Exhibit 10.24
LOAN AND SECURITY
AGREEMENT
THIS LOAN AND SECURITY
AGREEMENT (this “
Agreement ”) dated as of March 5, 2009 (the
“ Effective Date ”) by and among (i)
SILICON VALLEY BANK , a California corporation with a loan
production office located at 380 Interlocken Crescent, Suite 600,
Broomfield, Colorado 80021 (“ Bank ”), and
(ii) DRUGSTORE.COM, INC. , a Delaware corporation, and
each of the other Persons listed as “Borrower” on the
signature pages hereto (individually and collectively, jointly and
severally, “ Borrower ”), provides the terms on
which Bank shall lend to Borrower and Borrower shall repay Bank.
The parties agree as follows:
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ACCOUNTING AND OTHER TERMS
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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.
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LOAN AND
TERMS OF PAYMENT
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2.1 Promise to Pay
. Borrower hereby unconditionally
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 and to deduction of
Reserves, Bank shall make Advances not exceeding the Availability
Amount. Amounts borrowed under the Revolving Line may be repaid
and, prior to the Revolving Line Maturity Date, reborrowed, subject
to the applicable terms and conditions precedent herein. Advances
shall be in minimum increments of $1,000,000 and multiples of
$500,000 in excess thereof.
(b) 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.
As part of the Revolving Line and
subject to deduction of Reserves, Bank shall issue or have issued
Letters of Credit for Borrower’s account. Such aggregate
amounts utilized hereunder shall at all times reduce the amount
otherwise available for Advances under the Revolving Line. The face
amount of outstanding Letters of Credit (including drawn but
unreimbursed Letters of Credit and any Letter of Credit Reserve)
may not exceed Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars
($2,500,000), inclusive of Credit Extensions relating to Sections
2.1.3 and 2.1.4. The aggregate amount available to be used for the
issuance of Letters of Credit may not exceed (i) the lesser of
(A) the Revolving Line or (B) the Borrowing Base, minus
(ii) the outstanding principal amount of any Advances
(including any amounts used for Cash Management Services and the
face amount of any outstanding Letters of Credit (including drawn
but unreimbursed Letters of Credit and any Letter of Credit
Reserve), minus (iii) the FX Reduction Amount, and
(iv) minus (f) the aggregate amount of Advances that have
been converted to a Term Loan. If, on the Revolving Line Maturity
Date, or the effective date of any termination of this Agreement by
Borrower, there are any outstanding Letters of Credit, then no
later than five Business Days prior to such date Borrower shall
provide to Bank cash collateral (in the form of a Bank certificate
of deposit) in an amount equal to 105% of the face amount of all
such Letters of Credit plus all interest, fees, and costs due or to
become due in connection therewith (as estimated by Bank in its
good faith business judgment), to secure all of the Obligations
relating to said Letters of Credit. All Letters of Credit shall be
in form and substance acceptable to Bank in its sole discretion and
shall be subject to the terms and conditions of Bank’s
standard Application and Letter of Credit Agreement (the “
Letter of Credit Application ”). Borrower agrees to
execute any further documentation in connection with the Letters of
Credit as Bank may reasonably request. Borrower further agrees to
be bound by the regulations and interpretations of the issuer of
any Letters of Credit guarantied by Bank and opened for
Borrower’s account or by Bank’s interpretations of any
Letter of Credit issued by Bank for Borrower’s account, and
Borrower understands and agrees that Bank shall not be liable for
any error, negligence, or mistake, whether of omission or
commission, in following Borrower’s instructions or those
contained in the Letters of Credit or any modifications,
amendments, or supplements thereto.
(a) The obligation of Borrower to
immediately reimburse Bank for drawings made under Letters of
Credit shall be absolute, unconditional, and irrevocable, and shall
be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement, such Letters of Credit, and the Letter of Credit
Application.
(b) 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 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.
(c) To guard against fluctuations in
currency exchange rates, upon the issuance of any Letter of Credit
payable in a Foreign Currency, 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 availability of funds
under the Revolving Line shall be reduced by the amount of such
Letter of Credit Reserve for as long as such Letter of Credit
remains outstanding.
2.1.3 Foreign Exchange
Sublimit . As part of the
Revolving Line, Borrower may enter into foreign exchange contracts
with Bank under which Borrower commits 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 ”). Each FX Forward Contract 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 the outstanding amount of the FX Forward
Contract (the “ FX Reserve ”). The aggregate
amount of FX Forward Contracts at any one time may not exceed ten
(10 times the amount of the FX Reserve. The amount otherwise
available for Credit Extensions under the Revolving Line shall be
reduced by an amount equal to the aggregate FX Reserves for all
outstanding FX Forward Contracts (the “ FX Reduction
Amount ”). Any amounts needed to fully reimburse
Bank will be treated as Advances under the Revolving Line and will
accrue interest at the interest rate applicable to
Advances.
