DOCUMENT CAPTURE TECHNOLOGIES,
INC.
SYSCAN, INC.
BRIDGE BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
LOAN AND SECURITY
AGREEMENT
This LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT is
entered into as of September 2, 2009, by and between BRIDGE
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“Bank”), DOCUMENT
CAPTURE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (“DCT”) and SYSCAN,
INC. (each, a “Borrower” and collectively,
“Borrowers”).
RECITALS
Borrowers wish to obtain credit from time to
time from Bank, and Bank desires to extend credit to
Borrowers. This Agreement sets forth the terms on which
Bank will advance credit to Borrowers, and Borrowers will repay the
amounts owing to Bank.
AGREEMENT
The parties agree as follows:
1.
DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION .
1.1
Definitions . As used in this Agreement, the
following terms shall have the following definitions:
“Accounts” means all presently
existing and hereafter arising accounts, contract rights, payment
intangibles, and all other forms of obligations owing to a Borrower
arising out of the sale or lease of goods (including, without
limitation, the licensing of software and other technology) or the
rendering of services by a Borrower, whether or not earned by
performance, and any and all credit insurance, guaranties, and
other security therefor, as well as all merchandise returned to or
reclaimed by a Borrower and Borrower’s Books relating to any
of the foregoing.
“Advance” or “Advances”
means a cash advance or cash advances under the Revolving
Facility.
“Affiliate” means, with respect to
any Person, any Person that owns or controls directly or indirectly
such Person, any Person that controls or is controlled by or is
under common control with such Person, and each of such
Person’s senior executive officers, directors, and
partners.
“Bank Expenses” means
all: reasonable costs or expenses (including reasonable
attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred in connection with the
preparation, negotiation, administration, and enforcement of the
Loan Documents; reasonable Collateral audit fees; and Bank’s
reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred in amending,
enforcing or defending the Loan Documents (including fees and
expenses of appeal), incurred before, during and after an
Insolvency Proceeding, whether or not suit is brought.
“Borrower’s Books” means all
of a Borrower’s books and records
including: ledgers; records concerning a
Borrower’s assets or liabilities, the Collateral, business
operations or financial condition; and all computer programs, or
tape files, and the equipment, containing such
information.
“Borrowing Base” means an amount
equal to seventy-five percent (75%) of Eligible Accounts as
determined by Bank with reference to the most recent Borrowing Base
Certificate delivered by Borrower.
“Business Day” means any day that is
not a Saturday, Sunday, or other day on which banks in the State of
California are authorized or required to close.
“Cash Management Sublimit” means a
sublimit for cash management transactions approved by Bank under
the Revolving Line subject to the availability under the Revolving
Line and the Borrowing Base in an aggregate amount not to exceed
$1,000,000 minus , in each case, any amounts outstanding
under the Letter of Credit Sublimit and the Foreign Exchange
Sublimit.
“Change in Control” shall mean a
transaction in which any “person” or
“group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d) and
14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) becomes the
“beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934), directly or indirectly, of a
sufficient number of shares of all classes of stock then
outstanding of a Borrower ordinarily entitled to vote in the
election of directors, empowering such “person” or
“group” to elect a majority of the Board of Directors
of a Borrower, who did not have such power before such
transaction.
“Closing Date” means the date of
this Agreement.
“Code” means the California Uniform
Commercial Code.
“Collateral” means the property
described on Exhibit A attached hereto.
“Contingent Obligation” means, as
applied to any Person, any direct or indirect liability, contingent
or otherwise, of that Person with respect to (i) any
indebtedness, lease, dividend, letter of credit or other obligation
of another; (ii) any obligations with respect to undrawn
letters of credit, corporate credit cards, or merchant services
issued or provided for the account of that Person; and
(iii) all obligations arising under any agreement or
arrangement designed to protect such Person against fluctuation in
interest rates, currency exchange rates or commodity prices;
provided, however, that the term “Contingent
Obligation” shall not include endorsements for collection or
deposit in the ordinary course of business. The amount
of any Contingent Obligation shall be deemed to be an amount equal
to the stated or determined amount of the primary obligation in
respect of which such Contingent Obligation is made or, if not
stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated
liability in respect thereof as determined by Bank in good faith;
provided, however, that such amount shall not in any event exceed
the maximum amount of the obligations under the guarantee or other
support arrangement.
