LOAN AND SECURITY
AGREEMENT
THIS LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
(this “ Agreement
”) dated as of the Effective Date by and among the GOLD
HILL LENDERS referenced on Exhibit A attached
hereto (as modified from time to time in accordance with
Section 12.1 of this Agreement, the “ Gold Hill
Lenders ”), SILICON VALLEY BANK , a California
corporation, in its capacity as lender (“ SVB ”;
together with the Gold Hill Lenders, each individually, a “
Lender ”, and collectively, the “ Lenders
”), SVB in its capacity as agent on behalf of the Lenders
(the “ Administrative Agent ”), and
LENDINGCLUB CORPORATION , a Delaware corporation (“
Borrower ”), provides the terms on which Lenders shall
lend to Borrower and Borrower shall repay Lenders. The parties
agree as follows:
A. Borrower is engaged in the business of
purchasing and servicing loans made by WebBank to Borrower Members
(collectively, the “ Borrower Member Loans ”,
and each, a “ Borrower Member Loan ”). Upon the
making of a Borrower Member Loan, Borrower purchases such Borrower
Member Loan pursuant to the Loan Servicing Documents. In order to
fund the making and purchase of each Borrower Member Loan, Borrower
issues and sells to Lender Members, and such Lender Members
purchase from Borrower, debt securities issued pursuant to an
indenture, each series of which corresponds to a specific Borrower
Member Loan (“ Borrower Securities ”). The
Borrower Securities are repaid by Borrower solely from the proceeds
of such Borrower Member Loan and otherwise are without recourse to
Borrower.
B. Borrower has requested that Lenders
extend credit to Borrower to finance certain Borrower Member Loans,
and Lenders have so agreed, but only to the extent, in accordance
with the terms, subject to the conditions and in reliance upon the
representations and warranties set forth in this
Agreement.
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.
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions of
this Agreement, Lenders agree, severally and not jointly, to make
advances to Borrower, from time to time, prior to the Commitment
Termination Date (each an “ Advance ” and
collectively the “ Advances ”), in an aggregate
amount not to exceed the Loan Commitment according to each
Lender’s pro rata share of the Loan Commitment (based upon
the respective Commitment Percentage of each Lender). Each Advance
must be in an amount of at least One Million Dollars ($1,000,000)
not exceeding the amount that has not yet been drawn under the Loan
Commitment; provided, however, that no Advance shall be in an
amount in excess of the Advance Rate multiplied by the aggregate
original principal amount of the Eligible Loans which are financed
by such Advance. After repayment, no Advance may be reborrowed.
Lenders’ obligation to lend hereunder shall terminate on the
earlier of (i) a Lender’s election on the occurrence and
continuance of an Event of Default, or (ii) the Commitment
Termination Date. When Lenders makes an Advance, Borrower shall
cause WebBank to execute and deliver a listing of the notes payable
to Borrower in the amount of the portion of the Eligible Loan being
financed by such Advance (the “ Financed Loan Note
”) and each such Financed Loan Note will be stored
electronically in the Borrower’s lending account and
electronically endorsed by WebBank to Borrower. Upon any
Lender’s request, Borrower shall deliver to such Lender
evidence satisfactory to such Lender that the Financed Loan Notes
for such Lender have been electronically endorsed by WebBank to
Borrower. The portion of the Eligible Loan being financed by the
Advance and evidenced by the Financed Loan Note shall become a
“ Financed Loan ”. Borrower shall immediately
electronically endorse the Financed Loan Note or Financed Loan
Notes to Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the
Lenders, and to each Lender, using the Standard Assignment
Forms.
(b) Borrowing Procedure . To obtain
an Advance, Borrower must notify Administrative Agent by facsimile
or telephone by 12:00 p.m. Pacific Time five (5) Business
Days prior to the Funding Date of the Advance. If such notification
is by telephone, Borrower must promptly confirm the notification by
delivering to Administrative Agent an Advance Form in the form
attached as Exhibit C (a “ Payment Advance
Form ”). On the Funding Date, each Lender shall credit
and/or transfer (as applicable) to Borrower’s deposit
account, an amount equal to its Commitment Percentage multiplied by
the amount of the Advance. Each Lender 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.