2.1.4 Cash Management Services
Sublimit . Borrower may
use up to Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,500,000),
inclusive of Credit Extensions relating to Sections 2.1.2 and 2.13
and the FX Reduction Amount 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 Borrower
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.
2.1.5 Term Loan.
(a) Availability . Borrower
may elect, upon 30 days prior written notice to Bank, to
convert any or all of the outstanding Advances into one or more
term loans (such term loan(s) are hereinafter referred to, singly
or collectively, as a “ Term Loan ” or the
“ Term Loans ”), provided that (i) each
Term Loan shall be in a minimum increment of $5,000,000,
(ii) the aggregate initial principal amount of all Term Loans
advanced hereunder shall not exceed the Term Loan Amount,
(iii) as a condition to the conversion of Advances to a Term
Loan, Borrower shall been in compliance with the covenants
(A) contained in Section 6.7(c) hereof for the trailing
twelve (12) months preceding the date of conversion, and
(B) contained in Sections 6.7(a) and (c) hereof on a pro
forma basis after giving effect to the conversion, and (iv) no
conversion of Advances to a Term Loan may occur after the date
which is 360 days after the Effective Date.
(b) Repayment . On the first
Payment Date following the Funding Date for a Term Loan, Borrower
shall pay any accrued but unpaid interest with respect to the Term
Loan and the Advances which were converted into the Term
Loan. Commencing on the next Payment Date, and continuing on
the Payment Date of each month thereafter, for each Term Loan,
Borrower shall make consecutive equal monthly payments of principal
plus interest, in arrears, as calculated by Bank based upon:
(1) the amount of the Term Loan, (2) the effective rate
of interest, as determined in Section 2.2(a), and (3) an
amortization schedule equal to thirty-six (36) months. All
unpaid principal and accrued interest with respect to each Term
Loan is due and payable in full on the Term Loan Maturity Date with
respect to such Term Loan. Payments received after 12:00 noon
Pacific time are considered received at the opening of business on
the next Business Day. Once repaid, no Term Loan may be
reborrowed.
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(c) Mandatory Prepayment Upon
Certain Transfers . In the event Borrower Transfers (as
hereinafter defined) any part of its business or property (other
than those Transfers permitted by Section 7.1 hereof),
Borrower shall immediately pay to Bank an amount equal to the sum
of: (i) 100% of the net cash proceeds of such Transfer plus
accrued interest thereon and (ii) the Prepayment Fee in
respect of the amount of the Term Loan prepaid.
(d) Mandatory Prepayment Upon an
Acceleration . If (i) a Term Loan is accelerated following
the occurrence of an Event of Default or (ii) in the event any
law, rule, regulation, ordinance, order, directive, treaty or
policy applicable to the Bank or any change therein or in the
interpretation or application thereof, made after the date hereof,
shall make it unlawful for the Bank to maintain a Term Loan or to
claim or receive any amount otherwise payable under this Agreement,
Borrower shall immediately pay to Bank an amount equal to the sum
of: (i) all outstanding principal plus accrued interest,
(ii) the Prepayment Fee in respect of the amount of the Term
Loan prepaid, plus (iii) all other sums, that shall have
become due and payable, including interest at the Default Rate with
respect to any past due amounts.
(e) Permitted Prepayment of
Loans . Borrower shall have the option to prepay all, but not
less than all, of the Term Loans advanced by Bank under this
Agreement, provided Borrower (i) provides written notice to
Bank of its election to prepay the Term Loans at least one
(1) Business Day prior to such prepayment, and (ii) pays,
on the date of such prepayment (A) all outstanding principal
plus accrued interest, (B) the Prepayment Fee, plus
(C) all other sums, that shall have become due and payable,
including interest at the Default Rate with respect to any past due
amounts.
(f) Application of
Prepayments . Prepayments of a Term Loan shall be applied
against all remaining scheduled payments in respect of all Term
Loans in the inverse order of maturity.
2.2 Overadvances
. If, at any time, the sum of
(a) the outstanding principal amount of any Advances
(including any amounts used for Cash Management Services), plus
(b) the face amount of any outstanding Letters of Credit
(including drawn but unreimbursed Letters of Credit and any Letter
of Credit Reserve), plus(c)the FX Reduction Amount, plus
(d) the outstanding principal amount of all Term Loans exceeds
the lesser of either the Revolving Line or the Borrowing Base,
Borrower shall immediately pay to Bank in cash such
excess.