“Copyrights” means any and all
copyright rights, copyright applications, copyright registrations
and like protections in each work or authorship and derivative work
thereof.
“Credit Extension” means each
Advance, Letter of Credit, use of Cash Management Services, FX
Contracts, or any other extension of credit by Bank for the benefit
of a Borrower hereunder.
“Current Liabilities” means, as of
any applicable date, all amounts that should, in accordance with
GAAP, be included as current liabilities on the consolidated
balance sheet of a Borrower and its Subsidiaries, as at such date,
plus, to the extent not already included therein, all outstanding
Credit Extensions made under this Agreement.
“Daily Balance” means the amount of
the Obligations owed at the end of a given day.
“Eligible Accounts” means those
Accounts that arise in the ordinary course of a Borrower’s
business that comply with all of a Borrower’s representations
and warranties to Bank set forth in Section 5.4; provided,
that standards of eligibility may be fixed and revised from time to
time by Bank in Bank’s reasonable judgment and upon
notification thereof to a Borrower in accordance with the
provisions hereof. Unless otherwise agreed to by Bank,
Eligible Accounts shall not include the following:
(a) Accounts
that the account debtor has failed to pay within ninety (90) days
of invoice date;
(b) Accounts
with respect to an account debtor, thirty percent (30%) of whose
Accounts the account debtor has failed to pay within ninety (90)
days of invoice date;
(c) Accounts
with respect to which the account debtor is an officer, employee,
or agent of a Borrower;
(d) Accounts
with respect to which goods are placed on consignment, guaranteed
sale, sale or return, sale on approval, bill and hold, or other
terms by reason of which the payment by the account debtor may be
conditional;
(e) Accounts
with respect to which the account debtor is an Affiliate of a
Borrower;
(f) Accounts
with respect to which the account debtor does not have its
principal place of business in the United States or Canada, except
for Eligible Foreign Accounts;
(g) Accounts
with respect to which the account debtor is the United States or
any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United
States;
(h) Accounts
with respect to which a Borrower is liable to the account debtor
for goods sold or services rendered by the account debtor to such
Borrower or for deposits or other property of the account debtor
held by a Borrower, but only to the extent of any amounts owing to
the account debtor against amounts owed to such
Borrower;
(i) Accounts
with respect to an account debtor, including Subsidiaries and
Affiliates, whose total obligations to a Borrower exceed
twenty-five percent (25%) of all Accounts, to the extent such
obligations exceed the aforementioned percentage, except as
approved in writing by Bank;
(j) Offsettable
deferred revenue in excess of $150,000;
(k) Accounts
with respect to which the account debtor disputes liability or
makes any claim with respect thereto as to which Bank believes, in
its sole discretion, that there may be a basis for dispute (but
only to the extent of the amount subject to such dispute or claim),
or is subject to any Insolvency Proceeding, or becomes insolvent,
or goes out of business; and
(l) Accounts
the collection of which Bank reasonably determines to be
doubtful.
“Eligible Foreign Accounts” means
Accounts with respect to which the account debtor does not have its
principal place of business in the United States and that
(i) are supported by one or more letters of credit in an
amount and of a tenor, and issued by a financial institution,
acceptable to Bank, or (ii) that Bank approves on a
case-by-case basis.
“Equipment” means all present and
future machinery, equipment, tenant improvements, furniture,
fixtures, vehicles, tools, parts and attachments in which a
Borrower has any interest.
“ERISA” means the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the
regulations thereunder.
“Event of Default” has the meaning
assigned in Article 8.
“Foreign Exchange Sublimit” means a
sublimit for foreign exchange contracts under the Revolving Line,
subject to the availability under the Revolving Line and the
Borrowing Base, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $1,000,000
minus , in each case, any amounts outstanding under the
Letter of Credit Sublimit and the Cash Management
Sublimit.
“GAAP” means generally accepted
accounting principles as in effect from time to time.
“Indebtedness” means (a) all
indebtedness for borrowed money or the deferred purchase price of
property or services, including without limitation reimbursement
and other obligations with respect to surety bonds and letters of
credit, (b) all obligations evidenced by notes, bonds,
debentures or similar instruments, (c) all capital lease
obligations and (d) all Contingent Obligations.