2.2 Termination of Commitment to
Lend. Each Lender’s
obligation to lend the undisbursed portion of the Obligations shall
terminate if, in such Lender’s sole discretion, there has
been a Material Adverse Change in the general affairs, management,
results of operation, condition (financial or otherwise) or the
prospect of repayment of the Obligations, or there has been any
material adverse deviation by Borrower from the most recent
business plan of Borrower presented to and accepted by
Administrative Agent prior to the execution of this
Agreement.
2.3 Repayment of Credit Extensions
.
(a) Principal and Interest Payments
. Commencing on the first (1 st )
day of the first (1 st )
month after the Funding Date, Borrower shall make equal monthly
payments of principal and interest, each in an amount sufficient to
fully amortize the amount of each outstanding Advance during the
Repayment Period. Notwithstanding the forgoing, all unpaid
principal and accrued and unpaid interest is due and payable in
full on the Maturity Date. An Advance may only be prepaid in
accordance with Sections 2.4, 2.5 and 2.6.
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(b) Interest Rate . Subject to
Section 2.3(c), the principal amount outstanding for each
Advance shall accrue interest at a fixed per annum rate of ten
percent (10%), which interest shall be payable monthly in
accordance with Section 2.3 (a) above.
(c) 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
(5) percentage points 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(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
Lenders.
(d) 360-Day Year . Interest shall
be computed on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual number of
days elapsed.
(e) Debit of Accounts .
Administrative Agent may debit any of Borrower’s deposit
accounts, including the Operating Account, for principal and
interest payments or any other amounts Borrower owes Lenders when
due. These debits shall not constitute a set-off.
(f) Payments . Unless otherwise
provided, interest is payable monthly on the first (1
st ) calendar day 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 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.
2.4 Permitted Prepayment of 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 each Advance advanced by
Lenders under this Agreement, provided Borrower (a) delivers
written notice to Lenders of its election to prepay such Advance or
Advances at least thirty (30) days prior to such prepayment,
and (b) pays, on the date of such prepayment (i) all
outstanding principal plus accrued and unpaid interest for such
Advance or Advances, (ii) the Final Payment for such Advance
or Advances, and (iii) all other sums, if any, that shall have
become due and payable for such Advance or Advances, including
interest at the Default Rate with respect to any past due
amounts.
2.5 Mandatory Prepayment Upon an
Acceleration . If the
Advances are accelerated following the occurrence of an Event of
Default or otherwise, Borrower shall immediately pay to Lenders an
amount equal to the sum of: (i) all outstanding principal plus
accrued interest, (ii) the Final Payment plus (iii) 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.
2.6 Mandatory Prepayment Upon Prepayment of
Eligible Loans . Upon the
request of any Lender, Borrower shall pay to Administrative Agent,
for the benefit of such Lenders, the aggregate amount of Financed
Loans which were repaid or Charged-off, in whole or in part, during
such fiscal quarter.
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2.7 Fees . Borrower shall pay to Administrative Agent, on
behalf of Lenders:
(a) Commitment Fee . A fully
earned, non-refundable commitment fee of Twenty Thousand Dollars
($20,000), on the Effective Date
(b) Final Payment . On the earliest
of (i) the Maturity Date, (ii) the termination of the
Loan Commitment or (iii) the prepayment of the Advances,
Borrower shall pay, in addition to the outstanding principal,
accrued and unpaid interest, and all other amounts due on such
date, an amount equal to the Final Payment.
(c) Lenders’ and Agent’s
Expenses . All Lender Expenses and Agent 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.
2.8 Additional Costs . If any law or regulation increases any
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 one hundred eighty
(180) days prior to the date Administrative Agent notifies
Borrower of such increased costs. Lenders agree that they shall
allocate any increased costs among their customers similarly
affected in good faith and in a manner consistent with
Lenders’ customary practice.
