
contained in the Letters of Credit or any modifications,
amendments, or supplements thereto, except to the extent resulting
directly from the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of Bank.
The sum of (i) the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding
Letters of Credit plus (ii) the amount of all
reimbursement obligations in respect of Letters of Credit may not
exceed the Availability Amount.
(b) The
obligation of Borrowers to immediately reimburse Bank for drawings
made under Letters of Credit shall be absolute, unconditional,
irrevocable, and joint and several and shall be performed strictly
in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such Letters of
Credit, and the Letter of Credit Application.
(c) Each
Borrower may request that Bank issue a Letter of Credit payable in
a Foreign Currency. If a demand for payment is made under any such
Letter of Credit, Bank shall treat such demand as an Advance to
such Borrower of the equivalent of the amount thereof (plus fees
and charges in connection therewith such as wire, cable, SWIFT or
similar charges) in Dollars at the then-prevailing rate of exchange
in San Francisco, California, for sales of the Foreign Currency for
transfer to the country issuing such Foreign Currency.
(d) To
guard against fluctuations in currency exchange rates, upon the
issuance of any Letter of Credit payable in a Foreign Currency (a
“Foreign Currency Letter of Credit”), Bank shall create
a reserve (the “Letter of Credit Reserve”) under the
Revolving Line in an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the face
amount of such Letter of Credit. The amount of the Letter of Credit
Reserve may be adjusted by Bank from time to time to account for
fluctuations in the exchange rate. The
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availability of
Advances and for Letters of Credit under the Revolving Line shall
be reduced by the amount of such Letter of Credit Reserve for as
long as any Foreign Currency Letter of Credit remains
outstanding.
2.1.3. Foreign Exchange Sublimit . As part of the Revolving
Line, Borrowers may enter into foreign exchange contracts with Bank
under which Borrowers commit to purchase from or sell to Bank a
specific amount of Foreign Currency (each, a “FX Forward
Contract”) on a specified date (the “Settlement
Date”). FX Forward Contracts shall have a Settlement Date of
at least one (1) FX Business Day after the contract date and
shall be subject to a reserve of ten percent (10%) of each
outstanding FX Forward Contract in a maximum aggregate amount equal
to $250,000 (the “FX Reserve”). The aggregate amount of
FX Forward Contracts at any one time may not exceed $10,000,000
minus the sum of (i) the L/C Sublimit and (ii) the Cash
Management Services Sublimit (the “FX Sublimit”). The
obligations of Borrowers relating to this section may not exceed
the Availability Amount.
2.1.4. Cash Management Services Sublimit . Borrowers may use
up to $10,000,000 minus the sum of (i) the L/C Sublimit and
(ii) the FX Sublimit (the “Cash Management Services
Sublimit”) of the Revolving Line for Bank’s cash
management services which may include merchant services, direct
deposit of payroll, business credit card, and check cashing
services identified in Bank’s various cash management
services agreements (collectively, the “Cash Management
Services”). Any amounts Bank pays on behalf of Borrowers or
any amounts that are not paid by Borrowers for any Cash Management
Services will be treated as Advances under the Revolving Line and
will accrue interest at the interest rate applicable to Advances.
The obligations of the Borrowers relating to this section may not
exceed the Availability Amount.
(a)
Availability . Bank shall make one (1) term loan
available to Borrowers in an amount up to the Term Loan Amount on
the Effective Date subject to the satisfaction of the terms and
conditions of this Agreement.
(b)
Repayment . Borrowers shall repay the Term Loan in
(i) thirty-six (36) equal installments of principal, plus
(ii) monthly payments of accrued interest (the “Term
Loan Payment”). Beginning on the first day of the month
following the month in which the Funding Date occurs, each Term
Loan Payment shall be payable on the last day of each month.
Borrowers’ final Term Loan Payment, due on the Term Loan
Maturity Date, shall include all outstanding principal and accrued
and unpaid interest under the Term Loan. Borrowers shall have the
right at any time to prepay the Term Loan prior to the Term Loan
Maturity Date, as a whole or in part, without premium or penalty.
Any such prepayment of principal shall include accrued and unpaid
interest to the date of prepayment and shall be applied against the
scheduled installments of principal in the inverse order of
maturity. No amount repaid hereunder may be reborrowed.
2.2.
Overadvances . If at any time or for any reason the
total of all outstanding Advances and all other monetary
Obligations (other than the Term Loan) exceeds Net Borrowing
Availability (an “Overadvance”), Borrowers shall if the
amount of the Overadvance is (a) equal or greater than
$500,000, immediately pay the full amount of the Overadvance to
Bank, without notice or demand, or (b) less than $500,000,
within one (1) Business Day after the receipt of a request by
Bank therefore, pay the full amount of the Overadvance to Bank.
Without limiting each Borrower’s obligation to repay to Bank
the full amount of any Overadvance, Borrowers agree to pay Bank
interest at the Default Rate on the outstanding amount of any
Overadvance on demand.
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2.3.
Payment of Interest on the Credit Extensions
.
(i)
Advances . Subject to Section 2.3(b), Advances shall
accrue interest at a per annum rate equal to, so long as the Senior
Leverage Ratio as set forth in the most recent Compliance
Certificate is less than 1.0:1.0, 0.75 percentage points below the
Prime Rate, and if greater than 1.0:1.0, 0.50 percentage
points below the Prime Rate, which interest shall be payable
monthly.
(ii)
Term Loan . Subject to Section 2.3(b), the principal
amount outstanding under the Term Loan shall accrue interest at a
per annum rate equal to, so long as the Senior Leverage Ratio as
set forth in the most recent Compliance Certificate is less than
1.0:1.0, 0.25 percentage points below the Prime Rate, and if
greater than 1.0:1.0, the Prime Rate.
(iii)
Change in Interest Rate . Any increase or decrease in the
interest rate in paragraphs (i) and (ii) above resulting
from a change in the Senior Leverage Ratio shall become effective
commencing on the first Business Day of the month immediately
following the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant
to Section 6.2(a)(iv); provided, however, that if a Compliance
Certificate is not delivered when due in accordance with
Section 6.2(a)(iv), the highest interest rate set forth in
paragraphs (i) and (ii) above shall apply commencing on
the first Business Day of the month following the date such
Compliance Certificate was required to have been delivered and
continuing until the day that is two (2) Business Days after the
date that such Compliance Certificate is delivered to Bank. The
interest rate in effect from the Effective Date through the first
Business Day of the month immediately following the date the
Compliance Certificate for the period ending June 29, 2006 is
required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.2(a)(iv) shall be
the highest interest rate set forth in paragraphs (i) and (ii)
above.
(b)
Default Rate . Upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default, Obligations shall bear interest
at a rate per annum which is two (2) percentage points above
the rate effective immediately before the Event of Default (the
“Default Rate”) commencing on the date that Bank gives
Borrowers notice that such Default Rate is then applicable. Payment
or acceptance of the increased interest rate provided in this
Section 2.3(b) is not a permitted alternative to timely
payment and shall not constitute a waiver of any Event of Default
or otherwise prejudice or limit any rights or remedies of
Bank.
(c)
Adjustment to Interest Rate . Changes to the interest rate
of any Credit Extension based on changes to the Prime Rate shall be
effective on the effective date of any change to the Prime Rate and
to the extent of any such change.
(d)
365-Day Year . Interest shall be computed on the basis of a
365-day year for the actual number of days elapsed.
(e)
Debit of Accounts . Bank may automatically debit any of
Borrowers’ deposit accounts, including the Designated Deposit
Account, for principal and interest payments when due and for any
other amounts Borrowers owe Bank when overdue. These debits shall
not constitute a set-off.
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(f)
Change to Revolving Line . Subject to prior satisfaction
with applicable conditions set forth in Section 3 with respect
to any Credit Extension, Borrowers may request an Advance to be
applied to the payment of any interest and/or Bank Expenses due
under the Loan Documents.
(g)
Payment; Interest Computation; Float Charge . Interest is
payable monthly on the last calendar day of each month. In
computing interest on the Obligations, all Payments received after
12:00 p.m. Pacific time on any day shall be deemed received on
the next Business Day. In addition, so long as any principal or
interest with respect to any Credit Extension remains outstanding,
Bank shall be entitled to charge Borrowers a “float”
charge in an amount equal to three (3) Business Days interest,
at the interest rate applicable to the Credit Extensions, on all
Payments received by Bank. Said float charge is not included in
interest for purposes of computing Minimum Monthly Interest (if
any) under this Agreement. The float charge for each month shall be
payable on the last day of the month. Bank shall not, however, be
required to credit any Borrower’s account for the amount of
any item of payment which is unsatisfactory to Bank in its good
faith business judgment, and Bank may charge any Borrower’s
Designated Deposit Account for the amount of any item of payment
which is returned to Bank unpaid.
