Exhibit 10.1
POST-PETITION LOAN
AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
By and Among
LUMINENT MORTGAGE
CAPITAL, INC.,
MAIA MORTGAGE FINANCE STATUTORY
TRUST, MERCURY MORTGAGE FINANCE
STATUTORY TRUST, PROSERPINE, LLC,
SATURN PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT,
INC., LUMINENT CAPITAL MANAGEMENT,
INC., PANTHEON HOLDING COMPANY,
INC., MINERVA MORTGAGE FINANCE
CORP., MINERVA CDO DELAWARE SPV,
INC., AND OT REALTY TRUST
As Borrowers
-And-
ARCO CAPITAL
CORPORATION, LTD.
As Lender
SEPTEMBER 5,
2008
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ARTICLE I General Definitions
Section 1.1. Definitions
Section 1.2. Interpretive Provision
ARTICLE II Credit Facilities
Section 2.1. Commitment to Provide Loans
Section 2.2. Method of Borrowing
Section 2.3. Interest Rate
Section 2.4. Computation of Interest
Section 2.5. Maturity; Payments
Section 2.6. Reduction of Commitments
Section 2.7. Use of Proceeds
Section 2.8. Evidence of Debt
ARTICLE III Conditions to the
Agreement and Loans
Section 3.1. Conditions to the Effectiveness of the
Agreement
Section 3.2. Conditions Precedent to Funding
ARTICLE IV Security Interests and
Priority Claims
Section 4.1. Security Interests.
Section 4.2. Continuing Liability of the Debtors
Section 4.3. Collections
ARTICLE V Representations and
Warranties
Section 5.1. Corporate Existence and Power
Section 5.2. Corporate and Governmental Authorization;
Contravention
Section 5.3. Binding Effect
Section 5.4. Ownership and Liens
Section 5.5. Filings
Section 5.6. Litigation
Section 5.7. Regulation U
Section 5.8. Financing Orders.
ARTICLE VI Covenants
Section 6.1. Conduct of Business and Maintenance of
Existence
Section 6.2. Compliance with Laws
Section 6.3. Accounting; Inspection of Property, Books and
Records
Section 6.4. Maintenance of Security Interests
Section 6.5. Debt
Section 6.6. Restriction on Liens
Section 6.7. Notices
Section 6.8. Transactions with Other Persons
Section 6.9. Use of Proceeds
Section 6.10. Budget Reconciliation
Section 6.11. Plan Support Agreement and Pleadings
Section 6.12. Independence of Covenants
ARTICLE VII Event of
Default/Remedies
Section 7.1. Events of Default
Section 7.2. Remedies.
Section 7.3. Payments on Collateral
Section 7.4. Remedies Not Exclusive
Section 7.5. Application of Proceeds
ARTICLE VIII Miscellaneous
Section 8.1. Notices
Section 8.2. No Waivers
Section 8.3. Expenses.
Section 8.4. Amendments and Waivers
Section 8.5. Successors and Assigns; Survival
Section 8.6. New York Law
Section 8.7. Counterparts; Effectiveness
Section 8.8. Waiver of Jury Trial; Submission to
Jurisdiction
Section 8.9. Severability
Section 8.10. Entire Agreement; Conflicts
EXHIBITS
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POST-PETITION
LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
This POST-PETITION LOAN AND SECURITY
AGREEMENT (as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time,
this “Agreement”), dated as of September 5, 2008,
by and among Luminent Mortgage Capital, Inc., a Maryland
corporation (“Luminent”), Maia Mortgage Finance
Statutory Trust, a Maryland Business Trust (“Maia”),
Mercury Mortgage Finance Statutory Trust, a Maryland Business Trust
(“Mercury”), Proserpine, LLC, a Pennsylvania limited
liability company (“Proserpine”), Saturn Portfolio
Management, Inc. (“Saturn”), Luminent Capital
Management, Inc. (“Luminent Capital”), Pantheon Holding
Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Pantheon”),
Minerva Mortgage Finance Corp., a Maryland corporation
(“Minerva”), Minerva CDO Delaware SPV, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (“Minerva CDO”), and OT Realty Trust, a
Maryland real estate investment trust (“OT”, together
with Luminent, MAIA, Mercury, Proserpine, Saturn, Luminent Capital,
Pantheon, Minerva, and Minerva CDO, the “Borrowers” or
the “Debtors”), and Arco Capital Corporation Ltd. (the
“Lender”).
RECITALS
A. The Debtors have determined
that it is in the best interests of their creditors and other
stakeholders that they seek protection under the Bankruptcy Code,
11 U.S.C. §§ 101 et. seq. (the “Bankruptcy
Code”).
B. In connection with the
Debtors determination that a reorganization pursuant to
Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code is in the best interest of
the Debtors, their creditors and estates, the Debtors prior to the
date hereof entered into that certain Plan Support Agreement which
sets forth the principal terms of a plan of reorganization that the
Debtors major creditor constituencies agreed to support.
C. Consistent with the terms of
the Plan Support Agreement, on September 5, the Debtors
commenced these bankruptcy proceedings by filing voluntary
petitions for relief pursuant to 11 U.S.C. 301.
