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Exhibit 10.6
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RBC Centura
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AMENDED AND
RESTATED
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LOAN AND SECURITY
AGREEMENT
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(SD-L&S)
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This AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AND SECURITY
AGREEMENT ("Agreement") is entered into as of the 2
nd day of January,
2007, by and between RBC CENTURA BANK ("Bank") and COMPUTER
SOFTWARE INNOVATIONS, INC. ("Borrower").
RECITALS
This Agreement restates and amends the following agreements
previously executed by and between Borrower and Bank: (1) a
Loan Agreement dated March 14, 2005; (2) a
Pledge & Security Agreement effective March 14, 2005;
(3) a Commercial Security Agreement dated February 10,
2006; and (4) a Business Loan Agreement dated April 24,
2006. No novation of these agreements is intended.
Borrower wishes to obtain additional credit from time to time
from Bank, and Bank desires to extend such credit to Borrower for
use by Borrower in its business. This Agreement sets forth the
terms and conditions on which Bank will advance credit to
Borrower.
AGREEMENT
The parties agree as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION .
1.1 Definitions . Capitalized terms used herein and not
defined in the specific section in which they are used shall have
the meanings assigned to such terms in Exhibit A. Terms not defined
in a specific section or in Exhibit A which are defined in
the Code shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the
Code.
1.2 Accounting Terms . All accounting terms not
specifically defined in Exhibit A shall be construed in accordance
with GAAP and all calculations shall be made in accordance with
GAAP. The term "financial statements" shall include the
accompanying notes and schedules.
1.3 Use and Application of Terms . To the end of
achieving the full realization by Bank of its rights and remedies
under this Agreement, including payment in full of the Obligations,
in using and applying the various terms, provisions and conditions
in this Agreement, the following shall apply: (i) the terms
"hereby", "hereof", "herein", "hereunder" and any similar words
refer to this Agreement; (ii) words in the masculine gender
mean and include correlative words of the feminine and neuter
genders and words importing the singular numbered meaning include
the plural number, and vice versa; (iii) words importing
persons include firms, companies, associations, general
partnerships, limited partnerships, limited liability partnerships,
limited liability limited partnerships, limited liability
companies, trusts, business trusts, corporations and other
registered or legal organizations, including public and
quasi-public bodies, as well as individuals; (iv) the use of
the terms "including" or "included in", or the use of examples
generally, are not intended to be limiting, but shall mean, without
limitation, the examples provided and others that are not listed,
whether similar or dissimilar; (v) the phrase "costs and
expenses", or variations thereof, shall include, without
limitation, the reasonable fees of the following persons:
attorneys, legal assistants, accountants, engineers, surveyors,
appraisers and other professionals and service providers;
(vi) as the context requires, the word "and" may have a joint
meaning or a several meaning and the word "or" may have an
inclusive meaning or an exclusive meaning; (vii) this
Agreement shall not be applied, interpreted and construed more
strictly against a person because that person or that
person’s attorney drafted this Agreement;
(viii) wherever possible each provision of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be interpreted and
applied in such manner as to be effective and valid under
applicable Requirements of Law, but if any provision of this
Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents shall be prohibited or
invalid under such law, or the application thereof shall be
prohibited or invalid under such law, such provision shall be
ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity without
invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining
provisions, or the application thereof shall be in a manner and to
an extent permissible under applicable Requirements of Law; and
(ix) the Loan Documents shall be subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, and in the event of a conflict
between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the terms
and conditions of the Loan Documents, the terms and conditions of
this Agreement shall prevail.
2. CREDIT EXTENSIONS .
2.1 Credit Extensions . Subject to and upon the terms and
conditions of this Agreement and provided that no Event of Default
has occurred and is continuing, Bank shall make available to
Borrower the following Credit Facilities and Credit Extensions
thereunder: Revolving Facility, Equipment Facility, Real Estate
Facility. The Credit Facilities and related Credit Extensions which
are to be made available to Borrower are more fully described below
in this Section 2.1 and unless otherwise provided in this
Agreement, the Credit Facilities and related Credit Extensions
shall be evidenced by one or more Promissory Notes from Borrower to
Bank and the Credit Extensions shall bear interest, and the Credit
Extensions, the interest and the fees, charges, premiums and costs
and expenses associated therewith, shall be repayable in accordance
with the terms of such Promissory Notes and this Agreement.
(a) Revolving Facility .
(i) General . From the date hereof through the Revolving
Maturity Date, Bank agrees to make advances ("Advance" or
"Advances") from the Revolving Facility to Borrower for use in its
business – and not for any other purpose. Unless otherwise
agreed, Bank will make Advances on a daily basis, provided that the
aggregate amount of outstanding Advances shall not exceed at any
time (i) the lesser of (A) the amount available under the
Revolving Facility or (B) the Borrowing Base. If no Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, amounts borrowed under the
Revolving Facility may be repaid and reborrowed at any time prior
to the Maturity Date of the Revolving Facility.
