Exhibit 10.111
LOAN AND SECURITY
AGREEMENT
THIS LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
(this “ Agreement
”) dated as of December 9, 2008 (the “ Effective
Date ”) among BLUECREST CAPITAL FINANCE, L.P
., a Delaware limited partnership (“ BlueCrest
”), the other Lenders listed on Schedule 1.1 hereof and
otherwise party hereto, and BlueCrest in its capacity as agent for
the Lenders (the “ Agent ”), BlueCrest in its
capacity as lead arranger (in such capacity, the “
Arranger ”), and PEREGRINE PHARMACEUTICALS,
INC. , a Delaware corporation (“ Peregrine
”), and AVID BIOSERVICES, INC ., a Delaware
corporation (“ Avid ,” and together with
Peregrine, jointly and severally, individually and collectively,
referred to as “ Borrower ”), provides the terms
on which Lenders shall lend to Borrower and Borrower shall repay
Lenders. 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 . Borrower hereby unconditionally
promises to pay Lenders 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 Growth
Capital Advances .
(a)
Availability . Subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, during the Growth Capital Draw
Period, Lenders agree, severally and not jointly, to make advances
to Borrower (each a “ Growth Capital Advance ”
and, collectively, the “ Growth Capital Advances
”) not exceeding the Growth Capital Line according to each
Lender's pro-rata share of the Growth Capital Line (based upon the
respective Commitment Percentage of each Lender). After
repayment, no Growth Capital Advance may be
reborrowed. The Growth Capital Advances shall be
available in two tranches. The first tranche (“
Tranche One ”) shall be in an amount equal to Five
Million Dollars ($5,000,000) and shall be advanced within ten (10)
calendar days after the Effective Date. The second
tranche (“ Tranche Two ”) shall be in an amount
equal to Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) and shall be available
to be advanced only within the fifteen (15) Business Day period
following the satisfaction of the following conditions, but shall
not be advanced after the Growth Capital Commitment Termination
Date:
(i) Peregrine
receives (in cash) at least (x)
$7,500,000 in gross proceeds from the issuance of new equity after
the Effective Date or (y) ********** in net proceeds from the sale
of Avid ;
(ii) the
interim results from either (x) the Phase II bavituximab and
carboplatin breast cancer study or (y) the Phase II bavituximab and
carboplatin lung cancer study meet the predetermined response rate
sufficient to continue Stage B enrollment as specified in the
respective clinical protocol for such study, and proven to the
reasonable satisfaction of Agent; and
(iii) no
Default or Event of Default has occurred or is
continuing.
(c)
Repayment . Commencing on the seventh (7
th ) Interest Payment Date for each Growth Capital
Advance, and on each Interest Payment Date thereafter, Borrower
shall pay to Lenders as a principal payment under such Growth
Capital Advance outstanding an amount equal to the
“Amortization Payment” (defined below) as an
amortization payment in respect of such Growth Capital
Advance. The term “ Amortization Payment
” means the principal payment based upon a straight-line
amortization of equal monthly principal payments through the Growth
Capital Line Maturity Date. The final payment of all
unpaid principal and accrued interest is due and payable in full on
the Growth Capital Line Maturity Date.
(d)
Mandatory Prepayment Upon an Acceleration . If
the Growth Capital Advances are accelerated following the
occurrence of an Event of Default, Borrower shall immediately pay
to Lenders an amount equal to the sum of (i) all outstanding
principal plus accrued and unpaid interest, (ii) the Final Payment,
(iii) the Prepayment Fee, and (iv) all other sums, if any, that
shall have become due and payable, including interest at the
Default Rate with respect to any past due amounts.
Portions identified with an
asterisk (*) have been omitted pursuant to a request of
confidentiality filed separately with the
Commission.
(e)
Permitted Prepayment of Growth Capital Advances
. So long as no Event of Default has occurred and
is continuing, Borrower shall have the option to prepay all, but
not less than all, of the Growth Capital Advances advanced by
Lenders under this Agreement, provided Borrower (i) delivers
written notice to Agent of its election to prepay the Growth
Capital Advances at least thirty (30) days prior to such
prepayment, and (ii) pays to Lenders, on the date of such
prepayment (A) all outstanding principal plus accrued and unpaid
interest, (B) the Final Payment, (C) the Prepayment
Fee, and (D) all other sums, if any, that shall have become due and
payable, including interest at the Default Rate with respect to any
past due amounts. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Lenders
shall waive fifty percent (50%) of the Prepayment Fee in the event
Borrower refinances all of the Obligations within thirty (30) days
after Lenders’ demand for Borrower to pay increased costs or
additional costs pursuant to Section 2.4 hereof.
2.2
Payment of Interest on the Credit Extensions .
(a)
Computation of Interest . Interest on the Credit
Extensions and all fees payable hereunder shall be computed on the
basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed in
the period during which such interest accrues. In
computing interest on any Credit Extension, the date of the making
of such Credit Extension shall be included and the date of payment
shall be excluded; provided, however, that if any Credit Extension
is repaid on the same day on which it is made, such day shall be
included in computing interest on such Credit Extension.
(b)
Interest Payments . Subject to the provisions of
Sections 2.2(c) and 3.5 below, each Growth Capital Advance shall
bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the
date when made until paid in full at a rate per annum equal to (i)
the greater of (A) the LIBOR Rate in effect for the applicable
Interest Period or (B) three percent (3%), plus (ii) the LIBOR Rate
Margin, adjusted on the first day of each Interest Period and fixed
for the duration of each such Interest Period. Pursuant
to the terms hereof, interest on each Growth Capital Advance shall
be paid in arrears on each Interest Payment
Date. Interest shall also be paid on the date of any
prepayment of any Growth Capital Advance pursuant to this Agreement
for the portion of any Growth Capital Advance so prepaid and upon
payment (including prepayment) in full thereof. All
accrued but unpaid interest on the Growth Capital Advances shall be
due and payable on the Growth Capital Line Maturity
Date.