D. The Debtors have requested
that the Lender make Loans available to the Debtors to fund the
Debtors post-petition operations and for certain reorganization
expenses.
E. To provide security for the
repayment of the Loans made available pursuant hereto and payment
of the other obligations of the Debtors under this Agreement, the
Debtors have agreed to provide the Lender with the following:
(a) an
allowed administrative expense claim in each of the Bankruptcy
Cases (as defined herein) pursuant to Section 364(c)(1) of the
Bankruptcy Code having priority over all administrative expenses of
the kind specified in or arising under any sections of the
Bankruptcy Code (including, without limitation, Sections 105,
326, 328, 330, 331, 364, 503(b), 507(a), 507(b), 546(c) or 726
thereof);
(b) a
perfected first priority Lien, pursuant to Section 364(c)(2)
of the Bankruptcy Code, on all property of the Debtors which was
unencumbered by any Lien as of the Petition Date; and
(c) a
perfected Lien, pursuant to Section 364(c)(3) of the
Bankruptcy Code, upon all property of the Debtors, junior to
existing valid, perfected, enforceable and unavoidable Liens on
such property;
F. The Lender has agreed to make
Loans available to the Debtors upon the terms and conditions set
forth in this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in
consideration of the above premises and the mutual covenants and
agreements contained herein, the Lender and the Debtors hereby
agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
General
Definitions
Section 1.1. Definitions
. The following terms, as used herein, have the following
meanings:
“Account Debtor” means,
with respect to any Receivable or General Intangible, any Person
obligated to make payment thereunder, including without limitation
any account debtor thereon.
“Accounts” means any
“Account,” as such term is defined in
Section 9-102 of the UCC, now owned or hereafter acquired by
the Debtors, and any right of the Debtors to payment for goods sold
or leased or for services rendered which the Debtors may now have
or hereafter acquire, whether or not such right has been earned by
performance.
“Affiliate” means, with
respect to any Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly
through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or
is under common control with the Person specified. As used herein,
the term “control” means possession, directly or
indirectly, of the power or authority to direct or cause the
direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether
through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract, or
otherwise. Controlling and controlled have meanings correlative
thereto.
“Bankruptcy Cases” means
the legal proceedings commenced by the Debtors in the Bankruptcy
Court seeking to reorganize the Debtors’ businesses pursuant
to Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code.
“Bankruptcy Code” means
the United States Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. §§ 101
et seq ., as heretofore and hereafter amended.
“Bankruptcy Court” means
the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland or
such other court exercising jurisdiction over the Bankruptcy
Cases.
“Bankruptcy Rules” means
the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure and Official Forms that
govern procedure in cases under the Bankruptcy Code, as heretofore
and hereafter amended.
“Budget” shall have the
meaning ascribed to that term in Section 3.1(f) of this
Agreement.
“Budget Period” means
each period ending on the date specified in a column heading in the
Budget.
“Business Day” means any
day except a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial
banks in New York, NY are authorized by law to close.
“Carve-Out” shall mean a
carve-out from the proceeds of any liquidation of the Collateral,
which shall be available to pay (i) all fees required to be
paid to the Clerk of the Bankruptcy Court and to the Office of the
United States Trustee under section 1930(a) of title 28 of the
United States Code, (ii) the allowed professional fees and
disbursements expenses incurred by any statutory committees
appointed in the Bankruptcy Cases (each, a “Committee”)
in an amount not to exceed $50,000 and (iii) after the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, an
amount not to exceed $25,000 to pay allowed professional fees and
disbursements of counsel to the Debtors ; provided , that no
portion of the Carve-Out shall be utilized for the payment of any
fees and expenses incurred in connection with (x) any
challenge to the amount, extent, priority, validity, perfection or
enforcement of indebtedness of the Debtors owing to the Lender, the
Pre-Petition Lender, the Repo Counterparty, or any affiliate
thereof, or (y) any investigation of or challenge to the
collateral securing the Pre-Petition Loan or the perfection,
priority or validity of the liens granted in favor of the
Pre-Petition Lender with respect to the Pre-Petition Loan, or
(z) any investigation, assertion, initiation or prosecutions
of any claim, causes of action, adversary proceedings or other
litigation against the Lender, the Pre-Petition Lender, the Repo
Counterparty or their Affiliates.
“Causes of Action” means
any and all claims, causes of action, and rights to sue now owned
or hereafter acquired.
“Claim” shall have the
meaning ascribed to that term in Bankruptcy Code § 101(5).
“Code” means the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Collateral” means all of
the Debtors’ now existing or after acquired real and personal
property that is not Junior Collateral, including, but not limited
to, (i) all Receivables; (ii) all General Intangibles;
(iii) all Investment Property; (iv) all Inventory;
(v) all Equipment; (vi) all Equity Interests; (vii) to
the extent not included in the foregoing, all contracts, any right
to payment under a repurchase agreement, securities, chattel paper,
owned real estate, real property leaseholds, fixtures, machinery,
equipment, deposit discounts and the proceeds of any avoidance
actions arising under chapter 5 of the Bankruptcy Code;
(viii) to the extent not included in the foregoing, all other
personal property, whether tangible or intangible and wherever
located, including, but not limited to, the balance of every
deposit account now or hereafter existing of the Debtors with any
bank and all monies of the Debtors and all rights to payment of
money of the Debtors; and (ix) to the extent not otherwise
included, all cash and noncash Proceeds and products of any or all
of the foregoing, whether existing on the date hereof or arising
hereafter.