2.3 Payment of Interest on the
Credit Extensions .
(a) Interest Rate
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(i) Advances . Subject to
Section 2.3(b), the principal amount outstanding under the
Revolving Line shall accrue interest at a floating per annum rate
equal to the greater of (a) fifty basis points (0.50%) above
the Prime Rate or (b) four and one-half percent (4.50%), which
interest shall be payable monthly in accordance with
Section 2.3(f) below.
(ii) Term Loans . Subject to
Section 2.3(b), the principal amount outstanding under the
Term Loans shall accrue interest at a floating per annum rate equal
to the greater of (a) fifty basis points (0.50%) above the
Prime Rate or (b) four and one-half percent (4.50%), which
interest shall be payable monthly in accordance with
Section 2.3(f) below.
(b) Default Rate .
Immediately upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an
Event of Default, Obligations shall bear interest at a rate per
annum which is five percentage points (5.00%) above the rate
that is otherwise applicable thereto (the “ Default
Rate ”). 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) 360-Day Year . Interest
shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual
number of days elapsed.
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(e) Debit of Accounts . Bank
may debit any of Borrower’s deposit accounts, including the
Designated Deposit Account, for principal and interest payments or
any other amounts Borrower owes Bank when due. These debits shall
not constitute a set-off.
(f) Payments . Unless
otherwise provided, interest is payable monthly in arrears on the
Payment Date of each month. Payments of principal and/or interest
received after 12:00 p.m. Pacific time are considered received at
the opening of business on the next Business Day. When any payment
is due on a day that is not a Business Day, the payment shall be
due the next Business Day and all fees or interest, as applicable,
shall continue to accrue until paid.
2.4 Fees . Borrower shall pay to Bank:
(a) Loan Fee . A fully
earned, non-refundable loan fee of $62,500.00 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 one percent (1.00%) per annum of the
face amount of each Letter of Credit issued, upon the issuance,
each anniversary of the issuance, and the renewal of such Letter of
Credit by Bank;
(c) Unused Revolving Line
Facility Fee . A fee (the “ Unused Revolving Line
Facility Fee ”), payable quarterly, in arrears, on a
calendar year basis, in an amount equal to three hundred seventy
five basis points (0.375%) per annum of the average unused portion
of the Revolving Line, as determined by Bank. The utilized portion
of the Revolving Line, for the purposes of this calculation, shall
not include amounts utilized or reserved under Sections 2.1.1,
2.1.3, or 2.1.4. Borrower shall not be entitled to any credit,
rebate or repayment of any Unused Revolving Line Facility Fee
previously earned by Bank pursuant to this Section notwithstanding
any termination of the Agreement or the suspension or termination
of Bank’s obligation to make loans and advances
hereunder;
(d) Term Loan Termination Fee
. The Termination Fee when due pursuant to the terms of
Section 12.1;
(e) Prepayment Fee . The
Prepayment Fee when due pursuant to the terms of
Section 2.1.5; and
(f) Bank Expenses . All Bank
Expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses,
plus expenses, for documentation and negotiation of this Agreement)
incurred through and after the Effective Date, when due.
2.5 International Vision Direct
Ltd . Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, International
Vision Direct Ltd. (the “Canadian Subsidiary”) shall
not be permitted to request or receive Loans hereunder and no cash
proceeds of the Loans hereunder shall be made available to the
Canadian Subsidiary, directly or indirectly; provided, however that
drugstore.com, Inc. may make distributions to the Canadian
Subsidiary of cash and/or assets in order to fund the operations of
the Canadian Subsidiary in the ordinary course of
business.
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 completion of such other matters, as Bank may
reasonably deem necessary or appropriate, including, without
limitation:
(a) Duly executed original
signatures to the Loan Documents to which it is a party;
(b) Duly executed original
signatures to the Control Agreement[s];
(c) Borrower’s Operating
Documents and a good standing certificate of Borrower certified by
the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as of a date no
earlier than thirty (30) days prior to the Effective
Date;
(d) Secretary’s Certificate
with completed Borrowing Resolutions for Borrower;
(e) A payoff letter from
Bank;
(f) Certified copies, dated as of a
recent date, of financing statement searches, as Bank shall
request, accompanied by written evidence (including any UCC
termination statements) that the Liens indicated in any such
financing statements either constitute Permitted Liens or have been
or, in connection with the initial Credit Extension, will be
terminated or released;
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(g) The Perfection Certificate
executed by Borrower, together with the duly executed original
signatures thereto;
(h) A landlord’s consent in
favor of Bank for each of Borrower's locations executed by the
landlord thereof, together with the duly executed original
signatures thereto;
(i) [Reserved];
(j) evidence satisfactory to Bank
that the insurance policies required by Section 6.4 hereof are
in full force and effect, together with appropriate evidence
showing lender loss payable and/or additional insured clauses or
endorsements in favor of Bank; and
(k) payment of the fees and Bank
Expenses then due as specified in Section 2.4
hereof.