(c)
Default Interest . After and during the
continuation of an Event of Default, Obligations shall bear
interest of five percent (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 2.2(c) 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 Agent or Lenders.
(d)
Debit of Accounts . Lenders may debit any of
Borrower’s deposit accounts, including the Designated Deposit
Account, for principal and interest payments when due, or any other
amounts Borrower owes Lenders under the Loan Documents, when
due. These debits shall not constitute a
set-off.
(e)
Payments . Unless otherwise provided, interest is
payable monthly on each Interest Payment Date. Payments
of principal and/or interest received after 12:00 noon Eastern time
are considered received at the opening of business on the next
Business Day. When a payment is due on a day that is not
a Business Day, the payment is due the next Business Day and
additional fees or interest, as applicable, shall continue to
accrue. All payments to be made by Borrower hereunder or
under any other Loan Document, including payments of principal and
interest made hereunder and pursuant to any other Loan Document,
and all fees, expenses, indemnities and reimbursements, shall be
made without set-off, recoupment or counterclaim, in lawful money
of the United States and in immediately available
funds. All payments required under this Agreement are to
be made directly to Lenders.
Portions identified with an
asterisk (*) have been omitted pursuant to a request of
confidentiality filed separately with the
Commission.
(f)
Maximum Lawful Rate . In no event shall the
interest charged hereunder, with respect to the notes (if any) or
any other obligations of Borrower under any Loan Documents exceed
the maximum amount permitted under the Laws of the State of
Maryland or of any other applicable
jurisdiction. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
herein or elsewhere, if at any time the rate of interest payable
hereunder or under any note or other Loan Document (the “
Stated Rate ”) would exceed the highest rate of
interest permitted under any applicable Law to be charged (the
“ Maximum Lawful Rate ”), then for so long as
the Maximum Lawful Rate would be so exceeded, the rate of interest
payable shall be equal to the Maximum Lawful Rate; provided,
however , that if at any time thereafter the Stated Rate is
less than the Maximum Lawful Rate, Borrower shall, to the extent
permitted by Law, continue to pay interest at the Maximum Lawful
Rate until such time as the total interest received is equal to the
total interest which would have been received had the Stated Rate
been (but for the operation of this provision) the interest rate
payable. Thereafter, the interest rate payable shall be
the Stated Rate unless and until the Stated Rate again would exceed
the Maximum Lawful Rate, in which event this provision shall again
apply. In no event shall the total interest received by
any Lender exceed the amount which it could lawfully have received,
had the interest been calculated for the full term hereof at the
Maximum Lawful Rate. If, notwithstanding the prior
sentence, any Lender has received interest hereunder in excess of
the Maximum Lawful Rate, such excess amount shall be applied to the
reduction of the principal balance of the Growth Capital Advances
or to other amounts (other than interest) payable hereunder, and if
no such principal or other amounts are then outstanding, such
excess or part thereof remaining shall be paid to
Borrower. In computing interest payable with reference
to the Maximum Lawful Rate applicable to any Lender, such interest
shall be calculated at a daily rate equal to the Maximum Lawful
Rate divided by the number of days in the year in which such
calculation is made.
2.3
Fees . Borrower shall pay to Lenders:
(a)
Commitment Fee. A fully earned, non-refundable
commitment fee of (i) $50,000 in regard to Tranche One, due and
payable on the Effective Date, and (ii) $50,000 in regard to
Tranche Two (the “Tranche Two Commitment Fee”) due and
payable on the earliest to occur of (A) the funding of Tranche Two
or (B) June 30, 2009 (if the condition in Section 2.1.1(a)(ii) has
been met prior to such date); provided, however, that the Tranche
Two Commitment Fee shall be waived if the condition in Section
2.1.1(a)(ii) has not been met prior to June 30, 2009;
(b)
Prepayment Fee . The Prepayment Fee, when due
hereunder;
(c)
Final Payment . The Final Payment, when due
hereunder; and
(d)
Lenders' Expenses . All Lenders' Expenses
(including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, plus
expenses, for documentation and negotiation of this Agreement)
incurred through and after the Effective Date, within ten (10)
Business Days following written demand therefor, net of the $50,000
deposit previously paid by Borrower.
2.4
Additional Costs . If any new Law or regulation
increases Lender’s costs or reduces its income for any loan,
Borrower shall pay the increase in cost or reduction in income or
additional expense; provided, however, that Borrower shall not be
liable for any amount attributable to any period before 180 days
prior to the date Agent notifies Borrower of such increased
costs. Each Lender agrees that it shall allocate any
increased costs among its customers similarly affected in good
faith and in a manner consistent with such Lender's customary
practice.