2.4.
Fees . Borrowers shall jointly and severally pay to
Bank:
(a)
Commitment Fee . A fully earned, non-refundable commitment
fee of $121,875, on the Effective Date;
(b)
Letter of Credit Fee . Bank’s customary fees and
expenses for the issuance or renewal of Letters of Credit,
including, without limitation, a Letter of Credit Fee of 0.75
percentage points per annum of the face amount of each Letter of
Credit issued, upon the issuance or renewal of such Letter of
Credit by Bank. In the event that any Letter of Credit is cancelled
or terminated and returned to Bank prior to its stated expiry date,
Bank shall return to Borrowers the pro rata portion of such fee
applicable to what would have been the unexpired period.
(c)
Termination Fee . Subject to the terms of Section 4.1,
the termination fee specified in Section 4.1;
(d)
Collateral Monitoring Fee . So long as any Advances or
Letters of Credit are outstanding during any month or portion
thereof, a monthly collateral monitoring fee of $1,500, payable in
arrears on the last day of such month (prorated for any partial
month), commencing on the last day of the month during which the
Effective Date occurs, and upon termination of this Agreement;
and
(e)
Bank Expenses . All Bank Expenses (including reasonable
attorneys’ fees and expenses, plus expenses, for
documentation and negotiation of this Agreement, and amounts due
under Section 6.6) incurred through and after the Effective
Date, when due.
3.1.
Conditions Precedent to Initial Credit Extension .
Bank’s obligation to make the initial Credit Extension is
subject to the condition precedent that Bank shall have received,
in form and substance satisfactory to Bank, such documents (and
when required in original form, it shall be sufficient to deliver
facsimiles of such documents followed by delivery of executed
originals to Bank within three (3) days of the Effective Date
by personal delivery or United States mail as otherwise provided in
this Section 10), and completion of such other matters, as
Bank may reasonably deem necessary or appropriate, including,
without limitation:
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(a) Borrowers
shall have delivered duly executed original signatures to the Loan
Documents to which it is a party;
(b) Borrowers
shall have delivered its Operating Documents and a good standing
certificate of each Borrower certified (in original form) by the
Secretary of State of its jurisdiction of incorporation as of a
date no earlier than thirty (30) days prior to the Effective
Date;
(c) Borrowers
shall have delivered copies of the Borrowing Resolutions for each
Borrower accompanied by duly executed original officer’s
certificates certifying thereto;
(d) Borrowers
shall have delivered final copies of all Merger Documents and
evidence of consummation of the Acquisition, including but not
limited to, all necessary filings with any Governmental
Authority;
(e) Borrowers
shall have delivered a payoff letter from Union Bank of
California;
(f) Borrowers
shall have delivered (i) evidence that the Liens securing
Indebtedness owed by Borrowers to Union Bank of California under
the existing credit facility have been or will, substantially
contemporaneously with the initial Credit Extension, be terminated
and (ii) evidence of (or such documents as Bank shall
reasonably require to effect) the termination as of record of
(A) such Liens, including without limitation any financing
statements, Intellectual Property filings and/or control agreements
in connection therewith, and (B) all financing statements,
Intellectual Property filings and/or control agreements filed by,
or entered into by Ultra Clean or Holdings with, Wells Fargo
Foothill, Inc.
(g) Bank
shall have received certified copies, dated as of a recent date, of
such financing statement searches as Bank shall reasonably request
with respect to the assets of Borrowers or Holdings, accompanied by
evidence reasonably satisfactory to Bank (including any UCC
termination statements) that the Liens indicated in any such
financing statement searches either constitute Permitted Liens or
have been or, in connection with the initial Credit Extension, will
be terminated or released;
(h) Borrowers
shall have delivered originals of the Perfection Certificate(s)
executed by each Borrower and Guarantor;
(i) Borrowers
shall have delivered an original landlord’s consent with
respect to each leasehold property of a Borrower in favor of
Bank;
(j) Borrowers
shall have delivered opinions of (i) Morris, Nichols, Arsht
& Tunnell LLP, special Delaware counsel, and (ii) Baker
& McKenzie LLP, special California counsel, each dated as of
the Effective Date together with the duly executed original
signatures thereto;
(k) Holdings
shall have delivered a duly executed original signature (or
facsimile copies thereof to the Guaranty and the Holdings IP Pledge
Agreement, together with the completed Borrowing Resolutions for
Holdings;
(l) Borrowers
shall have delivered certificates of insurance satisfactory to Bank
evidencing that the insurance policies required by Section 6.7
hereof are in full force and effect, and containing loss payable
and/or additional insured clauses or endorsements in favor of Bank
to the extent required thereunder; and
(m) Borrowers
shall have paid the fees and Bank Expenses then due as specified in
Section 2.4 hereof.
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3.2.
Conditions Precedent to all Credit Extensions .
Bank’s obligations to make each Credit Extension, including
the initial Credit Extension, is subject to the
following:
(a) except
as otherwise provided in Section 3.4(a), timely receipt by
Bank of an executed Payment/Advance Form;
(b) the
representations and warranties in Section 5, as any such
representation or warranty may be modified in a manner expressly
permitted by the Loan Documents (e.g., a change in a
Borrower’s legal name in accordance with Section 7.2) ,
shall be true in all material respects on the date of the
Payment/Advance Form and on the Funding Date of each Credit
Extension; provided, however, that such materiality qualifier shall
not be applicable to any representations and warranties that
already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text
thereof; and provided, further that those representations and
warranties expressly referring to a specific date shall be true,
accurate and complete in all material respects as of such date, and
no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing or result from the Credit Extension. Each Credit
Extension is each Borrower’s representation and warranty on
that date that the representations and warranties in Section 5
remain true in all material respects; provided, however, that such
materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any
representations and warranties that already are qualified or
modified by materiality in the text thereof; and provided, further
that those representations and warranties expressly referring to a
specific date shall be true, accurate and complete in all material
respects as of such date; and
(c) in
Bank’s sole discretion, there has not been a Material Adverse
Change.
3.3.
Covenant to Deliver . Each Borrower agrees to deliver to
Bank each item required to be delivered to Bank under this
Agreement prior to the Funding Date thereof, as a condition to any
Credit Extension. Each Borrower expressly agrees that the extension
of a Credit Extension prior to the receipt by Bank of any such item
shall not constitute a waiver by Bank of Borrowers’
obligation to deliver such item, and any such extension in the
absence of such a required item shall be in Bank’s sole
discretion.
3.4.
Procedures for Borrowing . Subject to the prior
satisfaction of all other applicable conditions to the making of a
Credit Extension set forth in this Agreement, to obtain a Credit
Extension (other than Advances under Sections 2.1.2 or 2.1.4),
Borrowers shall notify Bank (which notice shall be irrevocable) by
electronic mail, facsimile, or telephone by 12:00 p.m. Pacific
time on the Funding Date of the Credit Extension. Together with
such notification, Borrowers must promptly deliver to Bank by
electronic mail or facsimile a completed Transaction Report, each
executed by a Responsible Officer or his or her designee. Bank
shall credit Credit Extensions to the Designated Deposit Account.
Bank may make Credit Extensions under this Agreement based on
instructions from a Responsible Officer or his or her designee or
without instructions if the Advances are necessary to satisfy
Obligations that are not paid when due. Bank may rely on any
telephone notice given by a person whom Bank believes is a
Responsible Officer or designee.
4. CREATION OF SECURITY
INTEREST .
4.1. Grant
of Security Interest . Each Borrower hereby grants Bank, to
secure the payment and performance in full of all of the
Obligations, a continuing security interest in, and pledges to
Bank, the Collateral, wherever located, whether now owned or
hereafter acquired or arising, and all proceeds and products
thereof. Each Borrower represents, warrants, and covenants that the
security interest granted herein is and shall at all times continue
to be a first priority perfected security interest in the
Collateral (subject only to Permitted Liens that may have superior
priority to Bank’s Lien under this Agreement). If any
Borrower shall acquire a commercial tort claim or claims involving
claims in an amount, individually or in the aggregate, of at least
$100,000, such Borrower shall promptly notify Bank
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in a writing
signed by such Borrower of the general details thereof and grant to
Bank in such writing a security interest therein and in the
proceeds thereof, all upon the terms of this Agreement, with such
writing to be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
Bank.
This Agreement may
be terminated prior to the Revolving Maturity Date by Borrowers,
effective three (3) Business Days after written notice of
termination is given to Bank or if Bank’s obligation to fund
Credit Extensions terminates pursuant to the terms of
Section 2.1.1(c). Notwithstanding any such termination,
Bank’s lien and security interest in the Collateral shall
continue until Borrowers fully satisfy their Obligations. If such
termination is at Borrowers’ election, Borrowers shall
jointly and severally pay to Bank, in addition to the payment of
any other expenses or fees then owing under any Loan Document, a
termination fee in an amount equal to one percent (1.0%) of the
Revolving Line plus the outstanding principal amount of the Term
Loan at such time provided that no termination fee shall be charged
if the credit facility hereunder is replaced with a new facility
from another division of Silicon Valley Bank. Upon payment in full
of the Obligations and at such time as Bank’s obligation to
make Credit Extensions has terminated, Bank shall release its liens
and security interests in the Collateral and all rights therein
shall revert to the pledgors thereof.