“Insolvency Proceeding” means any
proceeding commenced by or against any person or entity under any
provision of the United States Bankruptcy Code, as amended, or
under any other bankruptcy or insolvency law, including assignments
for the benefit of creditors, formal or informal moratoria,
compositions, extension generally with its creditors, or
proceedings seeking reorganization, arrangement, or other
relief.
“Intellectual Property Collateral”
means all of a Borrower’s right, title, and interest in and
to the following: Copyrights, Trademarks and Patents; all trade
secrets, all design rights, claims for damages by way of past,
present and future infringement of any of the rights included
above, all licenses or other rights to use any of the Copyrights,
Patents or Trademarks, and all license fees and royalties arising
from such use to the extent permitted by such license or rights;
all amendments, renewals and extensions of any of the Copyrights,
Trademarks or Patents; and all proceeds and products of the
foregoing, including without limitation all payments under
insurance or any indemnity or warranty payable in respect of any of
the foregoing.
“Inventory” means all inventory in
which a Borrower has or acquires any interest, including work in
process and finished products intended for sale or lease or to be
furnished under a contract of service, of every kind and
description now or at any time hereafter owned by or in the custody
or possession, actual or constructive, of a Borrower, including
such inventory as is temporarily out of its custody or possession
or in transit and including any returns upon any accounts or other
proceeds, including insurance proceeds, resulting from the sale or
disposition of any of the foregoing and any documents of title
representing any of the above, and Borrower’s Books relating
to any of the foregoing.
“Investment” means any beneficial
ownership of (including stock, partnership interest or other
securities) any Person, or any loan, advance or capital
contribution to any Person.
“Letter of Credit” means a
commercial or standby letter of credit or similar undertaking
issued by Bank at a Borrower’s request in accordance with
Section 2.1(b).
“Letter of Credit Sublimit” means a
sublimit for Letters of Credit under the Revolving Line, subject to
the availability under the Revolving Line and the Borrowing Base,
in an aggregate amount not to exceed $1,000,000 minus , in
each case, any amounts outstanding under the Foreign Exchange
Sublimit and the Cash Management Sublimit.
“Lien” means any mortgage, lien,
deed of trust, charge, pledge, security interest or other
encumbrance.
“Loan Documents” means,
collectively, this Agreement, any note or notes executed by a
Borrower, and any other agreement entered into in connection with
this Agreement, all as amended or extended from time to
time.
“Material Adverse Effect” means a
material adverse effect on (i) the business operations,
condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of a Borrower and
its Subsidiaries taken as a whole or (ii) the ability of a
Borrower to repay the Obligations or otherwise perform its
obligations under the Loan Documents or (iii) the value or
priority of Bank’s security interests in the
Collateral.
“Negotiable Collateral” means all
letters of credit of which a Borrower is a beneficiary, notes,
drafts, instruments, securities, documents of title, and chattel
paper, and Borrower’s Books relating to any of the
foregoing.
“Obligations” means all debt,
principal, interest, Bank Expenses and other amounts owed to Bank
by a Borrower pursuant to this Agreement or any other agreement,
whether absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing
or hereafter arising, including any interest that accrues after the
commencement of an Insolvency Proceeding and including any debt,
liability, or obligation owing from a Borrower to others that Bank
may have obtained by assignment or otherwise.
“Patents” means all patents, patent
applications and like protections including without limitation
improvements, divisions, continuations, renewals, reissues,
extensions and continuations-in-part of the same.
“Periodic Payments” means all
installments or similar recurring payments that a Borrower may now
or hereafter become obligated to pay to Bank pursuant to the terms
and provisions of any instrument, or agreement now or hereafter in
existence between a Borrower and Bank.