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
conditions precedent:
(a) except as otherwise provided in
Section 3.4(a), timely receipt of an executed Payment/Advance
Form;
(b) the representations and
warranties in Section 5 shall be true, accurate and complete
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 Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing or result from the Credit Extension.
Each Credit Extension is Borrower’s representation and
warranty on that date that the representations and warranties in
Section 5 remain true, accurate and complete 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 or any material
impairment in the general affairs, management, results of
operation, financial condition or the prospect of repayment of the
Obligations, or any material adverse deviation by Borrower from the
most recent business plan of Borrower presented to and accepted by
Bank.
3.3 Covenant to
Deliver .
Borrower agrees to deliver to Bank
each item required to be delivered to Bank under this Agreement as
a condition precedent to any Credit Extension. Borrower expressly
agrees that a Credit Extension made prior to the receipt by Bank of
any such item shall not constitute a waiver by Bank of
Borrower’s obligation to deliver such item, and the making of
any Credit Extension in the absence of a required item shall be in
Bank’s sole discretion.
3.4 Procedures for
Borrowing .
(a) Advances. Subject to the prior
satisfaction of all other applicable conditions to the making of an
Advance set forth in this Agreement, to obtain an Advance (other
than Advances under Sections 2.1.2 or 2.1.4), Borrower shall notify
Bank (which notice shall be irrevocable) by electronic mail,
facsimile, or telephone by 12:00 noon Pacific time on the Funding
Date of the Advance. Together with any such electronic or facsimile
notification, Borrower shall deliver to Bank by electronic mail or
facsimile a completed Payment/Advance Form executed by a
Responsible Officer or his or her designee. Bank may rely on any
telephone notice given by a person whom Bank believes is a
Responsible Officer or designee. Bank shall credit Advances to the
Designated Deposit Account. Bank may make Advances under this
Agreement based on instructions from a Responsible Officer or his
or her designee or without instructions if the Advances are
necessary to meet Obligations which have become due.
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(b) Term Loan . Subject to
the prior satisfaction of all other applicable conditions to the
making of a Term Loan set forth in this Agreement, to obtain a Term
Loan, Borrower shall notify Bank (which notice shall be
irrevocable) by electronic mail, facsimile, or telephone by 12:00
noon Eastern time thirty (30) Business Days prior to the date
the Term Loan is to be made. Together with any such electronic or
facsimile notification, Borrower shall deliver to Bank by
electronic mail or facsimile a completed Payment/Advance Form
executed by a Responsible Officer or his or her designee. Bank may
rely on any telephone notice given by a person whom Bank believes
is a Responsible Officer or designee. On the Funding Date, Bank
shall credit and/or transfer (as applicable) to Borrower's
Designated Deposit Account, an amount equal to the applicable Term
Loan.
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CREATION
OF SECURITY INTEREST
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4.1 Grant of Security
Interest . 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. 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 Borrower
shall acquire a commercial tort claim, Borrower shall promptly
notify Bank in a writing signed by 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.
If this Agreement is terminated,
Bank’s Lien in the Collateral shall continue until the
Obligations (other than inchoate indemnity obligations) are repaid
in full in cash. Upon payment in full in cash of the Obligations
and at such time as Bank’s obligation to make Credit
Extensions has terminated, Bank shall, at Borrower’s sole
cost and expense, release its Liens in the Collateral and all
rights therein shall revert to Borrower.
4.2 Authorization to File
Financing Statements .
Borrower hereby authorizes Bank to file financing statements,
without notice to Borrower, with all appropriate jurisdictions to
perfect or protect Bank’s interest or rights hereunder,
including a notice that any disposition of the Collateral, by
either Borrower or any other Person, shall be deemed to violate the
rights of Bank under the Code. Such financing statements may
indicate the Collateral as “all assets of the Debtor”
or words of similar effect, or as being of an equal or lesser
scope, or with greater detail, all in Bank’s
discretion.