(ii) Making Advances . Advances, as well as directions
for payment from Borrower’s accounts, may be requested orally
or in writing by authorized persons. Bank may, but need not,
require that all oral requests be confirmed in writing. Each
Advance shall be conclusively deemed to have been made at the
request of and for the benefit of Borrower (A) when credited
to any deposit account of Borrower maintained with Bank; or
(B) when advanced in accordance with the instructions of an
authorized person. Bank, at its option, may set a cutoff time,
after which all requests for Advances will be treated as having
been requested on the next succeeding Business Day. Not later than
2:00 p.m. (Eastern time) on the date on which Borrower’s
request for an Advance is deemed to have been made, Bank shall make
the Advance available to Borrower in immediately available funds by
crediting the amount thereof to Borrower’s account with
Bank.
(iii) Loan Account . Bank shall maintain on its books a
record of account in which Bank shall make entries for each Advance
and such other debits and credits as shall be appropriate in
connection with the Revolving Facility. Bank shall provide Borrower
with periodic statements of Borrower’s account, which
statements shall be considered to be correct and conclusively
binding on Borrower unless Borrower notifies Bank to the contrary
within thirty (30) days after Borrower’s receipt of any
such statement which Borrower deems to be incorrect.
(b) Equipment Facility . Bank shall increase the amount
of the current term loan, evidenced by that certain Promissory Note
dated February 10, 2006, to Eight Hundred Thousand and No/100
Dollars ($800,000.00), the proceeds of which extension will be used
to reimburse Borrower for Capital Expenditures of Borrower incurred
during 2006. Bank shall advance a principal amount to Borrower
under this Equipment Facility of the difference between Eight
Hundred Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($800,000.00) and the
outstanding principal balance owing under the Promissory Note dated
February 10, 2006 as of January 2, 2007.
(c) Real Estate Facility . Bank shall
extend to Borrower financing in the amount of the lesser of
(A) ninety percent (90%) of the appraised value of
improved real estate, situate at 3213 Executive Park Circle,
Mobile, Alabama or (B) Five Hundred Thousand and No/100
Dollars ($500,000.00), the proceeds of which extension will be used
for the satisfaction of indebtedness incurred by Borrower in the
acquisition of said real estate.
2.2 [Intentionally Omitted]
2.3 Overadvances . If, at any time, the aggregate amount
of the outstanding principal under any Credit Extension exceeds the
maximum amount that is permitted to be outstanding at any one time,
as provided in this Section 2, the Borrower shall immediately
pay to Bank, in cash, the amount of such excess upon written or
oral notice from Bank.
2.4 Charging of Payments . Upon the occurrence and during
the continuation of an Event of Default hereunder, Bank may, at its
option, set-off and apply to the Obligations and otherwise exercise
its rights of recoupment as to any and all (i) balances and
deposits of Borrower held by Bank; and (ii) indebtedness and
other obligations at any time owing to or for the credit or the
account of Borrower by Bank and by any of Bank’s Affiliates.
Bank may, at its option, upon the occurrence and during the
continuation of an Event of Default, also charge all payments
required to be made on any of the Obligations against the Revolving
Facility. If Bank charges the aforementioned payments against the
Revolving Facility, the same shall be deemed an Advance thereunder
and the amount of the Advance shall thereafter accrue interest at
the interest rate applicable from time to time to Advances; and if
Bank charges payments as aforesaid, Bank may, in its discretion,
limit, declare a moratorium on and terminate Borrower’s right
under this Agreement to receive additional Advances, all without
prior notice to Borrower, unless notice is otherwise specifically
required under this Agreement – and Bank’s decision to
do one of the foregoing does not prevent it from later doing any
one or more of the others.
2.5 Fees . In addition to the other fees, charges, costs
and expenses required to be paid by Borrower under this Agreement
and the other Loan Documents, Borrower shall pay to Bank the fees,
charges, costs and expenses set forth in this Section 2.5.
(a) Commitment Fee . On the Closing Date, Borrower shall
pay to Bank a non-refundable Commitment Fee of Ten Thousand and
00/100 Dollars ($10,000.00).
(b) Bank Expenses . On the Closing Date, Borrower shall
pay to Bank all Bank Expenses incurred through the Closing Date and
shall pay, as and when demand is so made by Bank to Borrower, all
Bank Expenses incurred relating to completion, after the Closing
Date, of matters related to closing of this Agreement. Borrower
shall be responsible for its own fees and expenses, including its
legal fees.