“Permitted Indebtedness”
means:
(a) Indebtedness
of Borrowers in favor of Bank arising under this Agreement or any
other Loan Document;
(b) Indebtedness
existing on the Closing Date and disclosed in the
Schedule;
(c) Indebtedness
secured by a lien described in clause (c) of the defined term
“Permitted Liens,” provided (i) such Indebtedness
does not exceed the lesser of the cost or fair market value of the
equipment financed with such Indebtedness and (ii) such
Indebtedness does not exceed $100,000 in the aggregate at any given
time; and
“Permitted Investment”
means:
(a) Investments
existing on the Closing Date disclosed in the Schedule;
and
(b) (i) marketable
direct obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the
United States of America or any agency or any State thereof
maturing within one (1) year from the date of acquisition thereof,
(ii) commercial paper maturing no more than one (1) year from
the date of creation thereof and currently having rating of at
least A-2 or P-2 from either Standard & Poor’s
Corporation or Moody’s Investors Service,
(iii) certificates of deposit maturing no more than one (1)
year from the date of investment therein issued by Bank and
(iv) Bank’s money market accounts.
“Permitted Liens” means the
following:
(a) Any
Liens existing on the Closing Date and disclosed in the Schedule or
arising under this Agreement or the other Loan
Documents;
(b) Liens
for taxes, fees, assessments or other governmental charges or
levies, either not delinquent or being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings, provided the same have no priority over
any of Bank’s security interests;
(c) Liens
(i) upon or in any equipment which was not financed by Bank
acquired or held by a Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to secure
the purchase price of such equipment or indebtedness incurred
solely for the purpose of financing the acquisition of such
equipment, or (ii) existing on such equipment at the time of
its acquisition, provided that the Lien is confined solely to the
property so acquired and improvements thereon, and the proceeds of
such equipment; and
(d) Liens
incurred in connection with the extension, renewal or refinancing
of the indebtedness secured by Liens of the type described in
clauses (a) through (c) above, provided that any extension, renewal
or replacement Lien shall be limited to the property encumbered by
the existing Lien and the principal amount of the indebtedness
being extended, renewed or refinanced does not increase.
“Person” means any individual, sole
proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company, joint
venture, trust, unincorporated organization, association,
corporation, institution, public benefit corporation, firm, joint
stock company, estate, entity or governmental agency.
“Prime Floor” means four percent
(4.0%).
“Prime Rate” means the variable rate
of interest, per annum, most recently announced by Bank, as its
“prime rate,” whether or not such announced rate is the
lowest rate available from Bank; provided, however that in no case
shall the Prime Rate be less than the Prime
Floor. Should Bank’s stated or otherwise announced
“prime rate” ever be below the Prime Floor, the Prime
Rate, as used in this Agreement, shall be the Prime
Floor.
“Quick Assets” means, at any date as
of which the amount thereof shall be determined, the unrestricted
cash and cash-equivalents, plus net accounts receivable not to
exceed 90 days, of a Borrower determined in accordance with
GAAP.
“Responsible Officer” means each of
the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief
Financial Officer and the Controller of a Borrower.
“Revolving Facility” means the
facility under which a Borrower may request Bank to issue Advances,
as specified in Section 2.1(a) hereof.
“Revolving Line” means a credit
extension of up to Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000).
“Revolving Maturity Date” means
September 2, 2010.
“Schedule” means the schedule of
exceptions attached hereto and approved by Bank, if any.
“Subordinated Debt” means any debt
incurred by a Borrower that is subordinated to the debt owing by a
Borrower to Bank on terms acceptable to Bank (and identified as
being such by Borrowers and Bank).
“Subsidiary” means any corporation,
company or partnership in which (i) any general partnership
interest or (ii) more than 50% of the stock or other units of
ownership which by the terms thereof has the ordinary voting power
to elect the Board of Directors, managers or trustees of the
entity, at the time as of which any determination is being made, is
owned by a Borrower, either directly or through an
Affiliate.
“Tangible Net Worth” means at any
date as of which the amount thereof shall be determined, the sum of
the capital stock and additional paid-in capital plus retained
earnings (or minus accumulated deficit) of a Borrower and its
Subsidiaries minus intangible assets, plus Subordinated Debt, on a
consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Trademarks” means any trademark and
servicemark rights, whether registered or not, applications to
register and registrations of the same and like protections, and
the entire goodwill of the business of a Borrower connected with
and symbolized by such trademarks.
1.2
Accounting Terms . All accounting terms not
specifically defined herein shall be construed in accordance with
GAAP and all calculations made hereunder shall be made in
accordance with GAAP. When used herein, the terms
“financial statements” shall include the notes and
schedules thereto.
2.