4.2.
Authorization to File Financing Statements . To the
extent permitted by applicable law, each Borrower hereby authorizes
Bank to file Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, without
notice to such Borrower, with all appropriate jurisdictions to
perfect or protect Bank’s interest or rights under this
Section 4.
5. REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
Borrowers
represent and warrant as follows:
5.1. Due
Organization and Authorization . Each Borrower and each of
their Subsidiaries are duly existing and in good standing in their
respective jurisdictions of formation and are qualified and
licensed to do business and are in good standing in any
jurisdiction in which the conduct of their business or their
ownership of property requires that they be qualified except where
the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a
material adverse effect on Borrowers’ businesses. In
connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement,
Borrowers have delivered to Bank completed certificates
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C each
signed by each Borrower and Guarantor, respectively, entitled
“Perfection Certificate”. Each Borrower represents and
warrants to Bank that, as of the Effective Date, (a) such
Borrower’s exact legal name is that indicated on the
Perfection Certificate and on the signature page hereof;
(b) such Borrower is an organization of the type and is
organized in the jurisdiction set forth in the Perfection
Certificate; (c) the Perfection Certificate accurately sets
forth such Borrower’s organizational identification number or
accurately states that such Borrower has none; (d) the
Perfection Certificate accurately sets forth such Borrower’s
place of business, or, if more than one, its chief executive office
as well as such Borrower’s mailing address (if different than
its chief executive office); (e) except as otherwise described
in the Perfection Certificate, such Borrower (and each of its
predecessors) has not, in the past five (5) years, changed its
jurisdiction of organization, organizational structure or type, or
any organizational number assigned by its jurisdiction; and
(f) all other information set forth on the Perfection
Certificate pertaining to such Borrower and each of its
Subsidiaries is accurate and complete. If a Borrower is not now a
Registered Organization but later becomes one, such Borrower shall
promptly notify Bank of such occurrence and provide Bank with such
Borrower’s organizational identification number.
The execution,
delivery and performance of the Loan Documents have been duly
authorized, and do not conflict with any Borrower’s
organizational documents, nor constitute an event of default under
any material agreement by which any Borrower is bound. No Borrower
is in default under any agreement
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to which it is
a party or by which it is bound, except for any defaults which
could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect
on the Borrowers’ businesses, taken as a whole.
5.2.
Collateral . Each Borrower has good title to the
Collateral, free of Liens except Permitted Liens. As of the
Effective Date, each Borrower has no deposit account other than
(a) the deposit accounts with Union Bank of California
specified in the Union Bank Control Agreement, (b) the deposit
accounts described in the Perfection Certificate delivered to Bank
in connection herewith and (c) other deposit accounts located
in the United States so long as the aggregate cash balances
contained therein do not exceed $25,000 per account or $100,000 in
the aggregate with respect to all such accounts.
The Collateral is
not in the possession of any third party bailee (such as a
warehouse). Except as hereafter disclosed to Bank in writing by
Borrowers, none of the components of the Collateral shall be
maintained at locations other than as provided in the Perfection
Certificate. In the event that any Borrower, after the date hereof,
intends to store or otherwise deliver any material portion of the
Collateral to a bailee, then such Borrower will first receive the
written consent of Bank and such bailee must acknowledge in writing
that the bailee is holding such Collateral for the benefit of
Bank.
All Inventory is
in all material respects of good and marketable quality, free from
material defects.
Each Borrower is
the sole owner of its Intellectual Property, except for
non-exclusive licenses granted to its customers in the ordinary
course of business. Each Patent is valid and enforceable and no
part of the Intellectual Property has been judged invalid or
unenforceable, in whole or in part, and to the best of each
Borrower’s knowledge, no claim has been made that any part of
the Intellectual Property violates the rights of any third
party.
Except as noted on
the Perfection Certificate, no Borrower is a party to, nor is bound
by, any material license or other agreement with respect to which
such Borrower is the licensee that prohibits or otherwise restricts
such Borrower from granting a security interest in such
Borrower’s interest in such license or agreement or any other
property. Each Borrower shall provide written notice to Bank within
ten (10) days of entering or becoming bound by any such
license or agreement which is reasonably likely to have a material
impact on such Borrower’s business or financial condition
(other than over-the-counter software that is commercially
available to the public). Each Borrower shall take such steps as
Bank requests to obtain the consent of, or waiver by, any person
whose consent or waiver is necessary for all such licenses or
contract rights to be deemed “Collateral” and for Bank
to have a security interest in it that might otherwise be
restricted or prohibited by law or by the terms of any such license
or agreement (such consent or authorization may include a
licensor’s agreement to a contingent assignment of the
license to Bank if Bank determines that is necessary in its good
faith judgment), whether now existing or entered into in the
future.
5.3.
Accounts Receivable .
(a) To
the extent any Account is included in any Transaction Report as an
“Eligible Account”, such Account shall constitute an
Eligible Account as of the date of such Transaction
Report.
(b) All
statements made and all unpaid balances appearing in all invoices,
instruments and other documents evidencing the Accounts are and
shall be true and correct and all such invoices, instruments and
other documents, and all of any Borrower’s Books are genuine
and in all respects what they purport to be. All sales and other
transactions underlying or giving rise to each Account shall comply
in all material respects with all applicable laws and governmental
rules and regulations. No Borrower has knowledge of any actual or
imminent Insolvency Proceeding of any
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Account Debtor
whose accounts are an Eligible Account in any Transaction Report.
To the best of each Borrower’s knowledge, all signatures and
endorsements on all documents, instruments, and agreements relating
to all Accounts are genuine, and all such documents, instruments
and agreements are legally enforceable in accordance with their
terms.
5.4.
Litigation . There are no actions or proceedings pending
or, to the knowledge of the Responsible Officers, threatened in
writing by or against any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that
could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Change.
5.5. No
Material Deviation in Financial Statements . The
consolidated financial statements for Holdings and its Subsidiaries
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2005, the fiscal
quarter ended March 31, 2006 and any monthly statements since
such date delivered to Bank fairly present in all material respects
Holdings consolidated financial condition as of such date and
Holdings consolidated results of operations for the period covered
thereby. There has not been any Material Adverse Change since
December 31, 2005.
5.6.
Solvency . Immediately prior to and after giving effect
to the initial Credit Extensions and the Acquisition, the fair
salable value of each Borrower’s assets (including goodwill
minus disposition costs) exceeds the fair value of its liabilities;
each Borrower is not left with unreasonably small capital; and each
Borrower is able to pay its debts (including trade debts) as they
mature.
5.7.
Regulatory Compliance . No Borrower is an
“investment company” or a company
“controlled” by an “investment company”
under the Investment Company Act. No Borrower nor any of its
Subsidiaries is a “holding company”, or a
“subsidiary company” of a “holding
company”, or an “affiliate” of a “holding
company”, as such terms are defined in the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 2005; and no Borrower nor any of its
Subsidiaries is subject to regulation as a “public
utility” under the Federal Power Act, as amended. No Borrower
is engaged as one of its important activities in extending credit
for margin stock (under Regulations T and U of the Federal Reserve
Board of Governors). Each Borrower is in compliance in all material
respects with the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act and no Borrower
has failed to meet the minimum funding requirements of ERISA,
permitted a Reportable Event or Prohibited Transaction, as defined
in ERISA, to occur; failed to comply with the Federal Fair Labor
Standards Act; withdrawn or permitted any Subsidiary to withdraw
from participation in, permit partial or complete termination of,
or permit the occurrence of any other event with respect to, any
present pension, profit sharing and deferred compensation plan
which could reasonably be expected to result in any liability of
any Borrower, including any liability to the Pension Benefit
Guaranty Corporation or its successors. No Borrower has violated
any laws, ordinances or rules, the violation of which could
reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on its
business. None of any Borrower’s or any of its
Subsidiaries’ properties or assets has been used by such
Borrower or any Subsidiary or, to the best of such Borrower’s
knowledge, by previous Persons, in disposing, producing, storing,
treating, or transporting any hazardous substance other than in
compliance with applicable law (except for Sieger’s storage
of hazardous substances in violation of such law including its
failure to file toxic release inventory forms in 2000-2004 as
required by the Emergency Planning Community Right to Know Act of
1986 which violation has since been remedied). Each Borrower and
each of its Subsidiaries have obtained all consents, approvals and
authorizations of, made all declarations or filings with, and given
all notices to, all government authorities that are necessary to
continue its business as currently conducted.