3.1 Conditions Precedent to Initial Credit
Extension .
Lenders’ agreement 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
Administrative Agent, such documents, and completion of such other
matters, as Administrative Agent 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 Warrants;
(c) its Operating Documents and a good
standing certificate of Borrower certified by the Secretary of
State of the State of Delaware and California as of a date no
earlier than thirty (30) days prior to the Effective
Date;
(d) duly executed original signatures to
the completed Borrowing Resolutions for Borrower;
(e) an additional Pledged CD in favor of
SVB whose Value shall not be less than One Hundred Fifty Thousand
Dollars ($150,000) and an additional Pledged CD in favor of the
Gold Hill Lenders whose Value shall not be less than One Hundred
Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000);
(f) certified copies, dated as of a recent
date, of financing statement searches, as Lenders 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) a copy of its Registration Rights
Agreement/Investors’ Rights Agreement and any amendments
thereto;
(h) duly executed original signature to the
VC/OC (Management) Letter Agreement;
(i) evidence satisfactory to Administrative
Agent that the insurance policies required by Section 6.4
hereof are in full force and effect, together with appropriate
evidence showing loss payable and/or additional insured clauses or
endorsements in favor of in favor of Administrative Agent and
Lenders;
(j) results satisfactory to the Lenders
from tests regarding the transfer of cash from Lenders’
accounts on Borrower’s platform to the Operating Account;
and
(k) payment of the fees and Administrative
Agent and Lender Expenses then due as specified in Section 2.7
hereof.
3.2 Conditions Precedent to all Credit
Extensions .
Lenders’ obligations to make each Credit Extension, including
the initial Credit Extension, are subject to the
following:
(a) timely receipt of an executed
Payment/Advance Form;
(b) the representations and warranties in
Section 5 shall be true in all material respects on the date
of the Payment/Advance Form and on the Funding Date of each Credit
Extension; provided, however, that such materiality qualifier shall
not be applicable to any representations and warranties that
already are qualified or modified by materiality in the text
thereof; and provided, further that those representations and
warranties expressly referring to a specific date shall be true,
accurate and complete in all material respects as of such date, and
no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing or result from the Credit Extension. Each Credit
Extension is Borrower’s representation and warranty on that
date that the representations and warranties in Section 5
remain true in all material respects; provided, however, that such
materiality qualifier shall not be applicable to any
representations and warranties that already are qualified or
modified by materiality in the text thereof; and provided, further
that those representations and warranties expressly referring to a
specific date shall be true, accurate and complete in all material
respects as of such date; and
(c) in Lenders’ sole but good faith
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, or there
has not been any material adverse deviation by Borrower from the
most recent business plan of Borrower presented to and accepted by
Lenders.
3.3 Covenant to Deliver . Borrower agrees to deliver to Administrative
Agent each item required to be delivered to Administrative 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 Administrative Agent of any such item shall
not constitute a waiver by Lender of Borrower’s obligation to
deliver such item, and any such extension in the absence of a
required item shall be in Lenders’ sole
discretion.
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4 CREATION OF SECURITY
INTEREST
(a) Borrower hereby grants to
Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, and
to each Lender, to secure the payment and performance in full of
all of the Obligations a continuing security interest in, and
pledges to Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the
Lenders, and to each Lender, 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 shall be a
first priority perfected security interest in the Collateral
(subject only to Permitted Liens that may have priority to
Administrative Agent’s and Lenders’ Liens as permitted
under this Agreement). If Borrower shall acquire a commercial tort
claim, Borrower shall promptly notify Administrative Agent in a
writing signed by Borrower of the general details thereof and grant
to Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders,
and to each Lender, 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
Administrative Agent.