LOAN AND TERMS OF PAYMENT .
Borrowers promise to pay to the order of Bank,
in lawful money of the United States of America, the aggregate
unpaid principal amount of all Credit Extensions made by Bank to a
Borrower hereunder. Borrowers shall also pay interest on
the unpaid principal amount of such Credit Extensions at rates in
accordance with the terms hereof.
(i) Subject
to and upon the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, Borrowers may request Advances in an
aggregate outstanding amount not to exceed the lesser of
(i) the Revolving Line or (ii) the Borrowing Base,
minus , in each case, the aggregate face amount of all
outstanding Letters of Credit, the Cash Management
Services, and the FX Amount. Subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, amounts borrowed pursuant to this
Section 2.1(a) may be repaid and reborrowed at any time prior
to the Revolving Maturity Date, at which time all Advances under
this Section 2.1(a) shall be immediately due and
payable. Borrowers may prepay any Advances without
penalty or premium.
(ii) Whenever
a Borrower desires an Advance, such Borrower will notify Bank by
facsimile transmission or telephone no later than 3:00 p.m.
Pacific time, on the Business Day that the Advance is to be
made. Each such notification shall be promptly confirmed
by a Payment/Advance Form in substantially the form of
Exhibit B hereto. Bank is authorized to make
Advances under this Agreement, based upon instructions received
from a Responsible Officer or a designee of a Responsible Officer,
or without instructions if in Bank’s discretion such Advances
are necessary to meet Obligations which have become due and remain
unpaid. Bank shall be entitled to rely on any telephonic
notice given by a person who Bank reasonably believes to be a
Responsible Officer or a designee thereof, and Borrowers shall
indemnify and hold Bank harmless for any damages or loss suffered
by Bank as a result of such reliance. Bank will credit
the amount of Advances made under this Section 2.1(a) to a
Borrower’s deposit account.
(b)
Letters of Credit . Subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, at any time prior to the Revolving
Maturity Date, Bank agrees to issue letters of credit for the
account of a Borrower (each, a “Letter of Credit” and
collectively, the “Letters of Credit”) in an aggregate
outstanding face amount not to exceed the lesser of the Revolving
Line or the Borrowing Base minus , in each case, the
aggregate amount of the outstanding Advances at any time, provided
that the aggregate face amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit
shall not exceed $1,000,000 less any amounts outstanding under the
Cash Management Sublimit and the Foreign Exchange
Sublimit. All Letters of Credit shall be, in form and
substance, acceptable to Bank in its sole discretion and shall be
subject to the terms and conditions of Bank’s form of
standard application and letter of credit agreement
(the “Application”), which Borrowers hereby
agree to execute, including Bank’s standard
fee. On any drawn but unreimbursed Letter of Credit, the
unreimbursed amount shall be deemed an Advance under Section
2.1(a). Prior to the Revolving Maturity Date, Borrowers
shall secure in cash all obligations under any outstanding Letters
of Credit on terms acceptable to Bank. The obligation of
a Borrower to reimburse Bank for drawings made under Letters of
Credit shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall
be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement, the Application, and such Letters of Credit, under all
circumstances whatsoever. Borrowers shall indemnify,
defend, protect, and hold Bank harmless from any loss, cost,
expense or liability, including, without limitation, reasonable
attorneys’ fees, arising out of or in connection with any
Letters of Credit, except for expenses caused by Bank’s gross
negligence or willful misconduct.
(c)
Cash Management Sublimit . Subject to the terms
and conditions of this Agreement and the availability under the
Revolving Line and the Borrowing Base, each Borrower may request
cash management services which may include merchant services,
direct deposit of payroll, business credit card, and check cashing
services identified in various cash management services agreements
related to such services (the “Cash Management
Services”) by delivering to Bank such applications on
Bank’s standard forms as requested by Bank; provided,
however, that the total amount of the Cash Management Services
shall not exceed $1,000,000 less any amounts outstanding under the
Letter of Credit Sublimit and the Foreign Exchange Sublimit, and
that availability under the Revolving Line shall be reduced by the
Cash Management Sublimit. In addition, Bank may, in its
sole discretion, charge as Advances any amounts that become due or
owing to Bank in connection with the Cash Management
Services. If at any time the Revolving Facility is
terminated or otherwise ceases to exist, Borrowers shall
immediately secure to Bank’s satisfaction its obligations
with respect to any Cash Management Services, and, effective as of
such date, the balance in any deposit accounts held by Bank and the
certificates of deposit issued by Bank in such Borrower’s
name (and any interest paid thereon or proceeds thereof, including
any amounts payable upon the maturity or liquidation of such
certificates), shall automatically secure such obligations to the
extent of the then outstanding Cash Management
Services. Borrowers authorize Bank to hold such balances
in pledge and to decline to honor any drafts thereon or any
requests by a Borrower or any other Person to pay or otherwise
transfer any part of such balances for so long as the Cash
Management Services continue.