2.5
Payments and Taxes . Any and all payments made by
Borrower under this Agreement or any Loan Documents shall be made
free and clear of and without deduction for any and all present or
future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings,
assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any governmental
authority (including any interest, additions to tax or penalties
applicable thereto) other than any taxes imposed on or measured by
any Lender’s overall net income and franchise taxes imposed
on it (in lieu of net income taxes), by a jurisdiction (or any
political subdivision thereof) as a result of any Lender being
organized or resident, conducting business (other than a business
deemed to arise from such Lender having executed, delivered or
performed its obligations or received a payment under, or enforced,
or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any Loan Documents)
or having its principal office in such jurisdiction (“
Indemnified Taxes ”). If any Indemnified
Taxes shall be required by Law to be withheld or deducted from or
in respect of any sum payable under this Agreement or any Loan
Documents to any Lender (w) an additional amount shall be payable
as may be necessary so that, after making all required withholdings
or deductions (including withholdings or deductions applicable to
additional sums payable under this Section) such Lender receives an
amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such
withholdings or deductions been made, (x) Borrower shall make such
withholdings or deductions, (y) Borrower shall pay the full amount
withheld or deducted to the relevant taxing authority or other
authority in accordance with applicable Law and (z) Borrower shall
deliver to such Lender evidence of such
payment. Borrower’s obligation hereunder shall
survive the termination of this Agreement.
Portions identified with an
asterisk (*) have been omitted pursuant to a request of
confidentiality filed separately with the Commission.
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CONDITIONS OF LOANS
3.1
Conditions Precedent to Initial Credit Extension
. Each Lender’s obligation to make the initial
Credit Extension is subject to the condition precedent that
Borrower shall consent to or shall have delivered, in form and
substance satisfactory to Lenders, such documents, and completion
of such other matters, as Lenders may reasonably deem necessary or
appropriate, including, without limitation:
(a) Agent
shall have received duly executed original signatures to the Loan
Documents to which Borrower is a party;
(b) Agent
shall have received duly executed original signatures to the
Control Agreement[s];
(c) Agent
shall have received 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) Agent
shall have received duly executed original signatures to the
completed Borrowing Resolutions for Borrower;
(e) Agent
shall have received certified copies, dated as of a recent date, of
financing statement searches, as Agent 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;
(f) Agent
shall have received the Perfection Certificate executed by
Borrower;
(g) Agent
shall have received a legal opinion of Borrower’s counsel
dated as of the Effective Date together with the duly executed
original signatures thereto;
(h) BlueCrest
shall have (i) assigned to another Lender (the “
Assignee Lender ”) a seventy percent (70%) Commitment
Percentage under the Growth Capital Line and all rights, remedies
and obligations in connection therewith, and resigned as Agent and
agreed to permit such Assignee Lender to become the Agent and
Arranger;
(i) Agent
shall have received payment of the fees and Lenders' Expenses then
due as specified in Section 2.3 hereof; and
(j) Agent
shall have received evidence, satisfactory to Agent, that all Liens
set forth in clause (l) of the definition of “Permitted
Liens” have been terminated.
3.2
Conditions Precedent to all Credit Extensions
. The obligation of each Lender to make each Credit
Extension, including the initial Credit Extension, is subject to
the following:
(a) (i)
Agent’s receipt of a promissory note or promissory notes, as
the case may be, in substantially the form agreed upon by the
parties hereto as of the Effective Date, executed by Borrower in
favor of each Lender (one promissory note per Lender) with a face
amount equal to the portion of the applicable Credit Extension to
be funded by the applicable Lender, and (ii) except as otherwise
provided in Section 3.4, timely receipt of an executed Advance
Request Form;
(b) the
representations and warranties in Section 5 shall be true, correct
and complete in all material respects on the date of the Advance
Request 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
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
Portions identified with an
asterisk (*) have been omitted pursuant to a request of
confidentiality filed separately with the
Commission.
(c) in
such Lender’s sole discretion, there has not been any
material impairment in the general affairs, management, results of
operation, financial condition or the prospect of repayment of the
Obligations, nor has there been any material adverse deviation by
Borrower from the most recent business plan of Borrower presented
to and accepted by Agent.
3.3
Covenant to Deliver . Borrower agrees to deliver
to Agent each item required to be delivered to Agent under this
Agreement as a condition to any Credit
Extension. Borrower expressly agrees that the extension
of a Credit Extension prior to the receipt by Agent of any such
item shall not constitute a waiver by Lenders of Borrower’s
obligation to deliver such item, and any such extension in the
absence of a required item shall be in Agent’s sole
discretion.
3.4
Procedures for Borrowing . Subject to the prior
satisfaction of all other applicable conditions to the making of a
Growth Capital Advance set forth in this Agreement, to obtain a
Growth Capital Advance, Borrower shall notify Agent (which notice
shall be irrevocable) by electronic mail, facsimile, or telephone
by 12:00 noon Eastern time five (5) Business Days prior to the date
the Growth Capital Advance is to be made. Together with
any such electronic or facsimile notification, Borrower shall
deliver to Agent by electronic mail or facsimile a completed
Advance Request Form executed by a Responsible Officer or his or
her designee. Upon receipt of an Advance Request Form,
Agent shall promptly provide a copy of the same to each
Lender. Agent may rely on any telephone notice given by
a person whom such Agent believes is a Responsible Officer or
designee. On the Funding Date, each Lender shall credit
and/or transfer (as applicable) to Borrower's Designated Deposit
Account, an amount equal to its Commitment Percentage multiplied by
the amount of the Growth Capital Advance. Each Lender
may make Growth Capital Advances under this Agreement based on
instructions from a Responsible Officer or his or her designee or
without instructions if the Growth Capital Advances are necessary
to meet Obligations which have become due.
3.5
Special Provisions Governing Growth Capital
Advances.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement to the contrary, the following provisions shall govern
with respect to the matters covered:
(a)
Determination of Applicable Interest Rate . As
soon as practicable on each Interest Rate Determination Date, Agent
shall determine (which determination shall, absent manifest error
in calculation, be final, conclusive and binding upon all parties)
the interest rate that shall apply to the Growth Capital Advances
for which an interest rate is then being determined for the
applicable Interest Period and shall promptly give notice thereof
(in writing or by telephone confirmed in writing) to
Borrower.