2.6 Documentary and Intangible Taxes; Additional Costs.
To the extent not prohibited by law and notwithstanding who is
liable for payment of the taxes and fees, Borrower shall pay, on
Bank’s demand, all intangible personal property taxes,
documentary stamp taxes, excise taxes and other similar taxes
assessed, charged and required to be paid in connection with the
Credit Extensions and any extension, renewal and modification
thereof, or assessed, charged and required to be paid in connection
with this Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents and any
extension, renewal and modification of any of the foregoing. If,
with respect to this Agreement or the transactions hereunder, any
Requirement of Law (i) subjects Bank to any tax (except
federal, state and local income taxes on the overall net income of
Bank); (ii) imposes, modifies and deems applicable any deposit
insurance, reserve, special deposit or similar requirement against
assets held by, or deposits in, or loans by Bank; or
(iii) imposes upon Bank any other condition, and the result of
any of the foregoing is to impose any additional Bank Expenses upon
Bank with respect to the Obligations; then Borrower agrees to pay
to Bank the amount of such additional Bank Expenses within thirty
(30) days following presentation by Bank of a statement of the
amount and setting forth Bank’s calculation thereof, all in
reasonable detail, which statement shall be deemed true and correct
absent manifest error.
2.7 Term of Agreement . This Agreement shall become
effective on the Closing Date and shall continue in full force and
effect until the last to occur of (i) payment in full of all
of the Obligations; or (ii) termination of Bank’s
obligation to make Credit Extensions under this Agreement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing,
Bank shall have the right to limit, declare a
moratorium on and 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;
and such action by Bank shall not constitute a termination of this
Agreement, shall not constitute a termination of Borrower’s
obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and
shall not adversely affect or impair Bank’s security
interests in the Collateral. Bank’s decision to do any one of
the foregoing (i.e., limit, declare a moratorium and terminate its
obligations to make Credit Extensions) shall not prevent it from
exercising any one or more of the other options available to it at
any other time.
3. CONDITIONS OF CREDIT EXTENSIONS .
3.1 Conditions Precedent to Initial Credit Extension .
The obligation of Bank to make the initial Credit Extension on each
Credit Facility is subject to the condition precedent that all of
the conditions and requirements set forth in this Section 3.1
and Section 3.2 have been satisfied and completed, or the
satisfaction and completion thereof waived by Bank. If all of the
conditions are not met to Bank’s satisfaction, or the
completion thereof waived by Bank, Bank may, at its option,
(i) withhold disbursement until the same are met;
(ii) close and require that any unsatisfied conditions be
satisfied as a condition subsequent to closing within such period
of time as may be designated by the Bank; or (iii) terminate
its obligation to make any Credit Extension and recover from
Borrower all Bank Expenses incurred by Bank in connection with its
preparations for making the Credit Extensions. A waiver by Bank of
a condition must be in writing to be effective and a waiver as to
one or more conditions shall not constitute a waiver as to other
conditions and shall not establish a "course of dealing or
practice" that would require a waiver of the same or a similar
condition at some later time.
(a) Loan Documents, etc . Bank shall have received an
original of this Agreement, duly executed by Borrower and any other
persons who are parties hereto, and all of the information,
certifications, certificates, authorizations, consents, approvals,
title and other insurance policies and commitments, financial
statements, financing statements, agreements, documents and records
listed on the Closing Memorandum and Checklist as items to be
received, reviewed, completed, executed, recorded, filed and
satisfied prior to Bank making the initial Credit Extension, and
such other information, agreements, documents and records as Bank
and its counsel may deem reasonably necessary or appropriate.
(b) Payment of Fees . Bank shall have received payment of
the fees and Bank Expenses then due, as specified in
Section 2.
(c) No Event of Default . No Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing as of the Closing Date, or after giving
effect to the initial Credit Extension to be made at or immediately
after closing.
(d) Additional Matters . All other legal and non-legal
matters as Bank or its counsel deem reasonably necessary or
appropriate to be satisfied, completed and received prior to the
initial Credit Extension shall be satisfied, completed and received
in form and substance satisfactory to the Bank and its counsel; and
Bank’s counsel shall have received duly executed counterpart
originals, or certified or other such copies of all records as such
counsel may reasonably request.
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 all of the
conditions and requirements set forth in this Section 3.2
being satisfied and completed, or the satisfaction and completion
thereof waived by Bank.
(a) Loan Payment/Advance Request Form . In the case of
any Advances under the Revolving Facility, Bank shall have
received, as and when required, a completed Loan Payment/Advance
Request Form in form presented by and acceptable to Bank.
(b) Representations and Warranties; No Event of Default .