(d)
Foreign Exchange Sublimit. Subject to and upon
the terms and conditions of this Agreement and any other agreement
that a Borrower may enter into with the Bank in connection with
foreign exchange transactions (“FX Contracts”) and
subject to the availability under the Revolving Line and the
Borrowing Base, a Borrower may request Bank to enter into FX
Contracts with such Borrower due not later than the Revolving
Maturity Date unless cash secured on terms satisfactory to
Bank. Borrowers shall pay any standard issuance and
other fees that Bank notifies Borrowers will be charged for issuing
and processing FX Contracts for Borrowers. The FX Amount
shall at all times be equal to or less than $1,000,000 minus any
amounts outstanding under the Letter of Credit Sublimit and the
Cash Management Sublimit. The “FX Amount”
shall equal the amount determined by multiplying (i) the aggregate
amount, in United States Dollars, of FX Contracts between Borrowers
and Bank remaining outstanding as of any date of determination by
(ii) the applicable Foreign Exchange Reserve Percentage as of such
date. The “Foreign Exchange Reserve
Percentage” shall be a percentage as determined by Bank, in
its sole discretion from time to time. If at any time
the Revolving Facility is terminated or otherwise ceases to exist,
Borrowers shall immediately secure in cash all obligations under
the Foreign Exchange Sublimit on terms acceptable to
Bank.
2.2
Overadvances . If the aggregate amount of the
outstanding Advances plus any amounts outstanding under the
Letter of Credit Sublimit, the Cash Management Sublimit and the
Foreign Exchange Sublimit exceeds the lesser of the Revolving Line
or the Borrowing Base at any time, Borrowers shall immediately pay
to Bank, in cash, the amount of such excess.
2.3
Interest Rates, Payments, and Calculations .
(i)
Advances . Except as set forth in
Section 2.3(b), the Advances shall bear interest, on the
outstanding Daily Balance thereof, at a rate equal to two percent
(2%) above the Prime Rate.
(b)
Late Fee; Default Rate . If any payment is not
made within ten (10) days after the date such payment is due,
Borrowers shall pay Bank a late fee equal to the lesser of
(i) five percent (5%) of the amount of such unpaid amount or
(ii) the maximum amount permitted to be charged under
applicable law. All Obligations shall bear interest,
from and after the occurrence and during the continuance of an
Event of Default, at a rate equal to five (5) percentage points
above the interest rate applicable immediately prior to the
occurrence of the Event of Default.
(c)
Payments . Interest hereunder shall be due and
payable on the tenth calendar day of each month during the term
hereof. Bank shall, at its option, charge such interest,
all Bank Expenses, and all Periodic Payments against any of
Borrowers’ deposit accounts or against the Revolving Line, in
which case those amounts shall thereafter accrue interest at the
rate then applicable hereunder. Any interest not paid
when due shall be compounded by becoming a part of the Obligations,
and such interest shall thereafter accrue interest at the rate then
applicable hereunder. All payments shall be free and
clear of any taxes, withholdings, duties, impositions or other
charges, to the end that Bank will receive the entire amount of any
Obligations payable hereunder, regardless of source of
payment. All payments shall be made via auto debit from
a Borrower’s account at Bank.
(d)
Computation . In the event the Prime Rate is
changed from time to time hereafter, the applicable rate of
interest hereunder shall be increased or decreased, effective as of
the day the Prime Rate is changed, by an amount equal to such
change in the Prime Rate. All interest chargeable under
the Loan Documents shall be computed on the basis of a three
hundred sixty (360) day year for the actual number of days
elapsed.