(b)
No Breakage Fees . Borrower shall not incur any
breakage fees associated with the prepayment of Growth Capital
Advances on a day that is not the last day of the relevant Interest
Period.
(c)
Inability to Determine Applicable Interest Rate
. In the event that Agent shall have determined (which
determination shall be final and conclusive and binding upon all
parties hereto), on any Interest Rate Determination Date with
respect to any Growth Capital Advance, that adequate and fair means
do not exist for ascertaining the interest rate applicable to such
Growth Capital Advance on the basis provided for in the definition
of LIBOR Rate, then Agent may select a comparable replacement index
and corresponding margin.
4
CREATION OF SECURITY
INTEREST
4.1
Grant of Security Interest . Borrower hereby
grants Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, to secure the
payment and performance in full of all of the Obligations, a
continuing security interest in, and pledges to Agent, for the
ratable benefit of the Lenders, 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 security
interest in the Collateral (subject only to Permitted Liens that
may have superior priority under this Agreement). If
Borrower shall acquire a commercial tort claim (as defined in the
Code), Borrower shall promptly notify Agent in a writing signed by
Borrower of the general details thereof (and further details as may
be required by Agent) and grant to Agent, for the ratable benefit
of the Lenders, 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
Agent. If this Agreement is terminated, Agent’s
Lien in the Collateral shall continue until the Obligations are
repaid in full in cash. Upon payment in full in cash of
the Obligations and at such time as the Lenders' obligation to make
Credit Extensions has terminated, the Agent, at Borrower’s
sole cost and expense, shall release its Liens in the Collateral
and all rights therein shall revert to Borrower.
Portions identified with an
asterisk (*) have been omitted pursuant to a request of
confidentiality filed separately with the Commission.
4.2
Authorization to File Financing Statements
. Borrower hereby authorizes Agent to file financing
statements, without notice to Borrower, with all appropriate
jurisdictions to perfect or protect Agent’s and
each Lender'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 the Agent and the
Lenders under the Code.
5
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
Borrower represents and warrants as
follows:
5.1
Due Organization and Authorization . Borrower and
each of its Subsidiaries, if any, are duly existing and in good
standing, as Registered Organizations 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
Borrower’s business. In connection with this
Agreement, Borrower has delivered to Agent a completed perfection
certificate signed by Borrower (the “Perfection
Certificate”). Borrower represents and warrants
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 (except for changes to its authorized capital and the
establishment of a stockholders’ rights plan), 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 Agent of such occurrence and
provide Agent with Borrower’s organizational identification
number.
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 are being
obtained pursuant to Section 6.1(b), or (v) nor 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 it is bound in which the default
could reasonably be expected to have a material
adverse effect on Borrower’s business.
(a) 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 Collateral Accounts other than
the Collateral Accounts with Agent, the Collateral Accounts, if
any, described in the Perfection Certificate, or of which Borrower
has given Agent notice and taken such actions as are necessary to
give Agent for the ratable benefit of all Lenders a perfected
security interest therein.
Portions identified with an
asterisk (*) have been omitted pursuant to a request of
confidentiality filed separately with the Commission.
(b) 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 Borrower has given Agent notice
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 Agent and such bailee must execute
and deliver a bailee agreement in form and substance satisfactory
to Agent in its sole discretion.
(c) All
Inventory is in all material respects of good and marketable
quality, free from material defects.
(d) All
of Borrower’s Material Intellectual Property, including all
licenses under which Borrower is the licensee of any such Material
Intellectual Property owned by another Person, are set forth on
Schedule 5.2. Such Schedule 5.2 indicates in each case
the expiration date of such Material Intellectual Property and
whether such Material Intellectual Property (or application
therefor) is owned or licensed by Borrower, and in the case of any
such licensed Material Intellectual Property, lists the name and
address of the licensor and the name and date of the agreement
pursuant to which such item of Material Intellectual Property is
licensed, the expiration date of such license and the expiration
date of the underlying Material Intellectual Property, whether or
not such license is an exclusive license and whether there are any
purported restrictions in such license on the ability to Borrower
to grant a security interest in and/or to transfer any of its
rights as a licensee under such license.
5.3
Litigation . Except as set forth in Schedule 5.3
and except for actions or proceedings in regard to which Agent has
received notice under Section 6.2(a)(iv), 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 One Hundred Thousand Dollars
($100,000.00).
5.4
No Material Deviation in Financial Statements
. All consolidated financial statements for Borrower and
any of its Subsidiaries delivered to Agent fairly present, in
conformity with GAAP, 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
Agent.
5.5
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.
5.6
Regulatory Compliance . Borrower is not an
“investment company” or a company
“controlled” by an “investment company” or
a “subsidiary” of an “investment company”
under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Borrower is
not engaged in extending credit for margin stock (under Regulations
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” or 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 has obtained all
Required Permits, or has contracted with third parties holding
Required Permits, necessary for compliance with all Laws and all
such Required Permits are current. 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 Governmental Authorities that are necessary to
continue their respective businesses as currently
conducted.
None of the Borrower, its Affiliates or any of
their respective agents acting or benefiting in any capacity in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is
(i) in violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law, (ii) engages in or
conspires to engage in any transaction that evades or avoids, or
has the purpose of evading or avoiding or attempts to violate, any
of the prohibitions set forth in any Anti-Terrorism Law, or (iii)
is a Blocked Person. Neither Borrower nor, to the
knowledge of Borrower, any of its Affiliates or agents acting or
benefiting in any capacity in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, (x) conducts any business or
engages in making or receiving any contribution of funds, goods or
services to or for the benefit of any Blocked Person, or (y) deals
in, or otherwise engages in any transaction relating to, any
property or interest in property blocked pursuant to Executive
Order No. 13224, any similar executive order or other
Anti-Terrorism Law.