The representations and warranties referenced in Section 5 and
in the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct on and as of
the date of each Credit Extension as though made at and as of each
such date (provided, however, that those representations and
warranties expressly referring to another date
shall be true, correct and complete as of 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 Borrower on the date of such Credit Extension as to the
accuracy of the facts referred to in this subsection.
4. CREATION OF SECURITY INTEREST .
4.1 Grant of Security Interest . Borrower grants and
pledges to Bank a continuing security interest in all presently
existing and hereafter acquired or arising Collateral to secure the
prompt repayment of any and all Obligations and to secure the
prompt performance by Borrower of each of its covenants, duties and
obligations under the Loan Documents. Except as to Permitted Liens
or as Bank may have otherwise consented hereunder or in the other
Loan Documents, 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 or arising after the date hereof.
Notwithstanding any limitation of, moratorium on or termination of
Bank’s obligation to make Credit Extensions under this
Agreement, Bank’s security interest on the Collateral shall
remain in full force and effect for so long as any Obligations are
outstanding.
4.2 Delivery of Additional Documentation Required .
Borrower shall from time to time execute and deliver to Bank, at
the request of Bank, all Negotiable Collateral, all Financing
Statements and other documents and records that Bank may request,
in form and substance satisfactory to Bank and its counsel, to
perfect and continue perfected Bank’s security interests in
the Collateral and in order to fully consummate all of the
transactions contemplated under the Loan Documents. Borrower hereby
consents to the filing by Bank of Financing Statements and such
other instruments and documents in any jurisdictions or locations
deemed advisable or necessary in Bank’s discretion to
preserve, protect and perfect Bank’s security interest and
rights in the Collateral. Borrower further consents to and ratifies
the filing of such Financing Statements and other instruments and
documents prior to the Closing Date. If Borrower has executed and
delivered to Bank a separate security agreement or agreements in
connection with any or all of the Obligations, that security
agreement or those security agreements and the security interests
created therein shall be in addition to and not in substitution of
this Agreement and the security interests created hereby, and this
Agreement shall be in addition to and not in substitution of the
other security agreement or agreements and the security interests
created thereby (except to the extent any such prior agreements are
amended and restated by this Agreement). In all cases this
Agreement and the aforesaid security agreement or agreements, as
well as all other evidences or records of any and all of the
Obligations and agreements of Borrower, Bank and other persons who
may be obligated on any of the Obligations, shall be applied and
enforced in harmony with and in conjunction with each other to the
end that Bank realizes fully upon its rights and remedies in each
and the Liens created by each; and, to the extent conflicts exist
between this Agreement and the other security agreements and
records, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall
prevail.
4.3 Power of Attorney . Borrower does hereby irrevocably
constitute and appoint Bank its true and lawful attorney with full
power of substitution, for it and in its name, place and stead, to
execute, deliver and file such agreements, documents, notices,
statements and records, to include, without limitation, Financing
Statements, and to do or undertake such other acts as Bank, in its
sole discretion, deems necessary or advisable to effect the terms
and conditions of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and to
otherwise preserve, protect and perfect the security of the
security interest in the Collateral. The foregoing appointment is
and the same shall be coupled with an interest in favor of
Bank.
4.4 Right to Inspect and Audit . Bank (through any of its
officers, employees, agents or other persons designated by Bank)
shall have the right, upon reasonable prior notice, from time to
time during Borrower’s usual business hours, to inspect
Borrower’s Books and to make copies thereof and to inspect,
check, test, audit and appraise the Collateral and Borrower’s
business affairs in order to verify Borrower’s financial
condition or the amount, condition of, or any other matter relating
to the Collateral and Borrower’s compliance with the terms
and conditions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Upon
reasonable prior notice to Borrower, Borrower shall permit
representatives of Bank to discuss the business, operations,
properties and financial and other conditions of Borrower with its
officers, board members, executives, managers, members, partners,
employees, agents, independent certified public accountants and
others, as applicable. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of
this Section 4.4, Bank shall not be required to give prior
notice or limit its inspections to normal business hours if it
deems an emergency or other extraordinary situation to exist with
respect to the Collateral, Borrower’s Books and its other
rights hereunder.
4.5 Collection of Accounts . In addition
to its other rights and remedies in this Agreement, Bank shall have
the rights and remedies set forth in this Section 4.5, all of
which may be exercised by Bank upon the occurrence and during the
continuation of an Event of Default.