“Commitment” means the
commitment to make Loans up to an aggregate amount as set forth in
Section 2.1 and as such amount may be adjusted from time to
time in accordance with this Agreement.
“Copyrights” means all
right, title and interest the Debtors now own or hereafter acquire
in and to all statutory or common law copyrights, whether or not
registered with the United States Copyright Office, and all
registrations and recordings thereof and all applications in
connection therewith, including without limitation all such
registrations, recordings, and applications in the U.S. Copyright
Office or in any similar office or agency of the United States, any
State thereof or any other country or political subdivision thereof
and all reissues, extensions, and renewals thereof.
“Credit Period” means the
period from the Effective Date to the Maturity Date.
“Debt” means (i) all
indebtedness or other obligations of such Person for borrowed money
and all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures,
notes, loan agreements or other similar agreements or under leases
which would, in accordance with GAAP, be capitalized on the balance
sheet of such Person, (ii) all obligations of such Person to
pay the deferred purchase price of property or services (including
indebtedness created under or arising out of any conditional sale
or other title retention agreement), (iii) all obligations of
such Person (contingent or otherwise) under reimbursement or
similar agreements with respect to the issuance of letters of
credit, (iv) all indebtedness or other obligations of such
Person under or with respect to any MRA, swap, cap, collar or other
financial or commodity hedging arrangement, (v) all
indebtedness or other obligations of any other Person of the type
specified in clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) above, the
payment or collection of which such Person has guaranteed (except
by reason of endorsement for collection in the ordinary course of
business) or in respect of which such Person is liable,
contingently or otherwise, including liable by way of agreement to
purchase products or securities, to provide funds for payment, to
maintain working capital or other balance sheet conditions or
otherwise to assure a creditor against loss, and (vi) all
indebtedness or other obligations of any other Person of the type
specified in clause (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) or (v) above
secured by (or for which the holder of such indebtedness has an
existing right contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien,
upon or in property (including accounts and contract rights) owned
by such Person, whether or not such Person has assumed or becomes
liable for the payment of such indebtedness or obligations.
“Debtors” shall have the
meaning set forth in the preamble.
“Disclosure Statement”
shall have the meaning ascribed to that term in the Plan Support
Agreement.
“Effective Date” means
the date on which each of the conditions set forth in
Section 3.1(a) shall have been satisfied.
“Equipment” means all
equipment now owned or hereafter acquired by the Debtors, including
all items of machinery, equipment, computer hardware and related
items, furnishings and fixtures of every kind, whether affixed to
real property or not, as well as all automobiles, trucks and
vehicles of every description, equipment, all additions to,
substitutions for, replacements of or accessions to any of the
foregoing, all attachments, components, parts (including spare
parts) and accessories whether installed thereon or affixed thereto
and all fuel for any thereof.
“Equity Interests” means,
with respect to any Person, all of the shares of capital stock of
(or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the
warrants, options or other rights for the purchase or acquisition
from such Person of shares of capital stock of (or other ownership
or profit interests in) such Person, all of the securities
convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of (or
other ownership or profit interests in) such Person or warrants,
rights or options for the purchase or acquisition from such Person
of such shares (or such other interests), and all of the other
ownership or profit interests in such Person (including
partnership, member or trust interests therein), whether voting or
nonvoting, and whether or not such shares, warrants, options,
rights or other interests are outstanding on any date of
determination.
“Event of Default” shall
have the meaning ascribed to that phrase in Section 7.1.
“Federal Tax Claims”
means all federal tax claims of the Internal Revenue Service
against the Debtors entitled to priority under section 507(a)(8) of
the Bankruptcy Code.
“Final DIP Order” means
the order entered by the Bankruptcy Court approving this Agreement
and authorizing the financing contemplated by this Agreement,
including the grant of security interests in and Liens on the
Collateral and the grant of a Superpriority Claim for all
Obligations, which order shall be in form and substance reasonably
acceptable to the Lender and the Debtors.
“Financing Orders” means
the Interim DIP Order and the Final DIP Order.
“FRB” means the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.
“GAAP” means generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth in
the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board
and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and
statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards
Board or such other principles as may be approved by a significant
segment of the accounting profession in the United States, that are
applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination,
consistently applied.
“General Intangibles”
means all right, title and interest the Debtors now own or
hereafter acquire in or to all Causes of Action, contract rights,
documents, books, ledgers, records, money and general intangibles
now owned or hereafter acquired by the Debtors including, without
limitation, all customer lists, permits, federal and state tax
refunds, Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, Licenses, other rights in
intellectual property, and the balance of every deposit account now
or hereafter existing of the Debtors with any bank, all monies of
the Debtors and all rights to payment of money of the Debtors, and
all books, ledgers and records and all computer programs, tapes,
discs, punch cards, data processing software, transaction files,
master files and related property and rights (including computer
and peripheral equipment) necessary or helpful in enforcing,
identifying or establishing any item of Collateral.