Portions identified with an
asterisk (*) have been omitted pursuant to a request of
confidentiality filed separately with the Commission.
5.7
Subsidiaries; Investments . Borrower does not own
any stock, partnership interest or other equity securities except
for Permitted Investments.
5.8
Tax Returns and Payments; Pension Contributions
. Borrower has timely filed all required tax returns and
reports (including those relating to employee tax withholding,
social security and unemployment taxes), 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 Agent 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.
5.9
Use of Proceeds . Borrower shall use the proceeds
of the Credit Extensions solely as working capital
5.10
Full Disclosure . No written representation,
warranty or other statement of Borrower in any certificate or
written statement given to Agent or any Lender, as of the date such
representation, warranty, or other statement was made, taken
together with all such written certificates and written statements
given to Agent or any Lender, 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 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).
5.11
Regulatory Developments .
(a) All
Products and all Required Permits are listed on Schedule 5.11 (as
updated from time to time pursuant to Section 6.2(d)), and Borrower
has delivered to Agent a copy of all Required Permits to the extent
requested by Agent pursuant to Section 6.2(d);
(b) Without
limiting the generality of Section 5.6 above, with respect to any
Product being tested or manufactured by Borrower, Borrower has
received, and such Product is the subject of, all Required Permits
needed in connection with the testing or manufacture of such
Product as such testing is currently being conducted by or on
behalf of Borrower, and Borrower has not received any notice from
any applicable Governmental Authority, specifically including the
FDA, that such Governmental Authority is conducting an
investigation or review of (A) Borrower’s manufacturing
facilities and processes for such Product which have disclosed any
material deficiencies or violations of Laws and/or the Required
Permits related to the manufacture of such Product, or (B) any such
Required Permit or that any such Required Permit has been revoked
or withdrawn, nor has any such Governmental Authority issued any
order or recommendation stating that the development, testing
and/or manufacturing of such Product by Borrower should
cease;
(c) Without
limiting the generality of Section 5.6 above, with respect to any
Product marketed or sold by Borrower, Borrower shall have received,
and such Product is the subject of, all Required Permits needed in
connection with the marketing and sales of such Product as
currently being marketed or sold by Borrower, and Borrower has not
received any notice from any applicable Governmental Authority,
specifically including the FDA, that such Governmental Authority is
conducting an investigation or review of any such Required Permit
or approval or that any such Required Permit has been revoked or
withdrawn, nor has any such Governmental Authority issued any order
or recommendation stating that such marketing or sales of such
Product cease or that such Product be withdrawn from the
marketplace;
Portions identified with an
asterisk (*) have been omitted pursuant to a request of
confidentiality filed separately with the Commission.
(d) Without
limiting the generality of Section 5.6 above, (i) there have been
no adverse clinical test results which could cause a Material
Adverse Change, and (ii) there have been no Product recalls or
voluntary Product withdrawals from any market; and
(e) Borrower
has not (since the Effective Date) experienced any significant
failures in their manufacturing of any Product such that the amount
of such Product successfully manufactured by Borrower in accordance
with all specifications thereof and the required payments related
thereto in any month shall decrease significantly with respect to
the quantities of such Product produced in the prior
month.
6
AFFIRMATIVE
COVENANTS
Until all Obligations have been satisfied in
full and Lenders are under no further obligation to make Credit
Extensions hereunder, Borrower shall do all of the
following:
6.1
Government Compliance .
(a) 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, the noncompliance with which could have a
material adverse effect on Borrower’s business.
(b) Use
commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all of the Governmental
Approvals necessary for the performance by Borrower of its
obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party and the
grant of a security interest to Agent for the ratable benefit of
the Lenders, in all of its property. Borrower shall
promptly provide copies of any such obtained Governmental Approvals
to Agent.
(c) In
connection with the development, testing, manufacture, marketing or
sale of each and any Product by Borrower, Borrower shall comply
fully and completely in all respects with all Required Permits at
all times issued by any Governmental Authority the noncompliance
with which could have a material adverse effect on Borrower’s
business, specifically including the FDA, with respect to such
development, testing, manufacture, marketing or sales of such
Product by Borrower as such activities are at any such time being
conducted by Borrower.
6.2
Financial Statements, Reports, Certificates .
(a) Deliver
to Agent: (i) as soon as available, but no later than
five (5) days after filing with the Securities Exchange Commission,
Peregrine’s 10K, 10Q, and 8K reports; (ii) a Compliance
Certificate together with delivery of the 10K and 10Q reports;
(iii) within 60 days after the end of each fiscal year, annual
financial projections for the following fiscal year (on a quarterly
basis) as approved by Peregrine’s board of directors,
together with any related business forecasts used in the
preparation of such annual financial projections; (iv) a
prompt report of any litigation or governmental proceedings pending
or threatened against Borrower or any Subsidiary that could result
in damages or costs to Borrower or any Subsidiary of $100,000 or
more or could result in a Material Adverse Change; (v) prompt
notice of an event that materially and adversely affects the value
of the Borrower’s Intellectual Property; and (vi) budgets,
sales projections, operating plans or other financial information
Agent reasonably requests. Peregrine’s 10K, 10Q,
and 8K reports required to be delivered pursuant to Section
6.2(a)(i) shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date on
which Peregrine posts such report or provides a link thereto on
Borrower’s or another website on the Internet;
provided , that Borrower shall provide paper copies to Agent
of the Compliance Certificates required by Section
6.2(a)(ii).