(a) Bank is authorized and empowered at any time in its sole
discretion (i) to require Borrower to notify, or itself to
notify, either in its own name or in the name of Borrower, all or
any of the Borrower’s account debtors, and any other person
obligated to Borrower, that Borrower’s Accounts have been
assigned to Bank and to request in its name, in the name of
Borrower or in the name of a third person, confirmation from any
such account debtor or other person of the amount payable and any
other matter stated therein or relating thereto; (ii) to
demand, collect, settle, compromise for, recover payment of, to
hold as additional security for the Obligations, and to apply
against the Obligations, any and all sums which are now owing and
which may hereafter arise and become due and owing upon any of said
Accounts and upon any other obligation to Borrower (to include
making, settling, adjusting, collecting and recovering payment of
all claims under and decisions with respect to Borrower’s
policies of insurance); (iii) to enforce payment of any
Account and any other obligation of any person to Borrower either
in its own name or in the name of Borrower; (iv) to endorse in
the name of Borrower and to collect any instrument or other medium
of payment, whether tangible or electronic, tendered or received in
payment of the Accounts that constitute Collateral and any other
obligation owed to Borrower; (v) to sign Borrower’s name
on any invoice or bill of lading relating to any Account, drafts
against account debtors, schedules and assignments of Accounts,
verifications of Accounts and notices to account debtors; and
(vi) to dispose of any Collateral constituting Accounts and to
convert any Collateral constituting Accounts into other forms of
Collateral. However, under no circumstances shall Bank be under any
duty to act in regard to any of the foregoing matters. Without
limiting the provisions of Section 4.3 hereof, but in addition
thereto, Borrower hereby appoints Bank and any employee or
representative of Bank as Bank may from time to time designate, as
attorneys-in-fact for Borrower, to sign and endorse in the name of
Borrower, to give notices in the name of Borrower and to perform
all other actions necessary or desirable in the reasonable
discretion of Bank to effect these provisions and carry out the
intent hereof. Borrower hereby ratifies and approves all acts of
such attorneys-in-fact and neither Bank nor any other such
attorneys-in-fact will be liable for any acts of commission or
omission nor for any error of judgment or mistake of fact or law.
The foregoing power, being coupled with an interest, is irrevocable
so long as an Event of Default is continuing, any Account pledged
and assigned to Bank remains unpaid, and this Agreement or any
other Loan Document is in force. The costs and expenses of such
collection and enforcement shall be borne solely by Borrower
whether the same are incurred by Bank or on behalf of Bank or
Borrower and, if paid or incurred by Bank, the same shall be an
Obligation owing by Borrower to Bank, payable on demand with
interest at the Default Rate, and secured by this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents. Borrower hereby irrevocably authorizes and
consents to all account debtors and other persons communicating
with Bank, or its agent, with respect to Borrower’s property,
business and affairs and to all of the foregoing persons acting
upon and in accordance with Bank’s, or its
representative’s, instructions, directions and demands,
including, without limitation, Bank’s request and demand to
pay money and deliver other property to Bank or Bank’s
representatives, all without liability to Borrower for so
doing.
(b) At Bank’s request, Borrower will forthwith upon
receipt of all checks, drafts, cash and other tangible and
electronic remittances in payment or on account of Borrower’s
Accounts, deposit the same in a special bank account maintained
with Bank or its representative, over which Bank and its
representative (as applicable) have the sole power of withdrawal
and will designate with each such deposit the particular Account
upon which the remittance was made. The funds in said account shall
be held by Bank as security for the Obligations. Said proceeds
shall be deposited in precisely the form received except for the
endorsement of Borrower where necessary to permit collection of
items, which endorsement Borrower agrees to make, and which
endorsement Bank and its representative (as applicable) are also
hereby authorized to make on Borrower’s behalf. Pending such
deposit, Borrower agrees that it will not commingle any such
checks, drafts, cash and other remittances with any of
Borrower’s funds or property, but will hold them separate and
apart therefrom and upon an express trust for Bank until deposit
thereof is made in the special account. Bank may at any time and
from time to time, in its sole discretion, apply any part of the
credit balance in the special account to the payment of all or any
of the Obligations, whether or not the same be due, and to payment
of any other obligation owing to Bank under or on account of this
Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents. In the event the
balance of the Obligations outstanding is ZERO at
any time prior to the Revolving Maturity Date,
and provided no Event of Default has occurred or is continuing,
Bank will pay over to the Borrower any excess good and collected
funds received by Bank from Borrower as aforesaid. On the Revolving
Maturity Date and upon the full and final payment of all of the
Obligations and the other obligations as aforesaid, together with a
termination of Bank’s obligation to make additional Advances,
Bank will pay over to Borrower any excess good and collected funds
received by Bank from Borrower, whether received as a deposit in
the special account or received as a direct payment on any of the
Obligations.