“Governmental Authority”
means the government of the United States or any other nation, or
of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and
any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court,
central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative,
judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions
of or pertaining to government.
“Indemnitees” has the
meaning specified in Section 8.3(b).
“Interest Payment Date”
has the meaning specified in Section 2.2.
“Interim Credit Period”
means the period from the Effective Date to the earlier of
(i) the date of entry by the Bankruptcy Court of the Final DIP
Order or (ii) the termination of the Commitment pursuant to
Section 7.2 hereof.
“Interim DIP Order” means
the order entered by the Bankruptcy Court, in substantially the
form annexed hereto as Exhibit B , approving inter
alia this Agreement and authorizing the incurrence by the
Debtors of post-petition secured indebtedness in accordance with
this Agreement, including the grant of security interests in and
Liens on the Collateral and the grant of a Superpriority Claim for
all of the Obligations.
“Inventory” means all
right, title and interest the Debtors now own or hereafter acquire
in or to inventory, including without limitation (i) all goods
and other personal property held for resale by the Debtors,
(ii) all inventory, wherever located, evidenced by negotiable
and non-negotiable documents of title, warehouse receipts and bills
of lading, (iii) all of the Debtors’ rights in, to and
under all purchase orders now owned or hereafter received or
acquired by it for goods or services and (iv) all rights of
the Debtors as an unpaid seller, including rescission, replevin,
reclamation and stopping in transit.
“Investment Property”
shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the UCC.
“Junior Collateral” means
all of the Debtors’ real and personal property that is in
existence and that on the Petition Date is the subject of valid,
enforceable, properly perfected Liens, including, but not limited
to, (i) all Receivables; (ii) all General Intangibles;
(iii) all Investment Property; (iv) all Inventory;
(v) all Equipment; (vi) all Equity Interests;
(vii) to the extent not included in the foregoing, all
contracts, any right to payment under a repurchase agreement,
securities, chattel paper, owned real estate, real property
leaseholds, fixtures, machinery, equipment, and deposit discounts;
(viii) to the extent not included in the foregoing, all other
personal property, whether tangible or intangible and wherever
located, including, but not limited to, the balance of every
deposit account now or hereafter existing of the Debtors with any
bank and all monies of the Debtors and all rights to payment of
money of the Debtors; and (ix) to the extent not otherwise
included, all cash and noncash Proceeds and products of any or all
of the foregoing, whether existing on the date hereof or arising
hereafter.
“Laws” means,
collectively, all international, foreign, federal, state and local
statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances,
codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities,
including the interpretation or administration thereof by any
Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation
or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative
orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and
permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in
each case whether or not having the force of law.
“Lender” shall have the
meaning set forth in the preamble.
“LIBOR” means the rate
per annum equal to the British Bankers Association LIBOR Rate
(“BBA LIBOR”), as published by Reuters (or other
commercially available source providing quotations of BBA LIBOR) at
approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior
to the Effective Date, and as reset two Business Days prior to each
Interest Payment Date.
“License” means any
license or other agreement granting a Person the exclusive or
non-exclusive right to use and/or license the use of any Patent,
Copyright, Trademark or other intellectual property.
“Lien” means any
mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement,
encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge, or preference,
priority or other security interest or preferential arrangement in
the nature of a security interest of any kind or nature whatsoever
(including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement,
any easement, right of way or other encumbrance on title to real
property, and any financing lease having substantially the same
economic effect as any of the foregoing).
“Loan” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 2.1 hereof.
“Loan Documents” means
this Agreement, any Note executed by any Debtor and payable to the
Lender, and any other present or future agreements entered into in
connection with this Agreement, together with all alterations,
amendments, changes, extensions, or modifications to any of the
foregoing.
“Mandatory Prepayment”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.5 hereof.
“Master Repurchase
Agreements” mean (a) that certain Master Repurchase
Agreement dated as of August 14, 2007 between Saturn, as
seller, and GGRE, as buyer; (b) that certain Master Repurchase
Agreement dated as of August 14, 2007 between Mercury, as
seller, and GGRE, as buyer; (c) that certain Master Repurchase
Agreement dated as of August 14, 2007 between Minerva, as
seller, and GGRE, as buyer; and (d) that certain Master
Repurchase Agreement dated as of December 6, 2007 between
Minerva SPV, as seller, and GGRE, as buyer, in each case with
respect to the foregoing (a) through (d), including all
confirmations and amendments thereto.
“Material Adverse Effect”
means a material adverse effect upon (a) the properties,
liabilities (actual or contingent), condition (financial or
otherwise) or prospects of any of the Debtors, (b) the ability
of each of the Debtors to perform its obligations under any Loan
Document to which it is a party, or (c) the legality,
validity, binding effect or enforceability against any Debtor of
any Loan Document to which it is a party or (d) the value of
the Collateral.