5.8.
Subsidiaries; Investments . No Borrower owns any stock,
partnership interest or other equity securities except for
Permitted Investments. As of the Effective Date, Borrowers and
Ultra Clean International Holding Company
(“International”) are the only direct Subsidiaries of
Holdings, Shanghai is the only Subsidiary of International, and
Borrowers have no Subsidiaries.
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5.9. Tax
Returns and Payments; Pension Contributions . Each Borrower
has timely filed all required material tax returns and reports, and
each Borrower has timely paid all material foreign, federal, state
and local taxes, assessments, deposits and contributions owed by
such Borrower. Each Borrower may defer payment of any contested
taxes, provided that such Borrower (a) in good faith contests its
obligation to pay the taxes by appropriate proceedings promptly and
diligently instituted and conducted, and (b) posts bonds or
takes any other steps required to prevent the governmental
authority levying such contested taxes from obtaining a Lien upon
any of the Collateral that is other than a “Permitted
Lien”. No Borrower is aware of any claims or adjustments
proposed for any of such Borrower’s prior tax years which
could result in additional material taxes becoming due and payable
by such Borrower. Each Borrower has paid all amounts necessary to
fund all present pension, profit sharing and deferred compensation
plans in accordance with their terms, and no Borrower has withdrawn
from participation in, and has permitted partial or complete
termination of, or permitted the occurrence of any other event with
respect to, any such plan which could reasonably be expected to
result in any liability of such Borrower, including any liability
to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or its successors or
any other governmental agency.
5.10. Use
of Proceeds . Borrowers shall use the proceeds of the
Credit Extensions in connection with the Acquisition, as working
capital, and to fund its general business requirements and not for
personal, family, household or agricultural purposes.
5.11. Full
Disclosure . No written representation, warranty or other
statement of any Borrower in any certificate or written statement
given to Bank, as of the date such representations, warranties, or
other statements were made, taken together with all such written
certificates and written statements given to Bank, contains any
untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material
fact necessary to make the statements contained in the certificates
or statements not misleading (it being recognized by Bank that the
projections and forecasts provided by a Borrower in good faith and
based upon reasonable assumptions are not viewed as facts and that
actual results during the period or periods covered by such
projections and forecasts may differ from the projected or
forecasted results).
Borrowers shall do
all of the following:
6.1.
Government Compliance . Maintain its and all its
Subsidiaries’ legal existence and good standing in their
respective jurisdictions of formation and maintain qualification in
each jurisdiction in which the failure to so qualify would
reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on such
Borrower’s business or operations. Each Borrower shall
comply, and have each Subsidiary comply, with all laws, ordinances
and regulations to which it is subject, noncompliance with which
could have a material adverse effect on such Borrower’s
business or operations.
6.2.
Financial Statements, Reports, Certificates .
(a) Borrowers
shall provide Bank with the following:
(i)
within fifteen (15) days after the end of each month, a
Transaction Report so long as Borrowers maintain an Availability
Amount of at least $3,000,000; otherwise, weekly. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, in the event Borrowers are providing a monthly
Transaction Report, but fail to maintain an Availability Amount of
at least $3,000,000, Borrowers will be required to deliver eight
(8) consecutive weekly Transaction Reports before the monthly
reporting option shall be available to Borrowers;
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(ii)
within fifteen (15) days after the end of each month,
(A) monthly accounts receivable agings, aged by invoice date,
(B) monthly accounts payable agings, aged by invoice date, and
outstanding or held check registers, if any, and (C) monthly
reconciliations of accounts receivable agings (aged by invoice
date), transaction reports, and general ledger;
(iii)
as soon as available, and in any event within thirty (30) days
after the end of each month, unaudited consolidated (and, for the
first six (6) months following the Effective Date,
consolidating with respect to Borrowers) financial statements of
Holdings and its Subsidiaries, in each case as of the end of or for
such month;
(iv)
within thirty (30) days after the end of each month, a
Compliance Certificate signed by a Responsible Officer, certifying
that as of the end of such month, no Default or Event of Default
had occurred and was continuing, and setting forth calculations
showing compliance with the financial covenants set forth in this
Agreement and such other information as Bank shall reasonably
request;
(v)
within thirty (30) days after the end of each fiscal year of
Holdings, (A) annual operating budgets (including income
statements, balance sheets and cash flow statements, by month) for
the upcoming fiscal year of Holdings, and (B) annual financial
projections for the following fiscal year (on a quarterly basis) as
approved by Holdings’ board of directors, together with any
related business forecasts used in the preparation of such annual
financial projections; and
(vi)
as soon as available, and in any event within 120 days
following the end of Holdings’ fiscal year, annual
consolidated financial statements of Holdings and its Subsidiaries
certified by, and with an unqualified opinion of, independent
public accountants of recognized national standing or otherwise
reasonably acceptable to Bank.
(b) Within
five (5) days after filing, all reports on Form 10-K, 10-Q and
8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission or a link
thereto on such Borrower’s or another website on the
Internet.
6.3.
Accounts Receivable .
(a)
Schedules and Documents Relating to Accounts . Borrowers
shall deliver to Bank transaction reports and schedules of
collections, as provided in Section 6.2, on Bank’s
standard forms; provided, however, that a Borrower’s failure
to execute and deliver the same shall not affect or limit
Bank’s Lien and other rights in all of each Borrower’s
Accounts, nor shall Bank’s failure to advance or lend against
a specific Account affect or limit Bank’s Lien and other
rights therein. If requested by Bank, Borrowers shall furnish Bank
with copies (or, at Bank’s request, originals) of all
contracts, orders, invoices, and other similar documents, and all
shipping instructions, delivery receipts, bills of lading, and
other evidence of delivery, for any goods the sale or disposition
of which gave rise to such Accounts. In addition, Borrowers shall
deliver to Bank, on its request, the originals of all instruments,
chattel paper, security agreements, guarantees and other documents
and property evidencing or securing any Accounts, in the same form
as received, with all necessary endorsements, and copies of all
credit memos.
(b)
Disputes . Borrowers shall promptly notify Bank of all
disputes or claims relating to Accounts. Borrowers may forgive
(completely or partially), compromise, or settle any Account for
less than payment in full, or agree to do any of the foregoing so
long as (i) Borrowers do so in good faith, in a commercially
reasonable manner, in the ordinary course of business, in
arm’s-length transactions, and
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reports the
same to Bank in the regular reports provided to Bank; (ii) no
Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; and
(iii) after taking into account all such discounts,
settlements and forgiveness, the total outstanding Advances will
not exceed the lesser of the Revolving Line or the Aggregate
Borrowing Base.
(c)
Collection of Accounts . Borrowers shall have the right to
collect all Accounts, unless and until a Default or an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing and Bank have notified the
Borrowers under this Section. If a Default or an Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing or if the Trigger Availability shall
be less than $3,000,000, Borrowers shall hold all payments on, and
proceeds of, Accounts in trust for Bank, and, if requested by Bank,
Borrowers shall immediately deliver all such payments and proceeds
to Bank in their original form, duly endorsed, to be applied to the
Obligations pursuant to the terms of Section 9.4 hereof
unless, provided that no Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, (i) a Streamline Period shall be in effect and/or
(ii) the Trigger Availability shall be in excess of
$3,000,000, all such payments and proceeds need not be applied to
the Obligations. Bank may, in its good faith business judgment,
require that all proceeds of Accounts be deposited by Borrowers
into a lockbox account, or such other “blocked account”
as Bank may specify, pursuant to a blocked account agreement in
such form as Bank may specify in its good faith business
judgment.
(d)
Returns . Upon the request of Bank, Borrowers shall promptly
provide Bank with an Inventory return history.
(e)
Verification . Bank may, from time to time, verify directly
with the respective Account Debtors the validity, amount and other
matters relating to the Accounts, either in the name of one of
Borrowers or Bank or such other name as Bank may choose.
(f)
No Liability . Bank shall not be responsible or liable for
any shortage or discrepancy in, damage to, or loss or destruction
of, any goods, the sale or other disposition of which gives rise to
an Account, or for any error, act, omission, or delay of any kind
occurring in the settlement, failure to settle, collection or
failure to collect any Account, or for settling any Account in good
faith for less than the full amount thereof, nor shall Bank be
deemed to be responsible for any of Borrowers obligations under any
contract or agreement giving rise to an Account. Nothing herein
shall, however, relieve Bank from liability for its own gross
negligence or willful misconduct.
6.4.