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REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
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Borrower represents and warrants as
follows at all times unless expressly provided below:
5.1 Due Organization,
Authorization; Power and Authority . Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries are duly
existing and in good standing as a Registered Organization in its
jurisdiction of formation and is qualified and licensed to do
business and is in good standing in any jurisdiction in which the
conduct of its business or its ownership of property requires that
it be qualified except where the failure to do so could not
reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on
Borrower’s business. In connection with this Agreement,
Borrower has delivered to Bank a completed certificate signed by
Borrower, entitled “Perfection Certificate”. Borrower
represents and warrants to Bank that (a) Borrower’s
exact legal name is that indicated on the Perfection Certificate
and on the signature page hereof; (b) 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 Borrower’s organizational
identification number or accurately states that Borrower has none;
(d) the Perfection Certificate accurately sets forth
Borrower’s place of business, or, if more than one, its chief
executive office as well as Borrower’s mailing address (if
different than its chief executive office); (e) Borrower (and
each of its predecessors) has not, in the past five (5) years,
changed its jurisdiction of formation, 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 Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries is
accurate and complete (it being understood and agreed that Borrower
may from time to time update certain information in the Perfection
Certificate after the Effective Date to the extent permitted by one
or more specific provisions in this Agreement). If Borrower is not
now a Registered Organization but later becomes one, Borrower shall
promptly notify Bank of such occurrence and provide Bank with
Borrower’s organizational identification number.
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The execution, delivery and
performance by Borrower of the Loan Documents to which it is a
party have been duly authorized, and do not (i) conflict with
any of Borrower’s organizational documents,
(ii) contravene, conflict with, constitute a default under or
violate any material Requirement of Law, (iii) contravene,
conflict or violate any applicable order, writ, judgment,
injunction, decree, determination or award of any Governmental
Authority by which Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any of
their property or assets may be bound or affected,
(iv) require any action by, filing, registration, or
qualification with, or Governmental Approval from, any Governmental
Authority (except such Governmental Approvals which have already
been obtained and are in full force and effect or
(v) constitute an event of default under any material
agreement by which Borrower is bound. Borrower is not in default
under any agreement to which it is a party or by which Borrower or
any of its Subsidiaries or any of their property or assets may be
bound in which the default could reasonably be expected to have a
material adverse effect on Borrower’s business.
5.2 Collateral
. Borrower has good title to, has
rights in, and the power to transfer each item of the Collateral
upon which it purports to grant a Lien hereunder, free and clear of
any and all Liens except Permitted Liens. Borrower has no deposit
accounts other than the deposit accounts with Bank, the deposit
accounts, if any, described in the Perfection Certificate delivered
to Bank in connection herewith, or of which Borrower has given Bank
notice and taken such actions as are necessary to give Bank a
perfected security interest therein. The Accounts are bona fide,
existing obligations of the Account Debtors.
The Collateral is not in the
possession of any third party bailee (such as a warehouse) except
as otherwise provided in the Perfection Certificate. None of the
components of the Collateral shall be maintained at locations other
than as provided in the Perfection Certificate or as permitted
pursuant to Section 7.2. In the event that Borrower, after the
date hereof, intends to store or otherwise deliver any portion of
the Collateral to a bailee, then Borrower will first receive the
written consent of Bank and such bailee must execute and deliver a
bailee agreement in form and substance satisfactory to Bank in its
sole discretion.
All Inventory is in all material
respects of good and marketable quality, free from material
defects.
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 Borrower’s knowledge, no claim has been made that
any part of the intellectual property violates the rights of any
third party except to the extent such claim could not reasonably be
expected to have a material adverse effect on Borrower’s
business. Except as noted on the Perfection Certificate, Borrower
is not a party to, nor is bound by, any material license or other
agreement with respect to which Borrower is the licensee
(a) that prohibits or otherwise restricts Borrower from
granting a security interest in Borrower’s interest in such
license or agreement or any other property, or (b) for which a
default under or termination of which could interfere with the
Bank’s right to sell any Collateral. Borrower shall provide
written notice to Bank within ten (10) days of entering or
becoming bound by any such license or agreement (other than
over-the-counter software that is commercially available to the
public). 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 (x) all such licenses or agreements 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, whether now existing or
entered into in the future, and (y) Bank to have the ability
in the event of a liquidation of any Collateral to dispose of such
Collateral in accordance with Bank’s rights and remedies
under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
5.3 Accounts Receivable;
Inventory . For any
Eligible Account in any Borrowing Base Certificate, all statements
made and all unpaid balances appearing in all invoices, instruments
and other documents evidencing such Eligible Accounts are and shall
be true and correct and all such invoices, instruments and other
documents, and all of Borrower's Books are genuine and in all
respects what they purport to be. Whether or not an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, Bank may notify any Account
Debtor owing Borrower money of Bank’s security interest in
such funds and verify the amount of such Eligible Account. All
sales and other transactions underlying or giving rise to each
Eligible Account shall comply in all material respects with all
applicable laws and governmental rules and regulations. Borrower
has no knowledge of any actual or imminent Insolvency Proceeding of
any Account Debtor whose accounts are Eligible Accounts in any
Borrowing Base Certificate. To the best of Borrower’s
knowledge, all signatures and endorsements on all documents,
instruments, and agreements relating to all Eligible Accounts are
genuine, and all such documents, instruments and agreements are
legally enforceable in accordance with their terms.
