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EXHIBIT
10.1
Customer No.
Loan No.
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Centura |
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SECOND AMENDED AND
RESTATED
LOAN AND SECURITY
AGREEMENT
(SD-L&S)
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This SECOND AMENDED AND
RESTATED LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is
entered into as of the 14 th day
of September, 2007, by and between RBC CENTURA BANK
(“Bank”) and COMPUTER SOFTWARE INNOVATIONS, INC.
(“Borrower”).
RECITALS
This Agreement amends and
restates the Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement
between Bank and Borrower dated as of January 2, 2007 (the
“Original Agreement”) as set forth hereinafter, and
does not constitute a new loan or a novation of the Original
Agreement.
Borrower wishes to obtain
additional credit from time to time from Bank, and Bank desires to
extend such additional 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;
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(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, except that the terms of the
Promissory Notes shall prevail with respect to any payment
obligations of Borrower to Bank.
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 or has made available to Borrower the
following Credit Facilities and Credit Extensions thereunder:
Revolving Facility, Equipment Facility, and 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 . At any
time from the date hereof through the Revolving Maturity Date, Bank
agrees to make advances (“Advance” or
“Advances”) to Borrower to fund short-term working
capital and for general corporate purposes of Borrower – 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 available amount 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
Revolving Maturity Date.
(ii) Making Advances .
Advances will be made every Business Day to Borrower, so long as
they are supported by the Borrowing Base and no Event of Default
has occurred, is continuing, or will result in an Event of Default
following the Advance. 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 has made a term loan to Borrower, evidenced by that certain
Commercial Promissory Note dated January 2, 2007, in the
principal amount of Eight Hundred Thousand and No/100ths Dollars
($800,000.00). This Equipment Facility is fully funded as of the
date of this Agreement.
(c) Real Estate
Facility . Bank has made a term loan to Borrower, evidenced by
that certain Commercial Promissory Note dated February 9,
2007, in the principal amount of Four Hundred Eighty-Six Thousand
and No/100ths Dollars ($486,000.00). This Real Estate Facility is
fully funded as of the date of this Agreement.
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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 .
None.
(b) Bank Expenses . On
the Closing Date, Borrower shall pay to Bank all Bank Expenses
incurred through the Closing Date, including Bank’s legal
fees, 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
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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 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.
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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 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, to the extent that such perfection
and priority can be attained by the filing of financing statements
with the Delaware Secretary of State and, with respect to Accounts
where the account debtor is the United States, a State, or any
department, agency or instrumentality of the United States or a
State, to the extent of compliance with the Federal Assignment of
Claims Act of 1940, as amended, or with any similar and applicable
state or local law. 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/or 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 of and during the continuation of an Event of
Default,.
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(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 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 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 anytime prior to
the Revolving Maturity Date, and provided no Event of Default has
occurred or is continuing, Bank will pay over to 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.
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(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.
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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) Beginning with the
quarter ended September 30, 2007, and as soon as available,
but in any event within forty-five (45) days after the end of
each quarter, 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 and for the corresponding quarter of the prior year, in
a form acceptable to Bank.
(ii) Beginning with the
fiscal year ending December 31, 2007, 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
in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied, 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.
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6.7 Primary Depository
. Borrower shall maintain its primary operating, depository and
lockbox (if any) accounts 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 and others that may be
contained in this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents.
(a) Debt Service Coverage
Ratio . As measured on December 31, 2007 and annually on
the same day 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, 2007 and annually on
the same day 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 needful 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. 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.
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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 m
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