Remittance of Proceeds . Except as otherwise provided in
Section 6.3(c), deliver, in kind, all proceeds arising from
the disposition of any Collateral to Bank in the original form in
which received by any Borrower not later than the following
Business Day after receipt by such Borrower, to be applied to the
Obligations pursuant to the terms of Section 9.4 hereof;
provided that, if no Default or Event of Default has occurred and
is continuing, Borrowers shall not be obligated to remit to Bank
the proceeds of the sale of worn out or obsolete Equipment disposed
of by any Borrower in good faith in an arm’s length
transaction for an aggregate purchase price of $250,000 or less
(for all such transactions in any fiscal year) or of Transfers
otherwise permitted by Section 7.1. Each Borrower agrees that
it will not commingle proceeds of Collateral with any of such
Borrower’s other funds or property, but will hold such
proceeds separate and apart from such other funds and property and
in an express trust for Bank. Nothing in this Section limits the
restrictions on disposition of Collateral set forth elsewhere in
this Agreement.
6.5. Taxes;
Pensions . Timely file all required material tax returns
and reports and timely pay all material foreign, federal, state and
local taxes, assessments, deposits and contributions owed by such
Borrower except for deferred payment of any taxes contested
pursuant to the terms of Section 5.9 hereof, and pay all
amounts necessary to fund all present pension, profit sharing and
deferred compensation plans in accordance with their
terms.
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6.6. Access
to Collateral; Books and Records . At reasonable times, on
three (3) Business Days’ notice not more than twice in any
calendar year (provided no notice is required if an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing), Bank, or its agents, shall
have the right to inspect the Collateral and the right to audit and
copy each Borrower’s Books, the first of which shall be
within six (6) months after the Effective Date. The foregoing
inspections and audits shall be at Borrower’s expense, and
the charge therefor shall be $750 per person per day (or such
higher amount as shall represent Bank’s then-current standard
charge for the same), plus reasonable out-of-pocket expenses. In
the event Borrowers and Bank schedule an audit more than ten
(10) days in advance, and Borrowers cancel or seek to
reschedule the audit with less than ten (10) days written
notice to Bank, then (without limiting any of Bank’s rights
or remedies), Borrowers shall pay Bank a fee of $1,000 plus any
out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Bank to compensate Bank for the
anticipated costs and expenses of the cancellation or
rescheduling.
6.7.
Insurance . Keep its business and the Collateral insured
for risks and in amounts standard for companies in Borrowers’
industry and location and as Bank may reasonably request. Insurance
policies shall be in a form, with companies, and in amounts that
are reasonably satisfactory to Bank. All property policies shall
have a lender’s loss payable endorsement showing Bank as loss
payee and waive subrogation against Bank, and all liability
policies shall show, or have endorsements showing, Bank as an
additional insured. All policies (or the loss payable and
additional insured endorsements) shall provide that the insurer
must give Bank at least twenty (20) days notice before canceling,
amending, or declining to renew its policy. At Bank’s
request, a Borrower shall deliver certified copies of policies and
evidence of all premium payments. Proceeds payable under any policy
shall, at Bank’s option, be payable to Bank on account of the
Obligations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) so long as no
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Borrowers shall
have the option of applying the proceeds of any casualty policy up
to $50,000, in the aggregate, toward the replacement or repair of
destroyed or damaged property; provided that any such replaced or
repaired property (i) shall be of equal or like value as the
replaced or repaired Collateral and (ii) shall be deemed
Collateral in which Bank has been granted a first priority security
interest, and (b) after the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default, all proceeds payable under such
casualty policy shall, at the option of Bank, be payable to Bank on
account of the Obligations. If Borrowers fail to obtain insurance
as required under this Section 6.7 or to pay any amount or furnish
any required proof of payment to third persons and Bank, Bank may
make all or part of such payment or obtain such insurance policies
required in this Section 6.7, and take any action under the
policies Bank deems prudent.
6.8.
Operating Accounts, Etc.
(a) Within
fifteen (15) Business Days of the Effective Date, deposit into
one or more Collateral Accounts maintained with Bank all
unrestricted cash of Borrowers in excess of $7,500,000.
(b)
(i) Maintain its and its Subsidiaries’ depository and
operating accounts and lock boxes with Bank or (ii) so long as
no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing and the Trigger Availability is equal to or greater than
$3,000,000, until such time as all such accounts and lock boxes are
established and maintained with Bank, jointly and severally pay to
Bank on the last day of each month a fee of $1,500.
(c) Following
the occurrence of a Default or Event of Default or in the event the
Trigger Availability shall at anytime be less than $3,000,000, the
Borrowers shall, and shall cause their Subsidiaries, to promptly
(but in any Event within forty-five (45) days thereof)
transfer all depository and operating accounts and lock boxes
located within the United Stated (other than a deposit account
whose balance at no time exceeds $25,000 and so long as the balance
in all such accounts at no time exceeds $100,000) not maintained
with Bank to Bank.
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(d) Provide
Bank five (5) days prior written notice before establishing
any Collateral Account at or with any bank or financial institution
other than Bank or its Affiliates or, to the extent that the Union
Bank Control Agreement remains in place, Union Bank of California.
In addition, for each Collateral Account that Borrowers at any time
maintain, Borrowers shall cause the applicable bank or financial
institution (other than Bank) at or with which any Collateral
Account is maintained to execute and deliver a Control Agreement or
other appropriate instrument with respect to such Collateral
Account to perfect Bank’s Lien in such Collateral Account in
accordance with the terms hereunder. The provisions of the previous
sentence shall not apply to deposit accounts exclusively used for
payroll, payroll taxes and other employee wage and benefit payments
to or for the benefit of any Borrower’s employees and
identified to Bank by such Borrower as such or any deposit account
whose balance at no time exceeds $25,000 and so long as the balance
in all such accounts at no time exceeds $100,000.
6.9.
Financial Covenants . Borrower shall maintain at all
times on a consolidated basis with respect to Holdings and its
Subsidiaries (except as otherwise provided in paragraph (c)
below):
(a)
Senior Leverage Ratio . The ratio of Senior Funded Debt to
EBITDA calculated as of the last day of each fiscal quarter for the
four (4) consecutive fiscal quarters ending on such date (the
“Senior Leverage Ratio”), of not more than 2.0 to 1.0;
provided, however, the Senior Leverage Ratio determined as of
(i) June 29, 2006 shall be the Senior Funded Debt as of
such date divided by EBITDA for the 2 nd fiscal quarter of 2006 multiplied by 4,
(ii) September 30, 2006 shall be the Senior Funded Debt
as of such date divided by (EBITDA for the 2
nd and 3 rd fiscal quarters of 2006) multiplied by 2, and
(iii) December 31, 2006 shall be the Senior Funded Debt
as of such date divided by (EBITDA for the 2
nd , 3 rd and 4 th fiscal quarters of 2006) multiplied by 1.333, in
each case calculated on a proforma basis after giving effect to the
Acquisition as of the first day of such period.
(b)
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio . The ratio of EBITDA to Fixed
Charges as of the last day of each fiscal quarter for the two
(2) consecutive fiscal quarters ending on such date (the
“Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio”), of at least 2.0 to 1.0;
provided, however, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio determined as of
June 29, 2006 shall be EBITDA for the 2
nd fiscal quarter of 2006 divided by Fixed Charges
for the 2 nd
fiscal quarter of 2006.
(c)
Liquidity . Borrowers’ unrestricted cash and Cash
Equivalents plus the Committed Availability of at least
$5,000,000.
6.10.
Protection and Registration of Intellectual Property
Rights . Borrowers shall: (a) protect, defend and
maintain the validity and enforceability of its material
Intellectual Property; (b) promptly advise Bank in writing of
material infringements of its Intellectual Property; and
(c) not allow any Intellectual Property material to
Borrowers’ business to be abandoned, forfeited or dedicated
to the public without Bank’s written consent. If any Borrower
decides to register any material copyrights or mask works in the
United States Copyright Office, such Borrower shall:
(x) provide Bank with at least five (5) days prior
written notice of its intent to register such copyrights or mask
works together with a copy of the application it intends to file
with the United States Copyright Office (excluding exhibits
thereto); (y) execute an Intellectual Property security
agreement or such other documents as Bank may reasonably request to
maintain the perfection and priority of Bank’s security
interest in the copyrights or mask works intended to be registered
with the United States Copyright Office; and (z) record such
Intellectual Property security agreement with the United States
Copyright Office contemporaneously with filing the copyright or
mask work application(s) with the United States Copyright Office.
Borrowers shall promptly provide to Bank a copy of any such
application(s) filed with the United States Copyright Office
together with evidence of the recording of the Intellectual
Property security agreement necessary for Bank to maintain the
perfection and priority of its security interest in such copyrights
or mask works. Borrowers shall provide written notice to Bank of
any material application filed by any Borrower in the
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United States
Patent and Trademark Office for a patent or to register a trademark
or service mark within 30 days after any such
filing.
6.11.
Identification of Subsidiaries; Provision of Collateral
.