(b) Borrower hereby assigns, pledges,
delivers, and transfers to Administrative Agent, for the ratable
benefit of the Lenders, and to each Lender, and hereby grants to
Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, and
to each Lender, a continuing first priority security interest in
and against all right, title and interest of the following, whether
now or hereafter existing or acquired by Borrower:
(i) any and all Pledged CD now or hereafter
issued from time to time to Borrower by SVB in accordance with
Section 6.8, including without and general intangibles arising
therefrom or relating thereto; and all documents, instruments and
agreements evidencing the same; and all extensions, renewals,
modifications and replacements of the foregoing; and any interest
or other amounts payable in connection therewith.
(ii) all proceeds of the foregoing
(including whatever is receivable or received when any and all
Pledged CD or proceeds is invested, sold, collected, exchanged,
returned, substituted or otherwise disposed of, whether such
disposition is voluntary or involuntary, including rights to
payment and return premiums and insurance proceeds under insurance
with respect to any Pledged CD, and all rights to payment with
respect to any cause of action affecting or relating to the Pledged
CD); and
(iii) all renewals, replacements and
substitutions of items of any Pledged CD.
If this Agreement is terminated, Administrative
Agent’s and Lenders’ Liens in the Collateral shall
continue until the Obligations (other than inchoate indemnity
obligations) are repaid in full in cash. The parties to this
Agreement do not intend that Borrower’s delivery of any
Pledged CD to Administrative Agent as herein provided will
constitute an advance payment of any Obligations or liquidated
damages, nor do the parties intend that any Pledged CD increase the
dollar amount of the Obligations.
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4.2 Authorization to File Financing
Statements . Borrower
hereby authorizes Administrative Agent to file financing
statements, without notice to Borrower, with all appropriate
jurisdictions to perfect or protect Administrative Agent’s
and Lenders’ interest or rights hereunder.
5 REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
Borrower represents and warrants to
Administrative Agent and each Lender as follows:
5.1 Due Organization, Authorization; Power and
Authority . Borrower is
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 Administrative Agent a completed
certificate signed by Borrower, entitled “Perfection
Certificate”. Borrower represents and warrants to
Administrative Agent and each Lender 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).
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 Operating 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 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 it is bound
in which the default could 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 SVB, the Clearing Account, the
Trust Account, the Borrower Account, the Investor Account, the
deposit accounts, if any, described in the Perfection Certificate
delivered to Administrative Agent in connection herewith, or of
which Borrower has given Lenders notice and taken such actions as
are necessary to give Administrative Agent and Lenders a perfected
security interest therein. The Eligible Loans are bona fide,
existing obligations of the Loan Debtors.
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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
Lenders 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 Lenders and such bailee
must execute and deliver a bailee agreement in form and substance
satisfactory to Lenders in their sole discretion. Upon any Transfer
permitted under Section 7.1(e) hereof prior to an Event of
Default, Administrative Agent’s and Lenders’ Lien in
such assets shall be released without any further act of
Administrative Agent, Lenders or Borrower. Administrative Agent
shall take all actions reasonably requested by Borrower, at
Borrower’s expense, to evidence such release.
Administrative Agent, Lenders and Borrower
hereby acknowledge and agree that, notwithstanding anything set
forth to the contrary herein, (a) the Collateral shall include
all amounts deposited into the Clearing Account, to the extent that
such amounts are proceeds of Financed Loans, and (b) the first
priority security interest granted by Borrower to Administrative
Agent and Lenders pursuant to the Loan Agreement shall at all times
remain in full force and effect with respect to all proceeds of,
and any other amounts received in connection with, all Financed
Loans regardless of the locations of such proceeds and amounts,
including, without limitation, any such proceeds and amounts
deposited into the Clearing Account.