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For any item of Inventory consisting
of “Eligible Inventory” in any Borrowing Base
Certificate, such Inventory (a) consists of raw materials or
finished goods, in good, new, and salable condition, which is not
perishable, returned, consigned, obsolete, not sellable, damaged,
or defective, and is not comprised of demonstrative or custom
inventory, works in progress, packaging or shipping materials, or
supplies; (b) meets all applicable governmental standards;
(c) has been manufactured in compliance with the Fair Labor
Standards Act; (d) is not subject to any Liens, except the
first priority Liens granted or in favor of Bank under this
Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents; and (e) is
located at the locations identified by Borrower in the Perfection
Certificate where it maintains Inventory (or any location permitted
under Section 7.2) for which Bank has received a bailee
waiver.
5.4 Litigation
. Except as provided in the
Perfection Certificate, as of the Effective Date and at such other
times required hereunder, including pursuant to Section 3.2,
there are no actions or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of
the Responsible Officers, threatened in writing by or against
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries involving more than Two Hundred
Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000).
5.5 No Material
Deviation/Deterioration in Financial Condition; Financial
Statements . All
consolidated financial statements for Borrower and any of its
Subsidiaries delivered to Bank fairly present in all material
respects Borrower’s consolidated financial condition and
Borrower’s consolidated results of operations. There has not
been any material deterioration in Borrower’s consolidated
financial condition since the date of the most recent financial
statements submitted to Bank.
5.6 Solvency
. The fair salable value of
Borrower’s assets (including goodwill minus disposition
costs) exceeds the fair value of its liabilities; Borrower is not
left with unreasonably small capital after the transactions in this
Agreement; and Borrower is able to pay its debts (including trade
debts) as they mature.
5.7 Regulatory
Compliance . Borrower is
not an “investment company” or a company
“controlled” by an “investment company”
under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. Borrower is
not engaged as one of its important activities in extending credit
for margin stock (under Regulations X, T and U of the Federal
Reserve Board of Governors). Borrower has complied in all material
respects with the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act. Neither
Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is a “holding
company” or an “affiliate” of a “holding
company” or a “subsidiary company” of a
“holding company” as each term is defined and used in
the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005. Borrower has not
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 Borrower’s or any of its
Subsidiaries’ properties or assets has been used by Borrower
or any Subsidiary or, to the best of Borrower’s knowledge, by
previous Persons, in disposing, producing, storing, treating, or
transporting any hazardous substance other than legally. 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 their respective businesses as currently
conducted.
5.8 Subsidiaries;
Investments . Borrower
does not own any stock, partnership interest or other equity
securities except for Permitted Investments.
5.9 Tax Returns and Payments;
Pension Contributions .
Borrower and its Subsidiaries have timely filed all required tax
returns and reports, and Borrower and its Subsidiaries have timely
paid all foreign, federal, state and local taxes, assessments,
deposits and contributions owed by Borrower. Borrower may defer
payment of any contested taxes, provided that Borrower (a) in
good faith contests its obligation to pay the taxes by appropriate
proceedings promptly and diligently instituted and conducted,
(b) notifies Bank in writing of the commencement of, and any
material development in, the proceedings, (c) 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”. Borrower is unaware of any claims or adjustments
proposed for any of Borrower's prior tax years which could result
in additional taxes becoming due and payable by Borrower. Borrower
has paid all amounts necessary to fund all present pension, profit
sharing and deferred compensation plans in accordance with their
terms, and Borrower has not withdrawn from participation in, and
has not 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
Borrower, including any liability to the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation or its successors or any other governmental
agency.
5.10 Use of Proceeds
. Borrower shall use the proceeds of
the Credit Extensions solely as working capital, to refinance
existing Indebtedness owed by Borrower to Bank, and to fund its
general business requirements and not for personal, family,
household or agricultural purposes.