“Maturity Date” means the
earlier of (i) January 31, 2009, unless the Lender in its
sole discretion agrees in writing to extend such date,
(ii) the effective date of any confirmed plan of
reorganization for the Debtors, and (iii) the termination of
the commitment to make Loans by the Lender upon the occurrence of
an Event of Default or the acceleration of the Obligations, in each
case, pursuant to Section 7.2 hereof.
“Obligations” means all
advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and
duties of, the Debtors arising under this Agreement or otherwise
with respect to any Loan, whether direct or indirect (including
those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to
become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including
interest and fees that accrue before and after the Effective Date.
Any reference in this Agreement to Obligations shall include all or
any portion thereof and any extensions, modifications, renewals or
alterations thereto.
“OT Put Agreement” means
that certain Put Agreement dated as of January 22, 2008, by
and among the Lender and Luminent as purchasers, OT as REIT, the
preferred shareholders party thereto, REIT Administration, LLC and
Charles B. Harrison.
“Outstanding Amount”
means on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of
Loans thereof after giving effect to any borrowings, occurring on
such date.
“Patents” means all
right, title and interest the Debtors now own or hereafter acquire
in or to all letters patent and the inventions described therein,
and all registrations and recordings thereof and all applications
in connection therewith, including without limitation all such
recordings, registrations and applications in the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office or in any similar office or agency of the United
States, any State thereof, or any other country (or political
subdivision thereof) and all reissues, extensions, and renewals
thereof.
“Permitted Liens” means
the Liens referred to in clauses (i) through (ii) of
Section 6.6.
“Person” means an
individual, a corporation, a partnership, a limited liability
company, an association, a trust or any other entity or
organization, including a government or political subdivision or an
agency or instrumentality thereof.
“Petition Date” shall
have the meaning ascribed to that term in the Recitals to this
Agreement.
“Plan” shall have the
meaning ascribed to that term in the Plan Support Agreement.
“Plan Support Agreement”
means that certain Plan Support and Forbearance Agreement dated
September 4, 2008 by and among the Debtors, the Lender, GGRE
LLC, WAMU Capital Corporation, Wells Fargo Bank, NA, Bear Stearns,
JMG Capital Partners, LP, William Stearn, David Eidelman, Watershed
Asset Management, LLC, Vicis Capital LLC, Argent Funds Group,
Waterstone Capital, Bayerische Hypo-Und Vereinsbank AG, AQR Capital
Management, LLC, CNH Partners, LLC, and RREEF Alternative
Investments. !
“Pre-Petition Credit
Agreement” means that certain Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement dated as of September 26, 2007 as amended by the
First Amendment to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated
as of December 7, 2007, the Second Amendment to the Amended
and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of May 9, 2008, the
Third Amendment to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated
as of June 16, 2008, by and among Luminent as borrower, each
of the other Debtors as guarantors, and Arco Capital Corporation
Ltd. as the lender, and those certain documents defined in the
Credit Agreement as “Related Documents.”
“Pre-Petition Financing
Documents” means the Pre-Petition Credit Agreement, the
Master Repurchase Agreements and the OT Put Agreement, each as
amended, restated or modified from time to time.
“Pre-Petition Lender”
means Arco Capital Corporation Ltd., as lender under the
Pre-Petition Credit Agreement.
“Proceeds” means all
proceeds, including (i) whatever is received upon any
collection, exchange, sale or other disposition of any of the
Collateral and any property into which any of the Collateral is
converted, whether cash or non-cash, (ii) any and all payments
or other property (in any form whatsoever) made or due and payable
on account of any insurance, indemnity, warranty or guaranty
payable to the Debtors with respect to any of the Collateral,
(iii) any and all payments (in any form whatsoever) made or
due and payable in connection with any requisition, confiscation,
condemnation, seizure or forfeiture of all or any part of the
Collateral by any Governmental Authority (or any person,
corporation, agency, authority or other entity acting under color
of any governmental authority), (iv) any claim of the Debtors
against third parties for past, present or future infringement of
any Patent or Copyright, for past, present or future infringement
or dilution of any Trademark, or for injury to the goodwill
associated with any Trademark, Patent or Copyright, or for the
breach of any License and (v) any and all other amounts from
time to time paid or payable under or in connection with any of the
Collateral.
“Receivables” means all
Accounts now or hereafter owing to the Debtors, and shall also mean
all accounts, accounts receivable, contract rights, book debts,
instruments and chattel paper, notes, drafts, acceptances, payments
under leases of equipment or sale of Inventory and other forms of
obligations now or hereafter received by or belonging or owing to
the Debtors for goods sold or leased and/or services rendered by
them, and all of the Debtors’ rights in, to and under all
purchase orders, instruments, and other documents now or hereafter
received by them evidencing obligations for and representing
payment for goods sold or leased and/or services rendered, and all
monies due or to become due to the Debtors under all contracts for
the sale or lease of goods and/or the performance of services by
them, now in existence or hereafter arising (including without
limitation the right to receive the Proceeds of said purchase
orders and contracts), together with all Inventory returned by or
reclaimed from customers wherever such Inventory is located, and
all guaranties, securities and liens held for the payment of any
such account, account receivable, contract right, document,
instrument or chattel paper.