5.3 Financed Loans . Borrower represents and warrants for each
Financed Loan:
(a) Borrower is the owner of and has the
legal right to sell, transfer, assign and encumber such Financed
Loan;
(b) The amount of such Financed Loan is not
disputed;
(c) Such Financed Loan is due to Borrower,
is not past due or in default, has not been previously sold,
assigned, transferred, or pledged and is free of any Liens,
security interests and encumbrances other than Permitted
Liens;
(d) The Financed Loan Note is in
Borrower’s possession and has not been transferred to any
third party;
(e) Borrower reasonably believes no Loan
Debtor is insolvent or subject to any Insolvency
Proceedings;
(f) No Borrower Member Loan is the subject
of an Insolvency Proceeding and Borrower does not anticipate any
filing; and
(g) Administrative Agent and Lenders have
the right to endorse and/ or require Borrower to endorse all
Financed Loan Notes.
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5.4 Litigation . 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 Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000).
5.5 No Material Deviation in Financial
Statements . All
consolidated financial statements for Borrower and any of its
Subsidiaries delivered to Lenders 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 Lenders.
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
.
(a) Borrower is not an “investment
company” or a company “controlled” by an
“investment company” under the Investment Company Act.
Borrower is not engaged as one of its important activities in
extending credit for margin stock (under Regulations T and U of the
Federal Reserve Board of Governors). 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 Governmental Authorities that are
necessary to continue their respective businesses as currently
conducted.
(b) In originating and/or servicing each
Eligible Loan, Borrower has complied in all material respects with
all applicable federal, state and local laws, including without
limitation, securities, usury, truth-in-lending, equal credit
opportunity, fair credit reporting, licensing or other similar
laws. Borrower has made commercially reasonable efforts to
authenticate the identity of each Loan Debtor and to verify
information provided by the Loan Debtor in connection with each
Eligible Loan. Based on such authentication and verification,
Borrower represents and warrants to the best of its knowledge that
(i) each Loan Debtor had full legal capacity to execute and
deliver all loan documents evidencing the Eligible Loan made to
such Loan Debtor and (ii) each loan document evidencing each
Eligible Loan is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the
applicable Loan Debtor and is enforceable in accordance with its
terms.
5.8 Subsidiaries; Investments
. Borrower does not own any stock,
partnership interest or other equity securities except for
Permitted Investments.
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5.9 Tax Returns and Payments; Pension
Contributions . Borrower
has timely filed all required tax returns and reports, and Borrower
has 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 Lenders 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 to finance Borrower Member Loans assigned to
Borrower in the ordinary course of business of WebBank and
Borrower, and not for working capital purposes or for personal,
family, household or agricultural purposes.
5.11 Full Disclosure . No written representation, warranty or other
statement of Borrower in any certificate or written statement given
to Administrative 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 Administrative 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 by Lenders 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
.
(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 (a) all Bank Secrecy Act and
Anti-Money Laundering laws, regulations and requirements imposed by
the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), and (b) all laws,
ordinances and regulations to which it is subject, noncompliance
with which could have a material adverse effect on Borrower’s
business.
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(b) Obtain and maintain all of the
Governmental Approvals necessary for the performance by Borrower of
its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party,
the grant of a security interest to Lenders in all of its property,
the performance by Borrower of its obligations under the Loan
Servicing Documents, and the conduct of Borrower’s operations
including without limitation in any jurisdiction in which it
purchases and/or sells Borrower Member Loans. Borrower shall
promptly provide copies of any such obtained Governmental Approvals
to Administrative Agent.
6.2 Financial Statements, Reports,
Certificates .
(a) Deliver to Administrative Agent:
(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 Administrative Agent;
(ii) as soon as available, but no later than one hundred
eighty (180) 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 Administrative Agent 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) in the event that Borrower becomes
subject to the reporting requirements under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, 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) 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 Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000) or
more; (vi) within thirty (30) days after the last day of
Borrower’s fiscal year, copies of all annual financial
projections commensurate in form and substance with those provided
to Borrower’s venture capital investors; (vii) budgets,
sales projections, operating plans and other financial information
reasonably requested by Administrative Agent; (viii) copies of
all Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering (BSA/AML) internal and
independent testing reports as requested by Administrative Agent in
its reasonable discretion; and (ix) promptly, copies of any
communications with the Securities and Exchange Commission which
relate to the status of Borrower Member Loans as
“securities” under federal law.