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5.11 Full Disclosure
. No written representation,
warranty or other statement of Borrower in any certificate or
written statement given to Bank, as of the date such
representation, warranty, or other statement was 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 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).
Borrower 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 Borrower’s business or operations. 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 Borrower’s
business.
6.2 Financial Statements,
Reports, Certificates .
(a) Deliver to Bank: (i) as
soon as available, but no later than thirty (30) days after
the last day of each month, a company prepared consolidated balance
sheet and income statement covering Borrower’s consolidated
operations for such month certified by a Responsible Officer and in
a form acceptable to Bank; (ii) as soon as available, but no
later than one hundred twenty (120) days after the last day of
Borrower’s fiscal year, audited consolidated financial
statements prepared under GAAP, consistently applied, together with
an unqualified opinion on the financial statements from an
independent certified public accounting firm acceptable to Bank in
its reasonable discretion; (iii) within five (5) days of
delivery, copies of all statements, reports and notices made
available to Borrower’s security holders or to any holders of
Subordinated Debt; (iv) within five (5) days of filing,
all reports on Form 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission or a link thereto on Borrower’s or
another website on the internet; (v) as soon as available, but
in any event prior to the last day of Borrower’s fiscal
year, Borrower’s financial projections for coming fiscal
year as approved by Borrower’s Board of Directors;
(vi) a prompt report of any legal actions pending or
threatened against Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that could
result in damages or costs to Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries
of Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) or more; and (vii)
budgets, sales projections, operating plans and other
financial information reasonably requested by Bank.
(b) Within thirty (30) days
after the last day of each month, deliver to Bank a duly completed
Borrowing Base Certificate signed by a Responsible Officer,
together with (i) aged listings of accounts receivable
(including merchant services balances) and accounts payable (by
invoice date), (ii) a statement listing all Collateral
Accounts maintained by Borrower and the balances/investments
therein, and (iii) perpetual inventory reports for the
Inventory valued on a first-in, first-out basis at the lower of
cost or market (in accordance with GAAP) or such other inventory
reports as are requested by Bank in its good faith business
judgment.
(c) Within thirty (30) days
after the last day of each month, deliver to Bank with the monthly
financial statements, a duly completed Compliance Certificate
signed by a Responsible Officer setting forth calculations showing
compliance with the financial covenants set forth in this
Agreement.
(d) Allow Bank to audit
Borrower’s Collateral at Borrower’s expense. Such
audits shall be conducted no more often than once every twelve
(12) months unless an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing.
6.3 Inventory; Returns
. Keep all Inventory in good and
marketable condition, free from material defects. Returns and
allowances between Borrower and its Account Debtors shall follow
Borrower’s customary practices as they exist at the Effective
Date. Borrower must promptly notify Bank of all returns,
recoveries, disputes and claims that involve more than Two Hundred
Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000).
6.4 Taxes; Pensions
. Timely file, and require each of
its Subsidiaries to timely file, all required tax returns and
reports and timely pay, and require each of its Subsidiaries to
timely pay all foreign, federal, state and local taxes,
assessments, deposits and contributions owed by Borrower and each
of its Subsidiaries, except for deferred payment of any taxes
contested pursuant to the terms of Section 5.9 hereof, and
shall deliver to Bank, on demand, appropriate certificates
attesting to such payments, 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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6.5 Insurance
. Keep its business and the
Collateral insured for risks and in amounts standard for companies
in Borrower’s industry and location and as Bank may
reasonably request. Insurance policies shall be in a form, with
companies, and in amounts that are satisfactory to Bank. All
property policies shall have a lender’s loss payable
endorsement showing Bank as the sole loss payee, 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 endeavor to give Bank at least thirty (30) days notice
before canceling, amending, or declining to renew its policy. At
Bank’s request, 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 behalf of the Lenders on account of the Obligations. If Borrower
fails to obtain insurance as required under this Section 6.5
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 6.5, and take any action under the policies Bank deems
prudent.
WARNING
Unless you provide us with evidence
of the insurance coverage as required herein, we may purchase
insurance at your expense to protect our interest. This insurance
may, but need not, also protect your interest. If the Collateral
becomes damaged, the coverage we purchase may not pay any claim you
make or any claim made against you. You may later cancel this
coverage by providing evidence that you have obtained property
coverage elsewhere. You are responsible for the cost of any
insurance purchased by us. The cost of this insurance may be added
to the Obligations. If the cost is added to the Obligations, the
interest rate on the Term Loans will apply to this added amount.