(b) Borrower
will keep proper books of record and account in accordance with
GAAP in which full, true and correct entries shall be made of all
dealings and transactions in relation to its business and
activities. Borrower shall allow, at the sole cost of
Borrower, Agent, and Lenders to visit and inspect any of its
properties, to examine and make abstracts or copies from any of
their respective books and records, to conduct a collateral audit
and analysis of its operations and the Collateral, to verify the
amount and age of the accounts, the identity and credit of the
respective account debtors, to review the billing practices of
Borrower and to discuss its respective affairs, finances and
accounts with their respective officers, employees and independent
public accountants as often as may reasonably be
desired. Notwithstanding the foregoing, such audits
shall be conducted at Borrower's expense no more often than once
every twelve (12) months unless an Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing.
Portions identified with an
asterisk (*) have been omitted pursuant to a request of
confidentiality filed separately with the Commission.
(c) Borrower
shall deliver to Agent an updated Schedule 5.2 promptly upon
Borrower’s acquisition or development of any Material
Intellectual Property not already listed on Schedule 5.2 and upon
any other material change in Borrower’s Material Intellectual
Property from that listed on Schedule 5.2.
(d) If
after the Effective Date, Borrower wishes to manufacture, sell,
develop, test or market any new Product, Borrower shall give prior
written notice to Agent of such intention (which shall include a
brief description of such Product, plus a list of all Required
Permits relating to such new Product (and a copy of such Required
Permits if requested by Agent) and/or Borrower’s manufacture,
sale, development, testing or marketing thereof issued or
outstanding as of the date of such notice) along with a copy of an
amended and restated Schedule 5.11; and further, provided,
that , if Borrower shall at any time obtain any new or
additional Required Permits from the FDA, DEA, or parallel state or
local authorities, or foreign counterparts of the FDA, DEA, or
parallel state or local authorities, with respect to any Product
which has previously been disclosed to Agent, Borrower shall
promptly give written notice to Agent of such new or additional
Required Permits (along with a copy thereof if requested by
Agent).
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 Agent of all returns, recoveries, disputes and
claims that involve more than One Hundred Thousand Dollars
($100,000).
6.4
Taxes; Pensions . Make, and cause each of its
Subsidiaries to make, timely payment of all foreign, federal,
state, and local taxes or assessments (other than taxes and
assessments which Borrower is contesting pursuant to the terms of
Section 5.8 hereof) and shall deliver to Agent, within a reasonable
period of time (not to exceed five (5) Business Days) following
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.
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 Agent may reasonably
request. Insurance policies shall be in a form, with
companies, and in amounts that are satisfactory to
Agent. All property policies shall have a lender’s
loss payable endorsement showing Agent as lender loss payee and
waive subrogation against Agent, and all liability policies shall
show, or have endorsements showing, the Agent, as an additional
insured. All policies (or the loss payable and
additional insured endorsements) shall provide that the insurer
must give Agent at least twenty (20) days notice before canceling,
amending, or declining to renew its policy. At
Agent’s request, Borrower shall deliver certified copies of
policies and evidence of all premium payments. Proceeds
payable under any policy with respect to any casualty event
involving the Collateral shall, at Lenders’ option, be
payable to Lenders on account of the
Obligations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) so long
as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Borrower
shall have the option of applying the proceeds of any casualty
policy up to $50,000 with respect to any loss, but not exceeding
$100,000, in the aggregate, for all losses under all casualty
policies in any one year, toward the replacement or repair of
destroyed or damaged Collateral; provided that any such replaced or
repaired Collateral (i) shall be of equal or like value as the
replaced or repaired Collateral and (ii) shall be deemed
Collateral in which Agent and Lenders have 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 with respect to any casualty event involving
the Collateral shall, at the option of Lenders, be payable to
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 Agent, Agent 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 Agent deems prudent.
6.6
Operating Accounts . For each Collateral Account
that Borrower at any time maintains with institutions other than
Agent, provided the Borrower received prior consent from the Agent,
Borrower shall cause the applicable bank or financial institution
(other than Agent) 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 Agent'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 Borrower’s employees and identified
to Agent by Borrower as such.
Portions identified with an
asterisk (*) have been omitted pursuant to a request of
confidentiality filed separately with the Commission.