(b) Upon Administrative Agent’s
request, deliver to Administrative Agent a detailed accounting of
the current balances of the Clearing Account, Trust Account, and
the Borrower Account.
(c) Within thirty (30) days after the
last day of each month, deliver to Administrative Agent with the
monthly financial statements, a duly completed Compliance
Certificate signed by a Responsible Officer setting forth
calculations showing compliance with the Minimum Collateral Value
Ratio set forth in this Agreement.
(d) Allow Administrative Agent to audit
Borrower’s Collateral at Borrower’s expense. Such
audits shall be conducted no more often than once every twelve
(12) months unless a Default or an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing.
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(e) Upon Administrative Agent’s
request, deliver to Administrative Agent a copy of the final,
signed loan documents evidencing Eligible Loans, including without
limitation the Financed Loan Notes, and assignments of such
Eligible Loans by WebBank to Borrower;
(f) Upon Administrative Agent’s
request, deliver to Administrative Agent, a schedule of all
Eligible Loans financed with the Advances, in form and substance
acceptable to Administrative Agent, including, without limitation,
the loan amounts, the loan numbers and the names of the borrowers
and the Consumer Lenders participating in such loans.
6.3 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 5.9
hereof) and shall deliver to Administrative Agent, 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.
6.4 Insurance . Keep its business and the Collateral insured
for risks and in amounts standard for companies in Borrower’s
industry and location and as Lenders and Administrative Agent may
reasonably request. Insurance policies shall be in a form, with
companies, and in amounts that are satisfactory to Administrative
Agent. All property policies shall have a lender’s loss
payable endorsement showing the Administrative Agent, for the
ratable benefit of each Lender, as an additional lender loss payee
and waive subrogation against the Administrative Agent and each
Lender, and all liability policies shall show each Lender, or have
endorsements showing, each Lender as an additional insured. All
policies (or the loss payable and additional insured endorsements)
shall provide that the insurer shall endeavor to give the
Administrative Agent on behalf of Lenders at least thirty
(30) days notice before canceling, amending, or declining to
renew its policy. At the Administrative Agent’s request,
Borrower shall deliver certified copies of policies and evidence of
all premium payments. Proceeds payable under any policy shall, at
Administrative Agent’s option, be payable to Administrative
Agent on behalf of Lenders on account of the Obligations. If
Borrower fails to obtain insurance as required under this
Section 6.4 or to pay any amount or furnish any required proof
of payment to third persons and Lenders, Lenders may make all or
part of such payment or obtain such insurance policies required in
this Section 6.4, and take any action under the policies
Lenders and Administrative Agent deem prudent.
(a) Except as set forth is in this
Section 6.5(a), maintain all of its primary operating and
investment accounts, including, without limitation, the Operating
Account, with SVB and SVB’s Affiliates. All collections on
Borrower Member Loans shall be managed through the Clearing
Account, which Clearing Account shall be free of any Liens.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Borrower may in the ordinary course
of business maintain at Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (i) the Trust
Account in trust for Lender Members; (ii) the Borrower Account
solely to process incidental amounts for Borrower Members, provided
that the balance of the Borrower Account shall not at any time
exceed $5,000; and (iii) the Investor Account solely to
process amounts collected on Borrower Member Loans financed by any
Investor Credit Facility.
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(b) For each Collateral Account that
Borrower maintains, Borrower shall cause the applicable bank or
financial institution (other than SVB) 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 Administrative Agent’s Liens,
for the ratable benefit of each Lender, in such Collateral Account
in accordance with the terms hereunder. The provisions of the
previous sentence shall not apply to (i) 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 Administrative Agent by
Borrower.
6.6 Protection of Intellectual Property
Rights . Borrower shall:
(a) protect, defend and maintain the validity and
enforceability of its intellectual property; (b) promptly
advise Lenders 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 Lenders’ written
consent.