The effective date of coverage may be the date your prior coverage
lapsed or the date you failed to provide proof of coverage. This
coverage we purchased may be considerably more expensive than
insurance you can obtain on your own and may not satisfy any need
for property damage coverage or any mandatory liability insurance
requirements imposed by applicable law.
6.6 Operating Accounts
.
(a) Maintain (i) its primary
and its Subsidiaries’ primary operating and other deposit
accounts with Bank and Bank’s Affiliates, (ii) a
majority of Borrower’s excess cash balances with Bank and
Bank’s Affiliates and (iii) at all times at least
$7,500,000.00 on deposit in a demand deposit account or other
account over which Banks has the written authority from the
depository institution to sweep such account at any time; provided,
however, that Borrower may maintain accounts numbered 69028108,
69027910, 19538818, 68846716, 68932219, 68846807, 46095220 and
46095212 at Bank of America provided that the aggregate amount on
deposit in all such accounts shall at no time exceed
$100,000.
(b) 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
Bank’s Affiliates. For each Collateral Account that Borrower
at any time maintains, Borrower 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, which Control
Agreement may not be terminated without the prior written consent
of the Bank. 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 Borrower’s employees and identified to Bank by
Borrower as such.
6.7 Financial
Covenants .
Borrower shall maintain at all
times, to be tested as of the last day of each month, unless
otherwise noted:
(a) Adjusted Quick Ratio .
(i) prior to the conversion of any Advances to a Term Loan
pursuant to Section 2.1.5, an Adjusted Quick Ratio of at least
1.20 to 1.00, and (ii) after the conversion of any Advances to
a Term Loan pursuant to Section 2.1.5, an Adjusted Quick Ratio
of at least 1.00 to 1.00.
(b) Minimum Free Cash Flow :
Borrower shall not permit its Free Cash Flow, tested monthly as of
the end of each month, to be less than (i) ($1,000,000) at the
end of each month from the Effective Date to and including
September 30, 2009, and (ii) $0.00 at the end of each
month commencing on October 30, 2009 and
thereafter.
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(c) Minimum Fixed Charge Coverage
Ratio : Borrower shall not permit its Fixed Charge Coverage
Ratio, tested on a trailing twelve-month basis at the end of each
month commencing at the end of the month in which the Funding Date
with respect to the initial Term Loan occurs, to be less than 1.25
to 1.00.
6.8 Protection of Intellectual
Property Rights .
Borrower shall: (a) protect, defend and maintain the validity
and enforceability of its intellectual property; (b) promptly
advise Bank in writing of material infringements of its
intellectual property; and (c) not allow any intellectual
property material to Borrower’s business to be abandoned,
forfeited or dedicated to the public without Bank’s written
consent.
6.9 Litigation
Cooperation . From the
date hereof and continuing through the termination of this
Agreement, make available to Bank, without expense to Bank,
Borrower and its officers, employees and agents and Borrower's
Books, 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.
6.10 Further
Assurances . 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.
6.11 Creation/Acquisition of
Subsidiaries . In
the event Borrower or any Subsidiary creates or acquires any
Subsidiary, Borrower and such Subsidiary shall promptly notify Bank
of the creation or acquisition of such new Subsidiary and take all
such action as may be reasonably required by Bank to cause each
such Subsidiary to become a co-Borrower under the Loan Documents
and grant a continuing pledge and security interest in and to the
assets of such Subsidiary (substantially as described on
Exhibit A hereto) and Borrower shall grant and pledge to Bank
a perfected security interest in the stock, units or other evidence
of ownership of each Subsidiary.
Borrower shall not do any of the
following without Bank’s prior written consent:
7.1 Dispositions
. Convey, sell, lease, transfer,
assign 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
Transfers (a) of Inventory in the ordinary course of business;
(b) of worn-out or obsolete Equipment; and (c) of
non-exclusive licenses for the use of the property of Borrower or
its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business.
7.2 Changes in Business,
Management, Ownership 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 Borrower and such Subsidiary, as
applicable, or reasonably related thereto; (b) liquidate or
dissolve; or (c) (i) have a material change in senior
management or (ii) enter into any transaction or series of
related transactions in which the stockholders of Borrower who were
not stockholders immediately prior to the first such transaction
own more than 25% of the voting stock of Borrower immediately after
giving effect to such transaction or related series of such
transactions (other than by the sale of Borrower’s equity
securities in a public offering or to venture capital investors so
long as Borrower identifies to Bank the venture capital investors
prior to the closing of the transaction. Borrower shall not,
without at least thirty (30) days prior written notice to
Bank: (1) add any new offices or business locations,
in