6.7
Intellectual Property Rights . Borrower shall
own, or be licensed to use or otherwise have the right to use, all
Material Intellectual Property. Except as indicated on
Schedule 5.2, Borrower is and all times shall be the sole and
exclusive owner or licensee of the entire and unencumbered right,
title and interest in and to each such Material Intellectual
Property, free and clear of any Liens and/or licenses in favor of
third parties or agreements or covenants not to sue such third
parties for infringement. All Material Intellectual
Property is and shall be fully protected and/or duly and properly
registered, filed or issued in the appropriate office and
jurisdictions for such registrations, filings or issuances, except
where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Change. Borrower shall not
become a party to, nor become bound by, any material license or
other agreement with respect to which Borrower is the licensee that
prohibits or otherwise restricts Borrower from granting a security
interest in Borrower’s interest in such license or agreement
or other property. Borrower shall, to the extent it
determines, in the exercise of its reasonable business judgment,
that it is prudent to do the following: (a) protect, defend and
maintain the validity and enforceability of its Intellectual
Property; (b) promptly advise Agent in writing of material
infringements of its Intellectual Property; and (c) not allow any
Material Intellectual Property to be abandoned, forfeited or
dedicated to the public without Agent’s prior written
consent. Within ten (10) days after the end of each
calendar quarter, Borrower shall provide written notice to Agent of
(i) any patent, registered trademark or servicemark, registered
mask work, or any pending application for any of the foregoing,
obtained by Borrower, whether as owner, licensee or otherwise, and
(ii) any patent or the registration of any trademark or servicemark
applied for by Borrower, and Borrower shall execute such
intellectual property security agreements and other documents and
take such other actions as Agent shall request in its good faith
business judgment to perfect and maintain a first priority security
interest in favor of Agent, for the ratable benefit of Lenders, in
such property. If Borrower obtains any registered
copyright or any pending application for any copyright, then
Borrower shall immediately provide written notice thereof to Agent
and shall execute such intellectual property security agreements
and other documents and take such other actions as Agent shall
request in its good faith business judgment to perfect and maintain
a first priority security interest in favor of Agent, for the
ratable benefit of Lenders, in such property. If
Borrower decides to register any copyrights or mask works in the
United States Copyright Office, Borrower shall: (x) provide Agent
with at least fifteen (15) days prior written notice of
Borrower’s 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 and such other
documents and take such other actions as Agent may request in its
good faith business judgment to perfect and maintain a first
priority perfected security interest in favor of Agent, for the
ratable benefit of the Lenders, 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 Untied States Copyright Office contemporaneously with filing
the copyright or mask work application(s) with the United States
Copyright Office. Concurrently with the delivery of the
notices required under this Section 6.7 for the applications
described above, Borrower shall provide Agent with evidence of the
recording of the intellectual property security agreement necessary
for Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, to perfect and
maintain a first priority perfected security interest in such
property.
6.8
Litigation Cooperation . From the date hereof and
continuing through the termination of this Agreement, make
available to Agent, without expense to Agent, Borrower and its
officers, employees and agents and Borrower's books and records, to
the extent that Agent may deem them reasonably necessary to
prosecute or defend any third-party suit or proceeding instituted
by or against Agent with respect to any Collateral or relating to
Borrower.
6.9
Further Assurances . Execute any further
instruments and take further action as Agent reasonably requests to
perfect or continue Agent’s Lien in the Collateral or to
effect the purposes of this Agreement. Deliver to Agent,
within five (5) days after the same are sent or received, copies of
all correspondence, reports, documents and other filings with any
Governmental Authority regarding compliance with or maintenance of
Governmental Approvals or Requirements of Law or that could
reasonably be expected to have a material effect on any of the
Governmental Approvals or otherwise on the operations of Borrower
or any of its Subsidiaries. For the avoidance of doubt,
the foregoing requirement to deliver copies of correspondence shall
not apply to filings and communications with the FDA respecting
protocols for clinical trials that have yet to commence.
Portions identified with an
asterisk (*) have been omitted pursuant to a request of
confidentiality filed separately with the Commission.
6.10
Notices of Defaults and Events of Default.
Without limiting or contradicting any other more
specific provision of this Agreement, promptly (and in any event
within three (3) Business Days) upon Borrower becoming aware of the
existence of any Default or Event of Default, Borrower shall give
written notice to Agent of such occurrence, which such notice shall
include a reasonably detailed description of such Default or Event
of Default.
6.11
Cash and Cash Equivalents . In the event of the
termination of or other material adverse change to Borrower’s
current contract with the U.S. Department of Defense for the study
of bavituximab in treating viral hemorrhagic fever, Borrower shall
be required at all times thereafter to maintain cash and Cash
Equivalents of at least eighty percent (80%) of the then
outstanding principal balance under the Growth Capital Advances in
a restricted account over which Borrower shall not be permitted to
make withdrawals or otherwise exercise control, and with respect to
which Borrower has complied with the requirements of Section
6.6.
6.12
Evidence of Insurance . Within ten (10) days
after the Effective Date, Borrower shall deliver to Agent evidence
that the insurance policies required by Section 6.5 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 Agent, for the ratable benefit of the
Lenders.
6.13
Landlord Waiver . Within forty-five (45) days
after the Effective Date, Peregrine shall deliver to Agent a
landlord’s consent acceptable to Agent and executed in favor
of Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, for
Peregrine’s leased premises at 14282 Franklin
Avenue, Tustin, California 92780 and 5353 W. Alabama, Suite
306, Houston, Texas 77056.
7
NEGATIVE
COVENANTS
Until all Obligations have been satisfied in
full and Agent and Lenders are under no further obligation to make
Credit Extensions hereunder, Borrower shall not do any of the
following without Agent’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; (c) in connection with
Permitted Liens and Permitted Investments; and (d) comprised
of the sale of the capital stock of Avid by Peregrine or the sale
of all or substantially all of Avid’s assets so long as in
either case Peregrine receives at least *********** in upfront net
cash proceeds from such sale (the “ Permitted Avid
Transaction ”). Agent and Lenders hereby agree
to release the Avid Liens, at Borrower’s expense, upon the
closing of the Permitted Avid Transaction.
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) permit or suffer any Change in Control
(except a change in ownership of Avid in connection with the
Permitted Avid Transaction). Borrower shall not, without
at least thirty (30) days prior written notice to Agent:
(1) add any new offices or business locations, including
warehouses (unless such new offices or business locations contain
less than Twenty Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000) in
Borrower’s assets or property), (2) change its jurisdiction
of organization, (3) change its organizational type, (4)
change its legal name, or (5) change any organizational number
(if any) assigned by its jurisdiction of
organization. Borrower shall deliver a landlord's
waiver, bailee agreement or similar agreement, in form and
substance acceptable to Agent in its reasonable discretion, for any
location that contains greater than Twenty Five Thousand Dollars
($25,000) in assets (other than in regard to 8858 Rochester Avenue,
Rancho Cucamonga, California).