6.7 Litigation Cooperation
. From the date hereof and
continuing through the termination of this Agreement, make
available to Lender and Administrative Agent, without expense to
Lenders or Administrative Agent, Borrower and its officers,
employees and agents and Borrower’s books and records, to the
extent that Lenders or Administrative Agent may deem them
reasonably necessary to prosecute or defend any third-party suit or
proceeding instituted by or against Lenders or Administrative Agent
with respect to any Collateral or relating to Borrower.
6.8 Value of Pledged CDs . Maintain at all times Aggregate Pledged CDs
with a Value of not less than the Minimum Collateral Value. In the
event that the Aggregate Pledged CDs are less than the Minimum
Collateral Value at any time, Borrower shall immediately provide
Administrative Agent with additional Pledged CDs with a Value
sufficient to eliminate any such deficiency. All Pledged CDs shall
constitute part of the Collateral from and after the date of
issuance by SVB.
6.9 Right to Invest . Grant to each Lender or its Affiliates
(including, but not limited to, SVB Financial Group and Gold Hill
Venture Lending Partners) a right (but not an obligation) for each
Lender to purchase an aggregate amount of up to Five Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($500,000) in Borrower’s Subsequent
Financing on the same terms, conditions and pricing offered to its
investors (the “ Subsequent Financing Investment
”). Borrower shall give Lenders and Administrative Agent at
least thirty (30) days prior written notice of the Subsequent
Financing containing the terms, conditions and pricing of the
Subsequent Financing delivered to each Lender’s address set
forth in Section 10 hereof. The right granted hereunder shall
survive the termination of this Agreement.
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6.10 Clearing Account; Lockbox;
Collections . Prior to
the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default, Borrower
shall have the right to collect all payments and other amounts
received in connection with Borrower Member Loans (“ Loan
Collections ”); provided, however, that Borrower shall
have the right to collect all payments and other amounts received
in connection with Borrower Member Loans which are not Financed
Loans without regard to whether an Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing. Upon receipt by Borrower of any Loan
Collections, Borrower shall immediately deposit such Loan
Collections into the Clearing Account (or shall receive such
payments and other amounts directly into the Clearing Account) and
deliver to Administrative Agent a detailed breakdown of such Loan
Collections showing the interests of each Lender in such Loan
Collections. Borrower shall, within four (4) days of such time
as Loan Collections are deposited into the Clearing Account,
distribute such Loan Collections as follows:
(a) With respect to any Loan Collections
received in connection with a Financed Loan, (i) when directed
by Administrative Agent, into a lockbox account that Administrative
Agent controls (the “ Lockbox Account ”) and
(ii) at all other times, into the Operating Account. Provided
no Event of Default exists, Borrower shall transfer all amounts
deposited into the Lockbox Account from the Lockbox Account to the
Operating Account within one (1) Business Day of receipt in
the Lockbox Account. All Financed Loans and the proceeds thereof
are Collateral and immediately upon the occurrence of an Event of
Default, Administrative Agent may without notice apply all Loan
Collections from Financed Loans and other proceeds of such Financed
Loans and the balance of the Lockbox Account to the Obligations.
This Section does not impose any affirmative duty on SVB or
Administrative Agent to perform any act other than as specifically
set forth herein.
(b) With respect to any Loan Collections
received in connection with Borrower Member Loans which are not
Financed Loans and which are not financed by the Investor Credit
Facility, into the Trust Account.
(c) With respect to any Loan Collections
received in connection with Eligible Loans financed by the Investor
Credit Facility, into the Investor Account.
(d) With respect to any amounts received in
connection with Borrower Member Loans attributable to
Borrower’s service or collection charges, into the Operating
Account.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this
Section 6.9, Borrower shall immediately upon receipt deposit
amounts due to Borrower for origination fees charged by Borrower
for Borrower Member Loans into the Operating Account (or shall
receive such payments and other amounts directly into the Operating
Account).