2.4
Crediting Payments . Prior to the occurrence of
an Event of Default, Bank shall credit a wire transfer of funds,
check or other item of payment to such deposit account or
Obligation as a Borrower specifies. After the occurrence
of an Event of Default, the receipt by Bank of any wire transfer of
funds, check, or other item of payment shall be immediately applied
to conditionally reduce Obligations, but shall not be considered a
payment on account unless such payment is of immediately available
federal funds or unless and until such check or other item of
payment is honored when presented for
payment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, any wire transfer or payment received by Bank
after 12:00 noon Pacific time shall be deemed to have been
received by Bank as of the opening of business on the immediately
following Business Day. Whenever any payment to Bank
under the Loan Documents would otherwise be due (except by reason
of acceleration) on a date that is not a Business Day, such payment
shall instead be due on the next Business Day, and additional fees
or interest, as the case may be, shall accrue and be payable for
the period of such extension.
2.5
Fees . Borrowers shall pay to Bank the
following:
(a)
Facility Fee . On the Closing Date, a Facility
Fee equal to $10,000, which shall be nonrefundable; and
(b)
Bank Expenses . On the Closing Date, all Bank
Expenses incurred through the Closing Date, including reasonable
attorneys’ fees and expenses and, after the Closing Date, all
Bank Expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and
expenses, as and when they are incurred by Bank.
2.6
Term . This Agreement shall become effective on
the Closing Date and, subject to Section 12.7, shall continue
in full force and effect for so long as any Obligations remain
outstanding or Bank has any obligation to make Credit Extensions
under this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
Bank shall have the right to terminate its obligation to make
Credit Extensions under this Agreement immediately and without
notice upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event
of Default. Notwithstanding termination, Bank’s
Lien on the Collateral shall remain in effect for so long as any
Obligations are outstanding.
3.1
Conditions Precedent to Initial Credit Extension
. The obligation of Bank to make the initial Credit
Extension is subject to the condition precedent that Bank shall
have received, in form and substance satisfactory to Bank, the
following:
(b) a
certificate of the Secretary of each Borrower with respect to
incumbency and resolutions authorizing the execution and delivery
of this Agreement;
(c) UCC
National Form Financing Statement for each Borrower;
(d) an
intellectual property security agreement for each
Borrower;
(e) a
warrant to purchase stock from DCT;
(f) agreement
to provide insurance;
(g) payment
of the fees and Bank Expenses then due specified in
Section 2.5 hereof;
(h) current
financial statements of each Borrower;
(i) an
audit of the Collateral by no later than February 2010, the
results of which shall be satisfactory to Bank; and
(j) such
other documents, and completion of such other matters, as Bank may
reasonably deem necessary or appropriate.
3.2
Conditions Precedent to all Credit Extensions
. The obligation of Bank to make each Credit Extension,
including the initial Credit Extension, is further subject to the
following conditions:
(a) timely
receipt by Bank of the Payment/Advance Form as provided in
Section 2.1; and
(b) the
representations and warranties contained in Section 5 shall be
true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of
such Payment/Advance Form and on the effective date of each Credit
Extension as though made at and as of each such date, and no Event
of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, or would exist
after giving effect to such Credit Extension. The making
of each Credit Extension shall be deemed to be a representation and
warranty by Borrowers on the date of such Credit Extension as to
the accuracy of the facts referred to in this
Section 3.2.
4.
CREATION OF SECURITY INTEREST .
4.1
Grant of Security Interest . Each Borrower grants
and pledges to Bank a continuing security interest in all presently
existing and hereafter acquired or arising Collateral in order to
secure prompt repayment of any and all Obligations and in order to
secure prompt performance by Borrowers of each of the covenants and
duties under the Loan Documents. Except as set forth in
the Schedule, such security interest constitutes a valid, first
priority security interest in the presently existing Collateral,
and will constitute a valid, first priority security interest in
Collateral acquired after the date hereof.