“Related Parties” means,
with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the
partners, directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of
such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.
“Repo Counterparty” means
GGRE as buyer under those certain Master Repurchase Agreements.
“Responsible Officer”
means, with respect to any Debtor, the chief executive officer,
president, chief financial officer, treasurer or comptroller and
any other officer of the Debtor with responsibility for the
administration of the relevant portion of the Loan Documents. Any
document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible
Officer of such Debtor shall be conclusively presumed to have been
authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other
action on the part of the Debtor and such Responsible Officer shall
be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of the Debtor.
“Superpriority Claim”
means in relation to the Lender, a claim against the Debtors in the
Bankruptcy Cases which is an administrative expense claim
authorized and established by the Bankruptcy Court pursuant to
Sections 364(c) and 507(b) of the Bankruptcy Code and having
priority over any and all administrative expenses of the kind
specified in Sections 503(b), 507(b) and 546(c) of the
Bankruptcy Code.
“Tax” means any fee
(including license, filing and registration fee), tax (including
any income, gross receipts, franchise, sales, use or real,
personal, tangible or intangible property tax), interest
equalization or stamp tax, assessment, levy, impost, duty, charge
or withholding of any kind or nature whatsoever, imposed or
assessed by any Government, together with any penalty, fine or
interest thereon.
“Trademarks” means all
right, title and interest the Debtors now own or hereafter acquire
in or to all trademarks, trade names, corporate names, company
name, business names, fictitious business names, trade styles,
service marks, logos, other source of business identifiers, print
and labels on which any of the foregoing have appeared or appear,
designs and general intangibles of like nature, now existing or
hereafter adopted or acquired, all registrations and recordings
thereof and all applications in connection therewith, including
without limitation all such registrations, recordings and
applications in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or in
any similar office or agency of the United States, any State
thereof or any other country or political subdivision thereof and
all reissues, extensions, and renewals thereof.
“UCC” means at any time
the Uniform Commercial Code as the same may from time to time be in
effect in the State of New York, provided that, if, by reason of
mandatory provisions of law, the validity or perfection of any
security interest granted herein is governed by the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other than New York
then, as to the validity or perfection of such security interest,
“UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code in effect
in such other jurisdiction.
Section 1.2. Interpretive
Provision . With reference to this Agreement, unless otherwise
specified herein: (a) The
definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and
plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may
require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine,
feminine and neuter forms. The words “ include
,” “ includes ” and “
including ” shall be deemed to be followed by the
phrase “without limitation.” The word “
will ” shall be construed to have the same meaning and
effect as the word “ shall .” Unless the context
requires otherwise, (i) any definition of or reference to any
agreement, instrument or other document shall be construed as
referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from
time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject
to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or
modifications set forth herein, (ii) any reference herein to
any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s
successors and assigns, (iii) the words “ herein
,” “ hereof ” and “ hereunder
,” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement
shall be construed to refer to such Agreement in its entirety and
not to any particular provision thereof, (iv) any reference to
any law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions
consolidating, amending, replacing or interpreting such law and any
reference to any law or regulation shall, unless otherwise
specified, refer to such law or regulation as amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time, and (v) the words “
asset ” and “ property ” shall be
construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any
and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including
cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.
(b) In the computation of periods of time
from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “
from ” means “ from and including
;” the words “ to ” and “
until ” each mean “ to but excluding
;” and the word “ through ” means “
to and including .”
(c) Article, section and subsection
headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and
shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement.
ARTICLE II
Credit
Facilities
Section 2.1. Commitment to
Provide Loans . Subject to the terms and conditions set forth
in this Agreement and in the Financing Orders, the Lender agrees to
make Loans (each such Loan, a “Loan”) to the Debtors
from time to time during the Credit Period in an aggregate
principal amount not to exceed the lesser of $3,242,000.00 and the
aggregate drawdown amounts set forth in the Budget through the most
recent Budget Period (the “Commitment”). The Debtors,
jointly and severally, agree to repay all of the Obligations owed
to the Lender under the terms of this Section 2.1 and this
Agreement.
Section 2.2. Method of
Borrowing . The Debtors shall request Loans by submitting a
written request to the Lender specifying the principal amount of
the Loan requested. The Lender shall honor each loan request by
making a wire transfer to the Debtors’ operating account in
the amount of the Loan requested, provided that (i) honoring
the request would not cause the aggregate amount of outstanding
Loans to exceed the Commitment, (ii) such request is in
specific accordance with the line items set forth in the Budget for
the Budget Period to which such request relates and (iii) an
Event of Default has not occurred and is continuing. Each request
for a Loan shall constitute a representation by the Debtors that
each of the representations and warranties in Article V of
this Agreement is true and complete in all material respects as of
the date of such request.