(a) If
and whenever any direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary of a
Borrower shall be created, formed or acquired by a Borrower or any
of its Subsidiaries at any time after the Effective
Date:
(i) furnish to
Bank a written notice identifying such Subsidiary and setting forth
with respect to such Subsidiary all of the following information:
(A) the State or other jurisdiction of organization or
formation of each such Person; (B) the number of authorized and
outstanding shares or other units of each class of equity interests
in each such Person; and (C) with respect to each Subsidiary
of such Borrower, (1) each Person which owns or controls
(whether legally or beneficially) any of the equity interests of
each such Subsidiary, and (2) the number of shares or units of
each class or kind of equity interests so owned or controlled by
each such Person; and
(ii) promptly
comply with, and cause such Subsidiary to comply with, the
applicable terms of paragraph (b) of this
Section 6.11.
(b) Promptly
(and in any event within five (5) days) after the creation or
formation or the consummation of the acquisition of any new
Subsidiary of the Borrower:
(i) in the case of
any acquisition of equity interests of any such Subsidiary by a
Borrower or its Subsidiaries, whether in connection with the
creation, formation or acquisition of a Subsidiary or otherwise:
(A) deliver or cause to be delivered to Bank in pledge all of
the certificates, if any, representing such equity interests, such
equity interests together with transfer or stock powers to be held
by Bank in pledge in accordance with the terms of the Securities
Pledge Agreement (provided that no such Domestic Subsidiary shall
be required to pledge more than 65% of the equity interests in any
of its Foreign Subsidiaries); and (B) cause such Subsidiary to
execute and deliver to Bank (1) joinder agreements in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to Bank upon the terms of which
such Subsidiary shall become a party to and bound by (a) this
Agreement as a “Borrower” or by a guaranty as a
“guarantor”, (b) an intellectual property security
agreement substantially in the form of the IP Security Agreements,
and (c) a securities pledge agreement in substantially the
form of the Securities Pledge Agreement, the effect of which shall
be that, as of the date set forth in such joinder agreements, such
Subsidiary shall become a party to each such instrument, as
applicable, and be bound by the terms thereof, (2) a duly
completed Perfection Certificate, and (3) such UCC financing
statements and other security instruments as shall be reasonably
required by Bank to perfect the security interests and Liens in
Collateral being pledged and granted by such Subsidiary pursuant to
a security agreement and the other collateral documents;
and
(ii) in each such
case, provide to Bank all such other documentation, organizational
documents and resolutions as Bank shall reasonably deem necessary
in connection with such Acquisition or the creation, formation or
acquisition of such Subsidiary.
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6.12.
Litigation Cooperation . From the date hereof and
continuing through the termination of this Agreement, make
available to Bank, without expense to Bank, such Borrower and its
officers, employees and agents and Borrower’s books and
records, to the extent that Bank may deem them reasonably necessary
to prosecute or defend any third-party suit or proceeding
instituted by or against Bank with respect to any Collateral or
relating to Borrower.
6.13.
Further Assurances . Borrower shall execute any further
instruments and take further action as Bank reasonably requests to
perfect or continue Bank’s Lien in the Collateral or to
effect the purposes of this Agreement.
No Borrower shall
do any of the following without Bank’s prior written
consent:
7.1.
Dispositions . Convey, sell, lease, transfer or
otherwise dispose of (collectively, “Transfer”), or
permit any of its Subsidiaries to Transfer, all or any part of its
business or property, except for (a) Transfers of Inventory in
the ordinary course of business; (b) Transfers of worn-out, damaged
or obsolete Equipment; (c) Transfers in connection with
Permitted Liens and Permitted Investments; (d) the use or
Transfer of money or Cash Equivalents in the ordinary course;
(e) the licensing, on a non-exclusive basis, of patents,
trademarks, copyrights, and other intellectual property rights in
the ordinary course of business; (f) Transfers to another
Borrower or their respective Subsidiaries, or to Shanghai
provided that any such Transfers to Shanghai shall be upon
fair and reasonable terms that are no less favorable to Borrowers
than would be obtained in an arm’s length transaction with a
non-affiliated Person or shall not exceed, in the aggregate,
$1,000,000 (in cash plus Equipment) during the term of this
Agreement; (g) Transfers in connection with any transaction
permitted under Section 7.3 or 7.7; and (h) so long as no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing
or would result therefrom, other Transfers (other than Accounts) at
fair market value, the net cash proceeds of which shall not exceed
$250,000 in any fiscal year.
7.2.
Changes in Business, Control, or Business Locations .
(a) Engage in or permit any of its Subsidiaries to engage in
any business other than the businesses currently engaged in by such
Borrower and such Subsidiary, as applicable, or reasonably related
thereto; (b) liquidate or dissolve; or (c) permit or
suffer any Change in Control. No Borrower shall without at least
fifteen (15) days prior written notice to Bank: (1) add
any new offices or business locations, including warehouses (unless
such new offices or business locations contain less than $25,000)
in Borrowers’ assets or property), (2) change its
jurisdiction of organization, (3) change its organizational
structure or type, (4) change its legal name (except in
connection with the Acquisition on the Effective Date), or
(5) change any organizational number (if any) assigned by its
jurisdiction of organization; provided that a Borrower may
change its name so long as such Borrower notifies Bank of such
change within twenty (20) days prior to the effectiveness
thereof and provides any financing statements necessary to perfect
and continue perfected the Bank’s liens in the
Collateral.
7.3.
Mergers or Acquisitions . Merge or consolidate, or
permit any of its Subsidiaries to merge or consolidate, with any
other Person, or acquire, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to
acquire, all or substantially all of the capital stock or property
of another Person, except (i) in connection with the
Acquisition on the Effective Date; (ii) a Subsidiary may merge
or consolidate into another Domestic Subsidiary or into a Borrower,
or (iii) in connection with any transaction permitted under
Section 7.7.
7.4.
Indebtedness . Create, incur, assume, or be liable for
any Indebtedness, or permit any Subsidiary to do so, other than
Permitted Indebtedness.
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7.5.
Encumbrance . (a) Except for Permitted Liens,
create, incur, or allow any Lien on any of its property, or assign
or convey any right to receive income, including the sale of any
Accounts, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to do so, or permit any
Collateral not to be subject to the first priority security
interest granted herein; or (b) be a party to any agreement,
document, instrument or other arrangement (except with or in favor
of Bank) with any Person which directly or indirectly prohibits or
has the effect of prohibiting any Borrower or any Subsidiary from
assigning, mortgaging, pledging, granting a security interest in or
upon, or encumbering any of such Borrower’s or any
Subsidiary’s Intellectual Property, except for (i) any
such restrictions and conditions imposed by law or regulation or by
any Loan Document or Merger Document; (ii) any such
restrictions and conditions permitted under Section 7.1 hereof
or the definition of “Permitted Lien” herein,
(iii) any such restrictions and conditions existing on the
date hereof (but shall not apply to any extension or renewal of, or
any amendment or modification expanding the scope of, any such
restriction or condition), (iv) customary restrictions and
conditions contained in agreements relating to the sale of any
assets pending such sale, provided that such restrictions and
conditions apply only to the assets that are to be sold and such
sale is permitted hereunder; (v) restrictions or conditions imposed
by any agreement relating to secured Indebtedness permitted by this
Agreement if such restrictions or conditions apply only to the
property or assets securing such Indebtedness; (vi) customary
provisions in leases or licenses of Intellectual Property
restricting the assignment thereof; and (vii) any such
restrictions or conditions (A) on cash or other deposits
imposed by lessors or required by insurance, surety or bonding
companies, in each case, under contracts entered into in the
ordinary course of business, or (B) existing under, by reason
of or with respect to Indebtedness incurred to refinance any
Indebtedness, in each case as permitted under Section 7.4;
provided that the restrictions contained in the agreements
governing the Indebtedness incurred to refinance Indebtedness are
no more restrictive, taken as a whole, than those contained in the
agreements governing the Indebtedness being refinanced.
7.6.
Maintenance of Collateral Accounts . Maintain any
Collateral Account except pursuant to the terms of
Section 6.8(b) hereof.
7.7.