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 for the Permitted Avid
Transaction. A Subsidiary may merge or consolidate into
another Subsidiary or into Borrower.
7.4
Indebtedness . Create, incur, assume, or be
liable for any Indebtedness, or permit any Subsidiary to do so,
other than Permitted Indebtedness.
Portions identified with an
asterisk (*) have been omitted pursuant to a request of
confidentiality filed separately with the Commission.
7.5
Encumbrance . Create, incur, allow, or suffer 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, except for Permitted Liens, or permit
any Collateral not to be subject to the first priority security
interest granted herein, or enter into any agreement, document,
instrument or other arrangement (except with or in favor of Agent)
with any Person which directly or indirectly prohibits or has the
effect of prohibiting Borrower or any Subsidiary from assigning,
mortgaging, pledging, granting a security interest in or upon, or
encumbering any of Borrower’s or any Subsidiary’s
Intellectual Property, except as is otherwise permitted in Section
7.1 hereof and the definition of “Permitted Liens”
herein. For the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing
provision shall not prohibit the Borrower from in-licensing
Intellectual Property.
7.6
Maintenance of Collateral Accounts . Maintain any
Collateral Account except pursuant to the terms of Section 6.6
hereof.
7.7
Distributions; Investments . (a) Pay any
dividends or make any distribution or payment or redeem, retire or
purchase any capital stock provided that (i) Borrower may pay
dividends solely in common stock or preferred stock to the extent
permitted under clause (g) of the definition of “Permitted
Indebtedness” in Section 13.1 below, and (ii) Borrower may
repurchase the stock of former employees or consultants pursuant to
stock repurchase agreements so long as no Default or Event of
Default exists at the time of such repurchase and would exist after
giving effect to such repurchase, provided such repurchases do not
exceed in the aggregate Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,0000) in any
twelve-month period, or (b) directly or indirectly make any
Investment other than Permitted Investments, or permit any of its
Subsidiaries to do so.
7.8
Transactions with Affiliates . Directly or
indirectly enter into or permit to exist any material transaction
with any Affiliate of Borrower, except for transactions that are in
the ordinary course of Borrower’s business upon fair and
reasonable terms that are no less favorable to Borrower than would
be obtained in an arm’s length transaction with a
non-affiliated Person.
7.9
Subordinated Debt . (a) Make or permit any
payment on any Subordinated Debt, except under the terms of the
subordination, intercreditor, or other similar agreement to which
such Subordinated Debt is subject, or (b) 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 the Lenders.
7.10
Compliance . Become an “investment
company” or a company controlled by an “investment
company”, under the Investment Company Act of 1940 or
undertake as one of its important activities extending credit to
purchase or carry margin stock (as defined in Regulation U of the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), or use the
proceeds of any Credit Extension for that purpose; fail to meet the
minimum funding requirements of ERISA, permit a Reportable Event or
Prohibited Transaction, as defined in ERISA, to occur; fail to
comply with the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act or violate any
other Law or regulation, if the violation could reasonably be
expected to have a material adverse effect on Borrower’s
business, or permit any of its Subsidiaries to do so; withdraw or
permit 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 Borrower, including any liability to
the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or its successors or any
other governmental agency.
7.11
Compliance with Anti-Terrorism Laws. Agent
hereby notifies Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of
Anti-Terrorism Laws, and Agent's policies and practices, Agent is
required to obtain, verify and record certain information and
documentation that identifies Borrower and its principals, which
information includes the name and address of Borrower and its
principals and such other information that will allow Agent to
identify such party in accordance with Anti-Terrorism
Laws. Borrower will not, nor will Borrower permit any
Subsidiary or Affiliate to, directly or indirectly, knowingly enter
into any documents, instruments, agreements or contracts with any
Person listed on the OFAC Lists. Borrower shall
immediately notify Agent if Borrower has knowledge that Borrower or
any Subsidiary or Affiliate is listed on the OFAC Lists or (a) is
convicted on, (b) pleads nolo contendere to, (c) is indicted
on, or (d) is arraigned and held over on charges involving money
laundering or predicate crimes to money
laundering. Borrower will not, nor will Borrower permit
any Subsidiary or Affiliate to, directly or indirectly, (i) conduct
any business or engage in any transaction or dealing with any
Blocked Person, including, without limitation, the making or
receiving of any contribution of funds, goods or services to or for
the benefit of any Blocked Person, (ii) deal in, or otherwise
engage in any transaction relating to, any property or interests in
property blocked pursuant to Executive Order No. 13224, any similar
executive order or other Anti-Terrorism Law, or (iii) engage in or
conspire to engage in any transaction that evades or avoids, or has
the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate, any of
the prohibitions set forth in Executive Order No. 13224 or other
Anti-Terrorism Law.
Portions identified with an
asterisk (*) have been omitted pursuant to a request of
confidentiality filed separately with the Commission.
7.12
Third Party Possession of Assets . Maintain
assets with a value in excess of $750,000 at 8858 Rochester Avenue,
Rancho Cucamonga, California.
8
EVENTS OF
DEFAULT
Any one of the following shall constitute an
event of default (an “ Event of Default ”) under
this Agreement:
8.1
Payment Default . Borrower fails to (a) make
any payment of principal or interest on any Credit Extension on its
due date (provided, however, that if such failure results from a
failure of an auto-debit to occur through no fault of Borrower,
then no “Event of Default” shall be deemed to have
occurred unless Borrower fails to make the applicable payment
within two (2) Business Days after Borrower’s receipt of
notice from Agent of the failure of such auto-debit), or
(b) pay any other Obligations within three (3) Business Days
after such Obligations are due and payable (which three (3)
Business Day grace peri
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