(c) Bank shall have the absolute and unconditional right to
apply for and to obtain the appointment of a receiver, custodian or
similar official for all or a portion of the Collateral, including,
without limitation, the Accounts, to, among other things, manage
and sell the same, or any part thereof, and to collect and apply
the proceeds therefrom to payment of the Obligations as provided in
this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. In the event of such
application, Borrower consents to the appointment of such receiver,
custodian or similar official and agrees that such receiver,
custodian or similar official may be appointed without notice to
Borrower, without regard to the adequacy of any security for the
Obligations secured hereby and without regard to the solvency of
Borrower or any other person who or which may be liable for the
payment of the Obligations or any other obligations of Borrower
hereunder. All costs and expenses related to the appointment of a
receiver, custodian or other similar official hereunder shall be
the responsibility of Borrower, but if paid by Bank, Borrower
hereby agrees to pay to Bank, on demand, all such costs and
expenses, together with interest thereon from the date of payment
at the Default Rate. All sums so paid by Bank, and the interest
thereon, shall be an Obligation owing by Borrower to Bank, and
secured by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
Notwithstanding the appointment of any receiver, custodian or other
similar official, Bank shall be entitled as pledgee to the
possession and control of any cash, deposits, accounts, account
receivables, documents, chattel paper, documents of title or
instruments at the present or any future time held by, or payable
or deliverable under the terms of the Loan Documents to Bank.
5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES .
Borrower represents and warrants to Bank that the
certifications, representations and warranties set forth in the
Certificate of Borrower which has been executed and delivered by
Borrower to Bank contemporaneously with the execution and delivery
of this Agreement by Borrower to Bank are true, correct and
accurate as of the date of this Agreement or such other date as may
be specifically set forth in a particular certification,
representation or warranty; and Borrower agrees that such
certifications, representations and warranties shall be continuing
certifications, representations and warranties of Borrower to
Bank.
6. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS .
Borrower covenants and agrees that until the termination of
Bank’s obligation under this Agreement to make Credit
Extensions and the payment in full of the Obligations, Borrower
shall do each and all of the matters set forth in this
Section 6; and Borrower acknowledges to Bank that the breach
or default by Borrower of any of the covenants and agreements set
forth below in this Section 6 is and the same shall be
material.
6.1 Good Standing and Government Compliance . Borrower
shall maintain in good standing its and each of its
Subsidiaries’ organizational existence in their respective
jurisdictions of organization and maintain qualification in each
jurisdiction in which the conduct of their respective businesses or
their respective ownership of property requires that they be so
qualified, except for those jurisdictions where the failure to be
so qualified would not be reasonably expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. Borrower shall comply, and shall cause each
Subsidiary to comply, with all Requirements of Law to which they
are subject, and without limiting the foregoing with respect to
compliance with all Requirements of Law, Borrower shall remain in
material compliance with, and each of its Subsidiaries shall remain
in material compliance with (i) the Trading with the Enemy
Act, as amended, and each of the foreign assets control regulations
of the United States Treasury Department (31 CFR, Subtitle B,
Chapter V, as amended) and any other enabling legislation or
executive order relating thereto; and (ii) the Uniting And
Strengthening America By Providing Appropriate Tools Required To
Intercept And Obstruct Terrorism (USA Patriot Act of 2001).
Borrower shall maintain, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries
to maintain, in force all licenses, approvals and agreements, the
loss of which or failure to comply with which could have a Material
Adverse Effect, or an adverse effect in a material manner on the
Collateral or the priority of Bank’s security interest in the
Collateral.
6.2 Payment/Performance . Borrower shall
pay when due all amounts owing to Bank under this Agreement and the
other Loan Documents and promptly perform all other obligations of
Borrower thereunder and hereunder.
6.3 Use of Loan Funds . Borrower shall use all loan
proceeds disbursed to Borrower only for the purposes stated in this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
6.4 Financial Statements; Reports; Certificates .
(a) Borrower shall deliver to Bank each and all of the financial
statements, reports, certificates and other records referenced
under this subsection (a) and such other statements, reports,
certificates and records as Bank may reasonably request from time
to time.
(i) As soon as available, but in any event within twenty-five
(25) days after the end of each calendar month, Borrower shall
deliver to Bank an unaudited consolidated balance sheet and a
statement of income, cash flow and retained earnings prepared in
accordance with GAAP, consistently applied, covering
Borrower’s consolidated operations during such period, in a
form acceptable to Bank.
(ii) Beginning with the fiscal year ending December 31,
2006, as soon as available, but in any event within one hundred
twenty (120) days after the end of Borrower’s fiscal
year, Borrower shall deliver to Bank audited consolidated financial
statements of Borrower prepared by an approved CPA.
(b) Within twenty-five (25) days after the last day of each
month so long as any amounts remain outstanding under the Revolving
Facility, and within ten (10) days prior to any borrowing
under the Revolving Facility, Borrower shall deliver to Bank a
Borrowing Base Certificate dated and signed by a Responsible
Officer, together with an Accounts Receivable aging report, each in
form acceptable to Bank.