Investments; Distributions . (a) Directly or
indirectly make any Investment other than Permitted Investments, or
permit any of its Subsidiaries to do so; or (b) pay any
dividends or make any distribution or payment or redeem, retire or
purchase any capital stock (“Restricted Payments”),
provided that (i) each Borrower or any Subsidiary may pay
dividends solely in common stock; (ii) any Subsidiary of
Borrowers may pay dividends to its direct parent, (iii) any
Loan Party may make Restricted Payments in connection with the
consummation of the Acquisition or any other transaction
contemplated by the Merger Documents as in effect on the Effective
Date, (iv) Sieger may make advances to each of its members
(collectively, the “Member Advances”) in an amount
sufficient to cover that member’s actual tax liability due
and payable as a result of income of Sieger attributed to the
member during any period that Sieger is eligible for taxation as a
limited liability company under the Internal Revenue Code;
provided, however, that no Member Advances may be made if, at the
time thereof, an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or
would result therefrom; (v) so long as no Default or Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result
therefrom, each Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries may make
Restricted Payments to Holdings to permit Holdings to
(A) purchase or redeem its stock in connection with and
pursuant to the terms of employee benefit and stock option plans,
in an amount not exceed, in the aggregate, $500,000 during the term
of this Agreement, or (B) pay income taxes, franchise fees and
other fees required to maintain its existence and provide for other
operating costs; (vi) so long as no Default or Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result
therefrom, any Loan Party may make Restricted Payments that
constitute (or permit Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries to pay)
fees permitted by Section 7.8; and (vii) so long as no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing
or would result therefrom, make Restricted Payments to Holdings
solely for the purpose of making Investments by Holdings in
Shanghai that do not exceed $1,000,000 (in cash plus
Equipment) per annum.
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7.8.
Transactions with Affiliates . Directly or indirectly
enter into or permit to exist any material transaction with any
Affiliate of Borrowers, except for (i) transactions that are
upon fair and reasonable terms that are no less favorable to
Borrowers than would be obtained in an arm’s length
transaction with a non-affiliated Person which would be otherwise
permitted hereunder; (ii) the payment of reasonable fees,
compensation to, and any indemnity provided for the benefit of,
outside directors of Holdings; (iii) the consummation of the
Acquisition or any other related transaction contemplated by the
Merger Documents as in effect on the Effective Date and the
entering into or payment of any amount in connection therewith;
(iv) transactions permitted under Section 7.3;
(v) Restricted Payments permitted under Section 7.7(b);
and (vi) Investments permitted under
Section 7.7(a).
7.9.
Subordinated Debt . Make or permit to be made any
payment on any Subordinated Debt, or amend any provision in any
document relating to the Subordinated Debt which would increase the
amount thereof or adversely affect the subordination thereof to
Obligations owed to Bank.
Any one of the
following shall constitute an event of default (an “Event of
Default”) under this Agreement:
8.1.
Payment Default . Any Borrower fails to (a) make
any payment of principal or interest on any Credit Extension on its
due date, or (b) pay any other Obligations within ten (10)
Business Days after such Obligations are due and payable. During
the cure period, the failure to cure the payment default is not an
Event of Default (but no Credit Extension will be made during the
cure period);
(a) Any
Borrower fails or neglects to perform any obligation in
Sections 6.2 within five (5) days after such obligation is
required to be performed (but if an Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing, such five (5) day grace period shall not be
applicable), 6.8, 6.9, or violates any covenant in Section 7;
or
(b) Any
Borrower fails or neglects to perform, keep, or observe any other
term, provision, condition, covenant or agreement contained in this
Agreement, any Loan Documents, and as to any default (other than
those specified in Section 8 below) under such other term,
provision, condition, covenant or agreement that can be cured, has
failed to cure the default within fifteen (15) days after the
occurrence thereof; provided, however, that if the default cannot
by its nature be cured within the fifteen (15) day period or
cannot after diligent attempts by such Borrower be cured within
such fifteen (15) day period, and such default is likely to be
cured within a reasonable time, then such Borrower shall have an
additional period (which shall not in any case exceed thirty
(30) days) to attempt to cure such default, and within such
reasonable time period the failure to cure the default shall not be
deemed an Event of Default (but no Credit Extensions shall be made
during such cure period). Grace periods provided under this section
shall not apply, among other things, to financial covenants or any
other covenants set forth in subsection (a) above;
8.3.
Material Adverse Change . A Material Adverse Change
occurs;
8.4.
Attachment . (a) Any material portion of any
Borrower’s assets is attached, seized, levied on, or comes
into possession of a trustee or receiver and the attachment,
seizure or levy is not removed in ten (10) days; (b) the
service of process upon Bank seeking to attach, by trustee or
similar process, any funds of such Borrower on deposit with Bank,
or any entity under control of such Borrower (including a
Subsidiary); (c) Borrower is enjoined, restrained, or
prevented by court order from
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conducting a
material part of its business; (d) a judgment or other claim
in excess of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) in the
aggregate becomes a Lien on any of such Borrower’s assets; or
(e) a notice of lien, levy, or assessment is filed against any
of such Borrower’s assets by any government agency and not
paid within ten (10) days after such Borrower receives notice.
These are not Events of Default if stayed or if a bond is posted
pending contest by such Borrower (but no Credit Extensions shall be
made during the cure period);
8.5.
Insolvency . (a) Any Borrower is unable to pay its
debts (including trade debts) as they become due; (b) any
Borrower voluntarily begins an Insolvency Proceeding; or
(c) an Insolvency Proceeding is begun against such Borrower
and not dismissed or stayed within thirty (30) days (but no Credit
Extensions shall be made while of any of the conditions described
in clause (a) exist and/or until any Insolvency Proceeding is
dismissed);
8.6. Other
Agreements . There is a default in any agreement to which
any Borrower or Holdings is a party with a third party or parties
resulting in a matured right (after giving effect to all applicable
notice requirements and grace and cure periods) by such third party
or parties, whether or not exercised, to accelerate the maturity of
any Indebtedness in a principal amount in excess of Two Hundred
Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000), other than and only to the
extent any such Indebtedness that is supported, directly or
indirectly, by a Letter of Credit issued hereunder;
8.7.
Judgments . A judgment or judgments for the payment of
money in an amount, individually or in the aggregate, of at least
Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) (not covered by
independent third-party insurance) shall be rendered against any
Borrower and shall remain unsatisfied and unstayed for a period of
thirty (30) days after the entry thereof (provided that no
Credit Extensions will be made prior to the satisfaction or stay of
such judgment);
8.8.
Misrepresentations . Any Borrower makes any
representation, warranty, or other statement now or later in this
Agreement, any Loan Document or in any writing delivered to Bank or
to induce Bank to enter this Agreement or any Loan Document, and
such representation, warranty, or other statement is incorrect in
any material respect when made;
8.9.
Subordinated Debt . A default or breach occurs under any
agreement between any Borrower and any creditor of such Borrower
that signed a subordination, intercreditor, or other similar
agreement with Bank, or any creditor that has signed such an
agreement with Bank breaches any terms of such agreement;
or
8.10.
Guaranty . (a) The Guaranty or any other guaranty
of any Obligations terminates or ceases for any reason other than
the expiration or voluntary release of such guaranty to be in full
force and effect; (b) Guarantor or any other guarantor does
not perform any obligation or covenant under the Guaranty of the
Obligations; (c) any circumstance described in
Sections 8.4, 8.5, 8.7, or 8.8. occurs with respect to
Guarantor or any other guarantor, or (d) the liquidation,
winding up, or termination of existence of Guarantor or any other
guarantor.
9. BANK’S RIGHTS AND
REMEDIES
9.1. Rights
and Remedies . While an Event of Default occurs and
continues Bank may, without notice or demand, do any or all of the
following:
(a) declare
all Obligations immediately due and payable (but if an Event of
Default described in Section 8.5 occurs all Obligations are
immediately due and payable without any action by Bank);
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(b) stop
advancing money or extending credit for any Borrower’s
benefit under this Agreement or under any other agreement between
any Borrower and Bank;
(c) demand
that Borrowers (i) deposit cash with Bank in an amount equal
to the aggregate amount of any Letters of Credit remaining undrawn,
as collateral security for the repayment of any future drawings
under such Letters of Credit, and Borrowers shall forthwith jointly
and severally deposit and pay such amounts, and (ii) pay in
advance all Letter of Credit fees scheduled to be paid or payable
over the remaining term of any Letters of Credit;
(d) terminate
any FX Contracts;
(e) settle
or adjust disputes and claims directly with Account Debtors for
amounts on terms and in any order that Bank considers advisable,
notify any Person owing any Borrower money of Bank’s security
interest in such funds, and verify the amount of such
account;
(f) make
any payments and do any acts it considers necessary or reasonable
to protect the Collateral and/or its security interest in the
Collateral. Each Borrower shall assemble the Collateral if Bank
requests and make it available as Bank designates. Bank may enter
premises where the Collateral is located, take and maintain
possession of any part of the Collateral, and pay, purchase,
contest, or compromise any Lien which appears to be prior or
superior to its security interest and pay all expenses incurred.