4.2
Delivery of Additional Documentation Required
. Borrowers shall from time to time execute and deliver
to Bank, at the request of Bank, all Negotiable Collateral, all
financing statements and other documents that Bank may reasonably
request, in form satisfactory to Bank, to perfect and continue the
perfection of Bank’s security interests in the Collateral and
in order to fully consummate all of the transactions contemplated
under the Loan Documents. Borrowers from time to time
may deposit with Bank specific time deposit accounts to secure
specific Obligations. Each Borrower authorizes Bank to
hold such balances in pledge and to decline to honor any drafts
thereon or any request by a Borrower or any other Person to pay or
otherwise transfer any part of such balances for so long as the
Obligations are outstanding.
4.3
Right to Inspect . Bank (through any of its
officers, employees, or agents) shall have the right, upon
reasonable prior notice, from time to time during a
Borrower’s usual business hours but no more than twice a year
(unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing), to
inspect Borrower’s Books and to make copies thereof and to
check, test, and appraise the Collateral in order to verify a
Borrower’s financial condition or the amount, condition of,
or any other matter relating to, the Collateral.
5.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES .
Each Borrower represents and warrants as
follows:
5.1
Due Organization and Qualification . Borrower and
each Subsidiary is a corporation duly existing under the laws of
its state of incorporation and qualified and licensed to do
business in any state in which the conduct of its business or its
ownership of property requires that it be so qualified.
5.2
Due Authorization; No Conflict . The execution,
delivery, and performance of the Loan Documents are within
Borrower’s powers, have been duly authorized, and are not in
conflict with nor constitute a breach of any provision contained in
Borrower’s Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws, nor will they
constitute an event of default under any material agreement to
which Borrower is a party or by which Borrower is
bound. Borrower is not in default under any material
agreement to which it is a party or by which it is
bound.
5.3
No Prior Encumbrances . Borrower has good and
marketable title to its property, free and clear of Liens, except
for Permitted Liens.
5.4
Bona Fide Eligible Accounts . The Eligible
Accounts are bona fide existing obligations. The
property and services giving rise to such Eligible Accounts has
been delivered or rendered to the account debtor or to the account
debtor’s agent for immediate and unconditional acceptance by
the account debtor. Borrower has not received notice of
actual or imminent Insolvency Proceeding of any account debtor that
is included in any Borrowing Base Certificate as an Eligible
Account.
5.5
Merchantable Inventory . All Inventory is in all
material respects of good and marketable quality, free from all
material defects, except for Inventory for which adequate reserves
have been made.
5.6
Intellectual Property Collateral . Borrower is
the sole owner of the Intellectual Property Collateral, except for
non-exclusive licenses granted by Borrower to its customers in the
ordinary course of business. Each of the Patents is
valid and enforceable, and no part of the Intellectual Property
Collateral has been judged invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in
part, and no claim has been made that any part of the Intellectual
Property Collateral violates the rights of any third
party. Except as set forth in the Schedule,
Borrower’s rights as a licensee of intellectual property do
not give rise to more than five percent (5%) of its gross revenue
in any given month, including without limitation revenue derived
from the sale, licensing, rendering or disposition of any product
or service. Except as set forth in the Schedule,
Borrower is not a party to, or bound by, any agreement that
restricts the grant by Borrower of a security interest in
Borrower’s rights under such agreement.
5.7
Name; Location of Chief Executive Office . Except
as disclosed in the Schedule, Borrower has not done business under
any name other than that specified on the signature page
hereof. The chief executive office of Borrower is
located at the address indicated in Section 10
hereof. All Borrower’s Inventory and Equipment is
located only at the location set forth in Section 10
hereof.
5.8
Litigation . Except as set forth in the Schedule,
there are no actions or proceedings pending by or against Borrower
or any Subsidiary before any court or administrative
agency.
5.9
No Material Adverse Change in Financial Statements
. All consolidated and consolidating financial
statements related to Borrower and any Subsidiary that Bank has
received from Borrower fairly present in all material respects
Borrower’s financial condition as of the date thereof and
Borrower’s consolidated and consolidating results of
operations for the period then ended. There has not been
a material adverse change in the consolidated or the consolidating
financial condition of Borrower since the date of the most recent
of such financial statements submitted to Bank.
5.10
Solvency, Payment of Debts . Borrower is solvent
and able to pay its debts (including trade debts) as they
mature.
5.11
Regulatory Compliance . Borrower and each
Subsidiary have met the minimum funding requirements of ERISA with
respect to any employee benefit plans subject to ERISA