(c) Within thirty (30) days after the beginning of each
fiscal year of Borrower, Borrower shall deliver to Bank a detailed
annual budget, and Borrower shall notify Bank of each material
change to or deviation from such budget within five
(5) Business Days after Borrower’s board of directors
has approved such change or deviation.
(d) Borrower shall provide such additional statements and
information as Bank may from time to time request, in form
reasonably acceptable to Bank.
6.5 Taxes . Borrower shall make, and shall cause each
Subsidiary to make, due and timely payment of, or deposit or
withholding of, all federal, state and local taxes, assessments or
contributions required of it by all Requirements of Law, and will
execute and deliver to Bank, on demand, appropriate certificates
attesting to the payment, deposit or withholding thereof; provided
that Borrower or a Subsidiary need not make any payment if the
amount or validity of such payment is contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings and is reserved against (to the extent
required by GAAP) by Borrower.
6.6 Insurance .
(a) Borrower, at its expense, shall keep the Collateral insured
against loss or damage by fire, theft, explosion, sprinklers and
all other hazards and risks required by Bank. Unless otherwise
directed by Bank, the insurance shall be all risk replacement cost
insurance with agreed amount endorsement, standard noncontributing
mortgagee clauses and standard waiver of subrogation clauses.
Borrower shall also maintain general liability, workmen’s
compensation and other insurance in amounts and of a type that are
customary to businesses similar to Borrower’s, unless Bank
directs otherwise, in which event Borrower shall maintain such
insurance in amounts and types as Bank directs.
(b) All policies of insurance shall be in such form and with
such companies as may be reasonably satisfactory to Bank. All
policies of property insurance shall contain a lender’s loss
payable endorsement, in a form reasonably satisfactory to Bank,
showing Bank as an additional loss payee, and all liability
insurance policies shall show Bank as an
additional insured. All policies shall specify that the insurer
must give at least twenty (20) days’ notice to Bank
before canceling its policy for any reason. Upon Bank’s
request, Borrower shall deliver to Bank certified copies of the
policies of insurance and evidence of all premium payments. All
proceeds payable under any such policy or policies shall, at
Bank’s option, be payable to Bank to be applied on account of
the Obligations.
6.7 Primary Depository . Borrower shall maintain its
primary operating, depository and lockbox accounts (if any) with
Bank.
6.8 Financial Covenants . Borrower shall maintain, as of
the last day of each calendar year unless stated otherwise, and
Borrower shall fully and timely comply with, each and every one of
the financial maintenance covenants set forth in this
Section 6.8 and others that may be contained in this Agreement
and the other Loan Documents.
(a) Debt Service Coverage Ratio . As measured on
December 31, 2006 and annually thereafter, a Debt Service
Coverage Ratio of not less than 1.20 to 1.0.
(b) Funded Debt to EBITDA . As measured on
December 31, 2006, and annually thereafter, a ratio of Funded
Debt to EBITDA of not greater than 2.50 to 1.0; provided that Bank
will not unreasonably withhold a waiver of this covenant in the
event that Borrower consummates the acquisition of another business
which has been approved in advance by Bank.
6.9 Maintenance of Property . Borrower shall keep and
maintain the Collateral in good working order and condition and
make all needed and proper repairs, replacements, additions, or
improvements thereto as are necessary, reasonable wear and tear
excepted.
6.10 Maintain Security Interest . Borrower shall
maintain, protect and preserve the security interest of Bank in the
Collateral and the lien position of Bank in the Collateral,
including, without limitation, (i) the filing of "claims"
under insurance policies; and (ii) protecting, defending and
maintain the validity and enforceability of the Trademarks, Patents
and Copyrights.
6.11 Further Assurances . At any time and from time to
time, Borrower shall execute and deliver such further instruments,
agreements, documents and other records and take such further
action as may be reasonably requested by Bank to effect the
purposes of this Agreement, including, without limitation, the
perfection and continuation of perfection of Bank’s security
interests in the Collateral.
7. NEGATIVE COVENANTS .
Borrower covenants and agrees that until the termination of
Bank’s obligation under this Agreement to make Credit
Extensions and the payment in full of the Obligations, Borrower
shall not do or permit to be done any of the matters set forth in
this Section 7; and Borrower acknowledges to Bank that the
breach or default by Borrower of any of the covenants and
agreements set forth below in this Section 7 is and the same
shall be material.
7.1 Dispositions . Borrower shall not convey, sell,
lease, transfer and otherwise dispose of, and Borrower shall not
permit any of its Subsidiaries to convey, sell, lease, transfer and
otherwise dispose of (with respect to both Borrower and
Borrower’s Subsidiaries, by operation of law or otherwise),
any of the Collateral, other than Permitted Transfers.