Each Borrower grants Bank a license to enter and occupy any of its
premises, without charge, to exercise any of Bank’s rights or
remedies;
(g) apply
to the Obligations any (i) balances and deposits of each
Borrower it holds, or (ii) any amount held by Bank owing to or for
the credit or the account of each Borrower;
(h) ship,
reclaim, recover, store, finish, maintain, repair, prepare for
sale, advertise for sale, and sell the Collateral. Bank is hereby
granted a non-exclusive, royalty-free license or other right to
use, without charge, each Borrower’s labels, patents,
copyrights, mask works, rights of use of any name, trade secrets,
trade names, trademarks, service marks, and advertising matter, or
any similar property as it pertains to the Collateral, in
completing production of, advertising for sale, and selling any
Collateral and, in connection with Bank’s exercise of its
rights under this Section, Borrower’s rights under all
licenses and all franchise agreements inure to Bank’s
benefit;
(i) place
a “hold” on any account maintained with Bank and/or
deliver a notice of exclusive control, any entitlement order, or
other directions or instructions pursuant to any Control Agreement
or similar agreements providing control of any
Collateral;
(j) demand
and receive possession of each Borrower’s Books;
and
(k) exercise
all rights and remedies available to Bank under the Loan Documents
or at law or equity, including all remedies provided under the Code
(including disposal of the Collateral pursuant to the terms
thereof).
9.2. Power
of Attorney . Each Borrower hereby irrevocably appoints
Bank as its lawful attorney-in-fact, exercisable upon the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, to:
(a) endorse such Borrower’s name on any checks or other
forms of payment or security; (b) sign such Borrower’s
name on any invoice or bill of lading for any Account or drafts
against Account Debtors; (c) settle and adjust disputes and
claims about the Accounts directly with Account Debtors, for
amounts and on terms Bank determines reasonable; (d) make,
settle, and adjust all claims under such Borrower’s insurance
policies; (e) pay, contest or settle any Lien, charge,
encumbrance, security interest, and adverse
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claim in or to
the Collateral, or any judgment based thereon, or otherwise take
any action to terminate or discharge the same; and
(f) transfer the Collateral into the name of Bank or a third
party as the Code permits. Each Borrower hereby appoints Bank as
its lawful attorney-in-fact to sign such Borrower’s name on
any documents necessary to perfect or continue the perfection of
any security interest regardless of whether an Event of Default has
occurred until all Obligations have been satisfied in full and Bank
is under no further obligation to make Credit Extensions hereunder.
Bank’s foregoing appointment as such Borrower’s
attorney in fact, and all of Bank’s rights and powers,
coupled with an interest, are irrevocable until all Obligations
have been fully repaid and performed and Bank’s obligation to
provide Credit Extensions terminates.
9.3.
Protective Payments . If any Borrower fails to obtain
the insurance called for by Section 6.7 or fails to pay any
premium thereon or fails to pay any other amount which such
Borrower is obligated to pay under this Agreement or any other Loan
Document, Bank may obtain such insurance or make such payment, and
all amounts so paid by Bank are Bank Expenses and immediately due
and payable, bearing interest at the then highest applicable rate,
and secured by the Collateral. Bank will make reasonable efforts to
provide such Borrower with notice of Bank obtaining such insurance
at the time it is obtained or within a reasonable time thereafter.
No payments by Bank are deemed an agreement to make similar
payments in the future or Bank’s waiver of any Event of
Default.
9.4.
Application of Payments and Proceeds . Unless an Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing, Bank shall apply any
funds in its possession, whether from Borrowers account balances,
payments, or proceeds realized as the result of any collection of
Accounts or other disposition of the Collateral, first, to the
principal of the Obligations; second, to Bank Expenses, including
without limitation, the reasonable costs, expenses, liabilities,
obligations and attorneys’ fees incurred by Bank in the
exercise of its rights under this Agreement; third, to the interest
due upon any of the Obligations; and finally, to any applicable
fees and other charges, in such order as Bank shall determine in
its sole discretion. Any surplus shall be paid to any Borrowers by
credit to the Designated Deposit Account or other Persons legally
entitled thereto; each Borrowers shall remain jointly and severally
liable to Bank for any deficiency. If an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, Bank may apply any funds in its
possession, whether from any Borrower account balances, payments,
proceeds realized as the result of any collection of Accounts or
other disposition of the Collateral, or otherwise, to the
Obligations in such order as Bank shall determine in its sole
discretion. Any surplus shall be paid to any Borrower by credit to
the Designated Deposit Account or to other Persons legally entitled
thereto; each Borrower shall remain jointly and severally liable to
Bank for any deficiency. If Bank, in its good faith business
judgment, directly or indirectly enters into a deferred payment or
other credit transaction with any purchaser at any sale of
Collateral, Bank shall have the option, exercisable at any time, of
either reducing the Obligations by the principal amount of the
purchase price or deferring the reduction of the Obligations until
the actual receipt by Bank of cash therefor.
9.5.
Bank’s Liability for Collateral . So long as Bank
complies with reasonable banking practices regarding the
safekeeping of the Collateral in the possession or under the
control of Bank, Bank shall not be liable or responsible for:
(a) the safekeeping of the Collateral; (b) any loss or
damage to the Collateral; (c) any diminution in the value of
the Collateral; or (d) any act or default of any carrier,
warehouseman, bailee, or other Person. Each Borrower bears all risk
of loss, damage or destruction of the Collateral.
9.6. No
Waiver; Remedies Cumulative . Bank’s failure, at any
time or times, to require strict performance by any Borrower of any
provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall not
waive, affect, or diminish any right of Bank thereafter to demand
strict performance and compliance herewith or therewith. No waiver
hereunder shall be effective unless signed by Bank and then is only
effective for the specific instance and purpose for which it is
given. Bank’s rights and remedies under
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this Agreement
and the other Loan Documents are cumulative. Bank has all rights
and remedies provided under the Code, by law, or in equity.
Bank’s exercise of one right or remedy is not an election,
and Bank’s waiver of any Event of Default is not a continuing
waiver. Bank’s delay in exercising any remedy is not a
waiver, election, or acquiescence.
9.7. Demand
Waiver . Each Borrower waives demand, notice of default or
dishonor, notice of payment and nonpayment, notice of any default,
nonpayment at maturity, release, compromise, settlement, extension,
or renewal of accounts, documents, instruments, chattel paper, and
guarantees held by Bank on which Borrower is liable.
All notices,
consents, requests, approvals, demands, or other communication
(collectively, “Communication”), other than Advance
requests made pursuant to Section 3.4, by any party to this
Agreement or any other Loan Document must be in writing and be
delivered or sent by facsimile at the addresses or facsimile
numbers listed below. Bank or Borrower may change its notice
address by giving the other party written notice thereof. Each such
Communication shall be deemed to have been validly served, given,
or delivered: (a) upon the earlier of actual receipt and three
(3) Business Days after deposit in the U.S. mail, registered or
certified mail, return receipt requested, with proper postage
prepaid; (b) upon transmission, when sent by facsimile
transmission (with such facsimile promptly confirmed by delivery of
a copy by personal delivery or United States mail as otherwise
provided in this Section 10); (c) one (1) Business
Day after deposit with a reputable overnight courier with all
charges prepaid; or (d) when delivered, if hand-delivered by
messenger, all of which shall be addressed to the party to be
notified and sent to the address or facsimile number indicated
below. Advance requests made pursuant to Section 3.4 must be
in writing and may be in the form of electronic mail, delivered to
Bank by Borrower at the e-mail address of Bank provided below and
shall be deemed to have been validly served, given, or delivered
when sent (with such electronic mail promptly confirmed by delivery
of a copy by personal delivery or United States mail as otherwise
provided in this Section 10). Bank or Borrower may change its
address, facsimile number, or electronic mail address by giving the
other party written notice thereof in accordance with the terms of
this Section 10.
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Borrower:
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Ultra Clean
Technology Systems and Services, Inc.
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Attn: Jack
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Email:
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Bank:
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Silicon Valley
Bank — Mail Sort NC 200
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3979 Freedom
Circle, Suite 600
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Attn: Chitra
Arunachalam
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11. CHOICE OF LAW, VENUE AND
JURY TRIAL WAIVER
California law
governs the Loan Documents without regard to principles of
conflicts of law. Borrower and Bank each submit to the exclusive
jurisdiction of the State and Federal courts in Santa Clara County,
California; provided, however, that nothing in this Agreement shall
be deemed to operate to preclude Bank from bringing suit or taking
other legal action in any other jurisdiction to realize on the
Collateral or any other security for the Obligations, or to enforce
a judgment or other court order in favor
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of Bank.
Borrower expressly submits and consents in advance to such
jurisdiction in any action or suit commenced in any such court, and
Borrower hereby waives any objection that it may have based upon
lack of personal jurisdiction, improper venue, or forum non
conveniens and hereby consents to the granting of such legal or
equitable relief as is deemed appropriate by such court. Borrower
hereby waives personal service of the summons, complaints, and
other process issued in such action or suit and agrees that service
of such summons, complaints, and other process may be made by
registered or certified mail addressed to Borrower at the address
set forth in Section 10 of this Agreement and that service so
made
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