Section 2.3. Interest
Rate . As provided further below, interest shall accrue on the
average daily outstanding balance of the Loans at the rate of LIBOR
plus 2% per annum. On each monthly anniversary of the Effective
Date and on the effective date of the Plan (each such date, an
“Interest Payment Date”), accrued interest shall be
paid in kind and shall be added to the outstanding principal amount
of the Obligations owing by the Debtors to the Lender pursuant to
this Agreement. Any accrued and unpaid interest shall be due and
payable on the date that the outstanding principal amount of the
Loans is paid or becomes due and payable in full. In the event of
an Event of Default, the Loans shall bear interest on the
outstanding principal balance thereof at a rate equal to LIBOR plus
4% per annum for each day from the date of the Event of Default
until the Loans are paid in full.
Section 2.4. Computation of
Interest . Interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of
a year of 360 days and paid for the actual number of days
elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).
Section 2.5. Maturity;
Payments . The Loans shall mature, and the principal amount of
all outstanding Loans, together with all accrued and unpaid
interest thereon and all other Obligations that may be due to the
Lender under this Agreement, shall be immediately due and payable
by the Debtors to the Lender upon the Maturity Date. The
Obligations may be prepaid at any time by the Debtors without
penalty. Immediately upon the receipt by the Debtors of any
proceeds of any recovery upon any of the Debtors’ litigation
claims, the Debtors shall prepay the Loans in an amount equal to
the net proceeds of such recovery after taking into account
expenses (a “Mandatory Prepayment”). All payments by
the Debtors shall be made to the Lender in lawful money of the
United States of America and in immediately available funds.
Whenever any payment to be made hereunder shall be due on a day
that is not a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the first
Business Day thereafter, and such extension of time shall in such
case be included in the computation of interest hereunder.
Section 2.6. Reduction of
Commitments . The Commitment of the Lender shall be permanently
reduced by (a) the amount of any Mandatory Prepayment, and
(b) an amount equal to all revenues received by the Debtors in
a Budget Period net of amounts of up to 20% of such revenues to the
extent such amounts are paid to Persons unrelated to the Debtors
for commissions and fees in relation to such revenues.
Section 2.7. Use of
Proceeds . The proceeds of the Loans shall be used only
(i) to pay the Debtors’ obligations to the Lender
hereunder, (ii) to pay the costs of the Debtors’
operations in the ordinary course of their businesses and in
specific accordance with the line items set forth in the Budget, or
(iii) to pay restructuring expenses and fees incurred by the
Debtors as set forth in the Budget, and (iv) to pay such other
amounts as may be agreed to by the Debtors and the Lender.
Notwithstanding anything herein, no proceeds of the Loans shall be
utilized for the payment of any fees and expenses incurred in
connection with (x) any investigation of or challenge to the
amount, extent, priority, validity, perfection or enforcement of
indebtedness of the Debtors owing to the Lender, the Pre-Petition
Lender, the Repo Counterparty or any Affiliate thereof, or to the
collateral securing the Pre-Petition Loan or the perfection,
priority or validity of the liens granted in favor of the
Pre-Petition Lender with respect to the Pre-Petition Loan, or
(y) any investigation, assertion, initiation or prosecutions
of any claim, causes of action, adversary proceedings or other
litigation against the Lender, the Pre-Petition Lender, Repo
Counterparty or their Affiliates.
Section 2.8. Evidence of
Debt . The Loans made by the Lender shall be evidenced by one
or more accounts or records maintained by such Lender. The accounts
or records maintained by the Lender shall be conclusive absent
manifest error of the amount of the Loans made by the Lender to the
Debtors and the interest and payments thereon. Upon the request of
the Lender, the Debtors shall execute and deliver to the Lender a
Note, which shall evidence such Lender’s Loans in addition to
such accounts or records, however, no such Note will be necessary
as evidence of the Loans. The Lender may attach schedules to its
Note and endorse thereon the date, amount and maturity of its Loans
and payments with respect thereto.
ARTICLE III
Conditions to the
Agreement and Loans
Section 3.1. Conditions to
the Effectiveness of the Agreement . The effectiveness of this
Agreement is subject to the satisfaction of the following
conditions precedent:
(a) The Lender shall have received
executed counterparts of this Agreement;
(b) The Lender shall have received all
documents reasonably requested by the Lender relating to the
existence of the Debtors and their corporate authority to execute,
deliver and perform this Agreement and any other documents to which
the Debtors and the Lender are parties and the validity of this
Agreement and such other documents and any other matters relevant
hereto or thereto, all in form and substance satisfactory to the
Lender.
(c) The Lender shall have received such
certificates of resolutions or other action, incumbency
certificates and/or other certificates of Responsible Officers of
each Debtor as the Lenders may require evidencing the identity,
authority and capacity of each Responsible Officer thereof
authorized to act in connection with this Agreement or any of the
Loan Documents to which such Debtor is a party.
(d) All legal matters incident to this
Agreement, and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby
shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Lender.
(e) The Lender shall have received a
favorable opinion of counsel to the Debtors as to such matters as
the Lender may reasonably request.
(f) The Lender shall have received and
approved a budget of sources and uses of cash, substantially in the
form annexed hereto as Exhibit A (the
“Budget”).