7.2 Change in Business; Change in Control or Executive
Office . Borrower shall not engage in any business, or permit
any of its Subsidiaries to engage in any business, other than as
reasonably related or incidental to the businesses currently
engaged in by Borrower, without the prior written consent of Bank,
which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. Borrower shall
not have a Change in Control and will not, without thirty
(30) days’ prior written notification to Bank, relocate
its chief executive office, change its state of organization or
change any other matter that will or could result in Bank’s
security interests in the Collateral becoming unperfected. For
purposes hereof, "Change in Control" shall mean a majority of Nancy
K. Hedrick, Thomas P. Clinton, William J. Buchanan, and Beverly N.
Hawkins no longer being employed by Borrower as executive officers
of Borrower.
7.3 Mergers or Acquisitions; New
Subsidiary . Borrower shall not merge or consolidate, or permit
any of its Subsidiaries to merge or consolidate, with or into any
other business organization, or acquire, or permit any of its
Subsidiaries to acquire, all or substantially all of the capital
stock or property of another person; excepting, however,
Borrower’s acquisition of substantially all of the assets of
McAleer Computer Associates, Inc. Borrower shall not create or
cause to be created or to come into existence any new subsidiary
after the Closing Date, without the prior written consent of
Bank.
7.4 Indebtedness . Borrower shall not create, incur,
assume or be or remain liable with respect to any Indebtedness, or
permit any Subsidiary so to do, other than Permitted Indebtedness.
With respect to Indebtedness described in clause (iii) of the
definition of Permitted Indebtedness in Exhibit A , to the
extent not specifically prohibited by the terms of such
Indebtedness, Bank shall have a subordinate lien in and to all
equipment and property financed or acquired with such
Indebtedness.
7.5 Encumbrances . Borrower shall not create, incur,
assume or allow any Lien with respect to the Collateral, or assign
or otherwise convey any right to receive income, including the sale
of any Accounts, or permit any of its Subsidiaries so to do, except
for Permitted Liens, or covenant to any other person that Borrower
in the future will refrain from creating, incurring, assuming or
allowing any Lien with respect to any of Borrower’s
property.
7.6 Judgments . Borrower shall not permit a judgment for
the payment of money to be entered against it which judgment
Borrower permits to remain unsatisfied or unstayed for a period of
thirty (30) days after the same is entered against
Borrower.
7.7 Distributions . Except in the absence of an Event of
Default and as would not result in an Event of Default hereunder,
or as consented to in writing by Bank, Borrower shall not pay any
dividends or make any other distribution or payment on account of
or in redemption, retirement or purchase of any capital stock, or
permit any of its Subsidiaries to do so.
7.8 Investments . Borrower shall not directly or
indirectly acquire or own, or make any Investment in or to any
person, or permit any of its Subsidiaries so to do, other than
Permitted Investments.
7.9 Loans . Borrower shall not make or commit to make any
advance, loan, extension of credit or capital contribution to, or
purchase of any stock, bonds, notes, debentures or other securities
of any person.
7.10 Loans to Officers . Borrower shall not make any loan
or advance directly or indirectly for the benefit of any past,
present, or future stockholder, director, officer, executive,
manager, member, partner or employee of Borrower, other than
employee relocation loans, employee bridge loans and other
incidental loans to employees, all in the ordinary course of
business.
7.11 Compensation . Borrower shall not pay any
compensation to any past, present and future shareholder, director,
officer, executive, member, manager, partner and employee, whether
through salary, bonus or otherwise, in excess of Borrower’s
historical practices.
7.12 Transactions with Affiliates . Borrower shall not
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.
7.13 Subordinated Debt . Except for scheduled payments of
interest and/or principal on any Subordinated Debt to the
stockholders of Borrower, Borrower shall not make any payment in
respect of any Subordinated Debt, or permit any of its Subsidiaries
to make any such payment, except in compliance with the terms of
such Subordinated Debt, or amend any provision contained in any
documentation relating to the Subordinated Debt without
Bank’s prior written consent.
7.14 Inventory and Equipment . Borrower
shall not store its Inventory and shall not store its Equipment
with a bailee, warehouseman or similar person unless Bank has
received a pledge of the warehouse receipt covering such Inventory
and Equipment. Except for Inventory sold in the ordinary course of
business and except for such other locations as Bank may approve in
writing, Borrower shall not move or relocate its Inventory and
shall not move or relocate its Equipment from the location or
locations identified in the Certificate of Borrower and such other
locations of which Borrower gives Bank prior written notice and as
to which Borrower signs and files a Financing Statement where
needed to perfect Bank’
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