6.11 Control of Financed Loans
. Borrower shall create and store a
single authoritative copy of each Financed Loan Note which
authoritative copy shall (a) identify Borrower as the assignee
of such note or notes, and (b) be unique, identifiable and
unalterable except to the extent that (i) copies or revisions that
add or change an identified assignee of such authoritative copy can
only be made with the participation of Borrower, (ii) each
copy of the authoritative copy is readily identifiable as a copy
that is not the authoritative copy, and (iii) any revision of
the authoritative copy is readily identifiable as an authorized or
unauthorized revision.
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6.12 Portfolio Financial Servicing Company
Contract . Within thirty
(30) days after the Effective Date, Borrower shall make
commercially reasonable efforts to deliver to Lenders a duly
executed amendment to the Portfolio Financial Servicing Company
Contract by and between Borrower and Portfolio Financial Servicing
Company in form and substance satisfactory to the Lenders in their
reasonable discretion and granting the Lenders third party
beneficiary rights under the Portfolio Financial Servicing Company
Contract with respect to servicing of the Financed Loans on terms
acceptable to the Lenders in their reasonable
discretion.
6.13 Further Assurances . Borrower shall execute any further instruments
and take further action as the Administrative Agent reasonably
requests to perfect or continue Administrative Agent’s Liens,
for the ratable benefit of each Lender, in the Collateral, or to
effect the purposes of this Agreement.
Borrower shall not do any of the following
without the Administrative Agent’s prior written
consent:
7.1 Dispositions . Convey, sell, lease, transfer or otherwise
dispose of (collectively, “ Transfer ”), or
permit any of its Subsidiaries to Transfer, all or any part of its
business or property, except for Transfers (a) of Inventory
and cash to trade creditors, both in the ordinary course of
business; (b) of worn-out or obsolete Equipment; (c) in
connection with Permitted Liens and Permitted Investments; and
(d) of non-exclusive licenses for the use of the property of
Borrower or its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(e) Transfers in the ordinary course of business of any
Borrower Member Loans which are not Financed Loans; and
(f) Transfers of amounts received in connection with Borrower
Member Loans which are not Financed Loans in accordance with
Section 6.9(b) of this Agreement; and (g) issuance and
sale of Borrower Securities.
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 change
of management in which any Key Person ceases to hold such offices
with Borrower 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 forty-nine percent (49%) 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
Administrative Agent the venture capital investors prior to the
closing of the transaction). Borrower shall not, without at least
thirty (30) days prior written notice to Administrative Agent:
(1) add any new offices or business locations, including
warehouses (unless such new offices or business locations contain
less than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000) in Borrower’s assets
or property), (2) change its jurisdiction of organization,
(3) change its organizational structure or type,
(4) change its legal name, or (5) change any
organizational number (if any) assigned by its jurisdiction of
organization.
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. A Subsidiary may merge or consolidate into another
Subsidiary or into Borrower.
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7.4 Indebtedness . Create, incur, assume, or be liable for any
Indebtedness, or permit any Subsidiary to do so, other than
Permitted Indebtedness.
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, 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
Administrative Agent or Lenders) with any Person which directly or
indirectly prohibits or has the effect of prohibiting Borrower from
assigning, mortgaging, pledging, granting a security interest in or
upon, or encumbering any of Borrower’s intellectual property,
except as is otherwise permitted in Section 7.1 hereof and the
definition of “Permitted Lien” herein.
7.6 Maintenance of Collateral
Accounts . Maintain any
Collateral Account except pursuant to the terms of
Section 6.5(b) 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 convert any of
its convertible securities into other securities pursuant to the
terms of such convertible securities or otherwise in exchange
thereof, (ii) Borrower may pay dividends solely in common
stock; and (iii) Borrower may repurchase the stock of former
employees or consultants pursuant to stock repurchase agreements so
long as an Event of Default does not exist at the time of such
repurchase and would not exist after giving effect to such
repurchase, provided such repurchase does not exceed in the
aggregate of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000) per fiscal year; 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 th
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