(g) On or prior to the date of such
initial Loan, each document (including, without limitation, each
UCC financing statement) required by law or reasonably requested by
the Lender to be filed, registered or recorded in order to create
in favor of the Lender a perfected security interest in and Lien on
the Collateral shall have been properly filed, registered or
recorded in each jurisdiction in which the filing, registration or
recordation thereof is so required or requested, and the Lender
shall have received a duly completed and signed perfection
certificate together with evidence that all filings, registrations
and recordings required by law or reasonably requested by the
Lenders to perfect the Liens created hereunder have been or
concurrently are being made.
(h) The Interim DIP Order shall have been
entered by the Bankruptcy Court in a form and substance
satisfactory to the Lender and shall have been entered on notice to
parties in accordance with Bankruptcy Rule 4001, and shall be
in full force and effect and shall not have been (x) stayed,
vacated, revised or rescinded or (y) amended or modified
without the prior written consent of the Lender.
(i) All “First Day Orders” or
other orders entered at the time of the Petition Date shall be
reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Lender in all
respects.
Section 3.2. Conditions
Precedent to Funding . As a condition precedent to any
obligation of the Lender to fund the Loans or to otherwise extend
credit to the Debtors, the following conditions must have been
satisfied:
(a) The Lender shall have
received a loan request in accordance with Section 2.2 and all
such other documents the Lender requires in connection with its
commitment to make Loans.
(b) No Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing or would result from making such
Loan;
(c) No event of default shall
have occurred under the Plan Support Agreement and such agreement
shall not have been terminated in accordance with its terms;
(d) The Debtors shall have
performed or complied with all agreements and conditions set forth
herein to be performed or complied with by them on or prior to the
date of such Loan;
(e) The representations and
warranties of the Debtors contained in this Agreement or any other
Loan Document shall be true and complete in all material
respects.
(f) The Interim DIP Order or,
following the entry of the Final DIP Order, the Final DIP Order
shall be in full force and effect, and shall not have been stayed,
vacated, reversed or rescinded, and such order shall not have been
amended or modified without the prior written consent of the
Lender;
(g) The purpose of the Loan
shall be consistent with and for purposes permitted under the
Budget and the Debtors shall, at the time of the delivery of any
loan request pursuant to Section 2.2 hereof, have used for a
purpose set forth in the Budget all cash on hand and any cash
collateral; and
(h) Other than the Bankruptcy
Cases, there shall exist no claim, action, suit, litigation,
proceeding or investigation pending in any court or before any
arbitrator or Governmental Authority that relates to the
Obligations.
Each Request for a Loan submitted by the Debtors shall be deemed
to be a representation and warranty that the conditions specified
in this Article III have been satisfied on and as of the date
of the applicable Loan.
ARTICLE IV
Security
Interests and Priority Claims
Section 4.1. Security
Interests .
(a) To secure the prompt and complete
payment and performance of the Obligations of the Debtors to the
Lender under this Agreement and under the Loan Documents, howsoever
created, arising or evidenced, whether direct or indirect, absolute
or contingent, now existing or hereafter arising or due or to
become due, in accordance with the terms thereof, each of the
Debtors hereby grant to the Lender and upon entry of and pursuant
to the Interim DIP Order (and when applicable, the Final DIP
Order), the Lender shall have (i) pursuant to 11 U.S.C.
§364(c)(2), valid and perfected senior continuing first
priority security interests in and Liens on the Debtors rights,
title and interests to all Collateral; and (ii) pursuant to 11
U.S.C. §364(c)(3), perfected Liens upon all pre- and post
petition property of the Debtors that constitutes Junior
Collateral, which Liens shall be junior only to such valid and
perfected Liens in existence on the Petition Date. The Lender shall
have all the rights of a secured party with respect to the
Collateral and Junior Collateral under the UCC and the other laws
of the State of New York and any other applicable jurisdiction. The
Liens granted to the Lender hereunder shall in all respects be
senior to any pre-petition lien that is determined to be avoidable
pursuant to 11 U.S.C. §544 or otherwise and, the Liens shall
not be (i) subject to any lien or security interest which is
avoided and preserved for the Borrower’s estate under 11
U.S.C. §551 or (ii) subordinated to or made pari
passu with any other lien or security interest under 11 U.S.C.
§364(d) or otherwise and shall at all times be senior to the
rights of the Debtors and any successor trustee(s) in the
Bankruptcy Cases or any subsequent proceedings under the Bankruptcy
Code.
(b) Pursuant to the Financing Orders and
this Agreement, the Liens granted pursuant to Section 4.1(a)
shall constitute valid, enforceable and perfected first priority
Liens and security interests in the Collateral and, except as
specifically provided for herein, at all times shall be senior to
and have priority over any and all other Liens, claims and
interests, now existing or hereafter arising, in favor of any other
creditor or any Person whatsoever. The Liens granted to the Lender
in accordance with Section 4.1(a) with respect to the Junior
Collateral shall be valid, enforceable and perfected Liens subject
only to valid and perfected Liens in existence on the Petition
Date. No claim of any kind or nature shall be assessed against or
attributed to the Lender, the Collateral or the Junior Collateral
pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 506(c) or 11 U.S.C. § 552 or
otherwise.
(c) Pursuant to the Financing Orders and
this Agreement, the Liens granted pursuant to Section 4.1(a)
and (b) shall be valid, enforceable and perfected without the
necessity that th